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2,785–2,832 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 A Place in Time 1977 · Educational Narrated by David Schaffer 1000 ft Emphasizes understanding the significance and beauty of existing buildings and other community resources. Illustrates… Internet Archive Best Horse 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Marte Post, Hersha Parady, Guy Boyd, Sandy Freemen, Tammy Taylor Producer, Stephen Gyllenhaal, Nancy Gregory; editor, Robert Leighton… Internet Archive Biological Rhythms: Studies in Chronobiology 1977 · Educational Producer, Bert Van Bork Uses time-lapse photography to focus on the natural timepieces with which most people synchronize their biological and mechanical… Internet Archive A Third Testament: Tolstoy (1828-1910) 1974 · Educational Produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Filmed at Leo Tolstoy's family estate and at the site of his grave in Zasak Forest, this story of his life… Internet Archive Atom and Archaeology 1974 · Educational · 24 min With study guides Producer, Leo A. Handel; cameraman, Peter H. Mertens Shows how nuclear and radiation techniques, such as carbon-14 dating,… Internet Archive Atonement 1970 · Educational Producer, George Pearson; director, writer, and editor, Mike McKennirey; commentary, Ken McCready; commentator, Alexander Scourby; original music, Karl du… Internet Archive Ecology of a Hot Spring: Life at High Temperatures 1972 · Educational With teacher's guide Producer, Bert Van Bork; collaborator, Thomas Brock Describes the characteristics of hot springs as exemplified by the hot springs of… Internet Archive Information Systems and Data Bases 1979 · Educational Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Explains the main features of computer-based information systems through an examination of the work… Internet Archive Lautrec 1976 · Educational Director, Geoff Dunbar Presents a series of familiar Toulouse-Lautrec subjects, which are animated and linked with loose continuity and original music.… Internet Archive Way of Our Fathers 1972 · Educational · 33 min Way of Our Fathers Examines mathematical models designed to simulate real weather patterns in the earth's atmosphere and looks at the work involved in… Internet Archive Exploring Space: The Sun and Its Energy 1978 · Educational Revised version of the motion picture issued in 1958 under title: The Sun and how it affects us. Uses animation and telescopic photography to explore physical… Internet Archive Motion Perception 1: Two-Dimensional Motion Perception 1971 · Educational Illustrates how stimuli moving in two-dimensional space are perceived by the viewer. Use of computer-generated stimuli and movements of human subjects show… Internet Archive The Romp; The Progress 1971 · Educational · 3 min A wild film made by Simms’ Animated Art class at Hughes Jr. High in Woodland Hills, California, focusing on galloping, flying, and growling animals, and… Internet Archive Now the Chips Are Down 1978 · Educational · 53 min This film examines nuclear magnetic resonance, a relatively new technique used to analyze material spectroscopically and determine its molecular structure. By… Internet Archive Chinese History: 5 -- The Great Cultural Mix 1976 · Educational Produced by Wan-go Weng Narrates the disintegration of the Han empire, the rise to power in the north of nomadic tribes, and the eventual merging of cultural… Internet Archive John Keats, Poet 1973 · Educational · 29 min With teacher's guide Longer version entitled John Keats: his life and death also issued Producer and director, John Barnes; writer, Archibald MacLeish;… Internet Archive Motion Perception 2: Three-Dimensional Motion Perception 1971 · Educational Made by James B. Maas Professor Gunnar Johansson uses computer generated stimuli and movements of human subjects to show to students of psychology how one… Internet Archive Properties of Light 1971 · Educational Describes the general properties of light, focusing on reflection and refraction. Includes coverage of the laser Internet Archive The Changing Middle East 1975 · Educational · 24 min Producer, Sam Bryan; consultant, Mounir Farah; animator, Michael Sporn; photographers, Sam Bryan, Julien Bryan; editor, Patricia Saunders Discusses the… Internet Archive Tough-Minded Supervision for Law Enforcement 1973 · Educational Based on the book Tough-minded management, by Joe D. Batten Produced and directed by Arthur Bauer; written by Vivian Swain Dramatizes Joe Batten's… Internet Archive The Barefoot Doctors of Rural China 1975 · Educational · 50 min Examines the work of Chinese paramedics working in rural areas of China. Shows how their work includes sanitation, reduction of pest problems, care for sick… Internet Archive A Young Man Preoccupied with His Nose 1975 · Educational · 26 min Produced by the Department of Mental Health, University of Aberdeen Deals with the psychodynamic analysis of a number of paintings and drawings produced by a… Internet Archive 082. Montserrat 1972 1972 · Short Documental sobre la muntanya de Montserrat, el monestir, la zona comercial i les possibilitats excursionistes que ofereixen llurs contrades. Apareix l'aeri,… Internet Archive AF Geyser Valley 1972 · Educational Focusing on the abstract forms of nature, Director/Cameraman Bert Van Bork presents the geysers and thermal phenomena of Yellowstone National Park. Internet Archive Christians: 13 -- The Godless State? 1977 · Educational The last in a series of thirteen films in which Bamber Gascoigne traces the history of Christianity over nearly 2000 years, from its origin and early growth… Internet Archive Mind Over Body 1972 · Educational Produced by the BBC Demonstrates that routine illnesses and bodily injuries are greatly influenced by psychological states of patients. Interviews with… Internet Archive ABC Afterschool Specials - Morgan Fairchild, Lauren Woodland 1972 · TV ABC broadcast Internet Archive Advantage Borg! 1977 · Educational · 32 min Narrator: Goran Zachrisson Film portrait of tennis superstar Bjorn Borg traces his meteoric rise to fame from a nine-year-old Swedish novice to Junior… Internet Archive Floating Free 1978 · Educational Also issued as videocassette Director and writer, Jerry Butts; editor, Alan Ferguson Depicts the skill and virtuosity involved in frisbee competitions as… Internet Archive Indian rights, Indian law. [Motion picture] 1978 · Educational · 1 h Deals with the work of the Native American Rights Fund in its efforts to protect the rights of American Indians in cases involving treaty rights, ownership of… Internet Archive Septic System: Hillside Installation 1976 · Educational · 12 min Discusses tips for preparation and installation when constructing hill-side septic systems. Narrator, Judith B. Cameron ; musical score, Michael Sullivan. Internet Archive Maragoli 1976 · Educational Presents viewpoints of the people of Maragoli through discussions conducted by an African interviewer. Relates social and economic problems that confront the… Internet Archive The Arthropods 1976 · Educational Collaborator, Ralph Buchsbaum Intended audience: high school and college With time-lapse and photography, the film shows the structural and functional… Internet Archive In White-Collar America 1974 · Educational · 51 min In White-Collar America Concentrates on a few of the many workers at a life insurance company in Atlanta, Georgia. Concentrates on their job satisfaction and… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Length, Area, and Volume" 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 Sad Song of Yellow Skin 1970 · Short color Playing time: 30 min., 38 sec. -------------- “Written, directed and spoken by Michael Rubbo” Produced by Tom Daly -------------- technical credits at… Internet Archive Henry Moore: Art and the Art of Living 1976 · Educational Examines Henry Moore's sculpture Hill arches. Shows how the work was created and transported to the United States for installation on the grounds of a… Internet Archive I Told 'Em Exactly How to Do It 1974 · Educational With teacher's guide Director, Sam Weiss; writer, Dave Evans; music, Maurice Weiss Uses a series of dramatized incidents involving a plant foreman and his… Internet Archive Why Work? Part 2 1976 · Educational · 27 min Directed by Al Levin for WNET Journalist Bill Moyers traces the roots of unemployment back to the expulsion of serfs from feudal landholdings and the… Internet Archive Cylinders 1970 · Educational Evaluation information: These materials have been reviewed by the Specialized Office for the Deaf and judged as appropriate for use with the hearing impaired… Internet Archive Your Attitude Is Showing: The Answer to Greater Productivity 1979 · Educational Based on the book of the same title by Elwood N. Chapman Michael Abrams, Alan Barker, Hall Davidson, Miranda Garrison, Michele Leschi Producers, Vaughn… Internet Archive Myoglobin 1972 · Educational Writer and editor, Fred Heidrich Uses computer animation to show the structure of the protein molecule and to analyse protein myoglobin, which stores oxygen… Internet Archive Access Alberta - Gunn Home for Unemployable Men 1973 1973 · TV An investigative feature for weekly series on Access Alberta, here documenting a non-profit home for men (possibly the site of the current McCullough Centre… Internet Archive Am I Being Unrealistic? 1978 · Educational A Post experience course ; P853 Rating: Recommended Review date: June 1980 Reviewer: Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Learning method:… Internet Archive China: Enemies Within and Without, 1927-1944 1971 · Educational Edited from the motion pictures entitled China: roots of madness and Civil War and invasion, 1927-1941 Highlights the complex interrelationships of problems… Internet Archive Chinese History: 12 -- Coming of the West 1976 · Educational Production dates and credits taken from print Narrated by Hugh Marlowe ; music composition/conducting, Chen-tung Wang ; film editor, Frank W. Coffman Internet Archive Brian Henderson's Bandstand - 13 June 1970 1970 · TV · 49 min An episode of an Australian television pop music series. Guests include The Going Thing (Australian version of the group), Steve Carey, Liv Maessen, Hans… Internet Archive Christians: 2 -- The Christian Empire 1976 · Educational First released in England Focuses on the period in Christian church history when the Emperor Constantine founded the first Christian empire and Christians…