The world's archives

3,505–3,552 of 103,907 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 Elizabeth Lev: The unheard story behind the Sistine Chapel 2016 · Talk · 17 min The Sistine Chapel is one of the most iconic buildings on earth — but there's a lot you probably don't know about it. In this tour-de-force talk, art… Internet Archive Emma Marris: Nature is everywhere -- we just need to look for it 2016 · Talk · 15 min How do you define "nature?" If we define it as that which is untouched by humans, we won't have any left, says environmental writer Emma Marris. She urges us… Internet Archive Award-winning teen-age science in action 2011 · Talk · 16 min In 2011 three young women swept the top prizes of the first Google Science Fair. At TEDxWomen Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose and Naomi Shah described their… Internet Archive JR's TED Prize wish: Use art to turn the world inside out 2011 · Talk · 24 min JR, a semi-anonymous French street artist, uses his camera to show the world its true face, by pasting photos of the human face across massive canvases. At… Internet Archive James Flynn: Why our IQ levels are higher than our grandparents' 2013 · Talk · 18 min In 1900, only 3% of Americans practiced professions that were deemed "cognitively demanding." Today, 35% of us do, and we have all learned to be flexible in… Internet Archive Jason Fried: Why work doesn't happen at work 2010 · Talk · 15 min Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. At TEDxMidwest, he lays out the main problems (call them the M&Ms)… Internet Archive Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers! 2011 · Talk · 18 min Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code?… Internet Archive Ze Frank's web playroom 2010 · Talk · 18 min On the web, a new "Friend" may be just a click away, but true connection is harder to find and express. Ze Frank presents a medley of zany Internet toys that… Internet Archive Jeff Iliff: One more reason to get a good night’s sleep 2014 · Talk · 11 min The brain uses a quarter of the body's entire energy supply, yet only accounts for about two percent of the body's mass. So how does this unique organ receive… Internet Archive Rob Harmon: How the market can keep streams flowing 2011 · Talk · 8 min With streams and rivers drying up because of over-usage, Rob Harmon has implemented an ingenious market mechanism to bring back the water. Farmers and beer… Internet Archive Sandra Aamodt: Why dieting doesn't usually work 2014 · Talk · 12 min In the US, 80% of girls have been on a diet by the time they're 10 years old. In this honest, raw talk, neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt uses her personal story… Internet Archive Cer - Rel. Glad. Monoq & Cer Horrorkore [Shaman][2010-02-28][4.03] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Cer - Rel. Glad. Monoq & Cer Horrorkore [Shaman][2010-02-28][4.03].avi Internet Archive Cromfel - Timangi 5 [Paladin][2010-01-22][3.95] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Cromfel - Timangi 5 [Paladin][2010-01-22][3.95].avi Internet Archive Noxeeql - Noxeeql II - 2v2 Lock Rogue 'n stuff [Warlock][2010-08-25][4.83] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Noxeeql - Noxeeql II - 2v2 Lock Rogue 'n stuff [Warlock][2010-08-25][4.83].wmv Internet Archive Ohana - Ohana 5 - 2600 Owlplay [Shaman][2010-01-12][4.88] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Ohana - Ohana 5 - 2600 Owlplay [Shaman][2010-01-12][4.88].avi Internet Archive PajayStarmist - HTF 3.5 [Druid][2012-01-15][4.58] 2012 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: PajayStarmist - HTF 3.5 [Druid][2012-01-15][4.58].mp4 Internet Archive Psiiqual - Gameking 1 [Mage][2011-08-25][4.95] 2011 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Psiiqual - Gameking 1 [Mage][2011-08-25][4.95].wmv Internet Archive Rhythmic - Bleeddown II [Rogue][2010-10-08][4.85] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Rhythmic - Bleeddown II [Rogue][2010-10-08][4.85].wmv Internet Archive Ripness - Affliction good old Times [Warlock][2016-08-28][-] 2016 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Ripness - Affliction good old Times [Warlock][2016-08-28][-].mp4 Internet Archive Jane Fonda: Life's third act 2012 · Talk · 11 min Within this generation, an extra 30 years have been added to our life expectancy -- and these years aren’t just a footnote or a pathology. At TEDxWomen, Jane… Internet Archive Joel Levine: Why we need to go back to Mars 2010 · Talk · 16 min At TEDxNASA, planetary scientist Joel Levine shows some intriguing -- and puzzling -- new discoveries about Mars: craters full of ice, traces of ancient… Internet Archive Priyanka Jain: How to make applying for jobs less painful 2018 · Talk Finding a job used to start with submitting your résumé to a million listings and never hearing back from most of them. But more and more companies are using… Internet Archive Janine di Giovanni: What I saw in the war 2013 · Talk · 11 min Reporter Janine di Giovanni has been to the worst places on Earth to bring back stories from Bosnia, Sierra Leone and most recently Syria. She tells stories… Internet Archive Martin Jacques: Understanding the rise of China 2011 · Talk · 21 min Speaking at a TED Salon in London, economist Martin Jacques asks: How do we in the West make sense of China and its phenomenal rise? The author of "When China… Internet Archive Rodrigo Canales: The deadly genius of drug cartels 2013 · Talk · 17 min Up to 100,000 people died in drug-related violence in Mexico in the last 6 years. We might think this has nothing to do with us, but in fact we are all… Internet Archive Tracee Ellis Ross: A woman's fury holds lifetimes of wisdom 2018 · Talk The global collection of women's experiences can no longer be ignored, says actress and activist Tracee Ellis Ross. In a candid, fearless talk, she delivers… Internet Archive Daniel Pauly: The ocean's shifting baseline 2012 · Talk · 9 min The ocean has degraded within our lifetimes, as shown in the decreasing average size of fish. And yet, as Daniel Pauly shows us onstage at Mission Blue, each… Internet Archive Mark Bezos: A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter 2011 · Talk · 4 min Volunteer firefighter Mark Bezos tells a story of an act of heroism that didn't go quite as expected -- but that taught him a big lesson: Don't wait to be a… Internet Archive Tape 3- BOOMERANG VOL. 1 (2014) (Flapjack, Chowder, Camp Lazlo) 2014 · Film Volume 1 of my collection of Boomerang airings from 2014, with this one containing Flapjack, Chowder, and Camp Lazlo. *The Marvelous Misadventures of… Internet Archive Kimberley Motley: How I defend the rule of law 2014 · Talk · 15 min Every human deserves protection under their country’s laws — even when that law is forgotten or ignored. Sharing three cases from her international legal… Internet Archive Michael Green: How we can make the world a better place by 2030 2015 · Talk · 14 min Can we end hunger and poverty, halt climate change and achieve gender equality in the next 15 years? The governments of the world think we can. Meeting at the… Internet Archive Taiye Selasi: Don't ask where I'm from, ask where I'm a local 2015 · Talk · 16 min When someone asks you where you're from … do you sometimes not know how to answer? Writer Taiye Selasi speaks on behalf of "multi-local" people, who feel at… Internet Archive Uncommon Ephemera Filmstrip Soundtrack Preservation Live Stream #1: Cessna Flight Training (May 9, 2019) 2019 · Educational SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. If you have sound filmstrips you cannot properly preserve, please consider donating them to me. Contact me at… Internet Archive Alice Dreger: Is anatomy destiny? 2011 · Talk · 18 min Alice Dreger works with people at the edge of anatomy, such as conjoined twins and intersexed people. In her observation, it's often a fuzzy line between male… Internet Archive Marla Spivak: Why bees are disappearing 2013 · Talk · 15 min Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years, each colony 40 to 50,000 individuals coordinated in amazing harmony. So why, seven years ago, did colonies start… Internet Archive William Black: How to rob a bank (from the inside, that is) 2014 · Talk · 18 min William Black is a former bank regulator who’s seen firsthand how banking systems can be used to commit fraud — and how “liar's loans” and other tricky… Internet Archive Johanna Blakley: Social media and the end of gender 2011 · Talk · 8 min Media and advertising companies still use the same old demographics to understand audiences, but they're becoming increasingly harder to track online, says… Internet Archive Boost Converters and Buck Converters: Power Electronics 2017 · Educational · Subtitles Switching Power Converters: Electric Power supplies. I originally made this video for my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/EugeneKhutoryansky I… Internet Archive Christopher Bell: Bring on the female superheroes! 2016 · Talk · 15 min Why is it so hard to find female superhero merchandise? In this passionate, sparkling talk, media studies scholar (and father of a Star Wars-obsessed… Internet Archive Dale Dougherty: We are makers 2011 · Talk · 11 min America was built by makers -- curious, enthusiastic amateur inventors whose tinkering habit sparked whole new industries. At TED@MotorCity, MAKE magazine… Internet Archive Susan Pinker: The secret to living longer may be your social life 2017 · Talk The Italian island of Sardinia has more than six times as many centenarians as the mainland and ten times as many as North America. Why? According to… Internet Archive The LXD: In the Internet age, dance evolves ... 2010 · Talk · 17 min The LXD (the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers) electrify the TED2010 stage with an emerging global street-dance culture, revved up by the Internet. In a… Internet Archive Corporatus - LOLBURST 2! (MageWarlock) [Mage][2010-06-02][4.93] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Corporatus - LOLBURST 2! (MageWarlock) [Mage][2010-06-02][4.93].mp4 Internet Archive Craze - Craze RMP 2700 [Priest][2010-05-15][4.85] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Craze - Craze RMP 2700 [Priest][2010-05-15][4.85].mp4 Internet Archive Fidderus - Lightdoom 2 SpMage 2.7k [Priest][2010-10-06][4.97] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Fidderus - Lightdoom 2 SpMage 2.7k [Priest][2010-10-06][4.97].mp4 Internet Archive Xmo - Xmo 7 2700+ MageWarPal [Mage][2010-03-29][4.97] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Xmo - Xmo 7 2700+ MageWarPal [Mage][2010-03-29][4.97].wmv Internet Archive Emma Teeling: The secret of the bat genome 2012 · Talk · 16 min In Western society, bats are often characterized as creepy, even evil. Zoologist Emma Teeling encourages us to rethink our attitude toward bats, whose unique… Internet Archive Jeff Hancock: 3 types of (digital) lies 2012 · Talk · 18 min Who hasn’t sent a text message saying “I’m on my way” when it wasn’t true or fudged the truth a touch in their online dating profile? But Jeff Hancock doesn’t…