The world's archives

2,065–2,112 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 Pieces of a Puzzle 1985 · Educational · 28 min Considers the writing problems involved in reporting a story, as a professional and a student journalist follow a story about inner-city eviction and observe… Internet Archive The Heart of the Dragon: 2 -- Caring 1984 · Educational · 55 min Documentary Title from container Anthony Quayle This explores the ways in which the family, the street, the neighborhood and institutions provide a… Internet Archive UFO Das 3. Reich Schlaegt Zurueck ( 1989) 1989 · Feature UFO Das 3.Reich schlägt zurück Dokumentationsfilm von 1989 Internet Archive Barricades: Lebanon's Civil War 1985 · Educational · 29 min Executive producer, Catherine Freeman ; producer/director Geoff Dunlop Narrator, Bill Patterson Ten years of civil war in Lebanon, described through the… Internet Archive Signals - Read 'Em Or Weep 1982 · Film Depicts a number of unnecessary and fairly common damage-causing situations involving construction equipment. Emphasizes the need for observing maintenance… Internet Archive Knight Rider S01 E04 Good Day at White Rock 1982 · TV While Michael Knight is on vacation, a biker gang threatens to destroy a town. Internet Archive Principles of Caste 1980 · Educational · 25 min Tom Selwyn Analysis of the basis of the hereditary caste system in the central Indian village of Singhara, where social anthropologist Tom Selwyn works Internet Archive Richard Simmons: "Reach" 1982 · 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 The Structure and Function of Hemoglobin 1980 · Educational Uses computer-generated anaglyphic photography of ball-and-stick models of a hemoglobin molecule to explain the biochemical mechanism by which hemoglobin… Internet Archive Starstruck 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Trini Alvarado (Alicia), Joanna Merlin (Inez Marin), Miriam Colon (Yolanda) Intended audience: Junior high school students through… Internet Archive Force Five - Grandizer 1980 · Cartoon Here's the dub of Grendizer produced for Force Five, an anthology of super robot anime made by Jim Terry Productions for syndication in 1980. If anyone has… Internet Archive Organizational Climate 1985 · Educational Director of photography, John Lindley ; edited by Phil Content Title from data sheet Film: 900 ft Leader's guide includes synopsis, introduction, audience… Internet Archive The Detroit Model 1980 · Educational Camera, Marc Benjamin; video & audio, Ron Honsa; narrator, Allen Miller Discusses recent developments at Chrysler Corporation. Due to the high cost of fuel… Internet Archive Impact Of Television [ Documentary Discussion] 1980 1980 · TV Here is a documentary "Impact of Television." Examines how television has affected the behavior and attitudes of Americans. Includes interviews with TV… Internet Archive Fire on the Water 1982 · Educational Copyright: Robert Hillmann Associates. DCR 1982; PUB 1Aug82; REG 26Jun84; PA229-739 Photographer, Robert Hillmann Intended audience: General Looks at the… Internet Archive The Golden Honey Moon 1980 · Educational · 52 min Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Teresa Wright, James Whitmore Executive producer, Robert Geller; director, Noel Black Based on the… Internet Archive Macumba: Trance and Spirit Healing 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Adults Issued also as videorecording Discusses spiritism, the belief that man can communicate with the… Internet Archive Sonic Boom 1984 · Educational CLICK HERE TO SEE THE STUDY GUIDE FOR THIS FILM This animated film describes the movement of sound as a succession of waves of compressed air. It shows how… Internet Archive Herod and Judaea 1982 · Educational · 25 min Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Surveys the architectural achievements of Herod the Great, a "client-king" of the Roman Empire in Judaea… Internet Archive Multistage Amplifiers 1981 · Film Lesson three of a five part video training covering testing, schematics, and operations of multistage amplifiers. Internet Archive Top Of The Pops (7th October 1982) 1982 · TV Another early 80s episode, and the first for October! Appearance from Culture Club! Internet Archive Wildlife On One - S12E01 - Run Rabbit Run x264 1983 · TV This episode of Wildlife on One did not seem to be available anywhere online until I found that it was part of an obscure DVD compilation of David… Internet Archive A Pattern for Pleasure: 1660-1725 1980 · Educational · 27 min Producer, Diana Potter ; director, Richard Mervyn ; photographer, Frank Hodge ; graphic designer, Bernard Allum ; film editor, Rosemary Maclaughlin ; music,… Internet Archive Journey Through the Solar System, Episode 8: Life On Mars? 1983 · Film Episode 8 of Journey Through the Solar System explores the question of life on Mars. It does not give a final yes or no on the life question, but it does… Internet Archive The Correctional Officer: If You're Taken Hostage 1981 · Educational Dramatizations demonstrate how correctional officers and prison guards and workers should respond if they are taken hostage. Discusses some of the reasons… Internet Archive Water: A Clear and Present Danger 1983 · Educational Title from data sheet Originally broadcast on the ABC television program: Close-up Issued also as videorecording Looks at the potential medical hazards… Internet Archive ABC News The Health Show - Smoking 1988 · TV Depiction of a news report from ABC News The Health Show featuring a comments from Dr. Rick Richards Internet Archive Profiles of Nature: The Great Gray Owl 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet A foreign film (Canada) Ages 12 through adults Three Canadian naturalists set up a tower blind after building a nest to attract great… Internet Archive Hearts and Hands 1987 · Educational Cataloged from contributor's data Editor, Jennifer Chinlund ; music, Janice Giteck, Todd Boekelheide Ages 14 through adult Takes a look at the role played… Internet Archive Home Free: Return of the Bald Eagle 1984 · Educational Sponsored by Massachusetts Audubon Director, Christopher G. Knight Documents the efforts of Jack Swedberg, a wildlife photographer, to restore the nesting… Internet Archive The Battle of Vieques 1986 · Educational Directed and produced by Zydnia Nazario Since 1941 nearly 70 per cent of the Isla de Vieques, a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico, has been… Internet Archive Rembetika: The Blues of Greece 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Narrator, Anthony Quinn Intended audience: Ages 14 through adult Issued also as videorecording Explores the music of Turkish… Internet Archive Psychling 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Junior high school through college and adult Issued also as videorecording Chronicles the determination of John… Internet Archive Ancient Lives: 5 -- Woman's Place 1986 · Educational · 23 min VHS format "FFH 865." John Romer In this program, the ceremonies of childbirth are the jumping-off point for a recreation of the rites simulating the… Internet Archive Bath waters [videorecording] 1980 · Educational · 53 min Narrator, Susan Stamberg Describes the excavation of the hot springs at Bath, England, and shows how the water was drained and the floor removed to reveal… Internet Archive Hot Love ( 1985) 1985 · Feature NO SUBS AS OF NOW WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT, DISTURBING SUBJECT MATTER, TOPICS OF SUICIDE! PLOT: Starts off like a love story with cheap camera and turns… Internet Archive Space Research And Your Transportation 1981 · Film This video looks at continuing NASA research as it improves transportation on land, water, and in the air. Computer-simulated teaching tools for training… Internet Archive The Heart of the Dragon: 5 -- Correcting 1984 · Educational · 53 min Documentary Anthony Quayle Title from container This shows the legal system at work, explores the social pressures at work in the new consumer society and… Internet Archive Degrassi Jr High S02E11 - Trust Me 1988 · TV "Spike's pregnancy gets her thrown out of school for setting a bad example. Disaster strikes when Joey and Wheels talk Snake into letting them spend the night… Internet Archive Tribute - Jack Lemmon, Robby Benson, Lee Remick, Colleen Dewhurst 1981 · Feature Pay cable broadcast Internet Archive The Wind in the Willows - The Further Adventures of Toad (1984) 1984 · TV SERIES 1 - EPISODE 1 Internet Archive The Dream Forest 1985 · Educational · 24 min Presents a fantasy story of a young girl and a raccoon, stressing ecological responsibility. Shot in Boulder and Estes Park, Rocky Mountains, Colorado. Avery… Internet Archive Selling to Tough Customers 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: College and adult Issued also as videorecording An illustration of the keys to selling to customers with four… Internet Archive The Heart of the Dragon: 6 -- Working 1984 · Educational · 57 min Documentary Anthony Quayle This examines the workers life in Datong's two main industries, coal mining and railways. The railway is run with military style… Internet Archive Cry of the Condor 1983 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Ages 12 through adult Issued also as videorecording Describes the plight of the condor, a species that has… Internet Archive Enzymes: Structure and Function 1981 · Educational Produced by the BBC for the British Open University William Lipscomb, Nobel laureate in chemistry, and George Harburn explain the principles underlying x-ray… Internet Archive The. Dukes. Of. Hazzard S 03 E 08 Baa, Baa White Sheep 1981 · TV Boss' honest twin brother, Abraham Lincoln Hogg, comes to Hazzard after their great aunt passes away. In her will, the Hogg brothers are entitled to a piece… Internet Archive Space For Women 1981 · Film This video examines nontraditional career opportunities for women at NASA. Several dynamic women speak of the challenges they have mastered and the problems…