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2,257–2,304 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 Amigos Para La Aventura (1978) 1978 · Feature Amigos para la aventura es una película Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Palito Ortega según guion de Víctor Sueiro que se estrenó el 3 de… Internet Archive How Animals Speak 1973 · Educational · 25 min With teacher's guide Follows the behavior of animals from their distinctive manner of communication. Shows how geese, fish, and mammals transmit vitally… Internet Archive Race, intelligence, and education. [motion picture] 1974 · Educational · 53 min Produced by the BBC Introduced British psychology professor Hans Eysenck's controversial theory that American blacks are less intelligent than American… Internet Archive Christo's Valley Curtain 1973 · Educational Examines the construction of the mammoth Valley curtain, a 500-foot-high veil stretched across Rifle Gap, Colo., by the Bulgarian artist Christo Internet Archive Oil Well 1975 · Educational First released in the United Kingdom A nontechnical film about the principles of drilling an exploration well, and how a pattern of further wells is used to… Internet Archive Apartheid: 20th-Century Slavery 1971 · Educational Reveals the policy of apartheid ascribed to by South Africa and portrays how the country's particular character of segregation is threatening world peace.… Internet Archive BCTV News Hour Access - Beaver Pile 1976 1976 · TV An investigative news segment for BCTV News Hour weekend series, Community Access with Margit Nance, broadcast during the weekend news hour show in March… Internet Archive Sand Castle 1977 · Educational Originally released in Canada Filmed in a tabletop sandbox, shows animated characters as they are created out of sand and as they perform various functions… Internet Archive Not the Nine O'Clock News - Series 1, Episode 2 (1979) 1979 · TV The second episode of Series 1 from the British comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News . Starring Rowan Atkinson , Pamela Stephenson , Mel Smith, Chris Langham… Internet Archive The Adams Chronicles: 4 -- John Adams: Minister to Great Britain 1976 · Educational · 29 min Uses photographs of Egyptian sculpture, artifacts, wall paintings of tombs and temples, and animated sequences in outlining the history of Egypt from 2700… Internet Archive Sigmund and the Sea Monsters Ep 2 "Puppy Love" (1973) 1973 · TV "Puppy Love" (1973) Internet Archive Mischief 1973 · Educational · 7 min Animated story about a naughty boy who is punished for his mischief by animals in the yard. Internet Archive Path of the Paddle: Doubles Basic 1977 · Educational Director, writer, editor, Bill Mason; canoeists, Paul Mason, Bill Mason Demonstrates basic paddling strokes and the use of these strokes in various… Internet Archive The Other Way. 1975 · Educational · 21 min Also issued as videorecording Producer and writer, John M. Mansfield; narrator, Ian Holm Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for… Internet Archive Rich Man's Medicine, Poor Man's Medicine 1979 · Educational Produced by Gordian Troeller and Marie Claude Deffarge Filmed on location in Gabon, Senegal, and Kenya, this documentary compares traditional native-based… Internet Archive The Human Brain: A Dynamic View of Its Structures and Organization 1975 · Educational · 27 min Demonstrates the technique of cinemorphology by which information concerning the structures of the brain can be digitized, fed into a computer, and visualized… Internet Archive The Art of Gerald Gooch 1977 · Educational A documentary on California modern artist Gerald Gooch. Uses animation techniques to lend the illusion of movement to his paintings. Includes anecdotes by the… Internet Archive Noel Nutels 1977 · Educational In Portuguese with English subtitles Noel Nutels was a physician of Jewish immigrant origins who dedicated himself to the problems of health and preventive… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "How To Be A Good Landlord To Your Teeth" 1973 · 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 Pink Flamingos (1972) 1972 · Film John Waters made bad taste perversely transcendent with the forever shocking counterculture sensation Pink Flamingos , his most infamous and daring cinematic… Internet Archive The Music of Man: 4 -- The Age of the Composer 1979 · Educational · 59 min Guide, covering all 8 titles in the series: The music of man, with no.1 Credits: Producers, Richard Bocking, John Thomson; narrator, Yehudi Menuhin The… Internet Archive The Music of Man: 8 -- Sound or Unsound 1979 · Educational · 58 min Guide, covering all 8 titles in the series: The music of man, with no.1 Credits: Producers, Richard Bocking, John Thomson, Curtis W. Davis; directors,… Internet Archive Time's Lost Children 1973 · Educational Producer, Ronald R. Martin; cinematographer, Wayne Smith Examines the psychology and education of autistic children from the points of view of parents,… Internet Archive The Night Strangler - Jo Ann Pflug, Darren McGavin 1972 · Feature KABC (channel 7) syndicated broadcast Internet Archive Sigmund And The Sea Monsters S01 E05 1973 · TV Happy Birthdaze : Sigmund decides to surprise the boys by cleaning the house, but his brothers crash the party. 10/06/1973 Internet Archive Journey In Time 1977 · Educational · 6 min Here, Simms' Animated Art Class at Hughes Jr. High in Woodland Hills, California, portrays an animated trek through the past and future. For more on Simms,… Internet Archive Sigmund And The Sea Monsters S01 E07 1973 · TV Monster Rock Festival : Sigmund refuses to sing with his sea monster family in a monster rock concert because he has entered a radio contest looking for new… Internet Archive Self Service 1975 · Cartoon An animated, allegorical film which portrays the activities of a group of mosquitos who build their city around a man's vital fluids Scenografio, Giuseppe… Internet Archive Cutie Honey キューティーハニー Raw Episodes 1974 · Cartoon Cutie Honey (Japanese: キューティーハニー, Hepburn: Kyūtī Hanī, also spelled Cutey Honey) is a Japanese TV anime seires based on the manga series Cutie Honey written… Internet Archive LBJ: The Last Interview 1973 · Educational Produced by CBS In an interview filmed ten days before his death, former President Lyndon B. Johnson discusses with Walter Cronkite his commitment to civil… Internet Archive Time Bokan Series Yatterman(1977-1979) 1977 · Cartoon Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting,… Internet Archive Meadows Green 1974 · Film "Bread & Puppet Theater's first big "Our Domestic Resurrection Circus", made in 1974 at Goddard College, Plainfield, VT" -- description from box. Internet Archive The World of Enrico Fermi 1970 · Educational · 23 min A documentary which portrays the life and work of the nearly contemporary physicist, Enrico Fermi, whose work helped to transform not only physics and the… Internet Archive Ladies Wear The Blue 1974 · Film Tracing the history of Navy women from 1917, this film stresses the importance of equal employment opportunity and highlights the changes the Navy is making… Internet Archive It's Grits 1978 · Educational CREDITS: Director, Stanley Woodward SUMMARY: Presents interviews at shopping centers, business offices, and street corners in the South and in New York City… Internet Archive Project Universe - Extraterrestrial Communication 1978 · TV Episode of educational science series "Project Universe" : "Extraterrestrial Communication". (Note: This episode aired in 1978 so scientific knowledge,… Internet Archive Free to Choose: 1 -- The Power of the Market, Part 2 1979 · Educational Features a discussion among Milton Friedman and guests. Participants include Michael Harrington of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, Motorolo… Internet Archive The Christmas Tree 1975 · Educational Presents a traditional Ukrainian folktale about a boy whose faith brings a visit from St. Nicholas and a regained Christmas tree Internet Archive Connections by James Burke (Seasons 1-3) 1978 · Documentary "Connections explores an "Alternative View of Change" that rejects the conventional linear and teleological view of historical progress. Burke contends that… Internet Archive Watercolor Painting: Working from Sketches with Louis J. Kaep 1973 · Educational · 19 min With study guide Artist Louis Kaep shows the progress of one of his pictures, a study of a Chinese sampan, from pencil drawings to finished watercolor Internet Archive Terror On The Beach - Susan Dey, Dennis Weaver 1973 · Feature https://mytvlog.blogspot.com/2009/03/terror-on-beach-1973-tv.html Internet Archive Modern Identity, A 1971 · Educational · 10 min Focuses on the new creativity of American architecture. Explains that in past centuries city architecture in the United States revealed worldwide influences… Internet Archive J.T. 1970 · Educational · 28 min J. T. Reel 1 Reel 2 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 Oh, Alfie! - Joan Collins, Alan Price 1975 · Feature https://mytvlog.blogspot.com/2009/02/alfie-darling-1975.html Internet Archive Christians: 1 -- A Peculiar People 1976 · Educational First released in England Traces the growth of Christianity from its earliest beginnings to the time the Christians ceased to be a secret, persecuted sect Internet Archive Safety: Total Loss Control 1972 · Educational Points out that industry must direct its accident prevention efforts toward all incidents which might eventually lead to injury of employees. Notes that fire… Internet Archive Ships and Seafaring: Greece 478-336 B.C. 1979 · Educational VHS Produced by Mary Hoskins and the BBC for the British Open University Considers the role of water transport in ancient Greece for both trade and naval… Internet Archive Chick, Chick, Chick 1975 · Educational With teacher's guide Shows the life of a young chick and its mother hen in a barnyard. Follows the chick as it explores its world of the barnyard, including…