Technology in the world's archives

1,249–1,296 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 Dan Phillips: Creative houses from reclaimed stuff 2010 · Talk · 17 min In this funny and insightful talk from TEDxHouston, builder Dan Phillips tours us through a dozen homes he's built in Texas using recycled and reclaimed… Internet Archive 1956 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES IBM PROGRESS REPORT MAINFRAME COMPUTERS XD13644 Film This black & white educational film is about the progress of IBM as a company and what their products are and will be. This was made in 1956. Opening (no… Internet Archive Gary Kovacs: Tracking the trackers 2012 · Talk · 6 min As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil -- personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies… Internet Archive Larry Burns on the future of cars 2008 · Talk · 9 min General Motors veep Larry Burns previews cool next-gen car design: sleek, customizable (and computer-enhanced) vehicles that run clean on hydrogen -- and pump… Internet Archive Danielle Feinberg: The magic ingredient that brings Pixar movies to life 2016 · Talk · 12 min Danielle Feinberg, Pixar's director of photography, creates stories with soul and wonder using math, science and code. Go behind the scenes of Finding Nemo,… Internet Archive Tim Berners-Lee: The year open data went worldwide 2010 · Talk · 5 min At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for "raw data now" -- for governments, scientists and institutions to make their data openly available on the web. At TED… Internet Archive Stephen Coleman: The moral dangers of non-lethal weapons 2012 · Talk · 17 min Pepper spray and tasers are in increasing use by both police and military, and more exotic non-lethal weapons such as heat rays are in the works. At… Internet Archive Douglas Rushkoff: How to be "Team Human" in the digital future 2018 · Talk Humans are no longer valued for our creativity, says media theorist Douglas Rushkoff — in a world dominated by digital technology, we're now just valued for… Internet Archive Saul Griffith on everyday inventions 2007 · Talk · 14 min Inventor and MacArthur fellow Saul Griffith shares some innovative ideas from his lab -- from "smart rope" to a house-sized kite for towing large loads. Internet Archive Anthony Atala on growing new organs 2010 · Talk · 17 min Anthony Atala's state-of-the-art lab grows human organs -- from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more. At TEDMED, he shows footage of his… Internet Archive Steven Johnson: How play leads to great inventions 2016 · Talk · 7 min Necessity is the mother of invention, right? Well, not always. Steven Johnson shows us how some of the most transformative ideas and technologies, like the… Internet Archive Full VHS Tape: Voltron: Zarkon's Revenge - SONY VIDEO SOFTWARE (1986) 1986 · Cartoon Here's the complete VHS tape of "Voltron: Zarkon's Revenge." ©1984 World Events Production, Ltd. Adler Video Marketing, Inc. Disclaimer: I own nothing in any… Internet Archive David S. Rose on pitching to VCs 2008 · Talk · 14 min Thinking startup? David S. Rose's rapid-fire TED U talk on pitching to a venture capitalist tells you the 10 things you need to know about yourself -- and… Internet Archive Amber Case: We are all cyborgs now 2011 · Talk · 7 min Technology is evolving us, says Amber Case, as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens. We now rely on "external brains" (cell… Internet Archive Introduction to Copyright Law Talk This course is an introduction to copyright law and American law in general. Topics covered include: structure of federal law; basics of legal research; legal… Internet Archive Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization 2011 · Talk · 4 min Using wikis and digital fabrication tools, TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints for 50 farm machines, allowing anyone to build their… Internet Archive Aditi Shankardass: A second opinion on learning disorders 2010 · Talk · 7 min Developmental disorders in children are typically diagnosed by observing behavior, but Aditi Shankardass knew that we should be looking directly at their… Internet Archive David Pogue says "Simplicity sells" 2006 · Talk · 21 min New York Times columnist David Pogue takes aim at technology’s worst interface-design offenders, and provides encouraging examples of products that get it… Internet Archive Neri Oxman: Design at the intersection of technology and biology 2015 · Talk · 17 min Designer and architect Neri Oxman is leading the search for ways in which digital fabrication technologies can interact with the biological world. Working at… Internet Archive Peter Diamandis on Stephen Hawking in zero g 2008 · Talk · 4 min X Prize founder Peter Diamandis talks about how he helped Stephen Hawking fulfill his dream of going to space -- by flying together into the upper atmosphere… Internet Archive Stephen Lawler tours Microsoft Virtual Earth 2007 · Talk · 6 min Microsoft's Stephen Lawler gives a whirlwind tour of Virtual Earth, moving up, down and through its hyper-real cityscapes with dazzlingly fluidity, a… Internet Archive Ryan Merkley: Online video -- annotated, remixed and popped 2012 · Talk · 4 min Videos on the web should work like the web itself: Dynamic, full of links, maps and information that can be edited and updated live, says Mozilla Foundation… Internet Archive J.J. Abrams' mystery box 2008 · Talk · 18 min J.J. Abrams traces his love for the unseen mystery –- a passion that’s evident in his films and TV shows, including Cloverfield, Lost and Alias -- back to its… Internet Archive Kashmir Hill and Surya Mattu: What your smart devices know (and share) about you 2018 · Talk Once your "smart" appliances can talk to you, who else are they talking to? Kashmir Hill and Surya Mattu wanted to find out — so they outfitted Hill's… Internet Archive Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything 2010 · Talk · 19 min Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, talks about his quest to make all knowledge computational -- able to be searched, processed and manipulated. His new… Internet Archive Ari Wallach: 3 ways to plan for the (very) long term 2017 · Talk · 13 min We increasingly make decisions based on short-term goals and gains — an approach that makes the future more uncertain and less safe. How can we learn to think… Internet Archive Electric Potential: Visualizing Voltage with 3D animations 2015 · Educational · Subtitles Shows how voltage can be visualized as electric potential energy. Includes topics such as why the voltage is the same everywhere inside a metal conductor. I… Internet Archive John Delaney: Wiring an interactive ocean 2010 · Talk · 20 min Oceanographer John Delaney is leading the team that is building an underwater network of high-def cameras and sensors that will turn our ocean into a global… Internet Archive Mike Biddle: We can recycle plastic 2011 · Talk · 10 min Less than 10% of plastic trash is recycled -- compared to almost 90% of metals -- because of the massively complicated problem of finding and sorting the… Internet Archive Amit Sood: Every piece of art you've ever wanted to see -- up close and searchable 2016 · Talk · 15 min What does a cultural Big Bang look like? For Amit Sood, director of Google's Cultural Institute and Art Project, it's an online platform where anyone can… Internet Archive Peter Molyneux demos Milo, the virtual boy 2010 · Talk · 10 min Peter Molyneux demos Milo, a hotly anticipated video game for Microsoft's Kinect controller. Perceptive and impressionable like a real 11-year-old, the… Internet Archive Shubhendu Sharma: How to grow a tiny forest anywhere 2014 · Talk · 4 min A forest planted by humans, then left to nature’s own devices, typically takes at least 100 years to mature. But what if we could make the process happen ten… Internet Archive Danny Hillis: The Internet could crash. We need a Plan B 2013 · Talk · 12 min In the 1970s and 1980s, a generous spirit suffused the internet, whose users were few and far between. But today, the net is ubiquitous, connecting billions… Internet Archive Op Amp Circuits: Analog Computers from operational amplifiers 2016 · Educational · Subtitles Adders, integrators, differentiators, buffers, and a basic introduction to op amp circuits. I originally made this video for my YouTube channel at… Internet Archive James Surowiecki: When social media became news 2008 · Talk · 16 min James Surowiecki pinpoints the moment when social media became an equal player in the world of news-gathering: the 2005 tsunami, when YouTube video, blogs,… Internet Archive Andrew McAfee: Are droids taking our jobs? 2012 · Talk · 14 min Robots and algorithms are getting good at jobs like building cars, writing articles, translating -- jobs that once required a human. So what will we humans do… Internet Archive Luca Turin on the science of scent 2008 · Talk · 15 min What's the science behind a sublime perfume? With charm and precision, biophysicist Luca Turin explains the molecular makeup -- and the art -- of a scent. Internet Archive Amory Lovins: A 50-year plan for energy 2012 · Talk · 27 min In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy theorist Amory Lovins lays out the steps we must take to end the world's dependence on oil (before we… Internet Archive Lucien Engelen: Crowdsource your health 2012 · Talk · 6 min You can use your smartphone to find a local ATM, but what if you need a defibrillator? At TEDxMaastricht, Lucien Engelen shows us online innovations that are… Internet Archive Solving Electric Circuits 2021 · Educational · Subtitles Node Voltage method for calculating currents and voltages in large electric circuits. I originally made this video for my YouTube channel at… Internet Archive MIT3.A24F04 Talk Are you interested in investigating how nature engineers itself? How engineers copy the shapes found in nature ("biomimetics")? This Freshman Seminar… Internet Archive Adam Grosser and his sustainable fridge 2008 · Talk · 3 min Adam Grosser talks about a project to build a refrigerator that works without electricity -- to bring the vital tool to villages and clinics worldwide.… Internet Archive Cathy O'Neil: The era of blind faith in big data must end 2017 · Talk Algorithms decide who gets a loan, who gets a job interview, who gets insurance and much more — but they don't automatically make things fair. Mathematician… Internet Archive Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to global voices 2010 · Talk · 19 min Sure, the web connects the globe, but most of us end up hearing mainly from people just like ourselves. Blogger and technologist Ethan Zuckerman wants to help… Internet Archive Chuck Nice: A funny look at the unintended consequences of technology 2017 · Talk Technology should work for us, but what happens when it doesn't? Comedian Chuck Nice explores the unintended consequences of technological advancement and… Internet Archive Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world 2010 · Talk · 13 min Clay Shirky looks at "cognitive surplus" -- the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. While we're busy editing Wikipedia, posting to Ushahidi… Internet Archive David Hanson: Robots that "show emotion" 2009 · Talk · 4 min David Hanson's robot faces look and act like yours: They recognize and respond to emotion, and make expressions of their own. Here, an "emotional" live demo… Internet Archive Peter Hirshberg on TV and the web 2008 · Talk · 31 min In this absorbing look at emerging media and tech history, Peter Hirshberg shares some crucial lessons from Silicon Valley and explains why the web is so much…