Technology in the world's archives

1,393–1,440 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 Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media 2009 · Talk · 4 min In a funny, rapid-fire 4 minutes, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale's rise to Web stardom. The lesson of Mister Splashy… Internet Archive Allan Adams: What the discovery of gravitational waves means 2016 · Talk · 11 min More than a billion years ago, two black holes in a distant galaxy locked into a spiral, falling inexorably toward each other, and collided. "All that energy… Internet Archive Capacitors in Series and Parallel 2020 · Educational · Subtitles Intuitive explanation of why capacitors in series produce a smaller capacitance, and why capacitors in parallel produce a larger capacitance. I originally… Internet Archive Aaswath Raman: How we can turn the cold of outer space into a renewable resource 2018 · Talk What if we could use the cold darkness of outer space to cool buildings on earth? In this mind-blowing talk, physicist Aaswath Raman details the technology… Internet Archive Frances Larson: Why public beheadings get millions of views 2015 · Talk · 15 min In a disturbing — but fascinating — walk through history, Frances Larson examines humanitys strange relationship with public executions … and specifically… Internet Archive Guy Hoffman: Robots with "soul" 2014 · Talk · 17 min What kind of robots does an animator / jazz musician / roboticist make? Playful, reactive, curious ones. Guy Hoffman shows demo film of his family of unusual… Internet Archive Janet Iwasa: How animations can help scientists test a hypothesis 2014 · Talk · 5 min 3D animation can bring scientific hypotheses to life. Molecular biologist (and TED Fellow) Janet Iwasa introduces a new open-source animation software… Internet Archive Safwat Saleem: Why I keep speaking up, even when people mock my accent 2016 · Talk · 10 min Artist Safwat Saleem grew up with a stutter — but as an independent animator, he decided to do his own voiceovers to give life to his characters. When YouTube… Internet Archive 3-2-1 Contact - Season #6, Episode #5 - Japan: Judo and Computers 1987 · TV From October 16, 1987 Internet Archive Travis Kalanick: Uber's plan to get more people into fewer cars 2016 · Talk · 19 min Uber didn't start out with grand ambitions to cut congestion and pollution. But as the company took off, co-founder Travis Kalanick wondered if there was a… Internet Archive David Bolinsky animates a cell 2007 · Talk · 9 min Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell. Internet Archive Eric Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City 2009 · Talk · 16 min 400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta's fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers,… Internet Archive Ian Ritchie: The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee 2011 · Talk · 5 min Imagine it's late 1990, and you've just met a nice young man named Tim Berners-Lee, who starts telling you about his proposed system called the World Wide… Internet Archive Reed Hastings: How Netflix changed entertainment -- and where it's headed 2018 · Talk Netflix changed the world of entertainment — first with DVD-by-mail, then with streaming media and then again with sensational original shows like "Orange Is… Internet Archive Andy Yen: Think your email's private? Think again 2015 · Talk · 12 min Sending an email message is like sending a postcard, says scientist Andy Yen in this thought-provoking talk: Anyone can read it. Yet encryption, the… Internet Archive Deborah Scranton on her "War Tapes" 2007 · Talk · 17 min Filmmaker Deborah Scranton talks about and shows clips from her documentary The War Tapes, which puts cameras in the hands of soldiers fighting in Iraq. Internet Archive Jimmy Wales on the birth of Wikipedia 2006 · Talk · 20 min Jimmy Wales recalls how he assembled "a ragtag band of volunteers," gave them tools for collaborating and created Wikipedia, the self-organizing,… Internet Archive Nick Bostrom: What happens when our computers get smarter than we are? 2015 · Talk · 16 min Artificial intelligence is getting smarter by leaps and bounds — within this century, research suggests, a computer AI could be as "smart" as a human being.… Internet Archive Peter van Manen: How can Formula 1 racing help ... babies? 2013 · Talk · 7 min During a Formula 1 race, a car sends hundreds of millions of data points to its garage for real-time analysis and feedback. So why not use this detailed and… Internet Archive Kenneth Shinozuka: My simple invention, designed to keep my grandfather safe 2015 · Talk · 5 min 60% of people with dementia wander off, an issue that can prove hugely stressful for both patients and caregivers. In this charming talk, hear how teen… Internet Archive Penelope Boston says there might be life on Mars 2008 · Talk · 18 min So the Mars Rovers didn't scoop up any alien lifeforms. Scientist Penelope Boston thinks there's a good chance -- a 25 to 50 percent chance, in fact -- that… Internet Archive MITSP.722S05 Talk D-Lab: Development, Design and Dissemination is a design studio course in which students work on international development projects for underserved… Internet Archive Juan Enriquez on genomics and our future 2007 · Talk · 22 min Scientific discoveries, futurist Juan Enriquez notes, demand a shift in code, and our ability to thrive depends on our mastery of that code. Here, he applies… Internet Archive Keren Elazari: Hackers: the Internet's immune system 2014 · Talk · 16 min The beauty of hackers, says cybersecurity expert Keren Elazari, is that they force us to evolve and improve. Yes, some hackers are bad guys, but many are… Internet Archive IBM SERIES/1 BUSINESS COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL FILM COMPUTERS IN PHARMACY / DRUG SALES USE XD10404b Film This color promotional film for IBM shows how the Series/1 computer can be used to change how a pharmacy or apothecary operates. There is no copyright at the… Internet Archive Chris Gerdes: The future race car -- 150mph, and no driver 2012 · Talk · 10 min Autonomous cars are coming -- and they’re going to drive better than you. Chris Gerdes reveals how he and his team are developing robotic race cars that can… Internet Archive Ole Scheeren: Why great architecture should tell a story 2016 · Talk · 16 min For architect Ole Scheeren, the people who live and work inside a building are as much a part of that building as concrete, steel and glass. He asks: Can… Internet Archive Ray Anderson on the business logic of sustainability 2009 · Talk · 15 min At his carpet company, Ray Anderson has increased sales and doubled profits while turning the traditional "take / make / waste" industrial system on its head.… Internet Archive Gautam Bhan: A bold plan to house 100 million people 2017 · Talk Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata — all the major cities across India, have one great thing in common: they welcome people arriving in search of work. But what… Internet Archive Jonathan Drori on what we think we know 2008 · Talk · 12 min Starting with four basic questions (that you may be surprised to find you can't answer), Jonathan Drori looks at the gaps in our knowledge -- and… Internet Archive Electric Circuit Components 2022 · Educational · Subtitles Voltage and Current behavior for the following components: Batteries, Transformers, Resistors, Diodes, Transistors, Logic Gates, Op Amps, Capacitors,… Internet Archive Grounding and Shielding of electric circuits 2016 · Educational · Subtitles Covers electromagnetic interference, ground loops, and other topics involving the grounding and shielding of electric circuits. I originally made this video… Internet Archive Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust 2009 · Talk · 3 min At TEDGlobal U, Cameron Sinclair shows the unreported cost of real estate megaprojects gone bust: thousands of migrant construction laborers left stranded and… Internet Archive Rachel Armstrong: Architecture that repairs itself? 2009 · Talk · 7 min Venice is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself.… Internet Archive Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education 2010 · Talk · 17 min Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In… Internet Archive Jay Walker's library of human imagination 2008 · Talk · 7 min Jay Walker, curator of the Library of Human Imagination, conducts a surprising show-and-tell session highlighting a few of the intriguing artifacts that… Internet Archive Arthur Ganson makes moving sculpture 2008 · Talk · 15 min Sculptor and engineer Arthur Ganson talks about his work -- kinetic art that explores deep philosophical ideas and is gee-whiz fun to look at. Internet Archive Dan Gibson: How to build synthetic DNA and send it across the internet 2018 · Talk Biologist Dan Gibson edits and programs DNA, just like coders program a computer. But his "code" creates life, giving scientists the power to convert digital… Internet Archive Chris Domas: The 1s and 0s behind cyber warfare 2014 · Talk · 16 min Chris Domas is a cybersecurity researcher, operating on what’s become a new front of war, "cyber." In this engaging talk, he shows how researchers use pattern… Internet Archive Abha Dawesar: Life in the "digital now" 2013 · Talk · 12 min One year ago, Abha Dawesar was living in blacked-out Manhattan post-Sandy, scrounging for power to connect. As a novelist, she was struck by this metaphor:… Internet Archive Bill Joy: What I'm worried about, what I'm excited about 2008 · Talk · 19 min Technologist and futurist Bill Joy talks about several big worries for humanity -- and several big hopes in the fields of health, education and future tech. Internet Archive Chris Milk: The birth of virtual reality as an art form 2016 · Talk · 17 min Chris Milk uses innovative technologies to make personal, interactive, human stories. Accompanied by Joshua Roman on cello and McKenzie Stubbert on piano,… Internet Archive Ariel Garten: Know thyself, with a brain scanner 2011 · Talk · 15 min Imagine playing a video game controlled by your mind. Now imagine that game also teaches you about your own patterns of stress, relaxation and focus. At… Internet Archive Max Tegmark: How to get empowered, not overpowered, by AI 2018 · Talk Many artificial intelligence researchers expect AI to outsmart humans at all tasks and jobs within decades, enabling a future where we're restricted only by… Internet Archive Electric Power Inverters 2022 · Educational · Subtitles How to convert DC voltage into AC voltage and AC current. I originally made this video for my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/EugeneKhutoryansk… Internet Archive Will Wright makes toys that make worlds 2007 · Talk · 16 min In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to dazzle users even more than his previous masterpieces. Internet Archive Andrew Mwenda takes a new look at Africa 2007 · Talk · 17 min In this provocative talk, journalist Andrew Mwenda asks us to reframe the "African question" -- to look beyond the media's stories of poverty, civil war and… Internet Archive Jennifer Kahn: Gene editing can now change an entire species -- forever 2016 · Talk · 12 min CRISPR gene drives allow scientists to change sequences of DNA and guarantee that the resulting edited genetic trait is inherited by future generations,…