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385–432 of 766 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.
Where these films come from, and who sees what
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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
|---|---|
| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage. |
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FEDLINK Spring Expo: The Power of Connecting Information Professionals
Seema Rampersad of the British Library discusses the power of connecting information professionals. The semiannual FEDLINK Exposition features topics of…
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FEDLINK Spring Expo: Annual Survey
FEDLINK annual survey. The semiannual FEDLINK Exposition features topics of interest to the federal library community. Topics include best practices in the…
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FEDLINK Spring Expo: Marketplace Vendor Presentations I.
The semiannual FEDLINK Exposition features topics of interest to the federal library community. Topics include best practices in the federal information…
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FEDLINK Spring Expo: From Annual Reports to Elevators
Kathy Dempsey of Libraries Are Essential speaks on proving value to stakeholders. The semiannual FEDLINK Exposition features topics of interest to the federal…
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FEDLINK Spring Expo: Copyright & AI
Gwendolyn Sibley of Kansas State University Libraries discusses copyright and AI, asking "Do you agree to the terms and conditions?" The semiannual FEDLINK…
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FEDLINK Spring Expo: Small Library of the Year
FEDLINK 2022 Small Library of the Year award is presented. The semiannual FEDLINK Exposition features topics of interest to the federal library community.…
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FEDLINK Spring Expo: Evidence-Based Strategic Planning
Catherine Johnson of the U.S. Naval Academy discusses evidenced-based strategic planning. The semiannual FEDLINK Exposition features topics of interest to the…
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The United States Civil War: The Atlanta Campaign
This presentation discusses the various collections, the search interface, and how to navigate the challenges of working with historic newspapers. Chronicling…
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FEDLINK Spring Expo: Library Technician of the Year
The FEDLINK 2022 Library Technician of the Year is awarded. The semiannual FEDLINK Exposition features topics of interest to the federal library community.…
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FEDLINK Spring Expo: Thoughts on Information Literacy
Crosby Kemper of the Institute of Museum and Library Services discusses information literacy. The semiannual FEDLINK Exposition features topics of interest to…
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FEDLINK Spring Expo: Marketplace Vendor Presentations II
The semiannual FEDLINK Exposition features topics of interest to the federal library community. Topics include best practices in the federal information…
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FEDLINK Spring Expo: A Year of Open Science
Chelle Gentemann discusses NASA's efforts with the Year of Open Science. The semiannual FEDLINK Exposition features topics of interest to the federal library…
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FEDLINK Spring Expo: Librarian of the Year
Presentation of the 2022 FEDLINK award for Librarian of the Year. The semiannual FEDLINK Exposition features topics of interest to the federal library…
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FEDLINK Spring Expo: Six Demands for Social Media Success
Kuande Hall of the Defense Information School at Fort Meade discusses strategies for success in social media. The semiannual FEDLINK Exposition features…
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Am I Burned Out? Keeping it All Together
The recent pandemic has caused changes in all of our professional and personal lives. As we start to return to in person work and events the adjustment can be…
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Seeing in 3D: Stereographs at the Library of Congress
Photography curators Micah Messenheimer and Michelle Smiley present a three-dimensional view into the Prints & Photographs collections.
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Informational Webinar for the CCDI Award for Artist or Scholar in Residence
In this video, Library of Congress staff discuss the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI), a program under the Library's Mellon Foundation…
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Informational Webinar for the CCDI Award for Higher Education
In this video, Library of Congress staff discuss the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI), a program under the Library's Mellon Foundation…
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Informational Webinar for the CCDI Award for Libraries, Archives and Museums
In this video, Library of Congress staff discuss the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI), a program under the Library's Mellon Foundation…
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E-Governance and E-Voting in the Baltic States: Leaders of E-Transformation
The webinar discussed the efforts of various Baltic governments to create digital infrastructures for e-governance and regulations for managing the digital…
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Live Q&A Webinar: CCDI Grant for Artist or Scholar in Residence
This webinar is for artists or scholars whose work connects at the intersection of technology and cultural heritage.
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Finding LGBTQIA+ History Hidden in Historic Newspapers
Learn how to find LGBTQIA+ history hidden in historical newspapers with Meg Metcalf, LGBTQIA+ Studies Librarian and Collection Specialist. Explore millions of…
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Live Q&A Webinar: CCDI Grant for Libraries, Archives, Museums
This webinar is about funds that will support up to three local cultural heritage organizations by enabling storytelling across a range of platforms, using…
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Live Q&A Webinar: CCDI Grant for Higher Education Institutions
This webinar is about higher education institution funds that will support the creation of projects that facilitate teaching and learning with the Library's…
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Looking Closely: Visual Literacy with Prints and Photographs
What do you see? Deepening what we can learn from visual materials is as easy as asking simple questions. Drawing on examples from photography to…
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Medieval European Legal Manuscripts And What They Are Telling Us
During this webinar, Codicologist Ilya Dines discusses the medieval manuscripts that have been in the Law Library of Congress's possession. He introduces the…
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Making Mexican Chicago
Mike Amezcua is a historian and a professor in Georgetown University's Department of History. His 2022 work, "Making Mexican Chicago: From Postwar Settlement…
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FEDLINK 2022 Awards Ceremony
Each year FEDLINK hosts the annual winners of the FEDLINK awards that recognize and commend outstanding, innovative and sustained achievements during the…
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Community Collections Grants Informational Webinar
In this public informational webinar, AFC staff offered an overview of the Library's Of the People initiative and the Community Collections Grant program that…
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Doing Private Company Research
Researching private companies can be tricky but there are sources and strategies to find information; you just have to know where -- and how -- to look. This…
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I Want You to Learn About the Library's Poster Collection
Watch an overview of the poster holdings in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. See collection highlights and learn how to use the…
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Doing Public Company Research
Are you an investor or are you just researching researcher looking at publicly traded companies? If so, there is a wealth of information out there and much of…
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Climate Change Litigation in Europe and Australia
Law Division specialists discuss the context for and types of climate change cases being litigated in Europe and Australia; and examples of major cases,…
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Maps in the Classroom
Watch this virtual orientation that will provide an introduction to the world's largest map library, with a special focus on resources for teachers and…
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Copyright Public Modernization Committee Meeting
The Library created the Copyright Public Modernization Committee (CPMC) in 2021 at congressional request to enhance communication and provide a public forum…
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Scandal and Intrigue in 1920s America
When Harry Daugherty secured a federal court injunction against a burgeoning nationwide railroad strike in September of 1922, little did the sitting attorney…
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Turkey: Law of Elections
Foreign Law Specialist Kayahan Cantekin discusses the history, constitutional basis, roadmap and current Turkish law of elections.
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Chronicling America: "Turning Points in History"
Explore Turning Points in History and learn to use Chronicling America, a freely-available collection of historic American newspapers at the Library of…
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Community-Driven Archives: Local Needs/Global Practices in Safeguarding Living Cultural Heritage
Hosted by the American Folklife Center, home to one of the oldest and largest ethnographic archives in the world, Community-Driven Archives comprises two…
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Constitution Day: Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan
University of Buffalo School of Law Professor Samantha Barbas discusses the roots of the U.S. Supreme Court's New York Times v. Sullivan decision which…
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Flicka : a love letter
Documentary about the opera singer Frederica von Stade. Wide screen (1.78:1). Editor, Inome Callahan ; director of photography, David Zlutnick ; costume…
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Boswell Street house fires in Tenth Street Historic Freedmen's Town District
These items document a series of house fires on Boswell Street within the Tenth Street Historic Freedmen's Town District, recorded on January 27, 2023. The…
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Kari Northey interview conducted by Joél Maldonado, 2024-06-02
Kari Northey is a funeral director, embalmer, and a mom to two little girls. She has been in the funeral service industry for 30 years and licensed for 22…
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Breanna Williams interview conducted by Joél Maldonado, 2024-06-03
Breanna Williams, a mom of three children who were all under the age of eleven at the time of this interview, has been a licensed crematory operator since…
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Karoline Davidson interview conducted by Joél Maldonado, 2024-06-03
Karoline Davidson is a certified celebrant, crematory operator, funeral director, and embalmer who started her funeral service career in 2007 as an unlicensed…
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Chelsea Cush interview conducted by Joél Maldonado, 2024-06-04
Chelsea Cush, a 2017 mortuary school graduate, is a full-time faculty member at Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science who, at the time of this interview,…
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Faith Haug interview conducted by Joél Maldonado, 2024-06-04
Faith Haug is a Mortuary Science Program Chair at Arapahoe Community College, an openly queer funeral service professional, and a former liaison for Donor…
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Shannan Guillory interview conducted by Joél Maldonado, 2024-06-05
Shannan Guillory is a Los Angeles-based, fourteen-year funeral industry professional and a podcaster for the show I Do Death. In this interview, Guillory…