The world's archives

3,169–3,216 of 6,020 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 Auction Sale of Ford Farm Implements / Smith's Creek / Auction Sale of Ford Farm Implements / Henry Ford and Edsel Ford with Others 1929 · Educational Auction Sale of Ford Farm Implements / Smith's Creek / Auction Sale of Ford Farm Implements / Henry Ford and Edsel Ford with Others Produced: 1929 Description… Internet Archive Where The Fordson Shines 1921 · Educational Where The Fordson Shines Produced: 1921 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Beginning of the… Internet Archive FORD AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICE (1-6) 1925 · Educational FORD AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICE (1-6) Produced: 1925 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The… Internet Archive Ford River Rouge Plant / Fire at Soybean Plant 1928 · Educational Ford River Rouge Plant / Fire at Soybean Plant Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive GROWING CORN IN SPITE OF THE BORER 1927 · Educational GROWING CORN IN SPITE OF THE BORER Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [part 1]… Internet Archive [PRECISION BUILT LINCOLN. PART 4] 1928 · Educational [PRECISION BUILT LINCOLN. PART 4] Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The Silent… Internet Archive Fordson Tractors / Polo Game 1924 · Educational Fordson Tractors / Polo Game Produced: 1924 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Fleet of… Internet Archive Auto Repair Shop 1924 · Educational Auto Repair Shop Produced: 1924 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Man sitting at desk in… Internet Archive The Three Stooges - Tape 4_3 (VHS Rip From The Family Channel) 1922 · Film 0:0 "Matri-Phony" 14:59 "Punch Drunks" 28:42 "Woman Haters / With Marjorie White" 44:04 "Pop Goes The Easel" 58:28 "Mummy's Dummies" 1:13:17 "Dunked In The… Internet Archive HOW TO POISON BOLL WEEVILS 1922 · Educational HOW TO POISON BOLL WEEVILS Produced: 1922 Description Shows how calcium arsenate powder is tested and illustrates the proper equipment, methods, and schedules… Internet Archive CORN BELT DERBY, THE 1924 · Educational CORN BELT DERBY, THE Produced: 1924 Description Shows a husking bee in a Midwestern corn field. Includes shots of equipment (bone husking pegs, glove pegs,… Internet Archive LOW COST ROAD CONSTRUCTION 1929 · Educational LOW COST ROAD CONSTRUCTION Produced: 1929 Description Reel 1, gravel and sand clay surface roads are constructed. Gravel is dug from pits and sand clay is… Internet Archive Ford Freighters 1928 · Educational Ford Freighters Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: View of docks, cranes,… Internet Archive HENRY FORD SCHOOL,THE [PART 11-15] 1924 · Educational HENRY FORD SCHOOL,THE [PART 11-15] Covers: ca. 1924–ca. 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive First Model A 1927 · Educational First Model A Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Group of men watching engine… Internet Archive [BAHAMA ISLANDS] 1920 · Educational [BAHAMA ISLANDS] Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Tenement, people sitting on… Internet Archive Dearborn Centennial Parade 1923 · Educational Dearborn Centennial Parade Produced: 1923 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Parade along… Internet Archive Children of Greenfield Village / Garden Party at Fair Lane Estate / Henry Ford and Group Touring Power Plant 1928 · Educational Children of Greenfield Village / Garden Party at Fair Lane Estate / Henry Ford and Group Touring Power Plant Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog… Internet Archive Ford Family at Lincoln Purchase Ceremony / Fording the Lincoln Highway: Ten Millionth Ford / Colonel Lindbergh Landing at Ford Airport / "Home" Made: Prefabricated Homes / Camping Trailer 1921 · Educational Ford Family at Lincoln Purchase Ceremony / Fording the Lincoln Highway: Ten Millionth Ford / Colonel Lindbergh Landing at Ford Airport / "Home" Made:… Internet Archive We're For Safety…Are You?, Part 3 / Scrapping Model Ts 1926 · Educational We're For Safety…Are You?, Part 3 / Scrapping Model Ts Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive Safety is its Own Reward 1923 · Educational Safety is its Own Reward Produced: 1923 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [part 3] Workers… Internet Archive Drawbridge and Ships 1922 · Educational Drawbridge and Ships Produced: 1922 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Raised drawbridge, ship… Internet Archive DIE HERSTELLUNG EINES FORDWAGENS. [PART 1] 1926 · Educational DIE HERSTELLUNG EINES FORDWAGENS. [PART 1] Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive Ford Tri-Motor Planes in South America / Maiden Voyage of Barge SS Chester / Breaking Ground For Water Tunnel 1929 · Educational Ford Tri-Motor Planes in South America / Maiden Voyage of Barge SS Chester / Breaking Ground For Water Tunnel Produced: 1929 Description The original catalog… Internet Archive The Three Stooges - Tape 6_1 (VHS Rip From The Family Channel) 1922 · Film 00:00 "Horses' Collars" 15:08 "Fright Night" 29:58 "Hokus Pokus" 42:58 "You Nazty Spy!" 57:50 "Rockin' Thru The Rockies" 1:12:05 "Three Arabian Nuts" 1:25:28… Internet Archive HIGHROADS AND SKYROADS 1922 · Educational HIGHROADS AND SKYROADS Produced: 1922 Description Forest roads are constructed in the Crater Lake National Park (Oregon) and in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of… Internet Archive PINES FROM SEED TO SAWMILL 1924 · Educational PINES FROM SEED TO SAWMILL Produced: 1924 Description Shows how to improve pine tree growing and lumbering by preventing fires, sparing seed trees and… Internet Archive Building for Quality / Henry Ford Farm 1926 · Educational Building for Quality / Henry Ford Farm Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a.… Internet Archive Ford Sales Promotion / Ford Plants Abroad / Workers On Overpass At Rouge / Henry Ford and Edsel Ford In Plant / Union Election / Ford Parade 1928 · Educational Ford Sales Promotion / Ford Plants Abroad / Workers On Overpass At Rouge / Henry Ford and Edsel Ford In Plant / Union Election / Ford Parade Produced: 1928… Internet Archive [QUADRICYCLE AND MODEL T MANUFACTURING] 1927 · Educational [QUADRICYCLE AND MODEL T MANUFACTURING] Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Actor… Internet Archive [SUGAR CANE GROWING, LOUISIANA] 1922 · Educational [SUGAR CANE GROWING, LOUISIANA] Produced: 1922 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Man on… Internet Archive Are You a Piker?: International Good Roads Tour 1920 · Educational Are You a Piker?: International Good Roads Tour Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive Ford Freighter Onondaga / Ford Airmail Service 1925 · Educational Ford Freighter Onondaga / Ford Airmail Service Produced: 1925 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive THE NATIONAL MATCHES, CAMP PERRY, OHIO 1924 · Educational THE NATIONAL MATCHES, CAMP PERRY, OHIO Produced: 1924 Description On the 1924 rifle matches. Reel 1 shows the railroad station, club house, and housing… Internet Archive Wool Processing 1926 · Educational Wool Processing Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Worker loading hopper of… Internet Archive WICKERWARE 1920 · Educational WICKERWARE Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Wicker is divided into two… Internet Archive [FORD EXHIBITS, MICHIGAN STATE FAIR] 1923 · Educational [FORD EXHIBITS, MICHIGAN STATE FAIR] Produced: 1923 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Mining… Internet Archive With the Fordson in New Jersey 1920 · Educational With the Fordson in New Jersey Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Fleet of… Internet Archive [DEARBORN CENTENNIAL PARADE] 1923 · Educational [DEARBORN CENTENNIAL PARADE] Produced: 1923 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Crowd watching… Internet Archive The Three Stooges - Tape 6_2 (VHS Rip From The Family Channel) 1922 · Film 00:00 "Don't Throw That Knife" 12:21 "From Nurse To Worse" 27:33 "Dutiful But Dumb" 41:58 "Listen Judge" 55:07 "Three Sappy People" 1:04:11 "Goof On The Roof"… Internet Archive TREAT 'EM RIGHT 1928 · Educational TREAT 'EM RIGHT 1928 Description Animation is used to show how bad telephone manners and practices abuse listeners, operators, and the phone. An irate user is… Internet Archive ACTIVITIES OF RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS, FORTRESS MONROE, VIRGINIA, JULY 30, 1920 1920 · Educational ACTIVITIES OF RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS, FORTRESS MONROE, VIRGINIA, JULY 30, 1920 Produced: 1920 Description Shows ruins of the recently fire-ravaged… Internet Archive POTATOES--EARLY AND LATE 1921 · Educational POTATOES--EARLY AND LATE Produced: 1921 Description Shows potato growing and marketing near Norfolk, Virginia, and in southern New Jersey. Potatoes are… Internet Archive ROADS TO WONDERLAND 1923 · Educational ROADS TO WONDERLAND Produced: 1923 Description Shows road construction and auto travel in national parks and forests of the West. Includes shots of natural… Internet Archive WHERE UNCLE SAM RAISES POULTRY 1923 · Educational WHERE UNCLE SAM RAISES POULTRY Produced: 1923 Description Shows experimentation in poultry breeding and feeding conducted at the Department of Agriculture… Internet Archive PROFITS FROM CULL ORANGES AND LEMONS 1926 · Educational PROFITS FROM CULL ORANGES AND LEMONS Produced: 1926 Description Oranges and lemons are picked, graded, and crated at the San Gabriel Mission in California.… Internet Archive MARKING TIMBER (WESTERN YELLOW PINE) 1926 · Educational MARKING TIMBER (WESTERN YELLOW PINE) Produced: 1926 Description Reel 1 shows panoramic views of a pine forest and milling operations in the Black Hills. A… Internet Archive WOOL AND LAMB MARKETING 1921 · Educational WOOL AND LAMB MARKETING Produced: 1921 Description Shows how cooperative marketing organizations handle farmers' wool and lambs. Wool is graded, sacked, and…