Documentary from the world's archives
2,737–2,784 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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
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| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual content, pornography, nudity and nudism, striptease, sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, beheadings, atrocity footage. |
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Women of the NOAA Corps- Reflections from the Sea and Sky
Featuring stories of eight women in the NOAA Corps service, this film serves to elevate public understanding and appreciation of the NOAA Corps, particularly…
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Environmental Report on Ghana
This video documentary highlights the problems of environment and ocean pollution in Ghana accompanied by a narration emphasizing its dangers to the planet…
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Always-Never- The Quest for Safety, Control, and Survivability - Part 1
Intro – 0:00 A nuclearized NATO – 2:14 Nuclear sharing – 8:09 A confluence of conditions – 16:36 Separating use from possession – 25:37 Use control evolves –…
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The audiovisual documentary of the Izon dialect by native speaker
The audiovisual documentary of the Izon dialect by Sir. Jonathan Lokpobiri (President, Ijaw Youth (IYC) Worldwide) a native speaker of the Izon language on…
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The audiovisual documentary of the Annang (Ika) dialect by native speaker
The audiovisual documentary of the Annang (Ika) dialect by Hon. Boniface Ebewo a native speaker of the Annang (Ika) language on the 25th of August, 2024 in…
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The audiovisual documentary of the Uruefong dialect by native speaker
The audiovisual documentary of the Uruefong dialect by Chief (Dcns.) Mrs. Mary Inyang a native speaker of the Oron language on the 24th of August, 2024 in…
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The audiovisual documentary of the Nkari dialect by a native speaker
The audiovisual documentary of the Nkari dialect by Very Rev. Elijah .N. Ndaeyo a native speaker of the Nkari language on the 25th of August, 2024 in Ini,…
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The audiovisual documentary of the Ibibio (Ini) dialect by a native speaker
The audiovisual documentary of the Ibibio (Ini) dialect by Dr. Alfred Udo a native speaker of the Ibibio (Ini) language on the 25th of August, 2024 in Ini,…
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The audiovisual documentary of the Itshekiri dialect by a native speaker
The audiovisual documentary of the Itshekiri dialect by Chief Brown Mene (The Ogua-Olusan of Warri Kingdom) a native speaker of the Itshekiri language on the…
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Drohnenflug Fort IV, Köln-Bocklemund, Teil 1-8
Flug mit einer kleinen Drohne durch die Gänge des Fort IV. Aufgebaut war noch die Ausstellung zur Kölner Luftfahrt von Werner Müller im Rahmen des Tag des…
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Mink Invasion
Mink Invasion - new exotic animals on Navarino Originally from North America, the mink´s first appearance on the southern Chilean island of Navarino near…
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Space Down to Earth (1970)
Creator(s): National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 10/1/1958- (Most Recent) Series: Headquarters' Films Relating to Aeronautics, 1962 - 1981 Record…
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Apollo 14 - Mission to Fra Mauro
The 1971 Apollo 14 mission to Fra Mauro, a lunar highland area, is highlighted in this video. The mission's primary goal was the collection of lunar rocks and…
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Apollo 15 - In the Mountains of the Moon
Apollo 15 entered lunar orbit on July 29, 1971. The next day, astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin separated their Lunar Module (LM) Falcon from…
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Suit Up – 50 Years of Spacewalks
This NASA documentary celebrates 50 years of extravehicular activity (EVA) or spacewalks that began with the first two EVAs conducted by Russian Alexey Leonov…
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Space for Women
This film contains interviews with women employed in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) space transportation program and shows the…
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Bahurupee of Bengal - Documentary - EZCC
The video is a documentary on the bahurupis, folk performers of Bengal. The film looks at the bahurupis from the districts of Burdwan, Birbhum, Hugli and…
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NASA's Documentary Film - Hubble25
In its quarter-century in orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope has transformed the way we understand the Universe, helped us find our place among the stars, and…
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OUR GAME - Episode 2- Game On - Basketball Documentary
Professional sport returns to action in Canada. Two brothers reconnect on and off the court while Hamilton’s star player goes down with a concerning injury.…
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Making of PARVA
The eight-hour mega play ‘Parva,’ the theatre adaptation of one of the masterpieces of novelist Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa by the same name, was staged in full length…
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OUR GAME - Episode 1- Whatever It Takes - Basketball Documentary
CEBL staff and executives make final preparations ahead of the 2020 Summer Series. Meanwhile, the story follows key players as they adjust to a "new normal"…
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Perspectiva da pessoa transgênera na mídia
Este é um mini documentário abordando a representatividade da pessoa transexual nas mídias. Foram entrevistadas três pessoas, Nuno Augusto, Thomas Miguel e…
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Apollo 16 Nothing So Hidden 1972 NASA
Apollo 16 Nothing So Hidden 1972 NASA. Apollo 16 documentary - Shows the landing and the three lunar traverses in the highland region of the Moon, near the…
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The audiovisual documentary of Akure Palace
The audiovisual documentary of Akure Palace by Chief Saruku Adetoye Ifedayo (Palace Chief)
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DOCUMENTALES teleSUR - "Patria es América- Bicentenario del Congreso de Panamá" 22-06-2026
El Congreso Anfictiónico de Panamá de 1826 fue la semilla común de importantes proyectos nuestroamericanos. Alcanzar ese momento de unión histórica significó…
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Sí - Estreno
Canal Veintidós presenta "Sí", documental de producción propia que sigue el camino de Brenda Cabrera y Zara Monrroy hacia su matrimonio en la comunidad de…
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Eisenzeitliche Seeufersiedlung in Traunkirchen am Traunsee
In Traunkirchen at Lake Traun in Upper Austria, archaeologists from the University of Innsbruck are researching the prehistoric settlement history. Modern…
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National Parks Documentary Screening at the White House (22-16572-F.4)
This video contains footage shot on September 30, 2009, when President Obama hosted a screening of the National Parks documentary in the Family Theater of the…
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Тебе, фронт! (1942) документальный фильм
Фильм посвящен героическому трудовому подвигу глубокого тыла. Зритель увидит, и без сомнения воодушевится верой в предстоящую победу над фашизмом. Залог этой…
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Tunisian Victory
Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 9/18/1947-2/28/1964 (Most Recent) Series: Documentary Films,…
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Following the Peacock - A Documentary by Eszter Spät
Eszter Spät is a research fellow at Central European University, doing research on the religious and social structure of the Yezidis, a Kurdish religious…
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Tasnim Documentary - Warfare (1)
مستند جنگ افزار (۱) درباره جزئیات اورهال و ارتقای تانک و نفربر در ایران ساخته خانه فیلم تسنیم
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The Mushroom King VOA 52 Documentary
VOA visits William Padilla-Brown, a self-taught citizen scientist and mycologist whose passion for mushrooms is leading to new discoveries as he teaches…
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Chhau Dance of Purulia - Documentary - EZCC
The video is a documentary on the Purulia Chhau of West Bengal. The Chhau is a semi-classical dance form from Eastern India which has tribal and folk…
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Eisenzeitliche Seeufersiedlung in Traunkirchen am Traunsee
In Traunkirchen at Lake Traun in Upper Austria, archaeologists from the University of Innsbruck are researching the prehistoric settlement history. Modern…
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No País das Amazonas documentary - 1922 - Joaquim Gonçalves de Araújo & Silvino Santos
No País das Amazonas is a 1922 Brazilian silent documentary film directed by Agesilau De Araujo and Silvino Santos. The film was notable in that it was one…
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The audiovisual documentary of Obio language by its native speaker
The audiovisual documentary of Obio dialect (Ikwere language) by Elder Emenike R. Wodi, A native speaker of the Obio dialect (Ikwere language) on the 2nd of…
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The audiovisual documentary of Ndoki language by its native speaker
The audiovisual documentary of Ndoki language by Chukwumerije Nwuche A native speaker of the Ndoki language on the 1st of December, 2023, Umuagbai, Rivers…
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Pusarke festival — "Remosam" (2019 documentary)
A short clip from the 2019 documentary Remosam, directed by Subhashish Panigrahi, features a conversation primarily in Bonda, an Indigenous language spoken in…
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The audiovisual documentary of Okrika language by its native speaker
The audiovisual documentary of Okrika language by Joshua Amgbara, A native speaker of the Okrika language on the 30th of November, 2023, Okrika Rivers State.
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The audiovisual documentary of Ikwere language by its native speaker
The audiovisual documentary of Ikwere language in Iwhuruohna by Emmanuel Chimenem Gilead, a native speaker of the Ikwere language on the 1st of December,…
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The audiovisual documentary of Ogoni language in Gokana dialect by its native speaker
The audiovisual documentary of Ogoni language in Gokana dialect by HRM. (Mene) Kadilo Kabari (Natural & Paramount Ruler of Barako Ancient Community), Leka.…
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BREAKING- From the Streets to the Olympics - VOA News
How did breakdancing, a 1970s and '80s street dance created by Black and Latino kids in the Bronx, explode into a global phenomenon and win a spot at the 2024…
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Operation Zukunft – Schädelimplantate aus dem 3D-Drucker (Folge 3)
Am Universitätsspital Basel (@unispitalbasel) arbeiten Florian Thieringer und sein Team aus der Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie eng mit dem Department of…
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Reconstruction of ancient machine – This DaVinci Machine Unlocks Precision!
Did DaVinci invent the screw-cutting lathe? In this video we recreate an invention from his drawing that provides a unique way to make super percise threaded…
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Does this 2,000 Year Old Steam Engine Work (Aeolipile)
I recreated Hero's aeolipile machine to see if this very first steam engine could be put to work. Could the industrial revolution started 2000 years earlier?
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The audiovisual documentary of the Agbarha dialect by native speaker
The audiovisual documentary of the Agbarha dialect by HRM. Noble Eshemgan Orefe III,Uku Oghara Name, Ovie of Oghara Kingdom a native speaker of the Agbarha…
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The audiovisual documentary of the Ibibio live dialect by a native speaker
The audiovisual documentary of the Ibibio live dialect by Hon. Ekwere Edet Asuquo (Phd.) President Ibibio Alive Enterprise a native speaker of the Ibibio live…