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2,065–2,112 of 21,552 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.
Internet Archive François Villon 1964 · Educational · 19 min · Subtitles Describes the life and work of François Villon. Provides practice in aural comprehension Summary A French language film. Describes the double career of… Internet Archive pope_alexis 1965 · Cartoon Dessin animé de Michel Roudakoff Le Pope Alexis se promène avec une croix qui n'est pas la sienne, elle est trop grande. Il se fatigue dans d'interminables… Internet Archive Riverboat TV 1960 colorized s01e17 Landlubbers 1960 · TV Adventures of a riverboat on the Mississippi in the late 19th Century. In this episode, Holden (Darren McGavin) and Fraser (Burt Reynolds) are stranded on… Internet Archive Europe in Transition: The Late Middle Ages 1963 · Educational · 13 min Describes the foundations of European culture and society in the Middle Ages, from 1200 to 1500 ACE. Discusses the church, nobility, and the emperors, three… Internet Archive Children Make Movies 1961 · Film · Subtitles At Lillian Wald Settlement Houses, New York City, 1961 Internet Archive Off-On 1968 · Educational Abstract experimental animation using electronic images, sound and the latest video tape techniques. Filters color to achieve an exceptionally sophisticated… Internet Archive Circus Day (Rev) 1966 · Film A clown recalls the days when he first joined the circus and discusses how the Greatest Show on Earth has changed. He reminisces about the circus train,… Internet Archive Freight Fright (1965) 1965 · Feature Possible Possum hears there's a new barrel of dill pickles down to the general store, so he and his good buddies mosey on down the holler to the store. They… Internet Archive 'Piece of My Heart' By Big Brother and The Holding Company • AB Dancers October 12 1968 1968 · TV 'October 12, 1968. 'Piece of My Heart' classic song by Big Brother and The Holding Company feat Janis Joplin. With in-studio dancing from American Bandstand… Internet Archive New York: State of Discovery 1967 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Age of Steam, The: Power for Progress 1965 · Educational · 10 min Describes man's lack of technical progress until the Industrial Revolution, when the discovery of steam as a source of power brought rapid advances. Depicts… Internet Archive THE CHALLENGE OF IDEAS 1961 · Educational Department of Defense THE CHALLENGE OF IDEAS PIN 20008 1961 DEPICTS THE IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLE CONFRONTING AMERICA AND THE FREE WORLD TODAY, A STRUGGLE THAT IS… Internet Archive [Home movie: 098259b: PA rail fan 3: Railroad and beach scenes, c1964] 1964 · Home movie 14 min., color: From a railway person, more train platforms in Pennsylvania plus line work being done by workers; second half of the reel depicts beach… Internet Archive Appalachia: Rich Land, Poor People 1969 · Educational · 59 min Appalachia: Rich Land, Poor People Summary Discusses the plight./f Appalachia, explaining that the land is rich with coal, yet its residents exist without… Internet Archive Long Journey West: 1820 1960 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Techniques of nonverbal psychological testing. 1965 · Educational · 20 min · Subtitles A case study is used to demonstrate the psychological evaluation of children who cannot be examined by usual verbal-dependent tests because of age, physical… Internet Archive Airborne (1962) 1962 · Feature Hoping to follow in his uncle's footsteps, an Indiana teenager enlists in the army's Airborne Division and undergoes training to become a paratrooper at Fort… Internet Archive Politics and Food. U.S. Feeds Dominicans, Power Struggle On, 1965/05/10 1965 · Newsreel · Subtitles Uneasy truce in effect, struggle between rebels and military junta; Colonel Cabano trained in US; food distributed by troops (partial newsreel) Internet Archive Your Amazing Mind 1968 · Film Discusses the importance of man's brain power in the progress of civilization. Explains dangers of the many commonly misused drugs and their effects on man's… Internet Archive Universal Gravitation 1960 · Educational · 31 min Explains the law of universal gravitation by imagining a solar system of one star and one planet. Professors Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey as inhabitants of… Internet Archive Christmas in Appalachia 1965 · Educational · 28 min Christmas in Appalachia Explains the work of the motion picture cameraman in the production of a feature motion picture. Internet Archive Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest, Episode 23: Donovan, Shawn Phillips, and Reverend Gary Davis 1966 · TV For the twenty-third episode of Rainbow Quest, Pete Seeger hosts Donovan, Shawn Phillips, and Reverend Gary Davis. Rainbow Quest was a television program… Internet Archive Queen Elizabeth II Royal Children in colour (1960) 1960 · Feature With great sadness the world learned of the death of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II yesterday afternoon. In her memory we bring you three restored, enhance… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10399: Seattle, Dancing, Winter Shots] 1962 · Home movie · Subtitles Skeletal Entry Internet Archive L’Abbaye 1961 · Educational · 8 min Lesson 51 in Encyclopaedia Britannica's 'Je Parle Français' French languauge instruction series of 1961. Here, Mont Saint-Michel is visited and architectural… Internet Archive Quantum Physics 1967 · Educational The ten short computer-animated segments in this program are designed to assist the comprehension of quantum phenomena by illustrating the time development of… Internet Archive Computer And The Mind Of Man Pt 1, Logic By Machine 1962 · Educational Series funded by a grant from IBM. Discusses the computer revolution and the relationship between man and machine. Explains how the computer can process… Internet Archive Disintegration Line 1968 · Educational Chemicals and developing processes are applied directly to film, without use of a camera. A variety of images, increasing in tempo and complexity, create a… Internet Archive The Adventurers (Ozzie & Harriet) 1963 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles Aired 14 February 1963 (Season 11, Episode 18). [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265… Internet Archive Four Families 1960 · Educational · 1 h Four Families Summary Depicts a year - old baby from an average - income farm family in each of four countries - - India, France, Japan and Canada - - in… Internet Archive Darn Barn (1965) 1965 · Feature Possible is practicing for a barn dance when he is told that Mr. General's barn is burning. They offer to rebuild it for free, but Hill the builder says that… Internet Archive Drum Roll (1961) 1961 · Feature A young drummer tries everything to help his fellow patriots during the American Revolution and then inadvertently saves the day. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Qaleh - Women's Quarter (1966-1980) 1966 · Short · 18 min The deeply moving Qaleh - The Women's Quarter (1966) shows the life of prostitutes in Tehran's city brothels, an area known as Shahre Now. The film closely… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97319: Hiking the Grand Canyon 1960 · Home movie Viewing notes state: Kaibab trail Boy and his dog Suspension bridge over the Colorado River Phantom Ranch Muddy Colorado River Pack mules Motel Townhouse… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97305: Home and Travel to Utah 1960 · Home movie Viewing notes in can state: Winter show Springtime work in yard Family kids Zoo-monkeys Seal show Owls & Vultures St, George Utah Temple 60s Internet Archive Triumph of the Axis 1963 · Educational · 24 min Triumph of the Axis Illustrates aspects of turbulence, including the effect of Reynolds number on inception and on turbulent flows increased pressure drop in… Internet Archive Sixteen in Webster Groves 1965 · Educational VHS Reports on a survey conducted by the National Opinion Research Center of the University of Chicago among sixteen-year-olds in an affluent suburban… Internet Archive Il tiranno di Siracusa (1962) 1962 · Feature Damon is a thief who begins to question his beliefs after he meets Pythias, a liberal Athenian who believes all men are brothers. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Rocks that form on the Earth's surface 1964 · Educational · 16 min · Subtitles With teacher's guide Uses demonstrations and examples in discussing the origin and composition of sedimentary rocks. Explains methods by which students can… Internet Archive Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas The Honeycombs Herman's Hermits, Live on Shindig, July 14 1965 1965 · TV 'Little Children' played live by Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, who were discovered by George Martin, followed by chart-topping 1964 hit, the million selling… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Adventuring With Tiddle The Fiddle Lessons 16-20" 1969 · Educational 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… Internet Archive Nigeria and Biafra 1968 · Educational · 30 min Nigeria and Biafra Animated film, set to the music of Moussorgsky, in which the image is created by varying the topology of a large flat field of pins, hence… Internet Archive Electromagnetic Waves 1961 · Educational · 32 min George J. Wolga shows why we believe in the unity of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum. He performs experiments which show that the radiation arises from… Internet Archive Blind Gary Davis 1964 · Film Views blind folk singer Gary Davis and the world in which he lived. Shows the interior of his room and the streets of Harlem as a background for the sound… Internet Archive Molecular Mixup (1964) 1964 · Feature Astronut is changed into a dog... and can't change back. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/molecular-mixup-1964/ Internet Archive People And Particles 1967 · Film Follows physicists at the Cambridge electron accelerator as they design, construct and assemble equipment for an experiment in high energy physics. Internet Archive American Family #1 1962 · Film · Subtitles Skeletal Entry Internet Archive Torn Dress (Ozzie & Harriet) 1963 · TV · 24 min · Subtitles Aired 18 September 1963 (Season 12, Episode 1). [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265…