The world's archives

1,921–1,968 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 Home for Christmas 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Issued also as videorecording A young boy in strangely outdated garb passes unnoticed through the Christmas Eve crowds on a journey… Internet Archive Minnie the Moocher and Many, Many More 1981 · Educational Produced and directed by Manny Pittson A nostalgic tour through the great Harlem jazz clubs of the 1930s and '40s, led by Harlem born personality Cab… Internet Archive Guerreros Y Cautivas (1989) 1989 · Feature Película Internet Archive Katura and the Cat 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Kindergarten through intermediate grades "An original fairytale by Lillian Moats & J.P. Somersaulter." Camera,… Internet Archive Heritage: Civilization and the Jews, 2 -- The Power of The Word 1984 · Educational · 59 min Title from data sheet Intended audience: Junior high school students through adults Issued also as videorecording Host Abba Eban explores Jewish culture… Internet Archive Taking Responsibility: What's Wrong with Vandalism 1986 · Educational In clever animation that personifies feelings, the film helps young children to recognize and manage their own destructive feelings. Credits: Written and… Internet Archive The Beach Girls(1982) 1982 · Feature School is out, and three girls head to the beach for vacation. Two of the girls are world-wise party-goers who attempt to loosen up their naive, virginal… Internet Archive Heritage--civilization and the Jews. [motion picture] 1984 · Educational · 59 min Introduces the cultural background of the North African-Middle East region, examining the extent of the Arab conquest. Looks at the origins of Islam, Muhammad… Internet Archive Happy High School, Las Colegialas 1986 · Feature · Subtitles A mishmash of high school comedies rolled into one. An inspector comes to school, one of the profs keeps seeing people without their clothes on, shower… Internet Archive Jack London's Tales of the Klondike: The Scorn of Women 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Photography, David Ostriker ; story editor, Peter Wildeblood ; sound editor, Andy Malcolm ; narrator, Orson Welles ; music composer and… Internet Archive Astrosmiles 1986 · Film Astronauts describe some of the fun and antics during various space shuttle missions. This amusing video contains footage from postflight press conferences of… Internet Archive The Dukes of Hazzard S04 E07 Sadie Hogg Day 1982 · TV Daisy's one-day stint as Hazzard County treasurer on Sadie Hogg Day may earn her a trip to jail, after Boss Hogg -- hoping to avoid being arrested for… Internet Archive Victor 1989 · Educational Based on the book of same title by Clare Galbraith A young Mexican-American boy has difficulty reconciling the English-speaking world of school that he hates… Internet Archive Accidental Poisoning 1980 1980 · Educational · 11 min Provides basic information about the emergency treatment of various forms of poisoning. Dramatizes situations involving accidental poisoning, and shows what… Internet Archive Basic Electricity: 7 -- Electric Power 1982 · Educational Consultant, James M. McGrath, Lane Technical High School, Chicago Covers definition of work; power; the electrical components; the power formula; watts; P.… Internet Archive Cassette: Reader's Digest "Easy-Listening Hits of the 60s & 70s" Demonstration Cassette 1989 · Film SEEKING SOUND FILMSTRIPS FOR PRESERVATION. Sound filmstrip was a 35mm film-based still image educational media format used in schools and industry. I am the… Internet Archive Basic Electricity: 11 -- Motors and Generators 1982 · Educational Consultant, James M. McGrath, Lane Technical High School, Chicago Covers "dart notation" and direction of current; experiment with free-moving wire in… Internet Archive Heritage: Civilization and the Jews, 4 -- The Crucible of Europe 1984 · Educational · 31 min Title from data sheet Junior high school students through adults Host Abba Eban explores Jewish culture and civilization from the ninth to the fifteenth… Internet Archive The Dukes of Hazzard S04 E24 Miss Tri Counties 1983 · TV Corruption runs amok in the Miss Tri-Counties pageant when Boss Hogg accepts a $10,000 payoff to rig the contest in favor of Hatchapee County entrant Melanie… Internet Archive Night (Look Again series) 1989 · Educational · 9 min What is it about the night that stirs the imagination towards enchantment and mystery? A girl views the city at night from her balcony, wondering about the… Internet Archive Can't Take No More 1980 · Educational Occupational Health and Safety Administration Department of Labor United States Government Can't Take No More (1980) A quick paced history of occupational… Internet Archive Mother Holle 1985 · Educational Title from data sheet U.S. version of the motion picture released in Austria under title: Frau Holle Intended audience: Kindergarten through intermediate… Internet Archive Grant and Lee on the Civil War 1984 · Educational · 33 min Here, Bernard Wilets creates a game show, "Risk Your Reputation," a dramatization in which the two great generals of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant and… Internet Archive The Planar Double Pendulum 1984 · Educational · 28 min Title from data sheet A foreign film (West Germany) College students and adults Uses the example of the planar double pendulum to demonstrate the physical… Internet Archive Shades of Darkness - Series 1 - Episode 3 - Feet Foremost (incomplete - 1983) 1983 · Commercial Incomplete recording of an episode of "Shades of Darkness", a TV miniseries. Series originally from 1983, recorded from a later broadcast on Channel Nine in… Internet Archive William Holden: The Golden Boy 1989 · Educational Documentary Narrator: Richard Kiley Editors, Stephanie Palewksi, Ann Borin A look at the life and film career of William Holden. Featured are comments by… Internet Archive Heritage: Civilization and the Jews, 6 -- Roads from the Ghetto 1984 · Educational · 32 min Title from data sheet Junior high school students through adults Host Abba Eban explores Jewish culture and civilization from 1789 to 1917. Covers the… Internet Archive The Computer Programme: 8 -- Artificial Intelligence 1982 · Educational Produced by the BBC. Narrated by Chris Serle and Ian McNaught-Davis Do computers think? Roger Schank of Yale University relates recent developments in… Internet Archive Mountain Bike Mania 1988 · Film "..this is a must-have guide to finding fit, frame and features that are best for you...learn how to get more out of biking with this fast-paced, adventure… Internet Archive Rivers: The Work of Running Water 1981 · Educational CLICK HERE TO SEE THE STUDY GUIDE FOR THIS FILM Compares the Colorado and Mississippi rivers and reveals how running water sculpts the geologic features of… Internet Archive Animals in Autumn and Winter 1983 · Educational Title from data sheet Consultant, William V. Mayer Revised edition of: Animals in autumn. 1957 Intended audience: Primary and intermediate grades Issued… Internet Archive The Captain Is a Lady 1983 · Educational Title from data sheet Originally broadcast on the CBS television program entitled: 60 minutes Intended audience: Junior high school students through adults… Internet Archive How To Style A Scarf 1988 · Educational "Learn all about scarf styling" -- description from box. Internet Archive The Dukes of Hazzard S03 E12 State Of The Country 1982 · TV Cooter's new employee is an underling for a crooked county administrator wanting to take over Hazzard County. Internet Archive Safety - It's Your Responsibility 1982 · Educational US Postal Service Safety - It's Your Responsibility AVA11950VNB1, 1982 Uses dramatized situations to show the role supervisors play in promoting and… Internet Archive The Work I've Done 1984 · Educational · 56 min Photographers, Don Lenzer, Gary Steele ; editor, Sonya Polonsky Several retired men and women discuss how they feel after retirement, how it is something to… Internet Archive 3 2 1 Contact - Signals: Cracking Codes Episode 5 (1986) 1986 · TV The final visit to the Blue Sky Café finds the hosts mystified. How does Maxine the waitress know what everyone wants if no one says anything? In Eastern… Internet Archive The Great Moscow Circus of 1988 1988 · Commercial Performance from The Great Moscow Circus during a tour of Australia in 1988. Presented by Tony Barber Ad breaks included. Recording includes a news break… Internet Archive Great Little Railways: Slow Train to Olympia 1983 · Educational Written and narrated by Michael Wood; produced by the BBC The slow train from Athens to Olympia passes through the ancient religious center of Elefsis, over… Internet Archive Sarı Siyah, Turkish Movie 1986 · Feature Sarı Siyah, Turkish Movie https://www.tsa.org.tr/en/film/filmgoster/1660/kizlar-sinifi-tatilde Internet Archive 120 El coral vermell de la Mediterrània (1981) 1981 · Short Documental turístic sobre la població de l'Estartit, el món submarí de les Illes Medes i l'obtenció del corall. La mar Mediterrània té una important riquesa… Internet Archive Toubleshooting Amplifiers 1981 · Film Lesson Five of a five part training video series covering the topic "troubleshooting amplifiers". Instructor demonstrates trouble diagnosis and correct… Internet Archive Basic Electricity: 10 -- Capacitance 1982 · Educational Consultant, James M. McGrath, Lane Technical High School, Chicago Covers explanation of capacitance; capacitors; their construction; charging and discharging;… Internet Archive The Cobalt Blues 1982 · Educational · 59 min Intended audience: Junior high school through adults. aPresents a report on American dependence on foreign sources for strategic minerals that are vital to… Internet Archive The Dukes of Hazzard S04 E09 10 Million Dollar Sheriff Part 2 1982 · TV Uncle Jesse seriously injures himself as the shaken Duke patriarch learns that bounty hunter Jason Steele is a wanted criminal. Steele eventually manages to… Internet Archive Hidden Signs 1988 · Educational Portrays a young girl adjusting to a new school and classmates' attitudes about her deaf parents. Communication between the girl and her parents is entirely… Internet Archive The Quest For Contact: NASA's Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) 1987 · Film Takes a look at the proposed NASA project designed to scan the entire sky, searching for signs of extraterrestrial life. Prominent researchers comment on the… Internet Archive United States Air Force Urinalysis Program: Deter Or Detect 1985 · Film Shows the procedures of implementing a drug testing urinalysis program in the Air Force. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the…