Documentary from the world's archives

2,113–2,160 of 6,832 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. Nothing is left out for being sexual: sexual content and nudity are for adults, placed by what the archive files a film as, never by a word of its title alone (The Naked City is a police film). A film filed as pornography is listed for adults without its picture and plays nowhere yet, as the law where it would play asks for a proof of age this site does not have. A sexual depiction of a child, drawn ones too, is listed nowhere.

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 content, pornography, nudity and nudism, striptease, sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, beheadings, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive Das VHS-Imperium (2017) Documentary Das VHS-Imperium (2017) Internet Archive Alexandra Nechita 1990 · Documentary Alexandra Nechita 1990's VHS documentary. A digitized documentary about cubist artist, painter, sculpter, Alexandra Nechita, regarding her artwork and… Internet Archive Commercial VHS — The Changer: A Record of the Times (1991) 1991 · Commercial Commercially produced VHS tape digitized for preservation. Documentary film produced by Olivia Records commemorating the 15th anniversary of Cris Williamson's… Internet Archive Campaigns In The Pacific (1995) 1995 · Documentary Transfer of 1995 VHS Tapes Internet Archive [Vintage VHS] Nasa 25 Years: 6, Skylab The First 40 Days; Four Rooms, Earth View Documentary Transferred from tape using the RF method. Videos processed with vhs-decode and hifi-decode. See: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode File types included… Internet Archive Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian - Official “A Good Feeling” Clip (2021) Dave Filoni, Mark Hamill 2021 · Commercial Check out this clip, featuring Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, from the upcoming special episode of Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Mandalorian - Making of the… Internet Archive Shankly The Story Of A Soccer Legend (1991 UK VHS) Documentary This is the Full VHS Tape of Shankly The Story of a Soccer Legend as it was Released in 1991! Enjoy! Internet Archive Japanese classical musical concerts, talk shows, documentaries, etc. 6 hours of NHK broadcasts #6. Recorded on VHS Documentary Includes classical music concerts, documentaries, and talk shows from NHK. Recorded on VHS Patreon link to help me buy more Japanese tapes… Internet Archive [Vintage VHS] The Story of Elvis Presley: A Documented Legend Documentary Transferred from tape using the RF method. Videos processed with vhs-decode and hifi-decode. See: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode File types included… Internet Archive Brock Lesnar – Here Comes the Pain (2003) • Retail Promo DVD/VHS Sales Reel [HQ] Documentary Step back into the glory days of the video store sales wall with this retail promo reel for Brock Lesnar: Here Comes the Pain — the early-2000s hype piece… Internet Archive The Moody Blues - The Other Side Of Red Rocks VHS Documentary The Moody Blues - The Other Side Of Red Rocks VHS upscaled to 1920x1080. Internet Archive Torvill And Dean The Story So Far (1996 UK VHS) Documentary This is the Full VHS Tape of Torvill and Dean The Story so Far as it was Released in 1996! Enjoy! Internet Archive [Vintage VHS] A Century of Cyclone Football Documentary Transferred from tape using the RF method. Videos processed with vhs-decode and hifi-decode. See: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode File types included… Internet Archive [Vintage VHS] Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite: 6, The End Of The Road Documentary Transferred from tape using the RF method. Videos processed with vhs-decode and hifi-decode. See: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode File types included… Internet Archive Andy Kaufman I'm From Hollywood Documentary Andy Kaufman I'm From Hollywood Internet Archive Mega Transports 2017 · Commercial Everyone knows heavy haulage: large parts are transported on big trucks with yellow warning lights on streets. However, all that is peanuts compared to our… Internet Archive Limitless with Chris Hemsworth - Official Trailer (2022) 2021 · Commercial See Chris Hemsworth discover the full potential of the human body in the trailer debut for Limitless with Chris Hemsworth. The six-part Disney+ original… Commons Teaser Isen - a documentary film about Wikimania Esino Lario 2015 · Documentary · 2 min · Subtitles Teaser of the documentary film Isen - a documentary film about Wikimania Esino Lario Commons Wiki loves Women - English WebM - Final 2017 · Documentary · 2 min · Subtitles The English introduction to Wiki Loves Women and why it is important. An explainer video from a partnership between m:WikiAfrica, Goethe-Institut South Africa… Commons Discovery Story - Genome Engineering with CRISPR-Cas9 (Doudna, Jinek, Charpentier) 2019 · Documentary · 12 min · Subtitles Jennifer Doudna, Martin Jinek, and Emmanuelle Charpentier describe their collaboration and influential experiment that led to the use of CRISPR as a genome… Commons WSTF NASA Fire Department's mini documentary about the memorial they did for their fallen brothers during 911 (NASA FD In Memory largeform) 2025 · Documentary · 3 min · Subtitles WSTF NASA Fire Department's mini documentary about the memorial they did for their fallen brothers during 911 Commons NASA’s upcoming documentary, "Planetary Defenders", takes you inside the high-stakes world of asteroid hunting (NASA Trailer) 2025 · Documentary · 2 min · Subtitles How would humanity respond if we discovered an asteroid headed for Earth? NASA’s upcoming documentary, "Planetary Defenders," takes you inside the high-stakes… Commons About Archives New Zealand 2011 · Documentary · 7 min · Subtitles Short film about Archives New Zealand, its collections and how the Governments Archives are being used by researchers and the public. Commons Our Wellbeing and The Future We Want (Showreel for Second Plenary) 2015 · Documentary · 3 min · Subtitles Highlights from over 30 films created by young Khasi, Gao and Naga filmmakers in 2014-15 for the Indigenous Terra Madre event in Shillong.… Commons Agroecology for Local Food Security (Fifth Plenary Showreel) 2015 · Documentary · 4 min · Subtitles Highlights from over 30 films created by young Khasi, Gao and Naga filmmakers in 2014-15 for the Indigenous Terra Madre event in Shillong.… Commons Documentary Paralympic Athelete Ronald Hertog - NOC*NSF 2015 · Documentary · 8 min · Subtitles For NOC*NSF we create short documentaries about the Dutch Paralympic Athletes. They are preparing for the Paralympic Games of 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. In this… Commons The GLAM-Wiki Revolution 2014 · Documentary · 19 min · Subtitles The GLAM-Wiki Revolution is a short documentary about the GLAM programme in the United Kingdom. The GLAM programme is a series of partnerships between… Commons Asteroid Bennu's Journey, the formation of our Solar system and the early Earth, NASA 2014 · Documentary · 6 min · Subtitles Bennu's Journey is a 6-minute animated movie about NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, asteroid Bennu, and the formation of our solar system. Born from the rubble of… Commons FULL DOCUMENTARY - Panopticon privacy - Peter Vlemmix 2013 · Documentary · 57 min · Subtitles Do you have Nothing to hide? That makes you one of many. But control on your personal life is increasing, and privacy is under attack. How does this exactly… Commons Forschung zur Hohen Birga an der Universität Innsbruck 2021 · Documentary · 9 min · Subtitles The Hohe Birga near Birgitz close to Innsbruck is an archaeological excavation site. Archaeologists from the University of Innsbruck are investigating a… Commons Человек с киноаппаратом (1929) 1929 · Documentary · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles Man with a Movie Camera, with Russian intertitles. 2014 2K restoration by Lobster Films and EYE Film Institute Netherlands. This restoration is based on a… Internet Archive Lucy Barks - A Documentary By Stacy Goldate Documentary from VHS Internet Archive Black Box (1998 UK VHS) Documentary This is the Full VHS Tape of Black Box as it was released in 1998! Enjoy! Internet Archive Anyplace Wild The Special 1997 PBS VHS 1080p 60 Documentary Digitized using: Sharp HC-V972 Hi-Fi VCR Dazzle DVC100 (Red Color Variant) AmarecTV (for capturing) QTGMC (for deinterlacing) VirtualDub (for rendering)… Internet Archive America's Natural Wonders: Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Yosemite 1995 · Commercial A nature documentary tour of three of America's most celebrated national parks: Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and Yosemite. The program showcases the… Internet Archive Prehistoric Planet - Official Tyrannosaurus Rex Clip (2022) Sir David Attenborough 2022 · Commercial Narrated by Sir David Attenborough and featuring an original score by multiple Academy Award-winner Hans Zimmer, Prehistoric Planet premieres as a week-long… Internet Archive Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story [2007] - Trailer 2007 · Commercial Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous… Internet Archive Marvel’s Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder - Official Trailer (2022) Chris Hemsworth 2022 · Commercial Go behind-the-scenes with Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder, available now on Disney+. #IGN #Marvel #Thor Internet Archive Prehistoric Planet - Official Trailer (2022) Sir David Attenborough 2022 · Commercial The nature docuseries Prehistoric Planet will transport viewers over 66 million years in the past to discover our world - and the dinosaurs that roamed it.… Internet Archive Steam Days Flying Scotsman BBC Documentary 1986 ( VHS Capture) Documentary Steam Days Flying Scotsman BBC Documentary 1986 ( VHS Capture) Internet Archive Astronomia: L'Astronomia del Futuro 1997 · Documentary 17th episode of the Astronomia series from Fabbri Video. OCR Analysis: astronomia-lastronomia-del-futuro_cover_back.png: ASTRONOMIA UASTRONOMIA DEL FUTURO La… Internet Archive Concert On Footpath Documentary Concert of Footpath is a documentary made by Mushtaq Gazdar in 1991, regarding contradictions that persists in Pakistani society, where peasants dreaming of… Internet Archive HMS Pandora: In Pursuit of the Bounty (1984) 1984 · Documentary I don't usually share transfer that I did not make myself, but this is a documentary I have been trying to find for a very long time, and I had almost lost… Internet Archive Past Future Continuous (2025, Documentary) 720p Trailer Commercial About this movie Title: Past Future Continuous (2025, Documentary) Directed by: Morteza Ahmadvand, Firouzeh Khosrovani Date of birth: 1971, Teheran, Iran… Internet Archive The Natural Wonders of Europe: The Most Beautiful Shores of Europe 1997 · Documentary VHS rip Internet Archive [Vintage VHS] Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle Documentary Transferred from tape using the RF method. Videos processed with vhs-decode and hifi-decode. See: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode File types included… Internet Archive AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies 1998 · Documentary The American Film Institute's 1998 television special celebrating the 100 greatest American films of all time, as voted by film artists, critics, and leaders.… Internet Archive [Vintage VHS] Great American Rail Journeys: Anchorage To Fairbanks Documentary Transferred from tape using the RF method. Videos processed with vhs-decode and hifi-decode. See: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode File types included…