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3,937–3,984 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. |
|---|---|
| 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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Algeria, 1960/11/17
Algiers demonstrations against France in Algeria, bus crashes out of control (partial newsreel)
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 3 August 1968
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. This episode consists of U.S. duo The Everly Brothers performing at the Chequers night club in…
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Home Movie: 98218: CERA 25th Anniversary Fan Trip on South Shore Line, 1963
Label on can: "C.E.R.A. 25th anniversary fan trip on C.S.S. & S.B. 5-25-63"
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The Industrial Revolution: Beginnings in the United States
With teacher's guide Collaborator, James Shenton Describes the industrial progress in the past 200 years and explains how the labor-saving machines, mass…
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TRANSFORMERS
Department of Defense PIN 39894 TRANSFORMERS DEFINES AND EXPLAINS FOLLOWING TERMS IN REFERENCE TO TRANSFORMERS: TRANSFORMER ACTION, STEP-UP, STEP-DOWN, AND…
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What Is an Amphibian?
Illustrates the body structure and life process of amphibians and shows how they are adapted to live in water and on land. Presents the development of an…
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VIETCONG ATTACKS DURING TET (LUNAR NEW YEAR); SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM
National Archives and Records Administration VIETCONG ATTACKS DURING TET (LUNAR NEW YEAR); SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM ARC Identifier 31793 / Local Identifier…
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A School Day: Study of a Visually Handicapped Child
Produced by Dr. Arthur E. Gillman Beth, a blind nine-year-old, is integrated into normal school life with the aid of braille textbooks, math machines, and…
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Answering Soviet Propaganda
National Archives - Answering Soviet Propaganda - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film explores…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 12 March 1966
A slightly incomplete episode of an Australian television pop music series. This episode features a look at hits of 1965. Guests include Anne and Jimmy…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - Helen Shapiro as guest
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include Helen Shapiro, Col Joye, Sharon O'Brien, The Executives, and Russell Morris…
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OPERATION GLEN CANYON
National Archives and Records Administration OPERATION GLEN CANYON U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 53945 / Local Identifier…
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House Of 1,000 Dolls(1967)
Original Title: La casa de mil mu ñecas Plot: Two professional illusionists Felix Manderville (Vincent Price, Madhouse) and his wife Rebecca (Martha Hyer,…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 30 July 1960
A heavily incomplete episode of an Australian pop music television series. Guests include: George Karren, Johnny Rebb and the Rebels, Jan Carter, The…
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Home movie: 000432: 1967 San Francisco peace march
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Mr Wizard - How Blood Circulates
Mr Wizard explains by model and by examination of a calf heart how the heart functions. Demonstrates how to make a simple stethoscope. We digitized and…
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Home Movie: 98806: Vacation to New York
To come.
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BP Super Show - Jill Perryman
An episode of an Australian television variety series. This episode features theatre actress Jill Perryman performing songs from several musicals, including…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 8 June 1963
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include Ethel Azama, Jimmy Stewart (not the U.S. actor), Pat Carroll (a teenage singer from…
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Communicating with Deaf - Blind People
Demonstrates through actual conversation with six deaf-blind people the five most commonly used methods of communicating with deaf-blind individuals in the…
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Home Movie: 97354: Pennsylvania Family
To come.
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La Chacota (1963)
La chacota es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Enrique Dawi sobre su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Landrú y Aldo Cammarota…
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Dealing with Problem People: The Forgetter
A four-part workshop designed to help supervisors and workers recognize personality traits that are detrimental to output and morale. Presented against a…
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What Is Poetry?
-----Another issue. b&w Attempts to answer the question What is poetry? by comparing a news report and a poem, explaining that the news report is objective,…
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Collectie Filmcollectief - It's a wonderful life
Its a story of an appointment and the "preperation" for it from both protagonists, a young woman and an older man. They met at the end and she is dissapointed…
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STAFF FILM REPORT 66-27A
Department of Defense PIN 26979 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-27A VIETNAM - JUNE 1966 - 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 27TH ARTILLERY - 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION, 69TH SIGNAL…
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Basic Reproduction Processes in the Graphic Arts (1963)
Basic Reproduction Processes in the Graphic Arts (1963) Defines and illustrates the range of film shots from very long to very close as used in television…
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The Way of a Trout
A reflection on the hazardous life of a trout before it is caught. Shows some of its predators, including insects, birds, otters, and ducks
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U.S. ARMY IN BERLIN: CHECKPOINT CHARLIE
Department of Defense PIN 30140 U.S. ARMY IN BERLIN: CHECKPOINT CHARLIE PICKS UP THE REPORT ON BERLIN, THE DIVIDED CITY, IN THE CRITICAL SUMMER OF 1961.
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036. Homenatge a Eduard Toldrà (1963)
Reportatge sobre l'homenatge que se li va retre al mestre Eduard Toldrà a Riells de Montseny. 6.6.1963, façana de l'església de Riells, el campanari. Entre la…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 22 May 1965
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include Bill and Boyd, Merv Benton, Max Merritt & The Meteors, Sandra Lynne, Cheryl Bracken,…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 29 July 1967
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include Liza Minnelli and The Allen Brothers. A kinescope recording which I ripped from a DVD.…
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Introduction to Superconductivity
Director and cameraman, G. William Hughes Presents a demonstration, discussion, and explanation of experiments showing the disappearance of electrical…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 23 November 1963
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. This episode is a clip show with excerpts from earlier editions featuring overseas singers.…
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Victory at Dien Bien Phu
National Archives - Victory at Dien Bien Phu - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film is in Vietnamese…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 6 March 1965
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. This particular episode consists of a concert recorded at the Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne. Guests…
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Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia
National Archives - Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This…
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Cultural Revolution
National Archives - Cultural Revolution - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film contains footage of a…
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Compacto Cupe (1963)
Título original Compacto Cupé Año 1963 Duración 8 min. País Argentina Dirección Jorge Martín "Catú" Guion Jorge Martín "Catú" Reparto Animación Fotografía…
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[Home Movie: 098924: Michigan and Minnesota, 1960s]
Midwestern family tours regional sights, mid-1960s
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Ozzie & Harriet: Secret Passage (1965)
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RIFLE, M16A1 - PART II - FIELD EXPEDIENTS
Department of Defense - Description: FIELD CARE AND CLEANING OF WET AND DIRTY RIFLE AND AMMUNITION; USE OF CLEANING EXPEDIENTS ON LOSS OF RIFLE CLEANING…
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STAFF FILM REPORT 66-1
Department of Defense PIN 26957 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-1 VIETNAM - COMBAT AND OTHER ACTIVITY, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1965 - 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE, 101 AIRBORNE…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 19 October 1963
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include Johnny Rohan, Laurel Lea, Colin Ifield, Bee Gees, Pat Carroll, The Joy Boys, Doug…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 27 November 1965
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. This episode features a concert held in Perth, Western Australia. Performers include Max Merritt &…
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Home Movie: 97314: Family Recreation and House Building
Viewing notes state: Family 60s Snow sleds Swimming New house being built
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Fragile Egos
With discussion guide Producer, Henry Morgenthau; cameraman, Peter Hoving; editor, Ron Blau Portrays problems of rehabilitating the mentally ill by focusing…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 3 September 1966
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include Nino Tempo & April Stevens, Gita Rivera, Sandy Scott, Judy Stone, and Warren Williams.…