Technology in the world's archives

1,201–1,248 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 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 Justin Hall-Tipping: Freeing energy from the grid 2011 · Talk · 12 min What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make… Internet Archive Lisa Gansky: The future of business is the "mesh" 2011 · Talk · 14 min At TED@MotorCity, Lisa Gansky, author of "The Mesh," talks about a future of business that's about sharing all kinds of stuff, either via smart and… Internet Archive Carl Schoonover: How to look inside the brain 2012 · Talk · 5 min There have been remarkable advances in understanding the brain, but how do you actually study the neurons inside it? Using gorgeous imagery, neuroscientist… Internet Archive Daniel Libeskind's 17 words of architectural inspiration 2009 · Talk · 18 min Daniel Libeskind builds on very big ideas. Here, he shares 17 words that underlie his vision for architecture -- raw, risky, emotional, radical -- and that… Internet Archive AC current impedance - Alternating Voltage for inductors, capacitors 2016 · Educational · Subtitles Why frequency of AC voltage affects impedance and current flow through capacitors and inductors. I originally made this video for my YouTube channel at… Internet Archive Ellen Jorgensen: Biohacking -- you can do it, too 2013 · Talk · 10 min We have personal computing, why not personal biotech? That’s the question biologist Ellen Jorgensen and her colleagues asked themselves before opening… Internet Archive Katie Bouman: How to take a picture of a black hole 2017 · Talk · 12 min At the heart of the Milky Way, there's a supermassive black hole that feeds off a spinning disk of hot gas, sucking up anything that ventures too close — even… Internet Archive MIT 16.885J Aircraft Systems Engineering, Fall 2005 Talk 16.885J offers a holistic view of the aircraft as a system, covering: basic systems engineering; cost and weight estimation; basic aircraft performance;… Internet Archive Logic Gates from Transistors: Transistors and Boolean Logic 2015 · Educational · Subtitles How to make all the logic gates from a field effect transistor, or from other logic gates. I originally made this video for my YouTube channel at… Internet Archive Aaron Koblin: Artfully visualizing our humanity 2011 · Talk · 18 min Artist Aaron Koblin takes vast amounts of data -- and at times vast numbers of people -- and weaves them into stunning visualizations. From elegant lines… Internet Archive Torsten Reil builds better animations 2008 · Talk · 18 min Torsten Reil talks about how the study of biology can help make natural-looking animated people -- by building a human from the inside out, with bones,… Internet Archive Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life" 2010 · Talk · 18 min Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they've created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. He explains how… Internet Archive Maurice Conti: The incredible inventions of intuitive AI 2017 · Talk · 15 min What do you get when you give a design tool a digital nervous system? Computers that improve our ability to think and imagine, and robotic systems that come… Internet Archive MIT RES.LL-004 LL EduCATE: Introduction to Engineering Concepts, Spring 2022 2022 · Talk · Subtitles Instructors: Juliana Furgala, Jennifer Swanson, David Maurer, Adam Kern, Bich Vu, Maxsimo Salazar, Amanda C. Prescott, Cristina Gath View the complete course:… Internet Archive Bill Davenhall: Your health depends on where you live 2010 · Talk · 9 min Where you live: It impacts your health as much as diet and genes do, but it's not part of your medical records. At TEDMED, Bill Davenhall shows how overlooked… Internet Archive Laura Snyder: The Philosophical Breakfast Club 2013 · Talk · 12 min In 1812, four men at Cambridge University met for breakfast. What began as an impassioned meal grew into a new scientific revolution, in which these men --… Internet Archive Parag Khanna: How megacities are changing the map of the world 2016 · Talk · 20 min "I want you to reimagine how life is organized on earth," says global strategist Parag Khanna. As our expanding cities grow ever more connected through… Internet Archive Robert Full on engineering and evolution 2008 · Talk · 20 min Insects and animals have evolved some amazing skills -- but, as Robert Full notes, many animals are actually over-engineered. The trick is to copy only what's… Internet Archive Tom Wujec on 3 ways the brain creates meaning 2009 · Talk · 6 min Information designer Tom Wujec talks through three areas of the brain that help us understand words, images, feelings, connections. In this short talk from… Internet Archive Jason Fried: Why work doesn't happen at work 2010 · Talk · 15 min Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. At TEDxMidwest, he lays out the main problems (call them the M&Ms)… Internet Archive Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers! 2011 · Talk · 18 min Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code?… Internet Archive Ze Frank's web playroom 2010 · Talk · 18 min On the web, a new "Friend" may be just a click away, but true connection is harder to find and express. Ze Frank presents a medley of zany Internet toys that… Internet Archive " THE CASE FOR COMPUTERS " 1980s IBM SYSTEM/36 PERSONAL COMPUTER BILLING SYSTEM XD13134 Film The Case for Computers, produced in 1984, is a film about IBM Information System for Attorneys, its System/36 hardware and software and how it is changing the… Internet Archive Joel Levine: Why we need to go back to Mars 2010 · Talk · 16 min At TEDxNASA, planetary scientist Joel Levine shows some intriguing -- and puzzling -- new discoveries about Mars: craters full of ice, traces of ancient… Internet Archive MIT 12.000 Solving Complex Problems, Fall 2003 Talk Solving Complex Problems provides an opportunity for entering freshmen to gain first-hand experience with working as part of a team to develop effective… Internet Archive ASCEBeginnings Film American Society of Civil Engineers try to stay hip and relevant showing young adults the exciting world of civil engineering. We digitized and uploaded this… Internet Archive Craig Venter on DNA and the sea 2007 · Talk · 16 min Genomics pioneer Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its… Internet Archive The Mind Machines 1978 · Film · Subtitles Examines the possibility that within the next hundred years computers may outpace their creators. 1 videocassette (VHS) (57 min.) : 1/2 in Describes a branch… Internet Archive Boost Converters and Buck Converters: Power Electronics 2017 · Educational · Subtitles Switching Power Converters: Electric Power supplies. I originally made this video for my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/EugeneKhutoryansky I… Internet Archive Dale Dougherty: We are makers 2011 · Talk · 11 min America was built by makers -- curious, enthusiastic amateur inventors whose tinkering habit sparked whole new industries. At TED@MotorCity, MAKE magazine… Internet Archive Jeff Hancock: 3 types of (digital) lies 2012 · Talk · 18 min Who hasn’t sent a text message saying “I’m on my way” when it wasn’t true or fudged the truth a touch in their online dating profile? But Jeff Hancock doesn’t… Internet Archive Bill Gross on new energy 2009 · Talk · 19 min Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab, talks about his life as an inventor, starting with his high-school company selling solar energy plans and kits. Learn here… Internet Archive Scott McCloud on comics 2009 · Talk · 17 min In this unmissable look at the magic of comics, Scott McCloud bends the presentation format into a cartoon-like experience, where colorful diversions whiz… Internet Archive Steve Truglia: A leap from the edge of space 2009 · Talk · 14 min At his day job, Steve Truglia flips cars, walks through fire and falls out of buildings -- pushing technology to make stunts bigger, safer, more awesome. He… Internet Archive Wadah Khanfar: A historic moment in the Arab world 2011 · Talk · 17 min As a democratic revolution led by tech-empowered young people sweeps the Arab world, Wadah Khanfar, the head of Al Jazeera, shares a profoundly optimistic… Internet Archive David Agus: A new strategy in the war on cancer 2010 · Talk · 23 min Too often, says David Agus cancer treatments have a short-sighted focus on individual cells. He suggests a new, cross-disciplinary approach, using atypical… Internet Archive Dean Kamen: The emotion behind invention 2010 · Talk · 19 min Soldiers who've lost limbs in service face a daily struggle unimaginable to most of us. At TEDMED, Dean Kamen talks about the profound people and stories that… Internet Archive Hugh Herr: The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance 2014 · Talk · 19 min Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, robotic prosthetics inspired by nature's own designs. Herr lost both legs in a climbing accident 30… Internet Archive Ken Jennings: Watson, Jeopardy and me, the obsolete know-it-all 2013 · Talk · 17 min Trivia whiz Ken Jennings has made a career as a keeper of facts; he holds the longest winning streak in history on the U.S. game show Jeopardy. But in 2011,… Internet Archive Caroline Phillips: Hurdy-gurdy for beginners 2010 · Talk · 5 min Caroline Phillips cranks out tunes on a seldom-heard folk instrument: the hurdy-gurdy, a.k.a. the wheel fiddle. A searching, Basque melody follows her fun… Internet Archive Dan Ariely: Beware conflicts of interest 2011 · Talk · 5 min In this short talk, psychologist Dan Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of interest: How the pursuit of knowledge and insight… Internet Archive Deborah Rhodes: A tool that finds 3x more breast tumors, and why it's not available to you 2011 · Talk · 21 min Working with a team of physicists, Dr. Deborah Rhodes developed a new tool for tumor detection that's 3 times as effective as traditional mammograms for women… Internet Archive Peter Norvig: The 100,000-student classroom 2012 · Talk · 6 min In the fall of 2011 Peter Norvig taught a class with Sebastian Thrun on artificial intelligence at Stanford attended by 175 students in situ -- and over… Internet Archive Paul Rothemund details DNA folding 2008 · Talk · 16 min In 2007, Paul Rothemund gave TED a short summary of his specialty, DNA folding. Now he lays out in clear, abundant detail the immense promise of this field --… Internet Archive Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world 2011 · Talk · 15 min Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows… Internet Archive Damian Palin: Mining minerals from seawater 2012 · Talk · 3 min The world needs clean water, and more and more, we're pulling it from the oceans, desalinating it, and drinking it. But what to do with the salty brine left… Internet Archive David Merrill demos Siftables 2009 · Talk · 7 min MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables -- cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math,… Internet Archive Philip Rosedale on Second Life 2008 · Talk · 28 min Why build a virtual world? Philip Rosedale talks about the virtual society he founded, Second Life, and its underpinnings in human creativity. It's a place so…