The world's archives

3,265–3,312 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 Transitions: Letting Go and Taking Hold 1978 · Educational Examines the transitional process that is involved when an employee has to adapt to a new job situation Internet Archive Looking and Talking About Art 1976 · Educational Produced and directed by Dr. Alice M. Schwartz. Deposited by the Art and Music Education Department, The Pennsylvania State University A group of children… Internet Archive Operation Red Hat : Men and a Mission 1971 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 3033306 / Local Identifier 175.79 - Operation Red Hat : Men and a Mission - Department of… Internet Archive Şahin, Turkish Movie 1979 · Feature Şahin, Turkish Movie https://www.tsa.org.tr/en/film/filmgoster/4848/sahin Internet Archive Free to Choose: 3 -- Anatomy of Crisis, Part 2 1979 · Educational Features a discussion among Milton Friedman and guests as a follow-up to part 1. Participants include columnist Nicolas von Hoffman; Peter Jay, former British… Internet Archive Something Special 1977 · Educational · 29 min A project of the Alliance for Arts Education in cooperation with National Art Education Association, American Theatre Association, National Dance Association,… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Muscles" 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 A look at Liv: Norway's Liv Ullmann / Liv Ullmann's Norway 1975 · Educational · 1 h 7 min Producers, Richard Kaplan and Jerry Winters Using original footage and interviews, family photos, and excepts from many of the actress's screen and stage… Internet Archive KNOTS, BENDS AND HITCHES 1973 · Educational Department of Defense KNOTS, BENDS AND HITCHES PIN 29576 1973 TEACHES HOW TO TIE THE SQUARE KNOT, FIGURE 8, BOWLINE, HALF HITCH, TIMBER HITCH, ROLLING HITCH,… Internet Archive The Writer in America: Wright Morris 1977 · Educational Wright Morris discusses his works and their roots in his Nebraska boyhood. He reads excerpts from The world in the attic, Ceremony in Lone Tree, Origins… Internet Archive UFOs Are Real - Stanton Friedman 1979 · TV KTTV-11 broadcast Internet Archive Introduction to Moral Development 1977 · Educational Discusses the genesis, theories, and practicality of moral development. Describes the stages of moral reasoning. Shows several school programs using moral… Internet Archive Pirro 1978 · Educational Utilizing a storyteller who sets up the situation both verbally and with sign language, the film focuses on the adventures of Pirro, a clown marionette. As… Internet Archive Thinking, Writing, and Reading 1974 · Educational Reading experts examine the case for the total language approach, emphasizing the thinking - speaking - reading - writing continuum Internet Archive HOSPITAL SAFETY 1979 · Educational Department of Defense - Description: POINTS OUT SAFETY HAZARDS TO PATIENTS AND WORKERS IN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT. SHOWS WAYS TO ELIMINATE AND LESSEN… Internet Archive Human Behavior and Reading 1974 · Educational Dr. William Glasser discusses the role of self concept in learning and the relationship of success to reading Internet Archive Lilies Grow Wild 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet A drama about the unsuccessful effort of a new teacher to impose discipline on an unruly student. She discovers that love and giving… Internet Archive Shaw vs. Shakespeare: 1 -- The Character of Caesar 1971 · Educational George Bernard Shaw, played by Donald Moffatt, analyzes Shakespeare's characterization of Julius Caesar and compares it with his own treatment. In Shaw's… Internet Archive Gordian Warrior 1979 · 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 Audubon's Florida Wildlife 1978 · Educational Director, Ellsworth Grant; narrators, Jon Huberth, Zabelle White; editors, Robie Hubley, Jon Huberth Explores the relationships that connect several species… Internet Archive Day Care for a Kibbutz Toddler 1973 · Educational · 23 min Producers and directors, L. Joseph Stone, Jeannette G. Stone Shows the individualized, nurturant care given to four toddlers by a metapelet (caretaker) in a… Internet Archive Tentoumushi no Uta 1974 · 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 Predatory Behavior of the Grasshopper Mouse 1974 · Educational Uses slow-motion photography to examine how the grasshopper mouse attacks its prey. Evaluates the role of experience in its handling of beetles, crickets, and… Internet Archive Laugh In '77 - Lenny Schultz 1977 · TV NBC broadcast Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Violence in the Home: An American Tragedy" 1977 · 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 Exchange Place 1975 · Educational CAST: Don Jordan CREDITS: Directors and editors, Marc DeRossi, Gary Gasgarth; writer, Gary Gasgarth SUMMARY: Mime Don Jordan enacts a series of sketches… Internet Archive Afghanistan 1973 · Educational National Archives - Afghanistan - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This newsreel film documents the… Internet Archive Energetics of Life 1972 · Educational With guide Consultants, Daniel E. Atkinson, Elof A. Carlson Discusses the types and functions of energy in living things. Describes kinetic energy,… Internet Archive Beyond the Frame 1973 · Educational · 28 min Direction de production et réalisation, B.Z. Vincent-Batyka Regard sur différentes approches conçues par le personnel de la Tate Gallery pour amener le… Internet Archive Free to Choose: 5 -- Created Equal, Part 2 1979 · Educational Features a discussion among Milton Friedman and guests as a follow-up to to the segment "Created equal". Participants include Frances Fox Riven, professor of… Internet Archive Free to Choose: 9 -- How to Cure Inflation, Part 2 1979 · Educational Features a discussion among Milton Friedman and guests as follow-up to part 1. Participants include Congressman Clarence J. Brown, Beryl W. Sprinkel, and… Internet Archive Looking for Yesterday 1978 · Educational Senior citizens talk about their feelings, fantasies, and need to relive the past when the present becomes unbearable Naomi Feil Internet Archive Italian Sex, Sesso In Testa 1974 1974 · Feature The frame for this movie is a student defending her thesis on how Italian men relate to prostitutes. To get the best data, she worked as a prostitute herself.… Internet Archive Working Places 1975 · Educational · 23 min Illustrates the restoration and rehabilitation of unused industrial structures through before-and-after stills of the conversion of a grain silo complex into… Internet Archive Mekanda Robo Episodes 1-29 (Fillipino English Dub) 1977 · Cartoon Update: ARR has found and released 25 more episodes of this dub, and I am adding it on this page. OUTDATED: The first 4 episodes of the classic 70s super… Internet Archive And Who Shall Feed This World? Part 2 1975 · Educational · 25 min Part 2 of 2. Presents the political, economic, and moral aspects of the world food shortage by contrasting the life of a farm family in North Dakota with that… Internet Archive Cholesterol: Eat Your Heart Out 1975 · Educational Originally released in Canada Follows an experiment designed to determine the effect of diet on the blood cholesterol level of two groups of high school… Internet Archive Energy from the Day Star 1979 · Educational · 21 min Produced by Bill Jersey for Exxon Traces the changes in building construction from the early Pueblos who worked with nature, through the era in which oil,… Internet Archive Arab - Israeli War 1974 · Educational National Archives - Arab - Israeli War - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film examines the war… Internet Archive City in the Wilderness 1975 · Educational · 28 min Bi-centennial film produced for the city of Bethlehem and the state of Pennsylvania Internet Archive MAPPING A BETTER TOMORROW 1971 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30277 MAPPING A BETTER TOMORROW SHOWS THE ACTIVITIES OF THE TOPOGRAPHIC COMMAND, MAKING MAPS OF THE EARTH FOR WAR AND PEACEFUL USES,… Internet Archive Kenya Boran Part 2: Education 1974 · Educational · 32 min Directed by David MacDougall and produced by the American Universities Field Staff. Adviser: Paul Baxter Focuses of the life of Peter Boru, a… Internet Archive The Shoemaker (El Zapatero) 1976 · Educational Produced by Jerome Mintz A poor shoemaker in Andalusia, Spain, faces the unexpected dilemma of staying in his native village or moving to the city. His… Internet Archive Tolstoi Anna Karenina Ep 05 1977 · TV Tolstoi's Anna Karenina Ep 05 Internet Archive Lone Wolf And Cub: 2 - Baby Cart At The River Styx 1972 · Feature In this exploitation-cinema classic, which took the action and graphic violence of the Lone Wolf and Cub series to delirious new heights, Itto Ogami and… Internet Archive Highcliffe Manor - Shelley Fabares, Audrey Landers 1979 · TV https://mytvlog.blogspot.com/2010/07/highcliffe-manor-1979-tv-series.html Internet Archive Free to Choose: 7 -- Who Protects the Consumer? Part 2 1979 · Commercial Features a discussion among Milton Friedman and guests as follow-up to part 1. Participants include Kathleen O'Reilly of the Consumer Federation to America… Internet Archive Vision USA, No 64 1977 · TV This film includes the following stories about people and events in the U.S. - Hemingway, National Endowment for the Arts, steel worker mayor, Janet Guthrie,…