Science Movies

An educational film about the nervous system produced by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, an educational film production company in the 20th...

In this educational film, laboratory demonstrations show the effects of moisture and temperature on the growth of molds. Photomicrography reveals the...

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

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

At only twelve inches long, the menhaden are a keystone species in the East Coast's marine ecosystem, yet their numbers are threatened by...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

CERN and the University of California-Santa Barbara are collaborating in the search for the elusive substance that physicists and astronomers believe...

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

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...

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...