The world's archives

1,009–1,056 of 14,122 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 La mala ordina (1972) 1972 · Feature When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched… Internet Archive Electra Woman and Dyna Girl "Ali Baba" 1976 · TV · Subtitles Electra Woman and Dyna Girl "Ali Baba" (1976) Internet Archive Ninja Assassins - Hiroki Matsukata 1979 · Feature Syndicated broadcast Internet Archive French Village 1979 · Educational French title: Le Village--un village French conversations without subtitles or narration Presents a brief overview of various French lifestyles in both the… Internet Archive Roots: 6 -- The Choice 1977 · Educational At Bell's persuasion, Toby becomes Dr. Reynold's driver. Grateful for all she has done for him, Kunta is drawn to Bell and marries her. A meeting with an… Internet Archive Nobody's victim 1972 · Educational · 20 min · Subtitles With teacher's guide Shows women how to cope with physical assault. Warns against dangerous situations, such as walking alone at night and driving alone, and… Internet Archive The Long Search: 3 -- Buddhism: Footprint of the Buddha 1977 · Educational · 28 min · Subtitles The Long Search: 3 -- Buddhism: Footprint of the Buddha, Reel 1 Reel 2 available here A look at how Buddhism is practiced in Sri Lanka and India. A religion… Internet Archive QUARK - Vanessa 38-24-36 (1978) 1978 · TV · Subtitles QUARK - Vanessa 38 24 36 Internet Archive Jeannie EP 5 The Power Failure (1973) 1973 · Cartoon · Subtitles Jeannie EP 5 The Power Failure (1973) Internet Archive America:5 -- Gone West 1972 · Educational · 53 min · Subtitles America:5 Gone West Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Presents Alistair./ia metadaexplains the… Internet Archive The Rise and fall of the Great Lakes. 1970 · Educational · 17 min · Subtitles With teacher's guide Also issued as videocassette Producer, Joseph Koenig; director, script writer, and photographer, William Mason; scientific advisor,… Internet Archive Case of the Bermuda Triangle 1977 · Educational · 52 min Also issued as videocassette Producer, Graham Massey Investigates the various myths, stories, and theories that describe and attempt to explain the… Internet Archive The Tony Randall Show (Season 1) 1976 · TV The Tony Randall Show is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC during its first season from September 23, 1976, to March 10, 1977, and on CBS for… Internet Archive Los Caballeros De La Cama Redonda (1973) 1973 · Feature Los caballeros de la cama redonda es una comedia picaresca argentina , cuyos protagonistas principales son el dúo cómico de Alberto Olmedo y Jorge Porcel ,… Internet Archive Soul Train (Season 4, Episode 30)(MyQ2 Airing) 1975 · TV Soul Train (Season 4, Episode 30) Featuring: Dance Songs: "What I'm Gonna Do With You" by Barry White, "I Didn't Know" by The Three Degrees, "Express" by B.T.… Internet Archive Onna hissatsu ken (1974) 1974 · Feature Li Mansei is a martial-arts champion turned undercover agent. When he is captured by a drug lord, his sister Li Koryu turns to his former martial-arts school,… Internet Archive Why Doesn't Cathy Eat Breakfast? 1972 · Short · 4 min This film shows us possible reasons that Cathy might not be eating breakfast every morning, but ultimately asks that we, the audience, "stop the projector and… Internet Archive Alicia En El Pais De Las Maravillas (1976) 1976 · Feature Alicia en el país de las maravillas es una película de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Eduardo Plá con guion propio escrito sobre la novela… Internet Archive The Big Picture: The Army in Space and Under the Sea 1971 · TV · 28 min · Subtitles In this episode, The Big Picture tells the story of the Army's contribution to the space program and its underwater salvage operations. Internet Archive Boys Aware 1973 · Short · 10 min Boys Aware is a 1973 remake of the 1961 educational film "Boys Beware". Both films use the same script, but feature different actors. Both films were created… Internet Archive Discovering texture 1979 · Educational · 17 min · Subtitles With study guide Explains that every surface has texture and that an object may have several textures. Points out that we learn about textures by touching the… Internet Archive Meaning of Time In Science, The 1973 · Educational · 24 min Examines the concepts of the entropy principle and of astronomical time, the relation of subjective and external time, and the definition of a second.… Internet Archive India - Pakistan Refugees 1971 · Educational National Archives - India - Pakistan Refugees - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film contrasts the… Internet Archive 220 Blues 1970 · Educational · 16 min · Subtitles Questions the value of integration in a system that is run by whites. Tells the story of Sonny, a Black high school athlete who is looking forward to an… Internet Archive What's Under Your Hood? (2nd) 1973 · Film Uses model engine, animation and simple narration to answer questions about the major automobile parts and how and why they do function. This film can be… Internet Archive 60 Minutes: The Muppet Show 1979 · TV 60 Minutes is a news program that has run on CBS since September 24, 1968. The program featured a behind-the-scenes report on The Muppet Show, hosted by… Internet Archive Down and Out 1971 · Film While attempting to show us the common hazards which cause workers to lose their balance, this film has more slapstick than most Three Stooges shorts - the… Internet Archive Legacy Of Blood 1978 1978 · Feature Three wicked siblings and their equally unsavory partners arrive at a remote inn where they mean to attend the reading of their uncle's will. One by one, the… Internet Archive The Jensen Code - The Complete Series 1973 1973 · TV The Jensen Code is a UK children's television sci-fi thriller series. Produced in colour by Associated Television (ATV) in 13 instalments, it originally aired… Internet Archive The Proud and Damned (1972) 1972 · Feature A group of five Confederate mercenaries led by Sergeant Will Hansen must choose sides carefully in a small village where they find themselves trapped in the… Internet Archive Future Clear 1974 · Film · Subtitles About Plexiglas Internet Archive La Piel Del Amor (1973) 1973 · Feature pelicula Internet Archive Soul Train ( Season 3, Episodes 12 & 13) 1973 · TV Soul Train (Season 3, Episodes 12 & 13) Aired November 17/24, 1973 Featuring: Tower of Power ("This Time It's Real", "So Very Hard To Go" & "What Is Hip?")… Internet Archive Alice TV Series 1976 · TV S2E24 The Bus Internet Archive Whole Earth's invisible colors. 1973 · Educational · 19 min · Subtitles Also issued in super 8 mm Videocassette also issued Summary Shows how multi - spectral sensing greatly expands man's ability to survey Earth resources and to… Internet Archive This Week: Death In The West 1976 · TV Death in the West is a 1976 documentary film directed by Martin Smith, which is believed to contain the first recorded admission from a tobacco company… Internet Archive Fiddler, The 1975 · Educational · 19 min 'The Fiddler' (1975) 20m, dir. Marshall Riggan. This amazing film showcases an elderly East Texas fiddle maker and his wife. After his hand-crafted fiddle is… Internet Archive [Star Trek Convention] 1972 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Murder Once Removed (1971) 1971 · Feature Television thriller in which a scheming doctor murders once for love and then has to kill again to cover it up. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive To All My Friends on Shore (1972) 1972 · Feature An airport redcap works hard to get his family out of the ghetto, only to discover that his son has sickle-cell anemia. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive The Mouse Factory "Spooks and Magic" (1972) 1972 · TV The Mouse Factory "Spooks and Magic" (1972) These 26 episodes are dubbed over but you can still hear the original english!… Internet Archive MIT RES.6-008 Digital Signal Processing, 1975 1975 · Talk · Subtitles Instructor: Alan V. Oppenheim Set of 20 video lectures for Signals and Systems, an introductory course in analog and digital signal processing, including… Internet Archive 13 Queens Boulevard (1979 ABC-TV Sitcom) - Four Episodes 1979 · TV About a couple days ago, an acquaintance (kinda like friend) of mine supplied me with four episodes of the rare 1970s sitcom 13 Queens Boulevard. Knowing that… Internet Archive Happy Days 2nd Anniversary Special Full 1976 · TV Happy Days Season 3- 2nd Anniversary Special Full Episode DVD RIP Credit to Paramount Pictures 1976 Internet Archive Piedra Libre ( 1976) 1976 · Feature Piedra libre es una película argentina dirigida por Leopoldo Torre Nilsson , escrita junto a Rodolfo Mórtola, basada en un cuento de Beatriz Guido y… Internet Archive The Blue Racer 1972 · Short The Blue Racer is a series of 17 theaterical cartoons produced from 1972 to 1974 created by Friz Freleng and David H. DePatie. The character's first cartoon,… Internet Archive The Spanish Civil War 1978 · Educational · 26 min · Subtitles Host narrator, Eric Sevareid A documentary presentation on the events of and the attitudes towards the Spanish Civil War Search Educational Film Journals at… Internet Archive Sentinels of silence 1973 · Educational · 18 min · Subtitles With teacher's guide Producer, Manuel Arango; director and writer, Robert Amram; narrator, Orson Welles; music, Mariano Moreno; photographer, James Freeman;…