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2,929–2,976 of 6,223 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

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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 BUILDING BITUMINOUS ROADS 1922 · Educational BUILDING BITUMINOUS ROADS Produced: 1922 Description A bituminous macadam road is constructed. Bituminous asphalt is spread upon the road bed, chipped stone… Internet Archive Deer in Woods / Ford Lake Shipping 1927 · Educational Deer in Woods / Ford Lake Shipping Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Various… Internet Archive To a Queen's Taste (The Making of Candy) / Cotton Milling / To a Queen's Taste (The Making of Candy) / Cotton Milling / Water Power / Cotton Milling 1920 · Educational To a Queen's Taste (The Making of Candy) / Cotton Milling / To a Queen's Taste (The Making of Candy) / Cotton Milling / Water Power / Cotton Milling Produced:… Internet Archive Farming with Ford Tractors 1921 · Educational Farming with Ford Tractors Produced: 1921 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Harvesting wheat… Internet Archive Wild Animals and Birds / Ford Coal Mine 1921 · Educational Wild Animals and Birds / Ford Coal Mine Produced: 1921 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a.… Internet Archive With the Fordson in Indiana and Illinois and Ohio 1920 · Educational With the Fordson in Indiana and Illinois and Ohio Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive For the Future (Vocational School Activities) / Between Friends (Juarez, Mexico) 1920 · Educational For the Future (Vocational School Activities) / Between Friends (Juarez, Mexico) Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the… Internet Archive MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.A 1926 · Educational MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.A Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: A Merry Christmas to… Internet Archive Metropolis (1927) - Opening Titles Comparision 1927 · Film A comparision of 4 versions of the intro to Metropolis, in order: 1.Unrestored Print (1927) 2.Giorgio Moroder Version (1984) 3.Restored Authorized Edition… Internet Archive EXPLOSIVE DUSTS 1928 · Educational EXPLOSIVE DUSTS Produced: 1928 Description Reel 1 demonstrates, by laboratory techniques, how grain dust can be ignited and exploded. Includes shots of grain… Internet Archive Airplane Reliability Tour 1926 · Educational Airplane Reliability Tour Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Biplane on field -… Internet Archive FOOD FOR THOUGHT 1921 · Educational FOOD FOR THOUGHT Produced: 1921 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The one universal food for… Internet Archive AS DREAMS COME TRUE. 6,7,8,9,10 1921 · Educational AS DREAMS COME TRUE. 6,7,8,9,10 Produced: 1921 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “In the… Internet Archive MAKING UPHOLSTERY CLOTH. PART I 1927 · Educational MAKING UPHOLSTERY CLOTH. PART I Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “‘From raw… Internet Archive Hunters In Woods / Mining / Industrial Construction / Lumbering / Safety Education / New Cars / Salt Mining / Are You a Piker? 1920 · Educational Hunters In Woods / Mining / Industrial Construction / Lumbering / Safety Education / New Cars / Salt Mining / Are You a Piker? Produced: 1920 Description The… Internet Archive KEEPING OUT BAD FOOD 1922 · Educational KEEPING OUT BAD FOOD Produced: 1922 Description Shows Department of Agriculture activities in enforcing the Pure Food and Drug Act in respect to importation… Internet Archive BIG TREES OF CALIFORNIA, THE 1923 · Educational BIG TREES OF CALIFORNIA, THE Produced: 1923 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The oldest and… Internet Archive A Trip on the Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad 1923 · Educational A Trip on the Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad Produced: 1923 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive Henry Ford and Charles E. Sorensen / Henry Ford and Mr. [Andre] Citroen in Dearborn, Michigan / Herbert Hoover in South America / Henry Ford Trade School Exhibits 1928 · Educational Henry Ford and Charles E. Sorensen / Henry Ford and Mr. [Andre] Citroen in Dearborn, Michigan / Herbert Hoover in South America / Henry Ford Trade School… Internet Archive Southwest Mountains and Desert / Jamaica and the Bahamas 1920 · Educational Southwest Mountains and Desert / Jamaica and the Bahamas Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads… Internet Archive MAPLE SUGAR 1922 · Educational MAPLE SUGAR Produced: 1922 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Maple sugar and syrup are made… Internet Archive Alice Cans the Cannibals (1925) 1925 · Feature Alice and her cat are driving along the coast when they accidentally ride off a cliff and into the ocean. They trick a fish into towing them along until a… Internet Archive WATER AS POWER 1920 · Educational WATER AS POWER Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Rushing, splashing, seething,… Internet Archive Fifteen Millionth Ford / Camping / Twenty Millionth Ford / Model A Fords / River Rouge Plant and Freighter Benson Ford / Lumbering / River Rouge Plant / Ford South America / Ford Gardens / Henry… 1927 · Educational Fifteen Millionth Ford / Camping / Twenty Millionth Ford / Model A Fords / River Rouge Plant and Freighter Benson Ford / Lumbering / River Rouge Plant / Ford… Internet Archive AS DREAMS COME TRUE [HENRY FORD'S INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES] 1921 · Educational AS DREAMS COME TRUE [HENRY FORD'S INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES] Produced: 1921 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads… Internet Archive Arizona Scenes / Luther Burbank Experimental Farm / Irrigation and Gold Panning in Arizona / Austin, Texas / Elephant Butte Dam, Arizona / River Scenes, Missouri 1920 · Educational Arizona Scenes / Luther Burbank Experimental Farm / Irrigation and Gold Panning in Arizona / Austin, Texas / Elephant Butte Dam, Arizona / River Scenes,… Internet Archive Bill Sprague Collection-Alice The Toreador-1925-walt disney-PUBLIC DOMAIN 1925 · Cartoon Another entry in the Alice In Cartoonland Series, I remember having this on A VHS tape years ago. Great To see it here. Please Note that the Bill Sprague… Internet Archive The Night Cry (1926; partial) 1926 · Film The Night Cry [Partial] With: Rin Tin Tin, John Harron, June Marlowe Directed by Herman C. Raymaker (Foothill Video, circa 1995) Running Time: 50 Minutes… Internet Archive A CROP WORTH SAVING 1925 · Educational A CROP WORTH SAVING Produced: 1925 Description The inauguration of 4-H club activities in a Louisiana community enlivens the interest of farm youngsters in… Internet Archive Dahlinger Album 1927 · Educational Dahlinger Album Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Woman in deck chair - ships… Internet Archive Scrapping a Ship 1926 · Educational Scrapping a Ship Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ship being towed by tugboat… Internet Archive Henry Ford and John Burroughs with Steam Engine / Skimobile 1920 · Educational Henry Ford and John Burroughs with Steam Engine / Skimobile Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company… Internet Archive Shark Fishing / Boats on Lakes and City Streets / Making Silverware 1920 · Educational Shark Fishing / Boats on Lakes and City Streets / Making Silverware Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor… Internet Archive TICK TOCK 1920 · Educational TICK TOCK Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “‘’Tis with our judgments as our… Internet Archive Golden Rule of Safety / The Improved Fordson Agricultural Tractor 1925 · Educational Golden Rule of Safety / The Improved Fordson Agricultural Tractor Produced: 1925 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor… Internet Archive We're for Safety…Are You? 1926 · Educational We're for Safety…Are You? Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: We're For Safety!… Internet Archive UP TO HYALITE 1921 · Educational UP TO HYALITE Produced: 1921 Description A forest ranger leads a party through the Gallatin National Forest in Montana in search of vacationers, reportedly… Internet Archive BARNYARD UNDERWORLD, THE 1928 · Educational BARNYARD UNDERWORLD, THE Produced: 1928 Description A farmer is motivated by a radio speech to rid his farm of unsanitary conditions. Consists mostly of… Internet Archive PLANE HOOKS ONTO USS AKRON 1920 · Educational PLANE HOOKS ONTO USS AKRON Covers: ca. 1920–ca. 1939 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76828 Internet Archive PAVING THE WAY TO SUCCESS [FORD TRACTOR AND TRUCK ADVERTISEMENT] 1921 · Commercial PAVING THE WAY TO SUCCESS [FORD TRACTOR AND TRUCK ADVERTISEMENT] Produced: 1921 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor… Internet Archive Ten Millionth Ford / Twenty Millionth Ford 1924 · Educational Ten Millionth Ford / Twenty Millionth Ford Produced: 1924 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a.… Internet Archive Tractor Demonstrations 1925 · Educational Tractor Demonstrations Produced: 1925 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Tractor-powered Ferris… Internet Archive KNIGHTS OF THE SADDLE 1921 · Educational KNIGHTS OF THE SADDLE Produced: 1921 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Linked with all things… Internet Archive FORD INDUSTRIES 1927 · Educational FORD INDUSTRIES Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ford Industries, Part One.… Internet Archive [GOLF] 1920 · Educational [GOLF] Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Man swinging an iron, hits golf ball -… Internet Archive THE 29TH DIVISION [WORLD WAR I] 1921 · Educational THE 29TH DIVISION [WORLD WAR I] Produced: 1921 Description On activities in France. Reel 1, a supply train stops for water near Vignory. A soldier is buried.… Internet Archive [WAKE UP [I]. [FORD AUTOMOBILE SERVICE IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN] 1928 · Educational [WAKE UP [I]. [FORD AUTOMOBILE SERVICE IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN] Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company… Internet Archive [SOUTH AMERICAN SCENES] 1929 · Educational [SOUTH AMERICAN SCENES] 1929 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Men loading large cuts of meat…