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4,753–4,800 of 12,663 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 Jerry Pulls the Strings 1938 · Film Advertisement for vacuum-packed canned coffee that was produced primarily for screening at the 1939–40 New York World’s Fair. In the narrative a young… Internet Archive University Honors Roosevelt, 1933/10/25 1933 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Chestertown MD: Colorful scenes on the campus of Washington College as the Chief Executive receives the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa,… Internet Archive The Golf Specialist 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Los Pagares De Mendieta (1939) 1939 · Feature Los pagarés de Mendieta es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Leopoldo Torres Ríos según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con… Internet Archive Maestro Levita (1938) 1938 · Feature Maestro Levita es una película argentina en blanco y negro que también ha sido exhibida con el nombre de Maestro Ciruela dirigida por Luis César Amadori sobre… Internet Archive Palermo (1937) 1937 · Feature Palermo es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Arturo S. Mom con guion de Dinty Moore ( Guillermo Salazar Altamira ) que se estrenó el 23 de… Internet Archive Una Mujer De La Calle (1939) 1939 · Feature Una mujer de la calle es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Luis José Moglia Barth según guion de Samuel Eichelbaum que se estrenó el 23… Internet Archive Beau Bandit 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Estrellados 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Hermanos ( 1939) 1939 · Feature Hermanos es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Enrique De Rosas sobre su propio guion que se estrenó el 13 de abril de 1939 y que tuvo… Internet Archive La Modelo Y La Estrella (1939) 1939 · Feature La modelo y la estrella es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Manuel Romero según su propio guion que se estrenó el 15 de marzo de 1939… Internet Archive Rain On The Plains 1938 · Film 8 minute film on the aridity of the Great Plains. National Archives Identifier: 1709 Local Identifier: 16-P-767 Creator(s): Department of Agriculture. Office… Internet Archive 1938 Im Spreewald ( Naturfilm Hubert Schonger) 1938 · Feature Film(Naturfilm) aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1938. Im Spreewald. Internet Archive A Lady's Morals 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Below Zero 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Tom Mooney Returns 1939 LLSF 2016 20 Mbps 1 1939 · Film Footage of Tom Mooney on his long-awaited return to San Francisco after 22.5 years in jail for a bombing in 1916 he had nothing to do with. He was pardoned by… Internet Archive Framed 1930 · Feature Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10721: Furniture Designers Outing May 23, 1931] 1931 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive Growth of Infant Behavior: Later Stages 1934 · Educational Produced with the cooperation of the Yale Clinic of Child Development Reveals the increasing ability of the growing infant to use his hands in manipulating… Internet Archive El Cañonero De Giles (1937) 1937 · Feature El cañoñero de Giles es una película argentina estrenada el 20 de enero de 1937 (Wikipedia) Dir: Manuel Romero Sinopsis Un jugador de fútbol de pueblo se… Internet Archive Office Blues 1930 · Feature Internet Archive The Lash 1930 · Feature Internet Archive 1932 Tannenberg 1932 · Feature Deutscher Film von 1932 über die Schlacht bei Tannenberg Internet Archive 1936 Sergeant Berry ( Hans Albers) 1936 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1936.. Hans Albers als Sergeant Berry Internet Archive Spooks 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Spring Is Here 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Young Desire 1930 · Feature Internet Archive A Forest Playground 1936 · Film This film is on Maryland's Patapsco Forest State Park. The footage shows the park's forests and streams and a close-up of Avalon Dam on the Patapsco River.… Internet Archive Space Ship Takeoff, a Technical Fantasy 1937 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Space Ship Takeoff, a Technical Fantasy Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 - )… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10518: Worrall Collection: Maceday Lake and Pontiac, Part 2] 1939 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive Home Movie: 98601: Northwest Trip 1938 1938 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Chasing Rainbows 1930 · Feature Internet Archive The Shenandoah National Park 1936 · Film Shows scenic beauty and recreational facilities in the park. Visitors hike, swim, picnic, and view scenery. Boys stand retreat at a camp of the Civilian… Internet Archive A Soldier's Plaything 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Urban Dwellers in Temperate Countries: A Classroom Picture 1938 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Home Movie: 11113: Labor Day Parade, New York City, 1936 1936 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive The Kidnappers Foil 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Clouds and Weather 1939 · Film Reported good for (1) presenting a verbal and pictorial explanation of the phases of the true cyclone and (2) giving examples of the types of clouds that… Internet Archive Fort Frederick Maryland 48.106 1939 · Film Documentary: On the Civilian Conservation Corps' restoration of Fort Frederick as a Maryland State Park. Locates Fort Frederick on the strip of Maryland… Internet Archive Conspiracy 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Danger Lights 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Making Aviation Safer For America 1937 1937 · Film On WPA airport improvements. Runways are graded at a Newark, N.J., airport. Planes land at the Detroit City Airport. A plane is turned on a turntable at Floyd… Internet Archive Earth Worm, The 1937 · Film We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are… Internet Archive Uncle Sam The Greatest Builder Circa 1937 1937 · Film On Works Progress Administration (WPA) dam construction. Rock and sand is removed from the site of the Grand Coulee Dam. Steel reinforcement is erected for an… Internet Archive Son of the Gods 1930 · Feature Internet Archive When the Wind Blows 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Pilgrim Forests 1934 1934 · Film On State parks in New England. Reel 1 shows the Maine coast, Bar Harbor, and Baxter and Moose Brook State Parks; picnickers cook on a grill; CCC men work in… Internet Archive From stump to ship: A 1930 logging film 1930 · Educational Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Division of State and Private Forestry. Fire and Aviation Management Staff. (1986) ARC Identifier 13585 / Local…