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2,017–2,064 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 Making of the President: 1968 1969 · Educational · 51 min Also issued in color Producer and director, Mel Stuart; narrator, Joseph Campanella A detailed account of the 1968 United States presidential campaign and… Internet Archive The Disease Concept of Alcoholism II 1984 · Educational Discusses the concept of alcoholism as a primary disease that is chronic, progressive and incurable. Explores specific causes, symptoms and effects Internet Archive William Penn and the Quakers: The Pennsylvania Colony 1982 · Educational Describes the Quaker's struggle for freedom of worship in 17th century England. Discusses how under William Penn's leadership a colony was founded in America… Internet Archive Profiles of Nature: Imprinting 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet A foreign film (Canada) Ages 12 through adults Explores the bonding of baby animals to their natural or adoptive parents through the… Internet Archive MAINTENANCE OF MICROWAVE POWER TUBES 1959 · Educational Department of Defense - Description: OUTLINES PROCEDURES FOR THE CARE AND HANDLING OF MAGNETRON AND KLYSTRON POWER TUBES, VITAL PARTS OF OUR AIR DEFENSE RADAR… Internet Archive INVISIBLE BATTLEGROUND, THE 1962 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 22347 INVISIBLE BATTLEGROUND, THE EFFORTS AND FACILITIES AT ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENTAL TEST FACILITY, FT. HUACHUCA, TO SOLVE RADIO… Internet Archive Man and the State : Roosevelt and Hoover on the Economy 1976 · Educational · 25 min In this film from Bernard Wilets' 'Man and the State' series, the director evaluates the conflicting views of Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover on… Internet Archive A True Madness 1969 · Educational Examines the nature of schizophrenia through conversations with schizophrenics and the doctors who treat them. Also gives a cross section of researchers'… Internet Archive Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet 1970 · Educational · 23 min Shows a group of Madison Avenue touch football buffs who are beaten by a teenaged boy and begin to feel their age Internet Archive C-5 GALAXY - WORLD'S LARGEST AIRCRAFT 1969 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26593 C-5 GALAXY - WORLD'S LARGEST AIRCRAFT RELATES STORY OF AN AVIATION MILESTONE, THE C-5 GALAXY. TELLS MANY PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "A Woggle of Witches by Adrienne Adams" 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 Great Little Railways: The Other Poland 1982 · Educational Narrated by Brian Blessed; produced by the BBC Documents the face Poland exhibits to the ouside world by focusing on the withdrawn, elusive nature of the… Internet Archive Big Picture: The Third Challenge: Unconventional Warfare Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569809 / Local Identifier 111-TV-578 Big Picture: The Third Challenge: Unconventional Warfare DVD… Internet Archive ASSEMBLING THE DEEP SEA OUTFIT 1963 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 21569 ASSEMBLING THE DEEP SEA OUTFIT INSPECTING AND TESTING THE STANDARD DEEP-SEA DIVING OUTFIT. Internet Archive THE SUBMARINERS 1967 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25126 THE SUBMARINERS THIS PROGRAM DEPICTS LIFE ABOARD A NUCLEAR ATTACK SUBMARINE. IT PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEN, THEIR… Internet Archive India, haunting passage. 1965 · Educational · 26 min A colorful country fair sets the mood as the camera records the teeming excitement of India, The Rajatham puppets enact the Hindu epic, the Ramayana; the… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Marriage Makes a Difference" 1960 · 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 It's Not Working 1980 · Educational · 27 min This film discusses alternatives to plant shutdowns such as locally-based cooperative enterprises engaged in joint production strategies which would make… Internet Archive El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz: Malcolm X 1978 · Educational · 56 min Focuses on the qualities and characteristics that predicated Malcolm X's rise as leader and spokesman of the Black American movement Internet Archive Captured German War Films 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Captured German War Films Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 - ) ARC Identifier… Internet Archive Ellis Island 1967 · Educational Narrated by Richard Basehart An examination of the first governmental agency encountered by the newly arrived immigrant on Ellis Island. The crucial role of… Internet Archive The Long Search: Protestant Spirit U.S.A. 1977 · Educational · 25 min The Long Search: Protestant Spirit U.S.A., Reel 1 Reel 2 available here Visits various Protestant churches in Indianapolis and observes how services are… Internet Archive Roswell Reports, Volume 6 Educational National Archives and Records Administration Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. Office of the Secretary. Office of the Administrative… Internet Archive Not Together Now: End of a Marriage 1975 · Educational · 24 min Not Together Now: End of a Marriage Discusses some of the ways in which psychologists are developing new testing methods for measuring and increasing human… Internet Archive Cider Maker 1975 · Educational · 17 min Features a family-operated cider mill that has prospered for 40 years, run by Ellis & Ethel Apgar, New Jersey hill country farmers who recall farm life in an… Internet Archive Champollion: Egyptian Hieroglyphics Deciphered 1978 · Educational Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Producer, Jean Vidal A biographical portrait of Jean-François Champollion, the French scientist who… Internet Archive Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: A Self-Portrait 1975 · Educational · 29 min Also issued as videocassette Director, Harold Mantell; narrator, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.; music, Arnold Black Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., discusses his development as a… Internet Archive MAGNETIC CORES - PART I - PROPERTIES 1962 · Educational Department of Defense MAGNETIC CORES - PART I - PROPERTIES PIN 28374 1962 PROPERTIES OF MAGNETIC CORES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM; HOW… Internet Archive Something Queer at the Library 1978 · Educational Based on the story of the same title by Elizabeth Levy, about two children whose discovery of some mutilated library books strangely links up with a dog show… Internet Archive The Blue-Collar Trap 1972 · Educational · 53 min Interviews four factory workers, their wives, parents, and co-workers and observes each man at his job. The case studies of these workers concludes in a union… Internet Archive STORY OF SEALAB II, THE 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25026 STORY OF SEALAB II, THE HOW MEN LIVED AND WORKED UNDER THE SEA DURING THE SEALAB II PROJECT. Internet Archive The Physicists: Playing Dice with the Universe 1972 · Educational · 22 min Surveys contemporary directions in physics by presenting outstanding examples of the abstract--even abstruse--investigations of modern physics, giving insight… Internet Archive Men and Depression 1984 · Educational Studies male stress and depression in terms of antisocial behavior, the problems men have in showing grief and sharing their feelings, and the myths of the… Internet Archive New Mood 1965 · Educational · 29 min Reviews highlights of the civil rights struggle from 1954 - 64. Examines the impact of Negro militancy on Negro and white Americans. Shows film coverage… Internet Archive Turbulence (1968) 1969 · Educational · 28 min Made for the National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films Illustrates aspects of turbulence, including the effect of Reynolds number on inception and on… Internet Archive Kopjes: Islands in a Sea of Grass 1990 · Educational Cataloged from contributor's data A foreign film (England) Intermediate grades through college students Issued also in shorter version (30 min.) Shows the… Internet Archive The Adams Chronicles: 7 -- John Quincy Adams: Diplomat (1809-1815) 1976 · Educational · 59 min Title from data sheet Prepared in conjunction with Jack Shepherd's book entitled The Adams chronicles Also issued as videorecording Shows John Quincy Adams… Internet Archive Don't 1974 · Educational With music by Chopin as a background, shows the life cycle of the monarch butterfly; begins with its birth and goes through the caterpilar stage to the… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "True Blue Through and Through" 1986 · 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 Animal Olympians 1980 · Educational · 1 h 3 min Jeffery Boswall Music, Sky Representatives of the animal world demonstrate their methods of movement and locomotion, and other specialized abilities Internet Archive The Mystery That Heals 1972 · Educational · 32 min Writer and narrator, Laurens van der Post Deals with the life and philosophy of Carl Gustav Jung in his later years; discusses the concept of the "shadow,"… Internet Archive COAXIAL 1940 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 89091 / Local Identifier BTL-BTL-190 - COAXIAL - Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. On the value… Internet Archive Defense Against the Spy 1967 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 649321 / Local Identifier 263.1924 - Defense Against the Spy - National Security Council.… Internet Archive 365 Days With Our Baby 1954 · Educational · 34 min 365 Days With Our Baby Uses a Maidu Indian village located in Sacramento Valley, Calif., to show the range of activity of an archaeologist, from… Internet Archive Body Talking 1985 · Educational CLICK HERE TO SEE THE STUDY GUIDE FOR THIS FILM “Our bodies talk” is the message of this film. Presented entirely in picture and song it is intended to… Internet Archive From the Desert to the Sea 1971 · Educational · 10 min Contrasts man's thoughtless abuse of his environment with the unspoiled beauties of nature. Alemann's painterly camera captures impressionistic views of… Internet Archive 18th Century Life in Williamsburg, Virginia: Home Life 1966 · Educational · 21 min SummaryDepicts a day in 18th century Williamsburg, focusing on the activities of the town s cabinetmaker and his family. Studies the first year in the life of… Internet Archive FOILBORNE 1972 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25778 FOILBORNE HOW HYDROFOILS WORK AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THEM IN TOMORROWS NAVY.