The world's archives

4,801–4,848 of 174,167 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.
Commons 8-6-15- White House Press Briefing 2015 · Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Commons 9-10-15- White House Press Briefing 2015 · Feature · 1 h 9 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Commons 6-9-15- White House Press Briefing 2015 · Feature · 1 h 10 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Commons 9-18-15- White House Press Briefing 2015 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Commons 7-7-15- White House Press Briefing 2015 · Feature · 1 h 16 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. 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Commons 11-4-14- White House Press Briefing 2014 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Commons 5-13-15- White House Press Briefing 2015 · Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Commons 1-27-14- White House Press Briefing 2014 · Feature · 56 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Commons 3-7-13- White House Press Briefing 2013 · Feature · 49 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Commons 12-16-13- White House Press Briefing 2013 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Commons 12-19-13- White House Press Briefing 2013 · Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Commons 11-19-13- White House Press Briefing 2013 · Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Commons 2-4-14- White House Press Briefing 2014 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Commons 2-5-13- White House Press Briefing 2013 · Feature · 55 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Commons President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau Hold a Joint Press Conference 2016 · Talk · 50 min · Subtitles President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold a joint press conference from the Rose Garden during the Canada State visit, March 10,… Commons President Obama Takes Questions at GOP House Issues Conference 2010 · Talk · 1 h 25 min · Subtitles The President takes questions from Republican members of the House of Representatives at the GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore, MD. January 29, 2010. Commons 2013-01-07 - President Obama Makes a Personnel Annoucement 2013 · Short · 27 min · Subtitles President Obama nominates Chuck Hagel as the next Secretary of Defense and John Brennan as the next Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. January 7,… Commons Secretary Kerry Delivers Remarks at the U.S. Naval Academy 2017 · Feature · 55 min · Subtitles Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the United States Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Maryland on January 10, 2017. A full transcript is available… Commons President Obama Joins President Kenyatta of Kenya in a Joint Press Conference 2015 · Talk · 59 min · Subtitles On July 25, 2015, President Obama delivered remarks at a joint press conference with President Kenyatta of Kenya at the Kenyan State House in Nairobi, Kenya. Commons 1-15-15- White House Press Briefing 2015 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Commons The First Lady announces the “Better Make Room” Initiative 2015 · Short · 26 min · Subtitles First Lady Michelle Obama announces a new Reach Higher initiative, “Better Make Room,” at the White House. October 19, 2015. Commons The President and First Lady Launch the “Let Girls Learn” Initiative 2015 · Short · 23 min · Subtitles On March 3, 2015, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama launched “Let Girls Learn,” a government-wide initiative to help open the doors of an… Commons President Obama Hosts Chancellor Merkel at the White House 2015 · Feature · 49 min · Subtitles Joint press conference of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House Commons The President holds a Press Conference in Paris 2015 · Talk · 47 min · Subtitles President Obama holds a press conference while attending COP21 in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France. December 1, 2015. Commons 12-9-15- White House Press Briefing 2015 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Commons Sita Sings the Blues 2009 · Cartoon · 1 h 21 min · Subtitles "Sita Sings the Blues" is based on the Hindu epic "The Ramayana". Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina Paley is an… Commons 2018-03-25 11-25-00 commemo-belfort 2018 · Short · 26 min · Subtitles Cérémonie en mémoire des patriotes fusillés au Fort Hatry en 1944, à Belfort. Prise de vue et montage : Thomas Bresson Matériels utilisés : Nikon D7100,… Commons Battleship Potemkin 1925 · Feature · 1 h 10 min · Subtitles Battleship Potemkin (Russian: Бронено́сец «Потёмкин»), 1925 soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein. Commons Routenplaner aus der Römerzeit – die Tabula Peutingeriana 2020 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles The Romans began to cross their empire with a network of cobbled streets from the 3rd century BC. They initially served in the military; as deployment and… Commons English as a lingua franca of the Wikimedia movement how do we ensure people's inclusion 2021 · Talk · 44 min · Subtitles Wikimania 2021 - English as a lingua franca of the Wikimedia movement how do we ensure people's inclusion Commons Can we rid Wikipedia of its content gender gap Views from Women in Red 2021 · Talk · 45 min · Subtitles Wikimania 2021 - Can we rid Wikipedia of its content gender gap Views from Women in Red Commons Raising the voices of indigenous communities from Latin America through Wikimedia Projects 2021 · Talk · 44 min · Subtitles Wikimania 2021 - Raising the voices of indigenous communities from Latin America through Wikimedia Projects Commons Wikimania 2021 - Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia 2021 · Talk · 1 h 29 min · Subtitles We will soon launch the first new Wikimedia project in eight years, Wikifunctions. In this session we want to offer the community ample opportunity to learn… Commons Wikimania 2021 Wikimedia Movement and the Paradox of Open 2021 · Talk · 44 min · Subtitles Open sharing of free knowledge, commons based peer production is increasingly seen as not only a challenge but also an enabler of concentrations of power… Commons 10 Future of Wikipedia 2024 · Short · 36 min · Subtitles Wikipedia Day NYC 2024 - 10 Closing Plenary Session - Reflections on the Future of Wikipedia Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, Wikimedia Foundation Board of…