The world's archives

1,873–1,920 of 13,781 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 Miel Amarga (aka Los Perturbados)(1974) 1974 · Feature La miel amarga es una película de Argentina filmada en colores dirigida por Jerry Denby sobre el guion de Mary Catherine Harold que se realizó en 1974 y nunca… Internet Archive ... Y.mañaña Seran Hombres (1979) 1979 · Feature ...Y mañana serán hombres es una película de Argentina dirigida por Carlos Borcosque (hijo) según su propio guion basado en el argumento de Eduardo G. Ursini… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Using Electrical Energy" 1978 · 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 DR. SHRINKER "The Shakeup" 1976 · TV · Subtitles Dr. Shrinker uses a shrinking ray on three teens. Internet Archive The Solar Film 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Presented by Warner Communications, inc. and Norton Simon Inc Also issued as videorecording Producers, Saul Bass, Michael Britton;… Internet Archive The Class That Went to War 1978 · Educational Traces the lives of some members of a 1964 Chatam, N.J., high school graduating class and shows how they were influenced by the war in Vietnam. Shows how the… Internet Archive Carmiña (1975) 1975 · Feature pelicula Internet Archive Protists: Threshold of Life 1974 · Educational Also issued as videocassette Presents the tiny organisms called protists, including the euglena, the amoeba, and the paramecium. Shows how thousands of… Internet Archive Sue's Leg: Remembering the '30s -- Twyla Tharp and Dancers 1976 · Educational · 1 h Library has reel 2 only Choreographer, Twyla Tharp ; music, Fats Waller About various styles of dance in the 1930's. Tries to show how dance conveys the… Internet Archive Classroom Safari 1975 · Educational · 4 min In this film, made by Willis Simms' animation class at Hughes Jr. High in Woodland Hills, California, a bored boy in classroom fantasizes about wild animals.… Internet Archive Common Sense, Self-Defense 1978 · Educational This is an instructional film about women's self-defense from 1977. It presents simple, easily performed self-defense tactics for women. Based on the book,… Internet Archive American Medical Association rebuttal to "What Price Health?". 1973 · Educational · 16 min · Subtitles In an interview with Frank McGee on the "Today" show, Dr. Russell B. Roth, president of the AMA, outlines objections to the NBC television special, What Price… Internet Archive El Cabo Tijereta( 1973) 1973 · Feature El cabo Tijereta es una película de Argentina filmada en La Cumbre provincia de Córdoba, dirigida por Jorge Mobaied según el guion de Máximo Aguirre que se… Internet Archive Tu Me Enloqueces (1976) 1976 · Feature Tú me enloqueces es una película Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor , dirigida por Sandro según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Jorge Falcón .… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Food: An Energy Exchange System" 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 Army in Space and Under the Sea 1971 · Short · 28 min This 28-minute film produced in 1971 (part of the Army's "Big Picture" series) spotlights the Army's contribution to the space program and its underwater… Internet Archive Contraception 1973 · Educational · 23 min Also issued in super-8 mm. cassette Consultant, T. E. Pengelley; production adviser, Solomon Kaplan Points out the needs for contraceptives during… Internet Archive [Seat belt Public Service Announcements] 1970 · Film Public Service Announcements Tenn State coach and Child restraint. seat belts prevent headaches, pumpkin crashing, egg crashing. Help us get more films like… Internet Archive Destination America: 4--Everything is Better in America 1976 · Educational · 28 min · Subtitles Destination America: 4--Everything is Better in America Reel 1 Reel 2 available here The series Destination America explores the making of the American nation… Internet Archive Destination America: 1--Old World, New World 1977 · Educational · 31 min · Subtitles Destination America: 1--Old World, New World Reel 1 Reel 2 available here Summary: The introductory chapter in a series of eight films that traces the history… Internet Archive Identifying speech disorders. 1972 · Educational · 21 min · Subtitles Produced by M.S. Berman and E.A. Leach A series of interviews with subjects displaying misarticulation. Offers examples of difficulties with various sound… Internet Archive Red Ball Express 1975 · Cartoon Uses animation techniques in order to create various shapes and colors representing a train Film by Steve Segal ; music played by Cecil Creasey Internet Archive The Grand Inquisitor 1975 · Educational Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Presents Sir John Gielgud as the Grand Inquisitor in a monologue excerpted from the cinematic… Internet Archive Welcome to Parenthood 1979 · Educational Discusses the rewards and sacrifices of parenthood as experienced by three young couples Internet Archive Peddlin' Safety 1974 · Film Lots of seventies fashion and bikes. Discusses bicycle safety practices, including hand signa This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of… Internet Archive A Boy Named Terry Egan 1973 · Educational · 50 min A Boy Named Terry Egan Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Life of a nine-year-old autistic boy at home and… Internet Archive Jimmy the C 1978 · Cartoon An animated film, in which Jimmy Carter, using the voice of Ray Charles, sings nostalgically of the simpler days prior to his Presidency Internet Archive Destination America: 4--Everything is Better in America 1976 · Educational · 26 min · Subtitles Destination America: 4--Everything is Better in America Reel 2 Reel 1 available here The series Destination America explores the making of the American nation… Internet Archive Buddhism in China 1972 · Educational · 30 min Written and produced by Wan-go Weng for the China Institute in America Traces the development of Buddhism through maps, animation, museum pieces, and live… Internet Archive Hoy Le Toca A Mi Mujer(1973) 1973 · Feature Hoy le toca a mi mujer es una película Comedia argentina , estrenada el 6 de septiembre de 1973 (Wikipedia) Sinopsis A raíz de la infidelidad del marido, un… Internet Archive Insect Alternative 1978 · Educational · 58 min Insect Alternative Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Investigates whether non - ./ia mal pest… Internet Archive Life on a thread 1973 · Educational · 20 min Shows the building of the geometric orb web and prey catching of the spider Araneus diadematus Cl. (Araneae, Araneidae). Shows details and overall patterns of… Internet Archive El Muerto (aka Cacique Bandeira)( 1975) 1975 · Feature El muerto es una película de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Héctor Olivera según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con el guion de… Internet Archive Suddenly In Command 1977 · Film Explains duties of first mate when a boat operator becomes incapacitated. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at… Internet Archive An invention called childhood motion picture] 1973 · Educational · 40 min Asserts that the notion of children as small, inefficient adults evolved into a postindustrial concept of a complex world called "childhood," in which… Internet Archive Prison 1971 · Educational Producer and director, Dick McCutchen; consultant, Prentice Williams Probes the value and reality of prison life as prisoner interviews bring out complaints… Internet Archive Wondering About Things 1971 · Educational · 21 min Laymen as well as celebrities in the sciences and creative arts give their views and values regarding their creative efforts and technological society. Their… Internet Archive The Dukes Of Hazzard S01 E11 Money To Burn 1979 · TV Boss concocts a "double your money" scheme by reporting $1 million in retired currency stolen, framing Bo and Luke for the robbery, burying the money in a… Internet Archive Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (November 1, 1975) Ohio Players, Rory Gallagher's Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart 1975 · TV A wide variety of acts in this episode. We haverock,pop,soul and funk! The costumes/clothes is very 70s! Internet Archive The Universe Beyond The Solar System 1978 · Educational Describes the content and structure of the universe, and surveys the major planetary bodies of our solar system. Presents the various stages in the evolution… Internet Archive History of Flight: A Man's Reach Should Exceed His Grasp 1972 · Film The story of flight and our reach for new freedom through aviation and the exploration of space is presented. From the Wright Brothers’ flight at Kitty Hawk… Internet Archive Henry Phipps Goes Skiing 1978 · Educational · 53 min A sentimental comedy about a factory worker who wins a free ski-weekend to a swinging resort. Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for… Internet Archive Gitano (1970) 1970 · Feature Gitano es una película argentina filmada en colores dirigida por Emilio Vieyra según el guion de Salvador Valverde Calvo que se estrenó el 4 de junio de 1973… Internet Archive Nate the Great Goes Undercover 1979 · Educational Producers, Nick Bosustow, Mitch Seltzer; director, Sam Weiss; ink and paint, Judi Cassell; voices, Sparky Marcus, Jimmy Gatherum, Kimberly Vaughn; music,… Internet Archive The World at War: 13 -- Tough Old Gut, Italy November 1942 1973 · Educational · 30 min Produced by Ben Shephard ; written by David Wheeler ; narrated by Laurence Olivier Covers the Anglo-American advance from Sicily. The title is from General… Internet Archive The Ascent of Man: 9 -- The Ladder of Creation 1974 · Educational Also issued as videotape Producer and director, Adrian Malone; writer and narrator, Jacob Bronowski Explores the controversy around the theory of evolution… Internet Archive Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Joseph In Egypt 1979 · Educational Costume drama of the Old Testament story of Joseph. His father's preference for him arouses the resentment of his brothers, who sell him as a slave into… Internet Archive 075. Dansa Macabra (nova BD) 1970 · Short Fantasia musical sobre la “Dansa macabra”, de Camille Saint-Saëns. (Orquestra del Conservatori de París, dirigida per René Leibowitz). Cinta amateur amb un…