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9,121–9,168 of 128,635 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 USAG-Italy honors 24th Anniversary of Sept 11 attacks in Padua (980576) 2025 · Short · 1 min Col. Vaughn Strong, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Italy, and Command Sgt. Maj. Ricardo Moreno, the garrison’s senior enlisted advisor, along with Soldiers… Commons Balikatan 25- Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Response exercise interview (960624) 2025 · Short · 1 min Japan Air Self-Defense Force Col. Ryoichi Goto, Chief of International Operations Section, 2nd Operations Division, conducts an interview in support of… Commons Six Years of Curiosity’s Wheels on the Move (PIA26721) 2026 · Short · 2 min NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its right navigation camera — one of two on the rover’s mast, or head — to capture the images in this timelapse, which spans… Commons Wasserfarbe (Nordsee) 2026 · Short · 1 min Klares Nordsee ist farblos, als Meer aber oft grünlich, bläulich oder grau. Quelle: https://www.rhetos.de/html/lex/wasserfarbe_(optik).htm Commons President Biden Surprises Kelly, a Public School Teacher, with Student Debt Forgiveness 2024 · Short · 1 min President Biden Surprises Kelly, a Public School Teacher, with Student Debt Forgiveness Commons Mudslide at Gyirong Port 2 2026 · Short · 1 min CCTV footage of the 2026 Nepal floods in Gyirong Port, view to the south (downstream) Commons President Obama Calls Clint Dempsey & Tim Howard 2014 · Short · 2 min The President calls Team USA captain Clint Dempsey & goalkeeper Tim Howard to congratulate them on their showing at the World Cup. Commons STJ aplica tese do STF e reconhece incidência de contribuição patronal sobre terço de férias 2026 · Short · 1 min Em razão de julgamento do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) em regime de repercussão geral (Tema 985), a Segunda Turma do Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ)… Commons Lichtstrahl (Laser-Vape) 2026 · Short · 1 min Licht an sich kann man nicht direkt sehen. Erst wenn Qualm das Licht auf die Netzhaut des Auges umlenkt, stellt sich ein Lichteffekt im Beobachter ein.… Commons HD CCTV Camera video 3MP 4MP iProx CCTV HDCCTVCameras.net retail store 2017 · Short · 1 min This is a video footage obtained from one of installations for a High Street retail store client that sells homecare products. iProx CCTV HD Dome that sells… Commons Onimusha- Way of the Sword - Chroniques étranges- Musashi Miyamoto 2026 · Short · 1 min Vous souhaitez en savoir davantage sur les personnages et les redoutables ennemis d'Onimusha: Way of the Sword ? Rejoignez la Dame Oni, doublée par Aya Endo… Commons Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Allegations Against Justice Brett Kavanaugh 2019 · Short · 5 min "Over the last couple of days, leading Democrats have tried to grab onto yet another poorly sourced, thinly reported, unsubstantiated allegation against… Commons Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) confronts Matt Gaetz (R-FL) during 14th House Speaker vote 2023 · Short · 2 min Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) confronts Matt Gaetz (R-FL) during 14th House Speaker vote. Gaetz had just voted "present." Commons Rafforzamento della sicurezza energetica italiana, il videomessaggio del Presidente Meloni 2026 · Short · 2 min Roma, 10/09/2026 - Il videomessaggio del Presidente del Consiglio, Giorgia Meloni, sul tema del rafforzamento della sicurezza energetica italiana.… Commons Voto em Bolsonaro revela variante brasileira do populismo de direita 2021 · Short · 3 min Em contraste com outros países, o Brasil de 2018 teve a maior a proporção de eleitores da extrema direita entre os cidadãos com melhor condição econômica.… Commons 2026-10-06 Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN, and IBM simulate 12,635-atom protein complex 2026 · Short · 2 min It can take more than a decade for a medical discovery to become a drug doctors can prescribe. Researchers from @Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN and IBM are… Commons Message of appreciation from Katherine Maher, Wikimedia ED, on the publication of the Wikimania 2016 Esino Lario photo book 2016 · Short · 1 min Message of appreciation from Katherine Maher, Wikimedia ED, on the publication of the Wikimania 2016 Esino Lario photo book Commons 'Manon Lescaut' de Puccini - L'equip artístic (Asmik Grigorian) 2026 · Short · 2 min La soprano Asmik Grigorian parla del seu enfocament al personatge de Manon en aquesta entrevista enregistrada al Gran Teatre del Liceu, amb motiu de la… Commons ONU apoia o combate ao comércio ilegal de vida selvagem 2015 · Short · 1 min O combate ao comércio ilegal de vida selvagem é um dos temas em debate do 13. Congresso das Nações Unidas sobre Prevenção ao Crime e Justiça Criminal, que vai… Commons LED Juggling Ball MicroCT Projection-series 2010 · Short · 1 min Animated series of micro-CT projections of a juggling ball with LED-illumination. 120 kV, 12 Watt x-ray power, 320 out of 1600 images, 25 frames per second,… Commons Mung bean germination 2009 · Short · 1 min Time lapse video of mung bean seeds germinating over ~10 days. Produced by the science technicians of Reigate College, created using CHDK in a canon powershot… Commons Success in a MOOC 2010 · Short · 4 min A description of the five steps that will help you succeed in a MOOC. Written and Narrated by Dave Cormier Video by Neal Gillis Researchers: Dave Cormier… Commons Merlin01 0002 2011 · Short · 2 min Interview of Claudine Glot : Is Boorman's comical Merlin distinct from the legends' Merlin ? Commons Claudine Glot - Excalibur 04 2011 · Short · 2 min Interview of Claudine Glot : Why is Merlin surprised that the sword can be broken ? Commons STS-135 Space Shuttle Launch 2011 · Short · 2 min Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off at 11:29 a.m. EST on July 8, 2011, to begin the STS-135 mission, the last of the shuttle program. Commons STS-135 Space Shuttle Landing 2011 · Short · 2 min Atlantis and the STS-135 crew touched down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida just before dawn on July 21, 2011, wrapping up the final mission of the… Commons Plasma Active Qt components tablet 2011 · Short · 2 min Video screen capture of a tablet device displaying the GUI widgets available in Plasma Active two. Commons Dr M und die Wunderlampe 1996 · Short · 4 min Dr. M and the Wonder Lamp sculpture, video, idea and realisation: Stephan Hüsch ©1996 sculpture: white steel shelf (hight about 180 cm), 9 Plexiglaszylinder… Commons 2012-03-31 Board Session Ting Chen 2012 · Talk · 2 min Video recordings of the Board Session about the "Fundraising and Funds Dissemination" resolution, Saturday, March 31st at cluboffice Berlin. Ting Chen,… Commons Earthrise 2012 · Short · 1 min A simulation of what the Apollo 8 crew saw as the Earth rose above the lunar horizon during their fourth orbit around the Moon. Pauses to overlay two photos… Commons Solar Eclipse in the Sky over Tokyo (2012) 2012 · Short · 1 min Canon EOS 7D + 16-35mm f/2.8L II + 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, handheld. Uploaded without sound because the music may be copyrighted. Commons Mitosis drosophila larva 2012 · Short · 8 min Mitosis in a drosophila melanogaster's larva (the video spans an hour of mitosis, as seen through a microscope) Commons ImmaginaMI - L'impegno per costruire una Milano Migliore 2011 · Short · 1 min Matteo Salvini commenta i risultati elettorali e conferma il suo impegno elettorale per creare una Milano migliore. Commons Rekha Chauhan (Secretary MSS) Interview about Women Empowerment 2011 · Short · 2 min Rekha Chohan Sis the ectretaty of MSS - Mahila Swarojgar Samiti India, Varanasi, March 2011 She was interviewed as part of the preparation of the Wikibook [1] Commons Top Rope Belaying 2013 · Short · 1 min Belaying by top rope climbing. All participants (incl. background persons seen briefly on video) gave their consent to publish the video on Wikimedia Commons… Commons Effects-of-an-Electric-Field-on-White-Sharks-In-Situ-Testing-of-an-Electric-Deterrent-pone.0062730.s002 2013 · Short · 1 min Example of a white shark taking the bait preceded by one approach and six interactions. Commons Editing-wikieducator-pages-from-within-Moodle 2013 · Short · 2 min Video tutorial showing the process of editing an embedded Wikieducator page from with Moodle. Commons MarsCuriosityRover- FirstYearOverview-20130802 2013 · Short · 3 min Curiosity Rover: One Year on Mars - August 02, 2013 http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/videos/index.cfm?v=137 A look at the challenges and achievements… Commons La Brugeoise - Buenos Aires Subway - A line 2013 · Short · 1 min La Brugeoise (1913) train, on the A line of the Buenos Aires Subway, at Pasco station Commons Borkumer Kleinbahn 01.webmhd 2013 · Short · 1 min The Borkumer Kleinbahn leaving Borkum harbour station (Bahnhof „Reede“) in Borkum-Reede, Landkreis Leer, Lower Saxony, Germany. This narrow gauge railway line… Commons Accelerating Science Award Program finalist interviews - A smartphone becomes a microscope 2013 · Short · 3 min Interview with Eva Schmid, Oliver Hoeller and Saber Iftekhar Khan on how they turned smartphones into microscopes - a finalist in the Accelerating Science… Commons Japanese giant spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) 2013 · Short · 1 min Japanese giant spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) filmed at Kamogawa SeaWorld, Japan. No audio. Commons Multi-Fiber-Tractography-Visualizations-for-Diffusion-MRI-Data-pone.0081453.s003 2013 · Short · 1 min Creation of a hyperstreamline for a tract from the lateral projections of the corpus callosum. Commons Minuet-in-F-major-BWV-Anh113 2013 · Short · 1 min Minuet in F Major, BWV Anh. 113, by Johann Sebastian Bach from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, played with a digital piano by me. Commons Oral history of Odisha - Bahuna gita 2014 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles This is a video of the late Musamoni Panigrahi singing bahuna, songs that brides and other women in the family used to sing during her departure post-wedding.… Commons In-Silico-Single-Molecule-Manipulation-of-DNA-with-Rigid-Body-Dynamics-pcbi.1003456.s007 2014 · Short · 1 min Illustration of the sampling efficiency of global versus local thermostat. This video records the simulated dynamics of a DNA molecule manipulated by magnetic… Commons Project Ben-Yehuda 2014 · Short · 4 min A short presentation (English subtitles) on what Project Ben-Yehuda is (4.30 minutes). Voice: Shani Evenstein (editor, Project Ben-Yehuda). Commons D3.js-tutorial-06-Groups-and-axes 2013 · Short · 7 min Part 6 of a series of tutorials on the Javascript library D3. In this video we take a look at the SVG group element, and add an axis to our bar chart.