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7,825–7,872 of 19,487 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

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Every film here plays from the archive that keeps it: the Internet Archive, Wikimedia Commons, the NASA Image and Video Library, the Library of Congress and Open Images (the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). Nothing is copied to this site. Each film's page names its archive, links to its page there, and states its licence or status as the archive does.

Archive films carry no age ratings, so each is placed from the collections it sits in and the subjects the archive gives it, cautiously. Sexual content and nudity are left out altogether.

Little OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive 1954 DOCUMENTARY ABOUT POPE PIUS XII LOURDES FRANCE VATICAN CITY 48014 Documentary This Castle Films News Parade episode from 1954 tells the story of Pope Pius XII. Born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, Pope Pius XII ( 00:42 ) served… Internet Archive THE STORY OF CENTURY CITY 1970s LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA PROMOTIONAL FILM 53524 Film This promotional film for Century City dates to the early 1970s, when Los Angeles' "city within a city" came into its own. It features a futuristic score by… Internet Archive "THE GREAT LOVE AFFAIR" 1966 AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE, HIGHWAYS & CAR CULTURE DOCUMENTARY 16804 Documentary The Great Love Affair is a 1966 film that features CBS News correspondent Harry Reasoner and documents the impact the automobile has had on American life. The… Internet Archive OFFICIAL FILMS NEWSREEL 1941 VOL. II PEACETIME USA BEFORE WORLD WAR II 55684 Newsreel Made just prior to U.S. entry into World War II, this Official Films newsreel, “News Thrills: 1941, Vol. II,” recaps some of the social, military, and… Internet Archive P6M SEAMASTER AMPHIBIOUS STRATEGIC BOMBER FLIGHT TEST FOOTAGE REEL 1 82324 Film This silent footage dates to the time of the Martin P6M Seamaster flight test program, with the prototype YP6M featured. At 5:17 you will see this incredible… Internet Archive AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 6-10-2024 Film Truck Driver Moving Things On Land Transportation in the United States Truck Transport - On That Long Haul ERDA Transportation Safeguards Internet Archive YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL RUSSIAN REVOLUTION USS AKRON DISASTER 60064 Newsreel This episode of “Yesterday’s Newsreel” is of from an early television series that drew on the holdings of the defunct General Newsreel Company. The first… Internet Archive "SAND AND STEEL" 1965 U.S. MARINE CORPS FILM CONSTRUCTION OF CHU LAI AIR BASE VIETNAM WAR 18314 Film “Sand and Steel” is a U.S. Marine Corps special film report from circa 1965. It highlights the construction of the Chu Lai Air Base in South Vietnam, and… Internet Archive Liftoff To Learning: The Atmosphere Below Film Astronauts from STS-45 investigate Earth’s atmosphere from space. You can see what they see through their experiments on infrared detection of atmospheric… Internet Archive NATO Today - Cold War, Soviet Union, Red Square, Leonid Brezhnev 27610 HD Film Produced in the early 1980s during the Cold War , this film shows the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also known as NATO, including footage of many… Internet Archive 1982 COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY FILM "DISCOVERING COMPUTERS" EARLY PERSONAL COMPUTERS 59054 Film This is a 1982, color movie is called Discovering Computers. It is a Paul Burnford Film written by Zelda Burnford. The movie opens with footage of children… Internet Archive Positive And Negative Electrical Science Film We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm Archive Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are… Internet Archive "CONDEMNED" 1960S FIRE SAFETY FILM CARELESS HANDLING OF CIGARETTES CAUSES FIRES 13774 Film “Condemned” (c.1960s) is a color fire prevention film presented by (who else?) Fire Prevention Through Films. It was produced by Julian Olansky in cooperation… Internet Archive Reading Improvement: Vocabulary Skills 1961 · Educational Improving our vocabulary is essential for greater speed and comprehension in reading. Shows how this can be done This film isn't in the public domain. The… Internet Archive Sea Level Rise Bay Area And Pacific Ocean March 27 2019 2019 · Film Christina Gerhardt , author of The Atlas of (Remote) Islands and Sea Level Rise , explores the effects and responses to climate-warming on low-lying Pacific… Internet Archive Europe United 1974 · Educational Produced by Ted Lowry Historical account of the development of the European Communities (Common Market) since the end of World War II Internet Archive WORLD WAR ONE ALLIED FOOTAGE GREAT WAR AERIAL FOOTAGE FRENCH SEAPLANES 15095 Film This silent footage from World War One "Somewhere in France - On the ground and in the Air" contains various scenes. At :40 is aerial footage shot above the… Internet Archive PAN AM AIRLINES 1960s JAPAN TRAVELOGUE TOKYO MT. FUJI 61644 Film This 1960 color film on Japan is one of a series of Pan Am New Horizons travelogues. It is narrated by Ed Stokes and produced by Movietonews, Inc. It begins… Internet Archive KSNN 21st Century Explorers #1: Are We There Yet? Film This is 30 second newsbreak from KSNN about explorers of the 21st century for grades 3-5. Internet Archive UNITED AIRLINES DC-7 MAINLINER / JET AGE MAINTENANCE & SAFETY PROMOTIONAL FILM 17704 Film Produced by Cate & McGlone, United Airlines presents this 1950’s era, color movie called, Flying Colors. The film attempts to reassure the public about air… Internet Archive LETTER FROM ALASKA ESKIMOS & NATIVE PEOPLES HISTORIC FILM 78554 Film Made in 1957 by Northern Films, LETTER FROM ALASKA shows the Alaska of that era: its cities, people, industries, climate, the Alaska Railroad, and a review of… Internet Archive AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 12 12 2022 Film Elementary School Part III A-B Roll Electrons The Wankel Engine Fate of John the Baptist. Internet Archive " MOTION STUDY APPLICATIONS " 1940s RALPH M. BARNES HUMAN FACTOR & ERGONOMIC ANALYSIS FILM 66144 Film Ralph M. Barnes’ “Motion Study Applications: Showing Better and Easier Ways to Work” is a black and white film studying motion economy. Ralph M. Barnes was a… Internet Archive Assignment: Spacelab Educational · 16 min Liftoff to learning : Assignment Spacelab (1995). Shows how the unique microgravity environment of Earth orbit is used for scientific experiments and how the… Internet Archive BUILDING THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC TELEPHONE CABLE MD46164 Film “The Voice Beneath the Sea” is a color film produced by John Sutherland and presented by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company’s Long Lines Department.… Internet Archive The World Of TWA 72812 Film Produced by Trans World Airlines in the 1970s, "The World of TWA" was a travelogue series that presented the many glamorous destinations served by the… Internet Archive AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 11 30 2022 Film Man's Genesis (silent) Todays Students, Tomorrows Leaders! People Who Fight Pollution New Frontiers in Medicine Internet Archive " THE NUCLEAR LOOK " NUCLEAR INDUSTRY PROMO FILM SAFE & EFFICIENT POWER FROM THE ATOM 32232 Film Produced in the wake of the Three Mile Island accident by Westinghouse Nuclear Energy Systems, "The Nuclear Look" is a late 1970s color promotional film that… Internet Archive MODERN CHIPPEWA INDIAN NATIVE AMERICANS INDIANS 78034 Film Made in 1946, THE MODERN CHIPPEWA INDIAN shows reservation life in Minnesota in the post-WWII period. Produced by Frederick Jones and Rand Kellogg, the film… Internet Archive Destination: Lithuania 1994 · Film · Subtitles Educational video produced by the Peace Corps. Internet Archive Salvage With A Smile 1940 · Educational · 6 min A 1940 British short film about how recycling helps the war effort. Produced by Ealing Studios for the Ministry of Information. Internet Archive Flutter Film 4-177: Arrow Transonic Flutter Test 1966 · Educational Aircraft tested for flutter speed in relation to mach numbers at MIT, using balsa-wood models Internet Archive NASA GEMINI VI AND VII MISSION ORBITAL RENDEZVOUS " PROUD CONQUEST " 1965 19214 Film This historic film from 1965 documents the world’s first rendezvous of two spacecraft in space -- the Gemini VI-A and VII missions (unofficially Gemini 6A and… Internet Archive 1921 NEW YORK CITY DOCUMENTARY SILENT FILM "MANHATTA" 55254 Documentary Created in 1921, Manhatta is a short documentary film directed by painter Charles Sheeler and photographer Paul Strand, which uses the words of Walt Whitman… Internet Archive U.S. NAVY OPERATION PORTREX 1950 PUERTO RICO LANDING EXERCISE 81164 Film Discusses Operation Portrex, or "Puerto Rico Exercise", a Joint Airborne-Amphibious training exercise on Vieques Island off Puerto Rico on the eve of the… Internet Archive 1920's Early Autos & Horse Drawn Vehicles "Wheels Of Progress" 78194 Film Made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the 1920s, "Wheels of Progress" is a silent educational film that contains fascinating footage of horses,… Internet Archive "HIGH ROAD TO THE ORIENT" 1949 NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES JAPAN HONG KONG PHILIPPINES MACAU 24874 Film Dating to 1949, this film from Northwest Orient Airlines "Highroad to the Orient" pays visits to Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, and the Philippines. It was made by… Internet Archive 1960s URBAN SPRAWL, SUBURBIA & POST-WWII HOUSING BOOM VINTAGE FILM 87604 Film Made in 1960 by Arthur Barr, this film presents one of the earliest looks at the tremendous problem of Urban Sprawl. growth in single-family homes begin built… Internet Archive Alphabet: The Story of Writing, 3 -- Penman, Printer, and Engraver 1980 · Educational Narrator, Susannah York Calligrapher Donald Jackson traces the development of the alphabet from the Middle Ages to the invention of the printing press to… Internet Archive 1946 HOME MOVIES SHOT BY AMERICAN AIRMAN SHANGHAI & BEIJING REPUBLIC OF CHINA GUAM 51294 Home movie Shot by an American military officer, this 16mm silent home movie shows images of the Republic of China (approx. September 1945-1949) in Shaoxing, Shanghai,… Internet Archive AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 11 25 2022 Film Shoplifting Its A Crime (excerpt) Shoplifting - Only Losers Play Caught Caught In A Ripoff Internet Archive AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 9-4-2024 Film Films about ladders: Slips and Falls, If You Took Your Family To Work, Step Right Up, Ladders Internet Archive THE BIG PICTURE THE DRAGON'S TEETH WWII SIEGFRIED LINE 80894 Film In this 1962 episode of the U.S. Army's TV show THE BIG PICTURE (00:01:13:00) - THE DRAGON’S TEETH, General J. Lawton Collins (00:10:20:00) tells of the U.S.… Internet Archive 1930s JAPAN TRAVELOGUE MOVIE "LAND OF ENCHANTMENT" 89884 Film Originally produced by the Bray Studios in 1936, this fascinating travelogue presents the island nation of Japan just before the outbreak of WWII. Here, Japan… Internet Archive Neighborhood Newspapers Of San Francisco April 10 2019 2019 · Film A collaborative effort of the San Francisco Department of Memory , this project digitally preserves and promotes San Francisco community newspapers. Over… Internet Archive ADMIRAL RICHARD BYRD ANTARCTIC RESEARCH 26954 Film We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell… Internet Archive It's Everybody's War Film It's Everybody's War We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the… Internet Archive AIR FORCE NOW 1980s PROMO FILM 307th CIVIL ENGINEERING SQUAD USAF IN EUROPE 26724 Film In this episode of Air Force Now, the Air Force’s monthly news film produced during the 1980s, viewers see the work being done by the 307th Civil Engineering…