OhioLINK’s Digital Media Center includes digitized versions of educational films relevant to Japanese studies. These are available for use by people at OhioLINK institutions (85 colleges and universities in Ohio). Here is a list of what I found that had relevance to Japan —

The Age of the Shoguns (1600-1868) (51 min)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1839749

Buddha in the land of the kami
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1840733

Buddhism: the great wheel of being
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1852983

Changing lifestyles (1994)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1843051

The Coming of the Barbarians (1540-1650) (52 min)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1840030

The Essence of Being Japanese (48 min.)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1841014

The future of the countryside (Japan 2000 Video)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1844243

Geisha (1999)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1845436

Great disasters — Japan in the modern age
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1844946

Hinduism and Buddhism (1996)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/2794759

Japan – the taboo of failure
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/3971225

Japanese dance: succession of a kyomai (2000)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1853824

Life of the Buddha (2003)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/4716956

The Meiji Period (1868-1912) (52 min)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/1838766

Samurai Japan
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/4412092

A Separate Peace: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Shintoism
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/2787759

Tale of Genji
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/2779855

W. Edwards Deming (1992)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/2786256

Windows on Asia-Pacific (1997)
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/dmc/video/2789141