Educationals from the world's archives

4,465–4,512 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 ALLIES STUDY POST-WAR SECURITY [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39024, LI 208-UN-117 - ALLIES STUDY POST-WAR SECURITY [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion… Internet Archive High-Way to Hawaii 1955 · Educational · 28 min Features United Airlines' Boeing 377 Stratocruiser flying from San Francisco to Hawaii, including passengers, crew, interior of plane, arrival in Hawaii.… Internet Archive One To Grow On- Prologue 1973 · Educational Outlines the methods and goals aimed at in achieving an understanding of the mental health aspects of student-teacher relationships. We digitized and uploaded… Internet Archive “ PERSONAL HYGIENE FOR BOYS ” 1952 CORONET FILMS HEALTH CLASS EDUCATIONAL SHORT XD4605 Educational This 1952 black and white educational classroom short by Coronet Films uses a dialogue between an unseen narrator and a skeptical youth to dramatise the good… Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-2OA 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26971 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-2OA VIETNAM - COMBAT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, APRIL 1966 - 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION AND 1ST CAVALRY; HOSPITAL… Internet Archive "THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUN" 1942 U.S. ARMY TOMMY GUN INSTRUCTIONAL FILM FOR INFANTRY 25524 Educational This WWII U.S. Army film from 1942 describes the operation of the Thompson Submachine Gun. The Thompson submachine gun (nicknamed the Thompson) is an American… Internet Archive President and Congress 1961 · Educational Cataloged from data sheet Traces the development of the relationship between the President and Congress, emphasizing the difference in the President's… Internet Archive Through All Time: The American Search for Community, Part 2: Pleasure Domes and Money Mills 1977 · Educational Produced by KPBS, San Diego State University Visits resort and recreation boom towns, including Breckinridge, Colorado; Lahaina, Hawaii; and Gillette,… Internet Archive Through Conflict to Negotiation 1968 · Educational · 15 min A community action group in Rochester, New York, confronts the community's largest employer on the issue of corporate responsibility and the employment of… Internet Archive Iron Educational · 6 min We learn about how important iron is to our health thanks to wonderfully dated songs and dance.. Made for new mothers. We digitized and uploaded this film… Internet Archive It's Up to You 1959 · Educational Shows what happens when a workman carelessly discards safety glasses, operation for removal of metal from eye, and types of safety eyeware Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Fight" 1975 · 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 The fight for the Sky Educational National Archives and Records Administration The fight for the Sky Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 - ) ARC Identifier 63894 /… Internet Archive “ WORLD WAR II: BACKGROUND AND CAUSES ” 1963 EDUCATIONAL FILM RISE OF NAZI PARTY & FASCISM 70294 Educational In this classroom film from 1963, a filmmaker and an historian discuss the background issues leading into the beginning of World War II, starting with the… Internet Archive CONQUEST BY AIR 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration CONQUEST BY AIR War Department. Army Air Forces. (06/20/1941 - 09/26/1947) ARC Identifier 2894 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive Granby's Primates: A Captive Life 1983 · Educational Narrator, Jeff Kaye ; music, Andy Waggoner An experiment performed by Granby Zoo in Quebec shows how primates require a stimulating zoo environment to… Internet Archive Walter Kerr on Theater 1970 · Educational STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE (CLICK HERE) Walter Kerr comments on excerpts from five plays performed by top professionals. Mr. Kerr clarifies characteristics unique… Internet Archive Claire Falkenstein 1977 · Educational Chronicles the public and private life of American sculptor Claire Falkenstein. Samples public opinion and professional criticism of her work and shows the… Internet Archive Nine to Get Ready: Growth of the Fetus (1966) 1965 · Educational · 28 min Nine to Get Ready: Growth of the Fetus (1966) The second lesson on Hamlet. Maynard Mack recounts the story of Hamlet, introduces the major characters, and… Internet Archive My Trip to Washington 1980 · Educational Directed and produced by Jerry Holway Long- and short-exposure pixillation transforms the nation's capital into a Coney Island bumper-car ride. Finalist,… Internet Archive People in Crisis 1978 · Educational Deals with the importance of coordinating a hospital's efforts to assure timely and efficient patient discharges. Illustrates hospital and patient benefits… Internet Archive Experimental Compound MER 17 (Frenquel) and LSD-25 1955 · Educational National Archives - Experimental Compound MER 17 (Frenquel) and LSD-25 - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). -… Internet Archive Florian ZaBach Show, The 1954 · Educational · 26 min Florian ZaBach (1918-2006), one of television's early music stars, performs Parisian-themed tunes in this, one of his 40 television shows. Featured are singer… Internet Archive Big Picture: Seventh Army Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569494 / Local Identifier 111-TV-224 Big Picture: Seventh Army DVD copied by Ann Galloway.… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Robots in Industry" 1985 · 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 ALLIES OVERRUN GERMANY [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39165, LI 208-UN-1048 - ALLIES OVERRUN GERMANY [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Justin Grimes. Series: Motion Picture… Internet Archive Turkey 1952 · Educational National Archives - Turkey - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This U.S. Army film describes Turkey's… Internet Archive Harriet 1978 · Educational Produced by Jeffrey Weber for United Methodist Communications Harriet Kerr, a widow in her forties, talks about her twenty-year marriage to a minister, his… Internet Archive Kentucky Pioneers 1969 · Educational Second edition With teacher's guide Collaborator, Allan Eckert Focuses on one family's travels to Kentucky in 1790. Explains that rich Kentucky land lured… Internet Archive Phobias 1971 · Educational Produced by the BBC Two psychiatrists explain why people get phobias and describe methods used in treatment. People discuss what it is like to have a phobia Internet Archive The Flour Mill House 1970 · Educational Portuguese dialogue with English subtitles Credits: Director, Geraldo Sarno Summary: Portrays the farming and harvesting of manioc, used in the making of… Internet Archive THE BIG PICTURE - COMMAND DECISION: THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE 1963 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30144 THE BIG PICTURE - COMMAND DECISION: THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE STORY OF OPERATION DRAGOON IN WORLD WAR II -ROOSEVELT,… Internet Archive Basic Medical Pathology - Acute Inflammation II: Biochemical Mediators 1994 · Educational National Institutes of Health Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, Bethesda, MD. Educational Technology Branch. Basic Medical Pathology… Internet Archive Building a House on the Niger 1967 · Educational Director and photographer, Hermann Schlenker Shows, without narration, men of the Bozo people of Mali building a thatched hut on stilts Internet Archive The Child Artist 1976 · Educational Produced and directed by Dr. Alice M. Schwartz A teacher, through questions and discussion, stimulates students' imagination and visual imagery as she helps… Internet Archive ENGINEERS IN COMBAT - WORLD WAR II 1957 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 23082 ENGINEERS IN COMBAT - WORLD WAR II ENGINEER MISSION IN COMBAT - TRAINING AT ENGINEER SCHOOL, FT BELVOIR, VA. ENGINEERING… Internet Archive BATTLE OF ST. VITH - PART II 1965 · Educational Department of Defense BATTLE OF ST. VITH - PART II PIN 30183 1965 ROLE OF 84TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN FIGHTING GERMAN ARMY IN WORLD WAR II - PENETRATION OF… Internet Archive If You Do Something for Me 1971 · Educational Humorous approach is used to discuss principles of operant conditioning as they apply to shaping human behavior. In college classroom setting, professor… Internet Archive Artists: Claes Oldenburg Educational · 29 min Artists: Claes Oldenberg Interviews with abstract artists Frank Stella and Larry Poons, and a look at some of their work. Internet Archive A VISIT TO MARS 1970 · Educational Department of Defense A VISIT TO MARS PIN 30256 1970 PRESENTS A LOOK AT THE MILITARY AFFILIATE RADIO SYSTEM, ITS HISTORY, ITS OPERATIONS, AND ITS PART IN OUR… Internet Archive TRUE GLORY, THE 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20363 TRUE GLORY, THE A DOCUMENTARY FILM COVERING VIRTUALLY EVERY PHASE OF THE INVASION OF EUROPE AND THE EVENTUAL VICTORY OVER THE… Internet Archive See, Touch, Feel 1971 · Educational · 30 min Examines in detail the planning and construction of three commonly found sets, the "presenter" (one person), the "interview" (2 or more people) and the… Internet Archive Water Garden 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: General Architect Philip Johnson describes the Fort Worth Water Garden while the viewer explores all aspects from… Internet Archive Yanomamo: A Multi-Disciplinary Study 1970 · Educational Internet Archive Aircrew Survival: Cold Land Survival Educational Federal Aviation Administration Aircrew Survival: Cold Land Survival Civil Aerospace Medical Institute. Internet Archive INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 01/20/1965 Educational National Archives and Records Administration INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 01/20/1965 Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of… Internet Archive Japan 1960 · Educational National Archives - Japan - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film explores the political and economic… Internet Archive Psychotherapeutic interview : method of procedure 1950 · Educational Depicts an interview between a patient and psychiatrist: analyses the principles and methods employed in the interview and emphasizes the importance of the…