The world's archives

1,825–1,872 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 097. Trenzas Y Cables De Acero (1976) 1976 · Short Film industrial per a l'empresa TYCSA de Barberà del Vallès dedicada a la manufactura dels cables. _________________ I ndustrial film for the TYCSA company of… Internet Archive Deep Hearts 1979 · Educational · 25 min VHS Produced by Robert Gardner for the Harvard University Film Study Center Young men from the Bororo Fulani tribe of nomads in the Niger Republic of Africa… Internet Archive Lion 1971 · Educational Producer, Peter Chermayeff Shows the physical strength and beauty of the lion. Tells how the male lounges in the shade, while the female goes out to get the… Internet Archive Man and the State : Marx and Rockefeller on Capitalism. 1977 · Educational · 27 min People from the future conjure these two ghosts from the past, who fade back into the past as the film ends. Here, Karl Marx and John D. Rockefeller debate… Internet Archive Balance Beam For Girls 1971 · Film Portrays a combination of mounts, dismounts, floor skills and a variety of stunts ranging from beginning, medium to superior difficulty. Demonstrates spotting… Internet Archive Banana I 1977 · Film Parodies educational film and television programs. Explains a new language by demonstrating how to conjugate the verb 'to banana.' This film can be purchased… Internet Archive C.P.O. Sharkey (Season One) 1976 · TV C.P.O. Sharkey is an American television sitcom, created by Aaron Ruben, that aired on NBC from December 1, 1976, to April 28, 1978. The series starred Don… Internet Archive Ancient Egypt 1977 · Educational Traces Egypt's ancient past in North Africa's Nile Valley through the Pyramid Age and the Middle Kingdom to the empire's destruction by the Assyrians… Internet Archive Filmmaking Techniques: Acting 1973 · Educational · Subtitles Carl Betz hosts in showing the transition of a stage actor to a motion picture actor. Actors and actresses, including Helen Hayes, Vincent Price, Jim Backus,… Internet Archive Aşkın Zaferi, Turkish Movie 1973 · Feature Aşkın Zaferi, Turkish Movie https://www.tsa.org.tr/en/film/filmgoster/3849/askin-zaferi Internet Archive Veni Conmigo (1973) 1973 · Feature Vení conmigo es una película filmada en colores de Argentina dirigida por Luis Saslavsky según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Eduardo Gudiño… Internet Archive GALA Float Passes Through 1976 San Francisco Gay And Lesbian Freedom Parade 1976 · Film Raw footage of 1976 San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade on Polk Street. The Gay Latino Alliance (GALA) contingent passes through at a certain… Internet Archive Box, The 1973 · Film Presents a visual and sound experience about a young boy who enjoys playing with a large cardboard box. Explains that the boy imagines that the box becomes a… Internet Archive Life Cycle of the Silk Moth 1976 · Educational Also issued as videocassette Uses closeups and slow-motion photography in presenting the silk moth's life cycle. Follows various moth species in the act of… Internet Archive Story into film : Clark's ThePortable Phonograph 1977 · Educational · 9 min On camera, director John Barnes demonstrates how Walter Van Tilburg Clark's short story 'The Portable Phonograph' was adapted to make a motion picture. Barnes… Internet Archive Metric America 1973 · Film Animation to highlight reasons for American metric conversion. Introduces the meter, liter, kilogram and Celsius. Emphasizes prefixes and stresses the decimal… Internet Archive Hurricane Below 1974 · Film Hurricane Below' presents the gripping story of the plight of a commercial fishing vessel, caught in the path of a 'killer' hurricane. The film dramatically… Internet Archive The Case of Barbara Parsons 1978 · Educational · 27 min Writer and director, Morten Parker A dramatization of a grievance case in a manufacturing plant Internet Archive A portrait of contemporary jazz dance. [motion picture] 1974 · Educational · 17 min Presented by the Department of Theatre and Film, Pennsylvania State University. Producer/director: Christian Stoianovich. Director of cinematography: Charles… Internet Archive Flambards (1979-03-30 S01E10 by William Humble) NEW BLOOD 1979 · TV · 51 min PLOT : Restoring Flambards to its former glory is easier said than done, especially when the main opposition comes from within. ** The non-profit streaming of… Internet Archive Bound for Freedom 1976 · Educational · 28 min · Subtitles Dramatizes American history and the struggle for human dignity through an adventure story of two young English boys who came to the American Colonies in 1750… Internet Archive Los Golpes Bajos (1974) 1974 · Feature Pelicula Internet Archive DR. SHRINKER "Gordie's Bird" 1976 · TV · Subtitles Mad inventor shrinks three teens with a lazer ray. Internet Archive This Week in Britain - The Mary Quant Show 1974 · TV · 4 min A 1974 episode of a five minute TV series produced in the UK by the Central Office of Information for international broadcast from 1959 to 1980. In this… Internet Archive Investigating Hibernation – the Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel. 1972 · Educational · 14 min As the weather cools in the high mountains of California, the small golden-mantled ground squirrel prepares for a winter’s hibernation. But do the clues for… Internet Archive The Garden Party 1974 · Educational Based on the story of the same title by Katherine Mansfield Presents a story about a garden party which continues uninterrupted by a neighborhood death.… Internet Archive Un Idilio De Estacion (1978) 1978 · Feature Un idilio de estación es una película de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Aníbal Enrique Uset según su guion sobre la novela corta Rosaura de… Internet Archive Anthony Burgess' Rome 1978 · Educational Also issued as videocassette Made in Canada Producer and director, John McGreevy Author Anthony Burgess takes the viewer on a grand tour of Rome Internet Archive The Sorrows of Gin 1979 · Educational · 28 min Directed by Jack Hofsiss. Produced by Ann Blumenthal and Peter Weinberg for WNET Stars Edward Herrman, Sigourney Weaver, Eileen Heckart, and Rachel Roberts… Internet Archive J.T. 1970 · Educational · 22 min · Subtitles J. T. Reel 2 Reel 1 available here A dramatization in which, through his devotion to an old wounded alley cat, a lonely boy learns what is real and important… Internet Archive The Reformation: Age of Revolt 1973 · Educational · 23 min Producer Robert Slote; collaborator, Andrzej Kaminski Describes the political, social, and religious conditions of sixteenth century Europe. Interprets the… Internet Archive Ascent of Man: World Within World, Part 2 (1973) 1973 · Educational · 17 min Ascent of Man: World Within World, Part 2 (1973) Explores the world within the atom and traces the history of the men and ideas that have made 20th century… Internet Archive La Gran Ruta(1971) 1971 · Feature La Gran Ruta es una película filmada en colores de Argentina dirigida por Fernando Ayala según el guion de Andrés Lugner que se estrenó el 7 de octubre de… Internet Archive Great Silence 1976 · Film Presents a fable with the use of puppets on what happens to everyday life when people lose the power of speech. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher… Internet Archive The Great Radio Comedians 1972 · Educational Producer-director, Perry Miller Adato Explores the lost art of radio comedy. Provides excerpts from Allen's alley, Fibber McGee and Molly, Jack Benny Show… Internet Archive Hola Señor Leon (1973) 1973 · Feature Película Internet Archive The Hands 1975 · Educational · 6 min Features Marcel Marceau in a performance of pantomime. Uses the hands as the struggle of good and evil as revealed by the force of the hands themselves… Internet Archive The Okies: Uprooted Farmers 1975 · Educational · 24 min The Okies: Uprooted Farmers SummaryExamines the plight of American farmers who were forced off their farms by drought and foreclosure during the 1930's. Based… Internet Archive Versailles, the lost peace. [motion picture] 1978 · Educational · 26 min Producer and writer, Anthony Potter; narrator, Eric Sevareid President Wilson's idealistic hopes for world peace through collective security clashed with the… Internet Archive With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade 1978 · Educational Producers, Anne Bohlen, Lyn Goldfarb, Lorraine Gray Combines archival footage and interviews with participants to trace the role of women in the formation of… Internet Archive La Super, Super Aventura (1975) 1975 · Feature La super, super aventura es una película de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Enrique Carreras según el guion de Salvador Valverde Calvo que se… Internet Archive The Forbidden City 1975 · Educational · 22 min The Forbidden City, Reel 1 Reel 2 available here Explores the history and culture of China as reflected in the art and architectural treasures of the… Internet Archive Los Irrompibles (1975) 1975 · Feature Película Internet Archive Filmstrip: "'An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving' by Louisa May Alcott" 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 So Long, Pal 1974 · Film The catalogue says "Uses fantasy and humor in order to break down the resistance to treatment of people arrested for drunken driving and to promote alcohol… Internet Archive Performance Appraisal: The Human Dynamics 1978 · Educational · 24 min Narration by Charles Aidman, Lloyd Bridges Photographed by Rick Robertson, Eric Daarstad ; edited by Andrew Stein Title from film Film: 895 feet Film… Internet Archive Inside the Golden Gate. Part 1. [Motion picture] 1976 · Educational · 40 min Also issued as videocassette Examines the ecological problems caused by pollution and the dumping of millions of tons of landfill into the San Francisco Bay… Internet Archive Svengali 1971 · Educational · 45 min Svengali Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film A Christmas tale of the regeneration of the miserly Scrooge.…