Educationals from the world's archives

4,321–4,368 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 At the speed of light, what would you see? 2015 · Educational · Subtitles The Universe from light's point of view. I originally made this video for my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/EugeneKhutoryansky I uploaded it… Internet Archive Basic Reproduction Processes in the Graphic Arts (1963) 1966 · Educational · 24 min Basic Reproduction Processes in the Graphic Arts (1963) Defines and illustrates the range of film shots from very long to very close as used in television… Internet Archive Like Any Child Only More So 1977 · Educational Also issued as videorecording A documentary on hyperactive children. Profiles three families with children labeled hyperactive, and shows some of the… Internet Archive Snakebite! 1985 · Educational · 27 min Cataloged from contributor's data Camera, John Riber ; editors, John Riber, Louise Riber ; music, Vikku Vinayakram Tells that, in most of Asia, only four… Internet Archive The Way of a Trout 1969 · Educational A reflection on the hazardous life of a trout before it is caught. Shows some of its predators, including insects, birds, otters, and ducks Internet Archive Japanese Relocation 1942 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 28 Japanese Relocation U.S. Office of War Information. Public Domain Footage US government presents a record of relocation of… Internet Archive U.S. ARMY IN BERLIN: CHECKPOINT CHARLIE 1962 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30140 U.S. ARMY IN BERLIN: CHECKPOINT CHARLIE PICKS UP THE REPORT ON BERLIN, THE DIVIDED CITY, IN THE CRITICAL SUMMER OF 1961. Internet Archive Fusion: Energy's Space Program 1981 · Educational Produced by the Society to Advance Fusion Energy Explains fusion as the process whereby enormous gravitational forces squeeze hydrogen atoms together at… Internet Archive Galapagos Cactus and Scalesia 1972 · Educational Examines the wide range of ecological conditions in the Galapagos archipelago and the patterns of speciation and adaption shown by Opuntia and Scalesia.… Internet Archive Dance On A May Day 1977 · Educational · 10 min Focuses on the National Dance Institute's project of introducing boys to ballet, featuring Dance Director Jacques D'Amboise (1934-2021); boys are from… Internet Archive Introduction to Superconductivity 1967 · Educational Director and cameraman, G. William Hughes Presents a demonstration, discussion, and explanation of experiments showing the disappearance of electrical… Internet Archive Big Picture: The Hidden War in Vietnam Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569797 / Local Identifier 111-TV-562 Big Picture: The Hidden War in Vietnam DVD Copied by Thomas… Internet Archive South Pacific: End of Eden? 1978 · Educational Shorter version (27 min.) also issued Producer, Julian Krainin; narrator, James Michener Considers whether or not Pacific cultures will survive the impact… Internet Archive William Deneen interviewed at his Park Avenue Apartment by Geoff Alexander 1997 · Educational · 1 h 10 min Geoff Alexander interviews Bill Deneen at his Park Avenue apartment in New York on January 19, 1997, prefaced by Bill running his projector and showing an… Internet Archive Transitions: Letting Go and Taking Hold 1978 · Educational Examines the transitional process that is involved when an employee has to adapt to a new job situation Internet Archive Looking and Talking About Art 1976 · Educational Produced and directed by Dr. Alice M. Schwartz. Deposited by the Art and Music Education Department, The Pennsylvania State University A group of children… Internet Archive Operation Red Hat : Men and a Mission 1971 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 3033306 / Local Identifier 175.79 - Operation Red Hat : Men and a Mission - Department of… Internet Archive Victory at Dien Bien Phu 1964 · Educational National Archives - Victory at Dien Bien Phu - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film is in Vietnamese… Internet Archive Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1968 · Educational National Archives - Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This… Internet Archive Free to Choose: 3 -- Anatomy of Crisis, Part 2 1979 · Educational Features a discussion among Milton Friedman and guests as a follow-up to part 1. Participants include columnist Nicolas von Hoffman; Peter Jay, former British… Internet Archive Something Special 1977 · Educational · 29 min A project of the Alliance for Arts Education in cooperation with National Art Education Association, American Theatre Association, National Dance Association,… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Muscles" 1974 · 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 Understanding Children's Play 1948 · Educational Survey of play devices applied with children of beginning school age: blocks, paints, crayons, clay, water, simple tools, finger painting, toys, and miniature… Internet Archive A look at Liv: Norway's Liv Ullmann / Liv Ullmann's Norway 1975 · Educational · 1 h 7 min Producers, Richard Kaplan and Jerry Winters Using original footage and interviews, family photos, and excepts from many of the actress's screen and stage… Internet Archive Cultural Revolution 1968 · Educational National Archives - Cultural Revolution - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film contains footage of a… Internet Archive China Leaps Forward 1958 · Educational National Archives - China Leaps Forward - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film explores the industry… Internet Archive KNOTS, BENDS AND HITCHES 1973 · Educational Department of Defense KNOTS, BENDS AND HITCHES PIN 29576 1973 TEACHES HOW TO TIE THE SQUARE KNOT, FIGURE 8, BOWLINE, HALF HITCH, TIMBER HITCH, ROLLING HITCH,… Internet Archive The Best Of Photoshop 4.0 1996 · Educational · Subtitles "Highlighting the new features of Photoshop 4.0"-- description from box. Internet Archive Crime: Senior Alert 1988 · Educational 655 ft Through dramatized situations, depicts situations in which crimes involving the elderly are likely to occur and demonstrates precautions for senior… Internet Archive The Writer in America: Wright Morris 1977 · Educational Wright Morris discusses his works and their roots in his Nebraska boyhood. He reads excerpts from The world in the attic, Ceremony in Lone Tree, Origins… Internet Archive Unconquerable Tibet 1959 · Educational National Archives - Unconquerable Tibet - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film briefly covers some… Internet Archive Why Calibrate 1994 · Educational Department of the Navy Why Calibrate? AVA14173VNB1 Demonstrates the need for calibrating test and monitoring equipment. Shows how the US Navy's calibration… Internet Archive Cataloochee - The Center of the World 1993 · Educational National Park Service Harpers Ferry Center Cataloochee - The Center of the World AVA19375VNB1 - 1993 The program, through historical and contemporary… Internet Archive Victims with Disabilities: The Forensic Interview—Techniques for Interviewing Victims with Communication and/or Cognitive Disabilities 2007 · Educational Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office for Victims of Crime Victims with Disabilities: The Forensic Interview—Techniques for Interviewing… Internet Archive The Complete Golfer 1990 · Educational "Gary McCord, CBS golf analyst and PGA Tournament pro, takes a thorough yet lighthearted approach as he carefully guides you through his 'ten tips to take ten… Internet Archive When The Pie Was Opened 1941 · Educational · 7 min A 1941 British short film showing how to make a wartime vegetable pie. Produced by the Realist Film Unit for the Ministry of Information. Internet Archive RIFLE, M16A1 - PART II - FIELD EXPEDIENTS 1968 · Educational Department of Defense - Description: FIELD CARE AND CLEANING OF WET AND DIRTY RIFLE AND AMMUNITION; USE OF CLEANING EXPEDIENTS ON LOSS OF RIFLE CLEANING… Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-1 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26957 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-1 VIETNAM - COMBAT AND OTHER ACTIVITY, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1965 - 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE, 101 AIRBORNE… Internet Archive Merrill's Marauders 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Merrill's Marauders Created by Quaid, David L. ARC Identifier 603003 / Local Identifier 200-QUAID-2. This film… Internet Archive Bulimia: The Binge-Purge Obsession 1987 · Educational Discusses the causes and effects of bulimia--self-destructive binge eating and vomiting--which a high percentage of high school and college women view as… Internet Archive Introduction to Moral Development 1977 · Educational Discusses the genesis, theories, and practicality of moral development. Describes the stages of moral reasoning. Shows several school programs using moral… Internet Archive Pirro 1978 · Educational Utilizing a storyteller who sets up the situation both verbally and with sign language, the film focuses on the adventures of Pirro, a clown marionette. As… Internet Archive Thinking, Writing, and Reading 1974 · Educational Reading experts examine the case for the total language approach, emphasizing the thinking - speaking - reading - writing continuum Internet Archive THE BATTLE OF KHE SANH Educational Department of Defense THE BATTLE OF KHE SANH PIN 20051 PHOTOGRAPHED BY ALL THE SERVICES, THIS FILM RECOUNTS THE VICTORY OF AMERICAN AND ALLIED FORCES IN THIS… Internet Archive HOSPITAL SAFETY 1979 · Educational Department of Defense - Description: POINTS OUT SAFETY HAZARDS TO PATIENTS AND WORKERS IN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT. SHOWS WAYS TO ELIMINATE AND LESSEN… Internet Archive Coping with Serious Illness: Doctors and Patients 1980 · Educational A documentary about the last years of Joan Robinson, a woman who was dying of cancer. Examines the on-going relationship among Joan and her doctor and other… Internet Archive Fragile Egos 1969 · Educational · 35 min With discussion guide Producer, Henry Morgenthau; cameraman, Peter Hoving; editor, Ron Blau Portrays problems of rehabilitating the mentally ill by focusing… Internet Archive Human Behavior and Reading 1974 · Educational Dr. William Glasser discusses the role of self concept in learning and the relationship of success to reading