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8,065–8,112 of 19,487 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 "THE BIG CHALLENGE" 1967 JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER NASA DOCUMENTARY 67614 Documentary The Big Challenge is a 1967 NASA documentary on the construction of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, showing the development of the site on Merritt Island,… Internet Archive 1948 TAIPEI TAIWAN 16mm HOME MOVIE SHOT BY AMERICAN SERVICEMAN REPUBLIC OF CHINA 83954 Home movie Shot by a U.S. serviceman, this 16mm silent home movie shows rare footage of Taiwan and likely dates to 1948 or 1949. At the time, Taiwan had just emerged… Internet Archive “ HOLLYWOOD NORTH ” 1972 STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA LOCATION FILMMAKING PROMO FILM JC10134 Film This 1970 color film, produced by the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce, written and edited by Thomas E. Houghton, pitches the northern California town as… Internet Archive " BEHIND THE SCENES WITH TELSTAR " 1962 BELL TELEPHONE PROMO FILM COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE MD53164 Film This color educational film is the story of how the Bell Telephone System, in cooperation with NASA, developed the Telstar Satellite and participated in the… Internet Archive 1940s HOME MOVIE ROOSEVELT ROADS NAVAL STATION PUERTO RICO MARINE CORPS RW00034 Home movie This 16mm, silent, color home movie depicts activities of the late 1940’s or early 1950s at and around Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, a United States Navy… Internet Archive Medical MJ: Don Abrams/Dennis P. (09/98); Will Foster 93 yrs (03/99); I.O.M. (Sept.) 1999 · Film · Subtitles See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive " HISTORY OF THE HELICOPTER " 1950s SHELL OIL COMPANY FILM 32122 Newsreel Made in 1952 by the Shell Oil Co. and directed by Sarah Erulkar, this film "History of the Helicopter" features a look at the revolutionary machine that had… Internet Archive UNION PACIFIC 4000 CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES "BIG BOY AND HIS BROTHERS" FILM 51254 Film This silent documentary film "Big Boy and his Brothers" shows the big steam locomotives of the Union Pacific Railroad. Shot by Gene Miller primarily in… Internet Archive Gaultier Paris Couture Ete 2000 2000 · Film Jean Paul Gaultier's Summer 2000 fashion show in Paris. Internet Archive " FLIGHT DECK " 1964 AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) DOCUMENTARY (Part 2) 26814 Documentary The "Dupont Show of the Week" was an anthology program that ran from 1961 to 1964, often featuring significant Hollywood stars and comedians. The programs… Internet Archive 1945 WAR DEPT. COMBAT BULLETIN 55 V-E DAY // GERMANY SURRENDERS B-29s RAID JAPAN 80884 Film Combat Bulletin No. 55, produced in 1945 by the Army Pictorial Service, gives viewers a look at Germany’s surrender to Allied forces, the fall of Rangoon, the… Internet Archive 1940s HISTORY OF ATLANTIC PETROLEUM COMPANY PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA 71402 Film “The Atlantic Story,” is a 1950s-era film that, through animation and live action sequences, tells the history of the Atlantic Refining Company (Atlantic… Internet Archive The Long Search: 7 -- Judaism: The Chosen People 1978 · Educational · 23 min Internet Archive " A YEAR OF QUALIFICATION TESTING " 1965 NASA FILM PREPARATIONS FOR APOLLO PROGRAM 19104 Film This film titled “Manned Space Flight: A Year of Qualification Testing” was made by NASA sometime in 1965. The film is part of a larger Manned Space Flight… Internet Archive INDUSTRY ON PARADE AMERICAN SEATING CO. GELATIN CAPSULE MANUFACTURE SANFORD FABRIC MILLS 19354a Film This is a 1950’s era, black and white movie which is a pictorial review of events in business and industry. It is produced each week by the National… Internet Archive 1930s PLEASURE CRUISE TO TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 72052g Film Made by the obscure Tucker Picture Productions, a company that produced a series of travelogues in the West Indies in the 1930s, this portrait of Trinidad and… Internet Archive " NEWS PARADE OF THE YEAR 1940 " CASTLE NEWSREEL THIRD TERM FOR F.D.R. WWII IN EUROPE (SOUND VERSION) XD6551 1939 · Newsreel “News Parade of the Year 1940” (sound version) is a black-and-white newsreel film that showcases news events for the year 1940. Made by Castle Films, segments… Internet Archive U.S. AIR FORCE THUNDERBIRDS HISTORIC FILM 1953-1969 23754 Film Made by McDonnell Douglas, this historic U.S. Air Force film shows the first flight of the Thunderbirds in 1953, just six years after the formation of the… Internet Archive The March Of Time 26052 Film Dating from the early atomic age, this episode of the "March of Time" TV show dates to 1952 and is hosted by Westbrook van Voorhis. It examines the state of… Internet Archive 1960's VINTAGE CHRISTMAS PRESENT OPENING & PARTY WITH PINATA 60754 Film This 1960s home movie features a family with twin boys and a baby sister celebrating Xmas. At :33 they are shown opening presents by the tree with mother and… Internet Archive Parents and Children Who Have Adopted Each Other 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Ages 15 through adult Issued also as videorecording and as sound recording Adoptive parents discuss the risks,… Internet Archive The Evaluation by the School Psychologist 1977 · Educational Carol Patterson ; J. Michael, Merry and Russell Walker The process of evaluation of a student by a school psychologist is thoroughly explained. The… Internet Archive USS FORRESTAL AIRCRAFT CARRIER FIRE TRIAL BY FIRE MOVIE 1967 (Print 2) 54884 Film Made in the wake of the disastrous 1967 fire aboard the USS Forrestal, TRIAL BY FIRE recounts the incident and discusses some of the mistakes made by fire… Internet Archive City of the big shoulders 1976 · Educational · 54 min The essence of the Polish immigration experience is captured in interviews with stockyard and steel mill workers in Chicago, a city of 800,000 Poles, more… Internet Archive Shakespeare and His Theater Educational · 56 min Tours the geograpical and historical world of Shakespeare from Stratford-on-Avon to the Globe Theatre in London, from his origins to his plays. In two parts.… Internet Archive 1941 FORD RECONNAISSANCE CARS JOIN THE ARMY GPW ARMY JEEP DEMONSTRATION FILM EDSEL FORD XD45074 Film This black and white 1941 demonstration film, produced by Ford Motion Picture Laboratories and narrated by Michigan sportscaster Harry Wismer, shows U.S. Army… Internet Archive GERMAN ME-109 & FW-190 FIGHTER PILOT GUN CAMERA FOOTAGE vs. AMERICAN B-17s & P-38 LIGHTNING 45334 Film Dating to 1944-45, these silent films contain a record of Luftwaffe pilot kills over Europe. These kind of "gun camera" films were used both to document and… Internet Archive BALLISTIC MISSILE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM ATOMIC BOMB CIVIL DEFENSE 54404 Film This 1950s Cold War propaganda film opens with hurried scenes of New York City and life in suburbia interspersed with images of a ballistic missile streaking… Internet Archive BRONZE CASTING / SAND CASTING 1930s GERMAN EDUCATIONAL FILM 76014 Educational This fascinating 1930s German silent educational film shows the many steps used in the sand casting process to produce a sculpted horse head. Sand casting,… Internet Archive Childs Play: Tooth Fairy 1989 · Cartoon Childrens animation. Internet Archive 79424 COMBAT AMERICA WWII CLARK GABLE PROPAGANDA FILM REEL 2 79424 Film After his beautiful wife Carole Lombard, was killed in a plane crash while working for the USO, a grieving Clark Gable couldn't face Hollywood anymore, so he… Internet Archive NAVAJO RESERVATION DOCUMENTARY NEW MEXICO / ARIZONA SANTA FE RR 46024a Documentary This color film “El Navajo” is an educational documentary presented by Santa Fe Railway. It is a Telefilm Recording (a format popular in 1935-1940, and… Internet Archive NASA Project Gemini Flight Controller Orientation Film 77424 Film This animated and live action NASA film dates to the early 1960s and shows an overview of the propulsion and control system aboard the Gemini capsule. These… Internet Archive DOUGLAS F-4J PHANTOM AWG-10 GUIDED MISSILE TRIALS PT. MUGU, CALIFORNIA 80254 Film F4J BIS Guided Missile Trials is a short technical film report from the Naval Air Systems Command in Point Mugu, CA on the March 1967 BIS trials of the AWG-10… Internet Archive 1928 TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT OF THE BREMEN AIRCRAFT 1928 70742 Newsreel Dating from 1928, this silent newsreel shows the flight of the Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 aircraft that made the first successful transatlantic airplane… Internet Archive Art And Politics Poster Syndicate Sept 11 2019 2019 · Film The San Francisco Poster Syndicate has been creating inspiring silkscreen posters at protests, demonstrations, street fairs, art events, and parties for the… Internet Archive VIETNAM WAR U.S. PRISONERS OF WAR RETURN WITH HONOR 53584 Film This extraordinary, declassified U.S. Air Force documentary “Return With Honor” pays tribute to those servicemen who became prisoners of war during the… Internet Archive NORTHROP F-20 TIGERSHARK SALES FILM F-16 RIVAL 77364 Film This sales film for the Northrop F-20 Tigershark (initially F-5G) was made by Northrop in the 1980s. The F-20 was a privately financed light fighter, designed… Internet Archive " A CALIFORNIA TOUR " 1957 STATE OF CALIFORNIA TRAVELOGUE SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES 72352E Film One of Castle Film’s few color travelogues, this 1957 film shows vintage images of national parks, including Yosemite, and major California cities. The film… Internet Archive 1955 MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT in LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 46664 Film "Queens of Beauty" shows the 1955 Miss Universe competition. This was only the 4th Miss Universe pageant, and was held on 22 July 1955 at the Long Beach… Internet Archive CH-47A CHINOOK HELICOPTER IN VIETNAM 1st CAVALRY DIVISION 81092 Film Dating from the mid-1960s, this Boeing Vertol publicity film profiles the CH-47A Chinook helicopter and shows the various missions that it was tasked with… Internet Archive Triumph At Daytona Film The MERCURY COMET automobile runs durability tests at Daytona Racetrack. Features a motion picture record of a dramatic test of automotive performance and… Internet Archive “BETRAYED” 1951 CHRISTIAN FILM IMPORTANCE OF FAITH FOR THE FAMILY KEN ANDERSON XD39034 Film Gospel Films, Incorporated (0:15) presents “Betrayed” (0:26), an unabashedly Christian film telling the story of the Aberdeen family. They are wealthy,… Internet Archive Civil Defense In Schools 29192 Film Produced in 1958 by the Office of Civil Defense and Mobilization and Norwood Studios, "Civil Defense in Schools" shows how teachers and staff can organize and… Internet Archive Misc Commercials Commercial We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in… Internet Archive " NEW FAMILY IN TOWN " 1956 CIVIL DEFENSE FILM FALLOUT SHELTER NUCLEAR WAR 72742 Film "New Family in Town" is a Civil Defense film from 1956 that tells the story of the Trombleys, an English family who move into an American town. In addition to… Internet Archive “ THE FLIGHT OF THE BLUE BIRD II ” 1966 SOUTH AMERICAN TRAVELOGUE, PIPER COMANCHE AIRCRAFT 10054 Film Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This color… Internet Archive 1967 VIETNAM WAR CIVIC ACTION PROGRAM OPERATION COUNTY FAIR 68014 Film Made during the Vietnam War, this 1967 Marine Corps documentary presents "Operation County Fair". County Fair was a civic action program intended to clear…