Ephemeral Films

Ephemeral films are non-fiction films usually made for educational, industrial, or promotional purposes. The two classic ephemeral film collections found on the Archive are the Prelinger Archives and AV Geeks.

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In addition to these classic collections, you may view guidance films from the post-World War II British government, drive-in movie intermission ads, and videos documenting the history of San Francisco from 1906 to the early 21st Century. Many of these films are available for free download.

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Addeddate: 2006-06-02 23:58:25

Collection: movies

Identifier: ephemera

Mediatype: collection

Nav_order: 330

Num_subcollections: 15

Num_top_ba: 00

Publicdate: 2006-06-02 23:59:23

Related_collection: prelinger
vintageeducationalfilms

Show_hidden_subcollections: 1

Show_subcollection_icons: true

Spotlight_identifier: rural_civil_defense_tv_spots_1965

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June 2
2006

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Subject	Poster	Replies	Date
The copyright status of the film "Taliesin East"	Sophia Cui	0	Mar 23, 2022 1:28am Mar 23, 2022 1:28am
films rares	massi31999	0	Jul 15, 2020 4:19pm Jul 15, 2020 4:19pm
Many entries are the same film, mislabeled	ContentPilferer	0	Oct 29, 2016 10:52am Oct 29, 2016 10:52am
l am Looking for a film on the wayback machine	RAMCLEVELAND	1	Sep 29, 2016 6:28am Sep 29, 2016 6:28am
Re: l am Looking for a film on the wayback machine	Harry Wilson	0	Sep 29, 2016 5:55pm Sep 29, 2016 5:55pm
Why the Youtube video flood?	ContentPilferer	1	Feb 12, 2016 6:19am Feb 12, 2016 6:19am
Re: Why the Youtube video flood?	FletcherAU	0	Feb 14, 2016 9:07am Feb 14, 2016 9:07am
Most popular in USA	gamefun	0	Jan 13, 2016 11:09am Jan 13, 2016 11:09am
He's No Hero (1988)	romadiva	0	Mar 10, 2015 6:27pm Mar 10, 2015 6:27pm
Periscope Film LLC Licensing Question	ContentPilferer	1	Feb 17, 2015 4:27pm Feb 17, 2015 4:27pm
Re: Periscope Film LLC Licensing Question	Jeff Kaplan	1	Feb 17, 2015 7:35pm Feb 17, 2015 7:35pm
Re: Periscope Film LLC Licensing Question	ContentPilferer	1	Feb 20, 2015 2:49pm Feb 20, 2015 2:49pm
Re: Periscope Film LLC Licensing Question	IPGS	0	Mar 14, 2019 4:41am Mar 14, 2019 4:41am
Recent descriptions with no videos to watch or download	ContentPilferer	1	Jan 16, 2015 1:58pm Jan 16, 2015 1:58pm
Re: Recent descriptions with no videos to watch or download	Jeff Kaplan	1	Jan 16, 2015 2:28pm Jan 16, 2015 2:28pm
Re: Recent descriptions with no videos to watch or download	ContentPilferer	1	Jan 16, 2015 2:26pm Jan 16, 2015 2:26pm
Re: Recent descriptions with no videos to watch or download	Jeff Kaplan	0	Jan 16, 2015 6:30pm Jan 16, 2015 6:30pm
Newest uploads are hobbled	ContentPilferer	1	Aug 15, 2014 6:20pm Aug 15, 2014 6:20pm
Re: Newest uploads are hobbled	Rick Prelinger	0	Aug 18, 2014 7:27pm Aug 18, 2014 7:27pm
What's with the huge .MOV files?	ContentPilferer	0	Aug 13, 2014 2:37pm Aug 13, 2014 2:37pm
Help Me FInd the title to this film....	nighthouse66	1	Mar 6, 2012 5:41pm Mar 6, 2012 5:41pm
Re: Help Me FInd the title to this film....	boneycellar$	0	Jun 15, 2013 6:49am Jun 15, 2013 6:49am
the truth.........for cognitive dissonance	wingsprint	0	Feb 15, 2012 4:52pm Feb 15, 2012 4:52pm
george orwell's masterpiece.....1984	wingsprint	0	Feb 14, 2012 2:58pm Feb 14, 2012 2:58pm
Are the licensed copies in better shape?	Frank Panucci	0	Jan 8, 2012 10:26am Jan 8, 2012 10:26am
i like saying	splue	0	May 14, 2011 10:05am May 14, 2011 10:05am
Help Free Ai Weiwei!	Dupenhagen Moonbat	0	May 3, 2011 9:25pm May 3, 2011 9:25pm
Re-education	NoiseCollector	3	Apr 16, 2009 5:27am Apr 16, 2009 5:27am
Re: Re-education	streamingf.net	0	Sep 19, 2016 6:10pm Sep 19, 2016 6:10pm

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