Medicine in the world's archives
97–144 of 2,169 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
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…
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The Army Nurse (1945)
Shows activities in the training and service of army nurses. Reel 1 contains brief scenes of nurses working at a field hospital. Shows miscellaneous aspects…
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Last Days of Living. [Motion picture]
Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Summary Documents the efforts of the medical staff and volunteers at a ./ecial unit of Montreal's Royal…
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The Therapeutic Touch: Healing in the New Age
Producer and director, Elda Hartley; camera, Nick Doob, Elda Hartley Focuses on the work of Dr. Dolores Krieger, specialist in hemoglobin research and…
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Computers and Healthcare
A look at how the health care industry is using computer technology. Products demonstrated include The Doctor's Book of Home Remedies, Multimedia Workout,…
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Where We Live, A B Roll
A and B roll from the sponsored film, "Where We Live." Includes footage of what is likely Houston, TX and surrounding areas, children, seniors, hospital…
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NYA Train Women For War Prod 1942
The NYA trains girls to sew, to make military and civil defense posters and signs, to prepare food, and to assist in hospital work (feeding and massaging…
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The Nurse Practitioner
Illustrates the role of nurse practitioners as members of the health care team by showing them at work in hospitals and clinics. Discusses the education and…
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Neurological Examination of the Newborn (1960)
Establishes standards in neonatal examination. Shows normal and abnormal responses to a series of tests. For professional use only. Describes postdelivery…
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E True Hollywood Story, The Last Days Of Elvis (Jan. 2004 WOC)
E True Hollywood Story, The Last Days Of Elvis (Jan. 2004 WOC) (MY ALL TIME FAVORITE TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY!) (When I recorded this, I missed the first few…
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Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?
Our medical systems are broken. Doctors are capable of extraordinary (and expensive) treatments, but they are losing their core focus: actually treating…
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Nursing: A Career of Service
Film promoting military, civilian, clinical, and other nursing careers, including sequences of women being educated at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco…
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[Unidentified Dental Health Film]
Educational film about dental hygiene. Includes shots of children having their teeth cleaned by a dentist, a demonstration of proper brushing technique,…
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Physical Aspects of Puberty
Animated explanation of primary and secondary sex characteristics in adolescent boys and girls.
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Mental Hospital 001
Mental Hospital 001
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Tropico NYA Aids Defense
On NYA activities in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Reel 1, Puerto Rican children and young men idle on street corners and in saloons. NYA youths hoe…
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Care of the Sick in Ancient Civilizations (Sumerian, Egyptian, Hebrew, Aztec)
Interprets historical indications of disease and medical care as noted in Egyptian wall paintings and Biblical accounts. Surveys the contributions of…
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Hospital Safety
Title from data sheet Points out safety hazards in the hospital environment that endanger patients and workers. Shows ways to eliminate or lessen these…
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An Institutional Response to AIDS
Title from data sheet Camera, Charles Bemis ; editor, Gene Ferraro Intended audience: Hospital supervisory staff Issued also as videorecording Depicts a…
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Nursing Care Of Sick And Injured
Discusses general care of illness and long-term care of injuries. Stresses the treatment of symptoms using medications found in the public shelter medical kit…
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Home Movie: Genter Collection: 003517
Baton twirlers, a Rotary Club meeting, drug store vaccinations, and scenes of suburbia in Lawndale, California. Film was hand-processed or printed from…
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Combat Exhaustion (1945)
Reel 1, combat exhaustion cases are brought to an aid station, Army doctors are lectured on combat fatigue, and "hysteria" cases are examined. Reel 2…
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Should Man Play God?
Reporter, Robert Rogers Explores the controversy surrounding the practice of psychosurgery and the use of live fetuses in research projects
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Home Movie: 000463: Charles E. Smith Collection: Agriculture, Labor and Housing, Kern County, California, Spring 1938
To come.
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Matanuska Alaska Circa 1937
On the town of Matanuska. Reel 1, a train arrives and passengers detrain. Reel 2 shows a house under construction, a farmer plowing, and views of cafes, a…
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Nursing: A Career Of Service
Silent film explains the aspects of a nursing career to potential candidates.
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" THE MODERN CHIPPEWA INDIAN " 1946 OIJBWE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE EDUCATIONAL FILM 78934
Produced by Simmel-Meservey, this film "The Modern Chippeway Indian" examines the Chippewa tribe as viewed through a 1946 lens. Simmel-Meservey produced a…
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WWII ARMY NURSE RUTH PARSONS CORREGIDOR PHILIPPINES FILM 79294
This film, part of the Army Screen Magazine, features two segments. The first has an interview with Captain Ruth E. Parsons, who worked as a nurse on the…
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"CHILDBIRTH / MODERN TECHNIQUE" 1946 MEDICAL FILM NATURAL DELIVERY w/ OBSTETRIC ASSISTANCE 94495
Dating to 1946, this silent film "Childbirth / Modern Technique" was released by Sherwood Pictures, and shows childbirth from pre-operation preparation, the…
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Allied Expeditionary Force in Russia
Documentary footage of military troops sent to Russia after World War I. May be related to "Allied Expeditionary Force in Siberia"…
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Bertha
Introduction by Eunice Kennedy Shriver Bertha, an adolescent slow learner, becomes a ward of the state. A panel of professionals discusses the question of…
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"ALL MY TOMORROWS" 1970s DRUG & ALCOHOL SCARE FILM HOSPITAL ICU XD12604
A Centron Film presentation, produced by Gordon-Kerchoff, this color film is about a teenage girl who overdoses on alcohol and pills, and winds up in a coma,…
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Bell One Productions 3
Segments from two very different US army-produced films. The title of the first film, "Management of Mass Casualties: Part 9: Burns," serves as a viewer…
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Protecting Nurses' Welfare: A Chronicle of Achievement
Produced by the American Nurses Association to explain and promote their work in advancing equal pay for equal work, and combating gender-based discrimination…
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3-2-1 Contact - episode 502: Signals: Talking Birds, Talking Rooms (September 23, 1986)
Debra sees an anthropologist understanding a parrot's simple form of English. Chantal enters a hospital room that responds to a person's voice to open doors,…
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The Gentle Doctor - Episode
Episode of the informational veterinary tv show "The Gentle Doctor" hosted by Steve Kritsick.
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Computers and Health Care - French
French language version of this program. A look at how the health care industry is using computer technology. Products demonstrated include The Doctor's Book…
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No Help Wanted (1945)
This film about helping disabled veterans of World War II to help themselves back into civilian life was shot mostly at Bushnell General Hospital in Brigham…
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Home Movie: 000462: Charles E. Smith Collection: Agriculture, Labor and Landscape, Kern County, California, Spring 1938
To come.
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Allergies
Title from data sheet Intended audience: Adults Issued also as videorecording Defines allergies and uses animated sequences to illustrate the body's…
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Stacey Kramer: The best gift I ever survived
Stacey Kramer offers a moving, personal, 3-minute parable that shows how an unwanted experience -- frightening, traumatic, costly -- can turn out to be a…
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U.S. Air Force Nursing Corps Training / Medical Center 78874
This 1980s USAF promotional film shows male and female nurses volunteering for duty in the USAF nursing corps. Orientation is shown, as well as a some team…
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People in Crisis
Deals with the importance of coordinating a hospital's efforts to assure timely and efficient patient discharges. Illustrates hospital and patient benefits…
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"CITY OF THE SICK" 1950s TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL COLUMBUS STATE HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRY 89534
Created at the Columbus State Hospital in the 1950s, “City of the Sick” explores the environment, staff, and modern treatment methods within a state hospital…
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MIT SP.235 / ESG.SP235 Chemistry of Sports, Spring 2009
This seminar will focus on three sports: swimming, cycling and running. There will be two components to the seminar: classroom sessions and a "laboratory" in…
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Nicholas Christakis: How social networks predict epidemics
After mapping humans' intricate social networks, Nicholas Christakis and colleague James Fowler began investigating how this information could better our…
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" PSYCHIATRIC NURSING " N.J. STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL GREYSTONE PARK NURSES & MENTALLY ILL XD 11404
“Psychiatric Nursing: The Nurse-Patient Relationship” (1958) is a nurse training film that underscores the healing powers of the nurse-patient relationship…
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Care of the Sick Among Primitive Groups
Discusses basic human needs, major problems of community health, and solutions to health problems, including folk medicine, the nurse, occult practices, the…