The world's archives

2,065–2,112 of 174,177 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 2011-03-05 President Obama's Weekly Address 2011 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Weekly Address: Both Parties Must Come Together on a Budget that Cuts Wasteful Spending Without Sacrificing Investments in the Future. The President calls for… Commons 2011-03-12 President Obama's Weekly Address 2011 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Weekly Address: Women's History Month Highlights the President's Resolve to Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. The President pays homage to former First Lady… Commons 2010-01-30 President Obama's Weekly Address 2010 · Short · 5 min · Subtitles Weekly Address: President Obama Pledges to Rein in Budget Deficits. The President pledges to rein the deficit, citing three specific steps to this end. He… Commons 2010-02-06 President Obama's Weekly Address 2010 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Weekly Address: President Obama Calls for New Steps to Support America's Small Businesses. Reiterating once again his commitment to small business as the… Commons 2010-02-13 President Obama's Weekly Address 2010 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Weekly Address: President Obama Praises Restoration of Pay-As-You-Go. The President, having just signed the "Pay As You Go" law, discusses the importance of… Commons 2010-02-20 President Obama's Weekly Address 2010 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Weekly Address: President Obama Says it is Time to Move Forward on Health Care Reform. The President points to outrageous premium hikes from health insurance… Commons 2009-10-17 President Obama's Weekly Address 2009 · Short · 6 min · Subtitles President Barack Obama's Weekly Address "Taking the Insurance Companies on Down the Stretch" from October 17, 2009. Original description of the speech: "The… Commons 2009-12-12 President Obama's Weekly Address 2009 · Short · 5 min · Subtitles President Barack Obama's Weekly Address "Learning from History to Reform Wall Street" from December 12, 2009. Original description of the speech: "The… Commons 2010-04-03 President Obama's Weekly Address 2010 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Weekly Address: President Obama Extends Holiday Greeting. In this week of Easter, Passover, and faithful celebration, the President offers a holiday greeting… Commons 2010-06-19 President Obama's Weekly Address 2010 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Weekly Address: President Obama Says Republicans in Congress Blocking Important Progress. The President calls on Republicans in Congress to put scoring… Commons 2010-07-24 President Obama's Weekly Address 2010 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Weekly Address: President Obama Praises New Wall Street Reform Law; Says GOP Plan Will Take Us Backward. Following the signing of historic Wall Street Reform… Commons 2010-09-04 President Obama's Weekly Address 2010 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Weekly Address: President Obama Honors America's Workers; Outlines Steps Taken to Strengthen the Middle Class. The President talks about his fight to make… Commons 2010-09-25 President Obama's Weekly Address 2010 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Weekly Address: President Obama: GOP Leadership Standing up for Outsourcing and Special Interests, Instead of American Workers. The President lays out the… Commons 2010-10-16 President Obama's Weekly Address 2010 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Weekly Address: President Obama: Washington Republicans "Rewarding Corporations That Create Jobs and Profits Overseas". The President lays out his agenda to… Commons 2012-04-07 President Obama's Weekly Address 2012 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles President Barack Obama's Weekly Address "Easter and Passover Greetings from President Obama" from April 7, 2012. Original description of the speech:… Commons 2012-06-09 President Obama's Weekly Address 2012 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles President Barack Obama's Weekly Address "Congress Must Act to Keep Our Teachers on the Job" from June 9, 2012. Original description of the speech: "President… Commons Oarabile Mudongo V1 2012 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles 'The Impact Of Wikipedia' -- how Wikipedia works, in the voices of a few of those who make it. Produced during Wikimania 2012 by the Wikimedia Foundation for… Commons The Impact of Wikipedia Ravan Jaafar Altaie 2012 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles 'The Impact Of Wikipedia' -- how Wikipedia works, in the voices of a few of those who make it. Produced during Wikimania 2012 by the Wikimedia Foundation for… Commons Sneak Preview - Wikipedia VisualEditor 2013 · Educational · 1 min · Subtitles A Sneak Preview of the Wikipedia VisualEditor, narrated by Trevor Parscal, uploaded March 1, 2013 Commons 2013-04-20 President Obama's Weekly Address 2013 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles President Barack Obama's Weekly Address "America Stands with the City of Boston" from April 20, 2013. Original description of the speech: "President Obama… Commons Entrevista a Pilar Manjón, presidenta de la Asociación 11-M afectados del terrorismo 2014 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Entrevista a Pilar Manjón, presidenta de la Asociación 11-M afectados del terrorismo Commons William Fisher, CopyrightX- Lecture 2.1, Fairness and Personality Theories- Introduction 2015 · Talk · 10 min · Subtitles The lecture was prepared for a Harvard Law School course on Copyright Law, and for the CopyrightX course, offered under the auspices of HarvardX. Information… Commons Bernie Brief (1) - Income Inequality 2015 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles A video describing American income inequality by the Bernie Sanders 2016 United States presidential campaign Commons Autism spectrum disorder video 2016 · Short · 7 min · Subtitles What is Autism? Autism is now referred to as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and encompasses previously defined separate yet similar disorders like Asperger… Commons 2016-04-09 President Obama's Weekly Address 2016 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles President Barack Obama's Weekly Address "Playing by the Same Rules" from April 9, 2016. Original description of the speech: "In this week's address, the… Commons Monsoons Wet, Dry, Repeat 2016 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles This visualization shows the Asian monsoon and how it develops using observational and modeled data. It also shows some of the impacts. Commons Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy (no subtitles) 2016 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy (no subtitles) Derivative work of: Wikimania 2016 - How we organized a 1500 person meetup (and you could too) Wikimania… Commons President Obama on the attacks in Dallas, Texas 2016 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles President Obama delivers a statement on the attacks on law enforcement in Dallas, Texas. Commons West Wing Week- 09-09-16 or "Whose coconut is this-" 2016 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles The President continues his trip across the Pacific, heading from Midway Atoll to Hangzhou China for the G20 Summit. From there, history was made as President… Commons In the Kitchen before the Korean State Dinner 2011 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Take a peek inside the White House kitchen as preparations for a State Dinner are underway. Guests at the Korean State Dinner this evening in the East Room of… Commons Behind the Scenes- Preparing The United Kingdom State Dinner 2012 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Go Behind the Scenes and inside the White House kitchen hours before the United Kingdom State Dinner with White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford, White… Commons Preparing The German State Dinner 2011 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Take a peek into the White House kitchen as White House Executive Chef Cris Comerford prepares for the State Dinner for Germany. Celebrating the first harvest… Commons West Wing Week 4-22-16 or, “13 Hours, 15 Minutes” 2016 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles This week, the President traveled overseas to Saudi Arabia, beginning a three-nation, seven-day trip abroad. He also met with award-winning news photographers… Commons Alisa Weilerstein and Sujari Britt Perform at the White House- 4 of 8 2009 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Cellists Alisa Weilerstein and 8 year-old Sujari Britt perform Luigi Boccherini's Sonata for Two Cellos in C Major, 1st movement: Allegro moderato. November… Commons West Wing Week- 7-16-10 or "6 Principals" 2010 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Thanks for checking out the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, walk step by step with the… Commons West Wing Week- 11-11-16 or, "Be Kind, Be Useful, Be Fearless" 2016 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles This week, the President welcomed the Cleveland Cavaliers, gave some words of wisdom to the final internship class of his presidency, and met with the… Commons Letters to the President- Covered in Pennsylvania 2014 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles While in Pittsburgh, the President met with several families who wrote letters about how the Affordable Care Act is benefiting their lives. Commons “It’s a prototype!” Tune in for President Obama’s Last Science Fair, April 13th 2016 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles In 2010, the President hosted the first-ever White House Science Fair. On April 13th, tune in as he hosts his last. And in the meantime, here are some… Commons Navy Seal Receives Medal of Honor (103082945) 2016 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles President Obama presented the Medal of Honor, Feb. 29, 2016, to Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Edward C. Byers Jr., a member of an east coast-based SEAL… Commons Wiki loves Women - English WebM - Final 2017 · Documentary · 2 min · Subtitles The English introduction to Wiki Loves Women and why it is important. An explainer video from a partnership between m:WikiAfrica, Goethe-Institut South Africa… Commons Teaching Wikipedia in Egypt - May Hachem 2017 · Educational · 2 min · Subtitles Three years after joining Wikipedia as a student editor, May Hachem has been able to build successful partnerships, mentor hundreds of new editors, and… Commons "La donna è mobile" - 'Rigoletto' (Antonino Siragusa) (2016-17) 2017 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Antonino Siragusa interpreta "La donna è mobile" de 'Rigoletto', de Verdi, en el seu debut com a Duc de Màntua al Gran Teatre del Liceu el 22 de març de 2017.… Commons 20170424 總統接見索羅門群島馬朗嘉副總理一行 2017 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles 20170424 President Tsai meets Solomon Islands Deputy Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga On the morning of April 24, President Tsai Ing-wen met with a delegation… Commons Journey of Sound to the Brain 2017 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles This animated video illustrates how sounds travel to the inner ear, and then to the brain, where they are interpreted and understood. The cochlea in the inner… Commons A la mesa con César Vega - 2 2019 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles "At the table with Cesar Vega" - Uruguayan politician and agronomist, talks about responsible consumption of fruits and vegetables Commons Klimafaktor CO₂ (ZDF, Terra X) 720p HD 50FPS 2019 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Beschreibung auf der Seite: "Mit der Nutzung von Kohle, Erdöl und Gas bläst der Mensch zurzeit etwa 40 Gigatonnen Kohlendioxid pro Jahr in die Atmosphäre. Wie… Commons Persepolis, Hauptstadt Persiens (CC BY-SA 4.0) 2020 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Long before there were great empires in Europe, the Persian King Darius founded the capital of his empire in 520 BC: Persepolis. Commons Leben in Frankfurt am Main im Mittelalter (CC BY 4.0) 2020 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles From the 14th century, Frankfurt am Main was one of the top addresses of that time. The center of attraction of the free imperial city was the annual trade…