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6,241–6,288 of 7,413 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 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.
Library of Congress Natalie Miller: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk As a 2023 Junior Fellow, Natalie Miller worked in the Literary Initiatives Office whose mission is to produce onsite and online literary events that promote… Library of Congress Amanda Roberts: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk As a 2023 Junior Fellow, Amanda Roberts worked in the Informal Learning Office creating a discovery box for The Source, a new experiential learning space for… Library of Congress Samiah Sudler-Brooks: 2023 Junior Fellows Program 2023 · Talk Over the years, the pivotal moment of black history has evolved in today's world. From slavery to Jim Crow, black history has become even more significant.… Library of Congress Yeji Kim: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) supports and provides resources to individuals and institutions who use the Library's digital materials… Library of Congress Erica Quinones: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) supports and provides resources to individuals and institutions who use the Library's digital materials… Library of Congress Olivia Hewang: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) supports and provides resources to individuals and institutions who use Library digital materials to… Library of Congress Victoria Dey: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk In recent years, there has been a substantial effort to reimagine diversity within academic settings and institutions. This important work is often supported… Library of Congress Majestie Varnado: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk Heavy is the Hair: Evolution of African Hair in America from the 17th c. to the 20th c. is a curatorial guide to African haircare/hairstyling in the Americas… Library of Congress Savannah Scott: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk The Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing team of the IT Design and Development Division is responsible for evaluating and testing updates to essential LOC… Library of Congress Madison Price: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk This project aimed to capture metadata for all of the Office of Copyright Record's digitized copyright application cards and make them available through the… Library of Congress Easton Brundage: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk The Year of Keyboard Accessibility project was created to raise awareness of the needs of individuals with disabilities. It is a project of The Digital… Library of Congress Alexandra Yaralian: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk 2023 Junior Fellow Alexandra Yaralian worked on the Access for Newly Acquired Armenian-American Materials Project in the Asian and Middle Eastern Division.… Library of Congress Abigail Bingham: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk Abigail Bingham studied with the Congressional Research Service as a summer 2023 Junior Fellow. Her research focused on 911 services in rural and remote… Library of Congress Bailey White: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk The Year of Keyboard Accessibility Program is an initiative by the Office of the Chief Information Officer's (OCIO) Digital Accessibility Team. It is an… Library of Congress Suzanne L. Schulz: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk 2023 Junior Fellow Suzanne L. Schulz worked with the Library's Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives Office (PLOI) on the project, "Culturally… Library of Congress Hannah Whitaker: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk For her project, Hannah Whitaker worked at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center (NAVCC) processing 16 lacquer discs from the Universal Music Group… Library of Congress Amina Malik: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk Junior Fellow Amina Malik was tasked to inventory serials in South Asian languages housed with the Asian Division. A main goal of this project was to enhance… Library of Congress Erika Cooley: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk Junior Fellow Erika Cooley worked at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center (NAVCC) on the Universal Music Group lacquer disc processing project, a… Library of Congress Noelle Charbonneau: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk As a 2023 Junior Fellow in the Science, Technology & Business Division, Noelle Charbonneau worked on the Science & Business Pamphlet Collection: an 82-box… Library of Congress Karla Camacho: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk As a 2023 Junior Fellow, Karla Camacho, her co-fellows Madeline Griffin and Mateo Arango, and the project mentor Dani Thurber worked with the Latin American,… Library of Congress Elle Nicoletti: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk As a 2023 Junior Fellow, Elle Nicoletti worked with the Humanities and Social Sciences Section of the Researcher and Reference Services Division on a project… Library of Congress Madeline Griffin: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk The interview series involved researching films and directors, reaching out to potential interviewees, writing interview questions, as well as leading… Library of Congress Courtney Murray: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk 2023 Junior Fellow Courtney Murray worked with the Serial and Government Publications Division to provide more context for these important newspapers.… Library of Congress David Fiora: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk In the U.S. Copyright Office, Junior Fellow David Fiora collaborated with Junior Fellows Madison Price and Rosalia Garcia to review and update the metadata of… Library of Congress Mateo Arango: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk The Cine Latine: Shaping Latino Representation at the Movies project is the first resource in the Library's history dedicated to Latino films. The Latino Film… Library of Congress 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk 2023 Junior Fellow, Rosalia Garcia, supported the U.S. Copyright Office's goals through her work in the Copyright Card Catalog Metadata Capture Project. The… Library of Congress Isabel Hernandez-Marquez: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk Engaging in effective user research continues to be a principal element to understand end users, stakeholders, internal staff, and other communities. During… Library of Congress Sabrina Gunn: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk 2023 Junior Fellow Sabrina Gunn explored and implemented digital preservation workflows and methodologies within the American Archive of Public Broadcasting… Library of Congress Grace Shao: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk As a 2023 Junior Fellow, Grace Shao worked in the Office of the Chief Information Officer with the User Experience Design Team and Quality Assurance Team.… Library of Congress Kate Bennett: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk Over the past several decades the Rare Book & Special Collections Division (RBSCD) has built one of the strongest book arts collections in the country. These… Library of Congress Callie Beattie: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk As a 2023 Junior Fellow, Callie Beattie worked on processing the archive of contemporary book artist Russell Maret. Comprised of twenty-nine boxes and over… Library of Congress Robert Johnson: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk In 1997, the Prints & Photographs Division acquired the archive of the architect Paul Marvin Rudolph (1918-1997). The collection contains over 150,000… Library of Congress Carter Jackson: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk Carter Jackson's Junior Fellowship in the Prints and Photographs Division was focused on inventorying a selection of the Library's material from the archive… Library of Congress Kathleen Senn: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk This project examined how quality control measures could be standardized and refined so that international collection materials are able to be found, used,… Library of Congress Emily Evans: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk As a Junior Fellow, Emily Evans spent her summer fellowship working onsite in the Manuscript Division. She provided reference services for patrons of the… Library of Congress Jasper Forster: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk RISM, or the International Inventory of Musical Sources, is an international database that documents extant musical sources worldwide. Previously, RISM only… Library of Congress Lindsay Musil: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk 2023 Junior Fellow Lindsay Musil collaborated with the Manuscript Division's librarians, historians, and archivists to produce a series of blogs that… Library of Congress Ester Luna: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk Ester Luna's 2023 Junior Fellowship project aimed to highlight events and activities offered at the National Book Festival other than the author panels and… Library of Congress Sara Augustin: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day 2023 · Talk Daniel A. P. Murray was the second African American librarian to work at the Library of Congress. His collection highlights the important narratives,… Library of Congress Choosing the Breast Cancer Care That's Right For You 2023 · Talk In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, join for this conversation with two breast cancer experts from George Washington University. Authors of "No Longer… Library of Congress Kebedech Takleab 2023 · Talk Poet, translator and artist Kebedech Tekleab joins the Library's Ethiopic specialist Fentahun Tiruneh for a conversation on her work. Tekleab's most recent… Library of Congress Listening to Divergent Histories through Canadian Music 2023 · Talk Canadian ethnomusicologist Beverley Diamond reflects on how her approaches to documenting culture have shifted over 50 years, echoing not only changes in the… Library of Congress 2023 Library of Congress Literacy Award Honorees 2023 · Talk The Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program honors nonprofit organizations that have made outstanding contributions to increasing literacy in the United… Library of Congress Conversation with Anaïs Mitchell, Creator of Hadestown 2023 · Talk Washington Post chief drama critic Peter Marks speaks with Anaïs Mitchell following a performance of selections from the Broadway musical "Hadestown" at the… Library of Congress Selections from 'Hadestown' 2023 · Talk Members of the Broadway cast of "Hadestown" perform selections from the Tony Award-winning Broadway show and discuss their work. Featuring Anaïs Mitchell… Library of Congress Conversation with Meta4 2023 · Talk Members of Meta4 speak with the Library's David Plylar about their quartet and their program at the Library. The discussion includes personal recollections of… Library of Congress 2023 Literacy Awards Successful Practices Event 2023 · Talk The Library of Congress Literacy Awards 2023 Successful Practices Conference honored the three 2023 winners of the Library's Literacy Award Program and… Library of Congress An Evening with Ann Patchett and Kate DiCamillo 2023 · Talk Writers Ann Patchett and Kate DiCamillo are major fans of one another's books, so much so that Patchett wrote an essay in the New York Times in 2020 declaring…