The world's archives

3,745–3,792 of 88,097 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 Amit Sood: Every piece of art you've ever wanted to see -- up close and searchable 2016 · Talk · 15 min What does a cultural Big Bang look like? For Amit Sood, director of Google's Cultural Institute and Art Project, it's an online platform where anyone can… Internet Archive Mariano Sigman: Your words may predict your future mental health 2016 · Talk · 12 min Can the way you speak and write today predict your future mental state, even the onset of psychosis? In this fascinating talk, neuroscientist Mariano Sigman… Internet Archive Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure 2011 · Talk · 16 min Why do we like an original painting better than a forgery? Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists -- that our beliefs about the… Internet Archive Halloween Trash O Rama Video Mixtape 2016 · Commercial SEE! A leprechaun killing someone with a pogo stick! SEE! A robot space gorilla shooting lightning from his fingers! SEE! R.L. Stine trying to act! This video… Internet Archive Cesar Kuriyama: One second every day 2013 · Talk · 8 min The are so many tiny, beautiful, funny, tragic moments in your life -- how are you going to remember them all? Director Cesar Kuriyama shoots one second of… Internet Archive Jason deCaires Taylor: An underwater art museum, teeming with life 2015 · Talk · 11 min For sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, the ocean is more than a muse — it's an exhibition space and museum. Taylor creates sculptures of human forms and mundane… Internet Archive Julian Treasure: Why architects need to use their ears 2012 · Talk · 9 min Because of poor acoustics, students in classrooms miss 50 percent of what their teachers say and patients in hospitals have trouble sleeping because they… Internet Archive Luvvie Ajayi: Get comfortable with being uncomfortable 2017 · Talk Luvvie Ajayi isn't afraid to speak her mind or to be the one dissenting voice in a crowd, and neither should you. "Your silence serves no one," says the… Internet Archive Peter Molyneux demos Milo, the virtual boy 2010 · Talk · 10 min Peter Molyneux demos Milo, a hotly anticipated video game for Microsoft's Kinect controller. Perceptive and impressionable like a real 11-year-old, the… Internet Archive Shubhendu Sharma: How to grow a tiny forest anywhere 2014 · Talk · 4 min A forest planted by humans, then left to nature’s own devices, typically takes at least 100 years to mature. But what if we could make the process happen ten… Internet Archive Into The Wild Warriors MAP 2014 · Cartoon [original video description unavailable] Internet Archive Uncommon Ephemera Filmstrip Soundtrack Preservation Live Stream #2: Cessna Flight Training (May 11, 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 Danny Hillis: The Internet could crash. We need a Plan B 2013 · Talk · 12 min In the 1970s and 1980s, a generous spirit suffused the internet, whose users were few and far between. But today, the net is ubiquitous, connecting billions… Internet Archive Joey Alexander: An 11-year-old prodigy performs old-school jazz 2015 · Talk · 6 min Raised listening to his dad's old records, Joey Alexander plays a brand of sharp, modern piano jazz that you likely wouldn't expect to hear from a… Internet Archive Patty McCord: 8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for 2018 · Talk Most companies operate on a set of policies: mandated vacation days, travel guidelines, standard work hours, annual goals. But what happens when a company… Internet Archive Carole & Tuesday [English Dubbed] 2019 · Cartoon "Carole & Tuesday" is property of Shinichirō Watanabe. I claim to own nothing. Internet Archive Op Amp Circuits: Analog Computers from operational amplifiers 2016 · Educational · Subtitles Adders, integrators, differentiators, buffers, and a basic introduction to op amp circuits. I originally made this video for my YouTube channel at… Internet Archive Andrew McAfee: Are droids taking our jobs? 2012 · Talk · 14 min Robots and algorithms are getting good at jobs like building cars, writing articles, translating -- jobs that once required a human. So what will we humans do… Internet Archive Hirnfrost - Hirnfrost V Firestarter [Mage][2010-09-04][4.71] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Hirnfrost - Hirnfrost V Firestarter [Mage][2010-09-04][4.71].avi Internet Archive Jabaha - Beta PvP 2 - Retri and Warlock representing [Paladin][2010-11-10][4.93] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Jabaha - Beta PvP 2 - Retri and Warlock representing [Paladin][2010-11-10][4.93].avi Internet Archive Ohr - Ohr3 Control Feat. Saso (Rank1 2500 HuntPriest on cyclone) [Hunter][2010-10-09][4.91] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Ohr - Ohr3 Control Feat. Saso (Rank1 2500 HuntPriest on cyclone)… Internet Archive Woundman - Woundman 3 - A New Beginning [Rogue][2010-04-19][4.87] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Woundman - Woundman 3 - A New Beginning [Rogue][2010-04-19][4.87].avi Internet Archive Death Parade ( 2015) 720p 2015 · Cartoon The full anime Death parade (2015) in 720p with english Subtitels Internet Archive Amory Lovins: A 50-year plan for energy 2012 · Talk · 27 min In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy theorist Amory Lovins lays out the steps we must take to end the world's dependence on oil (before we… Internet Archive John Cary: How architecture can create dignity for all 2017 · Talk If architect and writer John Cary has his way, women will never need to stand in pointlessly long bathroom lines again. Lines like these are representative of… Internet Archive Lucien Engelen: Crowdsource your health 2012 · Talk · 6 min You can use your smartphone to find a local ATM, but what if you need a defibrillator? At TEDxMaastricht, Lucien Engelen shows us online innovations that are… Internet Archive Matthew O'Reilly: “Am I dying?” The honest answer. 2014 · Talk · 5 min Matthew O’Reilly is a veteran emergency medical technician on Long Island, New York. In this talk, O’Reilly describes what happens next when a gravely hurt… Internet Archive Abby Rumsey 2018 2018 · Film Abby Smith Rumsey, author of When We Are No More: How Digital Memory is Shaping Our Future (Bloomsbury Press, New York: 2016) is in conversation with Shaping… Internet Archive Dan Gilbert: The psychology of your future self 2014 · Talk · 6 min "Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished." Dan Gilbert shares recent research on a phenomenon he calls the "end of history… Internet Archive Daniel Levitin: How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed 2015 · Talk · 12 min You're not at your best when you're stressed. In fact, your brain has evolved over millennia to release cortisol in stressful situations, inhibiting rational,… Internet Archive Leana Wen: What your doctor won’t disclose 2014 · Talk · 15 min Wouldn’t you want to know if your doctor was a paid spokesman for a drug company? Or held personal beliefs incompatible with the treatment you want? Right… Internet Archive Caitria and Morgan O’Neill: How to step up in the face of disaster 2012 · Talk · 9 min After a natural disaster strikes, there’s only a tiny window of opportunity to rally effective recovery efforts before the world turns their attention… Internet Archive Cathy O'Neil: The era of blind faith in big data must end 2017 · Talk Algorithms decide who gets a loan, who gets a job interview, who gets insurance and much more — but they don't automatically make things fair. Mathematician… Internet Archive Christoph Niemann: You are fluent in this language (and don't even know it) 2018 · Talk Without realizing it, we're fluent in the language of pictures, says illustrator Christoph Niemann. In a charming talk packed with witty, whimsical drawings,… Internet Archive Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to global voices 2010 · Talk · 19 min Sure, the web connects the globe, but most of us end up hearing mainly from people just like ourselves. Blogger and technologist Ethan Zuckerman wants to help… Internet Archive Geoffrey Canada: Our failing schools. Enough is enough! 2013 · Talk · 17 min Why, why, why does our education system look so similar to the way it did 50 years ago? Millions of students were failing then, as they are now -- and it’s… Internet Archive Michael Archer: How we'll resurrect the gastric brooding frog, the Tasmanian tiger 2013 · Talk · 17 min The gastric brooding frog lays its eggs just like any other frog -- then swallows them whole to incubate. That is, it did until it went extinct 30 years ago.… Internet Archive Bono: The good news on poverty (Yes, there's good news) 2013 · Talk · 13 min Human beings have been campaigning against inequality and poverty for 3,000 years. But this journey is accelerating. Bono "embraces his inner nerd" and shares… Internet Archive Chuck Nice: A funny look at the unintended consequences of technology 2017 · Talk Technology should work for us, but what happens when it doesn't? Comedian Chuck Nice explores the unintended consequences of technological advancement and… Internet Archive Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world 2010 · Talk · 13 min Clay Shirky looks at "cognitive surplus" -- the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. While we're busy editing Wikipedia, posting to Ushahidi… Internet Archive Susan Etlinger: What do we do with all this big data? 2014 · Talk · 12 min Does a set of data make you feel more comfortable? More successful? Then your interpretation of it is likely wrong. In a surprisingly moving talk, Susan… Internet Archive Anders Fjellberg: Two nameless bodies washed up on the beach. Here are their stories 2015 · Talk · 14 min When two bodies washed ashore in Norway and the Netherlands, reporter Anders Fjellberg and photographer Tomm Christiansen started a search to answer the… Internet Archive David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy? 2014 · Talk · 5 min Within each of us are two selves, suggests David Brooks in this meditative short talk: the self who craves success, who builds a résumé, and the self who… Internet Archive Mac Stone: Stunning photos of the endangered Everglades 2015 · Talk · 19 min For centuries, people have viewed swamps and wetlands as obstacles to avoid. But for photographer Mac Stone, who documents the stories of wildlife in… Internet Archive Monika Bulaj: The hidden light of Afghanistan 2011 · Talk · 4 min Photographer Monika Bulaj shares powerful, intimate images of Afghanistan -- of home life, of ritual, of men and women. Behind the headlines, what does the… Internet Archive Sonaar Luthra: Meet the Water Canary 2012 · Talk · 3 min After a crisis, how can we tell if water is safe to drink? Current tests are slow and complex, and the delay can be deadly, as in the cholera outbreak after… Internet Archive Ben Cameron: The true power of the performing arts 2010 · Talk · 12 min Arts administrator and live-theater fan Ben Cameron looks at the state of the live arts -- asking: How can the magic of live theater, live music, live dance… Internet Archive Elif Shafak: The revolutionary power of diverse thought 2017 · Talk "From populist demagogues, we will learn the indispensability of democracy," says novelist Elif Shafak. "From isolationists, we will learn the need for global…