The world's archives

1,537–1,584 of 13,646 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 Mole And The Bulldozer 1975 · Educational · 6 min The mole is tending his flowers, sharing them with various insects, when to his horror he discovers a set of stakes being used to mark the path of a road to… Internet Archive China.. 1972 · Educational · 19 min Narrated by Theodore White Traces Chinese history after the end of World War II, showing the Communist victory and the flight of the Nationalists to Taiwan in… Internet Archive The Ascent of Man: 11 -- Knowledge or Certainty 1974 · Educational In Spanish Also issued as videorecording Producer and director, Adrian Malone; writer and narrator, Jacob Bronowski Considers the moral dilemma that… Internet Archive He Nacido En La Rivera (1972) 1972 · Feature Película Internet Archive Autumn Across America 1970 · Educational · 44 min Autumn Across America Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Travels across the continent to observe… Internet Archive Todos Los Pecados Del Mundo ( 1972) 1972 · Feature Todos los pecados del mundo es una película de comedia mexicana-argentina de 1972, producida y escrita por Alfredo Ruanova , coescrita y dirigida por Emilio… Internet Archive Somebody Waiting 1972 · Educational · 24 min Somebody Waiting SummaryExamines hospitalized children with severe cerebral dysfunction who are among the most physically, emotionally and mentally… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Care For Two: Baby and You (1977 Edition)" 1977 · Educational 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… Internet Archive Six American Families: The Burks of Georgia 1976 · Educational · 59 min · Subtitles Also issued as videotape Producers and directors, David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer; writer and narrator, Paul Wilkes Documents the… Internet Archive A Horseman Riding By (1978 Ep10) 1916 The Profiteers 1978 · TV · 52 min STORYLINE : 1916 The Profiteers - The Valley has its first conscientious objector and most of the locals do not take it kindly. Sydney Codsall, now a… Internet Archive Mole and the Music 1976 · Educational · 5 min Tells a story about a mole's love for music which helps sustain him when he has to make a new record from scratch after breaking his favorite copy. For… Internet Archive Introduction to the Cathode Ray Oscilloscope 1970 · Educational STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE HERE (LINK) Just as a microscope might symbolize science in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the cathoderay oscilloscope… Internet Archive A Non-Euclidean Universe 1977 · Educational · 26 min Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Looks at the Euclidean axioms condensed into a diagrammatic form and asks whether they are independent.… Internet Archive Not the Nine O'Clock News - Series 1, Episode1 (1979) 1979 · TV The first episode of Series 1 from the British comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News . Starring Rowan Atkinson , Pamela Stephenson , Mel Smith, Chris Langham… Internet Archive The Legend of John Henry 1974 · Cartoon CREDITS: Director, Sam Weiss; score sung by Roberta Flack SUMMARY: An animated story which explores the life of the legendary John Henry, a Black man who… Internet Archive How To Squeeze More Miles From Your Car 1976 · Educational · 13 min Reveals some of the tricks motorists can use to increase their car mileage. Includes driving, car maintenance, and car buying hints. Internet Archive The Adams Chronicles: 1 -- John Adams: Lawyer (1758-1770) 1976 · Educational · 59 min Title from data sheet Prepared in conjunction with Jack Shepherd's book entitled The Adams chronicles Also issued as videorecording Details John Adams' ups… Internet Archive The Dukes Of Hazzard S01 E06 Swamp Molly 1979 · TV Family friend Swamp Molly asks Bo and Luke to deliver a load of moonshine, but the shipment is really illegal firearms. Internet Archive The Ascent of Man: 3 -- The Grain in the Stone 1974 · Educational Producer and director, Adrian Malone; writer and narrator, Jacob Bronowski Focuses on the architectural and building expressions of man, from the Greek… Internet Archive Factory 1970 · Educational Filmed and edited by Mack Obenhaus Captures the dreariness of surroudings and the monotomy of work in a jewelry factory, and focuses on the boredom and… Internet Archive Comedia Rota (1978) 1978 · Feature Comedia rota es una película de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Oscar Barney Finn según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Julia von… Internet Archive Donde Duermen Dos, Duermen Tres (1979) 1979 · Feature Donde duermen dos... duermen tres es una película argentina , dirigida por Enrique Cahen Salaberry estrenada el 12 de agosto de 1979 protagonizada por Susana… Internet Archive Soul Train (Season 2, Episode 22)(Partially Full Episode) 1973 · TV Soul Train (Season 2, Episode 22) Featuring: Al Green ("You Ought To Be With Me", "For The Good Times" & "Love And Happiness") Soul Train Line Dance Song:… Internet Archive La Guita (1970) 1970 · Feature La guita es una película argentina de antología y comedia de 1970 producida y dirigida por Fernando Ayala , según el guion de Ricardo Talesnik y Jorge García… Internet Archive New Jersey Says Stop 1970 · Film · Subtitles On the state of New Jersey's attempt to protect its environment. Internet Archive Bighorn With John Denver 1975 · Educational · 26 min Bighorn With John Denver reel 2 Considers the habitat and behavior of the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. Shows how the life of the sheep is being threatened by… Internet Archive Learning About Sound (2nd Ed) 1974 · Educational · 16 min This 17-minute film presents the basics of sound beginning with it source – vibrations emitting sound waves. We visualize the sound waves with an oscilloscope… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Identifying and Differentiating" 1973 · Educational 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… Internet Archive This Week in Britain - National Theatre 1970 · TV · 4 min · Subtitles This Week in Britain aired from 1959 to 1980 and was produced for international distribution, including in Australia and Canada. Each 5 minute episode… Internet Archive "COORDINATED ASW PART I" 1970s U.S. NAVY ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE TRAINING FILM 20894a 1976 · Short · 18 min "Co-ordinated Anti-Submarine Warfare" (1970s) discusses how surface ships, aircraft and submarines work together to unravel the submarine threat. The film… Internet Archive A Bear Called Paddington 1977 · Cartoon Adapted from the book of the same title by Michael Bond Director-animator, Ivor Wood; narrator, Michael Hordern Please look after this bear.--A bear in hot… Internet Archive [Home Movies: "Wyoming Vacation 1978," Part 2] 1978 · Home movie · Subtitles Skeletal Entry Internet Archive A Horseman Riding By (1978 Ep08) 1914 Call To Arms 1978 · TV · 50 min STORYLINE : 1914 Call to Arms - Will Codsall is the first man to be called up. The war fever spreads quickly, taking everyone in its wake, even John Rudd.… Internet Archive Im Land Der Saurier - Land of the Lost German Dub 1974 · TV Out of the 43 episodes of Land of the Lost only 7 of the German Dub "Im Land der Saurier" survive (in public circulation). Of These 7, only 5 have their… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Stomach" 1974 · Educational 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… Internet Archive The Structure of the news film story 1972 · Educational · 20 min · Subtitles Uses a CBS news report from Vietnam to illustrate and explain for students of journalism how a news film story is produced Senior high through adult Summary… Internet Archive La Playa Del Amor (1979) 1979 · Feature La playa del amor es una película argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Adolfo Aristarain sobre su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Gius que… Internet Archive Invisible Hands 1975 · Educational · 15 min Singer Vikki Carr demonstrates the forerunner of today's phonograph, the automatic musical instrument. She explains the hidden mechanisms whereby priceless… Internet Archive The Writer in America: Janet Flanner 1975 · Educational · 29 min · Subtitles Producer, director, Richard O. Moore; photographer, editor, Philip Greene In 1925 Flanner sent her first "Letter from Paris" to Harold Ross, the editor of a… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Berenstain Bears in The Bike Lesson" 1975 · Educational 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… Internet Archive Embrujo De Amor (1971) 1971 · Feature Embrujo de amor es una película filmada en colores de Argentina dirigida por Leo Fleider según el guion de Jorge Falcón que se estrenó el 8 de julio de 1971 y… Internet Archive Coal Miner, The 1979 · Film This film explains and explores the advanced technology in today's coal industry through interviews with men and women who work in the mines and are proud of… Internet Archive Transport systems in animals. 1971 · Educational · 16 min · Subtitles Writer, George Vuke; consultant, Harper Follansbee; photographers, Tom Held, George Vuke Examines the streaming of cytoplasm in single celled animals,… Internet Archive The Dukes Of Hazzard S01 E13 Double Sting 1979 · TV Bo and Luke are jailed along with another motorist named Tom Colt following a confrontation after a near accident. While in jail, Colt suddenly becomes ill,… Internet Archive Un Toque Diferente (1977) 1977 · Feature pelicula Internet Archive Hay Que Romper La Rutina (1974) 1974 · Feature Película Internet Archive Las Procesadas (1975) 1975 · Feature Las procesadas es una película de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Enrique Carreras según el guion de César Tiempo y Ulyses Petit de Murat ,… Internet Archive Piloto De Pruebas ( 1972) 1972 · Feature Piloto de pruebas es una película filmada en colores de Argentina dirigida por Leo Fleider según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Jorge Falcón que…