The world's archives

2,017–2,064 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 Frame 1977 · Educational Director, Ken Kobland An experiment in visual perception utilizing image manipulation, laying one image on top of another. A seashore landscape, structured… Internet Archive Age of Uncertainty: 1 -- The Prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism 1977 · Educational Based on the book The age of uncertainty, by John Kenneth Galbraith Also issued as videocassette Producer, Adrian Malone; writer and narrator, John Kenneth… Internet Archive Isle of Joy 1971 · Cartoon An animated fantasy after the style of Henri Matisse. Uses Claude Debussy's exotic piano score entitled L'isle joyeuse to create color-sound imagery. Created… Internet Archive Cave Ecology 1970 · Educational Illustrates basic ecological principals through the study of a cave. Focuses on energy sources, discussing how the limited amount of energy in a cave causes… Internet Archive The Adams Chronicles: 3 -- John Adams: Diplomat (1776-1783) 1976 · Educational · 1 h Title from data sheet Prepared in conjunction with Jack Shepherd's book entitled The Adams chronicles Also issued as videorecording Ben Franklin and John… Internet Archive Memory 1978 · Educational VHS A CRM production Describes short-term, long-term, and sensory memory, focusing on improvement of long-term memories, the one used most by managers.… Internet Archive Starting from Nina: The Politics of Learning 1978 · Educational Producers-directors: Rosemary Donegan, Anita Shilton Martin, D'arey Martin ; consultants, Martin Duckworth, Paulo Freire, Margot Trevelyan ; editor, Christine… Internet Archive The Crab Nebula 1972 · Educational · 59 min The Crab Nebula Contrasts and compares the effect of two kinds of dam-building -- that done by beavers, and that done by human engineers. Points out how man… Internet Archive The Light of the 21st Century 1979 · Educational · 52 min The Light of the 21st Century Traces the development of lasers and discusses their applications in the fields of medicine, dentistry, construction, and… Internet Archive Nino (1972) 1972 · Feature Nino es un largometraje argentino dirigido por Federico Curiel . Sinopsis Durante su infancia, Nino llegó a Italia para vivir junto a su tío en un barrio… Internet Archive Fusion Welding 1972 · Educational · 11 min Fusion Welding Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film SummaryUses close - up action shots and animation to… Internet Archive Turkiye 1977 · Educational · 15 min Produced by Claude Lelouch, the film presents a panorama of historical and modern sights in Turkey, including monuments, classical ruins, castles and temples.… Internet Archive Will the Fishing Have to Stop? 1976 · Educational · 33 min Also issued as videocassette Discusses the fast-approaching threat of disastrous fish shortages due to indiscrimination and unlimited ocean fishing, and… Internet Archive La Aventura Explosiva (1977) 1977 · Feature La aventura explosiva es una película de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Orestes A. Trucco según el guion de Salvador Valverde Calvo que se… Internet Archive Watercolor Painting: Imaginative Designs with Alex Ross 1973 · Educational · 20 min With study guide Artist Alex Ross explains how he creates arresting patterns of vivid color. Shows how he applies acrylic paint to a textured media board Internet Archive Why We Have Laws: Shiver, Gobble, and Snore 1971 · Educational With teacher's guide An animated story introducing the basic concept of laws. Concludes that no one can live peacefully without rules, and that if people… Internet Archive HISTORY OF THE AIR FORCE 1954 - 1964 -- FROM MISSILE DEVELOPMENT TO SPACE 1977 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 38379 HISTORY OF THE AIR FORCE 1954 - 1964 -- FROM MISSILE DEVELOPMENT TO SPACE HIGHLIGHTS AIR FORCE HISTORY FROM 1926 THROUGH 1971.… Internet Archive Vamos A Soñar Con El Amor (1971) 1971 · Feature Pelicula Internet Archive UNIVERSE 1976 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 1257658, LI 255-HQ-220 - UNIVERSE - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller. Series: Headquarters' Films Relating to… Internet Archive The Pygmies of the Ituri Forest 1975 · Educational With teacher's guide Examines the life and customs of the Efe Pygmies as observed and photographed by the anthropologist Jean-Pierre Hallet Internet Archive An Army Camp: Nanking (Part 1) 1976 · Educational · 29 min · Subtitles This is one of a 12 part series filmed with official approval in direct-cinema mode during the Cultural Revolution. The filmmakers sought to achieve a certain… Internet Archive A Pleasure Doing Business - Misty Rowe 1979 · Feature SelecTV pay cable broadcast Internet Archive Convective Clouds 1971 · Educational Director, John Friedman; adviser, Wallace Howell; editor, David Nelson Describes the formation of clouds and the forces at work in the development of storms Internet Archive Healing 1978 · Educational · 57 min Healing Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Explores the phenomenon of faith healing, focusing on… Internet Archive Jane Goodall: Studies of the Chimpanzee. Tool Using (1976) 1976 · Educational · 24 min Jane Goodall: Studies of the Chimpanzee. Tool Using (1976) Presents candid scenes of ceramist Dik Schwanke at work in his studio. Demonstrates his method of… Internet Archive The Lost Saucer Theme (1975) 1975 · TV · Subtitles The Lost Saucer Theme (1975) Internet Archive Route One 1976 · Short · 14 min 1976 alcohol scare film . "This film shows students in an eighth grade science class at Jackson Junior High as they studied types of alcohol. It shows a St.… Internet Archive Man and the State : Roosevelt and Hoover on the Economy 1976 · Educational · 25 min In this film from Bernard Wilets' 'Man and the State' series, the director evaluates the conflicting views of Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover on… Internet Archive Tough! AC-Delco 1973 Campaign 1973 · Film An internal film for distributors and buyers of AC Delco products. Starts as a Laugh In knockoff, ends in a bizarre skit featuring Alex Karras. Wow! Internet Archive Normalization: The Right of Respect 1973 · Film Depicts handicapped persons in real life situations to illustrate what normalization is for persons with developmental handicaps. Narrated by Lloyd Nolan… Internet Archive Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet 1970 · Educational · 23 min Shows a group of Madison Avenue touch football buffs who are beaten by a teenaged boy and begin to feel their age Internet Archive Filmstrip: "A Woggle of Witches by Adrienne Adams" 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 Bead Game 1977 · Cartoon Title from data sheet Also issued as videocassette An animated art film in which swaying and pulsating colored beads are used to depict the evolution of… Internet Archive El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz: Malcolm X 1978 · Educational · 56 min Focuses on the qualities and characteristics that predicated Malcolm X's rise as leader and spokesman of the Black American movement Internet Archive Cochengo Miranda (1975) 1975 · Feature Cochengo Miranda es una película documental en colores de Argentina dirigida por Jorge Prelorán que fue producida en 1975, nunca fue estrenada comercialmente… Internet Archive The Long Search: Protestant Spirit U.S.A. 1977 · Educational · 25 min The Long Search: Protestant Spirit U.S.A., Reel 1 Reel 2 available here Visits various Protestant churches in Indianapolis and observes how services are… Internet Archive LAND OF THE LOST "The Sleestak God" 1974 · TV The Marshall family fall into a closed universe filled with dinosaurs. Internet Archive Not Together Now: End of a Marriage 1975 · Educational · 24 min Not Together Now: End of a Marriage Discusses some of the ways in which psychologists are developing new testing methods for measuring and increasing human… Internet Archive Cider Maker 1975 · Educational · 17 min Features a family-operated cider mill that has prospered for 40 years, run by Ellis & Ethel Apgar, New Jersey hill country farmers who recall farm life in an… Internet Archive Champollion: Egyptian Hieroglyphics Deciphered 1978 · Educational Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Producer, Jean Vidal A biographical portrait of Jean-François Champollion, the French scientist who… Internet Archive Goodbye, Billy : America Goes to War, 1917-18. 1972 · Film Surveys the history of the United States in World War I at home and at the battle fronts. A documentary compiled of authentic war films set to vintage sound,… Internet Archive Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: A Self-Portrait 1975 · Educational · 29 min Also issued as videocassette Director, Harold Mantell; narrator, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.; music, Arnold Black Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., discusses his development as a… Internet Archive Something Queer at the Library 1978 · Educational Based on the story of the same title by Elizabeth Levy, about two children whose discovery of some mutilated library books strangely links up with a dog show… Internet Archive The Blue-Collar Trap 1972 · Educational · 53 min Interviews four factory workers, their wives, parents, and co-workers and observes each man at his job. The case studies of these workers concludes in a union… Internet Archive The Physicists: Playing Dice with the Universe 1972 · Educational · 22 min Surveys contemporary directions in physics by presenting outstanding examples of the abstract--even abstruse--investigations of modern physics, giving insight… Internet Archive Juan Lamaglia Y Señora( 1970) 1970 · Feature Juan Lamaglia y Sra. es una película de Argentina dirigida por Raúl de la Torre y protagonizada por Pepe Soriano y Julia von Grolman . Estrenada en Buenos… Internet Archive Y Que Patatín... Y Que Patatán ( 1971) 1971 · Feature Y que patatín... y que patatán es una película filmada en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Mario Sabato según su propio guion escrito en colaboración… Internet Archive The Adams Chronicles: 7 -- John Quincy Adams: Diplomat (1809-1815) 1976 · Educational · 59 min Title from data sheet Prepared in conjunction with Jack Shepherd's book entitled The Adams chronicles Also issued as videorecording Shows John Quincy Adams…