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865–912 of 25,073 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 Tango 1981 · Educational Academy Award winning short subject, A child enters a room to get back his ball. Slowly, the entire space becomes filled with bizarre characters, all of them… Internet Archive Knight Rider S01 E09 Trust Doesn't Rust 1982 · TV Two small time crooks steal and activate KITT's sociopathic predecessor, KARR, and it goes on the rampage. Internet Archive The A Team S 02 E 08 Labor Pains 1984 · TV While evading Col. Decker, the A-Team helps farm laborers in a small town who are being mistreated by their employer. Internet Archive Great Railway Journeys of The World:Three Miles High 1981 · Educational · 32 min · Subtitles Reporter Miles Kington travels from Cuzco, Peru, on the highest railway in the world, across the Andes Mountains, to La Paz, Bolivia. He observes South… Internet Archive DOPE 082 1988 · Film · Subtitles "The Boom they couldn't bust" 2-hr dope special Ch. 4 (21 July 1988), Russonello shouts down Oakland Trib publisher for saying 2 sentences about legalization.… Internet Archive V The Series (1984-85) s01e12 The Betrayal 1985 · TV While Bates remains in a coma Charles plots to overthrow him. Elsewhere, Willie is gravely wounded. Internet Archive The Dance Show -5/15/1984 Episode 21 With Thompson Twins, Gladys Knight, Candi Staton, Cissy Houston 1984 · TV The Dance Show WSB -TV Atlanta, GA 5/15/1984 episode 21 with Thompson Twins, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Candi Staton, Culture Club and Cissy Houston The Dance… Internet Archive On-Line Databases #2 1987 · TV · Subtitles Second part of a series on information retrieval looking at specialized services such as Bix, Dialog, QuantumLink and NewsNet. Guests: Dick Kollin, Telebase… Internet Archive The A Team S 03 E 01 Bullets And Bikinis 1984 · TV The team comes to the aid of two young girls whose hotel is being terrorized by thugs trying to force them to sell. Internet Archive ALL MY CHILDREN 1984 #2 (May thru Nov) 1984 · TV *2018-09-17 UPDATE Beginning cleanup of 1984 #1 & #2 Internet Archive Viruses 1989 · TV · Subtitles Viruses are spreading to personal computers and causing havoc to individuals and businesses. A look at how to prevent viruses from destroying your system.… Internet Archive DOPE 096 1989 · Film · Subtitles Deukmejian "drug education" "ust Say No," Hollywood drugs & alcohol, Michael Jackson anti-drug video(!),Finish Line steroids, JFK on space, traveling… Internet Archive DOPE 133 1989 · Film · Subtitles Miles Davis addiction, big speed bust, Bay Bridge re-opens, Pine ridge alcohol, Sears soothing syrup See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive Heartbreakers - Peter Coyote, Carol Wayne 1984 · Feature Pay cable broadcast Internet Archive Business Applications Part 2 1987 · TV · Subtitles Part two of a series on business applications, this time focusing on spreadsheets. Guests: Larry Gross, Lotus Development; Sam Savage, General Optimization;… Internet Archive The A Team S 01 E 04 A Small And Deadly War 1983 · TV A police inspector calls on the A-Team to help him end the activities of a corrupt SWAT team who are hiring themselves out as hitmen. Internet Archive DOPE 087 1988 · Film · Subtitles Bush-Dukakis debate, drugs. Fr. Serra beatified. CIA covert ops with Mafia, Hmong. Tribute to Woodie Guthrie, Ledbelly, Taj Mahal, Little Richard, Willie… Internet Archive Utilities 1986 · TV · Subtitles PC utiltities, file manipulators, disk managers, DOS aids, and other PC tools. Guests: Ed Tolson, SoftLogic Solutions; Dale Sinor, Executive Systems; Karen… Internet Archive Business Applications 1985 · TV · Subtitles A review of the current offerings in word processors, spreadsheets, and database managers. Guests: Lewis Levin, Micropro; Alan Ashton, Satellite Software; Lex… Internet Archive Teen Workout 1989 · Film "Tamilee Webb is an internationally recognized physical fitness expert...She consulted with sports training experts, Dr. Peter Francis and Dr. Lorna Francis,… Internet Archive Three Approaches to Psychotherapy 3: Dr. Hans Strupp 1986 · Educational Music composed and arranged by Allen Davis Techniques used by three different psychotherapists: Hans Strupp, Donald Meichenbaum, and Aaron T. Beck. Strupp… Internet Archive Ballad of the Irish horse 1985 · Educational · 1 h Focuses on the horses of Ireland and their role in history, tradition, and business of the Irish people who ride, tame, train, and breed these horses, for… Internet Archive 4 On The Floor (The Frantics)(1986) S01 E01-13 1986 · TV Four on the Floor is a canadian sketch comedy series which aired on CBC Television in 1986. Consisting of only 13 episodes, the series was a showcase for The… Internet Archive How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days 1983 · Educational Title from data sheet Wallace Shawn, Hermione Gingold Based on the book of the same title by Stephen Manes Intended audience: Intermediate grades through… Internet Archive Sexy Girl - Glenn Frye 1984 · TV 80's video. Internet Archive Bionic Six - 06: Family Affair 1987 · Cartoon Episode 6 of the animated series "Bionic Six" : "Family Affair". Internet Archive Comdex 1986 1986 · TV · Subtitles A review of the newest hardware and software as exhibited at the annual fall Comdex show in Las Vegas. Guests: Hal Glatzer, Software News; Tim Bajarin,… Internet Archive Great Railway Journeys of The World: Changing Trains 1981 · Educational · 35 min · Subtitles Great Railway Journeys of The World: Changing Trains Reel 2 Reel 1 available here By train from London to Budapest on the Cisalpin from Paris to Montreux and… Internet Archive Great Railway Journeys of The World: Changing Trains 1981 · Educational · 28 min · Subtitles Great Railway Journeys of The World: Changing Trains Reel 1 Reel 2 available here By train from London to Budapest on the Cisalpin from Paris to Montreux and… Internet Archive The A Team S 02 E 11 Steel 1984 · TV When the A-Team is hired by a contractor, they discover why his competition is trying to stop his demolition project. Internet Archive Dinosaur 1980 · Cartoon An animated fantasy depicting the age of dinosaurs as imagined by a fifth grader and his classmates. The film was reissued in modified form in 1986 as… Internet Archive Kraft Saultes - Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary (Disney 1981) 1981 · TV Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary is a 1981 television special. It celebrated Walt Disney World's "Tencennial" anniversary in 1981. It aired… Internet Archive Unfinished Business (1985) 1985 · Commercial VHS recording of the 1985 Australian film "Unfinished Business". Written and directed by Bob Ellis. From a 1995 broadcast on Channel Ten in Melbourne,… Internet Archive Minder (1985) SE6 - TV Film: Minder On The Orient Express 1985 · TV Minder (1985) SE6 - TV Film: Minder on the Orient Express [25 th Dec 1985] When Nikki South (Amanda Pays) inherits the contents of a bank strongbox left by… Internet Archive Churchill: The Private War 1980 · Film "Winston Churchill was a monumental leader of men....Revealed in this startling film is the secret story of a man haunted by his desire to succeed, overcoming… Internet Archive DOPE 002 1986 · Film · Subtitles Dope, Len Bias, Don Rogers, John Walters, Just Say No, David Musto, Coke Crusades, Aids & Needle Users, IVDU, Crack, Regan Crusade, Friend to Friend Program,… Internet Archive Desktop Publishing #2 1987 · TV · Subtitles Second part of this series on desktop publishing looking at software applications for DOS based computers. Guests: Richard Amen, Dest Corporation; John Meyer,… Internet Archive ABC After School Special Please Dont Hit Me Mom 1981 · TV A babysitter realizes that one of the children she looks after is being physically abused by his mother. Internet Archive El Desquite (1983) 1983 · Feature El desquite es una película argentina de acción y policial de 1983 dirigida por Juan Carlos Desanzo . Fue escrita por Juan Carlos Desanzo y Eduardo Mignogna ,… Internet Archive Careers in Computing 1986 · TV · Subtitles A look at the job opportunities and requirements in the fast growing computer field. Guests: Gary Kildall, Digital Research; John Podkomorski, Hewlett… Internet Archive A Christmas Gift 1981 · Cartoon Producer/director, Will Vinton; music, Paul Stookey; animation, Barry Bruce, Will Vinton, Joan Gratz, Matt Wuerker Title from data sheet Intended audience:… Internet Archive V The Series (1984-85) s01e15 The Wildcats 1985 · TV Needing medicine to treat a deadly diphtheria epidemic, Julie and Kyle recruit a youth gang, one of whom may be a Visitor spy, to help steal the serum. Internet Archive The A Team S 05 E 13 Without Reservations 1987 · TV Just back from a mission, The A-Team insists Stockwell gives them two weeks off. Murdock invites the guys to the restaurant he waits tables at, Villa Cucina… Internet Archive Freddy's Nightmares 1x07 Sister's Keeper [ITA] 1988 · TV Freddy's Nightmares (Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series) è una serie televisiva statunitense prodotta dalla New Line Television . La… Internet Archive San mao liu lang ji (1980) 1980 · Feature San mao liu lang ji is a 1980 directed by Kan-Ping Yu. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/san-mao-liu-lang-ji-1980/ Internet Archive DOPE 088 1988 · Film · Subtitles Dukakis in CA, Marin has coke and weed in bars!, Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson, Hollywood AIDS, Don Johnson cocaine, shuttle Discovery, Olympic Gold… Internet Archive DOPE 072 1988 · Film · Subtitles Tobacco growers woes, chemistry of stress, AIDS IVDUs and Cops, police want more drug war, Buckley & Friedman legalize drugs!, Mick Jagger didn't steal reggae… Internet Archive DOPE 013 1986 · Film · Subtitles Richard Pry or on Baba Wawa, Geraldo Rivera wants more war on drugs, Cocaine special, CIA-Contras, Hunters Point anti-drug rally, DEA takes money from busted,…