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4,897–4,944 of 22,399 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. Nothing is left out for being sexual: sexual content and nudity are for adults, placed by what the archive files a film as, never by a word of its title alone (The Naked City is a police film). A film filed as pornography is listed for adults without its picture and plays nowhere yet, as the law where it would play asks for a proof of age this site does not have. A sexual depiction of a child, drawn ones too, is listed nowhere.
| 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 content, pornography, nudity and nudism, striptease, sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, beheadings, atrocity footage. |
Internet Archive
This Land
Internet Archive
Civil Rights Rally
Civil Rights Rally Produced: June 21, 1964 Description This film contains footage of a civil rights rally at Soldier Field in Chicago in 1964.…
Internet Archive
Unidentified African American home movie - Mother Mills
Unidentified African-American family home movies. Label on can: "Mother Mills. House Party - Christmas at Home. Family leaving Detroit." Film Processed 1961.…
Internet Archive
Le Mille E Una Notte
Senya Ichiya Monogatari con il doppiaggio italiano
Internet Archive
''The Chevy Mystery Show'' - The Suicide Club
An episode of "The Chevy Mystery Show" starring Cesar Romero, and hosted by Vincent Price. Originally aired 18 September 1960. Sound quality is bad (no, I…
Internet Archive
Stress: Parents with a Handicapped Child
Internet Archive
NASA Headquarters - Apollo 11 Astronauts World Tour - Mexico City, Mexico
NASA Headquarters - Apollo 11 Astronauts World Tour - Mexico City, Mexico Produced: September 29, 1969 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/81444384
Internet Archive
Army
Content warning: This film contains brief still images of serious bodily harm and death. "Shot in 1969, this film documents the building anger of draftees in…
Internet Archive
STOCK FOOTAGE SAIGON
STOCK FOOTAGE SAIGON Produced: September 1968 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86843
Internet Archive
Origami: The Folding Papers of Japan (1966)
A Showa Era short film about Origami produced by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There's already a copy of this online. And while mine is not…
Internet Archive
Desnuda En La Arena (1969)
Desnuda en la arena es una película en color de Argentina dirigida por Armando Bó según su propio guion que se estrenó el 13 de marzo de 1969. Tuvo como…
Internet Archive
[Home Movie: Dwight Core Collection, 1960s-1970s, Farm and nature scenes, Virginia and West Virginia]
Synopsis Home movie of farm scenes, cookout, swimming, train ride, nature and road trip scenes in West Virginia. Bird and kittens in Norfolk, Virginia.…
Internet Archive
Jacktown
A young man is charged with statutory rape.
Internet Archive
Civil Rights Demonstration at Sommerville, Tennessee
Civil Rights Demonstration at Sommerville, Tennessee Produced: 1963 Description This item contains one reel of film enclosed as evidence with Department of…
Internet Archive
Universal Newsreel Volume 40, Release 32
Universal Newsreel Volume 40, Release 32 Local ID: UN-UN-40-32 Released: April 18, 1967 Description The original release sheet reads: PEACE DEMONSTRATIONS…
Internet Archive
Parker, Randall - Ott’s Salad Dressing Commercial, 16mm film
A black and white add for Ott’s Salas Dressing from 1965. Film by Randall Parker Collected 16mm films of Randall Parker, Archivist: Ben Urish, 16mm to digital…
Internet Archive
Universal Newsreel Volume 38, Release 104
Universal Newsreel Volume 38, Release 104 Local ID: UN-UN-38-104 Released: December 28, 1965 Description The original release sheet reads: RARE PORTRAIT…
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Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 32
Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 32 Released: April 15, 1963 Description The original release sheet reads: EASTER AROUND THE WORLD The most joyous day in…
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1968 Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Pierre Gorin, Une Film Comme Les Autres
1968 Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Pierre Gorin, Une Film Comme Les Autres
Internet Archive
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY Produced: January 20, 1961 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/68082
Internet Archive
AERIAL VIEWS OF SAIGON, VIETNAM
AERIAL VIEWS OF SAIGON, VIETNAM Produced: December 15, 1965 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84769
Internet Archive
Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 96
Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 96 Released: November 24, 1963 Description The original release sheet reads: PRESIDENT ASSASSINATED President John…
Internet Archive
1969 Jean-Luc Godard, British Sounds (See You At Mao)
1969 Jean-Luc Godard, British Sounds (See You At Mao)
Internet Archive
Wichita Television Commercials reel 02 - 16mm film
A series of television commercials produced in Wichita, Kansas for regional broadcast from the 1960s. Featuring Ott’s Salad Dressing (several versions), Vita…
Internet Archive
Jason And The Argonauts (VHS Rip from AMC) & Incomplete VHS Rip of The Secret of My Success from WGNX 46
The legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece.
Internet Archive
Diminucos Home Movies Jean's Wedding 1964
Diminuco Home Movies Jean's Wedding 1964
Internet Archive
Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 26
Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 26 Released: March 25, 1963 Description The original release sheet reads: LAST PRISONERS LEAVE ALCATRAZ It's "open…
Internet Archive
Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 27
Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 27 Released: March 28, 1963 Description The original release sheet reads: KING HASSAN AT WHITE HOUSE King Hassan II of…
Internet Archive
P.D. Eastman Beginner Book Video Are You My Mother?
Beginner Book Video
Internet Archive
Tokyo 1964 - 2 of 3
Home Movies of the Opening Ceremonies of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. From LostinLight.org
Internet Archive
Instant Simoniz Car Wax with The Three Stooges
Larry, Moe & Curly 2 in a 1960 commercial for car wax.
Internet Archive
ALCF Arthur H Virtue Home Movies Clip 9209 10
The Films of Arthur H. Virtue Descriptions by Jini Virtue Errichetti This clip (9150-52) is part of the Arthur H. Virtue collection. Arthur H. Virtue is the…
Internet Archive
Universal Newsreel Volume 37, Release 12
Universal Newsreel Volume 37, Release 12 Released: February 10, 1964 Description The original release sheet reads: CYPRUS CRISIS: ALLIES SEEK TO END…
Internet Archive
This Proud Land: The Golden Jezebel
Content warning: this film contains racist language, sexist language and imagery, and posits an incoherent defense of settler colonialism. Documentary film…
Internet Archive
Sandy’s ‘Big Scott’ commercial, 1966 - 16mm film
Vintage commercial for the 1960s hamburger resturant. featuring their “Big Scott” burger.
Commons
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American independent zombie horror film directed, photographed, and edited by George A. Romero, written by George A. Romero…
Internet Archive
PRISONER OF WAR HOSPITAL: 74TH FIELD HOSPITAL, 68TH MED GP, 44TH MED BDE
PRISONER OF WAR HOSPITAL: 74TH FIELD HOSPITAL, 68TH MED GP, 44TH MED BDE Covers: May 12, 1969–May 15, 1969 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/32735
Internet Archive
Symbioza
Internet Archive
Parker, Randall - The Shortest Straw - Outtake 1968, 16mm film
" The Shortest Straw " Starring Jane Robertson and Rex Mahan Directed and Edited by Geoff Husson Screenplay and Cinematography by Randall Parker A single…
Internet Archive
ALCF Arthur H Virtue Home Movies Clip 9146
The Films of Arthur H. Virtue Descriptions by Jini Virtue Errichetti This clip is part of the Arthur H. Virtue collection. Arthur H. Virtue is the primary…
Internet Archive
Collectie KNBRD Restmateriaal
korte fragmenten, vermoedelijk gesneuveld tijdens montage, waarop te zien is een stukje van een oefening van een auto te water, in het waterspringen van een…
Internet Archive
Yellow Pages - Television Commercials, 16mm
This is a series of old television commercials for the Yellow Pages featuring comedian Bill Dana as his character José Jiménez.
Internet Archive
Collectie KNBRD - Restmateriaal diverse films
Dit materiaal is vermoedelijk restmateriaal wat gesneuveld is bij diverse films. Het waren allemaal losse stukjes op kleine rolletjes met een elastiekje…
Internet Archive
COUNTRY BACKGROUND; ETC
COUNTRY BACKGROUND; ETC Covers: May 6, 1969–May 12, 1969 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/32759
Internet Archive
Lavelle 013
From the Lavelle Family Home Movie Collection, digitized by Nicole Lavelle. Shot by David J. Lavelle, Sr. on Super 8mm. Reel label: Christmas 1969
Internet Archive
SOS Operation Bikini (1967)
S.O.S. Operation Bikini 1967 ‘SOS Conspiracion Bikini’ Directed by René Cardona Jr. Synopsis S.O.S. Operation Bikini 1967 ‘SOS Conspiracion Bikini’ Directed…
Internet Archive
Winged World
A documentary about exotic birds found in different parts of the world. 1 videorecording, 52 min. : Title from data sheet Available as cassette (U standard…
Internet Archive
Universal Newsreel Volume 33, Release 73
Universal Newsreel Volume 33, Release 73 Released: September 8, 1960 Description The original release sheet reads: IKE WARNS REDS ON CONGO MEDDLING At his…