The world's archives

2,209–2,256 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 Filmstrip: "Fundamentals of the Internal Combustion Engine" 1971 · 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 Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker 1973 · TV Tanya Tucker on Hee Haw in 1973. Internet Archive The Sleeping Brain - an Experimental Approach 1971 · Educational **CONTENT WARNING - Cat brain dissection!** Presents De Michel Jouvet who explores neurophysiology and neurospychology of sleep and dreaming and demonstrates… Internet Archive The Cows of Dolo Ken Paye: Resolving Conflict Among the Kpelle 1970 · Educational Cinematography, editing, animation, Marvin Silverman ; music, James L. Gibbs ; editorial consultant, Henry Breitrose Documents the coexistence of traditional… Internet Archive The Cow-Tail Switch: A Folktale of Africa 1970 · Educational A folktale by Harold Courlander and George Herzog from the Liberian rain forest which recounts the death and return to life of Ogalussa, the hunter Internet Archive The Freshman — Part 1 [Motion picture] 1976 · Educational · 31 min CLICK HERE to view part 2 (link). A comedy about the misadventures of a country boy who goes to college and, after many tribulations, saves the day when he… Internet Archive Candle Cove (s01e01 VHS Tape) - Welcome to Our Happy Ship (1971) 1971 · TV The first pilot episode in the show Candle Cove, a children's show which aired on a small uhf television station in Ashland, KY about 71 or 72. I contacted… Internet Archive El Fantastico Mundo De La Maria Montiel (1978) 1978 · Feature El fantástico mundo de la María Montiel es una película de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Jorge Zuhair Jury según su propio guion escrito en… Internet Archive The Hare and the Tortoise 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Revised version of the motion picture issued in 1947 under the same title Producer, director, and writer, Paul Buchbinder Re-creates… Internet Archive 086. Embalatge d'obres d'art (1976) 1976 · Short Film industrial sobre els sistemes de protecció i embalatge d'objectes de tota mena de cara a llur trasllat per part d'una empresa especialitzada de… Internet Archive The Great Mojave Desert 1971 · Educational · 50 min National Geographic represents a study of life on the Mojave Desert and of the people who frequent the area: Basques, miners, desert rats, naturalists, and… Internet Archive La Guerra De Los Sostenes ( 1976) 1976 · Feature Película Internet Archive 106. Premis d'Honor Jaume I (1979) 1979 · Short Reportatge sobre l'acte de concessió dels Premis d'Honor Jaume I del 1979 al Saló de Cent de l'Ajuntament de Barcelona. Els de l'any 1979 va recaure a Josep… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Parent-Teacher Conferences" 1976 · 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 Sigmund And The Sea Monsters S01 E02 1973 · TV Puppy Love : Sigmund falls in love with a canine named Fluffy. Meanwhile Zelda decides to clean the clubhouse and Slurp dresses up like a female movie star to… Internet Archive No Apto Para Menores (Inedita)(1979) 1979 · Feature Película Internet Archive Mom and Dad Can't Hear Me 1978 · Educational A 14-year-old girl who has just moved to a new town is afraid that her friends will reject her if they discover that her parents are deaf Internet Archive The Final Frontier 1978 · Educational Explores the scientific prediction that by the year 2177 more people will be living in space than on Earth and examines the promise of space colonization Internet Archive The Owl Who Married a Goose 1974 · Educational Director and animation, Caroline Leaf; adviser, Co Hoedeman; editing, Pierre Lemelin Based on an Eskimo legend on a theme of nature, this imaginary tale done… Internet Archive Documentary Part 3 [motion picture] 1979 · Educational · 55 min Produced and researched by Herman J. Engel and Sonya Friedman A compilation of major sequences from landmark documentaries with brief introductions. Each… Internet Archive Mohammed Reza Pahlavi: Politics of Oil 1979 · Educational Deals with the rise and fall of the Shah of Iran. Tells how he succeeded his father, Reza Shah, in 1941, survived a number of attempts on his life, and was… Internet Archive The Jolly Corner 1976 · Educational An adaptation of the story of the same title by Henry James Fritz Weaver Executive producer, Robert Geller; director, Arthur Barron Returning to New York… Internet Archive Nation of Immigrants 1976 · Educational · 53 min Based on the book of the same title by John F. Kennedy Dramatizes the history of immigration to America, telling of the difficult adjustments immigrants had… Internet Archive Path of the Paddle: Solo Basic 1977 · Educational Learning to paddle solo is still fundamental to learning the art of paddling. With the aid of animated lines the path of the paddle is clearly defined so… Internet Archive Greater Sandhill Crane Story, The 1979 · Educational · 16 min Presents a history of the greater sandhill crane, including the conservation efforts to save this once endangered species. For more on directors Walt and… Internet Archive Top Of The Pops ( 14th January 1971 ) Raw Master 1971 · TV Saved from YT nuking. Rare episode of TOTP. This is a RAW mostly unedited master tape. There is no announcer audio and some scenes are repeated with multiple… Internet Archive Mr. Justice Douglas 1972 · Educational · 51 min Issued in 2 parts Also issued in b&w Producers, Isaac Kleinerman, Burton Benjamin Eric Sevareid interviews Justice William O. Douglas. Topics range from… Internet Archive Siberia: Russia's Frontier 1970 · Educational Pictures Siberia, land of the exiles, and its rapid growth in becoming a highly industrialized land. Focuses on the major manufacturing plants of the city of… Internet Archive Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism 1976 · Educational Discusses how the British game of cricket has been adapted by the Trobriands Film-maker: Gary Kildea Internet Archive Peasant's Pea Patch 1973 · Educational With guide Based on the Russian folktale of the same title translated by Guy Daniels Presents a Russian folktale about an old peasant who tries to get rid… Internet Archive Not the Nine O'Clock News - Series 1, Episode 5 (1979) 1979 · TV The 5th episode of Series 1 from the British comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News . Starring Rowan Atkinson , Pamela Stephenson , Mel Smith, Chris Langham as… Internet Archive I Just Don't Dig Him 1970 · Film The generation gap illustrated when father and son learn about each other and their selves during a crisis. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher… Internet Archive The Back Street Six [motion picture] 1978 · Educational · 41 min Director, Andre Melancon Using the city as their playground, six children in search of summer adventures learn together, developing tolerance, self-reliance,… Internet Archive The Plot to Murder Hitler 1974 · Educational · 50 min The Plot to Murder Hitler Explores problems caused by a human nervous system filled with associations coming between talking or writing and the things to be… Internet Archive Sigmund and the Sea Monsters "Trick or Treat" (1973) 1973 · TV Sigmund and the Sea Monsters "Trick or Treat" (1973) Internet Archive Tout Rien 1978 · Educational "The film All Nothing is an allegory portraying humankind's desire to appropriate all of nature's beauty and resources. For too long, we have held the… Internet Archive Pantomime: the Language of the Heart 1975 · Educational · 7 min Marcel Marceau discusses his career, analyzes the value of pantomime, and describes the creation of his famous character, Bip. Includes short sequences from… Internet Archive The Gene Engineers 1977 · Educational · 58 min Also issued as videocassette Producers, Graham Chedd, Paula Apsell Explores the scientific, moral, and legal implications of scientists' new ability to… Internet Archive PTL Club Episode (1977) 1977 · TV This was way back when.....long before Jim Bakker built Heritage USA. This guy could sell Ice to Eskimos.... Internet Archive Seashore 1971 · Educational Closely views the beauties of the ocean and its wildlife. Includes super-slow motion sequences of pelicans diving for fish Internet Archive Sigmund And The Sea Monsters S01 E09 1973 · TV The Curfew Shall Ring Tonight : Sigmund accidentally breaks Aunt Zelda's bowl and decides to get money from his family's cave to replace it, but he is caught… Internet Archive Tolstoi Anna Karenina Ep 01 1977 · TV Tolstoi's Anna Karenina Internet Archive 5000 Dumps 1972 · Film About the EPA's push to convert the country's garbage dumps into sanitary landfills. While showing some success stories the film features an unflattering view… Internet Archive Ancient Moderns: Greek Island Art and Culture 2000-3000 B.C. 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Narrator, Rex Harrison Intended audience: Senior high school students through adults Examines Cycladic culture during the period 2000… Internet Archive Give My Poor Heart Ease: Mississippi Delta Bluesmen 1975 · Educational With script and study guide Sound, Robert Slattery; photographer, Dale Lindquist; editors, Dale Lindquist, William Ferris Presents recollections and… Internet Archive Mindscape 1976 · Educational With teacher's guide Also issued as videocassette Producer, Jacques Drouin Explores, through the use of pinscreen animation, creative processes of the… Internet Archive Group Theory 1977 · Educational · 26 min Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Extracts the fundamental properties of two situations to reveal the basic axioms of a group. The first… Internet Archive Writing: An Interview With Irving Stone 1978 · Interview · 18 min Writing: An Interview With Irving Stone Edwin Burr Pettet delivers the 'To be or not to be' soliloquy from 'Hamlet' as it might have been performed by seven…