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The Mechanical Universe
Caltech
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The Mechanical Universe is a Caltech-produced video lecture series covering undergraduate-level introductory physics, including mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and a bit of quantum mechanics. It was made in the 1980s and broadcast on PBS, and Caltech posts the videos free on YouTube.
Commenters call it a highly regarded, excellent video series that still holds up well, and point out that Caltech provides it free on YouTube.
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I'd suggest "The Mechanical Universe", which was an excellent series of video lectures developed at Caltech in the that covers undergraduate physics.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8_xPU5epJddRABXqJ5h5...
It was created in the '80s and broadcast on PBS and it still holds up well today.
I'd suggest Goodstein's acclaimed video course "The Mechanical Universe", which covers introductory level of physics for undergraduate students. Caltech provides the videos for free on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8_xPU5epJddRABXqJ5h5...
Be aware that this course assumes knowledge of basic calculus, as any realistic course would.
If you're after a MOOC-like experience, I'd recommend CalTech's highly-regarded "The Mechanical Universe" series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8_xPU5epJddRABXqJ5h5... It covers basic mechanics, E&M, and a bit of QM.
As others have pointed out, you won't really get much out of it without having the necessary mathematical background and doing the physics exercises. The Mechanical Universe textbooks are still available on Amazon. If you prefer a more recent textbook, Serway's "Physics for Scientists and Engineers" is well regarded, as is Halliday & Resnick, though the latter is aimed more at career physicists.
[EDIT] Regarding the Feynman Lectures on Physics mentioned elsewhere, while Feynman indeed intended it for physics undergraduates, if you read his biographies and the views of his contemporaries, it was famous for being utterly impenetrable for actual undergraduates. (One might even say the FLoP was a flop.) It would probably not be a good idea to use it as your text; I've never heard of any undergraduate physics course that uses it.