Science Movies

Scientists have struggled for centuries to pinpoint the qualities that distinguish humans from the millions of other animal species with which we...

Discusses the physics, effects and defense against nuclear fallout. Describes the phenomena of natural radiation and the dangers of fallout. Explains...

A farmer tries to save his wife from a paralyzing disease. He enlists the help of his neighbor, a scientist studying astronomy who refuses to help....

A creeping caterpillar takes wing as a graceful butterfly. Flowers open their blooms before your eyes. A twinkling point of light reveals a solar...

Shows the properties of different solvents, including their electrical conductivity or lack of it. Shows how they affect the boiling point of water....

Symbolic story about a person with a congenital disability who immersed himself in a paper world of ideas

Two scientists search for possible futures in which humanity could survive.

A woman returns to a place from her past, reflecting on how our bodies change while memories remain.

In northern Iraq lie the ruins of a 3,000-year-old city, Nimrud, once the capital of the powerful Assyrian Empire. In 1988, archaeologists conducted...

An embodied investigation into Britain's only named wind - The Helm - WHEN THE CROWS WALKS HOME takes the viewer on an immersive journey with (and...

An educational film about frogs produced by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, an educational film production company in the 20th century owned by...

On display are the movement structures of Heliozoa, the expulsion of food remains, plasmogamy, separation and temporary bridging, "phobia".

This instructional film shows the three parts of a lever and demonstrates how various levers help to move things more easily, or move them farther...

Short educational film of our solar system

In his laboratory, an oceanographer conducts temperature and salinity tests to determine the necessary conditions for the micro-algae Protoceratium...

This film covers the basics of atomic theory while addressing the moral issues inherent in yielding such godlike power.

We live out our lives on our planet’s fractured crust, “plates” that pull apart, collide, grind past each other and even sink below...