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8,737–8,784 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 Mexico Film We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm Archive Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are… Internet Archive 1949 COLE BROTHERS CIRCUS FILM "CIRCUS DAY IN OUR TOWN" 50844 Film This 1949 black and white film about the Cole Brothers Circus arrival, setup, and show in a town is presented by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc. A group… Internet Archive 1946 ESSO PROMOTIONAL FILM MEET NORTH CAROLINA TRAVELOGUE 68034 Film This 1946 color travelogue film about North Carolina was presented by the Esso Standard Oil Company and is a John Bransby Production. Scenes of the Blue Ridge… Internet Archive North Vietnamese Newsreel Ho Chi Minhn 40232 Newsreel This rare North Vietnamese newsreel was made in the immediate aftermath of Ho Chi Minh's death, in 1970. In addition to showing the Vietnamese people mourning… Internet Archive SOVIET UNION IN RETREAT DURING OPERATION BARBAROSSA 1941 WORLD WAR II 50514 Film This Soviet newsreel recounts the long retreat of Soviet forces during the initial stages of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the USSR beginning… Internet Archive NASA APOLLO PROJECT FIRE SAFETY & FLAME RESISTANT MATERIALS EDUCATIONAL FILM 55554 Educational This color educational film produced by A-V Corporation for NASA addresses fire in the 1969 Apollo missions. It opens with shots of bubbling magma (:17), an… Internet Archive Singin' & Swingin' - Harry Connick Jr. Film Singin' & Swingin' - Harry Connick Jr. Japanese Edition 1 Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans 2 Stompin' At The Savoy (live) 3 Where Or When (live)… Internet Archive Picture Paradise Film Picture Paradise We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the… Internet Archive 1951 WOMEN IN THE AIR FORCE "WAFs" RECRUITING FILM 66524 Film This incredible black & white educational/promotional film is about women in the U.S. Air Force and the traing & jobs they can get while in the USAF. This was… Internet Archive THE MACARTHUR REPORT KOREAN WAR NEWSREEL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR 77684 Newsreel Produced in 1951, this Castle Films newsreel tells the story of Douglas MacArthur, one of the great generals in the history of the United States Army, but one… Internet Archive Promo for Doris Day For A Day competition 1965 · Short · 1 min 1-minute theatrical short promoting a competition involving the 1965 film Do Not Disturb . I will note in advance that this footage is still under copyright. Internet Archive 1971 WINSTON 500 STOCK CAR RACE ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY TALLADEGA DONNIE ALLISON XD36204 Film This color film is about the 1971 Winston 500 at the Alabama Motor Speedway at Talladega, Lincoln, Alabama. This was the very first Talladega race under… Internet Archive 1960 OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCH FILM CHALLENGE OF THE OCEANS 22064 Film This sepia 1960 film CHALLENGE OF THE OCEANS by the National Academy of Sciences is from a series of reports on Planet Earth. The film begins with brief… Internet Archive "U.S. NAVY OPERATIONS IN VIETNAM" 1966 U.S. NAVY RIVERINE PATROL BOATS OPERATION MARKET TIME 29754 Film This film, "U.S. Navy Riverine Operations," (1966) provides a look at the various roles of the U.S. Navy and Marines in the Vietnam War, focusing heavily on… Internet Archive AV Geeks Lunch 6 21 2022 (i00608) 2022 · Home movie AV Geeks Lunch 6 21 2022 AV Geeks Lunch 608 aired live on Tuesday, Jun 21, 2022 screening: Culver Home Movies Reel E - 0:00:34 Shaping Tomorrow - 0:15:05 Dust… Internet Archive Changing Work: American Workers in Sweden 1975 · Educational "Toward the end of 1974, six American auto workers spent a month working in an engine assembly plant in Sweden in an effort to gauge their reactions to an… Internet Archive Developmental Counseling in the Elementary School 1976 · Educational Producer, Don L. Sorenson; writers, Robert D. Myrick, Don L. Sorenson Shows elementary school counselors of Alachua County Schools, Gainesville, Fla.,… Internet Archive "TO CATCH A DREAM" 1970s IBERIA AIRLINES TRAVEL FILM MADRID TOLEDO BARCELONA SEVILLE 18494 Film This color travel film is about the country of Spain and flying Iberia Airlines to get there. There is no copyright but based on research this is circa the… Internet Archive 1930s TOUR OF ASIA CEYLON / SRI LANKA, THAILAND, JAPAN & CHINA GREAT WALL OF CHINA 61574 Film This silent film dates to the late 1920s or early 1930s and was used to promote travel on the P&O Orient Line of steamships with service to Asia. The film… Internet Archive JOHN F KENNEDY in NASHVILLE A MAN PASSED OUR WAY 78824 Film “If there is one unchanging theme that runs throughout these separate stories, it is that everything changes but change itself. We live in an age of movement… Internet Archive “ V-2 ROCKET ASSEMBLING AND LAUNCHING ” 1947 WAR DEPARTMENT FILM BULLETIN WHITE SANDS N.M. 25354 Film This War Department bulletin from 1947 shows captured German V-2 Rockets being tested at White Sands, New Mexico. German scientist Wernher von Braun designed… Internet Archive 1960s BOFORS 10.5 CM FIELD HOWITZER PROMO FILM ARTILLERY WEAPON SYSTEM 45884 Film This color educational/promotional film is about the Bofors 10.5 cm Field Howitzer L/28. The Internet has scant information on the L/28, but it was apparently… Internet Archive HOME MOVIES: NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR, MANHATTAN, ATLANTIC CITY 1939 - 1940 69834 Home movie This silent color home movie footage depicts the New York World’s Fair of 1939 in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens (which ran until fall of 1940), as… Internet Archive " STEEL FOR THE NATION " 1967 STELCO CANADIAN STEEL MANUFACTURING PROMO FILM XD14424 Educational This color educational film is about the production of steel in Canada by Stelco. Copyright 1967. Stelco is a steel manufacturer based in Hamilton, Ontario.… Internet Archive 1954 TOUR OF USA CAPITOL WASHINGTON, D.C. & DISCUSSION OF BRANCHES OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT XD14594 Film This color educational film from the Standard Oil Company "Welcome to Washington" presents a tour of Washington, D.C. Copyright is 1954, in other words during… Internet Archive 1960 MONSANTO CHEMICAL CORP. YEAR IN REVIEW FILM VAN CLIBURN NYLON VINYL CHLORIDE XD82515 Newsreel This publicity film from 1960 is a collection of 11 short promotional newsreels made by the Monsanto Chemical Company. This "year in review" type film was… Internet Archive " TROPICAL MOUNTAIN ISLAND " JAVA INDONESIA 1948 EDUCATIONAL FILM 53904 Educational "Tropical Mountain Island" is a vintage travelogue taking viewers on a tour through Java, Indonesia. Java is a part of the Greater Sunda Islands. It displays… Internet Archive U.S. Army War Film 11 World War II Combat Camera 73852 Film One of the U.S. Army's special "War Films", this one begins with a segment entitled "All American" focusing on the combat cameramen assembled to document the… Internet Archive "YOUTH FOR SERVICE" 1950s AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE COMMUNITY SERVICE FILM 65074 Film This late 1950s black-and-white film about the Youth for Service program sponsored by The American Friends Service Committee Inc. of Northern California.… Internet Archive U.S. ARMY RIOT CONTROL FORMATIONS FILM 77024 Film Made in 1957, as the U.S. entered a decade of civil unrest, this U.S. Army film is about RIOT CONTROL FORMATIONS. As the narrator explains: "A crowd becomes a… Internet Archive LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS 1932 HOME MOVIE at MEMORIAL COLISEUM 87545 Home movie This fascinating 1932 16mm home movie shows the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, beginning with track and field events in the Coliseum. At the 1:36 mark,… Internet Archive KSNN El Explorador del Siglo 21: ¿Porqué los astronautas comen tortillas en lugar de pan? Film El alimento es una necesidad básica. Tener suficiente alimento mientras viajan siempre ha sido un problema para los exploradores. Además de tener suficiente… Internet Archive GERMAN V-2 ROCKET LAUNCHES & FAILURES COLOR FILM WWII 42244a Film Released to the home market by World in Color Productions in 1948, this silent color film consists of captured footage of V-2 rocket development tests at… Internet Archive YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING IRON LUNG STEAMSHIP ROBERT E. LEE 63804 Newsreel Based on the holdings of the defunct General Newsreel Co, Yesterday’s Newsreel was a TV series that actual vintage news footage with modern narration. This… Internet Archive WWII BRITISH LIGHT TANK RECOGNITION & TRAINING FILM "FRIEND OR FOE" 54844 Film "Friend or Foe? Part 1” is a short 1940s black-and-white British production that begins with a look at proper tank camouflage (mark 00:30 ) and the importance… Internet Archive Willys Jeep Frolics Off Roading, Jeep Rodeos & Jamborees 78374 Film Made by Willys Motors in the mid-1950s or early 60s, JEEP FROLICS shows the early era of off-loading with these remarkable vehicles. Jeep Jamborees and Rallys… Internet Archive Bale Handling With No Hand Labor Film Promotional film for hay baling equipment. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC . Internet Archive “WINGS AROUND THE CONTINENT” FEMALE PILOT TRAVELOGUE OF MEXICO, BELIZE, WESTERN USA MAG 67235 Film This film "Wings Around the Continent" is an amateur made travelogue showing an epic flight to Mexico and the Western USA made by Paul-Gwen Zimmerman in a… Internet Archive "THE LIFE AND DEATH OF USS HORNET" CV-8 YORKTOWN CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIER @ BATTLE OF MIDWAY 81704 Film The Life and Death of the U.S.S. Hornet is a short Navy film that gives viewers a brief history of the famous CV-8 Yorktown-class aircraft carrier. The film… Internet Archive LIMA, CAPITAL OF PERU ANDES MOUNTAINS SOUTH AMERICA 1944 TRAVELOGUE FILM 86064 Film This black & white educational film was made during WWII by the office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs as part of the USA's "good neighbor"… Internet Archive “ CUBA: THE LAND AND PEOPLE” 1950 PRE-REVOLUTIONARY CUBA EDUCATIONAL FILM HAVANA SANTIAGO 94964 Educational This 1950 Coronet educational film "Cuba: Land and People" introduces viewers to Cuba through the form of a bus journey across the Island from Santiago to… Internet Archive Aeronautics and Space Report 250 Short · 14 min NASA Aeronautics and Space Report 250 To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC . Internet Archive What Makes Rain 1946 1946 · Film We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm Archive Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Interesting Facts About Your Language" Educational SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. I am the only person on earth preserving American filmstrips. The media format is largely forgotten and very… Internet Archive 1920s “MISS POKER FACE” TENNIS STAR HELEN WILLS FILM 1924 WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIP "THE GREATEST DRAMA" XD43454 Film Closeup of Norwegian tennis player and seven-time champion Molla Bjurstedt Mallory. Wills and Mallory rally. Wills defeats Mallory in a straight-sets victory.… Internet Archive NASA Apollo Program Command Module Overview 78104 Film Made at the time of the Apollo Program, this film gives an overview of the Command Module (CM), which was mated to the Service Module and known together as… Internet Archive Maurice Hornocker On The Siberian Tiger Film Wildlife Conservation Society video of a lecture and discussion concerning large carnivores and saving the endangered Siberian tiger. Internet Archive " ARMY / NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE " WWII STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, JAPANESE NEWSREEL, THE FIGHTING DUTCH 71832 Newsreel This newsreel is part of the Army/Navy Screen Magazine, a WWII newsreel program produced from June 1943 until early 1946 by the Army Signal Corps under the…