Educationals from the world's archives

4,705–4,752 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 Anybody's Child 1975 · Educational · 24 min Defines the characteristics of dyslexia and shows work with high school age children who suffer from learning problems associated with dyslexia. Explores the… Internet Archive Strip Pits: Lakes for the Future? 1977 · Educational · 13 min Script, narration, Greg Bergeron ; photography, Dan Gapen ; editor, Ray Wood After strip mining its coal, Peabody Coal Co. turned its strip mining pit into a… Internet Archive INTERMENT CEREMONY OF THE VIETNAM UNKNOWN 1985 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 604778 INTERMENT CEREMONY OF THE VIETNAM UNKNOWN HIGHLIGHTS PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN'S SPEECH AT THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR THE VIETNAM… Internet Archive An Ax to Grind - Part 1 1998 · Educational USDA Forest Service An Ax to Grind - Part 1 0823-2D01-MTDC 1999 Missoula Technology Development Center. Hanging an Ax, Sharpening.USDA Forest Service Internet Archive Elaine Dart: Not Like Other People 1976 · Educational Shows how Elaine Dart, a victim of cerebral palsy, has learned to use her feet to perform tasks that are difficult for some people with the use of their hands Internet Archive Patricia's Moving Picture 1978 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Adults Issued also as videorecording Focuses on the mid-life crisis of a woman, who comes to grips with a new life… Internet Archive " THE LUMBERMAN " 1970s LOGGING & LUMBERJACKS IN OREGON PACIFIC NORTHWEST EDUCATIONAL FILM 98574 Educational This is a 1971 color film made by Bert van Bork entitled "The Lumberman" was part of the "Our Changing Way of Life" series of films released by Encyclopedia… Internet Archive Egypt 1971 · Educational National Archives - Egypt - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This newsreel film focuses on the life and… Internet Archive Robot Reality 1990 · Educational National Institutes of Health National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Robot Reality AVA19272VNB1 Explores the unusual machine guarding and… Internet Archive DIRECTION, ORIENTATION, AND LOCATION WITH A COMPASS 1967 · Educational Department of Defense DIRECTION, ORIENTATION, AND LOCATION WITH A COMPASS PIN 29407 1967 FEATURES AND USE OF LENSATIC COMPASS IN MAP ORIENTATION, IN FINDING… Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-3OA 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26983 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-3OA VIETNAM - JULY 1966 - NEW AIRBORNE CP IN 1ST CAVALRY COMBAT MISSION, OPERATIONS AT SAIGON PORT… Internet Archive Dreams So Real: Three Men's Stories 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet A portrait of three men in transition from the mental hospital back into the community as seen through their own words and through the… Internet Archive That's Business: The Accounting Process 1978 · Educational Explains the difference between a manager's and an accountant's perspective. Demonstrates how the journal and ledger function in the process of providing… Internet Archive The Older Infant: Four Months to One Year (Nairobi Park) 1966 · Educational Credits: Producer, Quentin Brown; Editor, Michel Chalufour;Photographer, Ken Nelson; Writer, Irven De Vore A visual observation of baboon development in Africa Internet Archive Who Remembers Mama? 1978 · Educational · 59 min Also issued as videorecording Producers, Cynthia Salzman Mondell, Allen Mondell Considers the plight of an older middle-class woman as she faces life after… Internet Archive United States Army Helicopter Operations in Vietnam 1963 · Educational National Archives - United States Army Helicopter Operations in Vietnam - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). -… Internet Archive Who Wants to Play God? 1979 · Educational Writer, Vivian Swain Focuses on performance analysis & teaches supervisors and managers how to be more effective in evaluating employees Internet Archive Madeline's Dream 1969 · Educational Frederick Perls The Gestalt method of dream analysis is demonstrated Internet Archive Trio: Rubinstein, Heifetz, and Piatigorsky 1952 · Educational Shows Artur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz, and Gregor Piatigorsky chatting informally and rehearsing the Schubert B-flat trio and the Mendelssohn D-minor trio Internet Archive Star Identification 1942 · Educational United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and Bureau of Naval Personnel United States Naval Academy Star Identification AVA04119VNB1, 1942 (?) Internet Archive OPERATION IVY 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration OPERATION IVY Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. (1958 - 1961) ARC Identifier 46856 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive Hazardous Materials: General Awareness and Familiarization 1999 · Educational Department of Transportation Video VH-588 Hazardous Materials: General Awareness and Familiarization This video provides basic training for shippers and… Internet Archive DIE DEUTSCHE WOCHENSCHAU, ca. 1943 - ca. 1944 Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 44362, LI 242-MID-6137 - DIE DEUTSCHE WOCHENSCHAU, ca. 1943 - ca. 1944 - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller.… Internet Archive "C" CO, 2/22 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN CAMBODIA 1970 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration "C" CO, 2/22 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN CAMBODIA ARC Identifier 33723 / Local Identifier 111-LC-55811 1970… Internet Archive WRIGHT BROTHERS ON HUFFMAN PRAIRIE 1988 · Educational Department of Defense - Description: AFTER THEIR FIRST FLIGHTS AT KITTYHAWK, NORTH CAROLINA, THE WRIGHT BROTHERS RETURNED TO DAYTON OHIO. DURING 1904-1905 ON… Internet Archive WRIGHT BROTHERS - PART I 1970 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 21580 WRIGHT BROTHERS - PART I THE NEW INVENTIONS AND INOVATIONS DEVISED BY THE WRIGHTS TO DISPLAY THEIR NEW AIRCRAFT. Internet Archive Neurological Examination of the One-Year-Old 1960 · Educational · 29 min Establishes standards for examination of infants at the age of one year. Shows normal and abnormal responses to tests Adviser, Richard S. Paine Internet Archive Strategy of the Achiever 1977 · Educational Presents a story about a yacht skipper and his crew who recover from a losing streak to win first place in an ocean race, despite rough weather and tough… Internet Archive Learning Excel 97: Beginning 1997 · Educational "In this video you will learn: Introduction to Excel (22 min); Data Entry (39 min); Changing Worksheet Appearance (14 min); File Management (14 min);… Internet Archive Transgender 2000 · Educational Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Diversity Series: Religions, Cultures and Communities (NCJ 212664) The Chicago… Internet Archive AIR WAR IN EUROPE 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 2870 / Local Identifier 18-C-406-2 - AIR WAR IN EUROPE - War Department. Army Air Forces.… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. JOSEPH R. MC CARTHY 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95785 / Local Identifier LW-LW-144 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. JOSEPH R. MC CARTHY -… Internet Archive Space Flight: Application of Orbital Mechanics 1994 · Educational National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Flight: Application of Orbital Mechanics AVA18245VNB1 - 1994 This video details planetary motion or… Internet Archive NAZI GERMAN SILENT PROPAGANDA / EDUCATIONAL FILM BORDERS OF GERMANY 1871- 1935 75352 Educational Made during the time of Hitler's Third Reich, this silent educational film (made to have a script read over it while it played) shows the varying borders of… Internet Archive Turkey 1961 · Educational National Archives - Turkey - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film covers the history, geography,… Internet Archive Employees are the FIRST Line of Food Defense 2009 · Educational Food and Drug Administration Employees are the FIRST Line of Food Defense 2009 Employees FIRST is an FDA initiative that food industry managers can include in… Internet Archive Greene Valley Grandparents 1974 · Educational Shows the work of the foster grandparent program at the Greene Valley Developmental Center in Greeneville, Tenn. Tells how retired businessmen, mechanics,… Internet Archive Warning in the Dark 1958 · Educational Discusses the obstacle sense of the blind as revealed through experiments conducted at the Institute of Experimental Psychology, Innsbruck, Austria. E.J.… Internet Archive CIVIL AFFAIRS IN GERMANY [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39159, LI 208-UN-1042 - CIVIL AFFAIRS IN GERMANY [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion… Internet Archive Africanized Bee Alert 1985 · Educational Department of Agriculture Africanized Bee Alert NTIS AVA14949VNB1, 1985 An update of the socalled “killer” bees travel northward from South America. Presents… Internet Archive Doing Business in Japan: Negotiating a Contract 1976 · Educational · 35 min Provides an analysis of the negotiation process exploring such elements as language and communication, cultural and pragmatic disparities of background,… Internet Archive Dependence: A New Definition 1972 · Educational Producer, director, and writer, Tom Lazarus Explains the psychoanalytic theory of the manner in which people develop healthy dependencies, and tells what… Internet Archive Harambee (Pull Together) 1974 · Educational Harambee is a traditional Swahili chant meaning heave-ho or pull together the slogan for a united Kenya. Harambee Day or Independence Day is celebrated in… Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-1OA 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26958 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-1OA VIETNAM - COMBAT AND OTHER ACTIVITY, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1966 - 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, 101ST… Internet Archive AMERICA REPORTS ON AID TO ALLIES [ETC.] 1942 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38937, LI 208-UN-30 - AMERICA REPORTS ON AID TO ALLIES [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion… Internet Archive ACTIVITIES OF THE U.S. ARMY AIR SERVICE 1925 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 65711 / Local Identifier 342-USAF-18748 - ACTIVITIES OF THE U.S. ARMY AIR SERVICE - Department… Internet Archive INTO THE MOUTH OF THE CAT - THE LANCE P. SIJAN DOCUMENTARY 1998 · Educational Department of Defense - Description: LANCE P. SIJAN IS THE ONLY UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY GRADUATE TO EVER RECEIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR.… Internet Archive “ VIRUSES: THRESHOLD OF LIFE ” 1967 DISEASE & HEALTH EDUCATIONAL FILM PH45664 Educational This 1967 color educational film produced by Coronet, which credits educational collaborator Dr. John E. Kempf, professor of Microbiology at the University of…