Educationals from the world's archives

4,225–4,272 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 INTERVIEW WITH ISAAC ASIMOV 1975 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration INTERVIEW WITH ISAAC ASIMOV U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 54491 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive Lowell Herrero: The Graphic Process. 1973 · Educational · 28 min llustrator Lowell Herrero demonstrates the processes involved in graphic art illustrations as exemplified by the calendar-schedule produced for the San… Internet Archive The Performed Word 1982 · Educational Producer, Gerald L. Davis ; scriptwriters, Gerald L. Davis, Ernest Shanagawa ; directors, Ernest Shanagawa, Carlos de Jesus Based, in part, on producer's… Internet Archive The City 1939 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 353 The City From IMDB: Made by a group of people with, if not an axe to grind, a purpose in mind, which appears to be a plug… Internet Archive Gyorgy Sandor Pianist - Liszt 1947 · Educational · 9 min Best known for his interpretations of the music of Bela Bartok, pianist Gyorgy Sandor here performs Franz Liszt's "Liebestraume" and "Sixth Hungarian Rhapsody." Internet Archive The Century Next Door 1970 · Educational With study guide Recalls American life in 1870 by juxtaposing newspaper and magazine accounts concerning the issues of the day with contemporary art which… Internet Archive To Be a Man 1970 · Educational A study of the American male's historic and traditional role in society. Profiles men's changing status and values through interviews with several prominent… Internet Archive To Have and to Hold: Men Who Batter Women 1981 · Educational Examines the problem of battering from the man's experience of it. Also describes the Emerge counseling program for men who batter women Internet Archive Taliesin East 1952 · Educational · 10 min Taliesin East SummaryDepicts the home of America./ia metadata taliesineast --ap near Madison, Wisconsin. Scenes of Frank Lloyd Wright's home near Phoenix,… Internet Archive November 22nd and The Warren Report 1964 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration November 22nd and The Warren Report U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 50248 / Local… Internet Archive Debe's Tantrum 1966 · Educational Director, photographer, John Marshall Dilai has planned to gather sweet berries with her sister and to leave her five year old son Debe, behind with his… Internet Archive Judge Ben B. Lindsey 1964 · Educational Presents a profile of Judge Lindsey, who attacked child labor, political corruption, and social conditions in Colorado in 1901. As a result, Lindsay was… Internet Archive Telemarketing: 3 -- Techniques for the Phone Sales Rep 1983 · Educational Teaches telephone sales representatives how to utilize a checklist of activities to follow during pre-call, call, and post-call sales efforts. Offers useable… Internet Archive Canning Game Meat in Jars 2009 · Educational Alaska Cooperative Extension Service Video FNH-01281 Canning Game Meat in Jars Preserving Alaska's Bounty. Supported by U.S. Department of Agriculture special… Internet Archive Changing Organizations: Designing for People and Purpose 1978 · Educational · 26 min Professor Jay W. Lorsch uses selected organizational examples to illustrate the contingency theory of management. Explains that the type of structure that an… Internet Archive Mainstreaming in Action 1980 · Educational Title from data sheet Guide, Bill Eyman; collaborator, William Heaney Shows several elementary and secondary classrooms in public schools as teachers work… Internet Archive Czechoslovakia Post World War II 1948 · Educational National Archives - Czechoslovakia Post World War II - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - - DVD Copied by… Internet Archive Remnants of Frontier Life 1941 · Educational · 20 min Against a background of local music, a rural Carolina family living in the Great Smokies reveal their daily routines, technology, and art. They demonstrate… Internet Archive Creating a Children's Book 1971 · Educational Narrator, Don Messick; music, Mark Shinbrot Depicts Jolly Roger Bradfield's method of creating children's books. Shows how he gets his ideas, begins… Internet Archive Philosophies of Education: Education for Life Adjustment (1961) 1961 · Educational · 28 min Philosophies of Education: Education for Life Adjustment (1961) Professor Florence Stratemeyer explains the twofold purpose of education: first to help young… Internet Archive Space Shuttle: A Remarkable Flying Machine 1981 · Educational NAS 1.43/7:Sh9/17 Title from data sheet Issued also as videorecording Describes in detail the first space shuttle flight. Shows the lift-off, in-flight… Internet Archive Children of Hiroshima (Reel 1 of 2) 1952 · Educational National Archives - Children of Hiroshima - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film follows a teacher… Internet Archive Leisure 2000 1972 · Educational · 28 min Robert Lee discusses the probable emergence of more leisure time in our future and the demands it will make upon us. Examines the growing trend toward… Internet Archive The Informant 1974 · Educational · 24 min Photographed and directed by John Marshall Carolyn Carr, Frank Galvin, Eliot Tarlin, Marilyn Wood During the course of questioning, a suspect offers his… Internet Archive The Imprint of Europe 1976 · Educational Produced by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at UCLA and the UCLA Media Center States that although America's impact on Europe in the 16th and… Internet Archive Traveling Hopefully 1981 · Educational · 28 min Title from data sheet Intended audience: High school through college and adult Issued also as videorecording Presents an intimate portrait of Roger… Internet Archive Water Masses 1977 · Educational · 25 min Originally shown as part of the programming for the Open University course: Oceanography S334, a third level course John Wright, Sandra Smith, Harmon Craig,… Internet Archive How Can I Teach Art? I Don't Know Anything About It 1976 · Educational Produced and directed by Dr. Alice M. Schwartz. Deposited by the Art and Music Education Department, The Pennsylvania State University Designed for teachers… Internet Archive Introducing Globes 1978 · Educational Revised version of the motion picture issued in 1964 under the same title Combines animation and live action to introduce the globe and the various ways it… Internet Archive The Art of Age 1972 · Educational · 26 min Four elderly people reflect on the possibilities of maintaining a fulfilling and productive life into old age as scenes of their daily activities are shown.… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Freedom of Choice: Make Mine Purple" 1976 · 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 From Dreams to Reality - A Tribute to Minority Inventors 1986 · Educational · 27 min Narrated by Ossie Davis, this tribute to minority inventors touches upon many inventions that have contributed to American science, technology, and medicine.… Internet Archive OKINAWA BULLETIN, NO. 2--FINAL PHASES 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 37453 / Local Identifier 127-MH-6197B - OKINAWA BULLETIN, NO. 2--FINAL PHASES - Department of… Internet Archive Project Famous 1977 · Educational Presenter: Robert Ballard Illustrates findings about the processes of seafloor spreading discovered by Project Famous. Robert Ballard of the Woods Hole… Internet Archive Theatre Fundamentals: Costumes on Stage 1985 · Educational · 26 min Title from data sheet Photographers, Ric Cripe, David Gudaitis ; film editor, David Gudaitis ; narrator, Barbara Bothwell ; consultants, Max Rothlisberger,… Internet Archive The F-16 (was SR-71) 1997 · Educational Department of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. NTIS: AVA20323-VNB1 NTIS Price: $50 Your Price: $0 Oct 1997 This video specifically depicts the SR-71 F-16 in… Internet Archive Kittens Are Born 1971 · Educational · 9 min The film follows mother cat "Bootie" from her pregnancy through labor and the birth of three kittens. Emphasizes the birth process and the postnatal care. We… Internet Archive Free to Choose: 8 -- Who Protects the Worker? Part 1 1979 · Educational Milton Friedman, in the eighth segment of the series, visits the Greek Island of Kos, a federal government building site, some offices of the federal… Internet Archive Henry's Simple Machine 1971 · Educational A Humorous exploration of the world of machines. Presents a dramatization in which a boy can solve a problem only by inventing his own machine Internet Archive The Industrial Revolution: Beginnings in the United States 1968 · Educational · 22 min With teacher's guide Collaborator, James Shenton Describes the industrial progress in the past 200 years and explains how the labor-saving machines, mass… Internet Archive TRANSFORMERS 1965 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 39894 TRANSFORMERS DEFINES AND EXPLAINS FOLLOWING TERMS IN REFERENCE TO TRANSFORMERS: TRANSFORMER ACTION, STEP-UP, STEP-DOWN, AND… Internet Archive ALASKA HIGHWAY 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ALASKA HIGHWAY Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 -… Internet Archive Romance to Recovery 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Producers, John Frederick, Herman S. Saunders; director, Paul Kleiter; writers, Joseph A. Pursch, John… Internet Archive What Is an Amphibian? 1962 · Educational · 10 min Illustrates the body structure and life process of amphibians and shows how they are adapted to live in water and on land. Presents the development of an… Internet Archive VIETCONG ATTACKS DURING TET (LUNAR NEW YEAR); SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM 1968 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration VIETCONG ATTACKS DURING TET (LUNAR NEW YEAR); SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM ARC Identifier 31793 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive A School Day: Study of a Visually Handicapped Child 1969 · Educational · 25 min Produced by Dr. Arthur E. Gillman Beth, a blind nine-year-old, is integrated into normal school life with the aid of braille textbooks, math machines, and… Internet Archive Botanic Man: 10 -- Crackpot, Jackpot 1978 · Educational Contrasts the consumer-oriented, energy-intensive lifestyle of the United States with the poorer subsistence level in Mexico. Emphasizes that the world's… Internet Archive Impact of the Classroom Environment on Child Development 1974 · Educational Script consultation and narration, Maxine Sporr Schoggen; cinematography, Susan Norton, James M. Smith; sound, Peter J. Smith; editing Mark Krigbaum;…