Science Movies

Using a scientific discovery approach, the film explains what wind is, how it forms, and its effects on the environment and human life. It...

"Great Maia" is an extra-special film of the "Dinosauria Animated Series", it is set in the Two Medicine Formation during the Late Cretaceous and...

As Percival Lowell, an optimistic astronomer, fervently believes he has discovered extraterrestrial structures across various planets, he races...

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...

ITER is an international attempt to meet humanity's energy needs by harnessing nuclear fusion. We take you within the ITER project to see how close...

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

When the Tanana River bridge was installed in Salcha, Alaska, the community worried about the levee's effects on fish wildlife. Salcha Elementary...

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

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

When a lonely young man's quiet night is interrupted by two aliens seeking a vacation spot on Earth, an unexpected friendship forms over couches,...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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