FedFlix: US government films

385–432 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 Communist Imperialism 1961 · Educational National Archives - Communist Imperialism - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film contains the second… Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-2A 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26969 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-2A VIETNAM - COMBAT AND OTHER ACTIVITY, DECEMBER 1965 - 502D BATTALION, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION, 1ST AIR… Internet Archive Roswell Reports, Volume 10 Educational National Archives and Records Administration Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. Office of the Secretary. Office of the Administrative… Internet Archive WHY SPACE 1957 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26630 WHY SPACE TRACES HISTORY OF MAN'S EFFORTS TO EXPLORE OUTER SPACE. DISCUSSES OVERALL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SPACE CHALLENGE AND… Internet Archive Worker to Worker 1980 · Educational Occupational Health and Safety Administration Department of Labor United States Government Worker to Worker (1980) A film showing the many kinds of safety and… Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-21A 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26972 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-21A VIETNAM - APRIL 1966 - 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, 1ST CALVARY DIVISION, AND… Internet Archive National Parks: An American Legacy 1992 · Educational National Park Service National Parks: An American Legacy AVA19377VNB1, 1992 The video chronicles the history of the early preservation movement and the major… Internet Archive Castle Films Doolittle Raid Over Tokyo 1942 · Educational Castle Films Video 227 Castle Films Doolittle Raid Over Tokyo From the Pare Lorentz Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. MP… Internet Archive The River 1938 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 352 The River From IMDB: his short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United… Internet Archive Inside Hawaiian Volcanoes 1989 · Educational Smithsonian Institution Inside Hawaiian Volcanoes AVA19369VNB1, 1989 Narrated by Roger Mudd, this video is full of detailed, informative graphics and live… Internet Archive Construction Safety: Choice or Chance? 1996 · Educational Occupational Health and Safety Administration Construction Safety: Choice or Chance? Number: VT01280 Material: video, 15 minutes Industry: construction… Internet Archive Space Navigation 1967 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 1257098, LI 255-HQ-116 - Space Navigation - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller. Series: Headquarters' Films… Internet Archive United States v. Aaron Burr 1977 · Educational Equal Justice Under Law United States v. Aaron Burr (3rd in a 4 part series). Dramatizations of historic decisions from the courtroom of America's great Chief… Internet Archive The Expandable Baton 1997 · Educational Federal Law Enforcement Training Center gov.ntis.ava20437vnb1 VP-030-97 The Expandable Baton This video reviews and demonstrates the proper techniques for… Internet Archive AC MOTORS 1969 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 39947 AC MOTORS 1969 AC MOTORS ARE SHOWN IN VARIOUS APPLIANCES AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO EMPHASIZE THEIR WIDE USE AND IMPORTANCE.… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- COLD WAR, 1948-1950 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26164 AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- COLD WAR, 1948-1950 1953 RUSSIA'S ATTEMPT TO BLOCKADE WEST BERLIN FUTILE; LARGEST PEACETIME AIRLIFT BY… Internet Archive AIR FORCE TACTICAL FIREPOWER 1963 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26392 AIR FORCE TACTICAL FIREPOWER FLASHBACKS RECORD GAIN IN TACTICAL AIR POWER SINCE WORLD WAR I. GUN CAMERA FOOTAGE DEMONSTRATES… Internet Archive Fighter for Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story 1984 · Educational National Park Service Fighter For Freedom: The Frederick Douglass Story AVA16378VNB1, 1984? Frederick Douglass, Fighter for Freedom is a 19-minute documentary… Internet Archive Prelude to War 1942 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 36067 / Local Identifier 111-OF-1 Prelude to War Department of Defense. Department of the Army.… Internet Archive MARINES RAISE FLAG OVER IWO JIMA [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39054, LI 208-UN-147 - MARINES RAISE FLAG OVER IWO JIMA [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion… Internet Archive Death of a Black Panther: The Fred Hampton Story Educational National Archives and Records Administration Death of a Black Panther: The Fred Hampton Story Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. (1935 -… Internet Archive TRIED BY FIRE - PART I 1965 · Educational Department of Defense TRIED BY FIRE - PART I PIN 30182 1965 STORY OF THE THREE-DAY ATTACK ON ST. VITH AND RETREAT OF AMERICAN TROOPS WHEN THE TOWN WAS LOST TO… Internet Archive Fire Behavior in the Wildland/Urban Interface 2003 · Educational The National Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Protection Program www.firewise.org Firefighter Safety Series FWC-602-03-DVD Part 1: Fire Behavior in the… Internet Archive The SR-71 (updated, was F-16) 1979 · Educational Department of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. NTIS: AVA20320-VNB1 NTIS Price: $50 Your Price: $0 Jan 1979 The video shows F-16 SR-71 aerials; F-16 SR-71… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH JAMES G. MC DONALD 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95754 / Local Identifier LW-LW-86 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH JAMES G. MC DONALD - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Wind: An Energy Alternative 1980 · Educational Department of Energy Produce by the Solar Energy Research Institute Wind: An Energy Alternative AVA04039VNB1 - 1980 This program looks at the history and uses… Internet Archive STORY OF STARS AND STRIPES, THE 1960 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30125 STORY OF STARS AND STRIPES, THE HERBERT MITZGANG OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND FAMED COMMENTATOR BAUKHAGE TELL THE STORY OF THIS… Internet Archive Let There Be Light 1946 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 35924 / Local Identifier 111-M-1241 - Let There Be Light - Department of Defense. Department of… Internet Archive Operations Crossroads 1949 · Educational Department of the Navy Operations Crossroads AVA13712VNB1, 1949 Tells the story of the testing at the Bikini Atoll in the summer of 1946. Internet Archive Air Army Invades Germany 1945 · Educational Universal Newsreel Video 6 Air Army Invades Germany From the Pare Lorentz Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Army Public… Internet Archive Ulster 1970 · Educational National Archives - Ulster - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This newsreel film examines the causes of… Internet Archive MAN AND SAFETY - ANIMATED 1984 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 600519 MAN AND SAFETY - ANIMATED USES ANIMATION TO EXPLAIN HOW COMMUNICATIONS; PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS; AND… Internet Archive You in Japan 1957 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration You in Japan Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations.… Internet Archive Ranger Combat Training School, Fort Shafter, Territory of Hawaii 1942 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 17918 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive AMERICAN NAVY IN VIETNAM, THE 1967 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25139 AMERICAN NAVY IN VIETNAM, THE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE NAVAL MISSION IN VIETNAM, 1967. BOMBING AND MISSILE STRIKES, A… Internet Archive A HOUSE DIVIDED 1960 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration A HOUSE DIVIDED U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) SCENES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY, NO. 5 - A HOUSE… Internet Archive The Eye of the Storm 1994 · Educational Federal Reserve System The Eye of the Storm - 1994 Explains the Fed's unique role in the banking system and its response to Hurricane Andrew. There are four… Internet Archive INTERVIEW WITH ISAAC ASIMOV 1975 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration INTERVIEW WITH ISAAC ASIMOV U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 54491 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive The City 1939 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 353 The City From IMDB: Made by a group of people with, if not an axe to grind, a purpose in mind, which appears to be a plug… Internet Archive November 22nd and The Warren Report 1964 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration November 22nd and The Warren Report U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 50248 / Local… Internet Archive Canning Game Meat in Jars 2009 · Educational Alaska Cooperative Extension Service Video FNH-01281 Canning Game Meat in Jars Preserving Alaska's Bounty. Supported by U.S. Department of Agriculture special… Internet Archive Czechoslovakia Post World War II 1948 · Educational National Archives - Czechoslovakia Post World War II - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - - DVD Copied by… Internet Archive Children of Hiroshima (Reel 1 of 2) 1952 · Educational National Archives - Children of Hiroshima - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film follows a teacher… Internet Archive From Dreams to Reality - A Tribute to Minority Inventors 1986 · Educational · 27 min Narrated by Ossie Davis, this tribute to minority inventors touches upon many inventions that have contributed to American science, technology, and medicine.… Internet Archive OKINAWA BULLETIN, NO. 2--FINAL PHASES 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 37453 / Local Identifier 127-MH-6197B - OKINAWA BULLETIN, NO. 2--FINAL PHASES - Department of… Internet Archive The F-16 (was SR-71) 1997 · Educational Department of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. NTIS: AVA20323-VNB1 NTIS Price: $50 Your Price: $0 Oct 1997 This video specifically depicts the SR-71 F-16 in… Internet Archive TRANSFORMERS 1965 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 39894 TRANSFORMERS DEFINES AND EXPLAINS FOLLOWING TERMS IN REFERENCE TO TRANSFORMERS: TRANSFORMER ACTION, STEP-UP, STEP-DOWN, AND… Internet Archive ALASKA HIGHWAY 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ALASKA HIGHWAY Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 -…