Educationals from the world's archives

4,273–4,320 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 No First Use: Preventing Nuclear War 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: General Explains and explores the policy of no first use of nuclear weapons supported by the Union of Concerned… Internet Archive Puffins, Predators, and Pirates 1973 · Educational Title from data sheet Producer and director, Nancy Archibald Shows the threat posed to the marine bird, the puffin, from herring gulls during the summer… Internet Archive Teaching Strategies for Moral Development 1977 · Educational · 28 min Combines theories of moral development with the practice of classroom teachers to show and describe the wide range of possibilities. Teachers demonstrate the… Internet Archive Variations on a Theme: Skeletal Adaptations 1978 · Educational Title from data sheet Made in 1978 Intended audience: High school through college Issued also as videorecording A study in the workings of natural… Internet Archive The Fighting Lady: The Lady and the Sea 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration The Fighting Lady: The Lady and the Sea Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval… Internet Archive No Hiding Place Educational · 19 min · Subtitles No Hiding Place Reel 2 Reel 1 available here Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Presents a drama… Internet Archive Infant Development 1976 · Educational · 25 min Présentation par le Dr. Jane Lawick-Goodall des caractéristiques du comportement et du développement chez le jeune chimpanzé et l'effet de cette vie… Internet Archive Jerusalem of Heaven and Earth: Center of the World 1983 · Educational Producer, Douglas Stanley ; director, John Jacob and Richard Tombelson ; music, Frank Strangio The world maps of the Middle Ages presented a target like… Internet Archive WELCOME TO CORNING, NEW YORK: TROPICAL STORM AGNES FLOOD 1972 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 61035 / Local Identifier 311.91 - WELCOME TO CORNING, NEW YORK: TROPICAL STORM AGNES FLOOD -… Internet Archive Tuskegee Airman Tribute 1990 · Educational Department of the Air Force Tuskegee Airman Tribute AVA19065VNB1, 1990 The video informs members of the Air Force of the achievements and contributions of the… Internet Archive Answering Soviet Propaganda 1964 · Educational National Archives - Answering Soviet Propaganda - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film explores… Internet Archive Composer and Audience 1974 · Educational King's Singers; Edward Broughton Band The relationship between the composer and audience as seen on two different occasions and by two different composers,… Internet Archive In the Best Interest of the Child 1981 · Educational Narrated by Native American Will Sampson Illustrates the trauma associated with insensitive use of state authority in placing Indian children in non-Indian… Internet Archive The Sales Film 1982 · Educational Produced by Arthur Bauer Analyzes basic selling skills, including learning about the product, determining what the customer needs, and closing the deal.… Internet Archive Laplace Transform Explained and Visualized Intuitively 2018 · Educational · Subtitles Laplace Transform explained and visualized with 3D animations, giving an intuitive understanding of the equations. I originally made this video for my YouTube… Internet Archive OPERATION TITANIC 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 35904 / Local Identifier 111-M-1191 - OPERATION TITANIC - Department of Defense. Department of… Internet Archive Minority Report 1973 · Educational An in-depth look at two related concerns: (1) special problems of minorities in what many observers consider an alien educational environment, (2) pros and… Internet Archive The Afterglow: A Tribute to Robert Frost 1988 · Educational Cataloged from contributor's data Camera, Randy Franken, Barry Braverman ; editor, Irving Oshman As he walks through the Vermont countryside where the poet… Internet Archive [Electronics At Work] Educational · 26 min Film about how Westinghouse's diverse electronics applications affects modern life. While the can was titled "Electronics At Work" we don't think this is the… Internet Archive OPERATION GLEN CANYON 1961 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration OPERATION GLEN CANYON U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 53945 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive Rescuers 03: The OCENCO EBA 6.5 2006 · Educational Mine Safety and Health Administration Rescuers 03: The OCENCO EBA 6.5 (has 25 seconds dead air at beginning) This is Part 3 of 20 Parts DVD013 - 2006… Internet Archive A Film on Early Intervention 1979 · Educational · 25 min Focuses on various programs that help preschool handicapped children acquire and maintain developmental skills. Includes models such as the home-bound program… Internet Archive Allergies 1983 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Adults Issued also as videorecording Defines allergies and uses animated sequences to illustrate the body's… Internet Archive Fells Point: Baltimore, 1975 1976 · Educational Tells how community action led to preservation of an historical area of Baltimore. Fells Point, founded in 1730, remains a living museum of maritime and… Internet Archive Learning Is Searching 1955 · Educational With guide Presents the technique of learning by searching as a third-grade class studies the origin of tools. They search for facts, building always on what… Internet Archive Organic Farming: Can It Feed the Multitudes? 1972 · Educational · 23 min Director, Rex Bromfield Senior high students through adults Pros and cons of large-scale modern mechanized farming and optimum-sized family farming are… Internet Archive Specific Learning Disabilities in the Classroom: Evaluation 1975 · Educational · 25 min Defines and documents the most common types of specific learning disabilities. Presents a language learning hierarchy, illustrated by film footage, to show… Internet Archive Woodrow Cornett: Letcher County Butcher 1970 · Educational Title from data sheet Bill Richardson, Frank Majority A portrait of Woodrow Cornett and his work and a look at the mountain custom of hog butchering… Internet Archive Giacomo Balla: Fireworks (1917) ballet set Educational · 3 min This workprint, from the personal effects of choreographer Leonide Massine (1896-1979) is likely the only film showing the Cubist set of the three-minute… Internet Archive Shaw vs. Shakespeare: 2 -- The Tragedy of Julius Caesar 1971 · Educational CLV Intended audience: senior high students George Bernard Shaw discusses his interpretation of the character of Julius Caesar as compared to that of… Internet Archive DAY OF THE KILLER TORNADOES 1978 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 54353 / Local Identifier 306.9222 - DAY OF THE KILLER TORNADOES - U.S. Information Agency. (1982… Internet Archive MEMPHIS BELLE 1946 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26134 MEMPHIS BELLE THIS IS THE STORY OF THE B-17 FLYING FORTRESS "MEMPHIS BELLE," HER CREW AND THEIR 25 SUCCESSFUL WW II MISSIONS,… Internet Archive Media Probes, Episode 4 : The Future 1982 · Educational How various media affect the way people live and think is explored in this informative magazine-style survey that includes documentary, animated and… Internet Archive Cheechako's First Day 1978 · Educational Title from data sheet Producer, Derek W. Muirden A documentary focusing on Cheechako, a 4-month-old polar bear cub, as he comes out of his den under the… Internet Archive Land-Use Change in Southern Ontario 1977 · Educational Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Analyzes the historical and geographical factors involved in land-use change, focusing on the takeover of… Internet Archive Pottery in the Gold Coast 1945 · Educational Shows the technique of pottery making at Achimota College's experimental training center at Alajo, where methods developed in other countries are merged with… Internet Archive I Will Fight No More Forever, Part 1 Educational · 55 min · Subtitles Internet Archive 15 AF HERITAGE - HIGH STRATEGY - BOMBER AND TANKERS TEAM 1980 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 52240 15 AF HERITAGE - HIGH STRATEGY - BOMBER AND TANKERS TEAM GENERAL HISTORY OF THE 15TH AIR FORCE (SAC) WITH EMPHASIS ON AIR… Internet Archive Justice Delayed, Justice Denied 1971 · Educational Narrator, Eric Sevareld Shows that the rise in population and the explosion of crime have resulted in court congestion. Explores plea bargaining and… Internet Archive Managerial Control 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Supervisors and middle managers With an ocean-going freighter as a backdrop, demonstrates the analogy between the… Internet Archive Barbara Linden 1971 · Educational Produced by NET Barbara Linden, artistic director of the Theatre Workshop in Boston, performs with her company in scenes from an environmental theater piece… Internet Archive Dealing with Problem People: The Forgetter 1969 · Educational A four-part workshop designed to help supervisors and workers recognize personality traits that are detrimental to output and morale. Presented against a… Internet Archive Museum 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: General Records the activities and functions which take place behind the scenes in museums throughout the United… Internet Archive Preparing Today For Your Tomorrow 1988 · Educational Preparing Today For Your Tomorrow Description: Covers four students who share what they learned about careers while visiting NASA’s Langley Research Facility.… Internet Archive What Is Poetry? 1963 · Educational · 8 min -----Another issue. b&w Attempts to answer the question What is poetry? by comparing a news report and a poem, explaining that the news report is objective,… Internet Archive America:2 -- Home Away From Home 1972 · Educational · 53 min · Subtitles Internet Archive Big Picture: Operation Blue Jay Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569497 / Local Identifier 111-TV-227 Big Picture: Operation Blue Jay DVD copied by Ann Galloway.… Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-27A 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26979 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-27A VIETNAM - JUNE 1966 - 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 27TH ARTILLERY - 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION, 69TH SIGNAL…