Educationals from the world's archives

4,513–4,560 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 National Family Planning Programs: Restoring the Balance 1974 · Educational · 28 min With sound track in Spanish R.T. Ravenholt, Willard Boynton Presents family planning program leaders from several countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America,… Internet Archive Object Relations in Space 1967 · Educational · 27 min Presents a demonstration of the scale for the construction of object relations in space. Shows evidences of perceiving and of anticipating the loci of… Internet Archive Climate Factor 1984 · Educational National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The Climate Factor AVA11754VNB1 - 1984 Analyzes the ways in which climate affects our daily lives, from the… Internet Archive JOURNEY ACROSS BERLIN 1961 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration JOURNEY ACROSS BERLIN U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 49495 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive AMERICAN BOMBERS SMASH AXIS OIL FIELDS IN ROMANIA [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38971, LI 208-UN-64 - AMERICAN BOMBERS SMASH AXIS OIL FIELDS IN ROMANIA [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas… Internet Archive Courts and Councils: Dispute Settlements in India 1981 · Educational In native dialects with subtitles and narration in English Producers, Michael Camerint, James McDonald; written and directed by Ron Hess Optical sound… Internet Archive Visual Search in Driving 1975 · Educational Presents visual examples of situations involving searching stopped vehicles and requires students to provide a yes or no answer in connection with each… Internet Archive Power and the Land 1940 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 352 Power and the Land A documentary showing the struggle to bring electricity to rural areas of the United States. Internet Archive FORCIBLE ENTRY: EXCUSE AND TRICKERY. Part Two 1974 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration FORCIBLE ENTRY: EXCUSE AND TRICKERY. Part Two Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. (1935 - )… Internet Archive There Is a Way (Revised) 1997 · Educational Department of the Air Force There Is a Way (Revised) AVA04597VNB1, 1997 The video portrays the life of F-105 pilots who daily fight the air war in Southeast… Internet Archive 1956 Crusade for Freedom 1956 · Educational National Archives - 1956 Crusade for Freedom - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film explores an… Internet Archive Management By Objectives and Performance Appraisal: 3 -- 1975 · Educational With leader's guide Director, Don Sykes; writer, Sue Walima An industrial education film which uses animation to review all the steps for successul and… Internet Archive MOBILE CRANE SAFETY 2003 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 806721 MOBILE CRANE SAFETY TO INCREASE MOBILE CRANE SAFETY AWARENESS Internet Archive Eugene's Valet 1984 · Educational Producer, director, Jane Chapline Eugene's Valet is a New York City dry cleaning store that also functions as the local bar for the community. It represents… Internet Archive Multicultural Education: A Teaching Style 1978 · Educational Producers, David Arnold and Dennis Hicks ; director, Wayne Threm Also issued as videorecording This film looks at the change from the traditional "melting… Internet Archive Extra Help For MCASTest 1of 2 1999 · Educational "Show topic: 4th grade math, 8th grade math, 10th grade math, Science. Tape 1 of 2."-- description from box. Internet Archive Gulf Islands: Beaches, Bays, Sounds, and Bayous 1982 · Educational · 28 min Title from container DVD; Dolby digital; 5.1 virtual Surround sound This entry in the National Parks series includes over eight hours of footage. Among the… Internet Archive The Human Problems: Management Approaches 1978 · Educational · 26 min The Human Problems: Management Approaches Based on the story of the same title by Katherine Anne Porter, about a matriarch who on her deathbed struggles to… Internet Archive 1950s ATOMIC RADIATION INSTRUCTIONAL FILM HENRI BECQUEREL MARIE CURIE RADIUM URANIUM 32174 Educational Encyclopedia Britannica Films presents, “Atomic Radiation”. Produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films, in collaboration with the division of the physical… Internet Archive F-15 1980 · Educational Department of the Air Force F-15 NTIS Price: $50.00 Your Price: $0.00 AVA20321-VNB1 The video shows a variety of the F-15 Eagle in flight, making peel-off,… Internet Archive CLASSIC 1950s EDUCATIONAL SOCIAL GUIDANCE FILM " COURTSHIP & MARRIAGE " 64974 Educational Courtship and Marriage is a short educational film from the late 1950s or early 1960s that shows the courting traditions of couples from Sicily, Iran, Canada,… Internet Archive Headlines Of The Century Irish Sweeps 1960 · Educational · 3 min Part of series, Greatest Headlines of the Century. Describes the Irish Sweepstakes phenomenon in the United States Internet Archive Backfire 1983 · Educational Presents the ways in which poor body mechanics can result in a "backfire": permanent, crippling injury and pain. Emphasizes the importance of heeding warning… Internet Archive My Marks Are Me 1976 · Educational Directed and produced by Dr. Alice M. Schwartz. Deposited by the Art and Music Education Department, The Pennsylvania State University Designed to allow art… Internet Archive Olympics: The Eternal Torch 1974 · Educational · 27 min Uses footage dating back to 1896 and highlights taken from each Olympiad since, to trace the American participation in the games. Shows the pageantry and… Internet Archive Resurrection 1973 · Educational · 27 min A Mexican-American family celebrates Easter in Los Angeles. Their church still follows many of the old, traditional Mexican rituals, and the parents follow… Internet Archive Seasons Change 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Music, Benjamin Goldstein, Peter Fish Intended audience: Ages three to eight Issued also as videorecording Short scenes of children… Internet Archive That Our Children Will Not Die 1978 · Educational · 30 min Shows primary health care services in various parts of Nigeria which use specially trained community health workers and nurses in an expanded role Internet Archive The Urban Forest 1977 · Educational Discusses how trees improve the environment by such influences as absorbing air and noise pollution and cutting down on glare. Urges more programs to plan for… Internet Archive Turning Points 1978 · Educational Title from data sheet Three adult women who have decided to pursue college and careers narrate their stories by providing portraits of their daily lives and… Internet Archive Viracocha 1974 · Educational · 30 min This series of motion pictures is also accompanied by a book, "Faces of Change: five rural societies in transition ... ", 4 Task Force reports, and a teaching… Internet Archive Collection MFDI - Consequences 1991 · Educational · 52 min A dramatic film about teenage pregnancy in an educational setting in Kenya. With Yvette Ogiste as Rita and Joel Phiri as Richard. This movie came to… Internet Archive Spanish Empire in the New World 1992 · Educational National Park Service Spanish Empire in the New World (In Spanish) NTIS AVA19470VNB1, 1992 This video traces the history of the Spanish empire in the New… Internet Archive Alphabet: The Story of Writing, 4 -- Writing: Everyman's Art 1980 · Educational Narrator, Susannah York; producer and director, Jeremy Bennett Calligrapher Donald Jackson presents an historical overview of various writing implements from… Internet Archive Denmark, 1943 1971 · Educational Danish student-actors re-enact the events of October 1943, when the Danes saved almost their entire Jewish population from the Nazis by helping them escape to… Internet Archive The Power of Money 1994 · Educational Federal Reserve System The Power of Money - 1994 Focuses on the Fed's monetary policy responsibility, using the Fed's response to inflation of the late 1970s… Internet Archive THE MANHATTAN RHYTHM KINGS 1986 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration THE MANHATTAN RHYTHM KINGS U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 55199 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive Lonely Boy 1962 · Educational · 26 min Describes the rise to fame of Paul Anka, a young Canadian songwriter and singer. Presents a candid look at the popular singer from both sides of the… Internet Archive Czechoslovakia's Invasion by the Soviets 1968 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Czechoslovakia's Invasion by the Soviets National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 -… Internet Archive CAMILLE AND THE SEABEES 1971 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25580 CAMILLE AND THE SEABEES PARTICIPATION OF DISASTER TRAINING UNITS DURING THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE CAMILLE, AT GULFPORT,… Internet Archive HOW TO TIE KNOTS U.S. NAVY WWII INSTRUCTIONAL MOVIE "USEFUL KNOTS" 85044 Educational Made during WWII for the U.S. Navy by the Jam Handy Organization, "Useful Knots" shows how to tie all sorts of knots. The film illustrates basic rope and knot… Internet Archive Ray Garner: Personal African Cuts 1938 · Educational · 15 min Outtakes from a Harmon Foundation African film project, shot by Ray and Virginia Garner, featuring camera set-ups, Ray directing & shooting, porters carrying… Internet Archive Solar energy, the great adventure. 1978 · Educational Host Eddie Albert introduces individuals who have developed their own solar energy systems. Shows how these people from various backgrounds have found methods… Internet Archive ATOM STRIKES, THE 1948 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 23074 ATOM STRIKES, THE FIRST EXPERIMENTAL BLAST SET OFF IN NEW MEXICO; BOMBING AND DEVASTATION OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI. AND… Internet Archive Care of the Sick Among Primitive Groups 1970 · Educational · 29 min Discusses basic human needs, major problems of community health, and solutions to health problems, including folk medicine, the nurse, occult practices, the… Internet Archive Supervisory Communication Skills 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet A foreign film (Canada) Intended audience: Adults Issued also as videorecording Focuses on skills supervisors need in order to… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Majority Rules: A Secret That Grew" 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 "LIFE IN OLD LOUISIANA " 1941 EDUCATIONAL FILM NEW ORLEANS 97404 Educational Produced in 1941, "Life in Old Louisiana" was created by Erpi Classroom Films, Inc. in collaboration with James Fortier, the archivist of New Orleans. The…