Library of Congress: talks and concerts
5,089–5,136 of 7,416 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. |
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| 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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Imagine a New Writing Device
Jason Reynolds, seventh National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, challenges kids to imagine and describe a futuristic writing device in the 29th…
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Ann Yao
Ann Yao performs cutting-edge interpretations of traditional material on the zheng, one of China's most ancient instruments.
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Write a Newspaper Headline
Jason Reynolds, seventh National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, challenges kids to write six word headlines in the 30th installment of the "Write.…
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Joe Jencks: Songs of Workers and Wanderers
Singer-songwriter Joe Jencks performs songs about labor and working-class culture based on field recordings from the collections of the American Folklife…
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Reggie Harris
Vocalist and storyteller Reggie Harris sings freedom songs and other songs of hope.
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Early Voting and Voting by Mail: What's in Store for the 2020 Election
The 2020 elections will involve early voting and voting by mail at levels not seen before in the United States. But this expansion comes with challenges, both…
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Carla Hayden with Crosby Kemper & Jon Parrish Peede
On the occasion of the 2020 National Book Festival, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden speaks with Crosby Kemper III and John Parrish Peede on the important…
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Carla Hayden with Dick Robinson: National Book Festival 2020
On the occasion of the 2020 National Book Festival and Scholastic's 100th anniversary helping children learn and grow, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and…
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Carla Hayden with Mary Anne Carter
On the occasion of the 2020 National Book Festival, the Librarian of Congress and Mary Anne Carter discuss the critical role that funding for the arts plays…
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Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction: Colson Whitehead
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announces Colson Whitehead as winner of the 2020 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.
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Be You! A Children's Author Special: National Book Festival 2020
Join the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Jon Scieszka, for "Be You," an hour-long celebration of reading with many of the nation's…
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Kwame Mbalia: National Book Festival 2020
An instant bestseller, Kwame Mbalia's "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" (Rick Riordan Presents) is an action-packed novel set in a richly imagined…
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Kelly Yang: National Book Festival 2020
Kelly Yang's "Three Keys" (Scholastic) is the sequel to the runaway hit starring Mia Tang, "Front Desk!" This time, Mia thinks she's going to have the best…
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Kate DiCamillo & Ann Patchett: National Book Festival 2020
A conversation between two very different authors who happen to be friends. The prizewinning children's writer Kate DiCamillo--"Stella Endicott and the…
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K.A. Holt: National Book Festival 2020
From the author of "Rhyme Schemer," "House Arrest" and "Knockout!," K.A. Holt's "BenBee and the Teacher Griefer" (Chronicle) is a funny, clever novel-in-verse…
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Deborah Hopkinson: National Book Festival 2020
In "Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers' Rights" (Peachtree), Deborah Hopkinson tells about the life of an American first, Frances Perkins, who was…
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Jon Scieszka & Steven Weinberg: National Book Festival 2020
Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg's new book "AstroNuts Mission Two: The Water Planet" (Chronicle) follows a new mission, where AstroWolf, LaserShark,…
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Jessica & Parker Curry: National Book Festival 2020
In "Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment" (Aladdin), a visit to Washington's National Portrait Gallery forever alters Parker Curry's young life when she…
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Jerry Craft: National Book Festival 2020
Winner of the 2019 Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Author Award and Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature, Jerry Craft's "New Kid" (Quill Tree) is a…
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Frank Morrison & Connie Schofield-Morrison: National Book Festival 2020
Summer is over, and this little girl has got the school spirit! What can she learn today? "I Got the School Spirit" (Bloomsbury) is an exuberant celebration…
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Don Tate: National Book Festival 2020
"William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad" (Peachtree) is the remarkable, little-known story of William Still, known as…
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Dan Brown: National Book Festival 2020
The bestselling author of "The Da Vinci Code," Dan Brown, makes his picture book debut with "Wild Symphony" (Rodale), a mindful, humorous, musical and…
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Barb Rosenstock: National Book Festival 2020
In "Leave It to Abigail!: The Revolutionary Life of Abigail Adams" (Little, Brown), Caldecott-winner Barb Rosenstock and artist Elizabeth Baddeley tell the…
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Lucinda Robb & Rebecca Boggs Roberts: National Book Festival 2020
In search of a passionate cause? Take a few tips from the suffragists who led the longest and least-known movements in American history in Lucinda Robb and…
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Chelsea Clinton: National Book Festival 2020
From the former first daughter Chelsea Clinton and the illustrator Alexandra Boiger, the bestselling team behind "She Persisted," comes a new book launching…
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Angela Dominguez: National Book Festival 2020
From award-winning author-illustrator Angela Dominguez comes "Stella Díaz Never Gives Up" (Roaring Brook), a story about a shy Mexican-American girl who…
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Sophie Blackall: National Book Festival 2020
Inspired by the thousands of children Caldecott-winner Sophie Blackall has met during her travels around the world in support of UNICEF and Save the Children,…
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Grab the Mic, Tell Your Story - A Teen's Author Special: National Book Festival 2020
National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds hosts a 1-hour Special called "Grab the Mic: Tell Your Story," featuring many of today's…
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Megan McDonald: National Book Festival 2020
In "Stink and the Hairy, Scary Spider" (Candlewick), the author of the popular Judy Moody and Stink series, Megan McDonald, now gives us a story about Stink's…
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Tonya Bolden: National Book Festival 2020
Award-winning Tonya Bolden tells of Black women who have changed the world of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in America, including…
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Sabaa Tahir: National Book Festival 2020
Taking place years before Sabaa Tahir's bestselling series, "An Ember in the Ashes," "A Thief Among the Trees" (Archaia) is a standalone original graphic…
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Nic Stone/Teens: National Book Festival 2020
Nic Stone's "Dear Justyce" (Crown) is the stunning sequel to the bestseller "Dear Martin." Incarcerated teen Quan writes letters to Justyce about his…
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Mike Curato: National Book Festival 2020
Award-winning author and illustrator Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in "Flamer" (Henry Holt), his debut graphic novel, telling a difficult story…
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M.T. Anderson & Jo Rioux: National Book Festival 2020
An Atlantis-like city from Celtic legend is the setting of "The Daughters of Ys" (First Second), a graphic novel fantasy from National Book Award winner M.T.…
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Gene Luen Yang: National Book Festival 2020
In "Dragon Hoops" (First Second),bestselling graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, basketball and the high school where…
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Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed: National Book Festival 2020
In Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed's "Yes No Maybe So" (Balzer + Bray), two teens of varying backgrounds -he's shy and Jewish; she's feisty and Muslim-come…
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Veronica Chambers: National Book Festival 2020
In "Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote" (Versify), Veronica Chambers tells about the women who were at the…
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Peter H. Reynolds: National Book Festival 2020
"Be You!" (Orchard) is a joyful reminder of the ways that every child is unique and special, from the beloved creator of "The Dot," "Happy Dreamer,"…
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Pam Muñoz Ryan: National Book Festival 2020
Newbery honoree Pam Muñoz Ryan seeks to shine a light on those who help the unwanted, acting selflessly and with empathy. In "Mañanaland" (Scholastic), when…
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Nic Stone/Children: National Book Festival 2020
In an all-new series based on one of the Marvel Universe's breakout characters, comes Nic Stone's "Shuri: A Black Panther Novel," a story of a martial artist,…
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Mo Willems: National Book Festival 2020
The bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems, winner of three Caldecott Awards and creator of the Pigeon series as well as Elephant & Piggie, talks to…
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N.K. Jemisin: National Book Festival 2020
"The City We Became" (Orbit) is a story of culture, identity, magic and myths in contemporary New York City by Hugo Award winner and bestselling author N.K.…
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Bruce Feiler: National Book Festival 2020
From the bestselling author of "The Secrets of Happy Families" and "The Council of Dads," Bruce Feiler's "Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any…
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Parenting for Success: National Book Festival 2020
Judith Warner, "And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School" (Crown), appears in conversation with Esther Wojcicki, "How to Raise…
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Juan Felipe Herrera: National Book Festival 2020
Juan Felipe Herrera was the 21st United States Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017 and the first Hispanic poet to serve in the position. His newest poetry…
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Emily St. John Mandel: National Book Festival 2020
From the award-winning author of "Station Eleven," Emily St. John Mandel's "The Glass Hotel" (Knopf) is an exhilarating novel set at the glittering…
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Robert M. Gates: National Book Festival 2020
From the former secretary of defense and author of the acclaimed bestselling memoir "Duty," Robert M. Gates' "Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes…
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Mario Livio: National Book Festival 2020
In "Galileo: And the Science Deniers" (Simon & Schuster), astrophysicist and successful popularizer of science and mathematics Mario Livio offers a fresh…