Technology in the world's archives
577–624 of 4,359 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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
|---|---|
| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual content, pornography, nudity and nudism, striptease, sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, beheadings, atrocity footage. |
Internet Archive
Portable Computers
The state of the art in portable computers in the mid 1980's. Products featured include the Morrow Pivot Portable, the Hewlett Packard HP110, the Texas…
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Saving The Bay From The Future March 28 2018
From the weird madness of the Reber Plan to dam both ends of the Bay into freshwater lakes in the 1950s to the Save the Bay movement of the early 1960s that…
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Winter CES 1996
On location coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. This was the first consumer electronics show that was dominated by computer makers. New…
Internet Archive
Windows Enhancement Software
Early versions of Windows left a lot to be desired. So third party software vendors came out with a variety of Windows add-ons. This program looks at several…
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Wireless Computing
The buzz word at the end of 1996 was wireless. This program looks at several new wireless technologies including the HP Vectra 500 with an InfraRed (IR)…
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Digital Photofinishing
As the popularity of digital cameras grew, photofinishing software followed. This program looks at several early examples of computer based photo processing.…
Internet Archive
Halo Boys
Oh no! Boy bands have invaded Halo and now have begun the process of promoting thier musical talents to the world beyond... Download at your own risk :-)
Internet Archive
MIT RES.10-S95 Physics of COVID-19 Transmission, Fall 2020
Instructor: Martin Z. Bazant View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/RES-10-S95F20 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y__Z_PgAxQ&list=PLU…
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Operation Teapot - Tesla 28633 GMX HiRez
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7cF9Oi0yzU Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13
Internet Archive
Online Investing
Everybody seems to be trading stocks and bonds online these days. We'll show you how you make a trade, how to integrate your investments into your personal…
Internet Archive
On Line Shopping
With the internet growing by leaps and bounds, online shopping became a hot topic in the mid 1990's. This program looked at several new online shopping…
Internet Archive
Talking Computers
Almost ten years after this show was produced, we are still not talking to our computers. This program looks at several early attempts at a voice interface.…
Internet Archive
Buy Or Upgrade?
Your computer can't keep up with the latest applications. Should you buy a new one or can you get the same performance by upgrading your existing machine.…
Internet Archive
Vivere la diversità
This video describes an educational project made in an Italian Elementary School, with 9y old pupils. The project addressed differences in physical appearance…
Internet Archive
Scanners
With the growth of desktop publishing, scanners became an important new PC peripheral, with sales in the early 1990s growing at 250% per year. This program…
Internet Archive
Random Access
For the first fifteen years of the Computer Chronicles, when it was still hard to find technology news on television, each episode would end with a five…
Internet Archive
CES Special Las Vegas 1994 - Arabic
Arabic subtitled version of this program. On location coverage of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Featured analyst is Tim Bajarin,…
Internet Archive
DOS 6.2
The big news in 1993 was Microsoft's new version 6.2 of MS-DOS. Demonstrations include MS-DOS 6.0, MS-DOS 6.2, Stacker 3.1, Norton Utilities 7.0, and IBM's…
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Memory Problems
If you were a DOS user back in the early 1990's, you had to deal with "insufficient memory" issues. Over and over again. This program looks at solutions for…
Internet Archive
Notebook Computers
A review of the state of the art in notebook computers. Featured products include the AST Premium Exec 386SX/25, the NCR Safari, IBM's ThinkPad 700C, Compaq's…
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Build Your Own PC
Why buy a computer when you can build your own? This program looks at various approaches to assembling your own PC. Featured are the Chips and Technologies…
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Pentium PCs
A look at the first generation of Pentium based personal computers. Included are demonstrations of new Pentium PCs from Gateway, Compaq, and ALR (Advanced…
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Comdex 1995
Highlights of the 1995 Fall Comdex show shot on location in Las Vegas. Includes excerpts from the keynote speech by Bill Gates. Originally broadcast in 1995.…
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Laser Printers
Remember daisy wheel printers? Dot matrix printers? Ribbon printers? They largely disappeared when the early laser printers were introduced. The first laser…
Internet Archive
Operation Teapot - Tesla 28633 GMX
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwpPDp01GNg Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13
Internet Archive
1976 COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY FILM "COMPUTERS AND TRANSPORTATION" 91764
‘Computers and Transportation’ is a future-looking, 1976 short educational film which analyze the rapid technological advances in computer systems, and then…
Internet Archive
Computer Ergonomics
With people spending more and more time at a computer, the health issues related to extended computer use became big news. This program looks at several…
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Computer Chronicles - Consumer Buying Guide (1998)
Episode Description: We've put together a panel of experts to wade through the gigabits of products and show off the latest and greatest gizmos. Here are…
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Buying a New Computer
Consumer advice on how to buy a new computer. Features tips from Andrew Reinhardt of BYTE, Wendy Taylor of PC Computing, Rik Myslewski of MacUser, and Galen…
Internet Archive
Parenting
People are turning to their computers and the internet for advice on every conceivable topic, including how to be a parent. This program looks at several…
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Buyer's Guide
The annual holiday buyer's guide for computer products featuring geeky recommendations for cool new gadgets from George Morrow, Wendy Woods, Paul Schindler,…
Internet Archive
DOS to Mac and Back
In a world full of Macintosh computers and DOS based computers, there was a market for utilities that would translate between the two formats. This program…
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The Virtual University
With the growing sophistication of the Internet, colleges and universities started to build an online curriculum to enable students to take credit classes on…
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Business Software for the Mac
Most users thought of the PC as the business computer and the Macintosh as the creative computer. But you could also run your business on a Mac. This program…
Internet Archive
Intro To Amplifiers
Introduction to Amplifiers is a training video for testing and understanding discreet components in the electronics industry.
Internet Archive
Virtual Meetings
The advent of the internet meant people could now start communicating and collaborating over the web. This program looks at several early examples of virtul…
Internet Archive
MIT 6.100L Introduction to CS and Programming using Python, Fall 2022
Instructor: Ana Bell View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-100l-introduction-to-cs-and-programming-using-python-fall-2022/ YouTube Playlist:…
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 1131
Picture only (no audio) for "The Tin Case Meter", an industrial film showcasing the production of tin case meters by Rockwell Manufacturing Company.
Internet Archive
High Tech Israel
A visit to the Middle East to see the booming high-tech industry in Israel. Featured are Intel and Microsoft R&D centers plus many local Israeli companies…
Internet Archive
The Internet - French
French language version of this program. In the mid 1990's many people were on line, but the internet and the world wide web were still a new phenomenon. This…
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MIT 24.262 Feeling and Imagination in Art, Science, and Technology, Spring 2004
Instructor: Prof. Irving Singer This course is a seminar on creativity in art, science, and technology. We discuss how these pursuits are jointly dependent on…
Internet Archive
Notebook Computers 1992
A review of the state of the art in notebook computers. Featured products include the AST Premium Exec 386SX/25, the NCR Safari, IBM's ThinkPad 700C, Compaq's…
Internet Archive
Software for Kids
One of the biggest drivers for selling new home computers was a parent's desire to get a computer for their kids. This program looks at several software…
Internet Archive
Laptop Peripherals
So you've bought your laptop, but that's only the beginning. What else do you need to become the complete road warrior? This program looks at several add-on…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 001504
An African American family travels from Michigan to Africa by jet in a multi-city trip. They visit family and friends, see the gravesite of a loved one, and…
Internet Archive
MacWorld Boston 1988
On location coverage of the annual winter MacWorld Expo in San Francisco. Big stories at this MacWorld were desktop publishing, new color computers,…
Internet Archive
Cars & Computers
The average car has more computer chips in it than anything in your house. This program looks at software and online applications having to do with…
Internet Archive
Interactive Music - Arabic
Arabic subtitled version of this program. Computers and the digital revolution forever changed the world of music. This program looks at several new…