The world's archives

4,801–4,848 of 13,674 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. Sexual content and nudity are left out altogether.

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 themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive MICRONESIA CIVIC ACTION 1972 · Educational MICRONESIA CIVIC ACTION Covers: May 1972–July 1972 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/34703 Internet Archive Paramount Pictures Logo 1975 1975 · Film 1975 Paramount Pictures logo. There are 3 versions each in different aspect ratios. Internet Archive The New Scooby Doo Movies (1972) (5 random episodes - UK recording with adverts 1994) 1972 · Cartoon These are five episodes I have of The New Scooby Doo Movies, a cartoon series that was originally broadcast in America on September 9th 1972 and ran for 2… Internet Archive Alien 1979 · Commercial During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew… Internet Archive Once Upon A Tour (1972) 1972 · Film The first TV special of infamous "queen of vanity records" Dora Hall. Deciding late in life that she wanted to become a star, Hall's fantasies were indulged… Internet Archive Fat Albert Cartoon no woc 1975 · Cartoon A great 70s cartoon that I always watch because being disABLED, I always had black friends,classmates,teachers,babysitters,nurses,doctors,aides,nurses Enjoy!… Internet Archive Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979 · Commercial When a destructive space entity is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine, and… Internet Archive When The Legends Die (1972) 1972 · Film A young, rebellious Ute Indian joins the rodeo circuit and falls in with a drunken mentor who teaches him the ways of the ring and the world. Based on the… Internet Archive Frosty's Winter Wonderland 1992 WARNER HOME VIDEO VHS 1976 · Film 1. Frosty's Winter Wonderland 1992 WARNER HOME VIDEO VHS, 2. Twas The Night Before Christmas 1990 WARNER HOME VIDEO VHS. Internet Archive Legacy of Genius : The Story of Thomas Alva Edison 1979 · Film Traces the development of some of Edison's greatest inventions and of his extraordinary life and career. 1 videocassette (VHS) (59 min.) : 1/2 in Eric… Internet Archive 1978-1995 Mitsubishi Commercials 1978 · Commercial Source - makotosuzuki Internet Archive The Ramones - Granada, 1978 1978 · Film The Ramones performing a live set at the Granada from 1978. This is a VHS transfer from what appears to be 8mm sound film shot at the event by Mark Gilman.… Internet Archive Gone In 60 Seconds (1974) Trailer 1974 · Film http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. VHS trailer for the 1974 car chase film Gone In 60 Seconds, directed by… Internet Archive ABBA - Australian TV-Special & More... (1976) VHSRIP 1976 · Film ABBA - Australian TV-Special & More... (1976) The Best Of ABBA 01. Mamma Mia 02. Hasta Manana 03. Ring Ring 04. Tropical Loveland 05. Waterloo 06. I Do, I Do,… Internet Archive Country Music Videos From The 1970s 1978 · Film Music is what I love and these videos are pretty rare because country music videos didn't really have an outlet until TNN. Enjoy! ~CW~ Internet Archive Eutanasia di un amore (1978) Italian Language Trailer 1978 · Film http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Italian language trailer with no English subtitles. VHS trailer for the… Internet Archive Rocky 1976 · Commercial When world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed wants to give an unknown fighter a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers choose palooka… Internet Archive My Name Is Nobody (1973) Trailer 1973 · Film http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. VHS trailer for the 1973 Spaghetti Western classic My Name Is Nobody aka… Internet Archive Eskimo Nell (1975) Trailer 1975 · Film http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. VHS trailer for the 1975 Australian comedy Eskimo Nell, directed by… Internet Archive The Devil's Advocate (1977) Trailer 1977 · Film http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. VHS trailer for the 1977 religious drama The Devil's Advocate aka Des… Internet Archive 1976-1997 Nissan Commercials 1976 · Commercial Source - makotosuzuki Internet Archive [Home Movie: Casper J. Renner Collection, 1970s, Trip to Marco Island, FL and Everglades - 2nd Day Film B] 1970 · Home movie · 3 min Synopsis One of four home movies depicting a trip to Marco Island in Florida by Casper and Caroline Renner in the 1970s. It's likely that this trip to Florida… Internet Archive Wildlife on One - S04E01 - Squirrel On My Shoulder (1979) x264 VHS 1979 · Documentary Another Wildlife on One episode, Narrated by David Attenborough. I'm quite happy to be able to share this one with everyone as the only copy available online… Internet Archive The Fight to Be Male 1979 · Educational · 53 min 1902 feet Producer, script, Edward Goldwyn How do people become male or female? Scientific work in the past decade has revealed a remarkable battle within… Internet Archive Alucarda [1977] - Trailer 1977 · Commercial A young girl's arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a series of events that unleash an evil presence on the girl and her… Internet Archive RC Cola (USA, 1974) 1974 · Commercial · Subtitles In Australia, RC Cola is very much a 70s only thing. So it's interesting to see an ad from America from that Era. Aired 8/8/74 Internet Archive Dead Kennedys Live At Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, CA, August 2nd, 1978 [60FPS] 1978 · Film VHS rip, deinterlaced using yadif 2x, file is 720x480 progressive video at 60fps. Thanks to tromster, Shayne Stacy, BONG, hothcanada, and djm5000. SETLIST AND… Internet Archive 1974 1975 TV COMMERCIAL COMPILATION O. J. SIMPSON FOR HERTZ KELLOGG' S SPECIAL K CEREAL XD 26285 1974 · Commercial This compilation of vintage television commercials supplies a sizeable chunk of product marketing evolution from the mid 1970’s slipping into TV screen waves… Internet Archive Die Rocky Horror Picture Show (DE, VHS Rip) 1977 · Film The Rocky Horror Picture Show aus dem Jahr 1975 ist die Kinofassung des Musicals The Rocky Horror Show von Richard O’Brien , das vor Beginn der Dreharbeiten… Internet Archive Da wu shi yu xiao piao ke (1977) 1977 · Feature A regional champion martial artist that moonlights as an honour-bound assassin, Tu Ta Shen, solidifies his reputation by challenging top fighters en route to… Internet Archive The Return Of The Pink Panther (1975) Outtakes TV Spot 1975 · Film TV spot for the 1975 comedy The Return Of The Pink Panther, featuring outtakes from the film. Directed by Blake Edwards, starring Peter Sellers. Internet Archive Piraña 1978 · Film Piraña (Videoclub) Internet Archive Nicholas Lyndhurst - Toffo sweets (1972) TV Commercial 1972 · Commercial 1972 TV commercial for Toffo sweets featuring a very young Nicholas Lyndhurst. Taken from a Before They Were Famous TV show, hence the laughter track. Internet Archive Escape From Alcatraz (1979) Trailer 1979 · Film http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. VHS trailer for the 1979 prison escape thriller Escape From Alcatraz,… Internet Archive 1972 Oldsmobile Delta 88 With G Ride System 1972 · Commercial Ad Internet Archive Calebration Tape 1 1970 · Film Calebration Tape 1: edited sampler of acts booked by kdf reynolds Transfer from original quad videotape to MP4, November 2020 [NOTE: this video is also… Internet Archive Goffrier, Bill - High School 8mm films, pt.01 1978 · Film Bill Goffrier’s 8mm home movie experiments from his high school days. This is the first part of a old VHS tape and the quality isn’t very good, but it still… Internet Archive F-4B CRASH, PLAT FOOTAGE 1970 · Educational F-4B CRASH, PLAT FOOTAGE Produced: July 1970 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87800 Internet Archive Zandvoort - Race-evenement jaren '70 1970 · Short · 1 min Zandvoort - Race-evenement jaren '70 Afkomstig van een videoband Internet Archive Depression and Suicide: You Can Turn Bad Feelings Into Good Ones 1976 · Educational · 25 min Depression and Suicide: You Can Turn Bad Feelings Into Good Ones Examines depression, from its mildest form to its most tragic result, suicide. Victims of… Internet Archive War In Space (1977) Trailer 1977 · Film http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. VHS trailer for the 1977 Japanese sci-fi adventure War In Space aka… Internet Archive Lady Oscar (1979) Trailer 1979 · Film http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. VHS trailer for the 1979 historical drama Lady Oscar, directed by Jacques… Internet Archive 1978.09.13 - WNBC - NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney hosted by Ron Howard & Suzanne Somers - September 13th, 1978 1978 · Cartoon · Subtitles Supplied & Digitized by: Agendath Video size: 704x480 FPS: 29.96 Run Time: 2:05:11 With Commercials This recording was provided to me as a VIDEO_TS folder. It… Internet Archive 1976 - Paul Lynde Halloween Special '76 - Sigmund and the Sea Monsters - Mr. Show - 1997 - KSAT - Maury Povich [LTS Lot] 1976 · Film Tape Supplied By: CosmicWheelz Collection: Lost TV Sanctuary Special Thanks: BoredVHSlova Digitized by: Windsinger Video size: 720x480 Duration: 01:37:00 FPS:… Internet Archive [Home Movie: Casper J. Renner Collection, 1970s, Trip to Marco Island, FL and Everglades] 1970 · Home movie · 3 min Synopsis One of four home movies depicting a trip to Marco Island in Florida by Casper and Caroline Renner in the 1970s. It's likely that this trip to Florida… Internet Archive La Patagonia Rebelde (1974) (VHSRIP) 1974 · Film English: Complete VHSRip of the Argentinian movie "La Patagonia Rebelde" released in 1974. Original VHS with Spanish Subs from 1992 distributed in Argentina… Internet Archive And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) Trailer 1971 · Film http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. VHS trailer for the 1971 Monty Python comedy film And Now for Something… Internet Archive [Home Movie: Dalles Schneider Collection, July-September 1979, Fargo, Beulah] 1979 · Home movie Synopsis A 1979 home movie by Dalles Schneider featuring the National High School Rodeo Finals in Fargo, July of 1979. And later Austin Schneider on a…