The world's archives

4,465–4,512 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 Gary Haugen: The hidden reason for poverty the world needs to address now 2015 · Talk · 22 min Collective compassion has meant an overall decrease in global poverty since the 1980s, says civil rights lawyer Gary Haugen. Yet for all the world's aid… Internet Archive Mary Robinson: Why climate change is a threat to human rights 2015 · Talk · 21 min Climate change is unfair. While rich countries can fight against rising oceans and dying farm fields, poor people around the world are already having their… Internet Archive Melissa Fleming: A boat carrying 500 refugees sunk at sea. The story of two survivors 2015 · Talk · 19 min Aboard an overloaded ship carrying more than 500 refugees, a young woman becomes an unlikely hero. This single, powerful story, told by Melissa Fleming of the… Internet Archive Oren Yakobovich: Hidden cameras that film injustice in the world’s most dangerous places 2014 · Talk · 14 min To see is to believe, says Oren Yakobovich — which is why he helps everyday people use hidden cameras to film dangerous situations of violence, political… Internet Archive Breakthrough - The Ideas That Changed the World ★ Complete PBS Series with MKV and Subtitles 2019 · Talk Breakthrough - The Ideas That Changed the World ★ Complete PBS Series with MKV and Subtitles Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World - hosted by… Internet Archive Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón: Math is forever 2015 · Talk · 10 min With humor and charm, mathematician Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón answers a question that’s wracked the brains of bored students the world over: What is math for?… Internet Archive Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean 2010 · Talk · 18 min In this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators… Internet Archive John Kasaona: How poachers became caretakers 2010 · Talk · 15 min In his home of Namibia, John Kasaona is working on an innovative way to protect endangered animal species: giving nearby villagers (including former poachers)… Internet Archive Kristin Poinar: What's hidden under the Greenland ice sheet? 2017 · Talk The Greenland ice sheet is massive, mysterious — and melting. Using advanced technology, scientists are revealing its secrets for the first time, and what… Internet Archive Martin Ford: How we'll earn money in a future without jobs 2017 · Talk Machines that can think, learn and adapt are coming — and that could mean that we humans will end up with significant unemployment. What should we do about… Internet Archive Paula Hammond: A new superweapon in the fight against cancer 2016 · Talk · 10 min Cancer is a very clever, adaptable disease. To defeat it, says medical researcher and educator Paula Hammond, we need a new and powerful mode of attack. With… Internet Archive AMV Hell 6.66: This Is (Not) The End 2013 · Cartoon The production of the 6th entry in the main AMV Hell series has been a long and frustrating process for all involved. It was originally to be "AMV Hell 6: The… Internet Archive Breathless map complete 2018 · Cartoon dear god Internet Archive Youngblood Complete Warrior Cats Au Map 2019 · Cartoon im listening to panic at the disco everything is awesome Internet Archive Seraph of the End English Dub Episode 03 2015 · Cartoon Seraph of the End English Dub Episode 03 Internet Archive Bruno Torturra: Got a smartphone? Start broadcasting 2014 · Talk · 13 min In 2011, journalist Bruno Torturra covered a protest in São Paulo which turned ugly. His experience of being teargassed had a profound effect on the way he… Internet Archive Clint Smith: How to raise a black son in America 2015 · Talk · 5 min As kids, we all get advice from parents and teachers that seems strange, even confusing. This was crystallized one night for a young Clint Smith, who was… Internet Archive Jake Wood: A new mission for veterans -- disaster relief 2012 · Talk · 4 min After months or years fighting overseas, 92 percent of American veterans say they want to continue their service; meanwhile, one after another, natural… Internet Archive Janet Echelman: Taking imagination seriously 2011 · Talk · 9 min Janet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing -- which forced her to look to an unorthodox new art material. Now she makes… Internet Archive Jia Jiang: What I learned from 100 days of rejection 2016 · Talk · 15 min Jia Jiang adventures boldly into a territory so many of us fear: rejection. By seeking out rejection for 100 days — from asking a stranger to borrow $100 to… Internet Archive Joshua Walters: On being just crazy enough 2011 · Talk · 5 min At TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, comedian Joshua Walters, who's bipolar, walks the line between mental illness and mental "skillness." In this funny,… Internet Archive Martina Flor: The secret language of letter design 2016 · Talk Look at the letters around you: on street signs, stores, restaurant menus, the covers of books. Whether you realize it or not, the letters are speaking to… Internet Archive Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome 2010 · Talk · 19 min Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our "connectome," and… Internet Archive Raythunda - Project RAY - 4 Trailer [Warlock][2010-07-13][4.86] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Raythunda - Project RAY - 4 Trailer [Warlock][2010-07-13][4.86].avi Internet Archive Ripness - Ripness 5 Destruction Warlock PvP 23 [Warlock][2010-04-14][4.16] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Ripness - Ripness 5 Destruction Warlock PvP 23 [Warlock][2010-04-14][4.16].mp4 Internet Archive Vimpe - Vimpe (Tot)ally Fails 1.5 - Special Edition [Warlock][2010-11-27][4.92] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: Vimpe - Vimpe (Tot)ally Fails 1.5 - Special Edition [Warlock][2010-11-27][4.92].wmv Internet Archive YazooFilms - 2600+ ThunderCleave [Multiple][2010-05-21][4.47] 2010 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: YazooFilms - 2600+ ThunderCleave [Multiple][2010-05-21][4.47].wmv Internet Archive arma`Gedon - Arma7Trailer DiscDance RMP(2500) [Priest][2011-01-12][4.89] 2011 · Cartoon Archived World of Warcraft gameplay and machinima footage. Original file: arma`Gedon - Arma7Trailer DiscDance RMP(2500) [Priest][2011-01-12][4.89].avi Internet Archive David Autor: Why are there still so many jobs? 2016 · Talk · 18 min Here's a paradox you don't hear much about: despite a century of creating machines to do our work for us, the proportion of adults in the US with a job has… Internet Archive Gavin Schmidt: The emergent patterns of climate change 2014 · Talk · 12 min You can't understand climate change in pieces, says climate scientist Gavin Schmidt. It's the whole, or it's nothing. In this illuminating talk, he explains… Internet Archive Joy Buolamwini: How I'm fighting bias in algorithms 2017 · Talk · 8 min MIT grad student Joy Buolamwini was working with facial recognition software when she noticed a problem: the software didn't recognize her face — because the… Internet Archive Prosanta Chakrabarty: Four billion years of evolution in six minutes 2018 · Talk Did humans evolve from monkeys or from fish? In this enlightening talk, ichthyologist and TED Fellow Prosanta Chakrabarty dispels some hardwired myths about… Internet Archive Vernā Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them 2014 · Talk · 17 min Our biases can be dangerous, even deadly — as we've seen in the cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner, in Staten Island, New York.… Internet Archive Wingham Rowan: A new kind of job market 2013 · Talk · 12 min Plenty of people need jobs with very flexible hours -- but it's difficult for those people to connect with the employers who need them. Wingham Rowan is… Internet Archive Yuyushiki Slice-of-Life Anime (Season One) 2013 · Cartoon This is a complete list of the Season One Episodes of the Slice-of-life anime, Yuyushiki (You-You-Shki). It aired originally in japan between April and June… Internet Archive Gakkatsu! - Season 1 2012 · Cartoon Gakkatsu is a Japanese anime debate comedy created by Rareko and produced by Fanworks. These were in ABYSMAL quality when I searched them up on YouTube, and… Internet Archive Robert Gupta: Music is medicine, music is sanity 2010 · Talk · 9 min Robert Gupta, violinist with the LA Philharmonic, talks about a violin lesson he once gave to a brilliant, schizophrenic musician -- and what he learned.… Internet Archive Colin Grant: The son of a difficult father 2014 · Talk · 17 min Colin Grant has spent a lifetime navigating the emotional landscape between his father’s world and his own. Born in England to Jamaican parents, Grant draws… Internet Archive [s01e24] Chef Reacts to Food Wars! THE CURRY FINALE Season 1 ENDS! 2019 · Cartoon WHAT A WILD RIDE! This first season no doubt has been left on a cliff hanger and I absolutely can't wait to see what happens next. I really, really want some… Internet Archive Super Circus 1956 2018 · TV love this episode got this from a bootlegged website Internet Archive Alan Eustace: I leapt from the stratosphere. Here's how I did it 2015 · Talk · 14 min On October 21, 2014, Alan Eustace donned a custom-built, 500-pound spacesuit, attached himself to a weather balloon, and rose above 135,000 feet, from which… Internet Archive Kwame Anthony Appiah: Is religion good or bad? (This is a trick question) 2014 · Talk · 14 min Plenty of good things are done in the name of religion, and plenty of bad things too. But what is religion, exactly — is it good or bad, in and of itself?… Internet Archive Jaron Lanier: How we need to remake the internet 2018 · Talk In the early days of digital culture, Jaron Lanier helped craft a vision for the internet as public commons where humanity could share its knowledge — but… Internet Archive Jason Clay: How big brands can help save biodiversity 2010 · Talk · 19 min Convince just 100 key companies to go sustainable, and WWF's Jason Clay says global markets will shift to protect the planet our consumption has already… Internet Archive Amy Nicole Baker: 7 common questions about workplace romance 2018 · Talk Should you date your coworker? Should workplace couples keep their relationships secret? And why are coworkers so often attracted to each other?… Internet Archive Carolyn Bertozzi: What the sugar coating on your cells is trying to tell you 2016 · Talk Your cells are coated with sugars that store information and speak a secret language. What are they trying to tell us? Your blood type, for one — and,… Internet Archive Khalida Brohi: How I work to protect women from honor killings 2015 · Talk · 18 min Nearly 1000 "honor" killings are reported in Pakistan each year, murders by a family member for behavior deemed "shameful," such as a relationship outside of… Internet Archive Kio Stark: Why you should talk to strangers 2016 · Talk · 11 min "When you talk to strangers, you're making beautiful interruptions into the expected narrative of your daily life — and theirs," says Kio Stark. In this…