The world's archives

1,537–1,584 of 25,338 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 Cosmos 1980 S01E02 ( One Voice In The Cosmic Fugue ) 720p by Vaibhav khade 1980 · TV Original Series Of Cosmos Internet Archive The A Team S 05 E 10 The Crystal Skull 1987 · TV In the Australian outback, the A-Team has acquired a Crystal Skull that some believe generates bad luck. Murdock, Face and Frankie have to bail from their… Internet Archive Bir Kırık Bebek, Turkish Movie 1987 · Feature Bir Kırık Bebek, Turkish Movie https://www.tsa.org.tr/en/film/filmgoster/3579/bir-kirik-bebek Internet Archive Mas Alla De La Aventura (1980) 1980 · Feature Más allá de la aventura es una película de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Oscar Barney Finn sobre el guion de Vicente Caputo con diálogos de… Internet Archive Children of Wax: A Folktale from Zimbabwe 1988 · Cartoon Title from data sheet Editor, Kathleen Houston ; narrator, Robert Trotter ; music, Marimba Productions General Presents a folktale from Africa about five… Internet Archive Paddington Goes to School 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet Animator, Martin Pullen ; film editor, Robert Dunbar ; narrator, Michael Hordern ; music, Bert Chappel Based on: Paddington goes to… Internet Archive French in Action - The Capretz Method ★ "Lost" Annenberg Language Series 1987 · Talk French in Action - The Capretz Method ★ "Lost" Annenberg Language Series More series information page: https://web.archive.org/web/20090201011018/http://learne… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Refrigerators, Stoves, And Other Appliances" 1981 · 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 Knight Rider S02 E24 Big Iron 1984 · TV Michael and Kitt investigate the theft of tractors and similar 'big iron' construction equipment. Internet Archive Bionic Six - 13: Fugitive F.L.U.F.F.I. 1987 · Cartoon Episode 13 of the animated series "Bionic Six" : "Fugitive F.L.U.F.F.I". Internet Archive Strange Behavior 1981 1981 · Feature A scientist is experimenting with teenagers and turning them into murderers. Internet Archive Knight Rider S01 E14 Hearts of Stone 1983 · TV Michael infiltrates the 'Corazónes de Piedras' who are dealing in the Nun X-19, a powerful new automatic assault weapon. Unfortunately he 'misplaces' the… Internet Archive Monsignor Quixote - Alec Guinness 1987 · Feature PBS broadcast Internet Archive The Bollo Caper 1986 · Educational Teleplay, Malcolm Marmorstein; producer, director, Rick Reinert Based on the story by Art Buchwald Optical sound track Issued also as videocassette Bollo,… Internet Archive Americas in Transition 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: High school through college students and adults Focuses on American military intervention in Nicaragua, Guatemala,… Internet Archive Egypt: Quest for Eternity 1982 · Educational · 58 min Title from data sheet Camera, Norris Brock, Mark Knobil ; editors, Barry Nye, Hyman Kaufman, Dina Pardau ; narrator, Richard Basehart ; music, Lyn Murray… Internet Archive Knight Rider S04 E09 Knight Racer 1985 · TV Although Devon would rather have Michael on a Rembrandt forgery case in Cincinnati, he allows him to help a mechanic friend of Bonnie's, Elena Thomas, who's… Internet Archive Kopje, a rock for all seasons [motion picture] 1982 · Educational · 54 min Title from data sheet Host and narrator, George Page Episode from the PBS television program: Nature Senior high school through college students and adults… Internet Archive So Far from India 1982 · Educational · 51 min Producer, director, Mira Nair A documentary about the world of a recently-arrived Indian immigrant, a subway newstand worker in Manhattan and the traditional… Internet Archive Freddy's Nightmares 1x09 Rebel Without a Car [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 Red Dwarf TV series pilot 1988 · TV Red Dwarf TV series pilot episode Internet Archive Black Mother, Black Daughter 1989 · Educational Executive producer, Shelagh MacKenzie, Germaine Wong ; script/narrator, Sylvia Hamilton ; cinematography, Dominique Gusset ; sound/sound editing, Jane Porter… Internet Archive Silent Pioneers 1984 · Educational Elderly lesbians and gays speak out about their reclusive former lives and satisfying present relationships and discuss their part in making LGBT life what it… Internet Archive Laurel & Hardy's Musical Moments (1988) 1988 · TV The clown princes of the black and white movies, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, display their considerable comic talents - not to mention their dulcet tones -… Internet Archive A Truck Driver Named Gret 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Junior high school through college students and adults Presents a documentary profile of a thirty-eight-year-old wife, mother, and… Internet Archive Downwind / Downstream 1988 · Educational · 1 h · Subtitles Title on container: Downwind downstream Narrated by Peter Coyote ; music by Ray Lynch, Dan Fogelberg, Brian Eno and Kate Wolf VHS format Intended audience:… Internet Archive Knight Rider S02 E07 K.I.T.T. the Cat 1984 · TV An infamous cat burglar has begun robbing jewelry again. The problem is that the man who was always the main suspect has recently passed on. Consequently,… Internet Archive The Dukes of Hazzard S03 E14 Duke VS. Duke 1982 · TV When Cooter is injured before Hazzard County's annual road race, Luke offers to take the driver's seat of Cooter's car, knowing he will have to race Bo in the… Internet Archive Kan Çiçek Açtı, Turkish Movie 1987 · Feature Kan Çiçek Açtı, Turkish Movie https://www.tsa.org.tr/en/film/filmgoster/3569/kan-cicek-acti Internet Archive Late Show Starring Joan Rivers episode 1987 · TV An episode of talk show "The Late Show," featuring Joan Rivers as the host and interviews with Bette Davis and a performance/interview with music group Exile. Internet Archive [Bradley: Second to None] 1982 · Film · Subtitles General Omar Bradley inspires Bradley Fighting Vehicle System (army tank) Internet Archive Voyager 2: Neptune Encounter 1989 · Film Computer graphics, actual images, and stock footage of the Voyager 2’s Neptune encounter are narrated with music. Aug 8, 1989 To license this film and get a… Internet Archive 3 2 1 Contact - Season 2 - Survival: Protection Episode 3 (1983) 1983 · TV Miguel, Robin, and Kathy help epidemological detectives in their investigation on a food poisoning case. Jackie searches with schoolkids for jumping frogs. In… Internet Archive Metropolitan Cats 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet Based on the book: Metropolitan cats / text by John P. O'Neill Intended audience: General Issued also as videorecording From the… Internet Archive Bionic Six - 04: Klunk in Love 1987 · Cartoon Episode 4 of the animated series "Bionic Six" : "Klunk in Love". Internet Archive Minder (1984) SE4 - EP10 Windows 1984 · TV Minder (1984) SE4 - EP10 Windows [1 st March 1984] Arthur starts a health club, the Daley Workout, with moonlighting blackjack dealers acting as coaches. His… Internet Archive Rappaccini's Daughter 1980 · Educational · 56 min Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Kristoffer Tabor, Kathleen Beller Executive producer, Robert Geller; director, Dexso Magyar Based on… Internet Archive Time for Table Manners 1987 · Cartoon Grades K-4 Shows proper manners from setting the table to cleaning up the eating area Internet Archive The Circus World Championships (2 episodes - early 1980s) 1982 · Commercial Two episodes of The Circus World Championships, both taped from Channel Ten in Australia during the early 1980s. Ads were skipped out of the first episode,… Internet Archive Memoirs of a Movie Palace 1980 · Educational Title from data sheet Explores the aura and significance of a grand, pre-Depression movie palace through the recollections of a vaudevillian, patrons, the… Internet Archive VOYAGER II-Rendezvous With Saturn 1986 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration VOYAGER II-URANUS FLY BY U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) VOYAGER II-URANUS FLY BY -… Internet Archive Ballet Robotique 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Camera, Reed Smoot ; editor, Marshall Harvey ; music, David Spear Presents a nonverbal fantasy of robots from the General Motors… Internet Archive Gazap Rüzgarı, Turkish Movie 1982 · Feature Gazap Rüzgarı, Turkish Movie https://www.tsa.org.tr/tr/film/filmgoster/356/gazap-ruzgari Internet Archive Los Parchis Contra El Inventor Invisible (1981) 1981 · Feature Los Parchís contra el inventor invisible es una película de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Mario Sabato según su propio guion escrito en… Internet Archive Flicks - A Fish Called Wanda interview 1989 · TV An episode of the brief interview series "Flicks," featuring Michael Palin, Jamie Lee Curtis, and John Cleese of "A Fish Called Wanda". Internet Archive Great Railway Journeys of the World: Deccan 1980 · Educational Brian Thompson Writer Brian Thompson travels by train in India, south from Bombay, passing though four states, crossing the dusty Decca Plain, into the… Internet Archive The Dukes of Hazzard S03 E07 Uncle Boss 1980 · TV Boss and his crooked nephew, Hughie Hogg, conspire to charge the Duke boys with bank robbery by capturing the "crime" on security video. The Dukes ensure that… Internet Archive The Shock of the New: Powers That Be 1981 · Educational · 30 min Robert Hughes, author Describes how the political implications of Dada (Ernst, Schwitters, Hoch, Baader) and of German Expressionism were played out against…