The world's archives

2,929–2,976 of 88,103 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 Charles Limb: Your brain on improv 2011 · Talk · 16 min Musician and researcher Charles Limb wondered how the brain works during musical improvisation -- so he put jazz musicians and rappers in an fMRI to find out.… Internet Archive Alca - Zachary7 60 Mage upload by Alca [Mage][2011-08-05][4.96] 2011 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Alca - Zachary7 60 Mage upload by Alca [Mage][2011-08-05][4.96].wmv Internet Archive Celestior - Celestior 4 Gladiator Frost Mage [Mage][2010-05-23][4.81] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Celestior - Celestior 4 Gladiator Frost Mage [Mage][2010-05-23][4.81].mp4 Internet Archive Amy Edmondson: How to turn a group of strangers into a team 2017 · Talk Business school professor Amy Edmondson studies "teaming," where people come together quickly (and often temporarily) to solve new, urgent or unusual… Internet Archive Ray Dalio: How to build a company where the best ideas win 2017 · Talk What if you knew what your coworkers really thought about you and what they were really like? Ray Dalio makes the business case for using radical transparency… Internet Archive Angélica Dass: The beauty of human skin in every color 2016 · Talk · 11 min Angélica Dass's photography challenges how we think about skin color and ethnic identity. In this personal talk, hear about the inspiration behind her… Internet Archive Anil Gupta: India's hidden hotbeds of invention 2010 · Talk · 22 min Anil Gupta is on the hunt for the developing world's unsung inventors -- indigenous entrepreneurs whose ingenuity, hidden by poverty, could change many… Internet Archive Ling Feng Zhe [The Leader] 2019 · Cartoon · Subtitles A story about Karl Marx and his controversial love for Jenny, his almost lost friendship with Engels, the evolution of his philosophy, his important thoughts… Internet Archive Scilla Elworthy: Fighting with non-violence 2012 · Talk · 15 min How do you deal with a bully without becoming a thug? In this wise and soulful talk, peace activist Scilla Elworthy maps out the skills we need -- as nations… Internet Archive Srdja Popovic: How to topple a dictator 2012 · Talk · 12 min 2011 was a year of extraordinary people-powered resistance, starting with Arab Spring and spreading across the world. How did this resistance work so well?… Internet Archive Denis Dutton: A Darwinian theory of beauty 2010 · Talk · 15 min TED collaborates with animator Andrew Park to illustrate Denis Dutton's provocative theory on beauty -- that art, music and other beautiful things, far from… Internet Archive Californios In San Francisco Jan 23 2019 2019 · Film Before San Francisco: Spanish and Mexican Peninsula From the original encounters between local indigenous peoples and the first Spanish arrivals, to the… Internet Archive Suzana Herculano-Houzel: What is so special about the human brain? 2013 · Talk · 13 min The human brain is puzzling -- it is curiously large given the size of our bodies, uses a tremendous amount of energy for its weight and has a bizarrely dense… Internet Archive Essen_TheyMy - Elohim - For days on end [Rogue][2010-01-17][4.76] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Essen_TheyMy - Elohim - For days on end [Rogue][2010-01-17][4.76].mp4 Internet Archive Woundman - Neilyo vs. Woundman [Rogue][2011-01-01][-] 2011 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Woundman - Neilyo vs. Woundman [Rogue][2011-01-01][-].mp4 Internet Archive Guy-Philippe Goldstein: How cyberattacks threaten real-world peace 2011 · Talk · 9 min More and more, nations are waging attacks with cyber weapons -- silent strikes on another country's computer systems that leave behind no trace. (Think of the… Internet Archive Rory Stewart: Time to end the war in Afghanistan 2011 · Talk · 20 min British MP Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan after 9/11, talking with citizens and warlords alike. Now, a decade later, he asks: Why are Western and… Internet Archive In Another World Abridged Episode 1 2019 · Cartoon Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FSP_Tweet https://Twitter.com/DustyRaiderYT https://Twitter.com/NanoShifter Support us on Patreon:… Internet Archive Best In Film: The Greatest Movies Of Our Time 2011 · Commercial Complete WFAA broadcast with commercials. PRESS RELEASE: March 16, 2011— -- What's the greatest film of all time ? The best action film and best comedy ever… Internet Archive Amy Webb: How I hacked online dating 2013 · Talk · 17 min Amy Webb was having no luck with online dating. The dates she liked didn't write her back, and her own profile attracted crickets (and worse). So, as any fan… Internet Archive Manal al-Sharif: A Saudi woman who dared to drive 2013 · Talk · 14 min There's no actual law against women driving in Saudi Arabia. But it's forbidden. Two years ago, Manal al-Sharif decided to encourage women to drive by doing… Internet Archive Michael Tilson Thomas: Music and emotion through time 2012 · Talk · 20 min In this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development of written notation, the record, and the re-mix. Internet Archive Madoka Magically Abridged Episode 1 2015 · Cartoon Re-uploaded in 2019-04-25 #Madoka #Abridged #Anime Anyone getting sick of this yet? I swear to god if I have to put this thing up again... TheOutbackAl… Internet Archive Neil Burgess: How your brain tells you where you are 2012 · Talk · 9 min How do you remember where you parked your car? How do you know if you're moving in the right direction? Neuroscientist Neil Burgess studies the neural… Internet Archive [ ADC MAP COLLAB] OH NANANA (completed Map) 2018 · Cartoon Finally! This is my FIRST MAP.(Actually ADC collab) I hope you enjoy this amazing collab. So many talented animators joined this collab and I really… Internet Archive Fire Flies 100 subscriber special|OC MAP COMPLETE!| 2016 · Cartoon Special thanks to blobkat sempie! Everyone did great! Edited by blobkat sempie! Join her map or die.. Internet Archive h e a d l o c k || complete oc pmv map 2015 · Cartoon (Description derived from The Wayback Machine ) hey its done! this came out amazing! i love everyones parts!! owo thank you to everyone who entered! song is… Internet Archive I Love my Life AMV/PMV MAP {Complete} [old] 2017 · Cartoon AAAH it's finally done! This took almost a year but it was worth it and I'm so glad it's complete! Thank you to everyone who participated, ily all!! Parts: 1.… Internet Archive My Little Pony Lovefool MAP (Complete) 2014 · Cartoon -Tears of happiness- It is finally done! Thankyou so much to everyone who participated in this project. I love every part like crazy and couldn't be more… Internet Archive POISON // COMPLETED MAP 2019 · Cartoon AEOAEOAEO IT'S FINALLY HERE Y'ALL AFTER 4 MONTHS EVERYONE DID SO GOOD IM SCREAM SORRY FOR THE BAD TIMING AT SOME PARTS AND BAD QUALITY, KINEMASTER FUCKED UP… Internet Archive [Slow Dancing in the Dark] - COMPLETE OC LINE ART MAP - 2019 · Cartoon I am so proud! My first map is finally ready. Thank you so much for participating, without you this couldn't had happened. Song: Slow Dancing in the Dark… Internet Archive Angela Patton: A father-daughter dance ... in prison 2013 · Talk · 8 min At Camp Diva, Angela Patton works to help girls and fathers stay connected and in each others' lives. But what about girls whose fathers can't be there --… Internet Archive Drew Curtis: How I beat a patent troll 2012 · Talk · 6 min Drew Curtis, the founder of fark.com, tells the story of how he fought a lawsuit from a company that had a patent, "...for the creation and distribution of… Internet Archive Prior Art 2012 · Cartoon A musical duel between three robots and a flock of singing birds. Internet Archive Vinay Venkatraman: “Technology crafts” for the digitally underserved 2012 · Talk · 14 min Two-thirds of the world may not have access to the latest smartphone, but local electronic shops are adept at fixing older tech using low-cost parts. Vinay… Internet Archive Resonance Circuits: LC Inductor-Capacitor Resonating Circuits 2016 · Educational · Subtitles How current & voltage oscillate at resonant frequency for both parallel and series inductor-capacitor combinations. I originally made this video for my… Internet Archive Gnox TV - Bârtosz 2 [Warlock][2010-10-03][4.30] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Gnox TV - Bârtosz 2 [Warlock][2010-10-03][4.30].wmv Internet Archive Saqe - Saqe 4 TBC 2400 RMP Lost Relics [Mage][2016-02-18][4.98] 2016 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Saqe - Saqe 4 TBC 2400 RMP Lost Relics [Mage][2016-02-18][4.98].mkv Internet Archive Michael Dickinson: How a fly flies 2013 · Talk · 15 min An insect's ability to fly is perhaps one of the greatest feats of evolution. Michael Dickinson looks at how a common housefly takes flight with such delicate… Internet Archive Robert Sapolsky: The biology of our best and worst selves 2017 · Talk · 15 min How can humans be so compassionate and altruistic — and also so brutal and violent? To understand why we do what we do, neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky looks… Internet Archive The Disastrous Life Of Saiki K: Season 1 Episode 5 (SUB) 2013 · Cartoon The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Aso. Following a series of one-shot chapters published from 2010… Internet Archive Paolo Cardini: Forget multitasking, try monotasking 2012 · Talk · 2 min People aren’t just cooking anymore -- they’re cooking, texting, talking on the phone, watching YouTube and uploading photos of the awesome meal they just… Internet Archive Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different? 2010 · Talk · 2 min "There's a flip side to everything," the saying goes, and in 2 minutes, Derek Sivers shows this is true in a few ways you might not expect. Internet Archive Max Little: A test for Parkinson’s with a phone call 2012 · Talk · 6 min Parkinson’s disease affects 6.3 million people worldwide, causing weakness and tremors, but there's no objective way to detect it early on. Yet. Applied… Internet Archive Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy 2012 · Talk · 15 min What's the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage -- so we can have power on tap even when the sun's not out and the wind's not… Internet Archive Hans Rosling: Religions and babies 2012 · Talk · 13 min Hans Rosling had a question: Do some religions have a higher birth rate than others -- and how does this affect global population growth? Speaking at the… Internet Archive Cwa - Charlie Tango [Multiple][2010-06-10][4.73] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Cwa - Charlie Tango [Multiple][2010-06-10][4.73].avi Internet Archive Flekz - Flekz 7 - Death's a Beach Cancelled Project [Mage][2010-02-16][4.87] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Flekz - Flekz 7 - Death's a Beach Cancelled Project [Mage][2010-02-16][4.87].wmv