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3,697–3,744 of 13,625 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 Hydrothermal Plumes 1978 · Educational This program looks at both the processes and the product associated with submarine activities and see whether these activities has any effect on the… Internet Archive BOMB SQUAD 1970 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25325 BOMB SQUAD TRAINING FACILITIES LOCATED AT THE NAVAL ORDNANCE STATION, INDIANHEAD, MARYLAND, NAVAL STATION, KEY WEST, FLORIDA… Internet Archive Gas! -Or -It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It(1970) 1970 · Feature AKA Gas-s-s-s Plot: A gas is let loose upon the world that kills anyone over 25 years old Internet Archive HISTORY OF THE AIR FORCE - 1944-1945 1976 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 38435 HISTORY OF THE AIR FORCE - 1944-1945 COVERS HISTORY OF ARMY AIR CORPS ACTIONS DURING AIR WAR OVER EUROPE AND THE PACIFIC,… Internet Archive Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe 1975 · Educational National Archives - Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). -… Internet Archive NOSE AND SINUS CLINICAL PROCEDURES - PART I - SINUS IRRIGATION 1977 · Educational Department of Defense - Description: THE PROETZ DISPLACEMENT PROCEDURE FOR IRRIGATING ETHMOID SINUSES TO RELIEVE CONGESTION AND POSTNASAL DRIP IS DEMONSTRATED… Internet Archive The NBC Saturday Morning Preview Revue 1974 · Commercial Variety/kiddie show moguls Sid & Marty Krofft produced this Saturday morning preview special for NBC which only aired once, on September 6, 1974. Hosted by… Internet Archive Clinton High School and the Law 1975 · Educational National Archives - Clinton High School and the Law - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film covers… Internet Archive Chargeman Ken(english subbed) 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 Les Miserables (Toei) 1979 · Cartoon Les Miserables was adapted by the famous Japanese film and animation studio Toei in 1979 as a 75 minute TV special for Fuji TV . Retitled Jean Valjean… Internet Archive SERIES RC CIRCUITS 1972 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 11347 SERIES RC CIRCUITS 1972 REVIEWS THE USE OF VECTOR ANALYSIS, PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM, AND TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS AS APPLIED TO A… Internet Archive The Mouse And His Child - AI Restoration 1977 · Cartoon Machine learning upscale of the Japanese DVD version with English audio from the VHS release Internet Archive China Atlas 1972 · Educational National Archives - China Atlas - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film contains a commercial news… Internet Archive WRIGHT BROTHERS - PART II 1970 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 21581 WRIGHT BROTHERS - PART II THE FIRST DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS OF THE WRIGHT PLANE IN EUROPE AND AMERICA, THE FIRST MILITARY PLANE,… Internet Archive High Flight 1972 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 4523565 / Local Identifier 330-DVIC-26749 - High Flight - Department of Defense. Office of the… Internet Archive What You Eat You Are 1970 · Film Nutritional information for rural South Carolinian families. Internet Archive LEVI STRAUSS AND COMPANY - PEOPLE AND DENIM 1976 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration LEVI STRAUSS AND COMPANY - PEOPLE AND DENIM U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 54525 /… Internet Archive Single Parent 1975 · Educational Summary: A detailed, cinema verite study of a divorced mother with three children who tries to establish a social life while raising children, maintaining her… Internet Archive Piccolino no bouken 1976 · 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 Angel and Big Joe 1976 · Educational A story about a young migrant worker who must decide whether to help his family in Arizona or make a new career for himself with a friend in New Jersey Internet Archive WRIGHT BROTHERS - PART III 1970 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 21582 WRIGHT BROTHERS - PART III THE FIRST AMERICAN PILOTS ARE TAUGHT TO FLY. EARLY EXPERIMENTS IN THE MILITARY USE OF THE AIRPLANE.… Internet Archive Order in the House 1971 · Educational Animation Running time: 05:00 Internet Archive Really, Raquel 1974 · Commercial Really, Raquel was a prime-time variety special adapted from Raquel Welch's 1973 live night club show, "Raquel and the World of Sid & Marty Krofft." The… Internet Archive タンタンの冒険旅行「湖底のひみつ基地」 1972 · Cartoon Tintin and the Lake of Sharks (1972) dubbed in Japanese. The film was dubbed in the early 1990s and released on VHS by Nikkatsu Video. It was remastered for… Internet Archive When Women Were Called Virgins, Quando Le Donne Si Chiamavano Madonne 1972 1972 · Feature A very little and nice village in Italy, Middle Ages. A woman is under legal action for adultery, three young men trying to seduce three beautiful girls, one… Internet Archive Tobidase! Machine Hiryuu 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 The Volga 1977 · Educational · 58 min Internet Archive "A SHIP WHOSE TIME HAS COME" 1977 U.S. NAVY HYDROFOIL SEA TRIAL USS PEGASUS (PHM-1) HARPOON MISSILE XD6963 1977 · Film Produced at the Naval Photographic Center by the David Taylor Naval Ship R&D Center and narrated by Jackson Beck, “A Ship Whose Time Has Come” (July 1977)… Internet Archive Lions of the Serengeti 1976 · Educational · 50 min Internet Archive Great Barrier Reef 1970 · Educational · 26 min Internet Archive King Hussein 1970 · Educational National Archives - King Hussein - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This newsreel film examines the… Internet Archive THIS IS PARRIS ISLAND 1970 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25528 THIS IS PARRIS ISLAND MARINE RECRUITS GO THROUGH THE RIGORS OF BOOT CAMP AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. Internet Archive SPIRIT OF FORT BENNING, THE 1970 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30260 SPIRIT OF FORT BENNING, THE DESCRIBES FORT BENNING, GEORGIA, THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE INFANTRY TRAINING CENTER IN… Internet Archive Mao Tse-Tung from 1944 to 1971 1971 · Educational National Archives - Mao Tse-Tung from 1944 to 1971 - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This filmed… Internet Archive Golda Meir Interview (Reel 2 of 2) 1973 · Educational National Archives - Golda Meir Interview - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film shows Golda Meir,… Internet Archive MILITARY ROADS - PART I - ROAD EXPEDIENTS 1975 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 29327 MILITARY ROADS - PART I - ROAD EXPEDIENTS EXPEDIENT METHODS FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN SWAMPY AND SANDY GROUND. USE OF CORDUROY… Internet Archive FEMININE TOUCH, THE 1970 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30258 FEMININE TOUCH, THE SPOTLIGHTS THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE 12,000 MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS IN MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED… Internet Archive What Che 1972 ) 1972 · Feature Roman Polanski directs this light comedy staring Sydne Rome and some other people but really it is mostly about Sydne. She goes to Italy on vacation and ends… Internet Archive Titans of the Big Top - Titanen de la Carpa Grande 1978 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Titans of the Big Top - Titanen de la Carpa Grande International Communications Agency. (03/27/1978 - 1982) ARC… Internet Archive Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1973) 1973 · Film · Subtitles The yakuza papers 1 Battles without honor and humanity kinji fukasaku Internet Archive The Secrets - The Lawrence Opera House 1979, Episode 01 1979 · TV This is an episode of the Sunflower Cablevision program “Bringing It All Back Home,” which featured both local live music and touring live acts in the early… Internet Archive NAVY OFFICER ORIENTATION NUCLEAR NAVY 1975 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 34354 NAVY OFFICER ORIENTATION NUCLEAR NAVY A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG OFFICERS TO BE TRAINED UNDER THE NUCLEAR PROPULSION… Internet Archive Kenyatta Profile 1971 · Educational National Archives - Kenyatta Profile - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film is a documentary on the… Internet Archive Top Of The Pops: 17th February 1977 1977 · TV Saville-free episode! Internet Archive The Assassination of President Kennedy 1978 · Educational Internet Archive MAPMAKING PROCESS, THE 1973 · Educational Department of Defense - EXPLAINS THE THEORY OF MAPMAKING, AND ILLUSTRATES THE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES USED TO PRODUCE MAPS; PLANNING, SURVEYING, COMPILING, AND… Internet Archive Sigmund And The Sea Monsters S01 E06 1973 · TV The Nasty Nephew : Zelda's obnoxious nephew Leroy stays the weekend. 10/13/1973 Internet Archive Galaxy Express 999 - Early French dub 1978 · Cartoon Voici un RIP de la VHS "Galaxy Express 999" sortie dans les années 80 en France. Celle-ci a pour particularité de proposer un doublage unique, différent des…