The world's archives

3,073–3,120 of 45,045 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 Kaneda + Akira 2008 · Cartoon Various clips from Akira merged together with the very theme song from the movie, Kaneda, by Geinoh Yamashirogumi. Original URL:… Internet Archive Don Norman on 3 ways good design makes you happy 2009 · Talk · 12 min In this talk from 2003, design critic Don Norman turns his incisive eye toward beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, as he looks at design that makes people… Internet Archive Pumpkin Scissors - 01 2006 · Cartoon · Subtitles Pumpkin Scissors Episode 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pumpkin… Internet Archive Biuret - Biuret #2 [Hunter][2005-10-16][4.59] 2005 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Biuret - Biuret #2 [Hunter][2005-10-16][4.59].wmv Internet Archive ClearcastI - Clearcast 3 [Mage][2009-12-29][4.93] 2009 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: ClearcastI - Clearcast 3 [Mage][2009-12-29][4.93].avi Internet Archive Deep - Deep Feral 5 [Druid][2007-09-02][4.90] 2007 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Deep - Deep Feral 5 [Druid][2007-09-02][4.90].avi Internet Archive Faxmonkey - Monkey's Gone WIld (Faxmonkey 1) [Mage][2005-07-13][4.74] 2005 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Faxmonkey - Monkey's Gone WIld (Faxmonkey 1) [Mage][2005-07-13][4.74].wmv Internet Archive Gaeowyn - Epic Battle Nuvas vs Guilt [Multiple][2005-07-31][4.84] 2005 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Gaeowyn - Epic Battle Nuvas vs Guilt [Multiple][2005-07-31][4.84].wmv Internet Archive Gforce - Curse 3Duel - Trailer [Multiple][2009-09-25][4.92] 2009 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Gforce - Curse 3Duel - Trailer [Multiple][2009-09-25][4.92].mp4 Internet Archive Grean - Outcasts Vs. Illidan (first kill with vent, MT pov) [Warrior][2008-07-03][5.00] 2008 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Grean - Outcasts Vs. Illidan (first kill with vent, MT pov)… Internet Archive Gum - WotLK Bug Charged War Golem [Druid][2008-08-24][4.39] 2008 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Gum - WotLK Bug Charged War Golem [Druid][2008-08-24][4.39].wmv Internet Archive Hemligt - Hemligt 5 - Into the arena [Warrior][2007-11-20][3.89] 2007 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Hemligt - Hemligt 5 - Into the arena [Warrior][2007-11-20][3.89].avi Internet Archive Ironmang - Ironmang 4 2850+ BG9 Warrior [Warrior][2009-08-21][4.19] 2009 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Ironmang - Ironmang 4 2850+ BG9 Warrior [Warrior][2009-08-21][4.19].wmv Internet Archive Khuna - Khuna 2233duels [Rogue][2008-09-21][3.45] 2008 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Khuna - Khuna 2233duels [Rogue][2008-09-21][3.45].wmv Internet Archive Lachon - Lachonz - Rank 13 Druid PvP [Druid][2006-09-12][4.82] 2006 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Lachon - Lachonz - Rank 13 Druid PvP [Druid][2006-09-12][4.82].wmv Internet Archive Leeroy - Freefalling [Multiple][2005-05-12][4.57] 2005 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Leeroy - Freefalling [Multiple][2005-05-12][4.57].wmv Internet Archive Nihilum - Nihilum Vs. Mother Shahraz [Priest][2007-06-14][4.90] 2007 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Nihilum - Nihilum Vs. Mother Shahraz [Priest][2007-06-14][4.90].wmv Internet Archive Tehseus - Tehseus, 2.1k RetriHunter 2on2 [Paladin][2008-04-05][4.77] 2008 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Tehseus - Tehseus, 2.1k RetriHunter 2on2 [Paladin][2008-04-05][4.77].wmv Internet Archive Tiny - Unholy - Molten Core (Laughing skull) [Shaman][2006-02-05][5.00] 2006 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Tiny - Unholy - Molten Core (Laughing skull) [Shaman][2006-02-05][5.00].wmv Internet Archive Frans Lanting's lyrical nature photos 2007 · Talk · 16 min In this stunning slideshow, celebrated nature photographer Frans Lanting presents The LIFE Project, a poetic collection of photographs that tell the story of… Internet Archive Sarah Jones: A one-woman global village 2009 · Talk · 21 min In this hilariously lively performance, actress Sarah Jones channels an opinionated elderly Jewish woman, a fast-talking Dominican college student and more,… Internet Archive Sheila Patek clocks the fastest animals 2007 · Talk · 16 min Biologist Sheila Patek talks about her work measuring the feeding strike of the mantis shrimp, one of the fastest movements in the animal world, using video… Internet Archive Steven Levitt analyzes crack economics 2006 · Talk · 21 min Freakonomics author Steven Levitt presents new data on the finances of drug dealing. Contrary to popular myth, he says, being a street-corner crack dealer… Internet Archive South Asian 2000 · Educational Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Diversity Series: Religions, Cultures and Communities (NCJ 212664) The Chicago… Internet Archive CPT Presentation 2004 · Cartoon Internet Archive Cary Fowler: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food 2009 · Talk · 17 min The varieties of wheat, corn and rice we grow today may not thrive in a future threatened by climate change. Cary Fowler takes us inside a vast global seed… Internet Archive Franco Sacchi tours Nigeria's booming Nollywood 2008 · Talk · 17 min Zambia-born filmmaker Franco Sacchi tours us through Nollywood, Nigeria's booming film industry (the world's 3rd largest). Guerrilla filmmaking and brilliance… Internet Archive Neil Turok makes his TED Prize wish 2008 · Talk · 24 min Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, physicist Neil Turok speaks out for talented young Africans starved of opportunity: by unlocking and nurturing the continent's… Internet Archive Barney - Just Imagine VHS 2005 · Film · Subtitles Barney - Just Imagine 16 SUPER-DEE-DUPER SONGS, including Castles-So High Clean up, Clean Up and I can Be Anything Get ready to laugh and learn as Barney and… Internet Archive Richard Pyle dives the reef's Twilight Zone 2009 · Talk · 16 min In this illuminating talk, Richard Pyle shows us thriving life on the cliffs of coral reefs and groundbreaking diving technologies he has pioneered to explore… Internet Archive WAR - 2000 2000 · Film EWW waR, osla nwonk sa yadnoM thgiN waR ro ylpmis waR, si na naciremA lanoisseforp gniltserw noisivelet margorp decudorp yb EWW taht yltnerruc sria evil yreve… Internet Archive nwoDkcamS - 2005 2005 · Film mrofrep dna krow ot dengissa era seeyolpme EWW hcihw ot ,dnarb nwoDkcamS eht morf sretcarahc serutaef wohs ehT .yratnemmoc egaugnal-hsinapS htiw margorp eht… Internet Archive Dangers of Flammable Gas Accumulation: Acetylene Explosion at ASCO, Perth Amboy, New Jersey 2006 · Educational U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Dangers of Flammable Gas Accumulation: Acetylene Explosion at ASCO, Perth Amboy, New Jersey (2006) CSB… Internet Archive Steven Pinker chalks it up to the blank slate 2008 · Talk · 22 min Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate argues that all humans are born with some innate traits. Here, Pinker talks about his thesis, and why some people found… Internet Archive Alkasir - Alkasir MiX (FrostPvP) [Mage][2008-04-03][3.82] 2008 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Alkasir - Alkasir MiX (FrostPvP) [Mage][2008-04-03][3.82].wmv Internet Archive Cromfel - Nuclear Launch Detected - Goblin Engineering [Paladin][2007-05-19][4.44] 2007 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Cromfel - Nuclear Launch Detected - Goblin Engineering [Paladin][2007-05-19][4.44].mp4 Internet Archive Diki - Orgrimmar event by Diki [Hunter][2009-09-01][4.75] 2009 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Diki - Orgrimmar event by Diki [Hunter][2009-09-01][4.75].wmv Internet Archive Dremlock - Dremlock 2 pvp [Shaman][2007-07-25][4.84] 2007 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Dremlock - Dremlock 2 pvp [Shaman][2007-07-25][4.84].wmv Internet Archive Dropout - Dropout 1 - MageRogue PvP - Journey to 2050 [Mage][2008-07-13][4.47] 2008 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Dropout - Dropout 1 - MageRogue PvP - Journey to 2050 [Mage][2008-07-13][4.47].wmv Internet Archive Emka - 201k AP Rogue - Stacking Gear PTR 2.4 [Rogue][2008-02-27][4.52] 2008 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Emka - 201k AP Rogue - Stacking Gear PTR 2.4 [Rogue][2008-02-27][4.52].avi Internet Archive Eryx - Endless Sacrifice 6 [Rogue][2005-06-10][4.56] 2005 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Eryx - Endless Sacrifice 6 [Rogue][2005-06-10][4.56].wmv Internet Archive Fauxy - Fauxy Kelberotz Nerrisa - 3.2 PTR Triple Shadow Priest 3s [Priest][2009-08-04][4.82] 2009 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Fauxy - Fauxy Kelberotz Nerrisa - 3.2 PTR Triple Shadow Priest 3s… Internet Archive Faxmonkey - Faxmonkey Vs. Onyxia [Mage][2008-12-26][4.85] 2008 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Faxmonkey - Faxmonkey Vs. Onyxia [Mage][2008-12-26][4.85].avi Internet Archive Faxmonkey - Monkey Madness (Faxmonkey 2) [Mage][2005-08-05][4.72] 2005 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Faxmonkey - Monkey Madness (Faxmonkey 2) [Mage][2005-08-05][4.72].wmv Internet Archive Flaw - Stillmatic - 17-8-26 [Rogue][2006-09-03][4.41] 2006 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Flaw - Stillmatic - 17-8-26 [Rogue][2006-09-03][4.41].wmv Internet Archive Gnox TV - Eispaipers - Chilling Frozen II (Trailer) [Mage][2009-11-15][4.65] 2009 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Gnox TV - Eispaipers - Chilling Frozen II (Trailer) [Mage][2009-11-15][4.65].mp4 Internet Archive Gothiques - Dark Iron Dwarfs assaulting Octoberfest. By Nuclear Power [Warrior][2008-09-24][4.58] 2008 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Gothiques - Dark Iron Dwarfs assaulting Octoberfest. By Nuclear Power… Internet Archive Hector - Hector's V for Vengeance (III) [Rogue][2006-03-15][4.76] 2006 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Hector - Hector's V for Vengeance (III) [Rogue][2006-03-15][4.76].avi