The world's archives

4,465–4,512 of 13,643 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 Real Goodness from Kentucky Fried Chicken 1976 · Commercial "Real Goodness from Kentucky Fried Chicken!" From 1976. Internet Archive Mystery of the Anasazi 1974 · Film Inquires into the mystery of the unknown builders of ruins discovered by the Navajo Indians 300 years ago. Considers questions such as who these people were,… Internet Archive KPIX Cinco Días En Revista (Partial), 12/29/1979 1979 · Commercial Here's the last 20 minutes or so of the bilingual week-in-review/public affairs program, "Cinco Días En Revista", or "Five Days In Review", that aired on San… Internet Archive Lavelle 009 1975 · Home movie From the Lavelle Family Home Movie Collection, digitized by Nicole Lavelle. Shot by David J. Lavelle, Sr. in Summer 1975 on Super 8mm. Reel information: July… Internet Archive The Deyo Diaries: UFOs Are Here! 1977 · Feature · 1 h 24 min Featuring Steven Spielberg, Stan Deyo, Jacques Vallee, Prof. Allen Hynek, Stanton Friedman, Margaret Mead, Ken Arnold, Betty Hill, Rev. William Gill, Klaus… Internet Archive Oh, Those Golden Grahams! 1977 · Commercial Possibly the first commercial for Golden Grahams cereal. Internet Archive Keep Off My Grass (1975) Restoration Comparison 1972 · Film Keep Off My Grass! is a 1972 generation-gap comedy film directed by Shelley Berman. The film tells the story of a young hippie group that moves into a town… Internet Archive Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? 1977 · Film Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? is a 1977 documentary film about Dorothy and Bob DeBolt, an American couple who adopted 14 children… Internet Archive Death of a Disease 1976 · Film 1 videocassette, 58 min. : 3/4 in. + Note: Transferred from 3/4 in to 1/2 in by the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. Subsequently discarded Focuses… Internet Archive The Keys of Paradise 1979 · Film Describes the recently discovered, powerful and complex painkilling drugs, endorphins, manufactured by the human brain. 1 videocassette (57 min.) : Available… Internet Archive [Home movie: Recovering American and Puerto Rican Narratives from the Caribbean, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Peru] 1970 · Home movie Synopsis A home movie circa 1970 by Carmen Vázquez and Antonio Vázquez on their trip to several countries in Latin America. The film documents their visit to… Internet Archive WKRP In Cincinnati Season 2 Episode 8 “The Patter Of Little Feet”, Thames Television (UK) Broadcast 1979 · Film Thames Television 1988 broadcast of WKRP In Cincinnati complete with ad breaks and channel idents. Season 2 Episode 8 “ The Patter Of Little Feet ”. From a… Internet Archive The Heart of Teaching ★ An in Service series for Teachers in 1080HD with MKV 1976 · Talk The Heart of Teaching ★ An in service series for Teachers in 1080HD with MKV . _ . My thanks goes out to Ian Parker and Rennard Cotton for donating this… Internet Archive Johnny Carson (Johnny Carson (January 17, 1973) Jack. Benny Rich. Little Dylana. Jenson Dick. Barlow Roger. Pida 1973 · Film I think this Jack Benny's last appearance before his passing in 1974. Getting someone this late in their career (Just his radio show ran from 1932-1955 and… Internet Archive The Dawn of the Solar Age 1977 · Film Examines how companies in New England are pioneering the development of solar energy, and how collecting sunshine is about to become big business. Part 1:… Internet Archive Kate Bush TV Special (1979) 1979 · Film You Know! You love her! She's been around since the 1960s! As of now, Cosmicwheelz will be taking over! ROLL OUT THE RARITIES! / Kate Bush Kate! TV Special… Internet Archive Hang Gliding: The New Freedom 1974 · Educational An introduction to the sport of hang gliding Internet Archive Daddy Long Legs Ashinaga Ojisan (1979) 1979 · Cartoon Daddy Long Legs OVA from 1979. Internet Archive From The Kimberly To The Coast (BTQ-7, 01/11/78) 1978 · Commercial · Subtitles Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this video may contain images and voices of people who have died. Homecraft Mobil The Pools… Internet Archive Inside the Shark 1976 · Film Examines the physiological characteristics of the shark which make it well-equipped for survival. 1 videocassette, 50 min. : 3/4 in. + Note: transferred from… Internet Archive The Osmonds Vol. 6: Sir Donald of Bavaria (CA VHS) 1972 · Film Digitized via Firewire with Canopus ADVC-110 and Adobe Premiere Pro Because after over a month of trial and error, I just bought a Dell Latitude 7490 with… Internet Archive Inside the Golden Gate 1974 · Film Film joins a team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists on a mission to find out just how San Francisco Bay works: its physics, its chemistry and its biology.… Internet Archive Actualization Through Assertion: A Behavioral Approach to Personal Effectivenes 1976 · Educational · 25 min Internet Archive OPERATION NEW LIFE/NEW ARRIVAL 1975 · Educational OPERATION NEW LIFE/NEW ARRIVAL May 27, 1975–May 28, 1975 Shot List , Summary: AVs, Ft Indiantown Gap and surrounding area. MS, troops standing in front of… Internet Archive Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens [1979] - Trailer 1979 · Commercial Believe it or not even in Smalltown USA there are still people who are unfulfilled and unrelieved in the midst of plenty. Levonna & Lamar could have the… Internet Archive Teaching Games to Primary Children 1976 · Educational Internet Archive Strandcamping Bakker Film-2 1970 · Short · 31 min 8mm film nr.2 van de heer Bakker van de Zandvoortse strandcamping Internet Archive Wichita Television Commercials reel 03 - 16mm film 1971 · Commercial A series of television commercials produced in Wichita, Kansas for regional broadcast from the 1960s. Featuring outtakes from a Horton’s Furniture commercial… Internet Archive Manager Under Pressure 1977 · Educational Internet Archive Campbell's Chicken Noodle O's Soup 1976 · Commercial There's an infectious jingle in this 1976 commercial for Campbell's Soup. Internet Archive Let's Scare Jessica To Death (1971) 1971 · Film A recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity… Internet Archive Nature's Way 1974 · Educational Internet Archive Collection of 3 VHS Tapes from the 1970s 1970 · Film I found these 3 tapes in my attic and converted it to my computer, and here we are! :) Internet Archive The Sexes: Breaking the Barriers 1975 · Educational Internet Archive The Bamboo House of Dolls [1976] - Trailer 1976 · Commercial A nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee. Internet Archive Spiritual Kung Fu (1978) (Full VHS Rip) 1978 · Film Yi-lang (Jackie Chan) is a smart-alec martial arts student at a Shaolin Temple. An anonymous thief steals a book from the library which teaches a potentially… Internet Archive Purina Cat Chow 1977 · Commercial A 1977 commercial for Purina Cat Chow ("chow, chow, chow!"). Internet Archive 1970s American Express With Mel Blanc 1971 · Commercial Mel Blanc for American Express. Internet Archive Del Monte Corn with Bill Cosby 1977 · Commercial Bill Cosby narrates this 1977 commercial for Del Monte corn. Internet Archive All in the Family (5 hrs.) 1973 · Film The picture isn't as good but there is a special at the end! HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY NORMAN! Enjoy! '~CW~ Internet Archive CARRIE 1976 MAGNETIC VIDEO VHS RIP 1976 · Film Carrie (1976) is an American supernatural horror film directed by Brian De Palma and based on Stephen King’s debut novel. The film follows shy, socially… Internet Archive The University Is Open 1971 · Educational Internet Archive Alaska : The Closing Frontier 1978 · Film Discusses the controversy over the possible development of wilderness land in Alaska, and the economic and ecological factors involved. 1 videocassette (VHS)… Internet Archive OPERATION NEW LIFE: RVN REFUGEES: OPERATION HELPING HAND 1975 · Educational OPERATION NEW LIFE: RVN REFUGEES: OPERATION HELPING HAND Covers: May 1, 1975–May 3, 1975 Shot List , Summary: VS, spectators at Ft. Smith airport. INT,… Internet Archive Full VHS Tape: The Brain Machine (1974) - PARAGON VIDEO PRODUCTIONS (1987) 1972 · Film You can't see it, hear it, or touch it... so how do you fight it? Four human guinea pigs and an attractive woman scientist are terrorized by a machine that… Internet Archive To Die to Live : The Survivors of Hiroshima 1975 · Film Discusses the feelings and illnesses of survivors of the atomic bomb explosion. Includes interviews with survivors and footage from films made soon after the… Internet Archive Full VHS Tape: Adventures of Frontier Fremont (1976) - VCI HOME VIDEO (1980's) 1976 · Film Here's the complete VHS tape of "Adventures of Frontier Fremont." SYNOPSIS: Dan Haggerty stars in a rough and tumbling story of a man who makes thew… Internet Archive GROOVE TUBE [1974] 1974 · Film A collection of skits that make fun of the 1970s television, featuring early appearances by Chevy Chase and Richard Belzer.