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4,849–4,896 of 44,825 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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Betting on the Lottery
Discusses why people play lotteries, the amount of money brought in by lotteries, and people's opinions of lotteries. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in VHS…
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Nickelodeon Shows 1993
This is a tape I won on eBay. Part 1 is "Nickelodeon's Most Wanted: Yogi Bear", Part 2 is "Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon", Part 3 is "Underdog", and Part 4 is…
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Barney's Magical Musical Adventure [1992] - 1999 VHS Release
Barney's friends are building a sand castle in Derek's backyard when who else but Barney himself appears! With the use of imagination, Barney takes the group…
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Fox Kids January 1998 VHS recording
A partial Fox Kids broadcast from roughly January 1998. Includes original commercials.
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Chicago Bulls VS Cleveland Cavaliers 1993 East Semifinals Game 4 (With Commercials)
Chicago Bulls VS Cleveland Cavaliers 1993 East Semifinals Game 4 (With Commercials)
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October 1995 Fox Commercial Collection 4
A collection of commercials that aired sometime during the week of October 9, 1995 on Fox, during an airing of the movie Beethoven. Originally recorded by…
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1991 VHS • The Cure Picture Show 60 FPS
Fiction Records released this compilation of ten Tim Pope-directed music videos in 1991, spanning the period of The Cure's Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me and…
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Fat
Frontline examines how the diet industry is contributing to our frustration over unwanted pounds and asks if one can be healthy, fit, beautiful - and fat 1…
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Serendipity La Pequeña Dragón [VHS RIP]
Serendipity La Pequeña Dragón [VHS RIP] Serendipity the Pink Dragon ( ピ ュ ア 島 の 仲 間 た ち , Pyuatō no Nakama-tachi , Serendipity Stories: Friends of Pure…
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Elmo's World: Jackets
First Appearance: Episode 3806 Note: This Is For Entertainment Purposes Only! No Copyright Is Intended!
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UPN November 1998 Commercial Collection
A collection of commercials that originally aired on UPN on November 18, 1998 during an episode of Star Trek Voyager. Originally recorded by Youtube user…
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Legend Of The Beverly Hillbillies - 1993
VHS Rip, 1993, Colour, 36m. This was a TV special, aired May 23rd 1993, and as such has no case. From the IMDB page: A mockumentary-style tribute with…
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Satanika Vhs
satanika vhs verotika character
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HMA for the Year 2000: Understanding Superpave Mix Design
Federal Highway Administration Video VH-554 HMA for the Year 2000: Understanding Superpave Mix Design This video promotes and explains the basics of the…
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Criminal Pre-Trial Proceedings - Part 1
Federal Judicial Center gov.ntis.ava19285vnb1.1 Criminal Pre-Trial Proceedings - Part 1 Judges discuss the importance of case management during the pretrial…
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CBS Saturday Mornings VHS (1992-93)
This is a 1990s recording of the CBS Kid TV block from station WEYI which is in the Saginaw / Flint Michigan area. I transferred the tape from VHS to DVD a…
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1994 VHS • Eyewitness Shark 60 FPS
Eyewitness Shark is a documentary program from the BBC Eyewitness series, structured around a detective narrative investigating a shark attack on a surfboard…
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Queen Emeraldas [1999 VHS DUB]
1999 English dub of "Queen Emeraldas" on VHS.
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Can Bombing Win a War?
"This program traces the history of strategic bombing from World War I to the Gulf. Air power has always been a crucial element of war, but ground soldiers…
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Opening and Closing to Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection: Sleeping Beauty 1997 VHS
Time for another home media release straight from my childhood! This one stars Aurora, one of the original Disney princesses. "Sleeping Beauty", an adaptation…
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[1023] 19970607 (Entertianment)
1023 Entertaine Tape - Sat 97 June 07 Saturday, June 7, 1997 CMT Signature Series (CMT) Discovery News (Discovery) World of Wonder (Discovery) Super Hunts…
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CTPP: Census Transportation Planning Package
Bureau of Transportation Statistics Video VH-372 CTPP: Census Transportation Planning Package This is a promotional video explaining the advantages of the…
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Rocko's Modern Life - S1E4 & S3E1 [VHS]
A VHS home recording of the fourth episode of season 1 and first episode of season 3 of Rocko's Modern Life as broadcast on Nickelodeon as part of a…
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みさき公園 ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 ゆかい妖怪大百科 1996年 CM
This commercial is for a Gegege no Kitaro themed event that took place sometime in 1996 at Misaki Park. I could find very little about this event online, so…
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The Ballet Workout II
By popular demand.. her is Melissa Lowe's follow-up program to "The Ballet Workout." In this sequel program, instructor Melissa Lowe provides the viewer with…
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1998 VHS • Lots & Lots of Trains Volume 2 60 FPS
Lots and Lots of Trains Volume 2 is a children's train video presenting footage of steam, diesel, freight, and passenger trains, toy trains, trolley trains,…
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Cartoon Network's Cartoon Cartoon Friday (January 5, 1999)
Triple Hosting! Is this a new clip? I checked this with all out there, out? The rest are holidays!
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NBC/KMOL Commercial Breaks, 4/7/1991
Commercial breaks as aired during the "NBC Sunday Night at the Movies" presentation of "Don't Touch My Daughter" on United Television-owned NBC affiliate…
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Nick JR 1999 Commercials (60fps)
A collection of commercials that aired on Nick Jr. sometime in early 1999, originally recorded by Youtube user Meredith Vintage. The commercials aired during…
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Winnie the Pooh: Sing a Song with Pooh Bear - Japanese VHS
Here's my recording of the Japanese version of 'Winnie the Pooh: Sing a Song with Pooh Bear'. And yes, it does retain the bonus end segment that teaches you…
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Video Atlas Of Human Anatomy Tape 3 The Trunk
Anatomy as Never Seen Before. A Truly Three-Dimensional View. Through the use of a unique rotating camera process you gain in an instant a fully three-…
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Timmy The Tooth: An Eye For A Tooth
Sidney Gets Into Trouble While Timmy, Bubbles & Brushbrush Get Into It.
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Creating Meadows Through Road Maintenance and Construction
USDA Forest Service Video VH-327 Creating Meadows Through Road Maintenance and Construction Set in New Mexico's beautiful Cibola National Forest and Zuni…
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Traffic Control: What Works?
Minnesota Local Roads Research Board Video VH-347 Traffic Control: What Works? This video is a tool for response to citizen requests for increased traffic…
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1992 CBS Commercials (VHS)
A small collection of random commercials from CBS in 1992, from VHS. This was software decoded using the vhs-decode Python script for Linux with a modified…
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Diet Pepsi Advert
An advert for Diet Pepsi broadcast February 1992 during a transmission of 3 Men and a Baby.
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VeggieTales Silly Sing Along 2 The End Of Silliness 1998 VHS Version, HQ
This is the VHS rip of the original 1998 Everland Entertainment/Word Inc. Entertainment VHS release of "VeggieTales Silly Sing-Along 2: The End Of…
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PC World Christmas Sale 1997 Advert
A very short advert for the Christmas Sale 1997 at PC World
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C.V.N. (Children's Video Network) - The German-dubbed VHS Collection
Over 12 VHS cassettes of public domain cartoons dubbed in German: Bugs Bunny und Seine Freunde Daffy Duck und Andere Cartoon-Klassiker Der Gestiefelte Kater…
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Touring Paris with Two Grandchildren
In September 1992, Robbins Barstow and his wife Meg, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA, celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary by spending ten days…
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The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventures Volume 1 - Whale of a Tale (1993) VHS
Here's my recording of 'The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventures Volume 1 - Whale of a Tale' (1993). This is the first of five volumes from the Little…
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Kids WB December 1998 Commercial Collection
A collection of commercials that aired sometime in December 1998 on Kids WB, during an episode of Pokemon. Originally recorded by Youtube user N Sands. The…
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Titanic's Lost Sister
The undersea explorer Bob Ballard, sets out to search for the twin of the Titanic. The Britannic which was converted into a World War I hospital ship too…
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Forget Paris VHS (11-28-95) (USA)
Printed on October 30, 1995. Director Billy Crystal co-wrote, produced and directed this fantasy about how love and marriage interrupted the lives of an…
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The Struggle for Russia
Presents an in-depth look at Boris Yeltsin's presidency, exploring Russia's economic and social chaos and examining what went wrong with Yeltsin's 'shock…
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Paramount Means Family Entertainment - Trailer
When It Comes To Great Entertainment, For Kids Young & Old, You Can Count on Paramount Home Video.
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Fireman Sam: 2 on 1 (1996 UK VHS)
Released by BBC Video in 1996 All Rights belong to Mattel Creations Reuploaded from the The Classic VHS Museum UK Page since it was locked.
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Nontransient Noncommunity Drinking Water: Requirements for Suppliers
Environmental Protection Agency Product DWDVRG111 Nontransient Noncommunity Drinking Water: Requirements for Suppliers This public education video provides…