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2,017–2,064 of 22,401 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. |
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Sappy New Year (1961)
Heckle and Jeckle's New Year's resolution is to refrain from any more practical jokes, but their attempts at good deeds meet with more hostility than their…
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Four views of Caesar
Martin Gabel, Alan Bedel, Peter Donat, Dennis King ; Charles Collingwood, narrator Originally broadcast on the television program Chronicle Summary Shows four…
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Case Of The Dangerous Robin TV 1960 colorized s01e10 The Zippered Notebook
In this episode, when a Belgian scientist is attacked and highly sensitive research papers are stolen, insurance investigator Robin Scott (Rick Jason) decides…
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Exotic Housemother (Ozzie & Harriet)
Needing a housemother, the guys in the fraternity choose Mamie Van Doren. Rick sings "Yesterday's Love". Aired 9 December 1964 (Season 13, Episode 13). [The…
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Pas de deux (Motion picture)
Illuminates the grace, beauty, and movement of the classical ballet form through the use of strobe-like or multi-image patterns. Features Margaret Mercier and…
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Diver Dan: Ep 03 Talking Fish
Ep 03 Talking Fish from the 1961 series Diver Dan
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Mission Bay Railyards 1963 From Lost Landscapes No 1
A brief aerial glimpse of the Mission Bay railyards in 1963. This is a short excerpt from the Prelinger Archives' "Lost Landscapes #1" which was originally…
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Rocks That Originate Underground
Discusses the physical structure of rocks thrust to the earth's surface from geological cataclysms such as volcanoes and earthquakes.
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Y El Demonio Creo A Los Hombres (1960)
... y el Demonio creó a los hombres es una película en blanco y negro coproducción de Uruguay y Argentina dirigida por Armando Bó sobre su propio guion que se…
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Handling marital conflicts
Eastman color Correlated with the book Your marriage and family living, by Paul H. Landis Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for…
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Fiberglas At The Fair A/B Roll
Silent A/B roll of duPont film about fiberglas.
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Filmstrip: "The Twelve Days of Chistmas"
SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. I am the only person on earth preserving American filmstrips. The media format is largely forgotten and very…
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The Ghost Town (Ozzie & Harriet)
Aired 8 December 1965 (Season 14, Episode 13). [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265…
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Equality under the law, the lost generation of Prince Edward County.
In 1959, Prince Edward County, Virginia, closed its public schools rather than integrate them. White children went to publicly aided private schools while…
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Dr. Leaky and The Dawn of Man
Dr, Leakey and his wife toiled for years to prove the theory that mankind first lived in Africa. He finally found remains of a man many thousand of years…
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'How Can I Be Sure' by Young Rascals (The Rascals) American Bandstand September 23, 1967
September 23 1967. A transcendent couple minutes of music, 60s 45 or radio-style mix of, 'How Can I Be Sure' by Young Rascals (The Rascals). Opens with…
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Champion Chump (1966)
Champion Chump is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Art Bartsch, Connie Rasinski. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/champion-chump-1966/
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Christmas Visitor
SUMMARY: An animated story of the night before Christmas when a red-faced Santa drives his reindeer through the sky, comes down the chimney and eats the meal…
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SHINDIG Episode 79 18/12/1965
79th episode of ABC's Shindig, "Shindig in Europe" or "Wide World of Entertainment", featuring George Chakiris, Orson Welles, Dizzy Gillespie, Douglas…
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Atomic Energy For Space
The Magic Of The Atom, No. 031, Atomic Energy For Space. Co-producer, Handel Film Corp./Atomic Energy Commission/National Aeronautics and Space Administration…
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'Incense and Peppermints' by Strawberry Alarm Clock • AB Dancers Dec 30 1967
In the 6th AB clip in this series - Dec 30, 1967. 'Incense and Peppermints' by Strawberry Alarm Clock. Plus a bit more of the episode. With in-studio dancing…
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Strange Companion (1961)
Hashimoto tells his children a bedtime story about a young mouse who adopted a small dragon as a pet. No one knew how big a dragon could grow until the young…
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Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, 11/24/1963
Department of the Treasury. U.S. Secret Service. (1943 - 2003) ARC Identifier 13254 / Local Identifier 87.41 1963 Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, 11/24/1963…
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Binary Bit Patterns
Shows a Persian-like pattern optically printed from digital computer-generated images
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Pajarito Gomez, Una Vida Feliz(1965)
Pajarito Gómez, una vida feliz , también conocida simplemente como Pajarito Gómez , es una película argentina de comedia dramática y musical de 1965 dirigida…
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Maria Callas: Hamburg Concert 1962
Maria Callas was the first singer since the great Caruso to become a household name. Her flexibility of voice, coupled with an extraordinary dramatic talent…
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Short-Term Sheriff (1964)
Duckwood and his pal become town sheriffs to collect the $1000 reward for capturing a gangster and his sidekick. Watch on RetroFlix:…
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Sky, The
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Portrait Of A City : Detroit
Celebratory film from Ford commemorating Detroit’s 250th anniversary. Portrait of a City reenacts scenes from the city’s history and presents a tour of its…
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Sky, The
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La Fiaca (1969)
La fiaca es una película argentina de comedia dramática de 1969 escrita y dirigida por Fernando Ayala . Está basada en la obra teatral homónima de Ricardo…
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Young Man River
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I'll Give My Life (1960)
This story opens with John Bradford throwing a graduation party for his son, Jim, who has just earned a degree in engineering. John has planned to make his…
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The. Avengers. S 05 E 10. Never. Never. Say. Die
Classic TV Series
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The World of Piri Thomas
Producer, Dick McCutchen; director, Gordon Parks; editor, Michael Misch Piri Thomas, a painter, poet, author, ex-con, and ex-junkie, describes the life of a…
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Reflection, refraction, dispersion
Circular and straight pulses are reflected from various shaped barriers. Periodic straight waves are refracted at various angles. Mention is made of Snell's…
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Las Furias(1960)
Las Furias es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Vlasta Lah sobre su propio guion según la obra teatral homónima de Enrique Suárez de…
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Son Mektup, Turkish Movie
Son Mektup, Turkish Movie https://www.tsa.org.tr/en/film/filmgoster/949/son-mektup
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White clay and ochre.
The techniques of archaeologists, artists, and photographers from the Australian Museum are applied in a field study of aborigines of western New South Wales,…
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Martin Luther King Jr: A Man of Peace
Martin Luther King Jr: A Man of Peace Uses examples of works by Picasso, Klee, Mondrian, Cezanne, and other modern artists to illustrate their refusal to…
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I lunghi giorni dell'odio (1968)
An undercover government agent sets out for revenge upon those responsible for the murder of his parents and the assault of his sister. Watch on RetroFlix:…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 18 June 1966
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include popular rock band The Easybeats, along with pop singers Sandy Scott, Christine…
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[Superior Coach Corp. FOCUS leader]
FOCUS leader with Superior Coach Corp. logo. In Ektachrome.
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Rick, the Milkman (Ozzie & Harriet)
Aired 14 December 1961 (Season 10, Episode 11). [The "MPEG4" file is the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265 (HEVC).]
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Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) : Original 1968 Title Sequence
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) : Original Title Sequence Original 1968 Opening Titles from the ATV Television Series starring Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope .…
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The Wayward Hat (1960)
When Foofle accidentally peels his own hat instead of an apple, he goes down to the store to buy a new hat. Unfortunately for him, his new hat blows away and…
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Business, government and public policy
Bibliography: p. 439-442 Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Uses animation to explain the causes of…
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Movers and the Shapers, The