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4,465–4,512 of 25,436 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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
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| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage. |
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1986 Shuttle Challenger Disaster News Survey
This item includes 24 news broadcasts over 11 days that survey the TV broadcast news coverage of the Jan. 28, 1986 Shuttle Challenger Disaster. Most of the…
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V, Matt Houston (Incomplete, ATV-10, 14/02/84)
Commercials: Safeway Whiskas OTC VIP's Fitted Nappies Hotel promo Smurfs Eggs Taurina Spa The Australian Fab Jaegar's Soft Soap John West Berri Oliver on…
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Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Edition - Silly Symphonies (1984) VHS
Here's my recording of 'Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Edition - Silly Symphonies' (1984). This is one of three Limited Gold Edition tapes I…
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Dolly Parton Down In New Orleans (1988)
Dolly Parton visits New Orleans for this 1988 episode of her variety show, which guest stars Doug Kershaw, George Kirby, Pete Fountain, Irma Thomas, Allen…
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The Most Joyful Mystery - Frank Sinatra
Unknown broadcast
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The Mechanical Universe 04 Inertia
The Mechanical Universe Episode 04 Inertia Galileo risks his favored status to answer the questions of the universe with his law of inertia.…
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My Sesame Street Home Video: Count It Higher (1988)
Here's my recording of 'Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street' (1988)
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En familia (TVE 1) - 1987
fragmento
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Tribuna de la historia - La expulsión de los judios (TVE-2) - 8 de noviembre, 1980
El programa, con un bloque de los anuncios en Tele 5.
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Come with Us to China
In September 1985, Robbins Barstow and his wife Meg, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA, went on a four-week tour of China. This personalized travelogue…
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Cassandra Peterson episode 1982 05 22 Mad Magician 3 D (1954 Vincent Price)
Cassandra Peterson episode 1982 05 22 Mad Magician 3 D (1954 Vincent Price) This movie also contains 3D segments that can be watched with old-style 3D glasses!
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Luxo Jr./Red's Dream/Tin Toy (Early Pixar VHS, 1989)
This is a rip of a VHS distributed by Direct Cinema Ltd. featuring three short films made by Pixar ("Luxo Jr.", "Red's Dream" and "Tin Toy"). This tape is…
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Yo-Yo Man!
A new craze is sweeping the nation! The "Yo-Yo" has come out of retirement and is back into the hearts and minds of every hard working right-thing,…
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Woody Woodpecker and Friends
As Woody Woodpecker only has one cartoon in the public domain, he is joined on this tape by a Max Fleischer Color Classic, a Max Fleischer Gabby cartoon and a…
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Schoolhouse Rock!: ABC Science Rock (1987 VHS)
Digitized via Firewire with Canopus ADVC-110 and WinDV Presented by Cloris Leachman Body Machine Weather Victim of Gravity And Many More! Capture the…
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Operator Daily Maintenance of Motorgraders
International Road Federation Video VH-112 Operator Daily Maintenance of Motorgraders Visit the International Road Federation at http://www.irfnews.org/ -…
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Bill Collins Movie Collection - Son Of Lassie (VHS)
S. Sylvan Simon's Son of Lassie is the sequel to Lassie Come Home, already released as part of my Movie Collection through CEL. Written by Jeanne Bartlett,…
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Land O' Loons - Louie Anderson
PBS broadcast
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War Babies - Maryedith Burrell, Caren Kaye
PBS broadcast
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Himitsu No Akko Chan Movie 2 (ひみつのアッコちゃん) English Sub
The second movie, but with English subtitles.
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VHS Preview from 'Dumbo' (Roadshow Home Video ⁄ Walt Disney Home Video, 1986)
Here is the only wraparound trailer featured on the 1986 Australian VHS sales release of the 1941 Disney animated classic 'Dumbo' from Walt Disney Home Video…
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Acid Rain : New Bad News
Examines the ramifications of global air pollution, focusing on its impact on the forests of Europe and North America 1 videocassette (57 min.) : 1/2 in…
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Battle For The Moon Station Dallos
Freedom fighter Doug McCoy's only hope for victory lies buried beneath the sands of time as he fights to free the Moon colonists from cruel enslavement by…
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Comrades = Tovarishchi
Soviet life and culture are presented through explorations of the lives of particular people in widely differing economic, geographic, and social situations.…
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1986 Fruit Of The Loom Underwear Outselling The Next Five Brands Combined TV Commercial
This commercial aired on December 21st, 1986. It appeared during a broadcast of "One Life to Live" on WOKR Channel 13. WOKR (for "We're OK Rochester") was the…
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Hawaii, Crucible of Life
Looks at the unique species of plants and animals on the Hawaiian Islands, showing how they developed over millions of years and the current conditions that…
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The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (1989) VHS
Here's my recording for 'The Cat in the Hat Comes Back' (1989). This tape features 2 other stories: -Fox in Socks -There's a Wocket in My Pocket The…
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The Raccoons On Ice/The Christmas Raccoons (VHS)
Digitized with Roxio Easy VHS to DVD Plus 3 The Raccoons On Ice (Color—1981) The three RACCOONS—RALPH, MELISSA and BERT, SCHAEFFER THE DOG and a mystery…
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Deadly Care CBS Sunday Movie Mar. 22, 1987
**Made-for-TV** Fact-based drama about a dedicated critical care nurse (Cheryl Ladd) who descends into a drug and alcohol abuse which she hides from her…
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Bob Hope's High-Flying Birthday - Bob Hope
NBC broadcast
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CBS Evening News Oct 8, 1987
CBS Evening News with Dan Rather Oct 8, 1987
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Antarctica, Earth's Last Frontier
Presents a survey of the history, geology, ecology, and future of Antarctica. Also discusses the cooperative scientific communities working in Antarctica and…
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A Mediterranean Prospect
Points out that, threatened by tourism, industrialization, and population growth along its shores, the Mediterranean Sea faces terminal pollution unless…
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Terminator
Terminator (Venta al Publico)
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Freakshow (1989)
ALL COPYRIGHTS ACKNOWLEDGED! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235393 After being ditched by her cameraman because of her manipulative behavior at a murder scene,…
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The Mechanical Universe 08 The Apple And The Moon
The Mechanical Universe Episode 08 The Apple and the Moon The first real steps toward space travel are made as Newton discovers that gravity describes the…
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Slip-Slop-Slap (1988)
Aired 25/12/88. From VHS. Originally uploaded by FLEMISHDOG on June 25, 2015 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCTxxqfEvKE.
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SUPERBODY Low Impact Aerobic Workout 1987 VHS
Deborah Crocker shakes her 'Moroccos' to the beat in this calorie burnin' eighties workout.
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Superstars of Wrestling, All American Wrestling (Partial, SAS-10, 1986)
First 20 minutes is the LAST 20 minutes of 'Superstars of Wrestling', and the last 42 minutes is the FIRST 38 minutes of 'All American Wrestling'. Both…
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Play Piano Overnight
The Overnight Music Series is designed to take the mystery out of making music. "I can make music, really me ...amazing! It isn't just like practice it's…
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Dragon Ball - Générique VF (Multilanguage Mashup)
This is something I made. There's only 3 countries that used this OP for their dubs of "Dragon Ball". Three countries being France (the OG), Portugal (1995)…
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In Other Words ★ A Series on Good Communication Skills - in HD1080 with MKV
In Other Words ★ A Series on Good Communication Skills - in HD1080 with MKV . _ . My thanks goes out to Ian Parker and Rennard Cotton for donating this…
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NBC Nightly News April 5, 1982
NBC Nightly News April 5, 1982
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De jacht
Documentaire over de voorbereidingen voor het opnemen van het toneelstuk "De jacht". Te zien zijn allerlei scenes uit de documentaire maar dan 'achter het…
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Saturday Morning Cartoons Ducktales (Feburay 3, 1989)
This is the last cartoon pack for this week! Over 16 hours total! Episode Name: Don't Give Up the Ship!
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Scoopers OVA (Raw, Eng-Sub, Rus-Dub, Chinese sub)
It's 2016 and Shambhala city reporter Yoko and her android boyfriend/bodyguard/cameraman Vito are hunting the enigmatic criminal Mr. X. Their search leads…
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Tape #181: MTV; KWWL (Jul. 29, 1986; Jul. 28, 1988)
MTV (July 29, 1986) Top 100 Videos of All-Time #51 - Men at Work - Down Under #47 - David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody #44 - Billy Joel -…
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Cartoon/Fantasy Organization Meeting And ASIFA Cell A Bration (1982)
This priceless treasure of a video featuring footage of a Cartoon/Fantasy Organization meeting was filmed by the founder of the club, Mark Merlino. It was…