Medicine in the world's archives
1–48 of 2,173 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. |
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| 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. |
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Doctor in Industry (Part I)
Epic history of industrial medicine in the first half of the 20th century, showing how manufacturers and the medical profession came to terms with one another…
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Care of the Skin
Structure of the skin; good cleanliness habits; the proper way to wash; the correct use of soap.
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Right to Health, A (Part I)
A Right to Health, Neighborhood Health Centers in Profile. A Production of Professional Arts, Inc. in San Mateo, CA for the Office of Health Affairs and…
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Experiments in the Revival of Organisms
This disturbing film records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs), as conducted by Dr. S.S. Bryukhonenko at the…
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Babies and Breadwinners (Part II)
Presented by: U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service and Bureau State Services. Produced by the Communicable Disease Center…
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Always On Call
Story by Kensiger Jones, directed by John Kennedy. Produced by Premiere Hardcastle, St. Louis. 0551 PA8484 Always On Call 033.10;
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Relaxed Wife, The
Remarkable, surreal industrial film promoting "Atarax," a tranquilizer, and asserting how "ataraxic medicines" can help us all to achieve the relaxed state we…
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Preventing the Spread of Disease
Health film using unusual imagery and metaphors to impart lessons in hygiene.
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Symptoms in Schizophrenia
Shows masked mental patients enacting various schizophrenic symptoms as they were understood at the time. A disturbing film that raises questions about the…
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At the End of the Rainbow (Part I)
Sponsored film promoting ultraviolet light: its history, physics and health-giving properties.
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Cancer
Produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films, in collaboration with William B. Wartman, M.D., School of Medicine, Northwestern University. Producer: Warren P.…
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Army Nurse, The
Shows the daily life and work of the Army nurse, including training and off-duty activities.
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Angry Boy (Part I)
Alexander Hammid's sensitive narrative of how a pre-adolescent boy is helped by a psychiatrist to come to terms with his feelings.
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At the End of the Rainbow (Part II)
Sponsored film promoting ultraviolet light: its history, physics and health-giving properties.
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Activity Group Therapy (Part I)
Shows socially-maladjusted boys 10 to 11 years old being benefitted therapeutically by "acting out" their disturbances upon their environment and each other…
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Human birth.
Also issued as loop films in super 8 mm. on reel; in super 8 mm. in cartridge; in super 8 mm. on reel with magnetic sound; in super 8 mm. in cartridge with…
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Angry Boy (Part II)
Alexander Hammid's sensitive narrative of how a pre-adolescent boy is helped by a psychiatrist to come to terms with his feelings.
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Tuberculosis (Third Edition)
Causes of treatment of tubercular infection, and tuberculosis as a social phenomenon.
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[Dream Hospital]
Scenes at the brand-new, $2 million Kaiser Hospital somewhere in California. Newsreel story.
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St. Elsewhere (1982–88) medical drama -185 eps
St. Elsewhere (1982–88) FILMED IN NEWTON MA -185 eps _ The lives and work of the staff of St. Eligius Hospital, an old and disrespected Boston teaching…
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On the Firing Line
Efforts being made by the National Tuberculosis Association in the war against tuberculosis, with many interesting scenes from the 1930s. Posing interesting…
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Quacks and Nostrums
Shows the ways in which medical quacks dupe the consumer and the steps taken by local and federal agencies to protect the public.
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Activity Group Therapy (Part II)
Shows socially-maladjusted boys 10 to 11 years old being benefitted therapeutically by "acting out" their disturbances upon their environment and each other…
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Babies and Breadwinners (Part I)
Presented by: U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service and Bureau State Services. Produced by the Communicable Disease Center…
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The Lamp Still Burns
“So realistic it hurts” “Some nice moments” (IMDB reviews quotes). A wartime drama meant to recruit women for nursing that may have had the opposite effect by…
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Trichinosis
Shows how trichinosis infestation occurs. Describes the preparation of microscope slide specimens and, through photomicrographic sequences, the life history…
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Labor and Childbirth
Diagrammatic explanation from the Baby Boom era.
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City of Hope
Los Angeles Sanitarium and Expatients Home presents City of Hope, operated by the Jewish Consumptive and Expatients Relief Association. 0572 PA8041 City of Hope
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Activity Group Therapy (Part IV)
Shows socially-maladjusted boys 10 to 11 years old being benefitted therapeutically by "acting out" their disturbances upon their environment and each other…
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Inner City, The
How the United Fund supports the care of emotionally disturbed and severely disabled children.
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Activity Group Therapy (Part III)
Shows socially-maladjusted boys 10 to 11 years old being benefitted therapeutically by "acting out" their disturbances upon their environment and each other…
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Broken Appointment (Part I)
Story of a young public health nurse who comes to realize the importance of psychology in her work. This humanistic film was made by a team of famous…
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Broken Appointment (Part II)
Story of a young public health nurse who comes to realize the importance of psychology in her work. This humanistic film was made by a team of famous…
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Doogie Howser, M.D. - Season 1 of 4 - XviD AVI
Doogie Howser, M.D. - Season 1 of 4 - XviD AVI Video Size: 628x480 Doogie Howser, M.D. is an American medical drama that ran for four seasons on ABC from…
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Doctor in Industry (Part II)
Epic history of industrial medicine in the first half of the 20th century, showing how manufacturers and the medical profession came to terms with one another…
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The Sleeping City 1950 ★★★ CC: Film-noir/Crime [1:25:39]
The Sleeping City is a 1950 American film noir crime film in semidocumentary style that was set in and filmed at New York's Bellevue Hospital. Directed by…
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Doctor in Industry (Part III)
Epic history of industrial medicine in the first half of the 20th century, showing how manufacturers and the medical profession came to terms with one another…
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Tobacco and the Human Body
Early film on tobacco's physical effects.
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Peter Borik
Peter Borik, a farmer, contracts tuberculosis but avoids seeking medical assistance. The film shows the grave consequences of his decision without ever…
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Heart, The
Quirky science film on the heart and its diseases.
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Nursing
Careers for women and men.
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About Faces
State of the American people's teeth during the Great Depression.
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Right to Health, A (Part II)
A Right to Health, Neighborhood Health Centers in Profile. A Production of Professional Arts, Inc. in San Mateo, CA for the Office of Health Affairs and…
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Doogie Howser, M.D. - Season 2 of 4 - XviD AVI
Doogie Howser, M.D. - Season 2 of 4 - XviD AVI Video Size: 640x480 Doogie Howser, M.D. is an American medical drama that ran for four seasons on ABC from…
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Larceny on the Air
The protagonist goes after a company that is selling a drug containing radium.
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Silent War: Colombia's Fight Against Yellow Fever, The
Military-style mobilization against epidemics.
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Unconditional Surrender
The development of polio vaccine and the significance of its discovery.
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How The Ear Functions
Educational film about the human ear. Anatomy diagrams of the outer, middle, and inner ear. Outlines structure and function of the human ear. Sound waves are…