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2,689–2,736 of 22,403 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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Home Movie: 10595: Possibly in Michigan
To come.
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The Fraternity Pin (Ozzie & Harriet)
Aired 4 January 1962 (Season 10, Episode 12). [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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Controlling Atomic Energy
Living Science Series Presents a brief summarization of concepts relating to atomic structure and behavior. Discusses the meaning of radioactivity, how…
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¡Que Puerto Rico!
This film conveys the mood, feeling and sights of Puerto Rico with humor and emotional impact. Beginning satirically, island music and dance are integrated…
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30 Years of Fun
Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Syd Chaplin A comprehensive survey of the most notable motion picture comedians from the earliest…
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Chartres Cathedral
An in-depth study of this famous cathedral. "What is the special character of Chartres Cathedral that we should call it the greatest of the medieval…
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Rainshower
A cine-poem. Presents to primary and elementary school children the sights, sounds, beauty, and rhythm of rain as it comes to living things on a farm and to…
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Window on Main Street: A Doctor Comes to Town
Aired 16 October 1961 (season 1, episode 3). Also known as "Doctor to Town".
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La Tuerca (Programa comico)(1965) Incompleto
La Tuerca fue un programa cómico argentino emitido entre 1965 y 1974, y luego relanzado en 1982 y en 1989, con el mismo elenco original. El programa se inició…
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The Disordered Mind: Paranoid Schizophrenia (1963)
The Disordered Mind: Paranoid Schizophrenia (1963) Shows how Paul Taylor, an exponent of modern dance, functions as creator and performer. Includes excerpts…
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Lenin Prepares for Revolution
Publisher's catalog series title: The Russian revolution series Examines the life of Lenin from 1870 to the outbreak of World War I, and studies the…
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The Beverly Hillbillies - Getting Settled S01 E02
TV-PG Comedy, Family (TV Series) 30 min. The Clampetts begin to settle in their new home in Beverly Hills, California. They are having to adjust to things…
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Diver Dan: Ep10 Bottomless Pit
Ep10 Bottomless Pit from the 1961 series Diver Dan
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Diver Dan: Ep 26 Dynamite
Ep 26 Dynamite from the 1961 series Diver Dan
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Auditory screening for infants
Live Date is production date Summary Describes an auditory screening method known as the distraction technique, which must be learned from an experienced…
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Home Movie: 98652: Unidentified, 1963
To come.
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'(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet by Blues Magoos + Top Ten • AB Dancers Jan 14 1967
January 14, 1967. '(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet', wild, rhythmic and fun song by the Blues Magoos, plus interview. Plus the week's Top Ten. Opens with part of…
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Novel: Saul Bellow The World of The Dangling Man
Novel: Saul Bellow The World of The Dangling Man History of black Americans in music and poetry. Their emergence from the slave state of over three hundred…
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Filmstrip: "The Intimacies of Marriage"
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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La Frontera Olvidada (1969)
La frontera olvidada es una película de argentina dirigida por Juan Carlos Neyra sobre su propio guion que se produjo en 1969 y se exhibió en Bahía Blanca en…
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Atomic Weatherman: Strontium 90 Isotopic Applications, 1961
No description at National Archives but the AEC 16mm film combined catalog (1966) says this film was "Produced by the Martin Company. For sale by Capital Film…
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A Question of Suits and Ties (Ozzie & Harriet)
Aired 5 April 1961 (Season 9, Episode 28). [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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The First Fast Mail (1961)
Hector is a scientist who builds himself a time machine. He goes back in time and experiences many important historical events.
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Hungarian X-Ray Film
The articulatory movements of the Hungarian language are shown by X-ray techniques. Prepared scripts illustrate selected phonetic features in the phonemic…
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Diver Dan: Ep 09 Murder Ink
Ep 09 Murder Ink from the 1961 series Diver Dan
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Broken Glass
Interprets the hazards inherent to the intersection, using staged collisions with anthropomorphic dummies. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher…
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From Kaiser To Fuehrer
Tells the story of the ill - fated Weimar Republic, from its conception following the first World War to its dissolution in 1933. Attributes the fall of the…
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The Stringbean
A poor old Paris seamstress nurtures a potted string bean plant in her apartment before replanting it in the nearby Jardin de Tuileries.
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Ömre Bedel Kız, Turkish Movie
Ömre Bedel Kız, Turkish Movie https://www.tsa.org.tr/en/film/filmgoster/7256/omre-bedel-kiz
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Home Movie: 97247: Lake Isabella, Long Beach and Shrine Parade
Notes indicate Lake Isabella, Long Beach and Shrine Parade
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
John Barrymore This 1920 film with John Barrymore was the first great American horror film, and still is considered one of the top ten. The film was a…
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Photography: Dorothea Lange Under the Trees
Photography: Dorothea Lange Under the Trees Presents quotations from the Daybooks of Edward Weston to explain his inner feelings and shows photographs from…
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Paging Women
In this proto-infomercial by SC Johnson Wax, we see what looks to be a woman’s TV show on the surface. Women learn fashion tips at the stylish NY Airport’s…
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Hermogenes Cayo (1969)
Hermógenes Cayo (Imaginero) es una película documental filmada en colores de Argentina dirigida por Jorge Prelorán según su propio guion sobre el argumento de…
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Color
Designed to create heightened awareness of color in our environment. Avoids theoretical analysis, emphasizing instead the sensuous and emotional appeal of…
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David Goes Back to Work (Ozzie & Harriet)
Aired 26 October 1961 (Season 10, Episode 5). [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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Le Mont Saint-Michel
This is Lesson 52 in Encyclopaedia Britannica's 'Je Parle Français' French language instruction series of 1961. Here, Margot writes a letter in which she…
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Democracy of Ancient Greece: The Age of Excellence
Discusses the social, political and cultural aspects of Greece's golden age and analyzes the philosophy on which the society was based. Stunning…
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Vacaciones En La Argentina (1966)
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Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (April 26, 1967)
No ads, but I'm pretty sure that the two brothers have commentary about the episode thirty years later! It's amazing hearing about what was going on behind…
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Leisure Time: U.S.S.R.
"The working Russian has only in recent years had time for leisure activities. Now, as shown in this film, Russians enjoy sports and amusement parks, visit…
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Cave Dwellers of the Old Stone Age
With teacher's guide Also issued in b&w A visit to a museum, showing the cave dwellings of prehistoric men in the old stone age. Explains how the story of…
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Rick Comes to Dinner (Ozzie & Harriet)
Aired 30 November 1961 (Season 10, Episode 9). [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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Verdun
Verdun Principle of the vernier scale and its application to a micrometer and to inside and outside calipers; how to use and read vernier micrometers and…
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Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 67 03 19 1 07 Inger Stevens, Jimmy Durante, The Turtles
Broadcast version of S1E07 of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" as prepared (with original commercials) for CBS. It has been uploaded for Historical…
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El Mago De Las Finanzas(1962)
El mago de las finanzas es una película filmada en blanco y negro estrenada el 29 de agosto de 1962, dirigida por Julio Saraceni sobre el guion de Abel Santa…
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The Pop Show
Experimental short from 1966. Features Gloria Steinem. Fred Mogubgub also animated Lifesavers commercials during the same time
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018. Recordant... (nova versió: feb2020)
Diferets activitats dels escolans de Montserrat (1959): - Nevada al Jardí dels Monjos (capella de Sant Iscle, Benedicite,...) - Regals del dia de Reis - Els…