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3,457–3,504 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 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 64 01 07 The Jack Benny Program S 14e 14 How Jack Met George Burns 1964 · TV Old buddies Benny and Burns trade jokes and insults. George needles him about his pettiness in golfing before recalling their first meeting during the… Internet Archive BP Super Show - Louis Armstrong 1963 · TV · 55 min An episode of an Australian television series. In this episode, visiting American trumpeter/singer Louis Armstrong and his All Stars perform a TV studio… Internet Archive Better Breakfasts USA 1964 · Film Discuss the importance of an adequate breakfast for teenagers, based on scientific research on the value of breakfasts. Points out the contribution of… Internet Archive In Search of A Past 1968 · Educational · 53 min With study guide Three black students visit Africa to gain insight into their cultural heritage, and to compare life in America with life in Africa Another… Internet Archive Universal Newsreel 1967 04 18 Peace March In Central Park. Thousands Oppose The Vietnam War. 1967 · Newsreel Antiwar demonstrators protest in Central Park, march to UN building, included students and hippies and priests and nuns, burn draft cards, shouted… Internet Archive [Sunbeam Lawn Ads] 1960 · Film Electric Lawn Mower, Gas Lawn Mower, Oscillating Sprinkler, Traveler Sprinkler, Rotating Sprinkler with Sunron Tag, Garden Tools This film can be purchased on… Internet Archive 62 12 04 The Jack Benny Program S 13e 10 Jack And Bob Hope In Vaudeville 1962 · TV Bob Hope interrupts Jack's monologue to trade insults and discuss their careers. This leads into a sketch about the two of them having been a team in… Internet Archive Loretta Lynn sings, "Success" and "Get Set for a Heartache" on The Porter Wagoner Show 1962 · Feature Loretta Lynn sings live on The Porter Wagoner Show . Internet Archive 057. I Setmana Naval (1966) 1966 · Short Documental sobre diverses maniobres navals que tingueren lloc al port de Barcelona la I Semana Naval. Destaquen les imatges del port, el monument a Colom, els… Internet Archive Kremlin 1963 · Educational · 26 min Also issued in b&w Presents an overview and brief tour through the Kremlin in Moscow with General Andrey Yakovievitch Vedenin as guide. Discusses highlights… Internet Archive Evan's Corner 1969 · Educational · 22 min Shows through dramatized events in an African-American boy's life that we cannot live alone in a "corner", but must be willing to step out and help others.… Internet Archive Pudovkin 1960 · Educational Depicts the art and life of Russian director Vsevolod Pudovkin. Distinctive features of his work are revealed through excerpts from [if]Mother, The End of St.… Internet Archive Johnny Carson 1964 04 21 Henry Morgan, Arlene Dahl, Attorney J. W. Ehrlich, And Pete Fountain ( B& W Kinescope) 1964 · TV Much more of a intellectual show. Pre 80s, many Carson's were more 'thinking' shows as opposed to entertainment shows. This is a good example. Internet Archive Lindor Covas, El Cimarron (1963) 1963 · Feature Lindor Covas, el cimarrón es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Carlos Cores sobre su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Antonio… Internet Archive Greek Lyric Poetry 1963 · Educational With teacher's guide Lecturer David Grene analyzes Greek lyric poetry, showing the place of poetry in private social gatherings, in the temples of the gods,… Internet Archive Life in a Tin Can (Una vita in Scatola) 1968 · Cartoon Award-winning animated commentary about how 20th-century humans are so caught up in the daily trials of life that they forget about the meaning of existence.… Internet Archive Home Movie: 11016: In Church 1960 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive 61 12 10 The Jack Benny Program S 12e 08 Jack Goes To The Cafeteria 1961 · TV Taking the bus to the studio, Jack asks the man beside him to help him rehearse a scene from the show. The two attract unwanted attention playing an arguing… Internet Archive Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 69 02 23 3 18 The Beatles, Victor Borge, Joe South, The Clingers, The Hello People 1969 · TV Timecoded, broadcast version of S3E18 of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" as prepared (with original commercials) for CBS. It has been uploaded for… Internet Archive What Is a Fish? 1963 · Educational Collaborator, Loren P. Woods Illustrates the major types of fishes; examines the anatomy of a typical fish; and demonstrates characteristic behavior patterns… Internet Archive 62 03 11 The Jack Benny Program S 12e 20 Alexander Hamilton Show 1962 · TV The cast has gathered at Jack's house to read through the show's script. While their waiting for it to arrive, Dennis sings "April Showers". When it arrives,… Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-17A 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26966 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-17A VIETNAM - COMBAT AND OTHER ACTIVITY, APRIL 1966 - 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, 1ST… Internet Archive Security Risk 1963 · Educational National Archives - Security Risk - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This filmed teleplay, produced by… Internet Archive South African Essay: 2 -- One Nation, Two Nationalisms 1965 · Educational · 26 min Produced by NET Traces the history of the Nationalist Party in South Africa and its policy of apartheid -- total separation of the races and absolute white… Internet Archive Soviet Union: An Introduction 1960 · Educational · 17 min Teacher's guide on container Educational supervision, Anatole G. Mazour An outline descriptive sketch of this massive land-locked North country Internet Archive 62 02 11 The Jack Benny Program S 12e 17 Ghost Town Western 1962 · TV Jack and Gisele take a shortcut while driving from Phoenix to L.A., get lost, and stop in a diner in a ghost town for directions. The cafe owner tells them a… Internet Archive Libertad Bajo Palabra (1961) 1961 · Feature Libertad bajo palabra es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Alfredo Bettanín sobre su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Hugo… Internet Archive Velopharyngeal Function in Normal Speakers 1962 · Educational Uses animated drawings and X-ray sound motion pictures to describe the operation of the velopharyngeal mechanism in normal speakers. Deals with identification… Internet Archive Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest, Episode 37: Herbert Levy; Kim Loy Wong and the Hilanders Steel Band 1966 · TV Playing their steel drums, the Hilanders sing songs of their native Trinidad, mostly in the Calypso tradition. Songs include "Mary Ann," "Love, Love Alone,"… Internet Archive Justice Under Law: The Gideon Case 1967 · Educational Relates how Clarence Earl Gideon, convicted of a felony in a Florida court, believed that a judge's refusal to appoint a lawyer for his defense violated his… Internet Archive Your Town 1966 · Film Introduces bank services for the individual - checking accounts, savings accounts, installment loans, mortgage loans, trusts, home improvement loans, vacation… Internet Archive Mexican Boy - The Story Of Pablo 1961 · Film A little Mexican boy tells how he worked to make a wish come true and then finds he must choose between having his wish and seeing his family happy. Pablo's… Internet Archive Operacion San Antonio (aka Este Cura) (1968) 1968 · Feature Operación San Antonio es una película filmada en colores, coproducción de Argentina y España dirigida por Enrique Carreras según el guion de Ariel Cortazzo… Internet Archive Electron Microscopy 1963 · Educational · 23 min Electron Microscopy Through animated drawings and photography explains the hypothesis that electricity consists of unit elementary charges. Demonstrates the… Internet Archive 61 02 26 The Jack Benny Program S 11e 19 Jack Dreams He's A Surgeon 1961 · TV Jack and Rochester are cleaning Jack's attic, but Jack keeps finding excuses to keep everything. Don arrives, and finds an abstract painting in which he… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97082: Houghton Lake, 1967-68 1967 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Listen, Please 1960 · Film Shows an audience of supervisors that they often think they're better listeners than they really are. Emphasizes the importance of listening in a supervisory… Internet Archive English and Latin 1967 · Educational · 29 min Examines some of the by - products of Latin study that people expect to apply to the use of English. Concludes that the study of Latin is really irrelevant to… Internet Archive The American Alcoholic 1968 · Educational With teacher's guide Examines the typical middle class personality, and discusses the sociological and psychological reasons for his alcoholism Internet Archive No Two Alike 1963 · Educational · 28 min No Two Alike Norman Phodhoretz of Commentary magazine discusses the works of Saul Bellow and comments on the stress which contemporary literature places on… Internet Archive 64 10 02 The Jack Benny Program S 15e 02 Lucille Ball Show 1964 · TV Jack is dressed in a white tuxedo to introduce his guest Lucille Ball; she comes out dressed as a hillbilly. Jack praises Lucy's skills as a businesswoman,… Internet Archive Donde El Viento Brama (1963) 1963 · Feature Allá donde el viento brama es una película de Argentina filmada en colores dirigida por Ralph Pappier que se filmó en 1963 y que tuvo como protagonistas a… Internet Archive Los Inconstantes (1963) 1963 · Feature Los inconstantes es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Rodolfo Kuhn sobre su propio guion, estrenada el 12 de septiembre de 1963.… Internet Archive Rebelde Con Causa (1961) 1961 · Feature Rebelde con causa es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Antonio Cunill (h) sobre el guion de Hugo Moser e Isaac Aisemberg que se estrenó… Internet Archive Home Movie: 98937: California, July 1961 1961 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive 059. Homenatge a Pau Casals (1966) 1966 · Short Recull de diferents actes que es celebraren a Sant Miquel de Cuixà, Barcelona, Montserrat, Cubelles i L'Espluga de Francolí en homenatge al violoncelista i… Internet Archive The Sad Clowns 1960 · Educational Telecast under the series title Silents please Discusses the widely differing styles and techniques of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harry Langdon,… Internet Archive Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 6 January 1968 1968 · TV · 52 min An episode of an Australian television pop music series. This episode is a clip show featuring excerpts from 1967 editions of the show, and is a very mixed…