The world's archives

2,641–2,688 of 128,642 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 Free Software Foundation Europe - Public Money, Public Code (de) 2017 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Why is software that is programmed with taxpayers’ money not released as Free Software? We want legislation requiring that publicly financed software… Commons Wikidata Editing with OpenRefine - Part 3 2018 · Short · 5 min · Subtitles Tutorial: Wikidata Editing with OpenRefine, Part 3 This tutorial series walks you through the entire process of importing a dataset into Wikidata with… Commons Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 2018 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Wiki Loves Monuments ist der größte Fotowettbewerb der Welt. Er wird organisiert von der Wikimedia-Bewegung, einem globalen Netzwerk gemeinnütziger… Commons Exclusivo- Dakota Access ataca con perros y gas pimienta a indígenas 2016 · Short · 7 min · Subtitles Vea el reportaje completo en nuestra página web: https://www.democracynow.org/es/2016/9/6/full_exclusive_report_dakota_access_pipeline Guardias de seguridad… Commons Ukrainian Wikipedia 15th birthday - Greetings from Katherine 2019 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Katherine Maher, CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation, congratulates Ukrainian Wikipedia on its 15th birthday. Commons Почему России не нужны новые электростанции 2018 · Short · 7 min · Subtitles Милов В. С. О переизбытке энергетических мощностей в России и роли Росатома. 2018. Нужны ли России новые атомные электростанции? Как это ни удивительно, в… Commons 2019-12-07 inaug-mois-giv-Belfort 2019 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Inauguration of "Le mois givré" (Frosty Month), an annual end-of-the-year event in Belfort (France) featuring ice skating, Christmas market and concerts… Commons Savitrichya Online Leki (Savitri's Online Daughters) 2020 · Short · 5 min · Subtitles Savitrichya Online Leki (Savitri's Online Daughters), a film on Wikimedia activities at Vigyan Ashram, Pabal facilitated by Centre for Internet and Society's… Commons Lalibela - Monolithische Felsenkirchen (CC BY-SA 4.0) 2020 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles The eighth wonder of the world was called the churches of Lalibela, which were built in the 12th and 13th centuries. Pilgrims from all over the country come… Commons Speere - älteste Waffen der Menschen (CC BY 4.0) 2020 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles 300.000 Jahre alt sind die wohl ältesten Waffen der Menschheit. 1994 wurden im niedersächsischen Schöningen hölzerne Wurfspeere gefunden. Ihre Entdeckung hat… Commons Drei wichtige Hormone für den Stoffwechsel Terra X 2020 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Hunger and body weight are affected by these three important hormones: leptin, insulin and ghrelin. Together they significantly regulate our metabolism. Commons So funktionieren Geysire (CC BY 4.0) redub EO 2020 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Geysire sind ein Wunderwerk der Natur. Island ist berühmt für seine heiße Quellen. Warum plätschern viele heiße Quellen einfach vor sich hin und andere lassen… Commons Folgen der Erderwärmung 2020 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Humans have also been a driving force behind climate change for around 200 years - they use fossil fuels to fuel global warming processes. The increased… Commons Greenland's Extreme Melt, 1 Year Later FSEQfgYBzKk 2020 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Last spring, NASA’s Operation IceBridge flew over one of Greenland’s earliest melt seasons on record. This year, the melt is progressing more typically,… Commons FREYA-The-power-of-PIDs-V05-1 2020 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles An introduction to persistent identifiers as part of a FAIR data landscape, by the European Union-sponsored project FREYA. Commons Warum gibt es keine Coronaimpfung für Kinder? 2021 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles It has hardly been tested whether children can tolerate the corona vaccine at all. The tests are not entirely safe, as side effects can occur. That is why you… Commons Was ist die Wallace-Linie? 2021 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles In the island world of Southeast Asia, the animal worlds seem strangely separated. How did that happen? In the 19th century, the naturalist Alfred Russel… Commons WMF Board elections 2021 - Lorenzo Losa - statement 2021 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Candidacy statement of Lorenzo Losa for the 2021 elections for the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation Commons Schwarze Katzen und Aberglaube 2021 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Black cats were condemned as companions of Satan and allies of witches at the time of the witch hunts. Even today they are still occasionally seen as a bad… Commons Wikimania 2021 Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions Introduction 2021 · Talk · 12 min · Subtitles Initial presentation for Wikimania 2021 about m:Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions Commons Infraschall - Wie Elefanten kommunizieren 2021 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Elephants live in a close community in which communication plays an important role. The animals often communicate in very low tones. The so-called infrasound… Commons Twin of NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Now on the Move 2020 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles While NASA's Mars rover Perseverance travels through space toward the Red Planet, its nearly identical rover twin is hard at work on Earth. The vehicle system… Commons Was bedeutet Nachhaltigkeit? 2021 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles We act sustainably when we think about the future in everything we do. That means handling valuable raw materials carefully and reusing things. Commons Was ist Geoengineering? 2021 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Geo comes from the Greek and means earth. The English word engineering means something like technology. Geoengineering is understood to mean various ideas on… Commons How can we keep robots under control 2020 · Talk · 15 min · Subtitles In a science fiction scenario, robots turn against humans to dominate the world. But robots cannot make emotional and conscious decisions. However, they can… Commons How can I eat my way to a better world 2021 · Talk · 11 min · Subtitles Do you check for sustainability labels in the supermarket? Ever wondered if that helps? Prof. dr. Simon Bush (Wageningen University & Research) explains how… Commons Die Flucht der Juden vor den Nationalsozialisten 2022 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Many Jews hope for an end to the reign of terror – others flee. By 1941 around 350,000 Jews had left Germany. But emigrating is difficult because many states… Commons Indígenas e quilombolas brasileiros contam sua história - Quilombo Praia Grande - parte 11 2022 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Documentário "Indígenas e quilombolas brasileiros contam sua história" Depoimento de Deolinda Gonçalves da Rosa de Matos no Quilombo Praia Grande FILMAGEM:… Commons Indígenas e quilombolas brasileiros contam sua história - Quilombo Praia Grande - parte 07 2022 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Documentário "Indígenas e quilombolas brasileiros contam sua história" Apresentação de Etelvina Moura de Almeida no Quilombo Praia Grande FILMAGEM: Daniel… Commons Wie funktioniert induktives Laden? 2022 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Electricity from the socket creates a magnetic field. This in turn induces electricity. The result: the battery (e.g. in a smartphone) can be charged via this… Commons Welche Bedeutung hat die Osterkerze? 2022 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles During the Easter Vigil, Christians light the Easter candle on the Easter fire. With this light in the darkness they remind us what the biblical texts… Commons Beispielvideo einfache Kartographerkarten mit dem VisualEditor erstellen 2022 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Example video showing how to create a simple Kartographer map with a marker, using the VisualEditor. Video: Elisha Cohen (WMDE), Audio: Johanna Strodt (WMDE) Commons Kernfusion in der Sonne 2023 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles A constant fire burns in the sun, caused by nuclear fusion: In this process, light atomic nuclei fuse to form heavier chemical elements. This process releases… Commons DOD 109127366 - Retro Vending Machine 2022 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles For lovers of food and all things vintage, there is a place near Camp Zama that offers more than 100 retro vending machines stocked with food, drinks, ice… Commons Statement Of Special Counsel Jack Smith 2023 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith regarding the indictment of Donald J. Trump and Waltine Nauta Commons ICANN History Project - Interview with Patricio Poblete, ccNSO Councillor, 2004-2018 (305E) 2020 · Interview · 12 min · Subtitles Patricio Poblete, ccNSO Councillor (2004-2018), discusses ICANN's global expansion. Commons WikiCon 2023 - Wikiprojekt Hochschullehre im Dialog 2023 · Feature · 43 min · Subtitles WikiCon 2023 - Wikiprojekt Hochschullehre im Dialog. Das WikiProjekt Hochschullehre hat zum Ziel, die Qualität bereits existierender Wikipedia-Artikel zu… Commons WikiCon 2023 - Wiki Loves Immaterielles Kulturerbe 2023 · Feature · 45 min · Subtitles WikiCon 2023 - Wiki Loves Immaterielles Kulturerbe: Eine Stärke der de.wikipedia ist, dass viele Artikel zum Immateriellen Kulturerbe im Allgemeinen und auch… Commons WikiCon 2023 - Einführung - Was sind eigentlich die Technischen Wünsche 2023 · Feature · 45 min · Subtitles WikiCon 2023 - Einführung: Was sind eigentlich die Technischen Wünsche? Bist du manchmal frustriert über die technischen Hürden, wenn du Wikipedia & Co… Commons WikiCon 2023 - Wikipedia-Relevanz verstehen 2023 · Feature · 45 min · Subtitles WikiCon 2023 - Wikipedia-Relevanz verstehen: Wer bei Wikipedia neu zu schreiben anfängt, ist immer wieder mit der Frage nach der Relevanz konfrontiert. Daher… Commons Five mysteries of the Universe – open questions of cosmology and astrophysics explained (multiverse, dark matter & dark energy, white holes, time) 2022 · Short · 6 min · Subtitles Our Universe is full of mystery. There is so much still to learn. Cosmologist Carlos Frenk explores five of the biggest mysteries from white holes to dark… Commons About Archives New Zealand 2011 · Documentary · 7 min · Subtitles Short film about Archives New Zealand, its collections and how the Governments Archives are being used by researchers and the public. Commons Do Gravitons Really Exist - Finding the Particles of Gravity 2020 · Short · 6 min · Subtitles Video Author's: Milan Sivakumar, B.S in Biomedical Engineering UT Austin'23 3:20- that should say planck In this video examine how we can potentially… Commons Wikidata Workshop - Practical part, UM professors - Maastricht University - 15 October 2024 2024 · Feature · 51 min · Subtitles This video explains the basics of Wikidata (What it is, and how it works, both technically and socially) and shows why Wikidata is relevant for research,… Commons OpenSpeaks-Kgg-Gejmehac Gipan-Gyani Maiya Sen Kusunda-Nomadic Life 2025 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles In this conversation with Uday Raj Aaley, the late Gyani Maiya Sen-Kusunda (1937–2020), a community elder from Kulmor, Dang district, Nepal, shares the… Commons OpenSpeaks-Kgg-Gejmehac Gipan-Gyani Maiya Sen Kusunda-Uday Raj Aaley-Kusunda language endangerment 2025 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles In this conversation with Uday Raj Aaley, the late Gyani Maiya Sen-Kusunda (1937–2020), a Kusunda community elder from Dang, Nepal, discusses the endangerment… Commons Lula faz pronunciamento oficial à nação sobre taxação de produtos brasileiros 2025 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Follow President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's official statement to the nation in reaction to the 50% tax on Brazilian products announced by the President of… Commons CommonsDB introduction 2025 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles An introductory video to CommonsDB, with an overview explanation of what it is and the potential for the Wikimedia community.