The world's archives
3,793–3,840 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 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. |
Internet Archive
Winter Light
https://web.archive.org/web/20230203061854/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Light https://web.archive.org/web/20230318052115/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0…
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Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space - Episode 3 and 6
Episodes 4/6 Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 4 Episode 5
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How Airplanes Fly
Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration How Airplanes Fly NTIS AVA08357VNB1 What makes an airplane get off the ground and stay in the…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 30 March 1968
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. This episode features songs from 1966. Guests include Bryan Davies, Dinah Lee, Lee Sanders, Warren…
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The Great Pretense
How to finance Communism whilst ostensibly opposing it http://FederalExpression.wordpress.com Vintage Filmstrip American Foreign Policy Aid and Trade With…
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Filmstrip: "Narcotics: Uses and Abuses"
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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Arsenic & Old Lace (1962)
On the day that he gets engaged to be wed, Mortimer Brewster (Tony Randall) discovers that his aunts (Dorothy Stickney & Mildred Natwick) have been murdering…
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Home Movie: 97212: Family and Travel
To come.
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Child Molester, The
Emphasizes the danger of attacks on children, dramatizing typical approaches. Shows what can be done to reduce the problem by making children aware of it and…
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I Walk Away in the Rain
Script developed by Inter-University Film Project An open-end film which examines the problems involved in motivating a bright student
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Lost In Space promo
An original CBS promo for "Lost in Space." Read cosmico's insightful review below for more information about this commercial.
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Lu Ryden interviews Jerry Van Dyke at Bimbo's 365 on KNTV, circa 1967
Lu Ryden interviews comedian Jerry Van Dyke on a segment from Ryden's show on San Jose's KNTV Channel 11. Includes outtakes. The clip opens with a night shot…
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San Jose Police Department outtakes on KNTV, 1969
B roll outtakes from Lu Ryden's feature on the San Jose Police Department during a segment from her show on San Jose's KNTV Channel 11. Shots include…
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Eruption of Kilauea
Depicts the upheaval of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii from Nov. 1959 to Feb. 1960. Shows lava buildup and how the island was built from similar eruptions over…
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056. Inauguració de l'Hostal del Senglar ( 3 de Juliol de 1966)
Reportatge sobre els actes inauguratius de l'Hostal del Senglar, a l'Espluga de Francolí, amb gran protagonisme de l'Orfeó Català. Autocars al carrer…
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Home Movie: 98926: Niagara Falls and Cedar Point, 1966
To come.
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Cages
Director and graphic designer, Miroslaw Kijowicz; writers, Hanna Jagoszewska, Miroslaw Kijowicz A philosophical exercise in a spare black and white style of…
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A Night Out with Mr. Toad
Camera close-up studies of commonly known non-poisonous night creatures that might be encountered by Mr. Toad after sundown. Among the creatures shown in…
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Home Movie: 98231: CERA Fan Trip on South Shore Line
Label on can reads: "C.E.R.A. fan trip on C.S.S. & S.B. 10-9-60"
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Lu Ryden backstage at the Circle Star Theatre on KNTV, 1967
Two series of outtakes and interviews conducted by KNTV host and reporter Lu Ryden at the Circle Star Theatre in San Carlos, California, in 1967. The first…
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Arts and Crafts of Mexico, Part 1: Pottery and Weaving
An Indian woman follows the ancient methods and patterns of making pottery: the fashioning of Talavera ware in Puebla, the shaping of Tonala pottery, and…
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De Balcarce A La Gloria (1966)
En 1966, el periodista Carlos Alberto Aguilar produjo este documental titulado "De Balcarce a la gloria" con material inédito aportado por el propio Fangio…
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The Pedestrian Strikes Back (1967)
Traces the history and development of pedestrian malls from Roman Forum and Medieval Europe to present - day Europe and America. Shows the development of one…
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Creative Thirties
Telecast on the CBS-TV documentary show The twentieth century Producer, Isaac Kleinerman; writer, E.J. Kahn; reporter, Walter Cronkite; music, George…
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Touch Clay: A Ceramic Experience
Touch Clay: A Ceramic Experience Discusses how businesses use transactional analysis with their employees to improve customer service.
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Expressionism
Shows how this style attempts to express some kind of dynamic movement; how expressionistic patterns are designed to give an almost glaring directness
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Lu Ryden interviews Carl Reiner on KNTV, 1967
Lu Ryden interviews actor, comedian and writer Carl Reiner on a segment from Ryden's show on San Jose's KNTV Channel 11. Reiner talks about his movie based on…
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Design Evaluation Of Sintered Chipbreakers In Throwaway Inserts
Illustrates the production of sintered chips, using research done at Purdue University. Uses high-speed photography to show impact of chipbreaker grooves on…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 14 August 1965
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include The Delltones, Janice Slater, Sharon O'Brien, Normie Rowe, Michelle Edwards, Peter…
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140. Inauguracio de la Central Tèrmica del Besòs (1968)
*Reportatge sobre la Central Tèrmica del Besòs en el dia de la inauguració oficial. *Vistes de la Central Tèrmica i edificis colindants. Acte d'inauguració,…
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NUCLEAR NAVY, THE
Department of Defense PIN 25027 NUCLEAR NAVY, THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR POWER AS IT HAS BEEN APPLIED TO UNITED STATES NAVY SUBMARINE AND…
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NASA and the Airplane, Episode 4: X-15 Research
Examines the remarkable half-plane, half-rocket and includes dramatic photography of flights to the edge of space. To license this film and get a higher…
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Jimmy Durante and Jane Morgan backstage at Circle Star Theatre on KNTV, 1967
Footage is slient. Comedian Jimmy Durante and singer Jane Morgan are filmed backstage in a rehearsal room at the Circle Star Theatre in San Carlos,…
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Memorandum
Photographer/editor, John Spotton A Jewish survivor of the Holocaust takes a holiday from his shop in Toronto to join a pilgrimage of survivors to the…
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At the Winter Sea Ice Camp: Part 3
A look at Netsilik communal activities. A ceremonial igloo is built with individual igloos in the community forming an alcove. The men return to their sealing…
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Deformation of Continuous Media
Explains deformation and its resolution into component motions. Presents an analysis of deforming patterns, marked on a shear flow in a stationary reference…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 1 January 1966
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. This episode is a clip show featuring excerpts from earlier editions. Performers include Col Joye,…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 18 June 1960
An incomplete episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include: The Delltones, Ray Melton, Ken Corbett, The Joy Boys, Lucky Starr, Noeleen…
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Musical Satire Of Marshall Izen
Forgotten today, Marshall Izen, who died May 26, 2016 at the age of 90, was a magnificent pianist, Emmy-winning puppeteer (1972), author, animator,…
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Fuelle Querido (1967)
Sinopsis Validez estética del tango. Sus grandes creadores, su música, intérpretes e instrumentos a lo largo de casi un siglo. Ficha técnica Título Original…
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Communist Imperialism
National Archives - Communist Imperialism - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film contains the second…
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STAFF FILM REPORT 66-2A
Department of Defense PIN 26969 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-2A VIETNAM - COMBAT AND OTHER ACTIVITY, DECEMBER 1965 - 502D BATTALION, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION, 1ST AIR…
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Infants School
Shows ways of organizing primary groups so as to provide maximum learning experience for the individual pupil in the context of flexible but busy group…
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France: The Faces of Love
With teacher's guide The joys and complexities of the typically French aspects of love are dramatized with help of three of the greatest French…
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Atomic Venture 1961
The story of the Dresden Nuclear Power Station, the first full-scale privately financed nuclear power station. Boiling water reactor (BWR) technology.…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 13 August 1966
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include popular U.S. singer Dionne Warwick, Ray Brown (not the U.S. singer), Kevin Todd, Gaye…
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STAFF FILM REPORT 66-21A
Department of Defense PIN 26972 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-21A VIETNAM - APRIL 1966 - 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, 1ST CALVARY DIVISION, AND…
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Karl Menninger
Produced by NBC Covers functions of psychiatry, relationship of psychiatrist with patient, significance of Freud's work and writings, and ways in which…