Technology in the world's archives

3,553–3,600 of 4,351 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 Skulls, Scalps and Seminoles: Science and Violence in Florida, 1800-1842 2011 · Talk Exploration of the history of science in Florida during the decades before and after the beginning of U.S. governance in 1821. The lecture emphasizes the… Library of Congress From Divine Art to Printing Machine and Beyond 2011 · Talk Elizabeth L. Eisenstein offers an authoritative and highly readable account of five centuries of ambivalent attitudes toward printing and printers in her new… Library of Congress Web Archiving at the British Library 2011 · Talk Helen Hockx-Yu discussed the key processes of web archiving and provided an overview of the British Library's web archiving activities. She discussed how the… Library of Congress Big Ice Sheets Doing Big Things: Why It's a Big Deal 2011 · Talk This loss of ice in areas of the World such as Antarctica and Greenland is causing an increasing rate of sea-level rise, making it critically important to… Library of Congress Electronic Resources Online Catalog 2011 · Talk The Library's Electronic Resources Online Catalog has been accessible both on- and off-site since September 30, 2010. Learn more about this valuable research… Library of Congress Mapping the Moon with WALL·E 2011 · Talk NASA found the perfect partner in education in 2007 when the robot WALL·E, the title character in a computer-animated film from Pixar Studios, became a part… Library of Congress Preservation Roadmaps: Transitioning to a Digital Future 2011 · Talk This symposium brought together senior managers from the National Archives, Smithsonian Institution, National Park Service, the Library of Congress, the… Library of Congress Expedition to the Equator: A Scientific Adventure Story 2011 · Talk Ricardo V. Luna holds a conversation with Larrie D. Ferreiro, whose latest book describes an 18th-century scientific expedition to the equator to determine… Library of Congress Malaria & War: The U.S. Antimalarial Program in World War II 2011 · Talk Leo B. Slater discussed "Malaria & War: The U.S. Antimalarial Program in World War II". Library of Congress Conservation Education: Commemorating Library Conservation Education Programs 2011 · Talk In 1992, when Columbia's School of Library Service closed, the conservation and preservation program moved to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin).… Library of Congress Gateway to Knowledge Travelling Exhibition 2011 · Talk A specially-designed 18-wheel truck brought treasures and information from the Library of Congress into cities and towns across America. Beginning in… Library of Congress Library Conservation & Scholarly Communication 2011 · Talk This presentation characterizes the changes in scholarly communication and discusses the challenges and opportunities for creating a more robust environment… Library of Congress Gamma-Ray Bursts and the Birth of Black Holes 2011 · Talk Dr. Neil Gehrels discusses "Gamma-Ray Bursts and the Birth of Black Holes" as part of the Library's series in conjunction with NASA. Library of Congress Letter of Alfred North Whitehead 2011 · Talk A rare, six-page letter written by Alfred North Whitehead, one of the major philosophers and mathematicians of the 20th century, was the subject of a half-day… Library of Congress Divine Art, Infernal Machine: The Reception of Printing in the West 2011 · Talk Elizabeth Eisenstein discusses five centuries of ambivalent attitudes toward printing and printers, based on her new book, "Divine Art, Infernal Machine: The… Library of Congress Assessing Options for Large Collections I (morning) 2011 · Talk (Morning Session) This symposium reviewed current best-practice preservation options of mass deacidification and environmental control for preserving… Library of Congress Assessing Options for Large Collections II (afternoon) 2011 · Talk (Afternoon Session) This symposium reviewed current best-practice preservation options of mass deacidification and environmental control for preserving… Library of Congress The Many Colors of the Sun 2011 · Talk W. Dean Pesnell of the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory presents an illustrated lecture on new observations and views of solar phenomena. Library of Congress Shaping Physics in the Three Nations 2011 · Talk Kluge Fellow Josep Simon spoke on the role of pedagogy and the importance of international scientific communication in the making of modern science,… Library of Congress Health Risks of Atomic Bomb Exposure 2011 · Talk Human geneticist William Jack Schull outlines the health effects of exposure to atomic bomb radiation. Library of Congress The Marriage of Preservation & Access 2011 · Talk The close alliance between preservation of cultural heritage collections and the provision of access to them will be explored, with particular reference to… Library of Congress ISSN: Super Number for the Digital Environment 2011 · Talk Learn about the work of the U.S. ISSN Center and the various ways the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) contributes to identification, access, and… Library of Congress Inside Compassion: Edge States, Contemplative Interventions, Neuroscience 2011 · Talk Joan Halifax talks about empathy and compassion on the part of caregivers who are tending to the ill and dying. A follow-up was given by George Chrousos, who… Library of Congress Chicago Victory Gardens: Yesterday and Tomorrow 2011 · Talk During World War II, Chicago led the nation in urban food production with its Victory Gardens program of 1,500 community gardens and more than 250,000 home… Library of Congress Emile Berliner & the Birth of the Recording Industry 2011 · Talk Emile Berliner (1851-1929) was a German-born immigrant whose inventions contributed to the birth of the recording industry. A largely self-educated man,… Library of Congress Predicting Disease Outbreaks from Space 2011 · Talk NASA scientist Assaf Anyamba, an expert on using earth science satellite data to see links among weather, disease and famine, discusses predicting disease… Library of Congress Re-Imagining the U.S. Civil War: Reconnaissance, Surveying and Cartography (afternoon session) 2011 · Talk Cartographers during the U.S. Civil War invented new techniques and mapped the country--both Union and Confederate territories--more accurately than ever… Library of Congress Help! Preservation Training Needs Here, There & Everywhere 2011 · Talk From historically black colleges and universities in the U.S. to cultural institutions in the Middle East, initiatives associated with the care and… Library of Congress The Album in the Age of Photography 2011 · Talk As photography became an increasingly accessible medium in the 20th century, the popularity of the photographic album exploded, yielding a wonderful range of… Library of Congress Machu Picchu: A Centennial Celebration 2011 · Talk This conference on Machu Picchu celebrates the centennial of its exposure to the outside world. Built in the mid-15th century at the height of the Inca… Library of Congress Food Thrift: Scraps from the Past 2011 · Talk Constance Carter describes the resourceful ways American housewives found to feed their families during hard times of the past. Library of Congress Moving Images: Digitizing to the Future 2011 · Talk This workshop covers the key concepts and technologies pertaining to moving image preservation and digitization in libraries, archives, and museums, including… Library of Congress Kevin Kosar on Whiskey: A Global History 2011 · Talk "Whiskey: A Global History" (University of Chicago Press, 2010) is an informative, concise narrative of the drink's history, from its obscure medieval origins… Library of Congress Douglas Waller: 2011 National Book Festival 2011 · Talk Journalist and author Douglas Waller appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Library of Congress The Googlization of Everything -- and Why We Should Worry 2011 · Talk Siva Vaidhyanathan questions assumptions in a new book, examining Google's methods of capturing, storing, and filtering information as well as raising flags… Library of Congress NASA's Desert RATS: Desert Research & Technology Studies 2012 · Talk The Black Point Lava Flow in northern Arizona offers a research haven for NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies (RATS) team of scientists and… Library of Congress Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute & the Transportation Revolution 2012 · Talk Drawing heavily on the rich aeronautical archives of the Library of Congress, including personal correspondence, "Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and… Library of Congress Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Art Conservation Department at Buffalo State College 2012 · Talk In 1960, Sheldon and Caroline Keck, pioneers in the field of art conservation, established the first U.S. conservation training program at New York… Library of Congress RDA Templates 2012 · Talk Cataloging educator Deborah Fritz and library software developer Richard Fritz founded "The MARC of Quality" in 1992 to provide training, software, and… Library of Congress Legends on Martin Waldseemüller's Carta Marina of 1516 2012 · Talk Martin Waldseemüller's Carta marina of 1516 has always remained in the shadow of his 1507 map--less famous and less studied. In fact the Carta marina is in… Library of Congress Beyond Hubble: A New Era of Astronomy with the James Webb Space Telescope 2012 · Talk NASA's Amber Straughn, whose broad interests include galaxy formation and evolution, will discuss a new space-bsed telescope with improved technologies. Library of Congress The Profound Impact of Stress: Human Biology & Social Implications for the Individual and Society (1) 2012 · Talk First of two days on the role of stress role in the health of the individual, as well as of society as a whole. Topics included "The Stress System and the… Library of Congress The Profound Impact of Stress: Human Biology & Social Implications for the Individual and Society (2) 2012 · Talk Second of two days on the role of stress role in the health of the individual, as well as of society as a whole. Topics included "Stress and Society" and… Library of Congress Bibliographic Framework Initiative 2012 · Talk The presenters give an update on the status of the Library of Congress initiative to review the current bibliographic framework to accommodate future needs in… Library of Congress American Anthrax 2012 · Talk Jeanne Guillemin discusses her new book, a definitive account of the five-year investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks. Library of Congress Magnificent Distance: Hawk & Dove 2012 · Talk In 2010 a Cooper's Hawk took up residency in the Main Reading Room at the Library of Congress, and for a few days the airwaves were full of witty references… Library of Congress Linked Data at the National Library of Sweden 2012 · Talk Martin Malmsten is a developer/architect/technical lead at the National Library of Sweden. He works with many aspects of LIBRIS[1], the Swedish union catalog.… Library of Congress Cooperation in Black & White: Innovative Alliances in the Retail Grocery Trade 2012 · Talk Beginning in the 1890s through the 1930s, independent grocers (white and black) formed a variety of innovative alliances--cartels, buying syndicates, and…