Technology in the world's archives

1,729–1,776 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 Siamak Hariri: How do you build a sacred space? 2017 · Talk · 12 min To design the Bahá'í Temple of South America, architect Siamak Hariri focused on illumination — from the temple's form, which captures the movement of the sun… Internet Archive Simone Giertz: Why you should make useless things 2018 · Talk In this joyful, heartfelt talk featuring demos of her wonderfully wacky creations, Simone Giertz shares her craft: making useless robots. Her inventions —… Internet Archive Cosmin Mihaiu: Physical therapy is boring -- play a game instead 2015 · Talk · 6 min You’ve just been injured, and you’re on the way home from an hour of physical therapy. The last thing you want to do on your own is confusing exercises that… Internet Archive Hadyn Parry: Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease 2013 · Talk · 13 min In a single year, there are 200-300 million cases of malaria and 50-100 million cases of dengue fever worldwide. So: Why haven’t we found a way to effectively… Internet Archive Susan Blackmore on memes and "temes" 2008 · Talk · 19 min Susan Blackmore studies memes: ideas that replicate themselves from brain to brain like a virus. She makes a bold new argument: Humanity has spawned a new… Internet Archive Zeynep Tufekci: We can't control what our intelligent machines are learning 2016 · Talk · 17 min Machine intelligence is here, and we're already using it to make subjective decisions. But the complex way AI grows and improves makes it hard to understand… Internet Archive Eleni Gabre-Madhin on Ethiopian economics 2007 · Talk · 20 min Economist Eleni Gabre-Madhin outlines her ambitious vision to found the first commodities market in Ethiopia. Her plan would create wealth, minimize risk for… Internet Archive The Real Jurassic Park 1995 · Film · Subtitles Is recreating dinosaurs possible? Against the backdrop of scenes from Jurassic Park, various people discuss the possibility and ethics of using DNA to create… Internet Archive Auke Ijspeert: A robot that runs and swims like a salamander 2016 · Talk · 14 min Roboticist Auke Ijspeert designs biorobots, machines modeled after real animals that are capable of handling complex terrain and would appear at home in the… Internet Archive Dame Stephanie Shirley: Why do ambitious women have flat heads? 2015 · Talk · 13 min Dame Stephanie Shirley is the most successful tech entrepreneur you never heard of. In the 1960s, she founded a pioneering all-woman software company in the… Internet Archive Mary Lou Jepsen: How we can use light to see deep inside our bodies and brains 2018 · Talk In a series of mind-bending demos, inventor Mary Lou Jepsen shows how we can use red light to see and potentially stimulate what's inside our bodies and… Internet Archive Kevin Surace invents eco-friendly drywall 2009 · Talk · 3 min Kevin Surace suggests we rethink basic construction materials -- such as the familiar wallboard -- to reduce the huge carbon footprint generated by the… Internet Archive Roy Gould and Curtis Wong preview the WorldWide Telescope 2008 · Talk · 6 min Educator Roy Gould and researcher Curtis Wong show a sneak preview of Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope, which compiles images from telescopes and satellites to… Internet Archive Sebastian Wernicke: How to use data to make a hit TV show 2016 · Talk · 12 min Does collecting more data lead to better decision-making? Competitive, data-savvy companies like Amazon, Google and Netflix have learned that data analysis… Internet Archive NASA KSNN - Inventors Film NASA Kids Science News segment explaining some past inventions. Internet Archive Superconducting Short Circuits across Batteries 2020 · Educational · Subtitles What would happen if we connected a superconducting short circuit across a voltage source such as a battery? I originally made this video for my YouTube… Internet Archive Shai Reshef: An ultra-low-cost college degree 2014 · Talk · 10 min At the online University of the People, anyone with a high school diploma can take classes toward a degree in business administration or computer science —… Internet Archive Toby Shapshak: You don't need an app for that 2014 · Talk · 7 min Are the simplest phones the smartest? While the rest of the world is updating statuses and playing games on smartphones, Africa is developing useful SMS-based… Internet Archive Chris Kluwe: How augmented reality will change sports ... and build empathy 2014 · Talk · 9 min Chris Kluwe wants to look into the future of sports and think about how technology will help not just players and coaches, but fans. Here the former NFL… Internet Archive Daniel Susskind: 3 myths about the future of work (and why they're not true) 2017 · Talk "Will machines replace humans?" This question is on the mind of anyone with a job to lose. Daniel Susskind confronts this question and three misconceptions we… Internet Archive Daan Roosegaarde: A smog vacuum cleaner and other magical city designs 2017 · Talk Daan Roosegaarde uses technology and creative thinking to produce imaginative, earth-friendly designs. He presents his latest projects — from a bike path in… Internet Archive Eve Ensler on security 2008 · Talk · 13 min Playwright Eve Ensler explores our modern craving for security -- and why it makes us less secure. Listen for inspiring, heartbreaking stories of women making… Internet Archive Jennifer Healey: If cars could talk, accidents might be avoidable 2013 · Talk · 9 min When we drive, we get into a glass bubble, lock the doors and press the accelerator, relying on our eyes to guide us -- even though we can only see the few… Internet Archive Negroponte takes OLPC to Colombia 2008 · Talk · 6 min TED follows Nicholas Negroponte to Colombia as he delivers laptops inside territory once controlled by guerrillas. His partner? Colombia's Defense Department,… Internet Archive Gary Flake: is Pivot a turning point for web exploration? 2010 · Talk · 6 min Gary Flake demos Pivot, a new way to browse and arrange massive amounts of images and data online. Built on breakthrough Seadragon technology, it enables… Internet Archive Iqbal Quadir says mobiles fight poverty 2006 · Talk · 15 min Iqbal Quadir tells how his experiences as a kid in poor Bangladesh, and later as a banker in New York, led him to start a mobile phone operator connecting 80… Internet Archive Jamais Cascio on tools for a better world 2009 · Talk · 16 min We all want to make the world better -- but how? Jamais Cascio looks at some specific tools and techniques that can make a difference. It's a fascinating talk… Internet Archive John Maeda on his journey in design 2009 · Talk · 17 min Designer John Maeda talks about his path from a Seattle tofu factory to the Rhode Island School of Design, where he became president in 2008. Maeda, a… Internet Archive Jonathan Harris: the Web's secret stories 2007 · Talk · 17 min Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the emotional world of the Web. With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the Internet to find… Internet Archive Fred Jansen: How to land on a comet 2015 · Talk · 17 min As manager of the Rosetta mission, Fred Jansen was responsible for the successful 2014 landing of a probe on the comet known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. In… Internet Archive Mark Kendall: Demo: A needle-free vaccine patch that's safer and way cheaper 2014 · Talk · 13 min One hundred sixty years after the invention of the needle and syringe, we’re still using them to deliver vaccines; it’s time to evolve. Biomedical engineer… Internet Archive Robert Fischell on medical inventing 2006 · Talk · 26 min Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, inventor Robert Fischell makes three wishes: redesigning a portable device that treats migraines, finding new cures for clinical… Internet Archive Keller Rinaudo: How we're using drones to deliver blood and save lives 2017 · Talk Keller Rinaudo wants everyone on earth to have access to basic health care, no matter how hard it is to reach them. With his start-up Zipline, he has created… Internet Archive Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child 2006 · Talk · 17 min Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Laboratory, describes how the One Laptop Per Child project will build and distribute the "$100 laptop." Internet Archive Shyam Sankar: The rise of human-computer cooperation 2012 · Talk · 12 min Brute computing force alone can’t solve the world’s problems. Data mining innovator Shyam Sankar explains why solving big problems (like catching terrorists… Internet Archive Greg Asner: Ecology from the air 2013 · Talk · 13 min What are our forests really made of? From the air, ecologist Greg Asner uses a spectrometer and high-powered lasers to map nature in meticulous kaleidoscopic… Internet Archive Poppy Crum: Technology that knows what you're feeling 2018 · Talk What happens when technology knows more about us than we do? Poppy Crum studies how we express emotions — and she suggests the end of the poker face is near,… Internet Archive James Lyne: Everyday cybercrime -- and what you can do about it 2013 · Talk · 17 min How do you pick up a malicious online virus, the kind of malware that snoops on your data and taps your bank account? Often, it's through simple things you do… Internet Archive Joe Lassiter: We need nuclear power to solve climate change 2016 · Talk · 13 min Joe Lassiter is a deep thinker and straight talker focused on developing clean, secure and carbon-neutral supplies of reliable, low-cost energy. His analysis… Internet Archive Sara DeWitt: 3 fears about screen time for kids -- and why they're not true 2017 · Talk We check our phones upwards of 50 times per day — but when our kids play around with them, we get nervous. Are screens ruining childhood? Not according to… Internet Archive Akash Manoj: A life-saving device that detects silent heart attacks 2018 · Talk You probably know the common symptoms of a heart attack: chest and arm pain, shortness of breath and fatigue. But there's another kind that's just as deadly… Internet Archive Hector Ruiz on connecting the world 2008 · Talk · 19 min Hector Ruiz, the executive chair of AMD, wants to give Internet access to everyone. In this talk, he shares his extraordinary life story and describes AMD's… Internet Archive Tom Chatfield: 7 ways games reward the brain 2010 · Talk · 16 min We're bringing gameplay into more aspects of our lives, spending countless hours -- and real money -- exploring virtual worlds for imaginary treasures. Why?… Internet Archive Geography In US History ★ A Complete "Lost" Telecourse 1991 · Talk Geography In US History ... is a ★ complete, "Lost" Telecourse from 1991 - from the Agency for Instructional Technology (AIT) series Called " Geography in… Internet Archive Eric Berridge: Why tech needs the humanities 2017 · Talk If you want to build a team of innovative problem-solvers, you should value the humanities just as much as the sciences, says entrepreneur Eric Berridge. He… Internet Archive Sesame Street: Computer Caper 2002 · Film Telly Becomes A High-Tech Detective When A Mysterious E-Mail Invites Him To Play The Guessing Game. With Each New Computer Clue, He Gets One Step Closer To… Internet Archive Faculty Introduction to 6.901, Fall 2005 Talk · 3 min Faculty Introduction to 6.901, Fall 2005 Instructor: Robert Rines View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/6-901F05 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA… Internet Archive CartoonNetwork.com Commercial: Droopy 1998 · Cartoon A commercial that aired sometime in 1998 advertising Cartoon Network's website, in which Droopy tries to flee from a computer cursor.