The world's archives
5,185–5,232 of 88,092 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. |
|---|---|
| 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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Alice Rawsthorn: Pirates, nurses and other rebel designers
In this ode to design renegades, Alice Rawsthorn highlights the work of unlikely heroes, from Blackbeard to Florence Nightingale. Drawing a line from these…
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Matilda Ho: The future of good food in China
Fresh food free of chemicals and pesticides is hard to come by in China: in 2016, the Chinese government revealed half a million food safety violations in…
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Michael Green: What the Social Progress Index can reveal about your country
The term Gross Domestic Product is often talked about as if it were “handed down from god on tablets of stone.” But this concept was invented by an economist…
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Molly Stevens: A new way to grow bone
What does it take to regrow bone in mass quantities? Typical bone regeneration -- wherein bone is taken from a patient’s hip and grafted onto damaged bone…
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Sajay Samuel: How college loans exploit students for profit
"Once upon a time in America," says professor Sajay Samuel, "going to college did not mean graduating with debt." Today, higher education has become a…
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Fortune Teller 1954
love this episode got it from a bootlegged website
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Commercials 30: Scenes From Levittown Pennsylvania 1950s
Scenes from Levittown Pennsylvania 1950s
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ABC for Kids block (2013)
Here's an interesting one: after going through all of the about 30 tapes that I got from my friend's nan, this was one of the most interesting ones. This is a…
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Ripness - AfflictionDoTcom 2 [Warlock][2010-05-01][4.78]
Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Ripness - AfflictionDoTcom 2 [Warlock][2010-05-01][4.78].mp4
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hupoer - Mersy 6 La Vita Nuova (ShadowpriestStoryline) [Priest][2010-11-30][4.81]
Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: hupoer - Mersy 6 La Vita Nuova (ShadowpriestStoryline) [Priest][2010-11-30][4.81].mp4
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Øvercløcked - Berserker III [Warrior][2010-02-11][4.16]
Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Øvercløcked - Berserker III [Warrior][2010-02-11][4.16].mp4
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Gail Reed: Where to train the world's doctors? Cuba.
Big problems need big solutions, sparked by big ideas, imagination and audacity. In this talk, journalist Gail Reed profiles one big solution worth noting:…
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Jason Pontin: Can technology solve our big problems?
In 1969, Buzz Aldrin’s historical step onto the moon leapt mankind into an era of technological possibility. The awesome power of technology was to be used to…
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Jimmy Nelson: Gorgeous portraits of the world's vanishing people
When Jimmy Nelson traveled to Siberia to photograph the Chukchi people, elders told him: "You cannot photograph us. You have to wait, you have to wait until…
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Megan Phelps-Roper: I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here's why I left
What's it like to grow up within a group of people who exult in demonizing ... everyone else? Megan Phelps-Roper shares details of life inside America's most…
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Tanya Menon: The secret to great opportunities? The person you haven't met yet
We often find ourselves stuck in narrow social circles with similar people. What habits confine us, and how can we break them? Organizational psychologist…
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Convolution and Unit Impulse Response
The Dirac delta function, the Unit Impulse Response, and Convolution explained intuitively. Also discusses the relationship to the transfer function and the…
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[s01e09] Chef Reacts to Food Wars! Kaki No Tane!
I have to admit, I want some fried fish crusted in hot cheetos. Because why not!
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Amanda Bennett: We need a heroic narrative for death
Amanda Bennett and her husband were passionate and full of life all throughout their lives together -- and up until the final days, too. Bennett gives a sweet…
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Dan Bricklin: Meet the inventor of the electronic spreadsheet
Dan Bricklin changed the world forever when he codeveloped VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet and grandfather of programs you probably use every day…
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Edward Tenner: Unintended consequences
Every new invention changes the world -- in ways both intentional and unexpected. Historian Edward Tenner tells stories that illustrate the under-appreciated…
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George Whitesides: Toward a science of simplicity
Simplicity: We know it when we see it -- but what is it, exactly? In this funny, philosophical talk, George Whitesides chisels out an answer.
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Henry Evans and Chad Jenkins: Meet the robots for humanity
Paralyzed by a stroke, Henry Evans uses a telepresence robot to take the stage -- and show how new robotics, tweaked and personalized by a group called Robots…
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Mehdi Ordikhani-Seyedlar: What happens in your brain when you pay attention?
Attention isn't just about what we focus on — it's also about what our brains filter out. By investigating patterns in the brain as people try to focus,…
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Noriko Arai: Can a robot pass a university entrance exam?
Meet Todai Robot, an AI project that performed in the top 20 percent of students on the entrance exam for the University of Tokyo — without actually…
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Peter Singer: The why and how of effective altruism
If you're lucky enough to live without want, it's a natural impulse to be altruistic to others. But, asks philosopher Peter Singer, what's the most effective…
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80s Commercials Compilation Vol 2
This is the second compilation of 80s commercials from 1983-1986 hope you enjoy them.
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Rio (Full VHS)
In Brazil, various exotic birds are smuggled out of the country. In Moose Lake, Minnesota, a crate with a orphaned male Spix's macaw hatchling who is unable…
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Chip and Ironicus - Anime Theater
The counterpart to Chip and Ironicus' let's play of No More Heroes 2. With each update of the let's play there was also an additional video of Chip and…
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Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser
Photographer Camille Seaman has been chasing storms for 5 years. In this talk she shows stunning, surreal photos of the heavens in tumult.
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Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish
Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles…
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Daniel Kish: How I use sonar to navigate the world
Daniel Kish has been blind since he was 13 months old, but has learned to “see” using a form of echolocation. He clicks his tongue and sends out flashes of…
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Daniel Kraft: Medicine's future? There's an app for that
At TEDxMaastricht, Daniel Kraft offers a fast-paced look at the next few years of innovations in medicine, powered by new tools, tests and apps that bring…
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George Blair-West: 3 ways to build a happy marriage and avoid divorce
Choosing to marry and share your life with someone is one of the most important decisions you can make in life. But with divorce rates approaching fifty…
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Gregory Heyworth: How I'm discovering the secrets of ancient texts
Gregory Heyworth is a textual scientist; he and his lab work on new ways to read ancient manuscripts and maps using spectral imaging technology. In this…
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James Hansen: Why I must speak out about climate change
Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate change. In doing so he outlines the…
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Marc Abrahams: A science award that makes you laugh, then think
As founder of the Ig Nobel awards, Marc Abrahams explores the world’s most improbable research. In this thought-provoking (and occasionally side-splitting)…
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Rich Benjamin: My road trip through the whitest towns in America
As America becomes more and more multicultural, Rich Benjamin noticed a phenomenon: Some communities were actually getting less diverse. So he got out a map,…
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Takaharu Tezuka: The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen
At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the world's cutest kindergarten, designed by…
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Pokémon Sword & Shield - 111 ~ Reunion Mohn & Lilie
Pokémon Sword & Shield (Ultimate Journey) | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 |…
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Anjali Tripathi: Why Earth may someday look like Mars
Every minute, 400 pounds of hydrogen and almost 7 pounds of helium escape from Earth's atmosphere into outer space. Astrophysicist Anjali Tripathi studies the…
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Don Levy: A cinematic journey through visual effects
It's been 110 years since Georges Méliès sent a spaceship slamming into the eye of the man on the moon. So how far have visual effects come since then?…
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Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly: Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
On January 8th, 2011, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in the head while meeting constituents in her home town of Tucson, Arizona. Her husband, the…
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Jimmy Lin: A simple new blood test that can catch cancer early
Jimmy Lin is developing technologies to catch cancer months to years before current methods. He shares a breakthrough technique that looks for small signals…
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Michel Laberge: How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion
Our energy future depends on nuclear fusion, says Michel Laberge. The plasma physicist runs a small company with a big idea for a new type of nuclear reactor…
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Nicaila Matthews Okome: This is the side hustle revolution
Past generations found a company to work for and then stayed there for decades. But today, we rarely stay in the same job (let alone on the same career path)…
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Raffaello D'Andrea: Meet the dazzling flying machines of the future
When you hear the word "drone," you probably think of something either very useful or very scary. But could they have aesthetic value? Autonomous systems…
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That's Solent News - 2018
This item contains most of the 2018 news broadcasts from "That's Solent", a local independent television station in the South of the United Kingdom. "Solent…