Documentary from the world's archives

2,209–2,256 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 [Vintage VHS] Nasa 25 Years: 5, On The Shoulder of Giants - Apollo 17; Mission of Apollo Soyuz 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 Catherine Cookson The Storyteller (1999 UK VHS) Documentary This is the Full VHS Tape of Catherine Cookson The Storyteller as it was Released in 1999! Enjoy! Internet Archive Wild America: Wild Babies / Backyard Wildlife 1994 · Commercial Part of the Wild America series, this nature program covers baby animals and backyard wildlife. Hosted by naturalist Marty Stouffer, Wild America was a… Internet Archive American Experience 1988 · Commercial TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Internet Archive Prehistoric Planet - Exclusive Official Triceratops Clip 2022 · Commercial In our exclusive clip from Apple's Prehistoric Planet, check out a pack of dinosaurs traveling in total darkness at very high risk. The calf loses the rest of… Internet Archive The Terminal List - Official Trailer (2022) Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch 2022 · Commercial After Navy SEAL Commander James Reece loses his entire platoon on a covert mission overseas, he returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the… Internet Archive [Vintage VHS] The Sci-Fi Files: Children Of Frankenstein 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 Four Wives - One Man | Fyra fruar - en man (2007)(Documentary) Trailer Commercial Title: Four Wives - One Man | Fyra fruar - en man (2007)(Documentary) Directed by: Nahid Persson Date of birth: 24 May 1960, Shiraz, Iran Writing credits:… Internet Archive America's Historic Trails: The Yukon Gold Rush Trail 1997 · Commercial A documentary exploring the historic Yukon Gold Rush Trail, part of the America's Historic Trails series produced for the History Channel. The program traces… Internet Archive A Place Called Chiapas 1998 · Commercial In 1994, the Zapatista National Liberation Army, made up of impoverished Mayan Indians from the state of Chiapas, took over five towns and 500 ranches in… Internet Archive The Spirit of Crazy Horse 1990 · Documentary A history of the century long effort by the Lakota Sioux to reclaim their land and culture. a production of Parallax Productions and Access Productions in… Internet Archive Special Needs Art Fund: Sing Along Singers 2003 · Documentary Special Needs Art Fund: Sing Along Singers ~Unedited Version~ Dated Feb. 2003 Production Credit: Black Tie Video Internet Archive Complete VHS Tape: The Civil War (Parts 1-3/9), Who Gets the Friends and Unknown Sitcom on AETN/PBS and KTHV11/CBS [8/19/1990 and 5/10/1988] Documentary This tape contains the entirety of parts 1, 2 and 3 of The Civil War, a later part of Who Gets the Friends, part of an unknown sitcom. The Civil War was… Internet Archive E True Hollywood Story (Welcome Back, Kotter, 2000) VHS Rip Documentary Welcome Back, Kotter (E True Hollywood Story, 2000) VERY RARE Internet Archive 9 Weeks Documentary By Stefan Simikich & Kanako Wynkoop (2000) Documentary Summary on Back Cover: “9 weeks hopes to be a movie which presents portraits of performers, artists and radicals in their living and work surroundings using… Internet Archive Frontline Pilots: Blue Water Ops 1997 · Commercial A military aviation documentary covering the Naval Air Mission, featuring carrier-based jet operations at sea. The program follows frontline naval aviators… Internet Archive Swift and Silent 1980 · Commercial A nature documentary featuring wildlife in their natural habitat, capturing animal behavior in open scrubland and grassland environments. Internet Archive [Vintage VHS] Great American Rail Journeys: The Adirondack 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 Tim Forsyth / John Simpson documentary (partial) 1998 · Documentary Partial recording of a David Goldie documentary on Australian athletes, featuring high jumper Tim Forsyth and boxer John Simpson. Possibly from "Spirit 2000:… Internet Archive PBS Robin Docu Spoof Promo PBS/WVIZ 25 2000-01-08 2000 · Documentary This clip seems to start as a nature documentary with a focus on robins, but is humorously interrupted by a domestic scene. The on screen text 'where you… Internet Archive Inside Marks and Spencer (Partial) 2001 · Documentary A partial VHS transfer of a documentary titled Inside Marks and Spencer broadcast on Channel 4 sometime in 2001. Internet Archive 1989 WLVT TV (PBS 39) Okavango - Jewel Of The Kalahari Promo 1989 · Documentary Aired in 1989 during Scholastic Scrimmage Internet Archive Astronomia: Come nascono le Stelle 1997 · Documentary 7th Episode of the Astronomia series by Fabbri Video OCR Analysis: astronomia-come-nascono-le-stele_cover_back.png: ASTRONOMIA — COME NASCONO LE STELLE… Internet Archive VH1 (inside)out - Trey And Dave Go To Africa (2004) 2004 · Documentary VHSrip of broadcast without commercials. Documentary special profiling Trey Anastasio and Dave Matthews visiting Orchestra Baobab in Dakar, Senegal in Africa. Internet Archive メイキング·オブ「うみ·そら·さんごのいいつたえ Documentary メイキング·オブ「うみ·そら·さんごのいいつたえ 椎名誠と 怪しい探険隊·映画を撮る 税込3,500円 Cinema Productions Home Film VHS 灼熱の石垣島に燃えた55日。 椎名誠と怪しい探険隊が映画に挑戦! あの椎名誠と怪しい探険隊が映画を撮った。… Internet Archive Death In Santaland - Jon Ronson (2007) Full Documentary 2007 · Documentary http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for strange film nights in London. Jon Ronson travels to North Pole, Alaska, to see what he can find out about a plot by a gang of… Internet Archive Witness Events Of The 20th Century Conflicts (1998 UK VHS) Documentary This is the Full VHS Tape of Witness Events Of The 20th Century Conflicts as it was Released in 1998! Enjoy! Internet Archive The Making of Will the Circle Be Unbroken Volume Two [VHS, 1990] 1990 · Documentary Text from the box and tape: Internet Archive [Vintage VHS] Steve Allen's Golden Age of Comedy 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] Our Time In Hell: This History of the U.S. Marine Corps In World War II 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 Discovery Channel School Forensics Archaeological Detectives 2001 · Documentary VHS recording Mono only not sure why it is doing that Internet Archive Lucy and Desi - Official Trailer (2022) Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Amy Poehler 2022 · Commercial Lucy and Desi explores the story of the entertainment power couple, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The documentary features interviews with Lucie Arnaz… Internet Archive King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen [2017] - Trailer 2017 · Commercial A feature-length documentary focusing on the acclaimed work and eclectic career of maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen, writer-director of "Black Caesar," "It's… Internet Archive The Incredibly True Adventure Of Two Girls In Love ( 1995) Trailer Filme LGBT Commercial The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love é a história de amor entre duas jovens, passam por todas as lutas de um novo romance.… Internet Archive [Vintage VHS] EAA "Close-Up": The Complete Story of EAA Oshkosh '88 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] Great American Rail Journeys: The American South By Rail 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] The Sci-Fi Files: March Of The Machines 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 Unsung - Otis Redding (VHSRip) Documentary Unsung - Otis Redding (VHSRip) Internet Archive HAMAS- BEHIND THE MASK Documentary HAMAS- BEHIND THE MASK Internet Archive Dieren van het bos (VHS, Dutch) Documentary Dieren van het bos MC4-FR3-CNDP/CRDP de Besancon 2617995 Internet Archive Reflections: A Century of Memories at Annapolis 1903 - 1999 [VHS] 1999 · Documentary YouTube upload: https://youtu.be/5bPWpgtFhkY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------… Internet Archive Opening to Memphis Belle (Documentary) 1989 VHS 1989 · Documentary Here's the order: 1. Tracking Control Screen 2. FBI Warning Screen 3. 1987 Video Treasures Presents Logo 4. Start of the Documentary Internet Archive PBS Membership Pledge Promo PBS/WNET 13 1986-03-05 1986 · Documentary The video clip features a fundraising segment with a speaker asking for membership pledges for PBS, specifically mentioning the success of bringing the 'No… Internet Archive [Vintage VHS] Great Moments in Basketball 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 Lucy and Desi - Official 'Fearless' Clip (2022) Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Amy Poehler 2022 · Commercial Check out this new clip from Prime Video's Lucy and Desi, in which we hear actor and singers Carol Burnett and Better Midler talk about Lucille Ball's comedy,… Internet Archive Joe Louis: America's Hero, Betrayed (VHS Rip) Documentary Joe Louis: America's Hero, Betrayed (VHS Rip) Internet Archive [Vintage VHS] The Revolutionary War (Part 2) 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 Astronomia: Venere: i misteri svelati 1997 · Documentary 33rd episode of the Astronomia series by Fabbri Video. OCR Analysis: astronomia-venere-i-misteri-svelati_cover_back.png: VENERE: | MISTER! SVELATI Venere @ il…