Educationals from the world's archives

4,417–4,464 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 City in the Wilderness 1975 · Educational · 28 min Bi-centennial film produced for the city of Bethlehem and the state of Pennsylvania Internet Archive Right from the Start 1983 · Educational · 51 min Looks at the important relationship between parent and child that begins moments after birth. Explains how touching, responding, and eye contact establish… Internet Archive The Soundman 1951 · Educational Describes techniques and resources used to produce sound for motion pictures, the history of sound in movies, and how files of sound effects are used. From… Internet Archive You Are Old, Father William 1980 · Educational · 53 min Producer, writer, David Cohen; photographers, Butch Calderwood, Colin Munn; editor, Simon Rose; sound, Jack Curtis, Peter Downey Describes the aging process… Internet Archive Hungarian Revolution 1956 · Educational National Archives - Hungarian Revolution - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This newsreel film was shot… Internet Archive MAPPING A BETTER TOMORROW 1971 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30277 MAPPING A BETTER TOMORROW SHOWS THE ACTIVITIES OF THE TOPOGRAPHIC COMMAND, MAKING MAPS OF THE EARTH FOR WAR AND PEACEFUL USES,… Internet Archive Kenya Boran Part 2: Education 1974 · Educational · 32 min Directed by David MacDougall and produced by the American Universities Field Staff. Adviser: Paul Baxter Focuses of the life of Peter Boru, a… Internet Archive The Shoemaker (El Zapatero) 1976 · Educational Produced by Jerome Mintz A poor shoemaker in Andalusia, Spain, faces the unexpected dilemma of staying in his native village or moving to the city. His… Internet Archive FDR in Cairo and Teheran 1943 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 279 FDR in Cairo and Teheran From the Pare Lorentz Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. NLR… Internet Archive What's the Score (1962) 1962 · Educational · 28 min What's the Score (1962) Shows how the human body acts as a natural clock when internal circadian rhythms initiate specific responses and behavior. Internet Archive GERMAN CONFISCATED FILM, 1939 - 1945 Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 24043 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive The Violent Universe, Part 2 Educational · 30 min The Violent Universe Part 2 A comprehensive report of astronomical theories, research, and discoveries. Visits thirty astronomers at their observatories… Internet Archive SOVIET ROCKET LAUNCH & SPACE FLIGHT EDUCATIONAL FILM 52224 Educational Dating to the 1960s, this Soviet film shows some of the USSR's manned rockets and the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan. It was the world's first and… Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-18A 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26967 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-18A VIETNAM - COMBAT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, APRIL 1966 - 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 173D AIRBORNE, AND… Internet Archive [Bowman Dairy and Egg Promo film] 1943 · Educational A film, apparently about the Bowman Dairy, its operations and delivery, and egg farming. To license this film and get a higher quality version for… Internet Archive All My Buttons 1973 · Educational · 28 min Describes various activities of a retarded boy who is attempting to find an independent life in the community in order to illustrate problems associated with… Internet Archive Yevtushenko: A Poet's Journey 1969 · Educational · 28 min An intimate look at the internationally popular Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, viewing his philosophy of the universality of human love and creativity, his… Internet Archive Autumn Pastorale 1955 · Educational · 9 min Pictures two children and their collie dog in a rural autumn countryside. Dramatizes the transformations that occur in the fall. Beautiful Impressionist… Internet Archive Etching and Color Intaglio: A Close-Up of the Medium 1973 · Educational Produced by printmaker George Johanson and filmmaker Manson Kennedy Detailed demonstration includes traditional techniques of etching, engraving, and… Internet Archive People's Firehouse No. 1 1979 · Educational · 26 min Narrator: Robert Lacativa Cinematography, Larry Bullard ; editor, Stephanie Palewski A small, New York City community gathers together to oppose the closing… Internet Archive SMALL BOAT NAVY, THE 1968 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25243 SMALL BOAT NAVY, THE AN UP-TO-DATE REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE U.S. NAVYS SMALL BOATS IN VIETNAM. UNIQUELY DESIGNED TO… Internet Archive Boswelle's Bon Voyage 1966 · Educational · 9 min Relates the adventures of George & Sherry Zabriskie's dog Boswelle, who stows away on a ship going to Europe and North Africa. Guitar soundtrack by Jay… Internet Archive "WHY TAKE A CHANCE?" 1950s GENERAL TIRE AUTO ACCIDENT SCARE FILM w/ ART GILMORE 75994 Educational Featuring actor Art Gilmore -- who narrated the 1950s TV show "Highway Patrol", this scare / sales film by General Tire presents the various features of the… Internet Archive A Continuing Responsibility 1968 · Educational Editor: Roger Hart As demonstrated in the Woodlawn Organization in Chicago, Alinsky's technique creates on-going organizations firmly rooted in the community Internet Archive Controlling the Behavioral Side Effects of Chemotherapy 1983 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Nurses and social workers Examines conditioned behavioral disorders in chemotherapy patients and documents the… Internet Archive Ethics: Part B 1975 · Educational Designed to make police officers more aware of the kinds of interpersonal difficulties with which they must learn to deal. Four events are re-created and… Internet Archive Learning About Thinking and Vice Versa 1971 · Educational Director, Joe Koenig Educator Eleanor Duckworth demonstrates children's thinking processes through classic Piaget-type interviews held during a workshop for… Internet Archive The Street 1976 · Educational From the book by Mordecai Richler. Animated film which tells of a family's summer-long deathbed vigil in the Jewish section of Montreal. Conveys the… Internet Archive Wilderness of Zin 1959 · Educational "A report on the Louis M. Rabinowitz archaeological expedition in the Negev." Producers, Samuel Elfert and David Anderman; director, Fred Steinhardt; writer,… Internet Archive Wynn Bullock, Photographer 1978 · Educational CREDITS: Director, Thom Tyson SUMMARY: Interweaves Wynn Bullock's personal reflections on his creative search as a photographer with the struggle that he and… Internet Archive FLUID COUPLING, THE PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION 1954 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 29877 FLUID COUPLING, THE PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION COMPONENT PARTS - DEMONSTRATION OF FLUID COUPLING WITH THE USE OF A PLASTIC MODEL… Internet Archive A Place to Live 1978 · Educational Producer and director, Fred James; cinematographer, James Lieu Highlights the Shelter Institute in Bath, Me., which teaches people to build homes that are… Internet Archive The Fighting First 1946 · Educational Department of the Army A War Department Official Film The Fighting First AVA10749VNB1 - Misc. 1279 - 1946 Shows combat operations of the 1st infantry division… Internet Archive The Hollow Coin 1958 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 653944 / Local Identifier 263.2425 - The Hollow Coin - National Security Council. Central… Internet Archive JOE MANN STORY, THE 1960 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30121 JOE MANN STORY, THE A HIGHLY SENSITIVE MEMORIAL TO A SOLDIER KILLED IN WORLD WAR II - EXPERTLY PHOTOGRAPHED WITH UNUSUAL… Internet Archive Breeding Biology of Black Woodpeckers 1961 · Educational Shows selection of nest site by a pair of black woodpeckers, digging nest cavity in a tree trunk, and then care of young through various stages to fledging.… Internet Archive Equal Justice Under Law: 1819 -- McCulloch v. Maryland 1977 · Educational Produced by WQED, Pittsburgh A dramatization of a landmark case heard by the Supreme Court of Chief Justice John Marshall: Can states tax the operations of… Internet Archive Nell and Fred 1972 · Educational · 28 min Produced for the program Challenge for Change/Société nouvelle in cooperation with departments and agencies of the Government of Canada Producers, George… Internet Archive SKY SOLDIERS, THE 1968 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30209 SKY SOLDIERS, THE THE STORY OF THE 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE IN VIETNAM; OPERATIONS AT VUNG TAU AND BIEN HOA, AND OPERATION "NEW… Internet Archive Race Movies: The Popular Art of the 1920's 1985 · Educational Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Neighborhood Museum Race Movies: The Popular Art of the 1920's AVA16475VNB1, 1985 The program explores the contributions to… Internet Archive A Hurricane Called Betsy 1966 · Educational Department of Defense Office of Civil Defense Motion Picture Service A Hurricane Called Betsy AVA16542VNB1 - 1966 Recounts Hurricane Betsy’s 3,000-mile trip… Internet Archive Once Upon a Dime 1970 · Educational Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Once Upon a Dime 30 min VHS and DVD This cartoon shows the need for a medium of exchange from primitive times to today. The… Internet Archive JAPAN SURRENDERS 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39075, LI 208-UN-168 - JAPAN SURRENDERS - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture Films from… Internet Archive Judgment on the Water 1986 · Educational Pinpoints major causes of boating accidents and shows how to operate a small boat safely Internet Archive Nine to Get Ready: Newborn Care (1966) 1965 · Educational · 29 min Nine to Get Ready: Newborn Care (1966) Dr. Margaret Mead, anthropologist of the American Museum of Natural History, presents a pictorial record of the rapid… Internet Archive The History of U.S. Foreign Relations: Part 1 -- An Age of Revolutions 1972 · Educational · 30 min Uses paintings, political cartoons, and scenes of historic locations to portray the diplomacy of the American Revolution through the early Federal period.… Internet Archive Visit to the Sepulcher (Visitatio Sepulchri) 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Shows a performance of the 12th-century music drama entitled Visitatio Sepulchri which relates the Gospel story of the first Easter.… Internet Archive Friendship Seven 1962 · Educational · 53 min · Subtitles Documents the historic space flight of John Glenn.