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9,361–9,408 of 19,489 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 LIGHTHOUSE" 1952 EDUCATIONAL FILM U.S. COAST GUARD POINT SUR LIGHTHOUSE, MONTEREY CALIF. 96964 Educational “The Lighthouse” is a color educational film from 1952, made by New Horizon Films and released by Encyclopedia Britannica Films. Produced by Cynthia Chapman,… Internet Archive KSNN El Explorador del Siglo 21: ¿Cómo podemos viajar más rápido en el espacio? Film Desde la antigüedad, las personas han contemplado el espacio y se han preguntado sobre sus misterios. La inmensidad del espacio nos ha abierto la mente, pero… Internet Archive "WITH ALLENBY IN PALESTINE" WORLD WAR I BRITISH DESERT ARMY CAMPAIGN IN EGYPT & PALESTINE 84754 Film This silent newsreel was released by Kodak as part of their Kodascope Library in 1927. The contents were shot by veteran journalist Lowell Thomas, who… Internet Archive What You Eat You Are 1970 · Film Nutritional information for rural South Carolinian families. Internet Archive A IS FOR ATOM CIVIL DEFENSE ATOMIC ENERGY & ATOMIC POWER 56934 Film Made by veteran animated John Sutherland for the General Electric Company, A IS FOR ATOM presents fundamentals of atomic structure, and looks at the potential… Internet Archive "THE VICTORY SQUAD" JOHN WAYNE / 1966 RONALD REAGAN GUBERNATORIAL GET-OUT-THE-VOTE FILM 94634 Film Produced in 1966 by the Los Angeles County Republican Central Committee with the Republican State Central Committee of California, "The Victory Squad" is a… Internet Archive [Unknown home movie: Horses] Home movie [Unknown home movie: Horses] We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions… Internet Archive BERLIN AIRLIFT 16mm HOME MOVIES 1949 Trip to BERLIN WEST GERMANY 44734 Home movie This fascinating, silent 16mm home movie -- shot by an unknown American who was almost certainly a military officer -- shows a trip to Europe in 1949 and… Internet Archive " YUGOSLAVIA THE LAND OF COLOR " 1930s CUNARD-WHITE STAR LINE TRAVELOGUE CROATIA SERBIA 62324 Film This silent film is presented by Cunard-White Star Line which was a British shipping line existing from 1934-1949. These lines were able to provide regular… Internet Archive "SO YOU WANT THRILLS!" JIMMIE LYNCH DEATH DODGERS CAR STUNT SHOW HELL DRIVERS 67924 Film This black & white promotional/educational film is about Jimmie Lynch and his Death Dodgers and how they use Dodge Cars - the safest cars on the road. This… Internet Archive 1949 AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY FILM “ ORAL CANCER: THE PROBLEM OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS ” 70174 Film This 1947 film outlines the responsibility of physicians and dentists in early recognition of oral cancer. Interestingly, it does not probe the causes of oral… Internet Archive "GATE TO PARADISE" 1970s JEWISH SETTLEMENT & DEVELOPMENT OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS 79504 Film Made in the 1970s in the wake of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, "Gate To Paradise" was presented by the Jewish National Fund. The film is a short that shows the… Internet Archive " SOUTH AMERICAN VISTA " 1941 TRAVELOGUE PERU, BRAZIL, ARGENTINA BUENOS AIRES RIO 86244 Film This black & white educational film is about some of the tourist attractions and big cities to see in South America, primarily focusing on Argentina and… Internet Archive Single Parent 1975 · Educational Summary: A detailed, cinema verite study of a divorced mother with three children who tries to establish a social life while raising children, maintaining her… Internet Archive U.S. NAVY SEABEES IN THE ANTARCTIC BASE CONSTRUCTION 1957-58 50024 Film The United States Navy brings the viewer “Seabees In The Antarctic: Base Construction,” a circa 1959 color film detailing the construction of scientific… Internet Archive YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL EPISODE 101 FREEDOM TRAIN CHARLES RAY 58924 Newsreel Created from the General Newsreel Co.'s archives, YESTERDAY'S NEWSREELS was an early TV show. This episode begins with "Freedom's Documents", showing the 1920… Internet Archive WAR BULLETIN 10 BOXER BARNEY ROSS WAR DOGS I WAS THERE MALTA 24294 Film “This is an Official Film. Its showing is limited to those persons authorized to attend War Department theaters under Army Regulations 210-390 July 10, 1942.”… Internet Archive 1947 NATIONAL AIR RACES CLEVELAND OHIO PAUL MANTZ JACKIE COCHRAN THOMPSON TROPHY RACE 56674 Film This color film provides highlights of the 1947 Cleveland National Air Races. A plane sits under a SkyTech Inc. sign. The B.F. Goodrich plant can be seen. The… Internet Archive Angel and Big Joe 1976 · Educational A story about a young migrant worker who must decide whether to help his family in Arizona or make a new career for himself with a friend in New Jersey Internet Archive LOCKHEED L-1011 TRISTAR EASTERN AIRLINES PROMOTIONAL FILM 48654 Film Aerospace and technology company Lockheed presents “You Have To Get Up Pretty Damn Early To Beat The TriStar — an early 1970s color film promoting the… Internet Archive “ IDEAS AND FILM II ” 1960S BELL AND HOWELL INDUSTRIAL AUDIO-VISUAL DEALER PROMO FILM Film This promo film from the 1960s "Ideas and Film II" is presented by Bell and Howell Industrial Audio-Visual Dealer Company and produced by Telecine Film… Internet Archive NASA APOLLO 12 MISSION "PINPOINT FOR SCIENCE" FILM 74662 Film "Pinpoint for Science" celebrates Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the moon, that was launched on November 14th, 1969. This documentary starts with a… Internet Archive 366th FIGHTER WING THE GUNFIGHTERS IN VIETNAM 54154 Film This silent footage shows highlights of the activities of the 366th Fighter Wing (366 FW) of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command in Vietnam.… Internet Archive U.S. ARMY CAMOUFLAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL SOLDIERS 1967 TRAINING FILM 58774 Film The 1967 U.S. Army training film, Individual Camouflage (TF 5-3881), produced by the Army Pictorial Center, is a training video used to teach the factors of… Internet Archive HUNTING SHARKS WITH A BOW AND ARROW HOWARD HILL 74052 Film Narrated by Ronald Reagan, this short film shows famed archer Howard Hill doing target practice ... with sharks! Howard Hill (November 13, 1899 - February 4,… Internet Archive " ACTION HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WAR " U.S. NAVY AT BATTLE OF SANTA CRUZ SS JOHN BURKE EXPLOSION 7833 Film Telenews presents this short WW2 combat film, "The Navy at War". It's a silent film, which seems to indicate that it was sold to the home market. Telenews… Internet Archive CONSOLIDATED VULTEE B-36 BOMBER PROMOTIONAL FILM TARGET: PEACE 84534 Film Made by Consolidated Vultee to promote the B-36 Peacemaker strategic bomber, this rare Cold War film is dedicated to the 8th and 15th Air Forces of the… Internet Archive Home for Gary, A Film Urban renewal in New Castle, PA displaces black families. Thankfully manufactured homes are built on an old baseball diamond and Gary is happy again. This… Internet Archive 7th WORLD CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY MOSCOW, SOVIET UNION ANTI-FASCIST CAMPAIGN FILM 14844 Film This short, Soviet propaganda film celebrates the Seventh World Congress of the Communist International (Comintern), a multinational conference held in Moscow… Internet Archive 1950s TRIP TO LONDON & COLERAINE NORTHERN IRELAND 16mm AMATEUR HOME MOVIE (SILENT FILM) 61304 Home movie Shot in the mid-1950s, this silent film shows a trip to the U.K. From what we can tell it includes a visit to London, England and Coleraine in Northern… Internet Archive 1950 DOLE FRUIT COCKTAIL PROMO FILM “RAINBOW HARVEST” HAWAII PINEAPPLE & CALIFORNIA GRAPES 89314 Film This 1950 film presented by the Hawaiian Pineapple Company (:08) is a promotion for the Dole Fruit Cocktail invented in the Barron-Gray Canning Company plant.… Internet Archive KSNN El Explorador del Siglo 21: ¿Porqué los robots viajan para el espacio antes de la gente? Film Explorar el espacio es emocionante, pero también puede ser un poco aterrador. Algunas personas opinan que la exploración espacial es demasiado peligrosa para… Internet Archive 16mm HOME MOVIES 1948 SHANGHAI, CHINA GEN. ROBERT EICHELBERGER MADAME CHIANG KAI-SHEK XD19614 Home movie This film is one of a group of silent home movies shot by an unknown American who was working for the OMEA, or Officer's Moral Endeavor Association, a sort of… Internet Archive VOLKSWAGEN VW BUG FUEL EFFICIENCY TEST DRIVE GAS CRISIS FILM 33504 Film This silent 16mm film shows an experiment undertaken to show how a small, light car like the VW Bug could be driven for long distances at low cost due to its… Internet Archive SIXTH MARINE DIVISION ON OKINAWA OPERATION ICEBERG WORLD WAR II COLOR DOCUMENTARY (Part 2) 34004 Documentary Produced in 1945, "The 6th Marine Division on Okinawa" is documentary film about the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg. The film was released… Internet Archive “ LASERS UNLIMITED ” 1969 LASER BEAM HISTORY AT&T LABORATORIES PROMO FILM 49814 Film This early laser technology film; “Lasers Unlimited” showcases the pioneering era of laser technology at AT&T / Bell Labs. It shows the rapid development and… Internet Archive 1946-1966 20 YEARS OF STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND SAC AIRCRAFT & MISSILES 29274 Film Made in 1946 to commemorate 20 years of the Strategic Air Command, this silent film shows the various aircraft used to carry atomic weapons. It begins with… Internet Archive SELLS, ARIZONA & TUCSON, ARIZONA RODEO PARADE 1950s HOME MOVIE 58074 Home movie This late 1940s or early 1950s home movie begins in Sells, Arizona, the capital of the Tohono O'odham Nation and the home of several of their tribal… Internet Archive V-E DAY IN LONDON ENGLAND MAY 8, 1945 TRAFALGAR SQUARE PICCADILLY CIRCUS 62164 Film This silent film shows some of the events on May 8, 1945, Victory in Europe Day aka V-E Day, in London. The film was shot by I. Weiss according to a credit,… Internet Archive BOUGAINVILLE CAMPAIGN "BATTLE FOR HILL 700" 145th INFANTRY / 35th DIVISION COMBAT FILM 22534 Film This silent film shows the battle for "Hill 700" starting on March 9, 1944. Depicted is the counter-attack by the 145th Infantry of the 37th Division to… Internet Archive "HELPING KOREANS TO HELP THEMSELVES" 1954 KOREAN WAR RELIEF CAMPAIGN FILM 46884 Film This black & white film promotes financial relief for the people of South Korea, who are in desperate need of assistance due to the outbreak of the Korean… Internet Archive " THE GEOGRAPHICAL ENVELOPE " 1970s RUSSIAN EDUCATIONAL FILM ATMOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE 60184 Educational This basic educational movie is entitled "The Geographical Envelope". This term in the Russian geographical science is similar to Richard Hartshorne's… Internet Archive THE F2H BANSHEE BEFORE FLIGHT 80644 Film “THE F2H BANSHEE BEFORE FLIGHT” 1953 US NAVY TRAINING FILM This US Navy training film will take a look at the McDonnell F2H Banshee which was a single seat… Internet Archive "STORY OF THE U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS" 1976 EVOLUTION & HISTORY OF MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS 87324 Film This 1976 Army film "The Story of the U.S. Army Signal Corps" is about the history and evolution of military communication, specifically focusing on the… Internet Archive CIVIL DEFENSE EMERGENCY OPERATING CENTERS 1967 GOVERNMENT FILM 87654 Film EMERGENCY OPERATING CENTERS – THE BASIC CONCEPTS, a film from 1967, begins with amazing footage of various emergencies such as a forest fire (00:00:15:00) , a… Internet Archive Cultural Care Assessment Of An American Polish Informant Film Lecture/interview with Dr Madeleine Leininger and graduate student from Wayne State University in the school of Professional Nursing and Anthropology in… Internet Archive UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION MODERN STEEL MAKING PROMOTIONAL FILM MD86474 Film This Technicolor film, produced by the U.S. Steel Corporation, opens with a panoramic view of steel mills (:28). They rely on iron ore (:48), high-grade coke… Internet Archive "THE CHANGING FACE OF INDIA" VILLAGE VS. URBAN LIFE IN BANGALORE 1942 BRITISH COLONIAL FILM XD13794 Film This black & white educational film is about the new "modern" India vs the traditional, simple India that has existed for thousands of years. The movie…