The world's archives

3,313–3,360 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 MAJOR GENERAL JOHN ARCHER LEJEUNE 1920 · Educational MAJOR GENERAL JOHN ARCHER LEJEUNE Produced: 1920 Description Gen. Lejeune poses in his office at the Marine Corps Barracks, Washington, D.C.… Internet Archive UNCLE SAM--WORLDS CHAMPION FARMER 1924 · Educational UNCLE SAM--WORLDS CHAMPION FARMER Produced: 1924 Description Emphasizes the dominant role of the United States in world agriculture. Corn is husked, wheat is… Internet Archive GOOD TURNS FOR OUR FORESTS 1925 · Educational GOOD TURNS FOR OUR FORESTS Produced: 1925 Description Boy Scouts put out camp fires, practice other forest fire prevention methods, and parade in Washington,… Internet Archive WHAT'S AHEAD 1928 · Educational WHAT'S AHEAD Produced: 1928 Description Shows how the Bureau of Agricultural Economics obtains and distributes data on the supply and demand of produce and… Internet Archive USN FIGHTERS IN FORMATION, USS RANGER IS LAUNCHED. NEWPORT NEWS, VA 1929 · Educational USN FIGHTERS IN FORMATION, USS RANGER IS LAUNCHED. NEWPORT NEWS, VA Produced: 1929 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75776 Internet Archive Open Hearth Furnace / Scrapping a Ship 1926 · Educational Open Hearth Furnace / Scrapping a Ship Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a.… Internet Archive Ford Lake Shipping 1927 · Educational Ford Lake Shipping Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Lighthouse through… Internet Archive Testing Tires / Ford Coke 1927 · Educational Testing Tires / Ford Coke Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Rubber tire… Internet Archive Farm Scenes / Henry Ford and Wife Clara Ford at Fair Lane Estate 1923 · Educational Farm Scenes / Henry Ford and Wife Clara Ford at Fair Lane Estate Produced: 1923 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor… Internet Archive Airplanes at Ford Airport / Man Making Speech 1925 · Educational Airplanes at Ford Airport / Man Making Speech Produced: 1925 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive Ford Car and Ben Nevis Mountain, Great Britain / Famous Faces 1928 · Educational Ford Car and Ben Nevis Mountain, Great Britain / Famous Faces Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company… Internet Archive LET MAN BE FREE [LINCOLN MOTORS TRANSFER CEREMONY] 1922 · Educational LET MAN BE FREE [LINCOLN MOTORS TRANSFER CEREMONY] Produced: 1922 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive SON OF THE SOIL, A 1920 · Educational SON OF THE SOIL, A Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: A Son of the Soil. Taken… Internet Archive [LUMBERING] 1926 · Educational [LUMBERING] Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Forest, tractor-drawn sleds… Internet Archive [FORD AUTOMOBILES, 1928] 1928 · Educational [FORD AUTOMOBILES, 1928] Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Model A Ford in… Internet Archive [FORDSON TRACTOR] 1924 · Educational [FORDSON TRACTOR] Produced: 1924 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Snowy street, boy wading in… Internet Archive Ford Float, Detroit Safety Parade / "Current" Occurrence (Making Electric Percolators) 1925 · Educational Ford Float, Detroit Safety Parade / "Current" Occurrence (Making Electric Percolators) Produced: 1925 Description The original catalog description provided by… Internet Archive THIRTY THIRD ANNUAL COMPETITIVE DRILL OF WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CADET CORPS 1920 · Educational THIRTY THIRD ANNUAL COMPETITIVE DRILL OF WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CADET CORPS Produced: 1920 Description Shows high school R.O.T.C. competition at Griffith… Internet Archive CORN AND THE BORER 1927 · Educational CORN AND THE BORER Produced: 1927 Description Emphasizes the need for controls and inspections to prevent the spread of the European corn borer. Shows the… Internet Archive ROAD OUT OF ROCK, A 1927 · Educational ROAD OUT OF ROCK, A Produced: 1927 Description Shows road building by the Bureau of Public Roads in Glacier National Park. A train of horses carries supplies… Internet Archive WINGED WARFARE ON THE BOLL WEEVIL 1926 · Educational WINGED WARFARE ON THE BOLL WEEVIL Produced: 1926 Description Airplanes are used to dust cotton fields to eliminate boll weevils and other insect pests from… Internet Archive THE HOW AND WHY OF SPUDS 1920 · Educational THE HOW AND WHY OF SPUDS Produced: 1920 Description Shows potato farming operations in Aroostook County, Maine. Includes shots of spring plowing, the… Internet Archive GREAT DAIRY SIRES AND THEIR DAUGHTERS 1920 · Educational GREAT DAIRY SIRES AND THEIR DAUGHTERS Produced: 1920 Description Shows Guernsey, Ayrshire, and Holstein bulls and cows. Emphasizes the high milk production of… Internet Archive [SELLING FORD SERVICE] 1928 · Educational [SELLING FORD SERVICE] Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [part 3] “Installing… Internet Archive New Fords / Propellers On Motor / Band In Parade / Tobogganing 1927 · Educational New Fords / Propellers On Motor / Band In Parade / Tobogganing Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company… Internet Archive Ford Farm Scenes 1923 · Educational Ford Farm Scenes Produced: 1923 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Large barn, steam engine in… Internet Archive Sawmill 1926 · Educational Sawmill Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Pile of logs outside sawmill -… Internet Archive Cornerstone of the Henry Ford Museum / Henry Ford's Seventy-Fifth Birthday / Model A Fords 1928 · Educational Cornerstone of the Henry Ford Museum / Henry Ford's Seventy-Fifth Birthday / Model A Fords 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the… Internet Archive Wool Processing 1926 · Educational Wool Processing Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Roll of woolen fabric, worker… Internet Archive Demonstrations of Testing Devices and Gages 1929 · Educational Demonstrations of Testing Devices and Gages Produced: 1929 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive Harry Bennett at Home 1928 · Educational Harry Bennett at Home Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Three women walking… Internet Archive [POWER THOUGHT BUILT, THE] 1922 · Educational [POWER THOUGHT BUILT, THE] Produced: 1922 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The magneto… Internet Archive [FIFTEEN MILLIONTH FORD] 1927 · Educational [FIFTEEN MILLIONTH FORD] Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Henry Ford with… Internet Archive SAFETY FIRST. WE'RE FOR SAFETY ARE YOU? 1926 · Educational SAFETY FIRST. WE'RE FOR SAFETY ARE YOU? Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Car… Internet Archive HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL, THE 1927 · Educational HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL, THE Produced: 1927 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93572 Internet Archive "CURRENT" OCCURENCE: [ELECTRIC IRONS] 1920 · Educational "CURRENT" OCCURENCE: [ELECTRIC IRONS] Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “In the… Internet Archive Making Fertilizer / Metal Handling Machine 1922 · Educational Making Fertilizer / Metal Handling Machine Produced: 1922 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive The Late Lamented 1922 · Film Content warning: This film contains a racist, stereotyped depiction of an African American character, as well as making light of suicide. Short macabre comedy… Internet Archive IMPACT OF TRAFFIC ON ROADS 1926 · Educational IMPACT OF TRAFFIC ON ROADS Produced: 1926 Description Consists of tests of tires and roads conducted mostly in Arlington, Va. Cars and trucks pass over slabs… Internet Archive BATES ROAD TESTS, THE 1926 · Educational BATES ROAD TESTS, THE Produced: 1926 Description Shows tests of paved roads conducted by the Illinois Division of Highway at Bates, Ill. Trucks with… Internet Archive THAT BRUSH FIRE 1927 · Educational THAT BRUSH FIRE Produced: 1927 Description Demonstrates the proper method for burning brush. Good circumstances include little or no wind, trenches around… Internet Archive HOME IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT 1929 · Educational HOME IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT Produced: 1929 Description A young farmer rehabilitates a colonial farm house in Maryland. Scale on the weather beaten siding is… Internet Archive Airplane Reliability Tour 1927 · Educational Airplane Reliability Tour Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Flivver Plane… Internet Archive Bremen Flyers / Tire Testing 1928 · Educational Bremen Flyers / Tire Testing Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a.“Henry Ford… Internet Archive Airplanes in Flight / 1929-1930 Ford Trucks 1929 · Educational Airplanes in Flight / 1929-1930 Ford Trucks Produced: 1929 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive [PASSENGERS BOARD A MOTOR LAUNCH] 1922 · Educational [PASSENGERS BOARD A MOTOR LAUNCH] Produced: 1922 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Exterior of… Internet Archive Tractor and Threshing Machine / Henry Ford and Group Touring Power Plant 1923 · Educational Tractor and Threshing Machine / Henry Ford and Group Touring Power Plant Produced: 1923 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford… Internet Archive Henry Ford's Personal Yacht 1923 · Educational Henry Ford's Personal Yacht Produced: 1923 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Henry Ford’s…