FedFlix: US government films

49–96 of 13,516 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 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 themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive AFRICAN AMERICANS IN WORLD WAR II: A LEGACY OF PATRIOTISM AND VALOR 1997 · Educational Department of Defense AFRICAN AMERICANS IN WORLD WAR II: A LEGACY OF PATRIOTISM AND VALOR PIN 504607 1997 PRODUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 50TH… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Redwing 1956 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800019 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Redwing 1956 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Department… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Ivy 1952 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800012 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Ivy 1952 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Department of… Internet Archive Troop Train 1943 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 37 Troop Train U.S. Office of War Information. Public Domain Footage The 201 Armored Division heads across America by train.… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Wigwam 1955 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800018 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Wigwam 1955 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Department… Internet Archive BOOM DAYS [1920-1932] 1935 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 100578 / Local Identifier WARN-WARNER-52 - BOOM DAYS [1920-1932] - Warner Brothers Pictures,… Internet Archive D-Day Minus One 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 24 D-Day Minus One U.S. Air Force. Public Domain Footage Film by the Air Force to encourage the sale of war bonds. Paratroopers… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Castle 1954 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800013 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Castle 1954 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Department… Internet Archive THE BATTLE FOR THE BEACHES Educational National Archives and Records Administration THE BATTLE FOR THE BEACHES Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 - ) ARC Identifier… Internet Archive Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, 11/24/1963 1963 · Educational Department of the Treasury. U.S. Secret Service. (1943 - 2003) ARC Identifier 13254 / Local Identifier 87.41 1963 Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, 11/24/1963… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Ranger, Operation Buster/Jangle 1951 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800010 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Ranger, Operation Buster/Jangle 1951 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in… Internet Archive APPOINTMENT IN TOKYO 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20379 APPOINTMENT IN TOKYO HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II OPERATIONS IN THE PACIFIC, FROM THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR TO JAPANESE SURRENDER… Internet Archive Hinduism 2000 · Educational Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Diversity Series: Religions, Cultures and Communities (NCJ 212664) The Chicago… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Greenhouse 1951 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800009 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Greenhouse 1951 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the… Internet Archive STORY OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON Educational National Archives and Records Administration STORY OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 49442 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Teapot 1954 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800017 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Teapot 1954 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Department… Internet Archive What Makes a Battle 1943 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 40 What Makes a Battle War Department. Public Domain Footage Marines prepare to and invade one of the Marshall Island using… Internet Archive Riot Control Agents-Medical Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties 2000 · Educational Department of the Army Riot Control Agents-Medical Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties AVA21026VNB1, 2000 This program describes the history,… Internet Archive THE CHALLENGE OF IDEAS 1961 · Educational Department of Defense THE CHALLENGE OF IDEAS PIN 20008 1961 DEPICTS THE IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLE CONFRONTING AMERICA AND THE FREE WORLD TODAY, A STRUGGLE THAT IS… Internet Archive WAR COMMUNIQUE 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39138, LI 208-UN-1020 - WAR COMMUNIQUE - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion Picture Films from… Internet Archive ATTACK - THE BATTLE FOR NEW BRITAIN 1944 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20361 ATTACK - THE BATTLE FOR NEW BRITAIN ATTACKS ON ARAWAE AND CAPE GLOUCESTER ON NEW BRITAIN FROM PLAN OF ATTACK TO FINAL VICTORY. Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone - Navy 1948 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800008 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone - Navy 1948 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Tumbler-Snapper 1952 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800011 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Tumbler-Snapper 1952 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the… Internet Archive Training Women for War Production 1943 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 36 Training Women for War Production National Youth Administration. Public Domain Footage Narrated by Eleanor Roosevelt -young… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone - U.S. Air Force 1948 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800005 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone - U.S. Air Force 1948 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation… Internet Archive Iran Contra Hearings, 07/08/1987 1987 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Iran Contra Hearings, 07/08/1987 U.S. Senate. (03/04/1789 - ) ARC Identifier 11161 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone 1948 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800003 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone 1948 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the… Internet Archive What To Do in a Gas Attack 1943 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 41 What To Do in a Gas Attack Public Domain Footage Step by step instructions for civilians who might suffer various forms of… Internet Archive Mr. and Mrs. America 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 29 Mr. and Mrs. America U.S. Treasury, War Finance Division. Public Domain Footage An appeal to Americans to buy war bonds,… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Nuclear Testing Review 1945 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800000 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Nuclear Testing Review DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Department… Internet Archive Target Invisible 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 34 Target Invisible U.S. Army Air Forces. Public Domain Footage explains and demonstrates radar by following a bomb run over… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone - U.S. Army Engineers 1948 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800006 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone - U.S. Army Engineers 1948 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in… Internet Archive Divide and Conquer (Part 3) 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 25 Divide and Conquer (Part 3) Frank Capra and the War Department. Divide and Conquer Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 Public Domain Footage on… Internet Archive THE BAREFOOT DOCTORS OF RURAL CHINA 1975 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration THE BAREFOOT DOCTORS OF RURAL CHINA U.S. Agency for International Development. (ca. 1998 - ) ARC Identifier 46549… Internet Archive Okinawa: Bastion in the Pacific Educational National Archives and Records Administration Okinawa: Bastion in the Pacific Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of… Internet Archive Divide and Conquer (Part 1) 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 25 Divide and Conquer (Part 1) Frank Capra and the War Department. Divide and Conquer Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 Public Domain Footage on… Internet Archive Incredible Turk 1958 · Educational National Archives - Incredible Turk - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film is about Mustafa Kemal… Internet Archive Range Safety 1990 · Educational Department of Justice Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Range Safety AVA18925VNB1, 1990 The video reinforces the firearms instructor's knowledge of… Internet Archive MEN WITH GREEN FACES 1969 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25371 MEN WITH GREEN FACES THIS PROGRAM DEMONSTRATES FUNCTIONS OF THE NAVY'S FROGMEN COMMANDOS, THE "SEALS." REFLECTS THE EXCITEMENT… Internet Archive The Drama of Steel 1946 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration The Drama of Steel Department of the Interior. Bureau of Mines. Pittsburgh Experiment Station. (1934 -… Internet Archive The Last Bomb Educational National Archives and Records Administration The Last Bomb Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 - ) [Stock Footage] ARC Identifier… Internet Archive HERE IS CHINA, ca. 1943 - ca. 1947 Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 37667 / Local Identifier 151.9 - HERE IS CHINA, ca. 1943 - ca. 1947 - Department of Commerce.… Internet Archive Iran Contra Hearings, 07/14/1987 1987 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Iran Contra Hearings, 07/14/1987 U.S. Senate. (03/04/1789 - ) ARC Identifier 11191 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone - Blast Measurement 1945 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800007 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone - Blast Measurement 1948 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in… Internet Archive Divide and Conquer (Part 4) 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 25 Divide and Conquer (Part 4) Frank Capra and the War Department. Divide and Conquer Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 Public Domain Footage on… Internet Archive Victory Is Our Business 1942 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 3 Victory Is Our Business Public Domain Footage from archive.org, showing how factories changed from peacetime production to… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Upshot-Knothole 1953 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800015 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Upshot-Knothole 1953 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the… Internet Archive [AMERICAN DAY IN] TRIPOLI, LIBYA 1962 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 37715 / Local Identifier 151.56 - [AMERICAN DAY IN] TRIPOLI, LIBYA - Department of Commerce.…