The world's archives

3,457–3,504 of 25,361 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 Space Camp (1986 Family, Comedy) 1986 · Film TAGLINES : 01) An impossible mistake put them into space. The adventure of their lives will be getting back home. 02) It Started As A Dream... It Became A… Internet Archive FULL VHS: The Public Enemy (1931) [20th Century-Fox Video] (1982 VHS) 1982 · Film Distributor: 20th Century-Fox Video [United Artists Corporation / Warner Bros. Pictures & The Vitaphone Corporation] | Original pressing [Ultra rare] |… Internet Archive [Kenny Lauderdale, Orphan] Twinkle NORA Rock Me! v3 (VHS-Decode) 1985 · Cartoon This is a fan remastering of infamous 1980s anime OVA Twinkle NORA Rock me! Subs sourced from Orphan Fansubs release. Notes: This release is "theoretically"… Internet Archive 魔法の妖精ペルシャ (Various Episodes; VHS Rips) 1984 · Commercial Recently, I bought a lot of various VHS tapes from Japan. Two Magical Fairy Persia episodes were on one of the tapes, along with an unknown episode fragment.… Internet Archive 1980年代CM集 (その2) 1983年3月/80s Japanese Commercials part 2 (JOCX-TV, March 1983) 1983 · Commercial · Subtitles 三菱木性ボールペン 辞書手帳 プレゼント マツダ カペラ マツダ 春のお買得車フェア マツダ ファミリア マツダ 春のお買得車フェア 全農 ヨープレイト 映画 幻魔大戦 ハルマゲドン 宣言 リアルゴールド キャティ ミニナプキン Canon T50 オートマン シックウルトラ サンヨー フルハウス 洗濯機… Internet Archive Hazardous Devices in Contraband 1988 · Educational Federal Law Enforcement Training Center gov.ntis.ava19657vnb1 VP-031-88 Hazardous Devices in Contraband Criminals hide booby traps in concealed contraband to… Internet Archive Robert Abel & Associates 1984 Demo Reel 1984 · Commercial A subsequent demo reel (1984) from Robert Abel & Associates, showcasing their (at the time) rich & distinctive visual style. Mostly TRW & Corvette commercials… Internet Archive ABC 11-16-80 Saturday Night Fever Too Close For Comfort WOC 1980 · Commercial · Subtitles ABC 11-16-80 Saturday Night Fever Too Close For Comfort WOC ABC Sunday Night Movie:Saturday Night Fever(Original 11/16/80 Airing With Original Commercials)… Internet Archive BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE - TRAINING AND OPERATIONS 1982 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 71328 BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE - TRAINING AND OPERATIONS PRESENTS INFORMATION ON BASIC AND ADVANCED MAINTENANCE TRAINING… Internet Archive Arthur H. Smith - Cinema Album 1980 · Home movie · 9 min Arthur Smith was born in Silver Spring, Nevada in 1909 and passed away in 2000 after having lived in the Bay Area and Big Bear Lake, California. According to… Internet Archive 1986 VHS • Scream Greats Vol 2: Satanism and Witchcraft 60 FPS 1986 · Film · Subtitles Scream Greats Vol. 2: Satanism and Witchcraft is a documentary hosted by Tom Savini, master of horror makeup effects, who opens with behind-the-scenes… Internet Archive You Can't Take It With You - Lois Nettleton, Harry Morgan 1987 · TV Syndicated broadcast Internet Archive Urotsukidoji - La leggenda del Chojin 1987 · Cartoon Urotsukidoji - La leggenda del Chojin (1987). Internet Archive The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (VHS) 1986 Reprint 1982 · Film Digitized via Firewire with Canopus ADVC-110 and WinDV Plus 2 Disney Cartoons! Disney's delightful animated musical version of Washington Irving's classic… Internet Archive The Africans: A Triple Heritage ★ Full BBC and PBS Series with MKV and Subtitles and Book 1986 · Talk The Africans: A Triple Heritage ★ Full BBC and PBS Series with MKV and Subtitles and Book . _ . Ian Parker requested this Series … I found the original DVD… Internet Archive Takuro Fukuda's Conton 1987 · Film · Subtitles A new digitization of the SOV classic, this rip still has some early stutters where the VCR icons are displayed. But the quality of the digitization is far… Internet Archive Late Night with David Letterman - 5th Anniversary Special 1987 · TV https://mytvlog.blogspot.com/2011/03/late-night-with-david-letterman-5th.html Internet Archive Muppet Babies 1984 · Cartoon The complete 1980's Muppet Babies series. Enjoy! Internet Archive Student Affairs - Gilbert Gottfried 1988 · TV Syndicated broadcast Internet Archive December 29, 1985 ABC Sunday Night Movie—Superman II + Commercials 1985 · Commercial · Subtitles This is the full broadcast of ABC's Sunday Night Movie that aired nation wide on December 29, 1985. The broadcast was recorded live on a Sony T-120 VHS tape… Internet Archive OPERATION ALLIANCE 1986 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 38046 / Local Identifier 170.204 - OPERATION ALLIANCE - Department of Justice. Drug Enforcement… Internet Archive Angel Dusted NBC Monday Night Movie Feb. 16, 1981 1981 · Commercial **Made-for-TV** Drama about the effects on Jean Stapleton and Arthur Hill when their teenage son (John Putch, Stapleton's real-life son) gets spaced out on a… Internet Archive Speak To Me - Basic English/ESL VHS Course Level 1 (1988, bootleg copy) 1988 · Film · Subtitles According to esl.net, "Speak To Me has earned a reputation as the highest quality self-study ESL video program available. It is designed as a… Internet Archive Live Aid - Full ABC/Syndicated Broadcast ( Part 2) 1985 · Commercial UPDATE: Although the Dick Clark primetime special is already uploaded on archive.org, I have found commercials from the original primetime special broadcast… Internet Archive 松本零士のSF漫画史講座 1982 · Cartoon Hosted by Leiji Matsumoto, this is a short mini series that focuses on the history of Science Fiction manga. Guests include Osamu Tezuka, Shigeru Komatsuzaki,… Internet Archive [ 1985] Mobile Suit Z Gundam [ FSB Cathedral] ( VHS) 1985 · Cartoon Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, the 1985 sequel to 1979's Mobile Suit Gundam. The first four TV episodes plus promotional video. Episodes were fansubbed by Cathedral… Internet Archive FBI Day Celebration, July 26, 1983 1983 · Educational Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. (1935 - ) ARC Identifier 12170 / Local Identifier 65.99 1983 FBI Day Celebration, July 26, 1983 NEWS… Internet Archive Kyoufu Densetsu Kaiki! Frankenstein(english subbed) 1981 · Cartoon The original Kyoufu Densetsu Kaiki! Frankenstein from 1981. Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair… Internet Archive Elf-17 1987 · Cartoon Directed by: Sakata Junichi Elf 17 chronicles the adventures of Prince Masukato Taira (or Muskat Tylor) as he travels around the Galactic Empire, accompanied… Internet Archive TUGS - The Complete Collection (1989) 1989 · Film Tugs (stylised as TUGS) is a British television series produced by Tugs Ltd., for Television South (TVS) and Clearwater Features Ltd. and first broadcast on… Internet Archive Nobody's Boy Remi (english dubbed) 1980 · Cartoon English-dubbed version of the TV movie edit of the TMS anime series Nobody's Boy Remi, directed by the great Osamu Dezaki. Internet Archive Life in a Fundamentalist Church (1982) 1982 · TV Life in a Fundamentalist Church (1982) Internet Archive The Adventures of Little Lulu and Tubby Volume 2 1982 · Cartoon The 2nd FHE VHS release of Nippon's Little Lulu anime. Contains episodes 5 and 6. Internet Archive ABC Saturday Morning Cartoons 12/19/81 WOC 1981 · Cartoon VHS transfer. 2 hour block of Cartoons and Commercials from ABC Saturday Morning December 19,1981 ABC 12/19/81 SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS(2 Hour Block With… Internet Archive Lensman Secret Of The Lens (The Movie) 1984 · Cartoon Lensman: The Secret of the Lens is a Japanese animated film based on the novels by E.E. Doc Smith, produced by Madhouse and directed by Kazuyuki Hirokawa and… Internet Archive Assemble Insert (アッセンブル・インサート) 1989 · Cartoon Written and illustrated by Masami Yuuki for Aniparo Comics in 1985, it was made popular to spawn an OVA that was released in December 1989 (for part 1) and… Internet Archive Johnny Dangerously (1984) [HD] 1984 · Film · Subtitles Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky-rocketing medical bills. (English… Internet Archive Fawlty Towers VHS set (BBC Video + CBS FOX) (1986) 1986 · Film Fawlty Towers VHS set (BBC Video + CBS FOX) (1986) Captured using a Diamond VC500 and a JVC HR-S3800U S-VHS VCR. This is the complete VHS set with all… Internet Archive 1986 VHS • Jane Fonda's New Workout 60 FPS 1986 · Film · Subtitles Jane Fonda's New Workout is a 1986 exercise video. The tape opens with a standard medical disclaimer and then proceeds into the workout. The disclaimer loops… Internet Archive Deep South Town: Greenville, Mississippi 1983 · Educational Mode of access: Internet Internet Archive Shadow of the Warrior: American Indian Counseling Perspectives 1985 · Educational Veterans Administration Shadow of the Warrior: American Indian Counseling Perspectives AVA14995VNB1, 1985 Through interviews with American Indian veterans of… Internet Archive ThunderCats 'Exodus' VHS 1985 · Film From beyond any known galaxy, bringing with them the laws and ideals of their doomed planet, come the THUNDERCATS ™ . These brave and courageous cat-like… Internet Archive Arthur H. Smith - Dolls We Love 1982 · Home movie · 11 min Arthur Smith was born in Silver Spring, Nevada in 1909 and passed away in 2000 after having lived in the Bay Area and Big Bear Lake, California. According to… Internet Archive Ohayo! Spank (Unknown Pilot Dub) 1981 · Cartoon So, ARR just dropped this today. A completely unheard of pilot for an English dubbed version for Ohayo! Spank, an anime that ran for 66 episodes in 1981-1982… Internet Archive Teletales ★ "Lost" Sequel to Gather 'Round series 1984 · Talk Teletales ★ "Lost" Sequel to Gather 'Round series - A Literature and Multi-Cultural Studies Course for Kindergarten-Grade 3 WINNER CINE Golden Eagle (1985)… Internet Archive ABC Saturday Morning Cartoons 9-9-89 WOC 1989 · Cartoon New Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh(Bubble Trouble-Last 5 Minutes Only) Slimer And The Real Ghostbusters(Transcendental Tourists)(Something's Going Around)(Room… Internet Archive Anatomy of a Volcano 1981 · Film · Subtitles 1 videocassette (57 min.) : 1/2 in A documentary on the eruption of Mount St. Helens in May, 1980. The scientific investigations surrounding the eruption… Internet Archive WEWS TV 5 Eyewitness News At 11PM Weekend Edition Christmas Eve 1989 1989 · TV TV 5 Eyewitness News At 11 Newscast Weekend Edition from Christmas Eve 1989.