The world's archives

3,505–3,552 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 This Is Hope Enterprises 1975 · Educational · 25 min Producer, Peter Javsicas A documentary on Hope Enterprises which serves developmentally disabled people whose needs have not been met by the traditional… Internet Archive Malizia, Malicious 1973 1973 · Feature A widower and two of his sons become infatuated with their beautiful housekeeper, and all three set out to seduce her using their own unique methods. Italian… Internet Archive Shooting Decisions 1979 · Educational · 27 min Director, Dennis Anderson; script, Dennis Anderson, Ron Adams Film consists of 21 separate enactments of actual shooting incidents. Viewer must decide to… Internet Archive A Man 1976 · Educational Examines a man's emotional and psychological reactions to the death of his father. Raises questions about the reasons for emotional restraint among men Internet Archive Play and Cultural Continuity: Part 3 -- Mexican-American Children 1975 · Educational · 28 min Filmed in the Rio Grande Valley near Edinburg, Texas, an area where traditional values are maintained and passed on to Mexican-American children. Episodes… Internet Archive Apache Yakyugun (Apache Baseball Academy) [アパッチ野球軍] 1971 · Cartoon The entire series of the Apache Baseball Academy anime series. Internet Archive Spain After Franco 1971 · Educational National Archives - Spain After Franco - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - - DVD Copied by IASL Scanner… Internet Archive FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION IN VIETNAM 1971 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30284 FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION IN VIETNAM CHRONICLES THE MAJOR BATTLE ACTIONS OF THE "BIG REDONE" IN VIETNAM, AS WELL AS SOME OF… Internet Archive Equal Justice Under Law: 1824 -- Gibbons v. Ogden 1977 · Educational VHS format Presents a dramatization of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Gibbons v. Ogden which gave the Congress, not the states, the authority to… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Kidney" 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 Like Everybody Else 1975 · Educational Director, Biff Boyle; writer, Harold Salemson; camera, Mike Steinfeld A documentary on the life of the retarded adult in the community. Shows a model program… Internet Archive Your Guardian Angel 1974 · Educational · 15 min Discusses safety procedures for people who work with high-voltage equipment. Internet Archive Is A Career In The Health Service For You? 1972 · Film Views health service careers, portrays the nature of the work, and presents the great variety of health-related occupations that are available. We digitized… Internet Archive Ray Lum: Mule Trader 1973 · Educational With study guide Photographer, Bobby Taylor; editor, Judy Peiser Shows a day in the life of 82-year-old trader, storyteller, and auctioneer Ray Lum Internet Archive How Funny Can Sex Be, Sessomatto 1973 1973 · Feature A series of vignettes mainly featuring Laura Antonelli. Good resolution and optional English Subtitles Internet Archive ARMY NURSE, THE 1970 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30261 ARMY NURSE, THE OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE DEDICATED WOMEN AND MEN OF THE ARMY NURSE CORPS, AND THEIR DUTIES… Internet Archive Transparency Preparation for the Overhead Projection System 1979 · Educational Presented by: Visual Products Division/3M, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company Internet Archive Adaptation of Female Anubis Baboons to Social System of Hamadryas Baboon 1970 · Educational Two experiments in Eastern Ethiopia examine the adaptation of female Hamadryas and female Anubis baboons to the social system of male Hamadryas baboons Internet Archive Little Lulu & Her Little Friends - Complete Set of Instrumental Episodes (BGM by Mark Mercury) 1978 · Cartoon All instrumental episodes of the Little Lulu anime come from the 1995 Italian dub. Done by ChozinFellers. Internet Archive How to Manage by Results: 2 -- The Individual Manager in the MBO System 1979 · Educational Attention is focused on techniques of managing for results rather than just on developing objectives. Based on "How to manage by results" by Dale McConkey Internet Archive John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together 1979 · Film · Subtitles John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together is a television special based on the album of the same name. This one hour Christmas special was originally… Internet Archive Access Alberta - Skaro Shrine at Lac Ste. Anne, 1974 1974 · TV Documentary piece on Skaro Shrine at Lac Ste. Anne and the annual pilgrimage to it. Item features oral and pictorial history of founding and construction by… Internet Archive Argentinísima I y II (1972) [1080p] 1972 · Feature 01. Argentinísima (1972) [1080p] 02. Argentinísima II (1973) [1080p] Internet Archive The Grate Mans Wiskurs - Elizabeth Cooper 1972 · Feature Pay cable broadcast Internet Archive Heirs of Vladimir Lenin 1971 · Educational National Archives - Heirs of Vladimir Lenin - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This newsreel film provides… Internet Archive Small Steps...Giant Strides 1973 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 1162395 / Local Identifier 255-HQ-232 - Small Steps...Giant Strides - National Aeronautics and… Internet Archive Journey to the Makiritare 1972 · Educational Réalisation, Herman Schlenker Aperçu des difficultés rencontrés par le cinéaste Herman Schlenker pour se rendre au village des Makiritare en empruntant… Internet Archive To Live as Equals 1978 · Educational [Discussion guide available] Presents new perspectives on the rights of handicapped people, when allowed to participate in the community and develop their… Internet Archive U S ARMY ALASKA 1972 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30272 U S ARMY ALASKA TRACES THE NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MILITARY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR 49TH STATE, EXAMINING IN DETAIL… Internet Archive AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 1973 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26836 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL DEPICTS SCENES OF AMERICA KEYED TO AN AIR FORCE BAND RENDITION OF ''AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL.'' Internet Archive Europe United 1974 · Educational Produced by Ted Lowry Historical account of the development of the European Communities (Common Market) since the end of World War II Internet Archive Wildfire! 1971 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Wildfire! Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Division of State and Private Forestry. Fire and Aviation… Internet Archive Ringing Bell 1978 · Cartoon Ringing Bell ( チリンの鈴 , Chirin no Suzu , lit. Chirin's Bell ) is a 1978 Japanese anime adventure-drama film adaptation of the storybook of the same name… Internet Archive The Rescue of Mr. Richardson's Last Station 1978 · Educational Title from data sheet Producer and director, John Gordon Hill Shows how a local citizen's group was able to save the Union Railroad Station in New London,… Internet Archive Ivor The Engine: 16-Episode Compilation (1975-77) 1975 · Cartoon Ivor the Engine is a British cutout animation television series created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin 's Smallfilms company. It follows the adventures… Internet Archive 1971 "Rock Flowers" Mattel Doll Commercial 1971 · Commercial A 30-second TV commercial from 1971 for "Rock Flowers," a line of groovy mod dolls by Mattel which were marketed with tie-in record albums. This was the final… Internet Archive Ippatsu Kanta-kun(1977) 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 Betcher! 1971 · Short · 12 min A 1971 British classroom film about bicycle safety. Features pop singer Peter Noone. The short also features Keith Chegwin (who plays John), who later became… Internet Archive ABC Family Night 1970 · Commercial A commercial for ABC's 1970 "Family Night" lineup on Friday nights, featuring The Brady Bunch, Nanny and the Professor and The Partridge Family. Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Red, Red, Red" 1975 · 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 PRESIDENT RICHARD M NIXON; ETC 1972 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 34628 / Local Identifier 111-LC-57416 PRESIDENT RICHARD M NIXON; ETC Silent. Department of… Internet Archive Rookie of the Year 1973 · Educational Internet Archive That's Business: Profit Forecasting 1978 · Educational Revised version of the motion picture issued in 1977 under title: Forecasting profit & the cash flow Title from data sheet Also issued as videocassette… Internet Archive Pakistan 1971 · Educational National Archives - Pakistan - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - - DVD Copied by IASL Scanner Thomas… Internet Archive COMBAT ACTIVITIES OF THE 1/501 BDE, 101ST ABN DIV (FIRE DROP); ETC 1971 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 34383 / Local Identifier 111-LC-56854 COMBAT ACTIVITIES OF THE 1/501 BDE, 101ST ABN DIV (FIRE… Internet Archive Kabatotto(Hippo and Thomas)(1971-1972) 1971 · 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 Lone Wolf And Cub: 6 White Heaven In Hell 1974 · Feature In the final Lone Wolf and Cub film, star Tomisaburo Wakayama decided to make the sort of wild movie he’d always wanted to: one in which Lone Wolf battles… Internet Archive Captain Harlock // Capitão Harlock [キャプテン・ハーロック) // Legendado PT-BR 1977 · Cartoon O clássico anime de piratas espaciais, "Capitão Harlock" com legendas em português.