The world's archives

6,049–6,096 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 2012 USDA-USAID Iftar Celebration (20120807-OSEC-LSC-9001) 2012 · Short · 1 min Iftar celebration, co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Islamic Relief USA in the… Commons The People's Garden (20130423-DM-LSC-0001) 2013 · Short · 1 min Several Executive Master Gardeners share a few words about volunteering in the People's Garden. Transcript 00:01 USDA (logo) United States Department of… Commons Francis Lewis (Hillsdale College animation) 2025 · Cartoon · 1 min Step into history like never before. Watch the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the ladies of the American Revolution come alive through vivid,… Commons Edward Rutledge (Hillsdale College animation) 2025 · Cartoon · 1 min Step into history like never before. Watch the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the ladies of the American Revolution come alive through vivid,… Commons John Witherspoon (Hillsdale College animation) 2025 · Cartoon · 1 min Step into history like never before. Watch the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the ladies of the American Revolution come alive through vivid,… Commons Stephen Hopkins (Hillsdale College animation) 2025 · Cartoon · 1 min Step into history like never before. Watch the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the ladies of the American Revolution come alive through vivid,… Commons William Williams (Hillsdale College animation) 2025 · Cartoon · 1 min Step into history like never before. Watch the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the ladies of the American Revolution come alive through vivid,… Commons James Smith (Hillsdale College animation) 2025 · Cartoon · 2 min Step into history like never before. Watch the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the ladies of the American Revolution come alive through vivid,… Commons George Clymer (Hillsdale College animation) 2025 · Cartoon · 1 min Step into history like never before. Watch the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the ladies of the American Revolution come alive through vivid,… Commons Philip Livingston (Hillsdale College animation) 2025 · Cartoon · 1 min Step into history like never before. Watch the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the ladies of the American Revolution come alive through vivid,… Commons Thomas McKean (Hillsdale College animation) 2025 · Cartoon · 2 min Step into history like never before. Watch the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the ladies of the American Revolution come alive through vivid,… Commons George Ross (Hillsdale College animation) 2025 · Cartoon · 1 min Step into history like never before. Watch the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the ladies of the American Revolution come alive through vivid,… Commons Dolley Madison (Hillsdale College animation) 2025 · Cartoon · 2 min Step into history like never before. Watch the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the ladies of the American Revolution come alive through vivid,… Commons Benjamin Harrison (Hillsdale College animation) 2025 · Cartoon · 1 min Step into history like never before. Watch the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the ladies of the American Revolution come alive through vivid,… Commons Prime Minister Carney's message on Christmas 2025 · Short · 1 min December 24, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a message to Canadians on Christmas. https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2025/12/24/statement-prime… Commons Inventaire Wikidata Books Cleanup edition item split demo 2026 · Short · 1 min Screencast of a demo of a Wikidata edition item being splitted into an edition and its associated work, using the Wikidata Books Cleanup tool on… Commons Ambassador Cindy McCain Accepting on Behalf of John McCain (2022 Medal of Freedom Recipient) 2022 · Short · 1 min Ambassador Cindy McCain Accepting on Behalf of John McCain: 2022 Medal of Freedom Recipient Commons HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Black Kids Getting Reparented on Wellness Farm 2026 · Short · 1 min Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD): "Can you admit today that you said every black kid can get reparented on a wellness farm?" HHS Secretary Kennedy: "I have no… Commons President Donald J. Trump officially signs the landmark Greenland security deal. 2026 · Short · 1 min President Donald J. Trump officially signs the landmark Greenland security deal alongside Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark and Prime Minister… Commons Navy Boot Camp Battle Stations 21 at Naval Station Great Lakes 2018 · Short · 1 min See how recruits test the skills they’ve developed in boot camp on this 210-foot replica of a guided missile destroyer. Commons Wikipedia basics - watchlists 2011 · Educational · 2 min · Subtitles A tutorial video explaining the use of watchlists, with advice for using advanced settings appropriate for newcomers. Script here, OpenOffice slideshow… Commons Citing sources tutorial, part 2 2011 · Educational · 2 min · Subtitles Part 2 of a tutorial on citing sources using inline references on Wikipedia, which covers the basic use of the "Cite" function in the edit toolbar. Script… Commons Mars Curiosity video msl20120810 2012 · Short · 1 min Curiosity's First Low-Resolution Color Panorama - August 10, 2012 This movie shows the first 360-degree panorama in color of the Gale Crater landing site… Commons Spin quantique et expérience de Stern et Gerlach 2012 · Short · 1 min pour infos et autres animations: http://www.toutestquantique.fr Merci de citer ce site pour toute utilisation de l'animation. Commons Quantum spin and the Stern-Gerlach experiment 2012 · Short · 1 min for infos and other animations, see http://www.toutestquantique.fr Please quote the website for any use. Commons Mark Jackson - Without credits music 2013 · Short · 1 min Mark Jackson, chaplain at the King's Chapel in Gibraltar talks about Gibraltar and the King's Chapel Commons Targeting-the-NG2CSPG4-Proteoglycan-Retards-Tumour-Growth-and-Angiogenesis-in-Preclinical-Models-of-pone.0023062.s002 2011 · Short · 1 min Video recorded in real time using multiplanar reconstruction and MIP from T1 weighted MRI post contrast images of control shRNA tumours demonstrating… Commons Earth and Moon Visualization 2013 · Short · 1 min A view of the Moon orbiting the Earth from a point above the north ecliptic pole. Objects are to scale. Commons Projected U.S. Precipitation Changes by 2100 2013 · Short · 1 min The climate of the southwestern U.S. could be a lot drier by 2100. The climate of the northeastern U.S. could be a lot wetter. New visualizations of computer… Commons Earth and Moon Seen by Passing Juno Spacecraft (no descriptive text) 2013 · Short · 1 min When NASA's Juno spacecraft flew past Earth on Oct. 9, 2013, it received a boost in speed of more than 8,800 mph (about 7.3 kilometer per second), which set… Commons Hierarchical-Self-Organization-of-Non-Cooperating-Individuals-pone.0081449.s002 2013 · Short · 1 min Effect of perturbations on the emerging networks. The ties among the 32 agents self-organize into a hierarchical network and freeze into a local maximum… Commons Development-and-organization-of-the-larval-nervous-system-in-Phoronopsis-harmeri-new-insights-into-1742-9994-11-3-S1 2014 · Short · 1 min The competent larva of Phoronopsis harmeri. This time-lapse movie shows the typical behavior of competent larvae before settlement. The larva used a piece of… Commons Efeito piezoelétrico - Piezoelectric effect 2012 · Short · 1 min Efeito piezoelétrico - Piezoelectric effect Efeito piezoelétrico #hackleste.org HackLab Lestes Sesc Belenzinho Commons Key-Bifurcations-of-Bursting-Polyrhythms-in-3-Cell-Central-Pattern-Generators-pone.0092918.s004 2014 · Short · 2 min Multistable map and formation of five phase-locked bursting patterns. The phase lag Poincaré map for a homogeneous 3-cell CPG revealing the attraction basins… Commons Erklärung der Elektronenhülle 2014 · Short · 1 min In dem Video wird ein kurzer Einblick in die Entwicklung des Modells der Elektronenhülle gegeben. Des weiteren wird erklärt wie die Elektronenhülle nach dem… Commons Induced-Mutations-in-Yeast-Cell-Populations-Adapting-to-an-Unforeseen-Challenge-pone.0111133.s003 2014 · Short · 1 min Time-lapse microscopy of a single lineage. Single, naïve, rewired cells plated on Glu-his agar medium were imaged every one hour. Video shows typical dynamics… Commons What can open data do for you? 2014 · Short · 2 min What can open data do for you? - a compilation of practical examples of how open data affects everyday life. Commons Terror and Wonder- The Gothic Imagination 2014 · Short · 1 min Discover the UK’s biggest ever Gothic exhibition at the British Library from 3 Oct 2014 to 20 Jan 2015. Two hundred rare objects trace 250 years of the… Commons Bill Cosby Speaks About His Time In the US Navy 2010 · Short · 2 min Bill Cosby Speaks About His Time In the U.S. Navy - Interview with Mr. Bill Cosby, comedian and 2010 Lone Sailor Award recipient who served in the Navy as a… Commons Wikipedia-lagaskemmdarverk 2015 · Short · 2 min screenrecording in Icelandic part of tutorial about how to write article in wikipedia. This part describes how to revert article that has been vandalized and… Commons Moon Phase and Libration, from the Other Side - Farside Earth Moon 1080p30, 2015 2015 · Short · 1 min Moon Phase and Libration, from the Other Side: A virtual telescopic view of the Moon from its far side, with the Earth looming in the background. The camera… Commons Teilmengen und Obermengen 2013 · Short · 5 min Erklärungen zur Ober- und Untermenge. Basiert auf dieses Video der Khan Academy. Siehe auch diese Frage zur Lizenz. Commons Deixa't la pell - ambValentia - Compromís 2015 · Short · 1 min Spot promocional de Joves amb Compromís a les Eleccions a les Corts Valencianes, 2015. Commons Arduino Powered Fraction Collector 2013 · Short · 1 min A fraction collector for samples up to 1.5ml collected at intervals beginning at 1s up to hours. Ideal for liquid chromatography. I constructed it to collect… Commons Fluorescent-Protein-Stabilization-and-High-Resolution-Imaging-of-Cleared-Intact-Mouse-Brains-pone.0124650.s006 2015 · Short · 1 min Virus injection area. Substack (red/green overlay) at original resolution (voxel size xyz: 1.613 * 1.613 * 3.225 μm) showing a horizontal LSFM recording… Commons Video prova il tasto modifica - Wikipedia dietro le quinte 2015 · Short · 1 min Video about how to edit wikipedia by Alessandro Serravalle. For the site notice. Commons Traction-force-and-tension-fluctuations-in-growing-axons-Video1 2015 · Short · 3 min Example automatic peak tracking results. The location of identified stress peaks are marked with red spheres. Obvious gaps in stress peak trajectories were… Commons Vincent van Gogh Looking to Japan 2012 · Short · 1 min Vincent van Gogh_ Looking to Japan. From 29 September 2012 to 25 April 2013, the Van Gogh Museum presents 'Vincent. The Van Gogh Museum in the Hermitage…