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1,057–1,104 of 20,947 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 Indonesia: New Nation of Asia 1959 · Educational Hosted by Ubud's political leader Agung Jakarta Sulawesi Mas, Deneen here visits important sites and describes the political, religious, and economic… Internet Archive Music Makers of the Blue Ridge 1965 · Educational · 48 min A study of life in mountain areas of the Eastern United States, as revealed in folk music and dances. Includes scenes of isolated areas in western North… Internet Archive Visual Perception 1959 · Educational · 18 min Dr. Hadley Cantril discusses his investigations at the Perception Demonstration Center at Princeton University of the effects of some of our assumptions on… Internet Archive Corn and the Origins of Settled Life in Meso-America, parts 1-2. 1964 · Educational · 21 min · Subtitles Director, Jack Churchill; photographer, Abraham Morochnik, Adam Gifford A presentation of one fragment of evidence used by the archaeologist in his search for… Internet Archive The Last Bomb Educational National Archives and Records Administration The Last Bomb Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 - ) [Stock Footage] ARC Identifier… Internet Archive Mission Third Planet : creatures of the land. 1979 · Educational · 13 min During a meteor shower, the robot Ten-Ping and Aarak, a young scientist, are separated from their mother ship and stranded on Earth. While awaiting rescue,… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Story of the Nutcracker" 1974 · Educational SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. I am the only person on earth preserving American filmstrips. The media format is largely forgotten and very… Internet Archive Freedom 2000 1974 · Educational · 20 min Explores some of the problems created by rapid industrial growth and points out that there must be cooperative, honest, and positive response from business,… Internet Archive HERE IS CHINA, ca. 1943 - ca. 1947 Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 37667 / Local Identifier 151.9 - HERE IS CHINA, ca. 1943 - ca. 1947 - Department of Commerce.… Internet Archive Shoot / Don't Shoot 1982 · Educational · 30 min Peter Falk This film offers the opportunity to find out what it's like to be a police officer who faces the dilemma of when to use deadly force. It involves… Internet Archive Jose Iturbi: Part I 1946 · Educational · 10 min ‘Jose Iturbi: Part I’ (1946) 10m, dir. Reginald LeBorg. Iturbi here performs dazzling piano interpretations of 'Sevilla' by Albeniz and 'Fantasie - Impromptu'… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Going Steady" 1958 · Educational SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. I am the only person on earth preserving American filmstrips. The media format is largely forgotten and very… Internet Archive Salem Witch Trials 1955 · Educational Produced by CBS. Narrated by Walter Cronkite A re-enactment, with on-the-spot interviews of key persons who interpret the events surrounding the Salem Witch… Internet Archive Invisible walls 1969 · Educational · 11 min · Subtitles Records an experiment in proxemic-behavior, demonstrating how unsuspecting subjects react when their personal space is violated. Shows how American patterns… Internet Archive Let's Make a Film 1971 · Educational Let's Make a Film (1971) 13m. Explores the activities of the Yellow Ball Workshop, Newton, Massachusetts, which involves young people from the ages of eight… Internet Archive America: 1 -- The New Found Land 1972 · Educational With book by James Shenton Producer, Michael Gill; writer and narrator, Alistair Cooke Explains how the white man got to North America and what he was… Internet Archive Mole And The Chewing Gum 1969 · Educational · 8 min An animated cartoon in which a mole is unable, even with the help of other animals, to get rid of the piece of chewing gum that is stuck on him. Internet Archive Heat and temperature 1968 · Educational · 12 min · Subtitles Collaborator, Robert Karplus Uses experiments to explain the difference between heat and temperature, and shows how theses quantities are measured Search… Internet Archive The Last of the Cuiva 1971 · Educational Brian Moser, producer The Cuiva Indians of Colombia are nomads, living a Stone Age existence. 600 only are left, and the tribe is dying out Internet Archive Mechanical Energy and Thermal Energy 1959 · Educational · 21 min Shows several models to illustrate both the bulk motion and random motion of molecules. Shows their interconnection as the energy of bulk motion. Discusses… Internet Archive Mole And The Bulldozer 1975 · Educational · 6 min The mole is tending his flowers, sharing them with various insects, when to his horror he discovers a set of stakes being used to mark the path of a road to… Internet Archive China.. 1972 · Educational · 19 min Narrated by Theodore White Traces Chinese history after the end of World War II, showing the Communist victory and the flight of the Nationalists to Taiwan in… Internet Archive The Ascent of Man: 11 -- Knowledge or Certainty 1974 · Educational In Spanish Also issued as videorecording Producer and director, Adrian Malone; writer and narrator, Jacob Bronowski Considers the moral dilemma that… Internet Archive Autumn Across America 1970 · Educational · 44 min Autumn Across America Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Travels across the continent to observe… Internet Archive Somebody Waiting 1972 · Educational · 24 min Somebody Waiting SummaryExamines hospitalized children with severe cerebral dysfunction who are among the most physically, emotionally and mentally… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Care For Two: Baby and You (1977 Edition)" 1977 · Educational SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. I am the only person on earth preserving American filmstrips. The media format is largely forgotten and very… Internet Archive Six American Families: The Burks of Georgia 1976 · Educational · 59 min · Subtitles Also issued as videotape Producers and directors, David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer; writer and narrator, Paul Wilkes Documents the… Internet Archive Mole and the Music 1976 · Educational · 5 min Tells a story about a mole's love for music which helps sustain him when he has to make a new record from scratch after breaking his favorite copy. For… Internet Archive Introduction to the Cathode Ray Oscilloscope 1970 · Educational STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE HERE (LINK) Just as a microscope might symbolize science in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the cathoderay oscilloscope… Internet Archive Dangerous noise. 1968 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles Produced by The Netherlands Information Service Examines the physical and psychological effects of noise levels at airports and similar places. Discusses… Internet Archive Iran Contra Hearings, 07/14/1987 1987 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Iran Contra Hearings, 07/14/1987 U.S. Senate. (03/04/1789 - ) ARC Identifier 11191 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive Cannonball 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet Based on the book: Cannonball Simp / John Burningham Intended audience: Ages 5-7 Issued also as videorecording Without narration,… Internet Archive Learn To Spell 1988 · Educational "...brings children a classroom-like video interactive program that updates the time tested 3x5 card learning method of repetition of basic spelling… Internet Archive Waves On Water 1965 · Educational · 15 min Uses principles discovered in the laboratory as a basis for interpreting the characteristics of waves and wave motion on the sea surface. Identifies wind as… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary, Part 1" 1980 · Educational SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. I am the only person on earth preserving American filmstrips. The media format is largely forgotten and very… Internet Archive A Non-Euclidean Universe 1977 · Educational · 26 min Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Looks at the Euclidean axioms condensed into a diagrammatic form and asks whether they are independent.… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone - Blast Measurement 1945 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800007 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone - Blast Measurement 1948 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in… Internet Archive How To Squeeze More Miles From Your Car 1976 · Educational · 13 min Reveals some of the tricks motorists can use to increase their car mileage. Includes driving, car maintenance, and car buying hints. Internet Archive The Adams Chronicles: 1 -- John Adams: Lawyer (1758-1770) 1976 · Educational · 59 min Title from data sheet Prepared in conjunction with Jack Shepherd's book entitled The Adams chronicles Also issued as videorecording Details John Adams' ups… Internet Archive Le Pardon 1961 · Educational · 8 min Lesson 64 in Encyclopaedia Britannica's 'Je Parle Français' French language instruction series of 1961. Here, we witness the "Benediction of the Sea"… Internet Archive Frontier Boy of the Early Midwest 1961 · Educational Dramatizes everyday events in the life of a Midwest settler's family from a child's viewpoint, illustrating school and community activities as well as home… Internet Archive Posada 1964 · Educational · 10 min José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) was an important Mexican satirist, known for his engravings and broadsides, pillorying the excesses of the regime of… Internet Archive Divide and Conquer (Part 4) 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 25 Divide and Conquer (Part 4) Frank Capra and the War Department. Divide and Conquer Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 Public Domain Footage on… Internet Archive Victory Is Our Business 1942 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 3 Victory Is Our Business Public Domain Footage from archive.org, showing how factories changed from peacetime production to… Internet Archive The Ascent of Man: 3 -- The Grain in the Stone 1974 · Educational Producer and director, Adrian Malone; writer and narrator, Jacob Bronowski Focuses on the architectural and building expressions of man, from the Greek… Internet Archive Plant Pilferage 1966 · Educational · 32 min This film, made for the Highway Safety Foundation, was shot at a Sunbeam appliance factory, was meant to show 60's plant managers how to prevent employee… Internet Archive Little Blue and Little Yellow 1962 · Educational · 7 min Based on the book of the same title by Leo Lionni Primary grades, intermediate grades Producer-director, David Hilberman ; writer-designer, Leo Lionni… Internet Archive The standardized test--an educational tool. 1961 · Educational · 21 min · Subtitles Shows how an eighth grade teacher adjusts her teaching to the reading skills of her students after using a standardized group test to obtain information about…