The world's archives
2,401–2,448 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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
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| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage. |
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Drone Photography of Versailles - Lionel Allorge
France-based photographer Lionel Allorge was drawn to Wikimedia Commons from the appeal of free and open licensing. Now, his images illustrate articles of…
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This is the Wikimedia Foundation
This is the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that hosts Wikipedia and several other open-source projects. Support Wikimedia: https://donate.wikimedia.org/
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2016-07-30 President Obama's Weekly Address
In this week's address, retired Federal Judge Timothy Lewis joined Vice President Joe Biden to discuss the nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the…
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President Obama Meets with President-Elect Trump
President Obama Meets With President-Elect Trump (20161110_POTUS_Meets_President_Elect_Trump_HD)
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West Wing Week- 08-28-15 or, "From the Telegraph to the Smartphone"
This week, the President spoke with clean energy powerhouses in Las Vegas, WNBA superstars back at the White House, and the leaders who rebuilt New Orleans.…
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West Wing Week- 09-23-16 or “We’ll Photoshop ‘Em In”
Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. This week, the President visited the Big Apple, where he…
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Yolanda Adams Performs at the White House- 1 of 11
Gospel Music star Yolanda Adams performs the Sam Cooke classic, "A Change is Gonna Come", a song that became an anthem for the civil rights movement at the…
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West Wing Week 3-25-16 or, “¡Hola, Cuba!”
This week, the First Family traveled to both Cuba and Argentina in a history-making trip, to deepen the ties between the United States and Cuba, and the rest…
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West Wing Week- 09-11-2015 or, “Heads Up America”
This week, the President welcomed to the White House the Saudi Arabian king, champions in athletic excellence, and awardees in artistic prowess. He also…
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West Wing Week- 7-09-10 or "Independence"
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…
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West Wing Week 2-26-16 or, "Let’s Go Ahead and Get This Thing Done”
Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. This week, the President hosted governors from across…
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West Wing Week- 09-18-15 or, "FAFSA! (fafsa, fafsa, fafsa, fafsa)"
This week, the President marked the 14th anniversary of 9/11, met with troops around the world at a multimedia town hall at Fort Meade, crashed a…
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President Obama Speaks to Troops at Marine Corps Base Hawaii - 2015
On Christmas Day, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visited servicemembers and military families at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, and thanked them for…
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Senator Elizabeth Warren questions Tom Price about Medicare and Medicaid Cuts
Senator Elizabeth Warren questioned Rep. Tom Price, nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, about his support of Medicare and Medicaid cuts at a…
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Lärande och källkritik med yngre elever
Video about the project "This is my area" (WikiWelcome), with Wikimedia Sverige, Stockholm Digital Archives and The Swedish National Heritage Board from 2016…
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Using Wikipedia to accelerate climate knowledge. Africa’s first edit-a-thon on climate change
The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) have launched a video on Africa’s first Wikipedia edit-a-thon on…
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Petra, Hauptstadt der Nabatäer (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The millennia-old city of Petra was hewn out of rocks. With its palaces, temples and tombs, it was the capital of the Nabataean people.
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Patricia Janečková La Danza (Rossini)
The time we are experiencing is unique and specific in many ways. That requires an original and uncoventional approach for artists who want to keep in touch…
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Wikisalon Wikidata Adding Finding Aids
This is "Wikisalon Wikidata Adding Finding Aids" by Doreva Belfiore on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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11 Years Charting Edge of Solar System ZY8D71NW1wM
Far, far beyond the orbits of the planets lie the hazy outlines of the magnetic bubble in space that we call home. This is the heliosphere, the vast bubble…
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Creative Commons-Clips zur freien Nutzung – einfach erklärt (Terra X, ZDF)
Das Terra X Creative Commons-Angebot der ZDF-Mediathek wird die Art, wie Ihr mit Wissen umgeht, verändern. Hier stellen wir Euch unsere besten Wissensinhalte…
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Function of the thymus - Inside the Thymus
ThymiStem in collaboration with animator Cameron Duguid have created a beautiful, hand drawn animation explaining the function of the thymus, an essential…
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Warum sind Wahlen in einer Demokratie wichtig?
In a democracy, the citizens decide who is allowed to decide. And that works through elections. It is very important that these elections are free and secret.
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Discovery Story - Genome Engineering with CRISPR-Cas9 (Doudna, Jinek, Charpentier)
Jennifer Doudna, Martin Jinek, and Emmanuelle Charpentier describe their collaboration and influential experiment that led to the use of CRISPR as a genome…
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President Biden Delivers Remarks on Efforts to Address Global Transportation Supply Chain Bottleneck
President Biden Delivers Remarks on Efforts to Address Global Transportation Supply Chain Bottleneck
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President Biden Delivers Remarks on a Successful Counterterrorism Operation (Mtw D4dltLQ)
US President Joe Biden speaking about raid on leader of IS Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
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Theo Berthet - Glut Can't Weight (2017)
Glut Can't Weight is an French 2D computer animated short film made by Theo Berthet.
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7 Signs of an Incompatible Relationship
We previously did a video on signs of relationship compatibility. But what about signs that you're not compatible. While compatibility is no guarantee of…
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Das Magnetfeld der Erde
The Earth's magnetic field can be imagined as if there were a huge bar magnet inside the Earth. Because it has two poles, it is called a dipole. So-called…
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President Donald Trump Delivers Address to the Nation, June 21, 2025
U.S President Donald Trump addresses the nation on the United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sites during the Iran–Israel war
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Donald Trump takes the Presidential Oath of Office, January 20th 2025
Donald Trump takes the Presidential oath of office, swearing him in as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, 2025.
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Secretary Kennedy's Statement on Nutrition in Medical Schools
"I’m leading a team at HHS, along with Ed. Sec. McMahon, targeting the woeful lack of nutrition education in medicine. We can reverse the chronic disease…
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WP25 Anthem video (Bangla)
Wikipedia was once an impossible dream. Today, it represents 25 years of humanity at its best. This promotional and thematic video was produced by the…
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NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers is the pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission (jsc2025m000017 Meet NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers Crew10 Pilot-1080p)
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers is the pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission. This will be the first spaceflight for Ayers, who became a NASA astronaut in 2021.…
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NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy- We’re Going Back to the Moon – and Staying (NHQ 2025 0908 NASA Acting Administrator Sean DuffyAmerica Will Win the Second Space Race)
NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy speaks on America’s mission to lead in space travel: “We’re going back to the Moon. And this time, when we plant our…
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What's Up- October 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA (JPL-20250930-WHATSUf-0001-Whats Up October 2025cc)
What are some skywatching highlights in October 2025? A supermoon takes over the sky, the Draconid meteor shower peeks through, and the Orionid meteor shower…
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Artemis Success and Preparation - Short Version (5 Minutes) (KSC-20250128-MH-NAS02-0001-Artemis Success and Preparation Short Versions-M11615)
At 1:47 a.m. EST (6:47 UTC) on Nov. 16, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft launched atop the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from historic Launch Pad 39B at…
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TRACERS Launch Coverage (KSC-20250723-VP-SPX01-0001-M15467)
TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) Edited Launch Coverage
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WSTF NASA Fire Department's mini documentary about the memorial they did for their fallen brothers during 911 (NASA FD In Memory largeform)
WSTF NASA Fire Department's mini documentary about the memorial they did for their fallen brothers during 911
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Meet Lucy as she prepares for the first ever journey to the Trojan asteroids, a population of primitive small bodies orbiting in tandem with Jupiter (Lucy EP3 Trojan Asteroids)
Meet Lucy as she prepares for the first ever journey to the Trojan asteroids, a population of primitive small bodies orbiting in tandem with Jupiter.
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Artemis III Liquid Oxygen Tank Moves to Vertical Assembly Building at Michoud (MAF 20250709 CS3 LOX CellN to BLDG110)
Teams move a liquid oxygen tank – designated for the core stage of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for its Artemis III mission – from the thermal…
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NASA G-III Captures Heat Shield Data for Artemis II Mission (AFRC-2026-14584-01)
A NASA Gulfstream G-III aircraft is preparing for flight on Friday, March 27, 2026, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The…
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Artemis II Live Launch Coverage - Ponce Tracker (NIR) - SCIFLI (KSC-20260401-MH-SFL01-0001-M19183)
NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft carrying Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist…
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NASA Minute April 17, 2026
Artemis II is safely home, the X‑59 ramps up flight testing, Cygnus docks with the Space Station, and SPHEREx uncovers mysteries of the universe. Here’s what…
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Poradnik dodawania przypisów na Wikipedii
Poradnik dodawania przypisów na polskojęzycznej Wikipedii w edytorze kodu źródłowego
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"Cosmic Sea Slug" Appears in Hubble’s 36th Birthday Image (SVS15002)
NASA is celebrating Hubble’s 36th birthday with this stunning new image of a shimmering region of star formation: a close-up of the Trifid Nebula about 5,000…
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Gila Gordon recounts Berlin Airlift experience – extended version (917260)
Gila Gordon, time witness of the Berlin Airlift, speaks about her experience as a teenager during the Berlin Airlift in 1948, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, DE,…
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OpenSpeaks-sci-Sri Lanka Malay-Sejahan Buckman-SP-Roots and Language of Sri Lankan Malays
In this video, Sejahan Buckman, a speaker of the Sri Lankan Malay language from Colombo, Sri Lanka, discusses the origin of his community and their migration…