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1,921–1,968 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 Carcassonne 1961 · Educational · 5 min Lesson 119 in Encyclopaedia Britannica's 'Je Parle Français' French language instruction series of 1961. Here is outstanding cinematography of the ruined… Internet Archive Friendship Seven 1962 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 45021 / Local Identifier 255-HQA-59 - Friendship Seven - National Aeronautics and Space… Internet Archive AFSC STAFF FILM REPORT 239 1974 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 10818 AFSC STAFF FILM REPORT 239 DEVELOPMENT OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE NIGHT RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES OF… Internet Archive The Heart of the Dragon: 10 -- Mediating 1984 · Educational · Subtitles VHS format "The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Library Video Classics Project." Videocassette release of the 1984 production Narrator, Anthony… Internet Archive Do We Really Need the Rockies? [motion picture] 1980 · Educational · 30 min Reel 2 available here Produced by WGBH for the Nova series Investigates the pros and cons of shale oil production in the western Rocky Mountains. States that… Internet Archive Interpersonal Process Recall: Inquirer Role and Function 1974 · Educational · 49 min Tradition methods of supervision are contrasted with interpersonal process recall methods. Conceptual material is presented along with a series of practice… Internet Archive Keeper of the Flame 2005 · Educational Department of Homeland Security U.S. Fire Academy PREPnet (EENET) DVD Library Keeper of the Flame Air Date: June 15, 2005. This program was provided by the… Internet Archive Himeji Castle 1972 · Educational · Subtitles A tour of Himeji Castle, also known as the Snowy Heron Castle, illustrates Japanese feudal architecture during the Middle Ages. Traces the development of… Internet Archive Taking Back Detroit 1980 · Educational Participants: Kenneth Cockrel, Justin Ravitz, Sheila Murphy Also available as videocassette A film depiction of Detroit, the only major American city with… Internet Archive Scatter radar: Space research from the ground 1963 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 37826 / Local Identifier 167.85 - Scatter radar: Space research from the ground - Department of… Internet Archive DNA: Molecule of Heredity 1961 · Educational With teacher's guide Dr. George W. Beadle of the California Institute of Technology explains, with the help of photomicrography, animation models, and live… Internet Archive Fabricantes Mexicanas de Ollas 1962 · Educational · 9 min A wonderful film, depicting the making of ollas, large earthen jars, featuring Carmen Portillo of the Mayan village of Ubalama, firing clay above ground,… Internet Archive Games people play : the practice. [Motion picture] 1967 · Educational · 28 min Continues an interview with Dr. Eric Berne on transactional analysis during which he explains his use of the terms game, script and the others. Presents a… Internet Archive Discovering Creative Pattern 1984 · Educational Explains that pattern is visual organization, that it is designed repetition of one or more motifs, and that it enriches surfaces by leading the eye from part… Internet Archive Postal Service: Letter to a Football Hero (3rd Ed) 1977 · Educational · 15 min The SCF (Sectional Center Facility) machine allows specially trained postal clerks to visually can one letter per second, then strike three keys to encode the… Internet Archive The Joy That Kills 1984 · Educational · 32 min Title from data sheet Francis Conroy, Jeffrey De Munn Adapted from the short story: The story of an hour / Kate Chopin Ages 14 through adult A drama about… Internet Archive Poland: Communism's New Look 1965 · Educational · 58 min Produced by NET Surveys the many facets of modern Polish life. Traces Poland's history from World War II to the mid-1960's, contrasts life in Warsaw with… Internet Archive Big Picture: Medal of Honor Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569833 / Local Identifier 111-TV-622 Big Picture: Medal of Honor DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon -… Internet Archive SPACE NAVIGATION 1968 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 27982 SPACE NAVIGATION SHOWS TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT USED IN LUNAR MISSIONS. SUMMARIZES ACCURACY ACHIEVED IN INTERPLANETARY… Internet Archive Circulation 1950 · Educational · 16 min Circulation Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Describes the excitement and drama of circus day, showing… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "While You Can" 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 Space Shuttle: A Remarkable Flying Machine 1981 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 1157922 / Local Identifier 255-HQ-318 - Space Shuttle: A Remarkable Flying Machine - National… Internet Archive Making Sauerkraut 2009 · Educational Alaska Cooperative Extension Service Video FNH-01284 Making Sauerkraut Preserving Alaska's Bounty. Supported by U.S. Department of Agriculture special project… Internet Archive Civilisation: 3 -- Romance and Reality 1969 · Educational -----Another issue. 35 mm Writer and narrator, Kenneth Clark Surveys the development of western civilization during the 13th century. Depicts a world of… Internet Archive Seven Arts 1958 · Educational · 11 min Ion Popescu-Gopo's animated short subject ȘAPTE ARTE (THE SEVEN ARTS) was created in Romania, and released in 1958. This print was published in 1972. Of the… Internet Archive "E" Is for Energy 1979 · Educational An animated film which focuses on electrical, solar, and nuclear energies and shows how they are produced and used. For elementary grades This film isn't in… Internet Archive Bip As A Skater 1975 · Educational · 7 min Features Marcel Marceau performing as Bip, whom he calls his 'silent alter ego.' Shows Bip stumble, fight for balance and joyously strive to become a great… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Choosing and Buying a House" 1972 · 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 Ashpet: An American Cinderella 1989 · Educational Title on container: Ashpet: an American Cinderella Screenplay, Roger Manley ; editor, Randall Horte Set in the rural South in the early years of World War… Internet Archive Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime Composers 1977 · Educational Writer, director, Amelia Anderson; narrator, Eartha Kitt; photography, Lowell Peterson; composer, Scott Joplin; choreography, Xavier Chatman Douglas Sides,… Internet Archive The Weather Machine: Part 1 1975 · Educational · 59 min Introduced by David Prowitt Shows various methods of observing climatic changes including examining ice layers to help predict cycles of cold, heat,… Internet Archive Animal Impostors 1982 · Educational · 58 min Title from data sheet Intended audience: Junior high school through adults Issued also as videorecording Shows how many different kinds of animals, both… Internet Archive Cinematographer 1951 · Educational · 9 min Cinematographer SummaryShows the work of directors of photography and explains that the picture director relies upon them to help integrate costumes, make -… Internet Archive Inside the Golden Gate. Part 2. [Motion picture] 1976 · Educational · 19 min Also issued as videocassette Examines the ecological problems caused by pollution and the dumping of millions of tons of landfill into the San Francisco Bay Internet Archive New Orleans: The Big Easy 1985 · Educational A scenic and historical tour of New Orleans, seen through the eyes of its people; includes famous writers who wrote about the city, a contemporary artist,… Internet Archive Hypnotic Behavior 1949 · Educational With exhibitor's bulletin A demonstration of the induction of hypnotic trance, eye and arm catalepsy, abnormal sensory illusions, trance awakening,… Internet Archive Frame 1977 · Educational Director, Ken Kobland An experiment in visual perception utilizing image manipulation, laying one image on top of another. A seashore landscape, structured… Internet Archive Steel Rule 1941 · Educational · 12 min How to read steel rules; use flexible hook and rule-type gages; lay out holes with a combination square and scribe them with a divider; and use inside and… Internet Archive Mao Tse-Tung 1969 · Educational National Archives - Mao Tse-Tung - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film shows the rise of Chairman… Internet Archive The Head-On Film 1981 · Educational Dramatizes the common pitfalls and necessary motivation needed to achieve our goals, especially physical fitness Internet Archive Age of Uncertainty: 1 -- The Prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism 1977 · Educational Based on the book The age of uncertainty, by John Kenneth Galbraith Also issued as videocassette Producer, Adrian Malone; writer and narrator, John Kenneth… Internet Archive Experimental Psychology of Vision 1941 · Educational Illustrates the chief phenomena and techniques of research in visual perception. Covers phi phenomenon, optical illusions, color constancy, eye movements in… Internet Archive SPACE AGE RAILROAD 1969 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26555 SPACE AGE RAILROAD TELLS THE STORY OF HIGH SPEED TEST TRACK, A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY AT HOLLOMAN AFB, NM.… Internet Archive Les Jardins De Versailles 1961 · Educational · 4 min Lesson 85 in Encyclopaedia Britannica's 'Je Parle Français' French language instruction series of 1961. Here, the gardens of Versailles are shown in… Internet Archive Artists: Jim Dine 1966 · Educational · 29 min Artists: Jim Dine Presents interviews with the widow and colleagues of artist Morris Louis and discusses his attitudes toward his works. Kenneth Noland… Internet Archive Behavioral Treatment of Autistic Children 1988 · Educational Cataloged from contributor's data Camera, Rick Robertson, Robert Wise ; editor, Robert Aller Sequel to the motion picture: Behavior modification: teaching… Internet Archive We Have an Addict in the House 1961 · Educational · 30 min Uses time - lapse photography to show how water moves into and through unsaturated soil. Points out how strata, such as hard pans or coarse sand layers, slow… Internet Archive RADIO SET AN/VRC-12 1963 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 28379 RADIO SET AN/VRC-12 FEATURES, CAPABILITIES, INSTALLATION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE AN/VRC-12; CONSTRUCTION AND…