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4,033–4,080 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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Through Conflict to Negotiation
A community action group in Rochester, New York, confronts the community's largest employer on the issue of corporate responsibility and the employment of…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 13 February 1963
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include Robyn Alvarez, Johnny Devlin, Kelly Green, The Denvermen, Ron Polson, and the Bee…
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Home Movie: 97248: Unidentified
To come.
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Lu Ryden interviews Shecky Greene at Bimbo's 365 on KNTV, circa 1967
Lu Ryden interviews comedian Shecky Greene backstage at Bimbo's 365 club in San Francisco (Calif.) on a segment from Ryden's show on San Jose's KNTV Channel…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 6 February 1963
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include Lucky Starr, Colin Loughnan, Pam Liversidge, Chubby Checker, The Delltones, Peter…
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Jimmy Dean Halloween Show 1963 (lost episode Teresa Brewer)
Season 1 episode 7. Guests Jackie Mason, Teresa Brewer, The Jubilee Four, The Willis Sisters, singer Ron Martin, Rowlf. Audio damage in last 9 minutes.
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Nine to Get Ready: Growth of the Fetus (1966)
Nine to Get Ready: Growth of the Fetus (1966) The second lesson on Hamlet. Maynard Mack recounts the story of Hamlet, introduces the major characters, and…
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Kentucky Pioneers
Second edition With teacher's guide Collaborator, Allan Eckert Focuses on one family's travels to Kentucky in 1790. Explains that rich Kentucky land lured…
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THE BIG PICTURE - COMMAND DECISION: THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE
Department of Defense PIN 30144 THE BIG PICTURE - COMMAND DECISION: THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE STORY OF OPERATION DRAGOON IN WORLD WAR II -ROOSEVELT,…
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Building a House on the Niger
Director and photographer, Hermann Schlenker Shows, without narration, men of the Bozo people of Mali building a thatched hut on stilts
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BATTLE OF ST. VITH - PART II
Department of Defense BATTLE OF ST. VITH - PART II PIN 30183 1965 ROLE OF 84TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN FIGHTING GERMAN ARMY IN WORLD WAR II - PENETRATION OF…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 23 April 1960
An episode of an Australian pop music television series which ran from 1958 to 1972. Guests include: Johnny Devlin & The Devils, The Graduates, Rod Devlin,…
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Formosa, 1961/10/16
"News in Brief" - Chiang Kai shek parade with rockets and soldiers, troops form sign of double 10 , in Nationalist China (partial newsreel).
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Japan
National Archives - Japan - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film explores the political and economic…
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Lu Ryden hosts KNTV Channel 11 Afternoon show, circa 1968
Three segments from Lu Ryden's KNTV Channel 11 San Jose Afternoon show, in which women undergo makeovers through a week-long course at the Fisher School of…
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Object Relations in Space
Presents a demonstration of the scale for the construction of object relations in space. Shows evidences of perceiving and of anticipating the loci of…
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JOURNEY ACROSS BERLIN
National Archives and Records Administration JOURNEY ACROSS BERLIN U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 49495 / Local Identifier…
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The Daisy
The daisy is the symbol of beauty, yielding only to those who love and enjoy it
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 15 May 1965
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. This particular episode features Oscar winning songs. Guests include Jacki Weaver, Johnny Rohan, The…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 2 November 1968
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include U.S. singer Neil Sedaka, Judy Stone, The Flanagans, Alan Haig, and Norma Stoneman.…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - Best of for Teenbeat
A circa 1961 clip show of 1958-1972 Australian television pop music series Brian Henderson's Bandstand. This clip show aired on Perth station TVW-7.…
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Crimen (1962)
Título original Crimen Año 1962 Duración 8 min. País Argentina Dirección Ricardo Becher Guion Sergio Mulet Reparto Sergio Mulet Fotografía Ricardo Aronovich…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 7 October 1967
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. This particular episode has a mostly country and western theme. Guests include Johnny Ashcroft, De…
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Hakushon Daimaou
Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting,…
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Headlines Of The Century Irish Sweeps
Part of series, Greatest Headlines of the Century. Describes the Irish Sweepstakes phenomenon in the United States
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America's Critics Abroad
At the height of the Cold War, this tidbit of propaganda was produced using ridiculously exaggerated caricatures of American types to instruct members of the…
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Lonely Boy
Describes the rise to fame of Paul Anka, a young Canadian songwriter and singer. Presents a candid look at the popular singer from both sides of the…
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Ozzie & Harriet: The Nelsons Revisited (1965)
Aired 20 October 1965 (season 14, episode 6).
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Czechoslovakia's Invasion by the Soviets
National Archives and Records Administration Czechoslovakia's Invasion by the Soviets National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 -…
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The Virgin Spring
Winner of the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, Ingmar Bergman’s The Virgin Spring is a harrowing tale of faith, revenge, and savagery in medieval…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - Moomba Festival
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. This particular episode was recorded on 7 March 1963 in Melbourne at Sidney Myer Music Bowl, but I…
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On Stage: "Doctor in Spite of Himself"
Director, Nathan Zucker Monty Woolley, Bramwell Fletcher, Monica Lovett, Val Dufour Dramatizes Moliere's drawing room comedy concerning two young lovers, a…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 13 February 1965
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include Phil Lanham, Janice Slater, Sharon Black, and Dinah Lee (the best thing to ever come…
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The Dam Builders (1968)
Tells the story of how man damages the ecological balance by changing the environment. Underlines the fact that the first five years in the life of a human…
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Home Movie: 98029: Atlantic City, Washington D.C.
To come.
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 27 October 1962
An (incomplete?) episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include Lucky Starr, The Surfsiders, Lana Cantrell, Jenny, and Johnny Devlin.…
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 31 August 1963
An episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include Laurel Lea, Lonnie Lee, Adrian Usher, Pam Bradley, U.S. singer Sue Raney, The…
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Sasuke (TV anime)
I found the entire of a old anime from the 60s call サスケ or "Sasuke" It was also know as " Sasuke el Ninja" and " Sasuke, il Piccolo Ninja" There like, three…
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Behind the Viet Cong Lines
National Archives - Behind the Viet Cong Lines - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film shows the…
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Home Movie: 11091: San Francisco Family
To come.
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Leading From Strength and US Missile and Military Might
Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984) ARC…
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The Ancient Peruvian (1967)
Survey of pre-Columbian art, architecture, technology, and culture of Peru. Produced by Julien Bryan
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Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 10 April 1963
A heavily incomplete episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include the Dave Bridge Trio, Pat Carroll, Vicki Forrest, Buddy Bohn, Jay…
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Kechuografias(1964)
Cortometraje de animación abstracta realizado con diseños de objetos de los Pueblos Originarios. Según el mismo corto: Esta película se basa en sus dibujos en…
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Learning in Infants
Examines the mechanisms and processes of infant development through controlled laboratory experiments at the sensory assessment and conditioning laboratory,…
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The Umbrella
Presents a day in the life of a young boy, Charles, and the events that drove him to steal an umbrella. Examines in detail the boy's relationship with his…
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Why Billy Couldn't Learn
With study guide Director and writer, Bradley Wright Demonstrates special teaching techniques and diagnostic methods. Illustrates emotion, academic and…
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Royal Children
A 1961 British short documentary about Queen Elizabeth II's children. Produced by Associated British-Pathe for the Central Office of Information. Note: the…