Educationals from the world's archives

4,609–4,656 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 Free to Choose: 6 -- What's Wrong with Our Schools? Part 2 1979 · Educational Features a discussion among Milton Friedman and guests as follow-up to part 1. Participants include Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of… Internet Archive Oil Shale: Rock That Burns 1975 · Educational Produced by the University of Colorado for the Energy Sources Discusses the utilization of oil shale as an energy source. Although there are an estimated 1.8… Internet Archive Tactical Air Power 1968 · Educational United States Air Force Tactical Air Power AVA20906VNB1 - 1968 Produced by the Aerospace Audio-Visual Service Military Airlift Command 1365th Photo Squadron Internet Archive Fire Extinguishers and Smoke Detectors 1977 · Educational Producer, director, and writer, Leo A. Handel Examines the various types of smoke and heat detectors, stressing the importance of proper maintenance and… Internet Archive Teaching a Concept: American History 1963 · Educational Produced by R. Patrick During a single, unrehearsed class period, a teacher develops the concept of Jacksonian democracy. The teacher pauses several times in… Internet Archive The Structure of Lysozyme 1976 · Educational · 25 min Describes methods used to establish the molecular structure of the enzyme lysozyme Internet Archive Driving Your 1999 Jetta: Welcome To The Family 1998 · Educational "Video contents: Welcome Jetta Drivers; Get Into Your New Jetta; From The Driver's Seat; Driving Your New Jetta; Driver and Passenger Safety; Jetta… Internet Archive DRAGON'S TEETH 1963 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30141 DRAGON'S TEETH GENERAL J. LAWTON COLLINS TELLS OF THE FIGHT TO TAKE THE SIEGFRIED LINE IN WORLD WAR II, AND OF THE CAMPAIGN TO… Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-5A 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 27007 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-5A VIETNAM - COMBAT AND OTHER ACTIVITY, JANUARY 1966 - 173D AIRBORNE BRIGADE, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, 25TH… Internet Archive JAPANESE SIGN FINAL SURRENDER 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39079, LI 208-UN-171B - JAPANESE SIGN FINAL SURRENDER - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture… Internet Archive Big Picture: Salute to the Canadian Army Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569680 / Local Identifier 111-TV-414 Big Picture: Salute to the Canadian Army DVD Copied by… Internet Archive The People and the Police: Oakland 1974 · Educational Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. (1935 - ) ARC Identifier 12120 / Local Identifier 65.47 1974 The People and the Police: Oakland… Internet Archive Respirators: Your TB Defense 2002 · Educational Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Respirators: Your TB… Internet Archive Health and Lifestyle: Positive Approaches to Well-Being 1980 · Educational Cloyce Morrow The major risk factors which affect long term health are presented. The roles of smoking, alcohol, overweight, chronic stress and exercise are… Internet Archive Theatre Fundamentals: The Breath of Performance 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Demonstrates the proper blend of speech and body training which leads to effective use of the voice in theater Internet Archive Hamlet: Part 4 - The Readiness Is All Educational · 29 min Hamlet: Part 4 - The Readiness Is All Dr. Maynard Mack, Professor of English, Yale University, begins the interpretation of "Hamlet" by sketching the… Internet Archive BATTLE OF ST. VITH - PART I 1965 · Educational Department of Defense BATTLE OF ST. VITH - PART I PIN 30181 1965 BAKCGROUND OF EVENTS ON HITLER'S ARDENNES OFFENSIVEDECEMBER 1944, WITH FOCUS ON 19 DECEMBER… Internet Archive Bugging the Battlefield 1969 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 4524913 / Local Identifier 330-DVIC-65037 - Bugging the Battlefield - Department of Defense.… Internet Archive Churchill: Voice of a Prophet 1978 · Educational Title from data sheet Originally shown in Canada on the television program entitled Portraits of power Director, Jeremy Murray-Brown; journalist, Drew… Internet Archive The Mockingbird 1966 · Educational War drama Source: From a story by Rev. Thomas A. Conway, C.P.P.S Rick Jason (Lt. Gil Hanley); Vic Morrow (Sgt. Chip Saunders); Pierre Jalbert (Caje (Caddy… Internet Archive PRES. NIXON SPEAKS FROM WHITE HOUSE ON WATERGATE Educational National Archives and Records Administration PRES. NIXON SPEAKS FROM WHITE HOUSE ON WATERGATE U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier… Internet Archive Interpersonal Process Recall: Affective Simulation 1973 · Educational A 390 page Instructor's Manual contains typescripts of each film in the series and detailed instructions on how best to use each IPR unit Part B, films 3-4,… Internet Archive Sight and Sound Media in Foreign Language Teaching (1969) 1969 · Educational · 33 min Sight and Sound Media in Foreign Language Teaching (1969) The story of egg production on a large, commercial egg farm. Emphasizes the care given to hens in… Internet Archive Interview with Lee Kuan Yew 1967 · Educational National Archives - Interview with Lee Kuan Yew - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film is footage of… Internet Archive Giant Sequoia 1979 · Educational National Park Service Giant Sequoia AVA03599VNB1, 1979 The story of the giant trees which cover nearly 850,000 acres of the Sequoia National Park in California. Internet Archive Back Your Back : Back and Muscle Injury Prevention 1992 · Educational Washington State Dept. of Labor and Industries Video V0146 Back Your Back : Back and Muscle Injury Prevention Explains the potential causes of back injuries,… Internet Archive Thunderbolt 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 63897 / Local Identifier 342-SFP-182 - Thunderbolt - Department of Defense. Department of the… Internet Archive Boilers and Their Operation 1956 · Educational Department of the Navy Reid H. Ray Film Industries, Inc. Boilers and Their Operation AVA12760VNB1 - MN 9223f 1956 How Fuel Oil Burners Work. Features… Internet Archive Dirty Little Secrets - Kitchen Food Safety 1996 · Educational Food and Drug Administration Dirty Little Secrets - Kitchen Food Safety AVA19664VNB1 (NTIS has AVA19964VNB1), 1996 Video covers home kitchen food safety from… Internet Archive Building Mountain Bike Trails 2006 · Educational · Subtitles USDA Forest Service Building Mountain Bike Trails 0623-2D01-MTDC 2006 A supplement to the International Mountain Bicycling Association's guide, Trail… Internet Archive Raymond Foundation Methods 1980 · Educational The Raymond Concrete Pile Company explains their "cast in place pile" concrete foundations Internet Archive “ YUCATAN: LAND OF THE MAYA ” 1962 EDUCATIONAL FILM SOUTHERN MEXICO CHICHEN ITZA UXMAL XD10814 Educational This 1962 film was photographed by Willard C. Hahn and produced by Paul Louis Hoefler who made academic films for the classroom from the early 1950s to the… Internet Archive In the Beginning 1935 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles Fundamentals of mammalian reproduction, presented through animation, photomicrography and natural photography. Internet Archive Vanishing Veddahs 1957 · Educational · 23 min Records the customs and ceremonies of a near-prehistoric tribe in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) that faced extinction when the film was made in 1957. Shows wedding with… Internet Archive Fantastic Yellowstone 1997 · Educational National Park Service Fantastic Yellowstone NTIS AVA04043VNB1, 1997 Traces the history of the national park idea from its origins at Yellowstone National Park… Internet Archive Management By Objectives and Performance Appraisal: 2 -- Developing 1975 · Educational With leader's guide Director, Don Sykes; writer, Sue Walima An industrial training film which uses animation to show employees methods of writing and… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Backbone" 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 Uncommon Ephemera Filmstrip Soundtrack Preservation Live Stream #3: Cessna Flight Training (May 12, 2019) 2019 · Educational SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. If you have sound filmstrips you cannot properly preserve, please consider donating them to me. Contact me at… Internet Archive 1958 EDUCATIONAL FILM “RUSSIAN LIFE TODAY: INSIDE THE SOVIET UNION” 44144 Educational This film focuses on the cultural and social aspects of what life within Soviet Russia was like during the Cold War. It was filmed with government permission… Internet Archive BATTLE OF NORTH AFRICA, PART 1 1960 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30126 BATTLE OF NORTH AFRICA, PART 1 A TWO-PART PRESENTATION OF THE MILITARY CAMPAIGNS IN NORTH AFRICA DURING WORLD WAR II. THIS… Internet Archive Basic Brown Basic Blue 1968 · Educational Part of the "Here's Homer" series as Homer Groening looks at interesting outdoor activities/sports Internet Archive Degas: Master of Motion (1957) 1957 · Educational · 14 min Degas: Master of Motion Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film SummaryThe life and work of Edgar Degas is seen… Internet Archive SPECIAL FORCES COMBAT PATROL 1964 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984) ARC… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Algernon, The Ambulance (Copy 2)" 1971 · 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 INDUSTRIAL CITY" 1970 EDUCATIONAL FILM DETROIT MICHIGAN MILWAUKEE PITTSBURGH GARY XD13424 Educational This color educational film is about the new Industrial City of today. Detroit, Michigan is prominently featured. This film was released in January 1970 by… Internet Archive Mechanical Waves 1969 · Educational · 20 min Examines the nature of mechanical waves and how they travel. Internet Archive Professional Photography 1960 · Educational · 28 min Presents Ansel Adams and Milton Halberstadt discussing photography as a profession. Adams applies his imagination and techniques to industrial, promotional… Internet Archive Father & Son: The Good Samaritans 1983 · Educational Father and son Eric learn a lesson about how some people will take advantage of a good samaritan. Originally released as Vater und Sohn: Das Gespenst (The…