Technology in the world's archives

3,457–3,504 of 4,359 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. Nothing is left out for being sexual: sexual content and nudity are for adults, placed by what the archive files a film as, never by a word of its title alone (The Naked City is a police film). A film filed as pornography is listed for adults without its picture and plays nowhere yet, as the law where it would play asks for a proof of age this site does not have. A sexual depiction of a child, drawn ones too, is listed nowhere.

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 content, pornography, nudity and nudism, striptease, sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, beheadings, atrocity footage.
Library of Congress Discovery! The Search for Arabian Oil 2007 · Talk The world was forever changed when American geologists and engineers in the 1930s and 1940s discovered oil in Saudi Arabia and developed the Middle Eastern… Library of Congress Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Book Fest 07 2007 · Talk Sanjay Gupta in a presentation at the 2007 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Library of Congress Capturing Recorded Sound Through Imaging: The IRENE Project and Future Prospects 2007 · Talk Over the past four years the Library has been collaborating with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the development of new imaging methods to… Library of Congress Gardening for Ozone Air Quality 2008 · Talk Air quality continues to be a public-health concern. Some of the nation's worst ozone pollution occurs in suburbs and even in parks that are downwind from… Library of Congress CAMEO: A Free Internet Reference on Materials Used in the Production and Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works 2008 · Talk What is Coade Stone? When was Bakelite invented? What is the chemical structure of indigo? Is it safe to use mineral spirits? The answers to all of these… Library of Congress The Real Thing: Using Collections for Collaborative Conservation 2008 · Talk The British Library is one of the top libraries in the world with responsibilities for a large number of books, approximately 625 kilometers (400 miles) of… Library of Congress Recent Research on Daguerreotypes at George Eastman House 2008 · Talk The 2005 George Eastman House exhibition, "Young America, the Daguerreotypes of Southworth and Hawes," launched a research collaboration among Eastman House… Library of Congress Consuming Landscapes: Parkways in Germany and the United States, 1920-1970 2008 · Talk One of the earliest environmental repercussions of the 20th century's car culture were new roads celebrating landscape. In a seemingly paradoxical fashion, a… Library of Congress Opening the Photo Vaults: A Web 2.0 Pilot Project to Enhance Discovery and Gather Input for the Library's Photograph Collections 2008 · Talk Library of Congress staff from the Prints and Photographs Division, Office of Strategic Initiatives, and Information Technology Services -- along with George… Library of Congress Alan Leshner Discusses New Science of Addiction and What It Means to Society 2008 · Talk Advances in science in recent decades have revolutionized the understanding of the nature of drug abuse and addiction and what society needs to do about them.… Library of Congress The Anthropology of Digital Natives 2008 · Talk Young people today born into a digital world are experiencing a far different environment of information-gathering and access to knowledge than a generation… Library of Congress Preserving State Government Digital Information 2008 · Talk Robert Horton, director of Library, Publication and Collections at the Minnesota Historical Society, discussed "A Model Technological and Social Architecture… Library of Congress Avoiding the Fate of the Mayans 2008 · Talk The Maya civilization, at its peak, was one of the most densely populated and culturally dynamic societies in the world. But after flourishing for a thousand… Library of Congress Resource Description and Access: Background / Overview 2008 · Talk RDA (Resource Description and Access), the next generation cataloging code designed for the digital environment, is under development. This presentation… Library of Congress MIC: Moving Image Collections 2008 · Talk MIC (Moving Image Collections) is a management, preservation, and educational tool incorporating a consortial database, directories, a METS/MODS… Library of Congress Digital Natives Series: Everything Bad is Good for You 2008 · Talk For today's "digital natives," information is ubiquitous, instant and permanently available. They are connected, interconnected and multitasking. Is this… Library of Congress Cataloging Principles and RDA: Resource Description and Access 2008 · Talk The second in a series on RDA: Resource Description and Access, the next generation cataloging code designed for the digital environment. This presentation… Library of Congress Web 2.0 Mashups: Making the Web Your Own 2008 · Talk The Web contains thousands of mashups that recombine everything -- including Google Maps, Flickr, Amazon.com, NASA, the New York Times, and Wikipedia -- with… Library of Congress Digital Natives Series: Open Source Reality 2008 · Talk Today's constantly evolving interactive technologies are having a profound impact on our culture, and the analog generation needs to look to its children to… Library of Congress Model City: Buildings and Projects by Paul Rudolph for Yale and New Haven 2008 · Talk In this lecture, Timothy M. Rohan from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, discusses the exhibition he curated, "Model City: Buildings and Projects by… Library of Congress The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature 2008 · Talk Daniel Levitin gives a talk titled "The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature." Director of McGill University's Laboratory for… Library of Congress The Music of Language and the Language of Music 2008 · Talk In our everyday lives, language and instrumental music are obviously different things. Neuroscientist and musician Ani Patel is the author of a recent,… Library of Congress Recent Trends in Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage 2008 · Talk The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage dates back to only 2003. Yet it is already having a major impact, globally and… Library of Congress Earth's Water Cycle in a Changing Climate 2008 · Talk Water is always in motion, changing from liquid to water vapor to ice - on, under and over the surface of the Earth. A leading NASA scientist explained how… Library of Congress Homo-Musicus: How Music Began 2008 · Talk Ellen Dissayanake discusses "Homo Musicus: How Music Began." The universally observed interaction between mothers and infants, commonly and even dismissively… Library of Congress 2008 Visitor Orientation Film 2008 · Talk The Library of Congress is a treasure house of American creativity. Curators and experts from the Library staff describe the breadth and depth of the… Library of Congress A Discussion with Philip Trager, Architectural Photographer 2009 · Talk Architecture and dance photographer Philip Trager, whose work is now on display at the National Building Museum exhibition "Form and Movement," discusses his… Library of Congress Hubble: A New Beginning 2009 · Talk Dave Leckrone, just-retired senior project scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope Program speaks about Hubble's final mission. This lecture, the fifth in a… Library of Congress Wednesday is Indigo Blue: How Synesthesia Speaks to Creativity 2009 · Talk Neurologist Richard Cytowic rediscovered the involuntary joining of different senses in 1980 and returned it to the scientific mainstream. In his recent book,… Library of Congress A Conversation with Film Producer Louis Stroller 2009 · Talk Film producer Louis Stroller talks about film, the industry and current projects involving travel to Africa and Israel. Library of Congress Digital Accessibility for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals 2009 · Talk A discussion of the philosophy, research, planning, and development of the next generation of Library-Services-provided free talking books. Library of Congress Memento: Time Travel for the Web 2009 · Talk This National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) briefing features the project Memento, presented by Herbert Van de Sompel… Library of Congress On Thin Ice: Changing Ice Cover on Polar Oceans 2009 · Talk NASA scientist Thorsten Markus shares his expertise on polar ice in a lecture at the Library of Congress. In his lecture, Markus summarizes recent… Library of Congress Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging Techniques for Conservation Science: Innovative Non-invasive Observation Methods 2009 · Talk Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy and imaging technologies have been actively developed in recent decades. THz waves (0.1-10 THz) are non-invasive, can penetrate… Library of Congress Slow Medicine for Elders 2009 · Talk This program is co-sponsored with the Human Resources Division and the Guild Caregivers Group. Dr. Dennis McCullough (MD) speaks about his book, "My Mother,… Library of Congress From Decayed Parchment to 'Bit Rot' -- Challenges in Digitizing Archimedes 2009 · Talk The Archimedes Palimpsest, written in Constantinople in the 10th century, contains seven of the Greek mathematician's treatises. It is the only surviving copy… Library of Congress Charles Darwin, Geologist 2009 · Talk The Science, Technology and Business Division of the Library of Congress celebrated the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth with a lecture by Sandra… Library of Congress Haptic Virtual Reality Simulation Training for Conservation 2009 · Talk Haptic interaction devices provide computer users with the physical sensation of touch. Typically, these devices simulate the force-feedback aspect of haptic… Library of Congress Farming, Food Security and Climate Change 2009 · Talk Molly E. Brown, a research scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has been involved for the past 10 years with the U.S. Agency… Library of Congress FRBR: Things You Should Know, But Were Afraid to Ask 2009 · Talk This presentation for non-catalogers is intended to present basic concepts and benefits of using the FRBR conceptual model (Functional Requirements for… Library of Congress Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet 2009 · Talk To honor women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement, the National Women's History Project has chosen "Women Taking the Lead to… Library of Congress Women in Science and Engineering 2009 · Talk To honor women who have taken the lead in the environmental or "green" movement, the National Women's History Project chose "Women Taking the Lead to Save Our… Library of Congress The Art of the Steal: Recognizing Forgeries 2009 · Talk Frank Abagnale is one of the world's best known authorities on forgery, embezzlement, and secure documents. His rare blend of knowledge and expertise began… Library of Congress Describing the World: Data Model Patterns 2009 · Talk When an organization is planning to develop or revise the automation of information processing, a typical first step is to analyze the underlying structure of… Library of Congress The Mind of an Artist 2009 · Talk Michael Kubovy and Judith Shatin, both from the University of Virginia, discuss "The Mind of the Artist." Debate has long raged about whether and how music… Library of Congress Crusader and Ottoman Fortress at Acre 2009 · Talk Shelley-Anne Peleg, director of the International Conservation Center of the Israel Antiquities Authority, discussed the center's ongoing archaeological… Library of Congress Our Sun - Its Influence on Climate and Life 2009 · Talk Edward Guinan, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Villanova University, is a scientist on NASA-sponsored research programs that explore the behavior… Library of Congress Mourning, Celebrating, Revisiting: Alexander von Humboldt in the United States, 1859-2009 2009 · Talk Alexander von Humboldt achieved cultural hero status in the United States in the second half of the 19th century. His travels, experiments and knowledge…