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3,361–3,408 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 Developing a Sales Organization 1928 · Educational Developing a Sales Organization Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [part 4] Man… Internet Archive Wool for Ford Motor Company 1927 · Educational Wool for Ford Motor Company Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ram with long… Internet Archive Airplanes and Balloons 1925 · Educational Airplanes and Balloons Produced: 1925 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Spectators standing on… Internet Archive THE 91ST DIVISION [WORLD WAR I] 1921 · Educational THE 91ST DIVISION [WORLD WAR I] Produced: 1921 Description Reel 1, the 316th Field Signal Bn. operates a switchboard at Mandres, Fr. Shows Gen. Foltz; troops… Internet Archive Wings Intro (1927) (1985 VHS Rip) 1927 · Film Here is the intro to the classic silent movie Wings, which recently entered the Public Domain this year, taken from the original VHS release. Internet Archive MOLLIE OF PINE GROVE VAT 1922 · Educational MOLLIE OF PINE GROVE VAT Produced: 1922 Description Dramatizes the efforts of county agents to institute a regularized cattle dipping program to eliminate… Internet Archive COOPERATIVE MARKETING--PACIFIC COAST EGGS 1926 · Educational COOPERATIVE MARKETING--PACIFIC COAST EGGS Produced: 1926 Description Shows the operation of egg cooperatives in California, Oregon, and Washington. Reel 1,… Internet Archive FAMILY GOES TO COLLEGE, THE Reel 2 1927 · Educational Shows some of the courses taught at the annual Farmers' Encampment at the Utah Agricultural College at Logan. Registrants arrive in caravans and occupy a tent… Internet Archive [EDISON'S MEMORIAL DEDICATION, GREENFIELD VILLAGE] 1928 · Educational [EDISON'S MEMORIAL DEDICATION, GREENFIELD VILLAGE] Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… 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: View of partially dismantled… Internet Archive Ford Family and Friends on Farm 1924 · Educational Ford Family and Friends on Farm Produced: 1924 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Men square… Internet Archive Berry School Anniversary 1927 · Educational Berry School Anniversary Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Man hanging clothes… Internet Archive Wool Processing / Diego Rivera Industrial Mural, Detroit Institute of Arts 1926 · Educational Wool Processing / Diego Rivera Industrial Mural, Detroit Institute of Arts Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford… Internet Archive [FARM PROGRESS: FORDSON TRACTOR ADVERTISING].PART TWO 1924 · Educational [FARM PROGRESS: FORDSON TRACTOR ADVERTISING].PART TWO Produced: 1924 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive [PRINCE CYRILL OF BULGARIA AT DEARBORN] 1929 · Educational [PRINCE CYRILL OF BULGARIA AT DEARBORN] Produced: 1929 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive FORD AGE,THE 1923 · Educational FORD AGE,THE Produced: 1923 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Captions: “Nearly one half of… Internet Archive [CASTING IRON IN LONG LIFE MOLDS] 1922 · Educational [CASTING IRON IN LONG LIFE MOLDS] Produced: 1922 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Views of… Internet Archive GENERAL J.J. PERSHING IN BRAZIL 1925 · Educational GENERAL J.J. PERSHING IN BRAZIL Produced: 1925 Description Reel 1 shows port and street scenes in Santos; Gov. Campos greeting Pershing at the Sao Paulo… Internet Archive HOF 148 1926 1926 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Internet Archive HIDDEN FOES IN SEED POTATOES 1924 · Educational HIDDEN FOES IN SEED POTATOES Produced: 1924 Description Shows how degenerative diseases of potatoes (the mosaic, the leaf-roll, and the spindling tuber) can… Internet Archive MEN WHO BUILD THE ROADS, THE 1927 · Educational MEN WHO BUILD THE ROADS, THE Produced: 1927 Description Shows men with various responsibilities in the making of a road: the engineer, contractor, workman,… Internet Archive SCENES ABOARD USS RANGER (CV-4) 1920 · Educational SCENES ABOARD USS RANGER (CV-4) Covers: ca. 1920–ca. 1939 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76861 Internet Archive [PRECISION BUILT LINCOLN,THE] 1928 · Educational [PRECISION BUILT LINCOLN,THE] Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The… Internet Archive [PRECISION BUILT LINCOLN:ADVERTISEMENT,THE] 1928 · Commercial [PRECISION BUILT LINCOLN:ADVERTISEMENT,THE] Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive Hidden Qualities in the New Ford 1926 · Educational Hidden Qualities in the New Ford Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Map of… Internet Archive [BELGIAN BOAT DOCKING AT ROUGE PLANT] 1925 · Educational [BELGIAN BOAT DOCKING AT ROUGE PLANT] Produced: 1925 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Crowd… Internet Archive ARE YOU A PIKER? [ROAD IMPROVEMENT] 1921 · Educational ARE YOU A PIKER? [ROAD IMPROVEMENT] Produced: 1921 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive Safety Education / Fordson Tractor 1925 · Educational Safety Education / Fordson Tractor Produced: 1925 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Small… Internet Archive CAMOUFLAGE 1921 · Educational CAMOUFLAGE Produced: 1921 Description On techniques used in France in 1918. Shows an observation post disguised as a scrap heap; the manufacture of dummies… Internet Archive THE FIRST DIVISION REUNION. . . .1920 1920 · Educational THE FIRST DIVISION REUNION. . . .1920 Produced: 1920 Description On the reunion at Camp Dix, N.J. Reel 1, World War veterans and present members of the First… Internet Archive CORN BORER AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT, THE Reel 1 1927 · Educational Reel 1 shows the development of corn borers and the damage they can do to a field of corn. Reel 2 shows how borers can be reduced by plowing under stalks in… Internet Archive BANISHING THE BARBERRY 1929 · Educational BANISHING THE BARBERRY Produced: 1929 Description Shows effects of the ravages of black stem rust on grain fields and prescribes methods of controlling the… Internet Archive CARRIER OPERATIONS USS RANGER (CV-4) 1920 · Educational CARRIER OPERATIONS USS RANGER (CV-4) Covers: ca. 1920–ca. 1939 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76862 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: Smokestack of ‘Ford’ ship… 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: Several views of the… Internet Archive FORDSON,THE [MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS] 1925 · Educational FORDSON,THE [MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS] Produced: 1925 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive Shoeing Horse and Unpacking Antique Chair, Greenfield Village 1929 · Educational Shoeing Horse and Unpacking Antique Chair, Greenfield Village Produced: 1929 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company… Internet Archive [LAUNCHING THE `BENSON FORD' AND FORD YACHT `SIALIA' IN DRY DOCK] 1924 · Educational [LAUNCHING THE `BENSON FORD' AND FORD YACHT `SIALIA' IN DRY DOCK] Produced: 1924 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor… Internet Archive [PRECISION BUILT LINCOLN. PART 6] 1928 · Educational [PRECISION BUILT LINCOLN. PART 6] Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Building a… 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: View of field,… 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: Planes landing,… Internet Archive Developing a Sales Organization 1928 · Educational Developing a Sales Organization Produced: 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [Part 7]… Internet Archive WINGS OF PROGRESS, COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE RELIABILITY TOUR FOR THE EDSEL B. FORD TROPHY 1925 · Commercial WINGS OF PROGRESS, COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE RELIABILITY TOUR FOR THE EDSEL B. FORD TROPHY Produced: 1925 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93235 Internet Archive Large Machine / Niagara Falls In Winter 1924 · Educational Large Machine / Niagara Falls In Winter Produced: 1924 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a.… Internet Archive Ford Industries and Group Visiting Plant 1925 · Educational Ford Industries and Group Visiting Plant Produced: 1925 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ford… Internet Archive ANCHORED ACRES 1922 · Educational ANCHORED ACRES Produced: 1922 Description A Department of Agriculture agent instructs a farmer (near Oxford, Tennessee) in methods of preventing soil erosion… 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: Views of biplanes… 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: Ship’s log (speedometer)…