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1,009–1,056 of 6,270 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 The Blimp is Back! 1990 · Documentary · Subtitles Airships were once hailed as "ocean liners of the sky" until the Hindenburg explosion sparked their fall from grace. Now, blimps are back in some exciting new… Internet Archive " CHINA UNDER COMMUNISM '" 1962 LOOK AT RED CHINA DOCUMENTARY FILM (better print) 1151z Documentary "China Under Communism" is a 1962 educational film from Encyclopaedia Britannica Films that gives viewers a look at life in communist China, with an emphasis… Internet Archive The Sensational Seventies: 1972 (1979) 1979 · Documentary · Subtitles The Sensational Seventies: 1972 A Hobel Leiterman Document Associates, Inc. Production Directed by Ulla Righe Narrator: Harvey Kirck (MPI Home Video edition… Internet Archive Inside the Animal Mind ★ A 3 part Nature series - with MKV 2000 · Talk Inside the Animal Mind ★ A 3 part Nature series - with MKV . _ . I found the original DVD source materials here: https://archive.org/details/NatureISO I am… Internet Archive Vietnam - A Television History (1983) Uncut VHS 1983 · Documentary This is a VHS rip of the original 13 episodes of this series. As opposed to the cut down DVD version of the series. Internet Archive Hannibal Victory - Railroad to the Philippines Ship Documentary WWII COLOR FILM 41370 Documentary During World War II, 534 "Victory ships" were built to transport materials to support United States military efforts in theaters of operation across the… Internet Archive “1957 BRITISH GRAND PRIX AT AINTREE” FORMULA ONE RACE DOCUMENTARY STIRLING MOSS XD8685 Documentary This Shell-Mex and BP film covers the 1957 British Grand Prix Formula One motor race held on 20 July 1957 at the Aintree Circuit, near Liverpool. The film is… Internet Archive WWII in CHINA & BURMA 1945 DOCUMENTARY "STILWELL ROAD" w/ RONALD REAGAN PART 1 (see 30454) 3046 Documentary This b&w documentary portrays a great victory of the Allies against the Japanese Army during WWII. Japanese forces attacked the Burma Road in China in January… Internet Archive Bonobo People (1993) 1993 · Documentary · Subtitles Bonobo People Georgia State University’s LANGUAGE RESEARCH CENTER presents BONOBO PEOPLE Narrated by Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh The story of research into… Internet Archive STRUGGLE TO CONTROL MEDITERRANEAN SEA "SEA OF STRIFE" 1930s DOCUMENTARY SPANISH CIVIL WAR 29074y Documentary This late 1930s to early 1940s black and white film "Sea of Strife" is about the Mediterranean Sea and the centuries-long struggles to control it and the… Internet Archive Making Xanadu: The Musical Fantasy Movie (1980) 1980 · Documentary This syndicated TV special chronicles the making-of the beloved 1980 cult classic movie "Xanadu" featuring behind the scenes footage, interviews, unused… Internet Archive Rush Limbaugh's America 1995 · Documentary · Subtitles Documentary about Rush Limbaugh, a conservative radio talk show host, and his rise to fame, audience, and impact on the 1992 congressional wins by the… Internet Archive " THE SECRETS OF ST. LOUIS " 1960s DOCUMENTARY FILM HISTORIC ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 55154 Documentary While the opening title proclaims "This is America", this film is actually the first half a 1960s documentary called "The Secrets of St. Louis" (the "This is… Internet Archive " 500,000 TO 1 " 1956 INSECTS & PEST CONTROL DOCUMENTARY SINCLAIR REFINING CO. XD7590 Documentary "500,000 to 1" is a live action and animated educational film about the overpopulation of insects and the techniques used to curb this growth. It provides an… Internet Archive " NATURAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA " 1960s RICHFIELD OIL CORP. DOCUMENTARY (FRENCH LANGUAGE) XD5103 Documentary Produced by Rockett Pictures, Inc. in collaboration with the United States Ministry of Mines and sponsored by the Richfield Oil Corporation, this 1950… Internet Archive CULTIVATION OF SEED POTATOES " CERTIFIED FOR SEED " 1945 FARMING DOCUMENTARY 47204 Documentary This 1945 Canadian color documentary about growing certified seed potatoes is presented by the National Film Board for the Department of Trade and Commerce… Internet Archive " A NEW AGE FOR RAILWAYS " 1979 STEAM LOCOMOTIVES TO MODERN HIGH SPEED TRAINS DOCUMENTARY XD5252 Documentary Produced by the International Union of Railroads by British Transport Films in 1979, this documentary looks at exciting railway developments in Japan,… Internet Archive "BATTLING BULLS BELOW THE BORDER" 1937 BULLFIGHTING IN MEXICO CITY DOCUMENTARY XD5220 Documentary Produced and photographed by Dr. Rudolph Jaeger of Colorado, “Battling Bulls Below the Border” is a beautiful account of 1930s matador and bullfighting… Internet Archive OKINAWA BULLETIN NO. 2 FINAL PHASES SUMMER 1945 U.S. MARINE CORPS DOCUMENTARY FILM 21464 Documentary This film is a color & B&W tinted film, with live action clips of U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan. Produced by the Marine Corps Photographic Service.… Internet Archive BTS Goldfinger & Thunderball [1995 VHS] 1995 · Documentary 1995 VHS release of behind the scenes presentations of the 007 films "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball", with modern day interviews. Internet Archive Meteorites: Witness From Beyond the Times (1993) 1993 · Documentary · Subtitles METEORITES Part 2: Witnesses From Beyond the Times (ORF/Atlas Video, 1994) Running Time: 44 Minutes Meteorites, asteroids, and comets are a regular part of… Internet Archive 1953 LIFE IN THE SAHARA DESERT FILM BEDOUINS, ARTESIAN WELLS & OASIS DOCUMENTARY PRINT 2 4655 Documentary Life In The Sahara is a short 1953 film from Encyclopaedia Britannica Films that gives viewers a glimpse of life in the Sahara Desert in the 1950s, touching… Internet Archive The Mind of Hussein 1991 · Documentary · Subtitles Frontline investigates the personal and political history of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein. Through interviews with Hussein’s former neighbors, members of his… Internet Archive " LAS VEGAS: FRONTIER TOWN OF TWO CENTURIES " OUTTAKES FROM 1953 DOCUMENTARY FILM XD4471 Documentary This black-and-white film contains outtakes from a documentary entitled "Las Vegas: Frontier Town of Two Centuries". This material was shot in 1953, marking a… Internet Archive “A MAN WITH A PROBLEM” 1967 PROBLEM DRINKING & ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT DOCUMENTARY XD8093 Documentary This film from 1967 tells the true story of Doug; an alcoholic father and husband, who underwent extensive treatment for his alcoholism using shock therapy… Internet Archive Monsters And Maniacs (1988) | VHS Segment 1988 · Documentary Originally posted to YouTube by HorrorVHS, this is a brief segment from the Monsters and Maniacs (1988), a compilation of "film clips, rare footage, and… Internet Archive Richard Williams And The Thief Who Never Gave Up ( 1982) Commercial Documentary on Richard Williams and attempt to finish a masterpiece. Internet Archive Crying Lady — Filmic Walk in Greenwich Village, New York 2025 · Home movie Greenwich Village, Manhattan — November 23, 2025 This filmic walk records Greenwich Village during a quiet November night in New York City. The recording… Internet Archive Can Bombing Win a War? 1993 · Documentary · Subtitles "This program traces the history of strategic bombing from World War I to the Gulf. Air power has always been a crucial element of war, but ground soldiers… Internet Archive Isra Hell On Earth [ Original Documentary] Feature Israel Hölle auf erden Internet Archive Night Creatures of the Kalahari 1998 · Documentary · Subtitles Cloaked in darkness, the Kalahari's critters of the night live and hunt hidden from human sight--but not from our camera's eye. 1 videocassette (VHS) (60… Internet Archive The Perfect Pearl 1998 · Documentary · Subtitles For centuries, man has risked both life and life savings to possess the pearl's beauty. Pure and perfect, glowing and dazzling, a pearl is actually a mistake… Internet Archive Prescriptions for Profit 1989 · Documentary · Subtitles Goes behind the labels and hype to consider the economic, social and ethical questions that arise when big business is mixed with human suffering and a large… Internet Archive STRUGGLE TO CONTROL MEDITERRANEAN SEA "SEA OF STRIFE" 1930s DOCUMENTARY SPANISH CIVIL WAR 2970 Documentary This late 1930s to early 1940s black and white film "Sea of Strife" is about the Mediterranean Sea and the centuries-long struggles to control it and the… Internet Archive “A NATION BUILDS UNDER FIRE” 1967 VIETNAM WAR DOCUMENTARY W/ ACTOR JOHN WAYNE XD8133 Documentary This propaganda film "A Nation Builds Under Fire" was released in 1967. It was made to showcase the efforts of the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, with a… Internet Archive Doctor Who Years VHS Collection Documentary A series of VHS tapes released during the early 1990s which were mini documentaries on the various Doctors as well as some of the monsters. They were also… Internet Archive Sleeping Bear — Filmic Walk in Brooklyn Heights 2025 · Documentary Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn — November 2025 This filmic walk records the rainy nighttime atmosphere of Brooklyn Heights after rainfall in November 2025. The… Internet Archive The Sensational Seventies: 1975 (1979) 1979 · Documentary · Subtitles The Sensational Seventies: 1975 A Hobel Leiterman Document Associates, Inc. Production Directed by Ulla Righe Narrator: Harvey Kirck (MPI Home Video edition… Internet Archive "CONQUEST OF THE NIGHT" WWII U.S. NAVY USE OF RADAR IN NAVAL COMBAT DOCUMENTARY 28384 Documentary Dating to 1945, "Conquest of the Night" shows the uses of one of the Allies' great weapons developments -- radar. Here the technology is used at sea to locate… Internet Archive Across Cultures ★ 13 Part Emmy Award winning Series in HD1080 with MKV 1983 · Talk Across Cultures is a 13 Part AIT Emmy Award winning Series with John Robbins - in HD1080 with MKV Versions. . _ . My thanks goes out to Ian Parker and Rennard… Internet Archive Walking With Dinosaurs The Complete Series Tape One (1999 UK VHS) Documentary This is the Full VHS Tape of Walking With Dinosaurs The Complete Series Tape One as it was Released in 1999! Enjoy! Internet Archive " WORLD WAR I / THE U.S. ENTERS THE CONFLICT " AMERICA IN WWI DOCUMENTARY FILM 1511 Documentary “World War I / The U.S. Enters the Conflict: American Participation and the Aftermath” (c.1930) is a black-and-white, silent newsreel film chronicling, as the… Internet Archive On the Road with Charles Kuralt: America's Heritage (1989) 1989 · Documentary · Subtitles The Best of On the Road with Charles Kuralt Host: Charles Kuralt (CBS, Inc., Fox Video, 1993) Running Time: 180 minutes (three programs of 60 minutes each)… Internet Archive Treasures of the Sunken City 1997 · Documentary · Subtitles A breakwater project in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt, is halted by the possibility that ruins on the harbor floor may be all that is left of the seventh… Internet Archive Tabloid Truth : The Michael Jackson Scandal 1994 · Documentary · Subtitles Correspondent Cramer goes behind the scenes of the television coverage of the Michael Jackson story to look at the people, organizations, and economic… Internet Archive PBS Frontline: War in Europe, Part 1 of 2 (2000) 2000 · Documentary · Subtitles It was a war that unleashed terrible brutality. On one side was a ruthless leader-Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic-who claimed history was on his side. On… Internet Archive Classic McDonald's Commercials (1970-1976); Champion Paper Wild West short (c. 1960s); Ray Kroc TLC Documentary (c. 1990s); A Snippet of "Sleeper" (1973); 4 1/2 Cap'n Crunch Commercials (1967-1969) Commercial Over 2 hours of old McDonald's commercials, mostly early McDonaldland that aired between 1970-1976. Followed by a wild west short from Champion paper from… Internet Archive A Brief History Of Time ★ Video with Extra Features - Subtitles and MKV 1991 · Talk A Brief History Of Time ★ Video with Extra Features - Subtitles and MKV . _ . I found the original DVD source materials here:…