Medicine in the world's archives

145–192 of 2,168 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 Andrew Solomon: Depression, the secret we share 2013 · Talk · 29 min "The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment." In a talk equal parts… Internet Archive Alanna Shaikh: How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's 2012 · Talk · 6 min When faced with a parent suffering from Alzheimer's, most of us respond with denial ("It won't happen to me") or extreme efforts at prevention. But global… Internet Archive Care of the Sick: First Half of the 19th Century 1970 · Educational General historical background traces developments in biological and physical science and medicine: physiology, anesthesia, obstetrics and gynecology, and… Internet Archive Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life 2012 · Talk · 19 min When game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She… Internet Archive Speakers with Cleft Palates (1964) 1964 · Educational · 28 min Uses X-ray photography to show the physiological characteristics of the speech of those with cleft palates. Depicts the effect on speech of deviations in the… Internet Archive Forests For The Future Video 3 Film "...biologists and forestry experts present a fascinating look at the ecology of Pacific Northwest old-growth forests, the human impact on the forests, and… Internet Archive Peter Attia: What if we’re wrong about diabetes? 2013 · Talk · 15 min As a young ER doctor, Peter Attia felt contempt for a patient with diabetes. She was overweight, he thought, and thus responsible for the fact that she needed… Internet Archive Care of the Sick in Ancient Civilizations (Greek, Roman, Hindu, Chinese) 1970 · Educational · 29 min Discusses mythological and religious influences, prominent individuals, and medical treatments in medical care among ancient civilizations. Lecture by… Internet Archive Irwin Redlener on surviving a nuclear attack 2008 · Talk · 25 min The face of nuclear terror has changed since the Cold War, but disaster-medicine expert Irwin Redlener reminds us the threat is still real. He looks at some… Internet Archive Tsutsugamushi Prevention (1945) 1945 · Feature MN5041a Navy // In this military training film, the nature, effects, and prevention of tsutsugamushi, or scrub typhus, are presented in the milieu of U.S.… Internet Archive Military Air Transport Of The Wounded Post WWII 78764 Film Apparently dating to the Korean War era, this fascinating film describes how aircraft were used to rapidly evacuate wounded soldiers from remote bases to… Internet Archive Oliver Sacks: What hallucination reveals about our minds 2009 · Talk · 18 min Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks brings our attention to Charles Bonnet syndrome -- when visually impaired people experience lucid hallucinations. He… Internet Archive Healthy Pets, Healthy People - Veterinary Medicine 1992 · TV Episode of the informational pet wellness tv show "Healthy Pets, Healthy People" hosted by Richard Ford. Topics include veterinary practice, pet euthanasia,… Internet Archive Ken Kamler: Medical miracle on Everest 2010 · Talk · 20 min When the worst disaster in the history of Mount Everest climbs occurred, Ken Kamler was the only doctor on the mountain. At TEDMED, he shares the incredible… Internet Archive Eric Topol: The wireless future of medicine 2010 · Talk · 16 min Eric Topol says we'll soon use our smartphones to monitor our vital signs and chronic conditions. At TEDMED, he highlights several of the most important… Internet Archive Paul Zak: Trust, morality -- and oxytocin 2011 · Talk · 16 min What drives our desire to behave morally? Neuroeconomist Paul Zak shows why he believes oxytocin (he calls it "the moral molecule") is responsible for trust,… Internet Archive Abraham Verghese: A doctor's touch 2011 · Talk · 18 min Modern medicine is in danger of losing a powerful, old-fashioned tool: human touch. Physician and writer Abraham Verghese describes our strange new world… Internet Archive Robert Gupta: Between music and medicine 2012 · Talk · 16 min When Robert Gupta was caught between a career as a doctor and as a violinist, he realized his place was in the middle, with a bow in his hand and a sense of… Internet Archive Sheila Nirenberg: A prosthetic eye to treat blindness 2011 · Talk · 10 min At TEDMED, Sheila Nirenberg shows a bold way to create sight in people with certain kinds of blindness: by hooking into the optic nerve and sending signals… Internet Archive Ben Goldacre: Battling bad science 2011 · Talk · 14 min Every day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they're right? Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed,… Internet Archive " ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR: A MENTAL HOSPITAL " 1974 PSYCHOLOGY FILM TREATMENT OF MENTALLY ILL XD5036 Film Produced by CRM productions in conjunction with Psychology Today this educational film titled “Abnormal Behavior: A Mental Hospital” from 1974 takes the… Internet Archive Healthy Pets, Healthy People - Zoos 1992 · TV Episode of the informational pet wellness tv show "Healthy Pets, Healthy People" hosted by Richard Ford. Topics include zoos, aquariums, exotic animal… Internet Archive Christien Meindertsma: How pig parts make the world turn 2010 · Talk · 8 min Christien Meindertsma, author of "Pig 05049" looks at the astonishing afterlife of the ordinary pig, parts of which make their way into at least 185 non-pork… Internet Archive Ed Gavagan: A story about knots and surgeons 2012 · Talk · 12 min One day, Ed Gavagan was sitting on the subway, watching two young med students practicing their knots. And a powerful memory washed over him -- of one… Internet Archive Yolanda Lopez Beard 2019 · Film Yolanda Lopez, 1942-2021, was a San Francisco artist and activist from San Diego originally, with roots in the San Francisco State College strike 1968-69. She… Internet Archive Noel Bairey Merz: The single biggest health threat women face 2012 · Talk · 16 min Surprising, but true: More women now die of heart disease than men, yet cardiovascular research has long focused on men. Pioneering doctor C. Noel Bairey Merz… Internet Archive Riccardo Sabatini: How to read the genome and build a human being 2016 · Talk · 15 min Secrets, disease and beauty are all written in the human genome, the complete set of genetic instructions needed to build a human being. Now, as scientist and… Internet Archive Kary Mullis' next-gen cure for killer infections 2009 · Talk · 4 min Drug-resistant bacteria kills, even in top hospitals. But now tough infections like staph and anthrax may be in for a surprise. Nobel-winning chemist Kary… Internet Archive Ben Goldacre: What doctors don't know about the drugs they prescribe 2012 · Talk · 13 min When a new drug gets tested, the results of the trials should be published for the rest of the medical world -- except much of the time, negative or… Internet Archive Daniel Kraft invents a better way to harvest bone marrow 2009 · Talk · 4 min Daniel Kraft demos his Marrow Miner -- a new device that quickly harvests life-saving bone marrow with minimal pain to the donor. He emphasizes that the adult… Internet Archive Dean Ornish: Help the body heal itself 2008 · Talk · 16 min Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body's natural desire to heal itself. Internet Archive Paul Ewald asks, Can we domesticate germs? 2008 · Talk · 17 min Evolutionary biologist Paul Ewald drags us into the sewer to discuss germs. Why are some more harmful than others? How could we make the harmful ones benign?… Internet Archive Care Of The Sick And Injured, Part II: Evening Care (1944) 1944 · Feature TF 8-1344 // Part of the U.S. military's "Care of the Sick and Injured" series, this film offers instructions for Navy medical corpsmen on how to provide… Internet Archive Max Little: A test for Parkinson’s with a phone call 2012 · Talk · 6 min Parkinson’s disease affects 6.3 million people worldwide, causing weakness and tremors, but there's no objective way to detect it early on. Yet. Applied… Internet Archive BJ Miller: What really matters at the end of life 2015 · Talk · 19 min At the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? For many, it’s simply comfort, respect, love. BJ Miller is a palliative care physician who thinks deeply… Internet Archive Nina Tandon: Could tissue engineering mean personalized medicine? 2012 · Talk · 6 min Each of our bodies is utterly unique, which is a lovely thought until it comes to treating an illness -- when every body reacts differently, often… Internet Archive Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives 2010 · Talk · 4 min In the developing world, access to incubators is limited by cost and distance, and millions of premature babies die each year. TED Fellow Jane Chen shows an… Internet Archive Ivan Oransky: Are we over-medicalized? 2012 · Talk · 10 min Reuters health editor Ivan Oransky warns that we’re suffering from an epidemic of preposterous preconditions -- pre-diabetes, pre-cancer, and many more. In… Internet Archive MIT HST.921 Information Technology in the Health Care System of the Future, Spring 2009 2010 · Talk · 3 min This innovative, trans-faculty subject teaches how information technologies (IT) are reshaping and redefining the health care marketplace through improved… Internet Archive Alyson McGregor: Why medicine often has dangerous side effects for women 2015 · Talk · 15 min For most of the past century, drugs approved and released to market have been tested only on male patients, leading to improper dosing and unacceptable side… Internet Archive David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 min 2010 · Talk · 20 min In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes -- a world… Internet Archive Christopher deCharms looks inside the brain 2008 · Talk · 4 min Neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms demonstrates a new way to use fMRI to show brain activity -- thoughts, emotions, pain -- while it is… Internet Archive Cultural Care Assessment Of An American Polish Informant Film Lecture/interview with Dr Madeleine Leininger and graduate student from Wayne State University in the school of Professional Nursing and Anthropology in… Internet Archive “ MEDICAL SERVICES IN AN ATOMIC DISASTER ” 1949 US ARMY RADIATION AND FALLOUT EFFECTS FILM 71992 Film The US Army (:08) presents an instructional training film detailing the role of medical professionals in organizing the community in order to deliver medical… Internet Archive Journey Into Medicine 95 Film · Subtitles Journey Into Medicine 95 Internet Archive "ATOMIC ENERGY CAN BE A BLESSING" 1952 NUCLEAR MEDICINE FILM with FRED MACMURRAY 72102 Film Created by The Christophers, a Christian inspirational group that was founded in 1945 by Father James Keller, "Atomic Energy Can Be a Blessing" dates to 1952.… Internet Archive Richard Weller: Could the sun be good for your heart? 2013 · Talk · 13 min Our bodies get Vitamin D from the sun, but as dermatologist Richard Weller suggests, sunlight may confer another surprising benefit too. New research by his… Internet Archive Cultural Care Assesment American Polish Informant Film Lecture/interview of Dr Madeleine Leininger and graduate student at Wayne State University on Transcultural Nursing. Dr Leininger teaches Professional Nursing…