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3,985–4,032 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 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 Hendrik Poinar: Bring back the woolly mammoth! 2013 · Talk · 10 min It’s the dream of kids all around the world to see giant beasts walk the Earth again. Could -- and should -- that dream be realized? Hendrik Poinar gives an… Internet Archive Jim Yong Kim: Doesn't everyone deserve a chance at a good life? 2017 · Talk · 22 min Aspirations are rising as never before across the world, thanks in large part to smartphones and the internet — will they be met with opportunity or… Internet Archive Karissa Sanbonmatsu: The biology of gender, from DNA to the brain 2018 · Talk How exactly does gender work? It's not just about our chromosomes, says biologist Karissa Sanbonmatsu. In a visionary talk, she shares new discoveries from… Internet Archive Sean Carroll: Distant time and the hint of a multiverse 2011 · Talk · 15 min Cosmologist Sean Carroll attacks -- in an entertaining and thought-provoking tour through the nature of time and the universe -- a deceptively simple… Internet Archive Weak Nuclear Force and Standard Model of Particle Physics 2018 · Educational · Subtitles Standard Model, Chirality, Helicity, W & Z bosons, and the Weak Nuclear Force. Correction to video: The Z boson couples to both left- and right-handed… Internet Archive HEROMAN Vol 2 2010 · Cartoon Heroman is a manga/anime series created by Marvel's Stan Lee and Bones. The manga is published in Square Enix's magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan and began… Internet Archive Gary Liu: The rapid growth of the Chinese internet -- and where it's headed 2018 · Talk The Chinese internet has grown at a staggering pace — it now has more users than the combined populations of the US, UK, Russia, Germany, France and Canada.… Internet Archive Grace Kim: How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer) 2017 · Talk Loneliness doesn't always stem from being alone. For architect Grace Kim, loneliness is a function of how socially connected we feel to the people around us —… Internet Archive Joseph Kim: The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained. 2013 · Talk · 21 min A refugee now living in the US, Joseph Kim tells the story of his life in North Korea during the famine years. He's begun to create a new life -- but he still… Internet Archive Martin Hanczyc: The line between life and not-life 2011 · Talk · 14 min In his lab, Martin Hanczyc makes "protocells," experimental blobs of chemicals that behave like living cells. His work demonstrates how life might have first… Internet Archive Rives: The Museum of Four in the Morning 2014 · Talk · 14 min Beware: Rives has a contagious obsession with 4 a.m. At TED2007, the poet shared what was then a minor fixation with a time that kept popping up everywhere.… Internet Archive Alessandra Orofino: It’s our city. Let’s fix it 2014 · Talk · 15 min Too often, people feel checked out of politics — even at the level of their own city. But urban activist Alessandra Orofino thinks that can change, using a… Internet Archive Daniele Quercia: Happy maps 2015 · Talk · 7 min Mapping apps help us find the fastest route to where we’re going. But what if we’d rather wander? Researcher Daniele Quercia demos “happy maps” that take into… Internet Archive Diana Laufenberg: How to learn? From mistakes 2010 · Talk · 10 min Diana Laufenberg shares 3 surprising things she has learned about teaching -- including a key insight about learning from mistakes. Internet Archive Fred Swaniker: The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it 2014 · Talk · 13 min Before he hit eighteen, Fred Swaniker had lived in Ghana, Gambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. What he learned from a childhood across Africa was that while good… Internet Archive Adam Galinsky: How to speak up for yourself 2016 · Talk · 15 min Speaking up is hard to do, even when you know you should. Learn how to assert yourself, navigate tricky social situations and expand your personal power with… Internet Archive Andras Forgacs: Leather and meat without killing animals 2013 · Talk · 9 min By 2050, it will take 100 billion land animals to provide the world's population with meat, dairy, eggs and leather goods. Maintaining this herd will take a… Internet Archive Boghuma Kabisen Titanji: Ethical riddles in HIV research 2013 · Talk · 11 min It’s an all too common story: after participating in an HIV clinical trial, a woman in sub-Saharan Africa is left without the resources to buy a bus ticket to… Internet Archive Christine Porath: Why being nice to your coworkers is good for business 2018 · Talk Looking to get ahead in your career? Start by being nice to your coworkers, says leadership researcher Christine Porath. In this science-backed talk, she… Internet Archive Helen Czerski: The fascinating physics of everyday life 2017 · Talk Physics doesn't just happen in a fancy lab — it happens when you push a piece of buttered toast off the table or drop a couple of raisins in a fizzy drink or… Internet Archive Jessica Jackley: Poverty, money -- and love 2010 · Talk · 18 min What do you think of people in poverty? Maybe what Jessica Jackley once did: "they" need "our" help, in the form of a few coins in a jar. The co-founder of… Internet Archive Jim Al-Khalili: How quantum biology might explain life’s biggest questions 2015 · Talk · 16 min How does a robin know to fly south? The answer might be weirder than you think: Quantum physics may be involved. Jim Al-Khalili rounds up the extremely new,… Internet Archive Karen Thompson Walker: What fear can teach us 2013 · Talk · 11 min Imagine you're a shipwrecked sailor adrift in the enormous Pacific. You can choose one of three directions and save yourself and your shipmates — but each… Internet Archive Paul Kemp-Robertson: Bitcoin. Sweat. Tide. Meet the future of branded currency. 2013 · Talk · 10 min Currency -- the bills and coins you carry in your wallet and in your bank account -- is founded on marketing, on the belief that banks and governments are… Internet Archive Sarah Bergbreiter: Why I make robots the size of a grain of rice 2015 · Talk · 6 min By studying the movement and bodies of insects such as ants, Sarah Bergbreiter and her team build incredibly robust, super teeny, mechanical versions of… Internet Archive Tan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaves 2010 · Talk · 10 min Tan Le's astonishing new computer interface reads its user's brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with… Internet Archive Thandiswa Mazwai: "Iyeza" / "Zabalaza" 2017 · Talk Self-styled wild woman and rebel singer Thandiswa Mazwai rocks the TED stage with an electrifying performance of two songs: "Iyeza" and "Zabalaza." Internet Archive Nature of Time and Simultaneity 2015 · Educational · Subtitles Nature of time and simultaneity according to Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity. I originally made this video for my YouTube channel at… Internet Archive Emily Balcetis: Why some people find exercise harder than others 2014 · Talk · 14 min Why do some people struggle more than others to keep off the pounds? Social psychologist Emily Balcetis shows research that addresses one of the many factors:… Internet Archive Gabriel Barcia-Colombo: Capturing memories in video art 2012 · Talk · 4 min Using video mapping and projection, artist Gabriel Barcia-Colombo captures and shares his memories and friendships. At TED Fellow Talks, he shows his… Internet Archive Eric Liu: Why ordinary people need to understand power 2014 · Talk · 17 min Far too many Americans are illiterate in power — what it is, how it operates and why some people have it. As a result, those few who do understand power wield… Internet Archive Fabien Cousteau: What I learned from spending 31 days underwater 2014 · Talk · 10 min In 1963, Jacques Cousteau lived for 30 days in an underwater laboratory positioned on the floor of the Red Sea, and set a world record in the process. This… Internet Archive Harry Cliff: Have we reached the end of physics? 2016 · Talk · 14 min Why is there something rather than nothing? Why does so much interesting stuff exist in the universe? Particle physicist Harry Cliff works on the Large Hadron… Internet Archive Hubertus Knabe: The dark secrets of a surveillance state 2014 · Talk · 19 min Tour the deep dark world of the East German state security agency known as Stasi. Uniquely powerful at spying on its citizens, until the fall of the Berlin… Internet Archive Juan Enriquez: What will humans look like in 100 years? 2016 · Talk · 15 min We can evolve bacteria, plants and animals — futurist Juan Enriquez asks: Is it ethical to evolve the human body? In a visionary talk that ranges from… Internet Archive Kitra Cahana: Stories of the homeless and hidden 2014 · Talk · 5 min As a young girl, photojournalist Kitra Cahana dreamed about running away from home to live freely on the road. Now as an adult and self-proclaimed vagabond,… Internet Archive Maya Penn: Meet a young entrepreneur, cartoonist, designer, activist … 2014 · Talk · 7 min Maya Penn started her first company when she was 8 years old, and thinks deeply about how to be responsible both to her customers and to the planet. She… Internet Archive Zaria Forman: Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of Earth 2016 · Talk · 7 min Zaria Forman's large-scale compositions of melting glaciers, icebergs floating in glassy water and waves cresting with foam explore moments of transition,… Internet Archive Why is Anime so Niche? | Anime Nyan 2017 · Cartoon · Subtitles HEEEEEEEEEEY! Sup, Anime Nyan here, today we're looking at how the spread of anime across the glooobe and if it's really as niche as you think...Hope you… Internet Archive uncommon-ephemera-livestream-filmstrip-soundtrack-preservation-5-hanna-barbera-2019-09-22 2019 · Educational This is part of a mass upload of preserved media in progress. Metadata may not yet be complete. Internet Archive Didn't I say to make my abilities average in the next life Episode 1 – You Said I'd Get a Do-Over in a New World! 2019 · Cartoon · Subtitles Mile is a super normal 12 year old girl! Or so it seems... She's actually one of those reincarnated-into-another-world people that are all the rage right now,… Internet Archive Chade-Meng Tan: Everyday compassion at Google 2011 · Talk · 14 min Google's "Jolly Good Fellow," Chade-Meng Tan, talks about how the company practices compassion in its everyday business -- and its bold side projects. Internet Archive John Hockenberry: We are all designers 2012 · Talk · 19 min Journalist John Hockenberry tells a personal story inspired by a pair of flashy wheels in a wheelchair-parts catalogue -- and how they showed him the value of… Internet Archive Persona 5's Lost Potential 2019 · Cartoon · Subtitles So I'm two years late, but let's talk Persona 5's lost potential. This video is under the creative commons zero license. If you want to learn more about this… Internet Archive Isekai Izakaya - 01 2018 · Cartoon Isekai Izakaya ~ Koto Aitheria No Izakaya Nobu Episode | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |… Internet Archive Pamela Ronald: The case for engineering our food 2015 · Talk · 17 min Pamela Ronald studies the genes that make plants more resistant to disease and stress. In an eye-opening talk, she describes her decade-long quest to help… Internet Archive Tina Seelig: The little risks you can take to increase your luck 2018 · Talk Luck is rarely a lightning strike, isolated and dramatic — it's much more like the wind, blowing constantly. Catching more of it is easy but not obvious. In… Internet Archive Elizabeth Lyle: How to break bad management habits before they reach the next generation of leaders 2018 · Talk Companies are counting on their future leaders to manage with more speed, flexibility and trust than ever before. But how can middle managers climb the…