The world's archives

2,689–2,736 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 From Here To Eternity - Natalie Wood 1979 · TV https://mytvlog.blogspot.com/2012/05/from-here-to-eternity-1979-tv-mini.html Internet Archive Life in Lost Creek: Fresh Water Ecology 1978 · Educational · 15 min Investigates fast-moving, slow-moving, and standing freshwater ecosystems. Examines, through underwater photography and photomicrography, living organisms,… Internet Archive I'm a fool 1976 · Educational A young man's job, his relationship with his coworkers and his desire to impress those around him mark his passage to adulthood Ron Howard Internet Archive The Man In The Santa Claus Suit - Fred Astaire 1979 · Feature Basic cable broadcast Internet Archive Science Laboratory Safety Part 2 1975 · Film Discusses the importance of using proper safety measures while performing experiments or using equipment in the biology laboratory. We digitized and uploaded… Internet Archive Concepts and Controversies in Modern Medicine: Psychiatry and Law How are They Related? 1970 · Educational · 29 min Live Moderator: Alexander D. Brooks Answer print: A-wind Last inspected: June 1986. Condition complete; good "T-2030; V-2030." Government assistance… Internet Archive It's a Matter of Pride 1975 · Educational Kres Mersky Camera, Isidore Mankofsky ; editor, Robert Crawford Sr. ; music, Irwin Webb Film: 600 ft Using dramatized vignettes depicting a variety of job… Internet Archive Catholics (1973) 1973 · Feature Catholics is a 1973 movie directed by Jack Gold. Internet Archive BCTV News Hour Access - Women in Prison 1974 1974 · TV An investigative news segment for BCTV News Hour weekend series, Community Access with Margit Nance, documenting women in BC prisons, heroine addiction, and… Internet Archive Children's Author: Judy Blume 1979 · Educational "A Films Incorporated presentation." A segment from the NBC television program Prime time Sunday entitled Youth on Blume "Portions of this program have been… Internet Archive Felipa: North of the Border 1970 · Film A bilingual girl of Mexican-American parents has ambitions to be teacher. She gets early experience when she helps her uncle learn English so he can obtain a… Internet Archive Spellbound: Razor Sequence 1975 · Educational CLICK HERE TO SEE THE STUDY GUIDE FOR THIS FILM Excerpt from the 1945 Alfred Hitchcock thriller starring Gregory Peck and Ingrid Bergman intended to… Internet Archive [Redbook Is #1 For Women 18-34] 1976 · Film Promotional film for advertisers of Redbook magazine. Shows that Redbook is popular for 18-34 year old women who are looking for careers, starting a family,… Internet Archive Beginning responsibility -- taking care of things you share. 1978 · Educational · 11 min Isabel takes very good care of her own things, but is careless with things that others share with her. When she "magically" changes places with those she has… Internet Archive Your Chance To Live: Flood 1973 · Film Dramatizes the plight of a young adventure seeker whose canoe is capsized by a wall of water during a flood. Shows community flood preparations, pointing out… Internet Archive The Uncalculated Risk 1977 · Educational · 15 min Produced by the American Red Cross Shows the things that can go wrong when people with little experience or training set off in canoes, rafts, and kayaks.… Internet Archive Morality: The Process of Moral Development 1977 · Educational Dr. Susan De Merrsemen-Warren and Dr. Elliot Turiel interview and test children from the age of four until early adulthood in order to examine their concepts… Internet Archive O Youth and Beauty 1979 · Educational · 59 min O Youth and Beauty A brief look at aspects of daily life on Likiep, a small coral island of the Marshall Islands. Internet Archive Sigmund and the Sea Monsters "Frankenstein Drops In" (1973) 1973 · TV Sigmund and the Sea Monsters "Frankenstein Drops In" (1973) Internet Archive The Interview Film: What to Know and What to Do 1977 · Educational Writers, Tom Fuchs, Jonnie Johns; executive producer, Jay Grandy; director/editor, Caryl Wickman Discusses recruiting, screening, interviewing and evaluating… Internet Archive The Overpass 1970 · Educational Director, Zlatko Sudovic; photographer, Antun Markie A study of the ways in which the people of a new settlement react to a railroad bridge which they must… Internet Archive Care of the Sick in Ancient Civilizations (Sumerian, Egyptian, Hebrew, Aztec) 1970 · Educational · 29 min Interprets historical indications of disease and medical care as noted in Egyptian wall paintings and Biblical accounts. Surveys the contributions of… Internet Archive 073. Proceso y tratamineto de la leche (1970) 1970 · Short Pel·lícula de promoció de l'empresa "Lactaria Española" que comercialitza la llet RAM en tots els seus productes làctics: llet, cacau, iogurts, etc...… Internet Archive Chinese History: 3 -- Hundred Schools to One 1976 · Educational Producer, Wan-go Weng; narrator, Hugh Marlowe; consultant, Chaoying Fang Describes that period in China's history when the warring between the states and the… Internet Archive The Use of Deadly Force 1976 · Educational Police training film shows situations in which officers must make split-second decisions about whether to use firearms: a nightclub brawl, an armed robbery,… Internet Archive Legacy: Year of the Bicentennial 1977 · Educational · 59 min Legacy: Year of the Bicentennial Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Surveys significant events… Internet Archive Web of Life: Endless Chain 1972 · Educational Version without narration of the 1971 motion picture entitled Endless chain Combines music and sound effects with footage of desert flora and fauna to show… Internet Archive The Hopi Indian 1975 · Educational Revised version of the 1945 motion picture of the same title Shows men and women of the Hopi people in daily routines and in special celebrations such as the… Internet Archive Middle Atlantic Region, The 1976 · Educational Director Jon Wilkman proposed to revolutionize geographical educational films by telling the story of the land through the stories of its people, in their own… Internet Archive The Double Day 1975 · Educational Considers the condition of women in Latin America. Shows how women in countries such as Bolivia, Mexico, Argentina, and Venezuela are objecting to their… Internet Archive The Funk Islands 1976 · Educational Produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Depicts the breeding and feeding habits of the various birds that inhabit the Funk Islands off the coast of… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97351: Hawaii 1971 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive American Schools: Flunking the Test 1976 · Educational · 26 min An investigation of the failure of public education in the United States. Points out that research shows that 10 to 20 per cent of students graduating from… Internet Archive The Galapagos Finches 1971 · Educational Researchers, George Bartholomew, Robert I. Bowman, Henry J. Thompson Focuses on finches of the Galapagos Islands which exemplify speciation in insular… Internet Archive El Buho ( 1975) 1975 · Feature El búho es una película de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Bebe Kamin sobre su propio guion que fue producida en 1974 y se estrenó el 30 de… Internet Archive Yours Truly, Andrea G. Stern 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Dramatizes some common problems of single-parent families in a story about the conflicts that arise between a young girl, her mother,… Internet Archive Top Of The Pops (12th July 1979) 1979 · TV Late 70s episode with lots of Disco in the charts, but not much of said genre in the performances. surprise appearance of punk bands such as siouxie and the… Internet Archive China: A Hole in the Bamboo Curtain 1973 · Educational · 28 min Author and narrator, Phil Johnson An evaluation of life in modern China as compared with the political and economic standard of living prevailing in the… Internet Archive Five Drinking Drivers 1970 · Film Five drivers agree to demonstrate the effects of alcohol on their driving at a racetrack. To license this film and get a higher quality version for… Internet Archive Life in a Tropical Rain Forest 1977 · Educational Discusses the great influence of tropical rain forests on the world's climate and ecology. Shows the abundance and variety of unique plant and animal life in… Internet Archive Jenny 1977 · Educational This film offers a profile of a Japanese-American family who teach their daughter the traditions and arts of their ancestors, which they have incorporated… Internet Archive Free to Choose: 2 -- The Tyranny of Control, Part 1 1979 · Educational Milton Friedman, in the second segment of the series, points out how the power of the market can work successfully with no central governmental controls and… Internet Archive Project Universe - White Dwarfs & Red Giants 1978 · TV Episode of educational science series "Project Universe" : "White Dwarfs & Red Giants". (Note: This episode aired in 1978 so scientific knowledge, technology,… Internet Archive Hospital Safety 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Points out safety hazards in the hospital environment that endanger patients and workers. Shows ways to eliminate or lessen these… Internet Archive Red Sea Case Study: 1 -- The Geology 1979 · Educational · 24 min Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Investigates the principal physiographic and geologic features of the Red Sea to explain how and why… Internet Archive Explosions in the Mind: Strokes 1978 · Educational · 29 min Produced by the BBC Tells how a stroke, the disruption of the brain's blood supply, can cause paralysis or death. Shows how neurologists locate the centers… Internet Archive Moon Walk 1975 · Educational Longer version (95 min.) also issued Director, Theo Kamecke A visual record of man's first steps on the Moon. Uses spectacular visuals to celebrate man's… Internet Archive The Art of Silence: The Cage 1975 · Educational 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 describes this…