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1–48 of 210 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. |
Internet Archive
Single swimming
Events occur in 1980th years during cold war. On border of Silent and Indian oceans there is desert island from which territory investigation of the Navy of…
Internet Archive
"Swimming Pool, Palm Beach" (1905) cinematographer Billy Bitzer
This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie…
Internet Archive
Growth: A Study of Johnny and Jimmy: Part 2, Swimming
Growth study of twins. 19:46:35:28 Baby held in harness in water. Slowly begins kicking in the water but apparently struggling. 19:47:33:17 Baby released into…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Lenawee County, Michigan: Highway, Swimming, Baseball, Kite Flying]
highway driving POVs (great) seq climbing up Original Irish Hills Tower and looking down, also showing Gray Tower, Kelly Knoll looking thru telescope from…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Lenawee County, Michigan: Highway, Swimming, Baseball, Kite Flying]
highway driving POVs (great) seq climbing up Original Irish Hills Tower and looking down, also showing Gray Tower, Kelly Knoll looking thru telescope from…
Internet Archive
Swimming with whales
Canadian scientists aboard the schooner John Muir study the whales around Vancouver Island. These marine biologists observe and document the whales life…
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098768: An Ohio family mid-1960s, 2 minutes of a Hawai'i vacation, mostly swimming pool, some beach]
An Ohio family in the mid-1960s, a two-minute reel showing two young boys playing in a swimming pool in Hawai'i, with parents, and some beach scenes.
Internet Archive
The Swimming Pool (Ozzie & Harriet)
Aired 11 June 1954 (Season 2, Episode 39). [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265…
Internet Archive
The Swimming Pool
Made in Italy An animated film presenting a man who anticipates enjoying his new swimming pool, only to be thwarted at every turn
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97304: Swimming Pool, Cookout, Children
To come.
Internet Archive
"SWIMMING AND DIVING ACES" 1940 WATER SPORTS FILM OLYMPIC DIVING & SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING 43764b
“Swimming and Diving Aces” is a black-and-white documentary short made by Castle Films as part of "The Sport Parade" series. The film takes a look at the…
Internet Archive
" STORY OF CIVILIZATION: THE OCEANS " SWIMMING, FISHING, PANAMA CANAL, ATLANTIC CABLE XD38664
Produced by M. Minter Culver in 1940-41, the "Story of Civilization" was a series of educational films intended to tell the story of mankind through the use…
Internet Archive
" THE DEEP END " 1930s FEMALE SWIMMING & DIVING STARS HELEN CRLENKOVICH CALIFORNIA 43764a
This film presents a series of female American champion diving and swimming stars in the late 1930’s including Helen Crlenkovich, Marian and Virginia Hopkins,…
Internet Archive
Swimming Pool [Complete Vent MAP]
Wowie!!! It's finally completed! I have been hyped for this MAP to be completed for quite a while now and I'm sure you all have, too!!!! It turned out…
Internet Archive
Diana Nyad: Extreme swimming with the world's most dangerous jellyfish
In the 1970s, Diana Nyad set long-distance swim records that are still unbroken. Thirty years later, at 60, she attempted her longest swim yet, from Cuba to…
Internet Archive
1920s BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ACTIVITIES, MODEL PLANE CONTEST, LAKE & POOL SWIMMING XD31041
This silent black and white 1920’s footage depicts bathers demonstrating a variety of swimming and diving styles, as well as an early Boy Scouts of America…
Internet Archive
1966 VIETNAM WAR HOME MOVIES SAIGON 91st MILITARY POLICE BATTALION PARTY & SWIMMING POOL XD8147
This 8mm home movie was shot during the Vietnam War by Peter Orsino, who worked as a U.S. Army chef in Southeast Asia in 1965-66. He did not see combat, but…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001135: 1960s California life with swimming pool
Home movie: 001135: 1960s California life with swimming pool
Internet Archive
"SWIMMING AND DIVING ACES" 1940 WATER SPORTS FILM OLYMPIC DIVING & SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING 4376
“Swimming and Diving Aces” is a black-and-white documentary short made by Castle Films as part of "The Sport Parade" series. The film takes a look at the…
Internet Archive
“ WOMAN SPEAKS ” 1946 AFRICAN & AMERICAN WOMEN'S HAIR STYLES, JIU JITSU, SWIMMING, BALLET XD3894
This black and white 1946 theatrical short-subject film, directed by H.A. Spanuth and narrated by Virginia Gregg and Ann Tobin, surveys changing…
Internet Archive
1984 Los Angeles Olympics: Solo Synchronized Swimming footage
Among the last competitions in the 1984 summer games, Carolyn Waldo and Tracie Ruiz are your last two competitors looking for Olympic glory. Esther Williams…
Internet Archive
Are You Swimming in a Sewer?
Concerns about public health and ecological damage are leading scientists to take a second look at age-old assumptions about the ocean's ability to dilute…
Internet Archive
1984 Los Angeles Olympics Day 14 Morning Coverage: Synchronized Swimming, Rhythmic Gymnastics
After an interview with wheelclair Olympians Jim Knaub and Jim Martinson, we then head over to solo preliminary competition for solo synchronized swimming at…
Internet Archive
Swimming / Model Airplanes / Boy Scout Activities
Swimming / Model Airplanes / Boy Scout Activities Produced: 1919 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as…
Internet Archive
SWIMMING POOL 🌊 ｜｜ Completed Beginner Friendly OC MAP ｜｜
No description avaliable
Internet Archive
[CONVALESCENT SWIMMING]
[CONVALESCENT SWIMMING] Produced: 1948 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The Detroit Chapter…
Internet Archive
McGuffey Celebration / Ford Employees Recreation Activities: Swimming
McGuffey Celebration / Ford Employees Recreation Activities: Swimming Produced: 1934 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor…
Internet Archive
Nickelodeon January 26th, 2003. Very partial Hey arnold Synchronized swimming episode with Nick Football screenbug. Recorded on vhs.
Tape contains about 3 1/2 minutes of the hey arnold episode "Synchronized Swimming" from a hey arnold sports themed marathon for the superbowl. It has a never…
Internet Archive
World Short Course Swimming Championships - Day 2 (04/04/2002) (broadcast 05/04/2002)
Channel Nine's "Wide World of Sports", from the 5th of April, 2002, covering day 2 of the 6th FINA Short Course World Championships in Moscow (most like from…
Internet Archive
Kids Swimming
Kids Swimming
Internet Archive
Beta #81: Japanese swimming show
unknown, probably 1978-9 based on commercials - unknown - 新春木ルスタ水イ大運動会 New Years Water Sports Festival commercials partially cut サワデー Sawaday air freshener…
Internet Archive
NQTV Ident - Swimming, Sailing, Snorkling (TNQ-7, 9/10/88)
Originally uploaded by FLEMISHDOG on August 25, 2014 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l64bSLkfzBI.
Internet Archive
[Home Movie: Dalles Schneider Collection, October-December 1982, Halloween, Swimming]
Synopsis A 1982 home movie by Dalles Schneider from October to December of 1982 surrounding the daily life of the Schneider family, particularly the Schneider…
Internet Archive
[Home Movie: Dalles Schneider Collection, January-February 1982, Playing in the Snow, Austin Swimming, Kari Playing]
Synopsis A 1982 home movie by Dalles Schneider taking place from January to February of 1982 documenting his family's daily lives. The movie begins with the…
Internet Archive
Nightline, Telstra Australian Open Swimming Championships (Incomplete, GTV-9, 26/04/96)
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Internet Archive
Topsy And Tim Swimming And Other Stories (1992 UK VHS)
This is the Full VHS Tape of Topsy and Tim Swimming and Other Stories as it was Released in 1992! Enjoy!
Internet Archive
CBC Swimming/The Olympians Documentary 2000
Overflow programming after the Closing Ceremony for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games
NASA
NASA Tests Swimming Robots for Exploring Oceans on Icy Moons
A futuristic NASA mission concept envisions a swarm of dozens of self-propelled, cellphone-size robots exploring the oceans beneath the icy shells of moons…
NASA
jsc2019m001211_Down_to_Earth_Swimming in the Universe-MP4
In anticipation of the space station 20th anniversary, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum shares how he experienced the universe differently during his time in…
Internet Archive
Breaking News: Swimming To Miami (1999)
This episode focused on the news department at WTVJ in Miami, FL. Most commercials were edited. Special thanks to J.H. Posted for educational and historical…
Commons
Killer whales swimming in the wild
Killer whales (Orcinus orca) swimming in the wild in New Zealand. Additional footage by Steve Hathaway. orcaresearchtrust.org In this video, the audio has…
Commons
Gastrotrich swimming DSC 6859
Swimming of a gastrotrich, a microscopic invertebrate animal. Date: 15 Apr 2013 Location: Water in concrete planter “pond” in Botany garden, National…
Commons
Bangkok Skyscraper swimming pool during Myanmar earthquake
CCTV footage of the earthquake in Myanmar from a skyscraper swimming pool. This skyscraper is in Bangkok, Thailand
Commons
Plesiosaur swimming animation
Efficient swimming motions of plesiosaurs. 3D model based on Meyerasaurus victor (specimen SMNS 12478). Animation showing the most efficient swimming motions…
Commons
2018 Christmas-Eve Winter-Swimming for New Year 2019
This series, including 2 pictures and a video file, was made for representing my Jason M. C., Han (talk) 07:36, 9 January 2019 (UTC) winter-swimming in…
Commons
Swimming 4x200m Men's Freestyle Final - 27th Summer Universiade 2013 - Kazan (RUS)
Kazan - In the men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay, the Russia team managed to win gold, silver went to the US swimmers, and the Australian team won bronze.
Commons
Swimming with a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) (no audio)
Original material's description (English translation): Swimming with a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the Maldives, during a cruise in a ship called the…
Commons
Video 20190205 130847 Winter Swimming
This video file was made for the usages of Wikiversity's 'Portal:Winter Swimming prepared from Daily Long-distant Swimming' and some other educational…