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2,833–2,880 of 22,400 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 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 content, pornography, nudity and nudism, striptease, sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, beheadings, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive Stump the Stars - 18 March 1963 1963 · TV · 28 min An episode of a U.S. game show in which celebrities played charades with humorous phrases. Regulars Hans Conried, Beverly Garland, Ross Martin, Sebastian… Internet Archive SPACE NAVIGATION 1968 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 27982 SPACE NAVIGATION SHOWS TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT USED IN LUNAR MISSIONS. SUMMARIZES ACCURACY ACHIEVED IN INTERPLANETARY… Internet Archive Civilisation: 3 -- Romance and Reality 1969 · Educational -----Another issue. 35 mm Writer and narrator, Kenneth Clark Surveys the development of western civilization during the 13th century. Depicts a world of… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin Comedy Theatre - Work 1965 · TV · 24 min An episode of a 1965 syndicated TV series which featured vintage Charlie Chaplin short films accompanied by a voice over, music, and sound effects. This… Internet Archive 'Karate' By The Emperors + 'Get On This Plane' By The Premiers + 'Zombie' by Johnny Fever. Cool Obscure Dance Songs • AB Dancers Jan 14 1967 720p 1967 · TV January 14, 1967. 'Karate' by the Emperors, 'Get on This Plane' by The Premiers, and part of 'Zombie' by Johnny Fever, cool obscure dance songs. Plus the… Internet Archive Mao Tse-Tung 1969 · Educational National Archives - Mao Tse-Tung - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film shows the rise of Chairman… Internet Archive SPACE AGE RAILROAD 1969 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26555 SPACE AGE RAILROAD TELLS THE STORY OF HIGH SPEED TEST TRACK, A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY AT HOLLOMAN AFB, NM.… Internet Archive Les Jardins De Versailles 1961 · Educational · 4 min Lesson 85 in Encyclopaedia Britannica's 'Je Parle Français' French language instruction series of 1961. Here, the gardens of Versailles are shown in… Internet Archive Artists: Jim Dine 1966 · Educational · 29 min Artists: Jim Dine Presents interviews with the widow and colleagues of artist Morris Louis and discusses his attitudes toward his works. Kenneth Noland… Internet Archive We Have an Addict in the House 1961 · Educational · 30 min Uses time - lapse photography to show how water moves into and through unsaturated soil. Points out how strata, such as hard pans or coarse sand layers, slow… Internet Archive RADIO SET AN/VRC-12 1963 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 28379 RADIO SET AN/VRC-12 FEATURES, CAPABILITIES, INSTALLATION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE AN/VRC-12; CONSTRUCTION AND… Internet Archive Radar and Its Applications 1962 · Educational National Archives - Radar and Its Applications - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film examines the… Internet Archive The Big Count: The Story Of The U.S. Census 1960 · Short The Big Count: The Story Of The U.S. Census 1960 "On the 1960 Census. George Stone and Dr. Philip Hauser discuss how censuses show how Americans live, the… Internet Archive 62 04 01 The Jack Benny Program S 12e 23 Jack Goes Back Into Pictures 1962 · TV Rochester unsuccessfully tries to calm down his exuberant boss. Jack is giddy because he thinks director Billy Wilder wants him to star in his next picture.… Internet Archive Computer And The Mind Of Man, Pt 6 Engine At The Door 1962 · Educational J P Eckert, co - inventor of Eniac, discusses the question 'WILL MACHINES EVER RUN MAN.' Dr Ernest Nagel of Columbia University and Dr De Carlo of IBM point… Internet Archive The Odyssey, Part I: The Structure of the Epic 1965 · Educational · 26 min Dr. Gilbert Highet presents the basic framework of the Odyssey, providing the general background of the Trojan War and the events in Odysseus' home while he… Internet Archive Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 67 05 07 1 13 Jonathan Winters, The Jefferson Airplane, Nancy Wilson 1967 · TV Broadcast version of S1E13 of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" as prepared (with original commercials) for CBS. It has been uploaded for Historical… Internet Archive Hijo de hombre "aka La Sed" (1961) 1961 · Feature Hijo de hombre , que tuvo como títulos alternativos La sed y Choferes del Chaco es una película en blanco y negro, coproducción de Argentina y de España ,… Internet Archive Golden State, The 1961 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 67 02 19 1 03 Jack Benny, George Burns, Ester Ofarim 1967 · TV Broadcast version of S1E03 of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" as prepared (with original commercials) for CBS. It has been uploaded for Historical… Internet Archive The Sea 1962 · Educational With teacher's guide Collaborator, Ralph Buchsbaum; producer, Michael Birch Also issued in b&w Depicts the interrelationships between living things in the… Internet Archive Primate Growth and Development: A Gorilla's First Year 1967 · Educational · 22 min · Subtitles Shows growth and development through the first year of Alvila, a lowland gorilla born in the San Diego Zoo. Comparisons are made at various stages between the… Internet Archive Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest, Episode 38: Buffy Sainte-Marie 1966 · TV Composer, singer, and guitarist Buffy Sainte-Marie shares American Indians' feelings of love of country through song and conversation. Buffy demonstrates the… Internet Archive The Making of 'They're A Weird Mob' 1966 · TV · 54 min An Australian TV documentary about the making of the 1966 feature film 'They're a Weird Mob'. Note: the Australian film industry, which thrived during the… Internet Archive Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 68 11 03 3 05 Glen Campbell, The Clingers 1968 · TV Timecoded, broadcast version of S3E05 of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" as prepared (with original commercials) for CBS. It has been uploaded for… Internet Archive Operations with whole numbers. 1969 · Educational · 22 min · Subtitles Shows that meaningful instruction in mathematics is dependent on multiple approaches, varied materials, diagnosis, and practice. Demonstrates procedures for… Internet Archive Electromagnetic waves. 1969 · Educational Examines the properties of electromagnetic waves using those with a wavelength of 3 cm. Internet Archive Blues Maker 1969 · Film Shows Mississippi blues singer, Fred Mc Dowell, singing and talking about his blues. Includes scenes of the area which helped to shape his country blues. This… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10812: Berko Collection: Vacation to S.F. & L.A. II] 1961 · Home movie · Subtitles San Francisco and Los Angeles transit. Internet Archive Once Upon A Tractor ( 1965) 1965 · Feature Habia una vez un tractor Título originalOnce Upon a TractorAño1965Duración40 min.País ArgentinaDirección Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Guion Leopoldo Torre Nilsson .… Internet Archive Weather by Numbers (1966) 1966 · Educational · 29 min Shows how Dr Joseph Smagorinsky and his colleagues at the Environmental Science Services Administration experiment with mathematical equations and computers… Internet Archive Cada Día Sé Más 1963 · Educational · 15 min This most interesting film describes a typical day of an upper-class teenage boy in Mexico City. We begin by joining a typical upper class Mexican family at… Internet Archive Untouched Land: Pre-columbian America to 1492 (1965) 1966 · Educational · 25 min Untouched Land: Pre-columbian America to 1492 Describes recordings as a teaching tool to be used in an inquiry approach to the teaching of social studies at… Internet Archive Santiago Querido (1965) 1965 · Feature Santiago querido! , es una película filmada en colores de Argentina dirigida por Catrano Catrani y Virgilio Muguerza según el guion de Alberto Peyrou que se… Internet Archive Fête Folklorique 1961 · Educational · 8 min Lesson 65 in Encyclopaedia Britannica's 'Je Parle Français' French language instruction series of 1961. The film begins with a parade in Bretagne with… Internet Archive The Violent Universe, Part 5 (1969) 1969 · Educational · 27 min The Violent Universe, Part 5 (1969) Examines the forces that combined after the Supreme Court desegregation decision to ignite the civil rights movement in… Internet Archive The Owl and the Pussycat 1962 · Educational A film version of Edward Lear's narrative poem about the owl and the pussycat who went to sea in a pea-green boat Internet Archive Great Expectations I 1962 · Educational · 33 min This is the first of a two-part film made by John Barnes on Charles Dickens' novel 'Great Expectations.' The direction and acting are stellar. For more on… Internet Archive Diver Dan: Ep 29 Lost City 1961 · TV · Subtitles Ep 29 Lost City from the 1961 series Diver Dan Internet Archive One At A Time 1969 · Educational Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. (1935 - ) ARC Identifier 12122 / Local Identifier 65.49 1969 One At A Time PROMOTIONAL FILM: This film… Internet Archive Recognition of Man: The Renaissance 1968 · Educational · 16 min Shows that the main Renaissance contribution to Western culture was the recognition of the individual in life and art. Explains that one of the most… Internet Archive The Making of the President: 1968 1969 · Educational · 51 min Also issued in color Producer and director, Mel Stuart; narrator, Joseph Campanella A detailed account of the 1968 United States presidential campaign and… Internet Archive And Women Must Weep 1962 · Film Anti-union film dramatizing a strike staged by the International Association of Machinists in Princeton, Indiana, in 1956–57. Note: The film was based on a… Internet Archive 'It's Wonderful' by Young Rascals + Part of 'The Letter' by The Box Tops • AB Dancers Dec 30 1967 1967 · TV Dec 30, 1967. Interview + 'It's Wonderful', by the Young Rascals. Very positive, trippy song. Opens with a minute of one of the top Singles of the Year, 'The… Internet Archive Home Movie: 98592: Virginia, Florida, Tiger-Red Sox Game 1963 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Vista Stock Shots: San Francisco, Skyline Stock Footage, Golden Gate Bridge 1960 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Meat On The Move 1962 · Film The story of meat production from farm to supermarket. Shows the intricate maze of production, transportation, marketing, testing, cutting, curing,… Internet Archive INVISIBLE BATTLEGROUND, THE 1962 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 22347 INVISIBLE BATTLEGROUND, THE EFFORTS AND FACILITIES AT ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENTAL TEST FACILITY, FT. HUACHUCA, TO SOLVE RADIO…