The world's archives

5,713–5,760 of 14,258 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. Nothing is left out for being sexual: sexual content and nudity are for adults, placed by what the archive files a film as, never by a word of its title alone (The Naked City is a police film). A film filed as pornography is listed for adults without its picture and plays nowhere yet, as the law where it would play asks for a proof of age this site does not have. A sexual depiction of a child, drawn ones too, is listed nowhere.

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 content, pornography, nudity and nudism, striptease, sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, beheadings, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive TWENTY MILLIONTH FORD 1931 · Educational TWENTY MILLIONTH FORD Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Man on stage in front… Internet Archive [SHIP LAUNCHING] 1937 · Educational [SHIP LAUNCHING] Produced: 1937 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: (‘Green Island Launching,… Internet Archive The New Ford V-8 1931 · Educational The New Ford V-8 Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Engine on display - cylinder… Internet Archive Hidden Quality In the New Ford / Safety Is Its Own Reward 1931 · Educational Hidden Quality In the New Ford / Safety Is Its Own Reward Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads… Internet Archive Indianapolis 500 Race / River Rouge Plant 1934 · Educational Indianapolis 500 Race / River Rouge Plant Covers: ca. 1934–ca. 1936 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive [LUMBERING] 1935 · Educational [LUMBERING] Produced: 1935 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Stacks of logs at edge of pine… Internet Archive [VIST TO YELLOWSTONE PARK,A] 1936 · Educational [VIST TO YELLOWSTONE PARK,A] 1936 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Sign, ‘Clepsydra Geyser.… Internet Archive It Happened One Night trailer 1934 · Commercial · 1 min IMDb : Ellie Andrews has just tied the knot with society aviator King Westley when she is whisked away to her father's yacht and out of King's clutches. Ellie… Internet Archive [FORD, BRAZIL] 1932 · Educational [FORD, BRAZIL] Produced: 1932 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Worker tapping rubber tree,… Internet Archive [BUILDING A FUTURE FOR THE FARMER. FORDSON TRACTOR ADVERTISEMENT] 1937 · Commercial [BUILDING A FUTURE FOR THE FARMER. FORDSON TRACTOR ADVERTISEMENT] Produced: 1937 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor… Internet Archive Crown Prince Frederic and Princess Ingrid of Denmark Visit River Rouge Plant / Tractor Demonstration 1939 · Educational Crown Prince Frederic and Princess Ingrid of Denmark Visit River Rouge Plant / Tractor Demonstration Produced: 1939 Description The original catalog… Internet Archive FORD NEWS 1934 · Educational FORD NEWS 1934 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: 1. “Pets Are Glorified as Boys Play Circus.… Internet Archive ADVENTURE BOUND! 1937 · Educational ADVENTURE BOUND! Produced: 1937 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Adventure Bound! Ford Motor… Internet Archive CAVALCADE OF FORD. [HISTORY OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY, ENGLAND] 1936 · Educational CAVALCADE OF FORD. [HISTORY OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY, ENGLAND] Produced: 1936 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company… Internet Archive Birth Control 1935 · Educational Birth Control Produced: December 30, 1935 Description This film contains unedited newsreel footage of a panel of clergymen and physicians meeting in New York… Internet Archive The Forty-Ninth State? 1937 · Educational The Forty-Ninth State? Covers: January 1937–March 1937 Description This film contains newsreel outtakes. The agency provided description is as follows:… Internet Archive Ulster 1938 · Educational Ulster Covers: ca. January 1938–ca. February 1938 Description This film contains unedited newsreel footage. The agency provided description is as follows: On… Internet Archive Wintersport in Seefeld 1935 · Short · 11 min Wintersport in Seefeld Internet Archive OUR WILDLIFE RESOURCES 1933 · Educational OUR WILDLIFE RESOURCES Produced: 1933 Description Reel 1 emphasizes the decrease in wildlife which has resulted as timber areas have been cleared, meadows… Internet Archive CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS AT WORK, THE--OREGON AND WASHINGTON 1934 · Educational CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS AT WORK, THE--OREGON AND WASHINGTON Produced: 1934 Description Civilian Conservation Corps members build truck trails and auto… Internet Archive ELLSWORTH TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1934-1936 1934 · Educational ELLSWORTH TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1934-1936 Covers: 1934–1936 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87475 Internet Archive RECOVERY IN NEW JERSEY 1937 · Educational RECOVERY IN NEW JERSEY Produced: 1937 Description On WPA projects in New Jersey. Reel 1, the Dana mansion in the Palisades Interstate Park is dismantled. In… Internet Archive Redeeming a Rubber Empire: Ford Builds an Industry in the Amazon Jungle 1931 · Educational Redeeming a Rubber Empire: Ford Builds an Industry in the Amazon Jungle Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor… Internet Archive [DAY AT CHILDREN'S HOUSE, PART I, A] 1937 · Educational [DAY AT CHILDREN'S HOUSE, PART I, A] Produced: 1937 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Five to… Internet Archive Ten Millionth Ford / Henry Ford Hospital: Crippled Man 1932 · Educational Ten Millionth Ford / Henry Ford Hospital: Crippled Man Produced: 1932 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive Detroit Parade / New Ford V-8s Given Away 1934 · Educational Detroit Parade / New Ford V-8s Given Away Produced: 1934 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a.… Internet Archive Henry Ford's 75th Birthday Celebration / Starter Motor Assembly Line 1938 · Educational Henry Ford's 75th Birthday Celebration / Starter Motor Assembly Line Produced: 1938 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7422297 Internet Archive Father Divine 1936 · Educational Father Divine Description This film contains newsreel outtakes. The agency provided description is as follows: On activities of Father M. J. Divine and… Internet Archive Refugees 1938 · Educational Refugees Produced: 1938 Description This film contains unedited footage. The agency provided description is as follows: Arrival of the first boatload of 200… Internet Archive Fietstocht door Nederland in 1934 1934 · Short · 19 min Fietstocht door Nederland in 1934 Internet Archive WEST FRONT - WAR REPORT WW II 1939 · Educational WEST FRONT - WAR REPORT WW II ca. 1939–ca. 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23463 Internet Archive BEAVERS AT HOME 1934 · Educational BEAVERS AT HOME Produced: 1934 Description Reel 1 shows beavers in their natural habitat and describes their characteristics. Beavers cut down trees and… Internet Archive BRIDGE BUILDING WITH THE CCC 1939 · Educational BRIDGE BUILDING WITH THE CCC Produced: 1939 Description CCC units construct a reinforced concrete bridge and a cable suspension bridge across an unidentified… Internet Archive CRASH LANDINGS ABD USS SARATOGA (CV-3) 1938 · Educational CRASH LANDINGS ABD USS SARATOGA (CV-3) Produced: March 19, 1938 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75804 Internet Archive Gun camera, strafing ground installations and ships, World War II 1939 · Educational Gun camera, strafing ground installations and ships, World War II Covers: ca. 1939–ca. 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79408 Internet Archive SALVAGE OF SUBMARINE SQUALUS - MN-10375 1939 · Educational SALVAGE OF SUBMARINE SQUALUS - MN-10375 Produced: 1939 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87673 Internet Archive DANGER ON THE STREETS 1936 · Educational DANGER ON THE STREETS Produced: 1936 Description Demonstrates lack of caution by pedestrians which results in traffic fatalities: crossing in the center of… Internet Archive SILVER: HEIRLOOMS OF TOMORROW 1930 · Educational SILVER: HEIRLOOMS OF TOMORROW Produced: 1930 Description Shows the manufacture of silver tableware. Reel 1, dies and molds are made and used to make designs… Internet Archive Twenty Millionth Ford: Fort Harrod, Murray, and Paducah, Kentucky; Nashville, Lebanon, Murfreesboro, Franklin, and Columbia, Tennessee 1931 · Educational Twenty Millionth Ford: Fort Harrod, Murray, and Paducah, Kentucky; Nashville, Lebanon, Murfreesboro, Franklin, and Columbia, Tennessee Produced: 1931… Internet Archive Twenty Millionth Ford: Salt Lake City and Long Beach Branches 1931 · Educational Twenty Millionth Ford: Salt Lake City and Long Beach Branches Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company… Internet Archive Twenty Millionth Ford: Cleveland Branch 1931 · Educational Twenty Millionth Ford: Cleveland Branch Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive Ford Brazil 1931 · Educational Ford Brazil Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Sailor at wheel of boat - crowd… Internet Archive [RIVER ROUGE PLANT. PART 2] 1936 · Educational [RIVER ROUGE PLANT. PART 2] Produced: 1936 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Aerial view of… Internet Archive Diego Rivera Industrial Mural, Detroit Institute of Arts 1932 · Educational Diego Rivera Industrial Mural, Detroit Institute of Arts Produced: 1932 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads… Internet Archive Sulky Racing / Edison Junior Pioneers Field Day 1932 · Educational Sulky Racing / Edison Junior Pioneers Field Day Produced: 1932 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive Henry Ford Hospital 1936 · Educational Henry Ford Hospital Produced: 1936 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Henry Ford Hospital.… Internet Archive [INDIANAPOLIS 500 RACE] 1934 · Educational [INDIANAPOLIS 500 RACE] Covers: ca. 1934–ca. 1936 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Scenes… Internet Archive [CENTURY OF PROGRESS] 1933 · Educational [CENTURY OF PROGRESS] Produced: 1933 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Exhibit hall -…