Technology in the world's archives
625–672 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
High Tech Singapore - Part 3
A survey of high tech research and development activities in Singapore. Included are innovative work on RFID chips, the latest sound technology from Creative…
Internet Archive
PC Sports - Arabic
Arabic subtitled version of this program. Computers and videogames have allowed couch potatoes to play sports and athletes to get better at their game. This…
Internet Archive
What to Do with Your Expansion Slots
As EISA, ISA, and IBM's MCA battled to become the industry standard for expansion cards, add-on vendors filled the market with new upgrade boards and new slot…
Internet Archive
Groupware 1994
As business migrated from the standalone PC to the networked PC, a hot new application area became groupware, enabling collaboration within a company. This…
Internet Archive
Computer Displays
With color and graphics moving into the world of personal computers, display technology became an important subject. This program looks at several display…
Internet Archive
The Story Of An Electric Meter
The Story Of An Electric Meter c1922 "Shows the manufacture of electric meters, particularly the "H-type" alternating current meter, and some of their uses.…
Internet Archive
MacWorld San Francisco 1994
Highlights from the annual west coast MacWorld conference, shot on location in San Francisco. This was the tenth anniversary of MacWorld where the Power PC…
Internet Archive
New Web Sites - Part 1
This week on NetCafé, we are talking about four interesting web sites, including QuickBrowse, HomeAtLastRescue, Real Arcade, and Fandango.
Internet Archive
Software for Schools
With computer hardware showing up in just about every school, this program looks at software applications designed for the school environment. Included are…
Internet Archive
Sports Simulation Software
A review of new sports software that lets couch potatoes feel like athletes. Demonstrations include Interactive Guide to Skiing, Interactive Guide to Snow…
Internet Archive
MIT 2.993 Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: The Art and Science of Boat Design, IAP07
Instructors: Christopher Dewart, Kurt Hasselbalch, Prof. Nicholas Patrikalakis, Reuben Smith, Antonio Dias This class is jointly sponsored by the MIT Museum,…
Internet Archive
Integrated Software
The software trend in the early 1990s was to bundle different applications together in integrated office "suites". This program looks at several early…
Internet Archive
Asshole
The Master Chief certainly can be quite an asshole from time to time.
Internet Archive
Information Overload
A look at different ways to manage the glut of information showing up on computers and other storage devices. Demonstrations include DayTimer Organizer 2.0,…
Internet Archive
Online Universities
More and more people are turning to the Internet to help further their education. We'll be bringing you highlights from some of these great online educational…
Internet Archive
MIT 6.622 Power Electronics, Spring 2023
Instructor: David Perreault View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-622-power-electronics-spring-2023 YouTube Playlist:…
Internet Archive
Laptops and Handhelds
Portability was becoming a big issue in the early 90's. This program looked at several new portable computing solutions including Grid Systems RS Wireless,…
Internet Archive
MIT 20.020 Introduction to Biological Engineering Design, Spring 2009
BioBuilder® is a resource for hands-on activities and informative animations on synthetic biology, and a place to discuss the challenge of engineering…
Internet Archive
Creativity Software
Computers have evolved from number crunching machines to word processors to creativity tools. This program looks at several creative applications including…
Internet Archive
MIT 21M.380 Music and Technology (Contemporary History and Aesthetics), Fall 2009
Instructor: Prof. Christopher Ariza This course is an investigation into the history and aesthetics of music and technology as deployed in experimental and…
Internet Archive
Computer Art
A look at new ways to use your computer to create art. Demonstrations include The Virtual Gallery, CorelDraw 7, Detailer, 3D Studio Max 1.2, and…
Internet Archive
Weapon physicist declassifies rescued nuclear test films
The U.S. conducted 210 atmospheric nuclear tests between 1945 and 1962, with multiple cameras capturing each event at around 2,400 frames per second. But in…
Internet Archive
Operation Hardtack-1 - Maple 52194
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZIEcNSl4Lc Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13
Internet Archive
Internet Showcase 1997
Highlights of Upside's Internet Showcase conference, shot on location at Laguna Niguel, California. A look at new internet sites, products, and businesses.…
Internet Archive
Cyber Politics 1996
A review of the growing use of the internet and computers in political campaigns. This show looks at the use of sophisticated databases to create voter…
Internet Archive
Doc in a Box
New software and online resources can turn your computer into a health information center. This program looks at several examples including the Home Medical…
Internet Archive
Operation Teapot - Turk 28112
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYbNlgQyz84 Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-15
Internet Archive
Holiday Buyers Guide - 1989
The annual holiday buyer's guide for techie products. Gift giving selections for geeks from Gary Kildall, Paul Schindler, Jan Lewis, John Dickinson, Andrew…
Internet Archive
Sleeper Software
Most popular software titles get there as the result of an expensive sales and marketing campaign. Other programs are so popular they climb to the top of the…
Internet Archive
Low Cost LANs
With standalone PC's showing up in every office and in many homes, the big challenge became connecting computers in a local area network. This program looks…
Internet Archive
Consumers Buying Guide 1993
Our annual look at the coolest new techie gadgets for the holiday season, as selected by Gina Smith, Tim Bajarin, Paul Schindler and Stewart Cheifet. Products…
Internet Archive
Civilisation: 13 -- Heroic Materialism
-----Another issue. 35 mm Writer and narrator, Kenneth Clark Surveys the development of western civilization during the 1900's as evidenced in the advance…
Internet Archive
Multimedia
The advent of faster processors and digital storage drove the new field called Multimedia. Examples demonstrated in this program include The San Diego Zoo…
Internet Archive
Personal Finance Software
A look at a variety of personal financial tools for your personal computer. Products covered include Intuit's Quicken and TurboTax, Block Financial's TaxCut,…
Internet Archive
The TVA At Work 1935
Reel 1 shows rain storms and flooded streams, the flooded Tennessee River valley, Norris Dam and Wilson Dam, and a panorama of eroded land. Phosphate…
Internet Archive
Macros
As computer users discovered that many of the tasks they did on computers required repetitive commands, there became a growing interest in software that could…
Internet Archive
Speech Technology
A look at voice recognition and speech synthesis technologies. Demonstrations include Dragon Dictate, the VPC 1000 Speech Recognition add-on board, Voice…
Internet Archive
Windows 95 - Spanish
Spanish language version of this program. The upgrade from Windows 3.0 to Windows 95 was the big leap for Microsoft and began its domination of the desktop.…
Internet Archive
High Tech Scotland - Part Two
In the United States it's called the Silicon Valley, but in Scotland it's called Silicon Glen - the area between Glasgow and Edinburgh that is famous for high…
Internet Archive
Computers On Campus
Clarkson University, in upstate New York, was the first college in the country to provide every student with a personal computer, a Zenith AT PC. Drexel…
Internet Archive
Computer Video
The worlds of television and computers are quickly converging. This program looks at new video applications on personal computers. Included are the Video…
Internet Archive
Color Printers
The availability of reasonably priced color printers changed the way people and businesses used computers. This program covers new color printers from Hewlett…
Internet Archive
European Technology Roundtable Exhibition
A visit to the first ever European Technology Roundtable Exhibition, the ETRE conference, held in Vienna. The conference featured top technology industry…
Internet Archive
Spineless
Picture Shows Network presents 4 'mini shows' in one. 1st Annual Machinima Festival Nominee for Best Picture (2002) 1st Annual Machinima Festival Nominee for…
Internet Archive
Losing Memory
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
Comdex Spring 1992
Highlights of the annual spring Comdex show in Chicago. Featured guests include Bill Gates and Stewart Alsop. Originally broadcast in 1992. Copyright 1992…
Internet Archive
Microwave Oscillators
Explains the magnetron and klystron and the basic theory of operation of each. Describes use in radar. U.S. Army Training Film T.F. 11-1567.
Internet Archive
The Gene Engineers
Also issued as videocassette Producers, Graham Chedd, Paula Apsell Explores the scientific, moral, and legal implications of scientists' new ability to…