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3,649–3,696 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 Una Jaula No Tiene Secretos (1962) 1962 · Feature Una jaula no tiene secretos es una película en blanco y negro coproducción de Argentina y España dirigida por Agustín Navarro sobre el guion de Raúl… Internet Archive Day At The Dump 1967 · Film Examines the problem of Washington, D.C.'s solid wastes. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if… Internet Archive Danger-Poison 1968 · Film Discusses the identification, use and storage of virtually all dangerous products likely to be encountered in the home, including common poisonous plants. To… Internet Archive Booked For Safekeeping 1960 · Film Demonstrates the proper management of mentally ill persons by members of the large city police department to prepare the mentally ill persons for their… Internet Archive Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 25 May 1968 1966 · TV · 48 min An episode of an Australian television pop music series. This episode features songs requested by soldiers serving in Vietnam. Guests include The Executives,… Internet Archive A Song for Michael 1967 · Educational · 22 min A Song for Michael A story about the intense affection that develops between a little boy who lives in a remote village and a baby elephant which has strayed… Internet Archive Assignment Tomorrow 1960 · Educational · 30 min Stresses the place and importance of the teacher in American life. Demonstrates the place and importance of teachers in American life, not only as classroom… Internet Archive Junkyard 1969 · Educational Images of a junkyard during the changing seasons culminate in a view of spring's transformation of wrecked automobiles and old furniture into a garden filled… Internet Archive Addition And Subtraction of Rational Numbers (Lesson XX) 1963 · Educational From the SMSG (School Mathematics Study Group) Brief Course in Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers. With Stewart Moredock. Film scanning by Ashley… Internet Archive Chick Embryo: From Primitive Streak to Hatching 1961 · Educational With teacher's guide Using microphotography and time-lapse photography to show in detail the development of a chick embryo from incubation to emergence from… Internet Archive A NATION SINGS 1963 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30155 A NATION SINGS A MUSICAL REMEMBRANCE OF CIVIL WAR TUNES, FEATURING U.S. ARMY BAND AND CHORUS, AND CIVILIAN VOCALISTS. Internet Archive Ring of Terror 1962 · Feature · 1 h 3 min Med student Lewis Moffitt (George E. Mather) harbours a secret fear of the dark stemming from a traumatic childhood incident involving a corpse. Nonetheless,… Internet Archive Chafalonias (1960) 1960 · Feature Chafalonías es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Mario Soffici sobre el guion de Hugo Moser según el cuento de Guy de Maupassant que se… Internet Archive Un Momento Muy Largo (1964) 1964 · Feature Un momento muy largo es una película filmada en colores y en blanco y negro, coproducción de Argentina e Italia dirigida por Piero Vivarelli sobre su propio… Internet Archive All in the Morning Early: A Scottish Folktale 1969 · Educational NOTE: The very beginning of this film is missing on this print. In this traditional Scottish accumulative counting rhyme, Sandy sets forth on an errand "all… Internet Archive Play and Personality 1962 · Educational A ten-month record of the play activities of a group of preschool children living in a hospital with their mothers who are being treated for severe neurotic… Internet Archive The Westward Movement: 4 -- Texas and the Mexican War 1966 · Educational Reviews the causes of the Texas settlers' revolt which led to independence for Texas; ties the annexation of Texas to issues of slavery and territorial… Internet Archive Los Tres Osos 1960 · Educational Spanish version of the 1969 filmstrip entitled The three bears Illustrates the story of the three bears. Emphasizes correct diction and pronunciation. For… Internet Archive Amphibian Embryo: Frog, Toad And Salamander 1963 · Educational · 15 min Combing exceptional photo-micrography by K.T. Rogers and animated cross-section diagrams, the film illustrates the developmental processes that transform a… Internet Archive 61 04 09 The Jack Benny Program S 11e 25 Main Street Shelter 1961 · TV Jack waits for all the tardy channel switchers to tune in before he begins his monologue. In the sketch, Jack returns from a three day hike with the Beverly… Internet Archive A Time for Building 1960 · Educational Sequel to the film A time for burning ... a study of racial conflicts and understanding in Omaha, Nebraska. Charles Kuralt leads a reaction group in the… Internet Archive The '29 Boom and '30s Depression 1960 · Educational · 13 min Copyright: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc. 28Mar60; MP10004 Educational adviser, Isidore Starr Recreates the events of the twenties and early thirties, examining… Internet Archive 040. Concert Nº 1000: "Requiem" de G. Verdi (19649 1964 · Short Reportatge sobre l'efemèride celebrada al Palau de la Música Catalana el 13 i el 15 de març de 1964. La Rambla avall. Cartell del REQUIEM sota la direcció del… Internet Archive Un Tipo De Sangre (1960) 1960 · Feature Un tipo de sangre es una película en blanco y negro coproducción de Argentina y España dirigida por León Klimovsky sobre el guion de Emilio Villalba Welsh y… Internet Archive Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) Slumber Party Scene 1967 · Feature Slumber Party scene from "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (1967) Internet Archive George Mason 1965 · Educational Televised on NBC in the series Profiles in courage With teacher's guide Based on the book Profiles in courage, by John F. Kennedy Historical researcher,… Internet Archive Home Movie: 10990: Prelinger Collection 1963 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Rhesus Monkeys of Santiago Island, Puerto Rico 1966 · Educational · 33 min Describes the establishment of a rhesus monkey colony by the NIH on a 40-acre tropical island designed for the observation of social behavior and population… Internet Archive 61 12 17 The Jack Benny Program S 12e 09 Jack Writes A Song 1961 · TV Jack wrote a song titled "When You Say I Beg Your Pardon, Then I'll Come Back To You." It's so putrid, whenever he sings it, windows automatically fly open.… Internet Archive They Have What It Takes 1963 · Film AFL-CIO Explains how unions and management can cooperate to establish more job opportunities for the disabled. Portrays a meeting between a union… Internet Archive Germany: A Regional Geography 1966 · Educational Presents the major regions of the Federal Republic of Germany. Stresses such topics as the economic importance of the Ruhr coal fields and the Rhine… Internet Archive Photoelectric effect. 1961 · Educational Qualitative demonstrations of photoelectric effect, using sun and carbon as sources. Experiments measure energy of photoelectron emitted from a potassium… Internet Archive 61 12 03 The Jack Benny Program S 12e 07 Jack Is Followed Home 1961 · TV Guest star Bobby Rydell sings "Sitting On Top Of The World," and "Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye." After the show, Jack is followed home, and a rock is thrown… Internet Archive Body and Soul, Part 2: Soul (1963) 1960 · Educational · 28 min Body and Soul, Part 2: Soul (1963) Demonstrates correct techniques for braze welding of sheet steel, plate and castings. Shows how to set up welding… Internet Archive Detras De La Mentira (1962) 1962 · Feature Detrás de la mentira es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Emilio Vieyra sobre el guion de Abel Santa Cruz que se estrenó el 12 de… Internet Archive Development Of The Smile And Fear Of Strangers In The First Year Of Life 1963 · Film Shows the development of the smile and of the fear of strangers during the first year of life in identical and fraternal twins. Points out that identical… Internet Archive Step Lightly 1968 · Film Points out the need for the pedestrian and cyclist alike to be reflectorized while on the road at night. Uses dummies to illustrate what can happen to the… Internet Archive Lu Ryden interviews Carl Betz on KNTV, circa 1967 1967 · TV Lu Ryden interviews actor Carl Betz on the set of his television show, "Judd, for the Defense," in a segment from Ryden's show on San Jose's KNTV Channel 11.… Internet Archive 61 01 15 The Jack Benny Program S 11e 13 Don's 27th Anniversary With Jack 1961 · TV Don Wilson is saluted on his 27th anniversary of working with Jack. Benny gives him a cape, a crown, and a throne, which collapses under Don's weight. The… Internet Archive Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 26 May 1962 1962 · TV · 49 min An incomplete episode of an Australian television pop music series. Performers include Sydney Drum Majorettes (very charming, but out of place on a pop… Internet Archive Brian Henderson's Bandstand - The Shadows as guest 1967 · TV · 49 min A 1967 episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include The Shadows, Warren Williams, Laurel Lea, and Billy Thorpe. I'm not sure of the… Internet Archive Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln 1968 · Educational Recreates Lincoln's boyhood of near-poverty and long hours of hard work. Explains that, encouraged by his stepmother in his desire for learning, the boy… Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-28A 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26980 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-28A VIETNAM - JUNE 1966 - 1ST BRIGADE - 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN "OPERATION HAWTHORNE'' AND ARMY… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97062: Fishing Pictures 1964 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Volume by Shells 1966 · Educational · 8 min Explains that the volume of a torus can be expressed as a definite integral using the shell method. For first year calculus students Internet Archive Decomposed Carnival 1960 · Home movie This film was found in the basement of a vacating business in Rochester, New York in 2004. The decomposition of the emulsion, combined with the vivid color… Internet Archive Little Plover River Project: A Study in Sand Plains Hydrology 1963 · Educational · 30 min Little Plover River Project: A Study in Sand Plains Hydrology Follows the activities of two- and three-year-old children through the nursery-school day and… Internet Archive The Third Challenge: Unconventional Warfare 1963 · Film Content warning: Critically injured war casualties and people experiencing war trauma both actual and dramatized. At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. Army…