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4,081–4,128 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 NEW LIFE, A 1976 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 38426 NEW LIFE, A DEPICTS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RESPONSIVE STRATEGIC MOBILITY IN PURSUING NATIONAL OBJECTIVES. HIGHLIGHTS MAC'S… Internet Archive INJURY PREVENTION FOR THE ATHLETE 1974 · Educational Department of Defense - Description: DEPICTS VARIOUS TYPES OF INJURIES SUSTAINED BY ATHLETES OF VARIOUS SPORTS AND DEMONSTRATES TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION… Internet Archive WHAT MAKES A MODERN ARMY? 1970 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30253 WHAT MAKES A MODERN ARMY? DESCRIBES THE HIGH STANDARDS OF TRAINING AND LOGISTIC SUPPORT AFFORDED TODAY'S SOLDIER TO ENABLEHIM… Internet Archive MEETING TOMMOROW'S CHALLENGE 1970 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30244 MEETING TOMMOROW'S CHALLENGE DOCUMENTS THE ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND'S CONTINUINGTASK TO DEVELOP, PRODUCE, AND DISTRIBUTE… Internet Archive CBS Evening News May 22, 1970 1970 · TV CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite May 22, 1970 Internet Archive Full VHS Tape: Free To Be... You & Me (1974) - FAMILY HOME ENTERTAINMENT (1992) 1974 · Film Here's the complete VHS tape of "Free to Be... You & Me." Contents: ACT ONE 1. "Free to Be... You and Me" (The New Seekers) 2. "Boy Meets Girl" (Mel Brooks,… Internet Archive Cuprinol Man TV Ads 1977 · Commercial Old commercials of the Cuprinol Man that have been recovered by the Cuprinol company and had been produced by Aardman Studios. Internet Archive Where Did the Colorado Go? 1976 · Film · Subtitles Considers the destructive effects of damming and regulation of the Colorado River. Examines the problems resulting from man's alteration of nature and… Internet Archive The World at War: 13 - Tough Old Gut Italy November 1942 - June 1944 1973 · Educational · 54 min Internet Archive WMAQ Channel 5 Le Disco! ( Complete Broadcast, 8191978) 1978 · Commercial Here's a complete special, Le Disco!, "90 minutes of wall to wall dancing" which aired over WMAQ Channel 5. Included are the Spinners and the Village People,… Internet Archive The World's Largest Nest: The Sociable Weaverbird 1975 · Educational Internet Archive Raffles Episode 6: The Last Laugh (TV 1975) 1977 · TV Episode 6 of the Raffles TV adaptation Internet Archive United Airlines with Burgess Meredith narration 1972 · Cartoon Burgess Meredith narrates this animated 1972 "This Land is Your Land" commercial for United Airlines. Internet Archive It's a Mile From Here to Glory 1978 · Educational · 21 min Internet Archive NBC Nightly News October 4, 1971 1971 · TV NBC Nightly News October 4, 1971 Internet Archive Killer On Board 1979 NBC Big Event 1977 · Commercial ** Made-for-TV ** (This is a June 12,1979 Rebroadcast with commercials...this originally aired Oct.10,1977 on NBC) A cruise ship is swept with fear and panic… Internet Archive Bos kros 1970 · Short · 9 min De trimroute De Bos-Kros is een conditiecircuit van 2,2 km met 14 toestellen langs de route. Ook voor wandelaars is het een fraaie rondwandeling. De route… Internet Archive THE FIRST 3000 1972 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 22335 THE FIRST 3000 SHOWS THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES AT WORK IN THE FIRST 3,000 FEET OF THE ATMOSPHERE; DESCRIBES THE ARMY'S RESEARCH… Internet Archive Curious Alice 1971 · Educational Curious Alice 1971 Description This drug abuse educational film portrays an animated fantasy based upon the characters in "Alice in Wonderland." The film… Internet Archive Kinney Shoes with Ken Berry 1976 · Commercial Ken Berry essentially plays The Music Man in this 1976 commercial for Kinney Shoe stores. Internet Archive HAVE YOU HEARD 1974 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25773 HAVE YOU HEARD TRAINING FOR ALL HANDS IN THE PRESERVATION OF HEARING LOSS FROM HAZARDOUS NOISE EXPOSURE. Internet Archive Roosevelt: Manipulator-in-Chief 1978 · Educational Internet Archive The Human Eye 1976 · Educational Internet Archive Vessels at 'Sail' in Holland 1975 · Short · 4 min Shot about the 'Sail' event in Holland, somewhere in the 70's or 80's. transferred from 8mm to MPEG. Internet Archive NBC PROFICIENCY TESTING 1977 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 65167 NBC PROFICIENCY TESTING ILLUSTRATES THE ROUND ROBIN PROCEDURE FOR TESTING TRAINEES ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL ABILITY TO SURVIVE A… Internet Archive Blazing Continent (Reel 2 of 2) 1972 · Educational National Archives - Blazing Continent - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This Russian film, with an… Internet Archive Unknown holiday-movie 015 1970 · Short · 29 min We got this movie anonymous and sent in a box by mail. It is a homemovie, probably recorded in de 70's from the last century. We don't know were it was filmed… Internet Archive Beneath the Planet of the Apes [VHS] 1970 · Film A VHS home recording of the 1970 film Beneath the Planet of the Apes as broadcast on AMC in 1998 as part of the 30th anniversary marathon of the Planet of the… Internet Archive CRAF - CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET 1977 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 39357 CRAF - CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET TIES INTO CRAF 25TH ANNIVERSARY (20 MAR 77) AND REVIEWS 25 YEARS OF MILITARY/CIVILIAN… Internet Archive The Roar of the Gods 1976 · Educational Internet Archive Russian Exile in Rome 1972 · Educational National Archives - Russian Exile in Rome - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film covers an interview… Internet Archive Wandering Sun (Sasurai no Taiyou) - Complete Series 1971 · Cartoon Sasurai no Taiyou (Wandering Sun) - English Subs Internet Archive The Legend Of Manxmouse (Japanese with Eng subs) 1979 · Cartoon A ceramic figure of a blue mouse with long ears, stubby legs, and no tail suddenly comes to life. He is a “Manxmouse” as known in the legend. Since he is new… Internet Archive Resurrection of Joe Hammond 1973 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 567644 / Local Identifier 129-BOP-28 - Resurrection of Joe Hammond - Department of Justice.… Internet Archive The Human Potential Movement: Journey to the Center of The Self 1975 · Educational Internet Archive FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE WE KNOW 1970 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26638 FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE WE KNOW GIVES A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM.… Internet Archive Shin Kyojin No Hoshi II 1979 · Cartoon All of Shin Kyojin no Hoshi II. Internet Archive STRAIGHT UP AND AWAY 1970 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 23480 STRAIGHT UP AND AWAY OPPORTUNITIES FOR HELICOPTER PILOTS OFFERED BY THE MARINE CORPS. Internet Archive Spaghetti Western 1975 1975 · Home movie Behind the scenes footage of a Spaghetti Western in production in Spain, 1975. Gorgeous footage that takes us right inside the extravagant, but totally lo-fi,… Internet Archive INTERVIEW OF JERRY RAY, DAVID L FRON - PHIL DONAHUE 1977 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 43296, LI 233-MLK-150154 - INTERVIEW OF JERRY RAY, DAVID L FRON - PHIL DONAHUE - DVD Copied by Ann… Internet Archive A PLACE FOR YOU 1978 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 35574 A PLACE FOR YOU SEVERAL NAVAL OFFICERS, BLACK, ORIENTAL, HISPANIC EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME AN… Internet Archive CNO SITREP 30/EDITION 3 1979 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 35949 CNO SITREP 30/EDITION 3 DESTROYER SQUADRON 28 PARTICIPATES IN SEAMANSHIP COMPETITION AT NAVAL STATION, MAYPORT, FLORIDA; FTGC… Internet Archive Hitler's Secret Weapon : The V-2 Rocket at Peenemunde 1977 · Film · Subtitles Discussion of the V-2 rockets from their development in Germany during World War II. 1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min.) : 1/2 in Discussion of the V-2 rockets… Internet Archive Sex and the Handicapped 1977 · Educational This film investigates the increasingly wide-spread incidence of sexual dysfunction associated with traffic accidents, disease and other trauma Internet Archive TWENTY-FOURTH INFANTRY DIVISION, THE 1971 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30279 TWENTY-FOURTH INFANTRY DIVISION, THE SHOWS THE DIVISION WITH THE INSIGNIA OF THE HAWAIIAN TARO LEAF; ITS FIGHTING ACROSS THE… Internet Archive LEFORT I OSTEOTOMY FOR CORRECTION OF PSEUDO-PROGNATHISM 1976 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 65136 LEFORT I OSTEOTOMY FOR CORRECTION OF PSEUDO-PROGNATHISM A BEFORE AND AFTER LOOK AT A YOUNG WOMAN WHOSE LOWER JAW PROJECTS… Internet Archive Connections: 10 - Yesterday, Tomorrow, and You 1978 · Educational · 28 min Internet Archive MULTIPURPOSE SHELTERS-PART II-DISASSEMBLY AND LOADING 1973 · Educational Department of Defense MULTIPURPOSE SHELTERS-PART II-DISASSEMBLY AND LOADING PIN 11328 1973 DEMONSTRATES HOW TO DISASSEMBLE THE WARD CONTAINER FOR LOADING ONTO…