The world's archives

1,585–1,632 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 Gulf Stream 1982 · Educational · 28 min Directed by Bruce Mackay and William Hansen for the National Film Board of Canada Traces the 2,000-mile, 15-day voyage of the Freya, a small three-hulled… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Simulants and Depressants" 1989 · 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 Minder (1989) SE7 - EP6 The Wrong Goodbye 1989 · TV Minder (1989) SE7 - EP6 The Wrong Goodbye [6 th Feb 1989] Arthur’s bank manager won’t extend his already considerable overdraft and his car lot, lock-up and… Internet Archive Hanım, Turkish Movie 1989 · Feature Hanım, Turkish Movie https://www.tsa.org.tr/en/film/filmgoster/4114/hanim Internet Archive The Dukes of Hazzard S03 E22 The Hack Of Hazzard 1982 · TV To help out family friend Emma Tisdale when she goes on vacation, Bo and Luke take over daily operations of her taxicab service. The Duke boys' first clients… Internet Archive Knight Rider S03 E03 The Ice Bandits 1984 · TV A collection of diamonds is stolen from a Foundation sponsored charity auction. Michael and Kitt follow one of the thieves to the Monestary of the Grape in… Internet Archive The Endocrine System 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Junior high school through senior high school Issued also as videorecording Uses animation to describe the major… Internet Archive Santana - Winning - Live (1981) 1981 · TV Santana - Winning - Live (1981) Internet Archive The Women of Summer 1985 · Educational · 59 min The Women of Summer Examines the migration of millions of wildebeest in Kenya on their search for grass and water during the dry summer months. Internet Archive Knight Rider S03 E19 Ten Wheel Trouble 1985 · TV Michael joins a small trucking company family business after 15 year old computer whiz Sally Flynn breaks into the FLAG computer to ask for help. Internet Archive The Dukes of Hazzard S04 E19 Nothin' But The Truth 1983 · TV When Boss Hogg learns that a state investigator is on his way to Hazzard to check out a claim of an illegal casino, he shifts the blame to the Duke family.… Internet Archive Up Your Alley - Linda Blair, Murray Langston 1989 · Feature https://mytvlog.blogspot.com/2010/04/up-your-alley-1988.html Internet Archive Knight Rider S04 E05 Burial Ground 1985 · TV An archaeologist being sponsored by FLAG is kidnapped after finding proof positive that a piece of land belongs to a tribe of Indians. Not surprisingly, a… Internet Archive The Living Planet a Portrait of the Earth 11 the Open Ocean 1984 · Educational · 56 min Hosted by David Attenborough Editor, David Barrett; photography, Martin Saunders, Hugh Maynard; music, Elizabeth Parker Broadcast on PBS Internet Archive North Carolina: Mineral State Usa 1980 · Short · 13 min Presents a study of the mineral resources of North Carolina, showing mining reclamation programs resulting in golf courses, baseball fields, parks and lakes. Internet Archive The A Team S 05 E 07 Alive At Five 1987 · TV Faceman wants to get out of Stockwell's operation, thinking the A-Team won't receive a pardon before dying in action. He plans to make a break after rescuing… Internet Archive The Dukes of Hazzard S03 E02 Carnival Of Thrills Part 2 1980 · TV Shapely carnival stunt show operator Diane Benson offers Bo the opportunity of a lifetime: Being the star of the headline act. The act involves a stunt driver… Internet Archive Picasso: A Painter's Diary, 1 -- The Formative Years 1980 · Educational Producer and director, Perry Miller Adato Profiles the life and work of Pablo Picasso from the age of fourteen when he qualified for advanced classes at the… Internet Archive Cougar 1984 · Educational VHS format Based on the novel "An American ghost" by Chester Aaron Mathew Vipond, Kim Hauser, Angus MacInnes, Wayne Best As flood waters sweep his house… Internet Archive Boy on a skateboard 1984 · Educational Shows the adjustment of a handicapped boy who has no legs and how an ordinary skateboard gave him real mobility and access to the real world VHS format Internet Archive How the Animals Discovered Christmas 1983 · Educational · 12 min Animated Christmas story. This film isn't in the public domain. The copyright is owned by Phoenix Learning Group, Inc. For information on using footage of… Internet Archive Minder (1985) SE6 - EP6 Waiting For Goddard 1985 · TV Minder (1985) SE6 - EP6 Waiting for Goddard [9 th Oct 1985] Albert Goddard, an eccentri recluse, may have inherited a large sum of money. A private detective… Internet Archive Cuarteles De Invierno (1984) 1984 · Feature Cuarteles de invierno es una película argentina dramática de 1984 dirigida por Lautaro Murúa y protagonizada por Oscar Ferrigno y Eduardo Pavlovsky . Está… Internet Archive Martin Luther King, Jr.: Letter from Birmingham Jail 1988 · Educational Frantz Turner, Robert Guillaume Dr. King was arrested in 1963 for participating in a civil rights demonstration. While in jail he read a letter in the… Internet Archive Air Force One: the planes and the presidents 1984 · Educational · 58 min A look at the airplanes called Air Force One and the presidents who flew in them, from Franklin Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan. Includes historical footage.… Internet Archive The Lilith Summer 1985 · Educational Title from data sheet Based on the novel of the same name by Hadley Irwin Intended audience: Ages 10-14 Issued also as videorecording A story about an… Internet Archive Pablo Picasso: The Legacy of a Genius 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Longer version (88 min.) issued under same title Intended audience: Ages 15 through adult Issued also as videorecording… Internet Archive The Stone Carvers 1984 · Educational · 28 min Amidst the gargoyles of Washington (D.C.) Cathedral, some of the last remaining Italian-American stone carvers demonstrate their traditional skills and… Internet Archive Basic Electricity: 2 -- How Electricity Is Produced 1982 · Educational Consultant, James M. McGrath, Lane Technical High School, Chicago Covers batteries; electron flow; chemical action; the cell; current measurement;… Internet Archive Slime Molds : Plasmodial and Cellular 1989 · TV The slime molds are recognized by botanists as fungi and by zoologists as Protista. This video explains the complex life cycles of the slime molds and the… Internet Archive Knight Rider S04 E08 Many Happy Returns 1985 · TV Michael is celebrating his fourth 'birthday' as a new man when Devon recruits him for a mission to find a stolen experimental hovercraft with great… Internet Archive Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World 1983 · Educational · 59 min Internet Archive El show de La pantera rosa (5ta temporada)(Incompleta) 1980 · Feature El show de La Pantera Rosa con Hoot Kloot Internet Archive Minder (1985) SE6 - EP5 From Fulham With Love 1985 · TV Minder (1985) SE6 - EP5 From Fulham with Love [2 nd Oct 1985] Arthur is forced to give Nigel, his wife’s skinhead nephew, a job. His only skill appears to be… Internet Archive The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America 1982 · Educational Director and editor, Werner Schumann; producers, Charles Guggenheim, Werner Schumann; associate producer, Nancy Sloss; authors, Charles Guggenheim, Patsy… Internet Archive The Intertidal Zone 1985 · Educational Examines the plants and animals inhabiting the intertidal zone and their adaptations to the ocean's diurnal rhythm Filmed on location in British Columbia Ages… Internet Archive Life In The Fast Lane 1981 1981 · Educational · 13 min Incorporates humor, music, animation, and live action to communicate practical information on five major aspects of freeway driving: numbering, interchanges,… Internet Archive Edge Of Darkness - Joanne Whalley 1985 · TV KCOP (channel 13) broadcast Internet Archive Picasso: A Painter's Diary, 2 -- From Cubism to Guernica 1980 · Educational Producer-director, Perry Miller Adato; writer, Jean-Claude van Itallie; editor, Eugene Marner The personal and professional life of Pablo Picasso, shown… Internet Archive Survival! 1980 · Educational Title from data sheet Utilizes dramatic reenactments of actual wilderness emergency case histories as a means of teaching survival techniques in the outdoors Internet Archive The Tonight Show - Johnny Carson, Joan Rivers, Jay Leno 1984 · TV https://mytvlog.blogspot.com/2010/03/tonight-show-starring-johnny-carson_20.html https://mytvlog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tonight-show-starring-johnny-carson_14.ht… Internet Archive Knight Rider S04 E17 Knight of a Thousand Devils 1986 · TV Michael's CIA pal Lew Jonas gets killed during a raid on crime boss Ronald Becker. Becker plans to get out of the country using the illegal Baja race to… Internet Archive The Dukes of Hazzard S02 E16 Treasure Of Hazzard 1981 · TV The Dukes assist young history professor Laura Bardsley search for a Civil War-era strongbox containing a valuable regimental payroll signed by President… Internet Archive Minder (1988) SE7 - TV Film: An Officer And A Car Salesman 1988 · TV Minder (19 8 8 ) SE 7 - TV Film: An Officer and a Car Salesman [25 th Dec 1988] Terry has been convicted of receiving stolen goods - actually stored in his… Internet Archive Mercedes Sosa, Como Un Pajaro Libre (1983) 1983 · Feature Mercedes Sosa, como un pájaro libre es una película documental de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Ricardo Wullicher sobre el guion de Miguel… Internet Archive Minder (1989) SE7 - EP2 Days Of Fines And Closures 1989 · TV Minder (1989) SE7 - EP2 Days of Fines and Closures [9 th Jan 1989] Dave fails to return from a coach trip to Folkestone and Terry temporarily takes over… Internet Archive Abenaki: The Native People of Maine 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Junior high school through college students and adults Issued also as videorecording Through personal… Internet Archive The Last Tasmanian Extinction 1980 · Educational Title from data sheet A foreign film (Australia) Intended audience: High school students through adults Issued also as videorecording Tells the story of…