Veterans History Project

1–48 of 66,263 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.
Library of Congress Paul John Lux Collection 1939 · Interview · 43 min Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Saint Louis, Missouri; San Francisco, California; Fort Carson, Colorado; Fort Bliss, Texas; Panama Canal; Germany. Library of Congress Donald J. Draxler Collection 1941 · Interview · 41 min First Lieutenant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Camp Gruber, Oklahoma; Kwajalein Island, (Marshall Islands); Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands); Saipan,… Library of Congress John Warren Sloan Collection 1941 · Interview · 1 h 25 min Captain, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Camp Grant, Illinois; Camp Roberts, California; Edgewood, Maryland; Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma; Casper, Wyoming; Dale… Library of Congress Perry E. Gwinn, Jr. Collection 1941 · Interview · 47 min Lieutenant Colonel, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Pensacola, Florida; Solomon Islands; Casco Bay, Maine; Pacific Theater. Library of Congress Roy G. Lyon Collection 1942 · Interview · 48 min First Lieutenant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Fort Wayne, Indiana; France; Germany. Library of Congress James Thomas Moffitt Collection 1942 · Interview · 4 h 12 min First Lieutenant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - California; Texas; Corsica; France; Italy. Captain, Army, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Korea. Library of Congress Donald Minor Collection 1942 · Interview · 55 min Petty Officer First Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - San Diego, California; San Francisco, California; Camp Pendleton, California; Aleutian Islands… Library of Congress Alton Odell Teal Collection 1943 · Interview · 32 min Private First Class, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Camp Croft, South Carolina; France; Luxembourg; Germany; European Theater. Library of Congress Myles Walter Isbell Collection 1943 · Interview · 46 min Petty Officer Third Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Normandy, France; European Theater; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Philippines; Pacific Theater;… Library of Congress Vivian Mildred Corbett Bailey Collection 1943 · Interview · 38 min First Lieutenant, WAC (Women's Army Corps), World War, 1939-1945 - Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Fort McClellan, Alabama; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Sam Houston,… Library of Congress Eliot W. Annable Collection 1943 · Interview · 2 h 59 min Master Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - United States; United Kingdom; France; Belgium; Germany; European Theater. Library of Congress George A. Skeeba Collection 1943 · Interview · 36 min Radioman, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Bainbridge, Maryland; California; Philippines; Pacific Theater. Library of Congress Robert John Hambly Collection 1943 · Interview · 38 min Photographer's Mate First Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Camp Shoemaker, California; Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands); Philippines; Guam (Mariana… Library of Congress Belding F. Clearwater Collection 1943 · Interview · 1 h 16 min Petty Officer Third Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Normandy, France; Guam (Mariana Islands); European Theater; Pacific Theater. Library of Congress Thomas Golden Collection 1943 · Interview · 1 h Private First Class, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Fort Eustis, Virginia; New Guinea; Philippines; Pacific Theater. Library of Congress Henry Franlyn Jackson Collection 1943 · Interview · 30 min Corporal, Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Camp Montford Point, North Carolina; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Pacific Theater. Library of Congress Elmer Joseph Brull Collection 1944 · Interview · 30 min Chief Cook, Merchant Marine, World War, 1939-1945 - Atlantic Ocean; Pacific Ocean; Mediterranean Sea; Gulf of Mexico. Sergeant, Army, Korean War, 1950-1953 -… Library of Congress John Robert McClure Collection 1944 · Interview · 1 h Quartermaster Third Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Theater; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Philippines; Solomon Islands; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands);… Library of Congress James Haskell White Collection 1944 · Interview · 45 min Yeoman Second Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Bainbridge, Maryland; San Diego, California; Port Hueneme, California; Japan; Pacific Theater. Library of Congress Charles Wesley Miller Collection 1945 · Interview · 1 h 11 min Petty Officer Third Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - San Diego, California; Treasure Island, California; Pacific Theater; Hawaii; Guam (Mariana Islands);… Library of Congress Angelo Losi Collection 1945 · Interview · 10 min Corporal, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Biloxi, Mississippi; Spokane, Washington. Library of Congress William R. Brosco Collection 1947 · Interview · 1 h 57 min Lieutenant, Air Force, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Texas; Eglin Field, Florida; Korea; Greenland. Library of Congress Jack Palmer Morris Collection 1948 · Interview · 59 min Airman First Class, Air Force, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Virginia; Texas; Florida; Colorado; Japan; South Korea; Wichita, Kansas. Library of Congress James Kaleohano Collection 1950 · Interview · 51 min E-7, Army, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Korea; Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Fort Devens, Massachusetts;… Library of Congress Richard D. Mayberry Collection 1951 · Interview · 1 h 3 min Petty Officer First Class, Navy, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Great Lakes, Illinois; Japan; San Francisco, California; Long Beach, California. Library of Congress George Raymond Almasi Collection 1951 · Interview · 39 min Lieutenant Commander, Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Great Lakes, Illinois; Jacksonville, Florida; Millington, Tennessee; California; Hawaii; Korea; Vietnam. Library of Congress Stanley Shepard Collection 1952 · Interview · 40 min Lieutenant Junior Grade, Navy, Cold War - Rhode Island; Norfolk, Virginia; Mediterranean Sea. Library of Congress Bruce P. Crandall Collection 1953 · Interview · 1 h 25 min Colonel, Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Libya; Central America; South America; Howard Air Force Base, Panama; Costa Rica; Vietnam; Thailand; Fort Leonard… Library of Congress Roger A. Knopf Collection 1954 · Interview · 35 min Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; Ellington Air Force Base, Texas; Brookley Air Force Base, Alabama;… Library of Congress Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection 1955 · Interview · 21 min Lieutenant Commander, Navy, Cold War - Hawaii; Japan; Honk Kong; Mariana Islands; Midway; Pacific Ocean. Library of Congress David Ford Fitzgerald Collection 1955 · Interview · 1 h 11 min Commander, Navy, Cold War - Hawaii; Washington, DC; Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland; Glenview, Illinois. Library of Congress Belmont Stiller Collection 1956 · Interview · 40 min Petty Officer Third Class, Navy, Cold War - Hawaii; Japan; Guam (Mariana Islands); Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Philippines. Library of Congress James Capers, Jr. Collection 1956 · Interview · 1 h 8 min Major, Marine Corps, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Vietnam; Middle East; Syria; Lebanon; Cuba; Puerto Rico; Congo; Eastern Europe; United States. Library of Congress Thomas Anthony Philip Anderson Collection 1957 · Interview · 30 min Lieutenant Commander, Navy, Cold War - Pacific Ocean; Korea; Cuba; California. Brigadier General, Army, Cold War - New Mexico. Library of Congress William H. Reynolds Collection 1957 · Interview · 30 min Colonel, Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States; Germany; Vietnam; Thailand. Library of Congress David R. Herd Collection 1958 · Interview · 30 min Technical Sergeant, Air Force, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Langley Air Force Base, Virginia; Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina; Dyess Air Force Base, Texas;… Library of Congress Larry White Collection 1958 · Interview · 37 min Air Force, Cold War - Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Williams Air Force Base, Arizona; France; Spain; Scotland; Newfoundland. Library of Congress Russell Noil James Collection 1959 · Interview · 1 h 22 min Petty Officer Second Class, Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Alameda, California; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Guam (Mariana Islands); Philippines; Hong Kong; Japan. Library of Congress Michael G. Yavno Collection 1960 · Interview · 1 h 1 min Lance Corporal, Marine Corps, Cold War - San Diego, California. Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Vietnam. Library of Congress Larry H. Ross Collection 1960 · Interview · 36 min Major, Marine Corps, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - San Diego, California; Camp Pendleton, California; Parris Island, South Carolina; Marine Corps Base Quantico,… Library of Congress Arthur C. Patterson Collection 1960 · Interview · 34 min Airman Second Class, Air Force, Cold War - Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Library of Congress Guy J. Simmons Collection 1961 · Interview · 1 h 5 min Captain, Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Vietnam; Atlantic Ocean; Caribbean Sea; Pacific Ocean. Library of Congress Linwood Pitts Collection 1961 · Interview · 35 min E-4, Air Force, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Japan; Korea; Louisiana; Philippines; Vietnam. Library of Congress William Robert Saunders Collection 1961 · Interview · 55 min Senior Master Sergeant, Air Force, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Vietnam; Europe; France. Library of Congress Jeanne Cahoon Collection 1962 · Interview · 43 min Captain, Air Force, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - San Antonio, Texas; Biloxi, Mississippi; Sioux City, Iowa; Germany. Library of Congress Jeff B. Edmunds Collection 1963 · Interview · 34 min Specialist Four, Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Washington, DC; Arlington, Virginia. Library of Congress James I. Muir, III Collection 1964 · Interview · 1 h 24 min Lieutenant Colonel, Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Vietnam; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Germany; Fort Jackson,… Library of Congress Lester Lee Eggemeyer Collection 1964 · Interview · 52 min Electronic Technician Radar Second Class, Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Norfolk, Virginia; Great Lakes, Illinois; Japan; Vietnam.