Educationals from the world's archives

4,129–4,176 of 22,172 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

Where these films come from, and who sees what

Every film here plays from the archive that keeps it: the Internet Archive, Wikimedia Commons, the NASA Image and Video Library, the Library of Congress and Open Images (the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). Nothing is copied to this site. Each film's page names its archive, links to its page there, and states its licence or status as the archive does.

Archive films carry no age ratings, so each is placed from the collections it sits in and the subjects the archive gives it, cautiously. Nothing is left out for being sexual: sexual content and nudity are for adults, placed by what the archive files a film as, never by a word of its title alone (The Naked City is a police film). A film filed as pornography is listed for adults without its picture and plays nowhere yet, as the law where it would play asks for a proof of age this site does not have. A sexual depiction of a child, drawn ones too, is listed nowhere.

Little OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual content, pornography, nudity and nudism, striptease, sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, beheadings, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive Free to Choose: 4 -- From Cradle to Grave, Part 2 1979 · Educational Features a discussion among Milton Friedman and guests as a follow-up to part 1 of From cradle to grave. Participants include Thomas Sowell, professor of… Internet Archive Perfect Harmony: The Whiffenpoofs in China 1985 · Educational Cataloged from contributor's data Camera, Jeff Wayman ; editor, Leonard Feinstein PBS audiences and high school and secondary school students A documentary… Internet Archive Yoshiko, the Papermaker 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording First released in Canada Producer, Paul Saltzman Shows how a 13-year-old Japanese girl learns to make… Internet Archive Death of a Black Panther: The Fred Hampton Story Educational National Archives and Records Administration Death of a Black Panther: The Fred Hampton Story Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. (1935 -… Internet Archive Be-Ta-Ta-Kin 1955 · Educational Surveys the cliff dwellings, animal pens, grindstones, and communal religious gathering place of the Anasazi Indians. Examines their cultivation of corn on… Internet Archive Botanic Man: 5 -- Land of Opportunity 1978 · Educational Studies the adaptations of plants on botanically unique and isolated New Zealand which, because it has no large predators or herbivores, serves as a museum of… Internet Archive Elephant 1971 · Educational Directors, Peter Chermayeff, Jane Chermayeff A nonnarrated film photographed in Tsavo National Park in Kenya that follows one elephant herd's daily… Internet Archive Jerusalem of Heaven and Earth: City of David 1983 · Educational Producer, Douglas Stanley ; directors, John Jacob and Richard Tombelson ; music Frank Strangio Shows modern Israeli archaeologists excavate the site they… Internet Archive TRIED BY FIRE - PART I 1965 · Educational Department of Defense TRIED BY FIRE - PART I PIN 30182 1965 STORY OF THE THREE-DAY ATTACK ON ST. VITH AND RETREAT OF AMERICAN TROOPS WHEN THE TOWN WAS LOST TO… Internet Archive Bronze: River of Metal 1972 · Educational · 29 min Discovered in the third millenium B.C., bronze is one of the most versatile of metals, used for sculpture, jewelry, tools, weapons, money, and household… Internet Archive Editing a Film: Synge's "The Well of the Saints" 1975 · Educational Producer and director, Larry Yust, collaborator, Clifton Fadiman Explains the job of the film editor by using examples of the editing of the Encyclopaedia… Internet Archive L'Arrivee a Paris 1951 · Educational Producer, Benjamin M. Tayler A French language instruction film. Follows the activities of two college students from the United States who have come to Paris… Internet Archive Public Places 1980 · Educational Film exploration of seven unusual works designed by SITE, a New York architectural firm. Interviews with the public indicate their reaction to the buildings,… Internet Archive Quilting Women 1976 · Educational An appreciative examination of the art of quilting, showing women of previous generations, as well as of today, as they practice and comment on various… Internet Archive See What I Can Do 1976 · Educational Produced and directed by Dr. Alice M. Schwartz. Deposited by the Art and Music Education Department, The Pennsylvania State University Designed for art… Internet Archive Training at the Peking Circus 1976 · Educational Title from data sheet Producers, Joris Ivens, Marceline L. Loridan A behind-the-scenes look at the Peking Circus, showing various performers rehearsing… Internet Archive Transactional Analysis: A Demonstration of Individual Therapy -- Art 1973 · Educational 882 feet Producer, John M. Whiteley, Joan Z. Cohen This demonstration of Tranactional Analysis begins with the client, Art, violently expressing the anger… Internet Archive Fire Behavior in the Wildland/Urban Interface 2003 · Educational The National Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Protection Program www.firewise.org Firefighter Safety Series FWC-602-03-DVD Part 1: Fire Behavior in the… Internet Archive Great Railway Journeys of the World: Confessions of a Train Spotter 1980 · Educational Producer, Roger Laughton Michael Palin, actor and writer of the Monty Python troupe, is also a railway enthusiast, having spent countless hours of his… Internet Archive The SR-71 (updated, was F-16) 1979 · Educational Department of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. NTIS: AVA20320-VNB1 NTIS Price: $50 Your Price: $0 Jan 1979 The video shows F-16 SR-71 aerials; F-16 SR-71… Internet Archive Pygmies of Africa 1939 · Educational · 19 min With teacher's guide Collaborator, H. C. Raven Depicts the pygmy in his native habitat performing tasks. Mainly concerned with securing food. Describes the… Internet Archive Television: Line by Line 1970 · Educational English language version of the film: Zeile für Zeile Shows an animated presentation of the physics and technical basis behind the production of television… Internet Archive Got to Tell It: A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson 1972 · Educational Director and writer, Jules Victor Schwerin Presents a portrait of Mahalia Jackson, who spread the religious music of American blacks from congregations in… Internet Archive Life and Death in Rio 1985 · Educational Alison Tucker Producer, Vic Lockwood ; executive producer, Michael Philps ; academic consultant, Alaistair Gray ; cameraman, Afonso Beto Describes the… Internet Archive Separations and Reunions 1968 · Educational · 36 min Authors, H. Lowenstein, D. MacCarthy Documentary for medical students, student nurses, and advanced classes in psychology, showing the reactions of four… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH JAMES G. MC DONALD 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95754 / Local Identifier LW-LW-86 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH JAMES G. MC DONALD - TELEVISION… Internet Archive My Children Are Safe Educational · 12 min Features the daughters and grandchildren of the late President Johnson who demonstrates infant safety in the home. Presents Phil Dykstra of the National… Internet Archive Alcohol, crisis for the unborn 1977 · Educational · 7 min Deals with fetal alcohol syndrome, a pattern of physical and mental birth defects caused by a mother's excessive drinking during pregnancy. Internet Archive Elliptic Orbits 1959 · Educational · 19 min This PSSC science film shows that the gravitational force on the satellite obeys an inverse square relation. The derivation is almost entirely geometric in… Internet Archive Ray Garner: Sumium, Greece 1963 · Educational · 11 min Outtakes from Ray Garner's NBC film "Greece: The Golden Age," filmed in Sumium, Greece. Internet Archive Village Theater in Senegal: Queen Ndate and the French Conquest 1983 · Educational Performed in French with English subtitles and an English introduction Title from data sheet Editors, Steve White, Jean Pol-Lefebore ; narrator, Mamour Sarr… Internet Archive Wagner e Venezia 1982 · Educational Attempts to capture the relationship between Venice and Wagner's musical and psychological world. Wagner's letters, compositions, and poems are used to trace… Internet Archive Third Chance 1972 · Educational · 22 min Describes and evaluates various programs of the Adolph Coors Company in an attempt to acquaint industry with the way they have hired disadvantaged persons.… Internet Archive Christians: 6 -- Princes and Prelates 1976 · Educational First released in England Focuses on Christian church history during the Renaissance, following the Council of Constance during which an emperor deposed… Internet Archive Herding Cattle on the Niger 1967 · Educational African village life, no. 5 CREDITS: Director and photographer, Hermann Schlenker SUMMARY: Illustrates the cattle dealing of the Peul (Fulani) nomads in… Internet Archive Wind: An Energy Alternative 1980 · Educational Department of Energy Produce by the Solar Energy Research Institute Wind: An Energy Alternative AVA04039VNB1 - 1980 This program looks at the history and uses… Internet Archive STORY OF STARS AND STRIPES, THE 1960 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30125 STORY OF STARS AND STRIPES, THE HERBERT MITZGANG OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND FAMED COMMENTATOR BAUKHAGE TELL THE STORY OF THIS… Internet Archive Feeling of Rejection 1948 · Educational · 21 min De 1947 à 1950, l’Office National du Film du Canada produit une série de 4 films thérapeutiques intitulée Mental Mechanisms suite à l’initiative de… Internet Archive Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Producers Reunion April 25, 2006 2006 · Educational · 1 h On April 25, 2006, nine legendary Encyclopaedia Britannica film producers and executives gathered at the home of director Larry Yust. In this film produced by… Internet Archive Dances of Scotland 1981 · Educational Part 1: The Highland fling. Part 2: The Sword dance. Part 3: Seann Truibhas and Strathspeyand. Half reel of Tulloch Producer and project director, Nadia C.… Internet Archive Concepts in transactional analysis : therapy in a group setting with Morris and Natalie Haimowitz : Charlotte 1974 · Educational 784 feet Producers, John M. Whiteley, Joan Z. Cohen Charlotte, a client, presents as part of the therapy, various Transactional Analysis constructs as well… Internet Archive Rising Two 1968 · Educational · 31 min Explains that at age two the child progresses from crawling to running and from single syllables to short sentences, and that he learns to play imaginative… Internet Archive Staying Well 1983 · Educational Defines "wellness" as a combination of physical fitness and sound mental health and stresses the importance of integrating three basic factors into one's life… Internet Archive Truman: A Self-Portrait 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: General Issued also as videorecording Words drawn from Harry S. Truman's memoirs and public statements accompany… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "...And With This Ring" Educational SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. I am the only person on earth preserving American filmstrips. The media format is largely forgotten and very… Internet Archive A Chairy Tale 1957 · Educational Executive producer, Tom Daly; director, Norman McLaren; animation, Evelyn Lambart; music, Ravi Shankar, Chatur Lal, Modu Mullick Claude Jutras A fairy tale… Internet Archive Awareness 1969 · Educational · 26 min Traces the development of Buddhism from its origin 2,500 years ago, when a young prince struggled to achieve the highest reaches of human awareness. Includes… Internet Archive Christians: 10 -- Politeness and Enthusiasm 1976 · Educational First released in England Contrasts the two strands of Christianity that emerged in the 18th century--that of the educated classes and that of revivalist…