The world's archives
2,881–2,928 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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
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| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage. |
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Grayeagle - Ben Johnson, Lana Wood
Pay cable broadcast
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Making Change
Two youngsters meet a magical character who teaches them the names of coins, the value of each coin in relation to its purchasing power, and how to make…
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Stringer: Portrait of a Newsreel Cameraman
Title from data sheet Producer, director, writer, and editor, Mark Forman Relates various escapades of newsreel cameraman Mike Gittinger who, during the…
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The Rise of Big Business
Collaborator, James Shenton Uses quotations from Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan against a background of motion picture and cartoons of…
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Leisure
Credits: Director: Bruce Petty; producer: Suzanne Baker A cartoon history of leisure, using animation by Bruce Petty
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Management By Objectives and Performance Appraisal: 1 -- What is MBO
With leader's guide Director, Don Sykes; writer, Sue Walima An industrial education film which uses animation to introduce management by objectives and…
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Moonwalk, Episode 2: Adapting to Space
Episode 2 of Moonwalk examines the testing procedures Apollo operators used to simulate the space environment. Also details the functions of the different…
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The Humanities: A Bridge to Ourselves
With teacher's guide Collaborator, Clifton Fadiman Reviews the cultural history of Western society from its earliest beginnings to the period of the…
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Treehouse
A boy's enjoyment of the beauty and quiet of his treehouse is disturbed by the sound of a bulldozer and the realization that his tree will be torn down.…
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Filmstrip: "Length: Decimeters and Meters"
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…
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BCTV News Hour Access - Autism 1977
An investigative news segment for BCTV News Hour weekend series, Community Access with Margit Nance, broadcast during the weekend news hour show in 1977. The…
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Shopper's Bazaar NBC Pilot
Here is the Pilot Episode of Shoppers Bazaar Enjoy! Today one of these 3 ladies could win up to $25,000 to show.
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Open And Closed Wounds
Great footage of various cuts and how to bandage them. Highlights practical application of first aid techniques showing different types of open and closed…
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Dublin
Producer, Edward Barnes; director, Harry Cowdy; writers, Dorothy Smith and Harry Cowdy; narrator, Valerie Singleton; editor, Ian Pitch; photographer, Hugh…
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Energy: A Matter of Choices
With teacher's guide Producer, Charles Finance; collaborator, Luther P. Gerlach Shows how current energy shortages are stimulating a reassessment of the…
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Survival on the prairie Motion picture
A reissue, with comments, of the 1931 melodrama of the sinister Svengali, who hypnotizes the beautiful Trilby and makes her into an internationally famous…
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The Street
From the book by Mordecai Richler. Animated film which tells of a family's summer-long deathbed vigil in the Jewish section of Montreal. Conveys the…
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Concepts and Controversies in Modern Medicine: Psychiatry and the Law: How They Are Related
Shows how varying reinforcement schedules affect the behavior of pigeons; compares the outcome of the tests with the results of similar experiments made in a…
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Eakins
Life and career of Thomas Eakins presented through his paintings and photographs, through interviews with his successors at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine…
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Otto: The Social Perspective
Otto: The Social Perspective Clifton Fadiman introduces the study of the play Our Town, by Thornton Wilder. He summarizes the story of the play, illustrates…
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The Salt Marsh: A Question of Values
With teacher's guide Collaborator, Robert Reimold Shows researchers from the University of Georgia as they examine the complex ecological system of a salt…
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Amsterdam
Producer, Edward Barnes; director-writer, David Brown; writer, Dorothy Smith; narrator, Valerie Singleton; editor, Colin Rae
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Lintola : addition with carrying.
Tells a story which introduces two-digit addition problems, particularly problems which require regrouping.
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The Secret Love of Sandra Blain
Shows the step-by-step progression of a wife and mother into alcoholism. Focuses on facilities for rehabilitation and the treatments that are available for…
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Project Universe - Supernovae & Pulsars
Episode of educational science series "Project Universe" : "Supernovae & Pulsars". (Note: This episode aired in 1978 so scientific knowledge, technology, and…
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Reflections
With manual Shows Bible personalities, portrayed by children, as they reflect on their opinions and feelings of Christ's birth
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Ananke (1974)
cortometraje
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Play and Cultural Continuity Part 2: Southern Black Children (1975)
Play and Cultural Continuity Part 2: Southern Black Children (1975) The first Flashe Gordon serial was released in 1936 and this is an edited feature of the…
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Rendezvous with Freedom
Abridged version (37 min.) also issued Producer and director, Marc Siegel; narrator, Herbert Kaplow Traces the history of Jewish immigration and settlement…
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Your New Job
With study guide Describes the excitement, nervousness, and apprehension of young men and women on the first day of their employment. Follows young employees…
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Not the Nine O'Clock - News - Series 1, Episode 6 (1979)
The 6th 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…
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The First Twenty Years: Part 24 (1903-1904)
A selection of films from the Library of Congress "Paper Print" collection restored by Kemp R. Niver. Early dramas produced in Great Britain and distributed…
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The Humpback Whale: Winter — A Time for Singing
INSTRUCTOR'S GUIDE AVAILABLE (CLICK HERE) Underwater photographers follow the humpback whale in its winter home off the coast of Hawaii. Includes close-up…
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Wondering About Things
Laymen as well as celebrities in the sciences and creative arts give their views and values regarding their creative efforts and technological society. Their…
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Original of Dan’s Trip to Planet Phi
A soundtrack was never added to this fascinating film, a futuristic fantasy showing Willis Simms’ students at Highes Jr. High School in Woodland Hills,…
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CPR: To Save a Life
A basic introduction to cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques. Includes two dramatized situations calling for CPR and demonstrates the proper…
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Palestine
National Archives - Palestine - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film is a Columbia Broadcasting…
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Dolphins in the Zoo
Title from data sheet Producer, Craig Witty; narrator, Randy Brill; collaborator, George Rabb; photographer, Paul Buchbinder Shows the dolphins at Chicago's…
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Square Education
Biting commentary, set to square dance calls, on the non-humanizing aspect of education
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Botanic Man: 2 -- The Crucible of Life
Examines the conditions that brought about the beginning of life 4.6 billion years ago and discusses the importance of the sun, earth, air, and water in the…
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The Bible as Literature: Part 2 -- History, Poetry, and Drama in the Old Testament
With teacher's guide Director, writer, and editor, John Barnes; collaborator, Fred Denbeaux; music, Ezra Laderman Deals with the Old Testament as a…
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Botanic Man: 3 -- Living Water
Discusses the complex food web of the ocean, including plankton, fish, birds, and humans. Uses underwater and microscopic photography to illustrate the…
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The Personalized System of Instruction: A New Idea in Education
Writer-director, Jim Kay Describes the basic principles of the Personalized System of Instruction: 1) self-pacing, 2) the use of lectures as motivational…
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The Wind in the Wires
Made in England Narrator, James Mason Explores, through the use of newsreel clippings and aerial photography, the history of aviation in the period 1909 to…
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A Lady Called Camille
Department of Agriculture A Lady Called Camille AVA11983VNB1 - 1971 The video documents the devastation caused by Hurricane Camille and the suffering caused…
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Filmstrip Missing Soundtrack: "That's No Fair! Part 1 (Copy 2)"
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…
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What Are We Doing to Our Children? Part 1 -- Locked Up, Locked Out
Examines the system of justice for youthful offenders in a case study of a young delinquent boy's experiences at the Fulton County Treatment Center in…
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Africa: Historical Heritage
Also issued in b&w Adapted from the filmstrip of the same title in the series entitled A people uprooted With teacher's guide Collaborators, Benjamin…