The world's archives

8,977–9,024 of 16,583 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 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 content, pornography, nudity and nudism, striptease, sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, beheadings, atrocity footage.
Europeana Skimode before and after Film Close to the Kraantje Lek inn in Overveen people train their muscles and condition for the coming ski season. Furthermore, fashion house Leeser will be giving… Europeana Demonstration tango 1930 Film Dance demonstration of the tango by Cor Klinkert and Liesje Santen at the Rembrandt Theatre in Haarlem. -Div. images of dancing couple dancing successively… Europeana Marga Graf Film Cu singing Marga Graf, Austrian operetta star who found her second home in the Netherlands in the 1910s and 1920s. Overall shot + cu Graf (with fashionable… Europeana Ninth centenary of Winsum Film 900th anniversary of Winsum, with a national competition hippique, including a pommel group from Enno Ludwigs Groden. Later, PSV wins the football match… Europeana De sterke Rus Film Russian powerhouse Kassyanoff Zbyshko in Rotterdam. -Man stops two cars driving away from each other; -man takes punches in the stomach without any problems;… Europeana Open Cultuur Data - data openstellen: masterclass en inventarisatie voordelen en risico’s Film After the first phase of Open Culture Data, which resulted in 8 datasets and 13 apps, there were more and more questions from the cultural sector about how… Europeana Open Cultuur Data - app competitie: resultaten en lessons-learned Film To stimulate interest in and reuse of the open culture datasets, we held our own app competition between June 16 and December 31, 2012. We challenged… Europeana Riding farrier Film Training of farriers at the veterinarian service in Utrecht. Horseshoes are forged and the horses are knocked down. Then there is a farrier who goes to a… Europeana Joinery, a dying profession Film Antique dealer Lohuizen works as a cabinetmaker in a workshop under his shop in the Wolvenstraat in Amsterdam. He transfers a drawing to a piece of wood and… Europeana Tin casting in Kamper-Binnenpoort Film A tin foundry is located in the Kamper-Binnenpoort in Amersfoort. SHOTS: ext. Kamper-Binnenpoort; Mr. Van der Wal shows (with explanation by voice-over) how… Europeana St. Nicolaas nadert: Keuringsdienst van Waren keurt speelgoed op veiligheid en kwaliteit Film In connection with the annual Sinterklaas celebration, the Consumer Product Safety Authority went out to inspect toys. SHOTS: shelves full of toys in store;… Europeana The work of the Food Inspection Department Film Attention for the work of the Food Inspection Department. SHOTS: overview of stands at the ROKA food fair; inspectors at work, including checking: supermarket… Europeana Het Geluid van Nederland (Nederlandse versie) Film The Sound of the Netherlands is a project by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, the Auditory Service and Knowledgeland, which was realised within… Europeana Waisda? (Nederlandse versie) Film Waisda? is a multiplayer annotation game for video, based on the principles of Louis von Ahn's ESP game, where two or more players play against each other by… Europeana International Institute for Aerial Mapping Film An aircraft of the International Institute for Airborne Mapping (ICT) in Enschede. With special equipment aerial photographs of Enschede are made from a… Europeana School of animal husbandry Film At the Cauberg in Valkenburg there is a training institute for immersion technicians. Special attention to a pupil lion tamer. SHOTS: - ext. snowy Cauberg… Europeana Paleis voor Volksvlijt burned down Film A raging fire destroys the Paleis voor Volksvlijt in Amsterdam. SHOTS: aftermath: still lingering remnants and rubble of large building totally destroyed. Europeana 100ste RAI Film The RAI, the Dutch bicycle and automotive industry, organises its hundredth exhibition. In 1895, the RAI, which was then called R.I. (Rijwiel Industrie), held… Europeana Einde van een tijdperk Film Demolition of the Gallery on Frederiksplein in Amsterdam, a remnant of the Paleis voor Volksvlijt which burned down in 1929, to make way for the new building… Europeana 80 jaar pottenbakken, expositie fraai aardewerk Film To mark the eightieth anniversary of Klaas Mobach's pottery workshop in Utrecht, the company is organising a small exhibition and a demonstration of how an… Europeana Drawbridge at the Overtoom Film Shooting in connection with the large-scale improvement of the Overtoomse Schutssluis, which included the installation of an emergency bridge. Shots of the… Europeana Half day off for shop staff Film Footage of an outing made by some of the workers in response to a change in working hours. -Two ladies with sign (inscription: \"Due to shop working hours… Europeana First aid boxes Film As a trial, the Red Cross has placed accident boxes on a section of the A12 motorway between Oudenrijn and Woerden, where many accidents occur. The box… Europeana Kamperen Film People set up tents, attach storm lines to a tent and cook on gas. A man swaps a gas tank with a cigarette in his mouth and a petrol burner catches fire.… Europeana De wereld van de spuitbussen Film The eighth international congress in Amsterdam, dedicated to the future developments of aerosols. 300 participants create a painting with spray paint. With… Europeana Ernstige ongeregeldheden bij ontruimingen in de Nieuwmarktbuurt Film In the Nieuwmarkt neighbourhood in Amsterdam, violent riots broke out between police and residents who had occupied several buildings on the Rechtboomsloot in… Europeana Met de ''Utrecht'' van Amsterdam naar Tokyo Film KLM opens a scheduled service to Tokyo. At the invitation of KLM, a number of journalists - including Luger, Van Blankenstein and Goderie - a radio reporter… Europeana Cycloonramp Film Major damage after the cyclone that swept over the Achterhoek and Twente region on 01-06-1927. - various shots of the church of Neede (?), the tower and roof… Europeana Boenende boetedoeners in Zandvoortse watertoren Film 17 youngsters have to remove their graffiti on the walls of the water tower after a letter from mayor Hector M. van Fenema of Zandvoort. Afterwards they get… Europeana In the heart of the St. Pietersberg Film The marl caves in the St. Pietersberg at Maastricht, with old graffiti on the walls, shelters for refugees and a chapel of the Jesuit order. In some places… Europeana Vluchtelingen uit Triëst arriveren in ons land Film 94 refugees from Eastern Europe who had been staying in Trieste for several years arrived in Arnhem by train. The radio campaign Een ton voor Trieste, which… Europeana BB starts action for individual self-protection Film Postmen collect their mail and then deliver it. This post contains envelopes from the Dutch Civil Defense Force containing instruction manuals for families on… Europeana De strijd tegen het baldadig brandalarm Film Information film about a new fire alarm that is less sensitive to vandalism. SHOTS: - The boy walks past the fire alarm and "secretly" sets it off; - the… Europeana Uit de wereld van de postduif-hobby van 60.000 duivenmelkers Film Racing pigeons are transported by truck to foreign countries, where they are released. Then the birds fly back home, where a pigeon fancier in Hilversum lures… Europeana Biggest pigeon flight of the season from Orleans to the Netherlands Film Many Dutch pigeon keepers participate in the pigeon race from Orléans in France to the Netherlands. SHOTS: Pigeon fanciers with pigeons in baskets on the back… Europeana National derby for youngsters Film National derby for pigeons, the annual Orleans flight. Pigeons are put in baskets and delivered to basketing centres, ringed and put in baskets. From… Europeana Een nieuwe lente een nieuwe lijn Film Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd. Europeana Procession of the railway unification Film Impression of the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the mobile exhibition of the Spoorwegonthoudersvereniging, accompanied by a large-scale parade… Europeana Swimming Film Large group of swimmers enters the water in the harbour (?), much public interest from - with people packed - following boats. Europeana The golden fair Film The 50th Jaarbeurs will be held in Utrecht. Businessmen arrive by plane at Soesterberg and are further transported by bus; trains arrive at Utrecht station,… Europeana Clearance work in the Merwede Canal Film By means of a drainage sluice at Zeeburg, canal water from Amsterdam is discharged into the IJsselmeer and fresh water is taken in from there. For the… Europeana Water camp for boys Film Images of various activities at the boys' camp of the "Vereeniging tot Bevordering van de Watersport onder Jongeren" (Association for the Promotion of Water… Europeana De berging van de Roermond Film On June 23, in flight, the KLM Constellation "Roermond" caught fire and crashed into the sea just off the coast of Bari in southern Italy. Footage of the… Europeana Zwemwedstrijden Film Footage of the swimming club "De Delft" in Haarlem, the Netherlands, that organized a competition in diving in a swimming pool. - Various long/medium shots of… Europeana Stranding SS Pendeen Film A diver examines the damage to the steamship Pendeen, which ran aground between the piers at IJmuiden. -Div. shots of the SS Pendeen; -man in rowing boat… Europeana Berging van de SS Shonga door duikers Film Divers bring the last bales of cocoa beans from the wreck of the ss Shonga to the surface. - Various shots of men on board of the partially submerged wreck of… Europeana Flooding Film Major damage in and around Cuyk due to flooding of the river Maas. - Various shots of the railway near Cuyk and surroundings, where a part of the rails have… Europeana Nieuw onderkomen voor zieke zeehonden van Lenie 't Hart Film The seal sanctuary in Pieterburen, Groningen, has a new home, partly funded by the World Wildlife Fund. At the centre, sick and weakened animals are cared for…