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Movies
Movies
collection
101,894
ITEMS
426.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 426.2M

Watch full-length feature films, classic shorts, world culture documentaries, World War II propaganda, movie trailers, and films created in just ten hours: These options are all featured in this diverse library! Many of these videos are available for free download.
Television Archive
Television Archive
collection
10,118,600
ITEMS
280M
VIEWS
collection

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Programs in  TV News Archive for research and educational purposes. The programs allow users to search across a collection of television news programs dating back to 2009 for research and educational purposes such as fact checking. Users may view short clips, share links to customized short quotes, embed customized short quotes, or borrow a copy of the full program.
( 1 reviews )
Television Archive News Search Service
Television Archive News Search Service
collection
2,475,552
ITEMS
261.9M
VIEWS
collection

eye 261.9M

Items included in the Television News search service. Part of TV News Archive .
Feature Films
Feature Films
collection
27,796
ITEMS
281.7M
VIEWS
by Internet Archive
collection

eye 281.7M

Feature films, shorts , silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading. Enjoy! View a list of all the Feature Films sorted by popularity . Do you want to post a feature film? First, figure out if it's in the Public Domain. Read this FAQ about determining if something is PD. If you're still not sure, post a question to the forum below with as much information about the movie as possible. One of our users might have relevant information.
Topic: Moving Images
Television
Television
collection
418,394
ITEMS
109.9M
VIEWS
collection

eye 109.9M

Collections of items recorded from television, including commercials, old television shows, government proceedings, and more.
The Anime Cascade
The Anime Cascade
collection
77,817
ITEMS
53.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 53.1M

Anime (/ˈænəˌmeɪ/) (Japanese: アニメ) is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with, Japan. The word anime is the Japanese term for animation, which means all forms of animated media. Outside Japan, anime refers specifically to animation from Japan or as a Japanese-disseminated animation style often characterized by colorful graphics, vibrant characters and fantastical themes. The culturally abstract approach to the word's meaning may open...
News & Public Affairs
News & Public Affairs
collection
2,072,481
ITEMS
227.5M
VIEWS
collection

eye 227.5M

An analysis of news and public affairs independent from traditional corporate media is available from this diverse video library. From Democracy Now's daily news program, to three days of TV news coverage following the 911 attacks, to Mosaic’s timely clips of Middle East newscasts, to UCSF's Tobacco Industry Videos: These collections offer an alternative way to view and interpret current news and public affairs. Many of these videos are available for free download.
The VHS Vault
The VHS Vault
collection
63,010
ITEMS
44.5M
VIEWS
collection

eye 44.5M

A wide collection of trailers, shows, recordings, and other captures on VHS tape.
Additional Collections - Video
collection
1,156,233
ITEMS
46.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 46.1M

Miscellaneous collections of movies and videos.
Topics: videos, movies
Community Media Archive
Community Media Archive
collection
1,905,238
ITEMS
91.5M
VIEWS
collection

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The Community Media Archive gathers the diverse local TV and radio programs created through community access - including local non-commercial television channels on cable television systems serving a wide range of Public, Education and Government (PEG) purposes. Thousands of community groups and over one million volunteer producers, directors, presenters and technical staff participate in PEG access production annually. These efforts result in more than 20,000 hours of new local programming...
Topic: community media
Arts & Music
Arts & Music
collection
19,147
ITEMS
587.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 587.2M

This library of arts and music videos features This or That (a burlesque game show), the Coffee House TV arts program, punk bands from Punkcast and live performances from Groove TV. Many of these movies are available for free download.
Unsorted Television
Unsorted Television
collection
58,025
ITEMS
13.6M
VIEWS
collection

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Unsorted Television Shows.
Electric Sheep
Electric Sheep
collection
716
ITEMS
569.7M
VIEWS
collection

eye 569.7M

Electric Sheep is a distributed computing project for animating and evolving fractal flames, which are in turn distributed to the networked computers, which display them as a screensaver. Process The process is transparent to the casual user, who can simply install the software as a screensaver. Alternatively, the user may become more involved with the project, manually creating a fractal flame file for upload to the server where it is rendered into a video file of the animated fractal flame....
Topic: electric sheep
The VHS Vault Inbox
The VHS Vault Inbox
collection
24,284
ITEMS
6.7M
VIEWS
collection

eye 6.7M

A collection of VHS Vault-bound items thought to be destined for the VHS vault in general.
Social Media Videos
Social Media Videos
collection
676,859
ITEMS
12.8M
VIEWS
collection

eye 12.8M

Classic TV
Classic TV
collection
6,641
ITEMS
42.6M
VIEWS
collection

eye 42.6M

Bringing you classic television shows submitted by Internet Archive users since July 9th, 2007. (We also have lots of classic television commercials in the Prelinger collection .) If you'd like to add to this collection, please upload public domain classic TV shows to the Community Video collection and put the subject keyword "classic tv" on them. If you'd like, post to the forum at the bottom of this page to let us know they're up, and we'll move them over.
Prelinger Archives
Prelinger Archives
collection
8,872
ITEMS
194.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 194.1M

View thousands of films from the Prelinger Archives! Prelinger Archives was founded in 1983 by Rick Prelinger in New York City. Over the next twenty years, it grew into a collection of over 60,000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films. In 2002, the film collection was acquired by the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division . Prelinger Archives remains in existence, holding approximately 11,000 digitized and...
The Internet Archive
The Internet Archive
collection
2,327
ITEMS
7.7M
VIEWS
collection

eye 7.7M

This collection is a compilation of assets and items related to the Internet Archive. Images, writings and open materials are included here in sub-collections.
The Anime Cascade
by WNeVDIR
movies

eye 106,720

favorite 0

comment 0

WNeVDIR
Topic: WNeVDIR
The Chin Grimes TV News Archive
The Chin Grimes TV News Archive
collection
171,345
ITEMS
27.8M
VIEWS
collection

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The Chin Grimes TV News Archive is a personal collection of broadcast news, current affairs, commentary, political/public policy speeches, panel discussions, Senate and House sessions and hearings, humor, commercials, elections, cultural icons and more — from mid-2009 to the present. Earlier years, as far back as 2003, will be added over time. The archive was established to create an enduring, easily-accessible record; to counter the onslaught of revisionist history; to chronicle the...
Topic: tv archive
Short Format Films
Short Format Films
collection
3,435
ITEMS
47.9M
VIEWS
collection

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Short Format Films contributed by users. View a list of all the Short Films sorted by popularity .
Topic: short films
Animation & Cartoons
Animation & Cartoons
collection
27,962
ITEMS
64.6M
VIEWS
collection

eye 64.6M

Whether you want to watch classic cartoons from a bygone era, Brick Films made with your favorite building toys, Machinima patched together from video games, or the artful computer animations selected for the 2001 SIGGRAPH competition, this library of free animated films and movies has something to keep you entertained! Many of these videos are available for free download.
Sci-Fi / Horror
Sci-Fi / Horror
collection
642
ITEMS
50.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 50.2M

Science Fiction and Horror films: monsters and aliens, space and time travel, experiments gone wrong, unimagined disasters.
collection

eye 9M

Video Blender is a large collection of 201x-era media, comprising the sorts of memes, videos and works on video sharing sites of the time. They range in quality and exposition.
CNN (San Francisco)
CNN (San Francisco)
collection
95,689
ITEMS
14.4M
VIEWS
collection

eye 14.4M

" Cable News Network (CNN) is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States. While the news channel has numerous affiliates, CNN primarily broadcasts from its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta, the Time Warner Center in New York City, and studios in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. CNN is owned by parent company Time...
Topic: United States
Film Noir
Film Noir
collection
1,321
ITEMS
15.7M
VIEWS
collection

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Expressionistic crime dramas of the 40s and 50s: tough cops and private eyes, femme fatales, mean city streets and deserted backroads, bags of loot and dirty double-crossers.
Movie Trailers
Movie Trailers
collection
55,433
ITEMS
18.8M
VIEWS
collection

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A collection of film trailers contributed by users.
Topic: trailers
1950s Classic TV
1950s Classic TV
collection
2,918
ITEMS
3M
VIEWS
collection

eye 3M

Classic Television Shows from the 1950s.
Silent Films
Silent Films
collection
3,636
ITEMS
30.3M
VIEWS
collection

eye 30.3M

A collection of feature or short silent films uploaded by archive users.
Topic: silent films
Videogame Videos
Videogame Videos
collection
257,455
ITEMS
119.6M
VIEWS
by Internet Archive
collection

eye 119.6M

The Internet Archive is working with multiple external parties, including the IGDA's Preservation SIG and Stanford University's How They Got Game Project to preserve all kinds of rare and difficult to source video files relating to videogames. Updates to the collection are now listed below: NOTE: Existing collections are not actively added to this area, but existing collections are still being updated. April 2009 : Daniel Floyd has contributed his "Videogames And..." series of videos...
Topic: Moving Images
The Anime Cascade
movies

eye 53,032

favorite 0

comment 0

zQVJHEw
Topic: zQVJHEw
MSNBC West
MSNBC West
collection
93,008
ITEMS
12.3M
VIEWS
collection

eye 12.3M

MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany (Berlin, Local), South Africa, the Middle East and Canada. Its name is derived from the most common abbreviations for Microsoft and the National Broadcasting Company.
Topic: United States
The Iraq War Collection
The Iraq War Collection
collection
60,544
ITEMS
77.3M
VIEWS
collection

eye 77.3M

A compilation of videos from Internet Archive users about the Iraq War and the issues and events surrounding it are collected here. See a Tag Cloud for the Iraq War collection.
Topic: iraq war
Fox News West
Fox News West
collection
87,748
ITEMS
14.3M
VIEWS
collection

eye 14.3M

Fox News Channel (FNC), often referred to as Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation. As of April 2009, the channel is available to 102 million households in the United States and further to viewers internationally, broadcasting primarily from its New York studios.
Topic: United States
Iraq War: Non-English Language Videos
Iraq War: Non-English Language Videos
collection
60,241
ITEMS
91.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 91.1M

This collection contains user-submitted videos that are primarily from Middle Eastern sources. The Internet Archive has not reviewed these videos for content, but we have included them here in order to preserve as complete a record as possible of the worldwide views concerning current events in the Middle East. Caution: These videos may not be appropriate for all users. These items have not been reviewed for content. Some items contain images of graphic violence, or appear to explicitly...
Spirituality & Religion
Spirituality & Religion
collection
127,511
ITEMS
256.1M
VIEWS
by Internet Archive
collection

eye 256.1M

View videos about spirituality and religion.
Ephemeral Films
Ephemeral Films
collection
16,354
ITEMS
23.4M
VIEWS
collection

eye 23.4M

Ephemeral films are non-fiction films usually made for educational, industrial, or promotional purposes. The two classic ephemeral film collections found on the Archive are the Prelinger Archives and AV Geeks. In addition to these classic collections, you may view guidance films from the post-World War II British government, drive-in movie intermission ads, and videos documenting the history of San Francisco from 1906 to the early 21st Century. Many of these films are available for free...
Electric Sheep
by Scott Draves and the Electric Sheep
movies

eye 275,941

favorite 4

comment 0

Archive of flock 244 of the Electric Sheep, see http://electricsheep.org and http://scottdraves.com
Topics: electricsheep, alife, art, draves, spotworks, evolution, algorithm
collection

eye 2M

Internet Archive Presents
Internet Archive Presents
collection
1,521
ITEMS
14.3M
VIEWS
collection

eye 14.3M

Presentations and events at the Internet Archive.
Topic: collection
Community Spirituality and Religion
Community Spirituality and Religion
collection
122,465
ITEMS
254.5M
VIEWS
collection

eye 254.5M

These religion and spirituality videos were contributed by Archive users.
The Anime Cascade
movies

eye 44,760

favorite 0

comment 0

wsINjZy
Topic: wsINjZy
Children's Television Programs
Children's Television Programs
collection
4,098
ITEMS
2.4M
VIEWS
collection

eye 2.4M

Television programs generally aimed towards a youthful audience, often with an educational intent. 
The Anime Cascade
movies

eye 42,542

favorite 0

comment 0

VhcwRCM
Topic: VhcwRCM
Comedy Films
Comedy Films
collection
380
ITEMS
30.6M
VIEWS
collection

eye 30.6M

"All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl." - Charlie Chaplin
The Anime Cascade
movies

eye 155,628

favorite 0

comment 0

nIbztNe
Topic: nIbztNe
1960s Classic TV
1960s Classic TV
collection
808
ITEMS
2.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 2.1M

Classic Television from the 1960s.
Kid's Shows on VHS
Kid's Shows on VHS
collection
1,387
ITEMS
1.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 1.2M

Collections of television, often recorded to VHS tape, aimed at a young audience.
Unsorted Television
movies

eye 37,427

favorite 0

comment 0

GJGJ
Topic: BMH
The Anime Cascade
movies

eye 37,094

favorite 0

comment 0

dwBucxe
Topic: dwBucxe
The Anime Cascade
movies

eye 36,653

favorite 0

comment 0

mRhSefU
Topic: mRhSefU
TOSEC: The Old School Emulation Center
movies

eye 9.3M

favorite 24

comment 0

******************************* The Old School Emulation Center 28/12/2012 Hello, and welcome to a brand new TOSEC release! Just a quick one before the end of the year, LOTS of new Commodore images added. Many thanks to the tireless efforts of Crashdisk, mai, Duncan Twain and new helpers AntiPontifex and IguanaC64. On the ISO side, I'm happy to report the NTSC-US Games DAT is now 100% complete and verified, due to the above and beyond efforts of Maddog, atreyu187 and all the boys at Dumpcast....
Twitch streams
Twitch streams
collection
114,346
ITEMS
2.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 2.2M

Archived live streamed VODs from Twitch.tv of various types of creative content or entertainment.
Topics: twitch, livestream, creative
Unsorted Television
movies

eye 36,161

favorite 0

comment 0

tu
Topic: tut
KNTV (NBC)
KNTV (NBC)
collection
124,794
ITEMS
10.8M
VIEWS
collection

eye 10.8M

" KNTV , channel 11, is the NBC owned-and-operated television station in the Bay Area market. It is licensed to San Jose, with its transmitter located on San Bruno Mountain, just south of San Francisco. It shares facilities in San Jose with NBC Universal sister station KSTS (the Telemundo station for the Bay Area) and CNBC's Silicon Valley Bureau. The new digital facilities were constructed in San Jose by NBC in 2004. KNTV's studios are entirely powered by wind energy. KNTV is one of five...
Topic: United States
Computers & Technology
Computers & Technology
collection
128,019
ITEMS
21.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 21.1M

Featuring two television programs popular in the 1980's and 1990's: Computer Chronicles and Net Café, this library showcases videos about computing and technology. Collection topics include BBS, the Open Source movement, and Internet governance. Many of these movies are available for free download.
The Anime Cascade
movies

eye 34,421

favorite 0

comment 0

Kefaxmb
Topic: Kefaxmb
Vlogs
Vlogs
collection
116,776
ITEMS
38.8M
VIEWS
collection

eye 38.8M

More serious (or at least prolific) vloggers are showcased in this video library. You may learn how to be happy, geocache, run, or play boardgames by keeping up with these vloggers’ videos. In addition you may be amused by Betty Butterfield, entertained by The In Crowd, or keep up with happenings in Boston with Drive Time. Many of these videos are available for free download.
NASA Images
NASA Images
collection
207,564
ITEMS
36.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 36.2M

Search NASA Images: Advanced Search
( 1 reviews )
blip.tv
blip.tv
collection
112,164
ITEMS
28.9M
VIEWS
collection

eye 28.9M

Blip.tv is an open video network that hosts and distributes web-based TV shows and videoblogs created by independent producers and production teams around the world. Blip.tv hosts videos on its destination site www.blip.tv and sends videos to people's websites and blogs, to the Internet Archive, and to a number of video aggregators and destination sites throughout the Internet. Click for more information on blip.tv .
Animation Shorts
Animation Shorts
collection
1,441
ITEMS
31M
VIEWS
collection

eye 31M

This collection contains short format cartoons and animation (full length animated movies can be found in the Feature Films section).
Miscellaneous Japanese Television Shows
Miscellaneous Japanese Television Shows
collection
17,012
ITEMS
4.4M
VIEWS
collection

eye 4.4M

A collection of Japanese television shows, usually with only a small number of episodes online. As shows gain larger libraries, they will recieve larger collections.
Electric Sheep
by Scott Draves and the Electric Sheep
movies

eye 221,923

favorite 2

comment 0

Archive of flock 244 of the Electric Sheep, see http://electricsheep.org and http://scottdraves.com
Topics: electricsheep, alife, art, draves, spotworks, evolution, algorithm
Music Video Bin
Music Video Bin
collection
15,726
ITEMS
11.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 11.2M

A large variety of music videos and music video DVDs.
Internet Archive Press Photos
Internet Archive Press Photos
collection
148
ITEMS
7.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 7.2M

All images are available for press use with the byline: Photography courtesy of the Internet Archive.
Topics: press photos, brewster kahle, internet archive, stock images
Electric Sheep
by Scott Draves and the Electric Sheep
movies

eye 250,628

favorite 10

comment 0

Archive of flock 244 of the Electric Sheep, see http://electricsheep.org and http://scottdraves.com
Topics: electricsheep, alife, art, draves, spotworks, evolution, algorithm
KGO (ABC)
KGO (ABC)
collection
134,614
ITEMS
10.6M
VIEWS
collection

eye 10.6M

" KGO-TV , channel 7, based in San Francisco, California, is owned-and-operated television station of The Walt Disney Company subsidiary ABC. Its studios are located in the ABC Broadcast Center on Front and Vallejo streets in downtown San Francisco, while its transmitter is atop the iconic Sutro Tower, located between Mount Sutro and the Twin Peaks in central San Francisco, along with the Bay Area's other major television stations." KGO-TV signed on the air for the first time on May...
Topic: United States
Cultural & Academic Films
collection
76,076
ITEMS
18.9M
VIEWS
collection

eye 18.9M

This library of academic and cultural films features collections from the Academic Film Archive and the Media Burn Independent Film Archive, as well as a selection of documentaries created by Dorothy Fadiman. In addition, films from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology are presented including those by Watson Kintner who used film to document his world travels, and the popular television show from the 1950s: “What in the World?”
Game Shows Archive
Game Shows Archive
collection
6,834
ITEMS
1.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 1.1M

A collection of game shows throughout television history, involving chance, skill and luck, usually presided over by a host and providing in-show commercials.
KDTV (Univision)
KDTV (Univision)
collection
121,282
ITEMS
9.9M
VIEWS
collection

eye 9.9M

" KDTV-DT (channel 14) is a Univision-owned and operated station in San Francisco." KDTV began operation in 1975 on channel 60 as the Bay Area's first exclusively Spanish-language TV station. The station was owned by a local group headed by Raynold Anselmo. On March 5th, 1979 KDTV traded facilities with KCSM, San Mateo, obtaining Channel 14. In the mid-1980s, The Spannish International Network became known as Univision. KDTV continued its format of full-time Spanish language...
Topic: United States
Internet Archive Footage and B-Roll
Internet Archive Footage and B-Roll
collection
14
ITEMS
511,328
VIEWS
collection

eye 511,328

Footage and movie files of the Internet Archive and projects, for use by other works to illustrate the Archive and its operation. Be sure to check the general Internet Archive Collection for other potential items.
BBC News
BBC News
collection
130,213
ITEMS
4.9M
VIEWS
collection

eye 4.9M

Content from BBC News. The content in this collection is provided for research, educational and information purposes (at present no content is available for viewing).
Topic: United Kingdom
CSPAN
CSPAN
collection
93,984
ITEMS
7.4M
VIEWS
collection

eye 7.4M

"C-SPAN , an acronym for Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, is an American cable television network that offers coverage of federal government proceedings and other public affairs programming via its three television channels (C-SPAN, C-SPAN2 and C-SPAN3), one radio station and a group of websites that provide streaming media and archives of C-SPAN programs. C-SPAN's television channels are available to over 100 million cable and satellite households within the United States, while...
Topic: United States
1970s Classic TV
1970s Classic TV
collection
599
ITEMS
1.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 1.1M

Classic television from the 1970s.
Unsorted Television
movies

eye 2.1M

favorite 11

comment 0

kv1dr4
Topic: kv1dr4