The world's archives

2,113–2,160 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 DEEP SUBMERGENCE RESCUE SYSTEM 1973 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25736 DEEP SUBMERGENCE RESCUE SYSTEM INTRODUCTION AND ORIENTATION TO THE MISSION AND CAPABILITIES OF THE DEEP SUBMERGENCE RESCUE… Internet Archive AFSC STAFF FILM REPORT 273 1979 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 50736 AFSC STAFF FILM REPORT 273 A COMPENDIUM OF USAF SPACE PROGRAMS. PRESENTS: NATIONAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; DEFENSE… Internet Archive Robotics: Isaac Asimov's (Clank! Clank!) Artificial Man 1972 · Educational · 20 min Presents some actual advances in robot technology. Explores the relationship between man and machine and how it may change as machines become more… Internet Archive Seguro De Castidad (1974) 1974 · Feature Seguro de castidad es una película de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Jorge Mobaied según el guion de Tito Demiglio que se estrenó el 31 de… Internet Archive Thumb Tripping - Meg Foster, Bruce Dern 1972 · Feature Pay cable broadcast Internet Archive Bip At A Society Party 1975 · Educational · 13 min One in a series of twelve films in which the great French mime Marcel Marceau performs some works from his repertoire. In his introduction he talks about the… Internet Archive Oil 1971 · Educational A brief survey of the oil industry, showing how in just over a hundred years it has shaped the way in which people live. Shows how oil was formed and where it… Internet Archive Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Facts 1975 · Feature · 46 min The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) was the first human spaceflight mission conducted jointly by two nations. A Russian Soyuz launched on July 15, 1975,… Internet Archive Nixon: Checkers to Watergate 1976 · Educational Research, Marshall Harvey A documentary film which traces the political life of Richard M. Nixon, using footage from his campaigns, family home movies, and… Internet Archive Lu Ryden interviews Marlo Thomas on KNTV, 1970 1970 · TV Lu Ryden interviews actress Marlo Thomas on a segment from Ryden's show on San Jose's KNTV Channel 11. Thomas talks about her new (and first) film, "Jenny,"… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Cheetah in... "What Do You Do About Rules?" Part 2" 1972 · 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 Lymphatic System 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Made in West Germany Educational consultants, John Annegers, Romayne H. Fargo Discusses the… Internet Archive David Swan: A Fantasy 1977 · Educational · 22 min Based on the short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne Witnesses a series of events that almost change the course of David Swan's life--three brushes with fate;… Internet Archive Teach a child to talk. 1975 · Talk Helps parents learn more about a child's speech and language development. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the film can be… Internet Archive Newspaper Story, 2nd Edition 1973 · Educational · 26 min This film documents the activities of newspaper staff members during a 24-hour period, showing how news is gathered and how it is written, edited, and… Internet Archive Barking Plate 1974 · Educational · 9 min This was a remarkable film made as part of one of the most inventive series of films made for young learners, the 20-part 'Inventive Child' series,… Internet Archive Discovering Color 1978 · Educational With study guide Explains that colors differ in three ways: hue, value, and intensity. Discusses hues, pointing out that they are the names given to parts of… Internet Archive Between the Wars: Latin America--Intervention in Our Own Backyard 1978 · Educational · 25 min Originally broadcast in 1978 Using documentary footage, examines four decades of U.S. intervention in Latin America from the Spanish American War in 1898… Internet Archive Place of Belonging 1972 · Educational · 25 min Creates an awareness of the different forms of beauty found in cities. Explains that art, not luxury, is necessary and that nature enriches cities. Shots of… Internet Archive Waves 1977 · Educational Also issued as videocassette Editor, Eric Mival Uses music, natural sounds, and imaginative photography to show the natural beauty and power of the ocean.… Internet Archive NEUTRALIZING SPHERICAL LENSES 1978 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 69033 NEUTRALIZING SPHERICAL LENSES EXPLAINS AND DEMONSTRATES THE PROCEDURES FOR NEUTRALIZING SPHERICAL LENSES. Internet Archive Dr. Shrinker Ep 8 "Don't Hold Your Breath" (1976) 1976 · TV · Subtitles Dr. Shrinker Ep 8 "Don't Hold Your Breath" (1976) Internet Archive A to B 1973 · Educational Shorter version released in 1971 under the same title A sixteen-year-old girl encounters a new life style when she moves into the world of hippies and… Internet Archive El Mundo Que Inventamos (1973) 1973 · Feature El mundo que inventamos es una película filmada en colores de Argentina dirigida por Fernando Siro según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con el guion… Internet Archive Everything's Better in America 1976 · Educational · 54 min The series Destination America explores the making of the American nation through the influx of successive generations of European migrants. Deals with the… Internet Archive Native American Myths 1976 · Educational Collaborators, Alfonso Ortiz, Stephen S. Jones, Hazel John, Frank Collison, Barbara Bravo, Mary Lou Byler An animated film presenting five American Indian… Internet Archive Ancient Greece 1976 · Educational Shows the Parthenon, the Academia, the Plain of Marathon, Delphi, and the Athenian countryside while pointing out the achievements of the Ancient Greeks in… Internet Archive Kuumba 1978 · Cartoon Producer, Carol Munday Lawrence An animated story about a young boy who is searching for a new instrument with which to celebrate Trinidad's pre-Easter… Internet Archive Mixed Marriages: Homosexual Husbands 1977 · Educational Originally shown on the television series 60 minutes Also issued as videotape Producer, Jeanne Solomon; narrator, Mike Wallace Focuses on the lifestyles… Internet Archive Film Making Experience, A (The Night Before Christmas) 1974 · Educational · 10 min Made by Willis Simms' 6th Period Art Class at Hughes Jr. High, Woodland Hills, California. The film depicts the making of the film as well as the finished… Internet Archive The Cage 1975 · Educational · 8 min Features Marcel Marceau in a performance of his legendary pantomime piece. For more on director John Barnes, visit http://www.afana.org/barnesbio.htm Internet Archive Difunta Correa( 1975) 1975 · Feature Difunta Correa es una película dramática argentina filmada en Eastmancolor , dirigida por Hugo Reynaldo Mattar según el guion de Lucy Campbell adaptado por el… Internet Archive Paula Contra La Mitad Mas Uno ( 1971) 1971 · Feature Paula contra la mitad más uno es una película filmada en colores de Argentina dirigida por Néstor Paternostro según su propio guion escrito en colaboración… Internet Archive In Search of the Lost World 1972 · Educational · 48 min Traces the origins of the lost civilizations of the Americas. Includes information on their development, how and why they perished, and the artifacts they… Internet Archive Mole and the Matchbox 1975 · Educational · 6 min In this animated story, the Mole comes upon a matchbox. The Mole and the Mouse then devise many amusing activities with the box and the matches, accidentally… Internet Archive Television Land 1971 · Educational Producer and director, Charles Braverman Uses live and taped film clips from television programs from 1948 to the present to give an overview of the range of… Internet Archive The French Revolution 1979 · Educational Revised edition of the motion picture issued in 1955 under the same title The experiences and ideas of Georges Roget, a lawyer and member of the Third Estate,… Internet Archive The Best of The Basil Brush Show (1970s) 1970 · TV Highlights from the original Basil Brush Show created by Ivan Owen. Starring Basil Brush . With Derek Fowlds , Roy North and Howard Williams . Special guests… Internet Archive Minority Youth: Akira 1971 · Educational · 14 min Akira, a Japanese-American youth, describes how it feels to be a part of two cultures. At home, traditional Japanese customs are practiced. At school and with… Internet Archive A Fable 1972 · Educational Originally released by Columbia Pictures Corp., 1968 Marcel Marceau Marcel Marceau pantomimes a fable which is intended to promote international… Internet Archive Oil and American Power: Iran 1979 · Educational Events in Iran in the late 1970s proved disastrous for the United States. It lost an ally, the economy of the West was weakened, U.S. hostages were taken, and… Internet Archive Oil in the Middle East 1973 · Educational Produced by NBC Presents the delicate position of the United States vis-a-vis the three Mideast nations that own more than half of the world's known oil… Internet Archive Grady (1975)- S01E03- Merry Birthday, Happy Xmas 1975 · TV Merry Birthday, Happy Xmas (Season 1, Episode 3)´Original Aired: December, 18, 1975. Episode not included on the official DVD of the series. Internet Archive Ambush Tool Of Terror 1976 · Educational · 11 min An ambush is a situation that no police officer wants to find himself in. This films shows how an ambush is planned and how the officer can effectively avoid… Internet Archive Never Go With Strangers 1971 · Short · 17 min A 1971 British classroom film with the message 'say no to strangers'. Produced by Balfour Films for the Central Office of Information. Internet Archive Welcome Back, Norman 1979 · Educational Norman turns common misfortune into near disaster as the typical weary traveler in a busy airport parking lot Internet Archive Windows Of Heaven 1979 · Educational · 32 min In 1899, an aging President Lorenzo Snow is deeply troubled by the Church's crippling debt, left over from the anti-polygamy crusades of the 1880s. He feels… Internet Archive Documentary: Part 1 1979 · Educational A history of the non-fiction film from "Man With A Movie Camera" to "Harlan County". A compilation of major sequences from landmark documentaries with brief…