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3,889–3,936 of 8,304 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

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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 American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Roosevelt Dime 2015 · Talk Roosevelt Dime sings "Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan… Library of Congress American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Dan Weber 2015 · Talk Dan Weber sings "I Bid You Good Night" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax… Library of Congress American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Ian Fitzgerald 2015 · Talk Ian Fitzgerald sings "Pretty Polly" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002),… Library of Congress American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Dom Flemons 2015 · Talk Dom Flemons sings "Hey Hey Baby and "Pick a Bale of Cotton" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician… Library of Congress American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Graham Weber 2015 · Talk Graham Weber sings "Good Night, Irene" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax… Library of Congress American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Wayne Haught 2015 · Talk Wayne Haught sings "O Death" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who… Library of Congress American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Jim Herbert & Karla Peterie 2015 · Talk Jim Herbert and Karla Peterie sing "Rollin' and Tumblin'" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician… Library of Congress American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Mélisande & Alexandre 2015 · Talk Mélisande and Alexandre sing "Je suis née en automne" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan… Library of Congress American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: The Roamies (Alexa James & Rory Partin) 2015 · Talk The Romies sing "Là-bas dans Carencro" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax… Library of Congress American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Peggy Seeger 2015 · Talk Peggy Seeger remembers Alan Lomax as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002),… Library of Congress American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Taarka (David & Enion Tiller) 2015 · Talk Taarka sings "Cold Mountains" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002), who… Library of Congress American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Tillamook Burn (Lauren Sheehan & Zoe Carpenter) 2015 · Talk Tallamook Burn sings "The House Carpenter" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax… Library of Congress American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: Gerald Trimble 2015 · Talk Gerald Trimble sings "Love Alone" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax (1915-2002),… Library of Congress American Folklife Center/Folk Alliance Lomax Challenge: The Vivants 2015 · Talk The Vivants sing "Jesus on the Main Line" as part of the Lomax Challenge. To mark the 100th birthday of influential folklorist and musician Alan Lomax… Library of Congress Dorothy Porter Wesley at Howard University 2015 · Talk Janet Sims-Wood discusses her book, "Dorothy Porter Wesley at Howard University: Building a Legacy of Black History." Wesley was a renown archivist who helped… Library of Congress 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act 2015 · Talk A commemorative look at one of the most important pieces of legislation of the civil rights movement: the Voting Rights Act of 1965, with Congresswoman Alma… Library of Congress A Light on Cuba: Through the Library of Congress Ediciones Vigía Collection 2015 · Talk Jeanne Drewes discussed Ediciones Vigía, a collective of book artists in Matanzas, Cuba. Library of Congress Fernando Pessoa: An Englishly Portuguese, Endlessly Multiple Poet 2015 · Talk Richard Zenith presented a lecture on Fernando Pessoa, one of Portugal's most important literary figures of the 20th century and a towering figure in modernism. Library of Congress Curtis Chamber Orchestra 2015 · Talk Robert Spano leads the Curtis Chamber Orchestra in an exclusive Washington, D.C. appearance. Violist Roberto Díaz premieres a new concerto by Jennifer Higdon,… Library of Congress Gentile Bellini's Drawings of Ottomans: Italian Art Serving the Sultans 2015 · Talk Rosamond Mack discussed "Gentile Bellini's Drawings of Ottomans: Italian Art Serving the Sultans." Library of Congress Dozer's Run with Debbie Levy 2015 · Talk Debbie Levy brought goldendoodle Dozer the dog and his owner/trainer Rosana Panza to the Young Readers Center to meet first and second graders from Moten… Library of Congress Witter Bynner Fellowship Reading: Emily Fragos & Bobby C. Rogers 2015 · Talk Charles Wright introduces the 2015 Witter Bynner Fellows, poets Emily Fragos and Bobby C. Rogers, who read selections from their work. Library of Congress Kim Kashkashian & Peter Nagy 2015 · Talk Violist Kim Kashkashian (performing on violas from the Library's Stradivari instrument collection) and Hungarian pianist Peter Nagy perform Schumann's… Library of Congress An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia 2015 · Talk Seyyed Hossein Nasr from George Washington University and Mehdi Aminrazavi from the University of Mary Washington College discuss philosophy in Persia. Library of Congress Family Matters: Testing Paternity in the 20th Century 2015 · Talk Long before daytime television and celebrity tabloids, scientists from around the world sought to develop a test of biological paternity. Nara Milanich… Library of Congress The Royal Harmonizers 2015 · Talk Concert by the gospel group The Royal Harmonizers, who have been performing for 59 years. Library of Congress The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust 2015 · Talk Author Susan Dworkin discussed Edith Hahn's story, the subject of their book "The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust." Hahn… Library of Congress Astrobiology & the Religious Imagination: Reexamining Notions of Creation, Humanity, Selfhood & the Cosmos 2015 · Talk Part one of a three-part dialogue series that will convene scientists, social scientists, humanities scholars and writers from across the country and around… Library of Congress Leipzig String Quartet 2015 · Talk With a program featuring a Romantic era classic by Borodin and favorites by Debussy and Stravinsky, the Leipzig String Quartet demonstrated some of their most… Library of Congress Dr. Seuss Unbirthday: A Celebration of Read Across America Day 2015 2015 · Talk The Library's Young Readers celebrates the birthday of children's author Dr. Seuss as well as Read Across America Day with area preschoolers. Library of Congress Lubana Al Quntar & Kenan Adnawi: Traditional Music and Song from Syria 2015 · Talk In this concert Lubana Al Quntar performs classical Arabic Maqam pieces with a melancholy flavor, characteristic of this genre. She is accompanied by the… Library of Congress Founding Friendships: Friendships Between Men and Women in the Early American Republic 2015 · Talk The film "When Harry Met Sally" is a modern-day look at whether close friendships without romance between men and women are possible. In "Founding… Library of Congress The Growing of Africa's Emergent Leadership 2015 · Talk Olubanke King Akerele spoke about her latest book, which presents a documentation of various programs of leadership development over time in several African… Library of Congress The Preservation Directorate at the Library of Congress 2015 · Talk Conservators with the Library's Preservation Emergency Response Team explain and demonstrate how the Library of Congress prepares for and responds to… Library of Congress David McCullough Welcomes You to the 2015 National Book Festival 2015 · Talk Award-winning author David McCullough invites everyone to this year's National Book Festival. Library of Congress Wells Fargo 2015 National Book Festival Public Service Announcement 2015 · Talk Mike Golden invites all to the 2015 National Book Festival and gives an overview of Wells Fargo activities at the festival. Library of Congress Stephan Pastis: 2015 National Book Festival 2015 · Talk Cartoonist Stephan Pastis appears at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Library of Congress Why Literature Matters: 2015 National Book Festival 2015 · Talk In an age that would argue that more vital priorities prevail, why does literature matter? Three very different thinkers (Jane Hirshfield, Azar Nafisi and… Library of Congress Juan Felipe Herrera 2015 National Book Festival PSA (English) 2015 · Talk Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera welcomes you to the 2015 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., Sept. 5, 2015. (English) Library of Congress Juan Felipe Herrera 2015 National Book Festival PSA (Spanish) 2015 · Talk Poeta laureado Juan Felipe Herrera le da la bienvenida al 2015 Festival Nacional del Libro en Washington, DC, 05 de septiembre 2015.(Spanish) Library of Congress Graphic Novels Panel 1 - Knight, Alcaraz, Stantis: 2015 National Book Festival 2015 · Talk Michael Cavna moderates a panel on comics and cartooning featuring Keith Knight, Lalo Alcara &, Scott Stantis at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book… Library of Congress Graphic Novels Panel 2 - Noomin, Lasko-Gross, Robbins: 2015 National Book Festival 2015 · Talk Diane Noomin, Miss Lasko-Gross & Trina Robbins discuss comics and cartooning at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Library of Congress Romance Fiction: 2015 National Book Festival 2015 · Talk NPR's Petra Mayer emcees a program devoted to romance fiction, featuring Sarah MacLean, Beverly Jenkins & Paige Tyler at the 2015 Library of Congress National… Library of Congress Books to Movies: 2015 National Book Festival 2015 · Talk After a multimedia overview of the Hollywood industry by A. Scott Berg, Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday moderated a panel on making books into movies… Library of Congress Robin Givhan: 2015 National Book Festival 2015 · Talk Robin Givhan discusses "The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History" at the 2015 Library of Congress… Library of Congress Kluge Center Panel: 2015 National Book Festival 2015 · Talk Manuel Castells, Morton Kondracke & Julia G. Young discuss their work on a panel celebrating the 15th anniversary of the John W. Kluge Center at the 2015… Library of Congress Al Roker: 2015 National Book Festival 2015 · Talk Al Roker discusses "The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf… Library of Congress Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat? 2015 National Book Festival 2015 · Talk Lisa Scottoline & Francesca Serritella discuss "Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories & Confessions" at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book…