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1,105–1,152 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 The Industrial Worker: A Film Lesson in "Vocational Guidance" 1928 · Educational Silent film describing the educational path for "Jimmy Long," a child who will eventually become an industrial worker. Tinted print. Notes on can: Mogulls No… Internet Archive Factory 1970 · Educational Filmed and edited by Mack Obenhaus Captures the dreariness of surroudings and the monotomy of work in a jewelry factory, and focuses on the boredom and… Internet Archive Why does the flea jump? 1965 · Educational · 20 min · Subtitles Consultant: Dr. Manabu Sasa, Institute for Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Shows how scientific analysis and experiments solve the "mystery" of why the flea jumps,… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Upshot-Knothole 1953 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800015 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Upshot-Knothole 1953 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the… Internet Archive Elastic Collision and Stored Energy 1961 · Educational · 27 min Illustrates how kinetic energy is transferred from one body to another through elastic collisions. Defines concepts concerning stored energy, elastic,… Internet Archive Language of the Camera Eye 1962 · Educational · 29 min Language of the Camera Eye Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film A documentary about the Lascaux Cave… Internet Archive Education for Peace 1950 · Educational · Subtitles On the American Friends Service Committee. Shots to be logged. Internet Archive The Children's Story 1981 · Educational Copyright: no reg Copyright notice on film: October Productions, Inc. ; 1981 Title appears on film as: James Clavell's The children's story Director of… Internet Archive American folk art. 1967 · Educational · 13 min · Subtitles A study of American folk art produced by itinerant American painters in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Shows the simple, primitive, and naively… Internet Archive St. John's College 1962 · Educational · 32 min In what might be the most fascinating and unusual promotional film ever made for an institution of higher learning, director John Barnes delivers what is… Internet Archive Russian Communist Revolution 1959 · Educational · 28 min Russian Communist Revolution SummaryDocuments the rise of Russian Comm./ia metadae 20th century and briefly considers methods of combating it. Shows communism… Internet Archive Johnny Appleseed: A Legend of Frontier Life 1954 · Educational · 14 min · Subtitles Johnny Appleseed: A Legend of Frontier Life SummaryDiscusses the life of Johnny Appleseed who./anted to improve the world for all living creatures. A story… Internet Archive The Cookie Kid 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Tells about nine-year-old Markita Andrews, who has sold more Girl Scout cookies than anyone in the history of scouting. Through… Internet Archive The Jazz Age 1965 · Educational Producer, Henry Salomon ; writers, Henry Salomon, Richard Hauser ; narrator, Fred Allen ; music, Robert Russell Bennett ; film editor, Isaac Kleinerman… Internet Archive One of the Missing 1969 · Educational · 52 min · Subtitles One of the Missing Part 2 Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Deals with the bizarre fate of a… Internet Archive Ralph S. Mouse 1990 · Educational Robert Oliveri, Britt Leach, Karen Black, Ray Walston Producers, George McQuilkin and John Clark Matthews ; teleplay by Joe S. Landon ; directed by Thomas G.… Internet Archive Bighorn With John Denver 1975 · Educational · 26 min Bighorn With John Denver reel 2 Considers the habitat and behavior of the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. Shows how the life of the sheep is being threatened by… Internet Archive Learning About Sound (2nd Ed) 1974 · Educational · 16 min This 17-minute film presents the basics of sound beginning with it source – vibrations emitting sound waves. We visualize the sound waves with an oscilloscope… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Opiates and Hallucinogens" 1989 · 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 [AMERICAN DAY IN] TRIPOLI, LIBYA 1962 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 37715 / Local Identifier 151.56 - [AMERICAN DAY IN] TRIPOLI, LIBYA - Department of Commerce.… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Identifying and Differentiating" 1973 · 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 Everest North Wall 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Narrator, Robert Redford Intended audience: General Documents a 1982 attempt by an American climbing team to scale the north face of… Internet Archive Touch of His Hand, The 1956 · Educational · 45 min Sponsored by the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, filmmaker Bill Deneen traveled three days by bullock cart to the remote leper colony run by Father… Internet Archive Pottery Workers of Oaxaca 1952 · Educational · 14 min This film showcases the work of the Jiménez family of Oaxaca, and the legendary Zapotec potter Doña Rosa Real de Nieto, and her traditional technique of… Internet Archive The Painted Door 1984 · Educational Based on a short story of the same name by Sinclair Ross A tale of loneliness, love, and death involving a farmer, his wife, and their bachelor neighbor… Internet Archive Pigs! 1967 · Educational · 11 min Portrays the images and sensations evoked by a group of piglets sleeping, eating, and exploring a barnyard. Internet Archive Butterflies 1990 · Educational This film uses colorful close-up and time-lapse photography to teach students about butterflies Internet Archive Young at Heart 1987 · Educational Louis Gothelf, Reva Shwayder Producers and directors, Sue Marx and Pamela Conn Junior high school - adults A widow and widower, both artists in their… Internet Archive Castle Films News Parade 1943 Axis Smashed in North Africa 1943 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 292 Castle Films News Parade 1943 Axis Smashed in North Africa CR71-8:92 Castle Films News Parade 1943 Axis Smashed in North… Internet Archive Auxiliary views: Single auxiliaries 1947 · Educational · 22 min · Subtitles Supplementary filmstrip of the same title also available Correlated with the book Engineering drawing, by Thomas E. French Summary Reviews orthographic… Internet Archive Hopscotch 1987 · Educational · 11 min · Subtitles With study guide Uses animation to describe an eager but socially inept little boy and his attempts to win the friendship of two children. Explains that he is… Internet Archive Piet Mondriaan: A Film Essay 1980 · Educational Produced in collaboration with Municipal Museum and Art Gallery, the Hague; director and producer, Nico Crama An exploration of the work of Mondriaan, an… Internet Archive The World at War 16 -- Inside the Reiclt Germany 1940 - 1944 1940 · Educational · 29 min · Subtitles A study of what the war meant to the civilian population of Germany. "If you are all under the same bombs it didn't really matter whether your neighbor was a… Internet Archive The Rutherford Atom. 1961 · Educational · 38 min Dr. Robert I. Hulsizer uses a cloud chamber and gold foil to carry out the historic Rutherford experiment which led to the nuclear model of the atom. He… Internet Archive The Hundred days 1966 · Educational · 18 min · Subtitles Telecast on the ABC-TV documentary program FDR With teacher's guide Describes conditions in the United States when poverty and unemployment plagued the… Internet Archive Etosha: Place of Dry Water 1980 · Educational Title from data sheet Issued also as videorecording Records the wildlife in Etosha, a preserve surrounding a huge dry lake bed in the southwest African… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Stomach" 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 Filmstrip: "Advice On Lice And Life Part 2" 1985 · 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 The Structure of the news film story 1972 · Educational · 20 min · Subtitles Uses a CBS news report from Vietnam to illustrate and explain for students of journalism how a news film story is produced Senior high through adult Summary… Internet Archive Invisible Hands 1975 · Educational · 15 min Singer Vikki Carr demonstrates the forerunner of today's phonograph, the automatic musical instrument. She explains the hidden mechanisms whereby priceless… Internet Archive Biography of a Rookie: Willie Davis 1964 · Educational · 53 min Biography of a Rookie: Willie Davis Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Follows the career of Willie… Internet Archive The Writer in America: Janet Flanner 1975 · Educational · 29 min · Subtitles Producer, director, Richard O. Moore; photographer, editor, Philip Greene In 1925 Flanner sent her first "Letter from Paris" to Harold Ross, the editor of a… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Berenstain Bears in The Bike Lesson" 1975 · 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 FAMOUS GENERALS - PATTON 1963 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30156 FAMOUS GENERALS - PATTON 1963 MILITARY CAREER OF THE COLORFUL GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, WITH FOCUS ON HIS WORLD WAR II ACTION… Internet Archive Paul's Case 1980 · Educational · 54 min Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Eric Roberts, Michael Higgins Executive producer, Robert Geller; director, Lamont Jackson Based on the… Internet Archive Vectors 1958 · Educational · 27 min Here, Dr. Albert V. Baez demonstrates vectors in a Palo Alto (CA) High School classroom. He uses rubber models to show vector displacement in two and three… Internet Archive Transport systems in animals. 1971 · Educational · 16 min · Subtitles Writer, George Vuke; consultant, Harper Follansbee; photographers, Tom Held, George Vuke Examines the streaming of cytoplasm in single celled animals,… Internet Archive Insomnie (Insomnia) 1963 · Educational Lydia Binaghi, Laurence Gallimard, Gabriel Blonde, [Pierre Etaix] Photography, Jean Boffety, Pierre Levent ; editor, Andrée Werlin ; music, Jean Paillaud…