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5,761–5,808 of 13,362 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 [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 -… Internet Archive Italian Reaction to the Abyssinian Crisis 1935 · Educational Italian Reaction to the Abyssinian Crisis Produced: 1935 Description This film contains newsreel outtakes. The agency provided description is as follows:… Internet Archive Refugees 1938 · Educational Refugees Produced: 1938 Description This film contains unedited footage. The agency provided description is as follows: Comite Central d'Assistance aux… Internet Archive The Flying Deuces (Full 1984 GoodTimes Home Video VHS Tape) 1939 · Film Laurel & Hardy join the French Foreign Legion, & the Legion will never be the same in this wild & zany comedy classic. You can bet that Stan & Ollie have a… Internet Archive Amateur Film - Little Journeys to Niagara 1931 · Home movie Internet Archive FOREST AND WEALTH, THE 1934 · Educational FOREST AND WEALTH, THE Produced: 1934 Description Consists mostly, of shots of wood products used for many purposes. Shows uses of wood in construction and… Internet Archive APPROVED SHEEP MANAGEMENT ON NATIONAL FOREST 1932 · Educational APPROVED SHEEP MANAGEMENT ON NATIONAL FOREST Produced: 1932 Description Reel 1, sheep graze on Montana grasslands. Includes views of a western town and a… Internet Archive GAME BIRD FARMING 1936 · Educational GAME BIRD FARMING Produced: 1936 Description Shows wild turkeys in flight and the last of the heath hens (extinct). Describes game bird diseases such as quail… Internet Archive EVENTS LEADING UP TO OCCUPATION OF POLAND BY GERMANS 1939 · Educational EVENTS LEADING UP TO OCCUPATION OF POLAND BY GERMANS Produced: 1939 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/80485 Internet Archive SALVAGE OF SUBMARINE SQUALUS - MN-10375 1939 · Educational SALVAGE OF SUBMARINE SQUALUS - MN-10375 Produced: 1939 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87674 Internet Archive Twenty Millionth Ford in Omaha Branch Territory 1931 · Educational Twenty Millionth Ford in Omaha Branch Territory Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive Ford Exposition of Progress 1933 · Educational Ford Exposition of Progress 1933 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Crowds viewing exhibits… Internet Archive New Ford V-8s / Companha Ford Industrial Do Brasil, Para Brasil (The Rubber Plantation at Boa Vista on the Tapajos River, Brazil) 1932 · Educational New Ford V-8s / Companha Ford Industrial Do Brasil, Para Brasil (The Rubber Plantation at Boa Vista on the Tapajos River, Brazil) Produced: 1932 Description… Internet Archive FORD NEWS 1934 · Educational FORD NEWS Produced: 1934 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: 1. “Lions Step Around at a World… Internet Archive Arms and the League 1938 · Educational Arms and the League 13940 Description This film contains newsreel outtakes. The agency provided description is as follows: Footage from Realist Film Unit on… Internet Archive Building a New Hope 1938 · Educational Building a New Hope Produced: 1938 Description This film contains outtakes of Dr. Abba Hillel Silver's speech on United Palestine Appeal. Director Jack Glenn,… Internet Archive Straatrace in Zandvoort 1939, unieke en zeldzame kleurenopnamen! 1939 · Short Op 3 juni 1939 filmde Anton Bakels de eerste straatrace in Zandvoort. Het moest een 5-jarige oorlog en 4 jaren duren voordat in 1948 het duincircuit af was.… Internet Archive USA DURING WORLD WAR II 1939 · Educational USA DURING WORLD WAR II Covers: 1939–1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23957 Internet Archive WINTER SPORTS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST 1934 · Educational WINTER SPORTS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST Produced: 1934 Description Reel 1 shows skiing and mountain climbing activities in the White Mountain… 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 Twenty Millionth Ford: Rochester, Owatonna, Fairmont, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Morris, Minnesota 1931 · Educational Twenty Millionth Ford: Rochester, Owatonna, Fairmont, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Morris, Minnesota Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description… Internet Archive Twenty Millionth Ford: New Orleans Branch 1931 · Educational Twenty Millionth Ford: New Orleans Branch Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive May Day Festival: Greenfield Village 1932 · Educational May Day Festival: Greenfield Village Produced: 1932 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive Ford Brazil / Airplanes 1930 · Educational Ford Brazil / Airplanes Produced: 1930 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Workers in roughly… Internet Archive Indianapolis 500 / River Rouge Plant 1934 · Educational Indianapolis 500 / River Rouge Plant 1934 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Crowd milling… Internet Archive Ford Dealers Convention, 1937 V-8 1936 · Educational Ford Dealers Convention, 1937 V-8 Produced: 1936 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Huge crowd… Internet Archive Test Driving New Ford / Ford Advertising Stills / A Trip to the San Diego Fair / The American Fork and Hoe Company, Maker of America's Finest Tools, Presents Trade Marks and Grade Marks / Ford… 1936 · Educational Test Driving New Ford / Ford Advertising Stills / A Trip to the San Diego Fair / The American Fork and Hoe Company, Maker of America's Finest Tools, Presents… 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 [GREENFIELD VILLAGE, CHILDREN DANCING] 1936 · Educational [GREENFIELD VILLAGE, CHILDREN DANCING] Produced: 1936 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93303 Internet Archive [GILMORE STOCK CAR RACE] 1934 · Educational [GILMORE STOCK CAR RACE] Produced: 1934 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Gilmore Stock Car… Internet Archive [SAFETY ON THE ROAD] 1939 · Educational [SAFETY ON THE ROAD] Produced: 1939 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Views of countryside and… Internet Archive German Defense 1935 · Educational German Defense Produced: 1935 Description This film contains unedited newsreel footage. The agency provided description is as follows: Benito Mussolini… Internet Archive El baúl macabro (1936) 1936 · Film VHS RIP Un científico loco trata de mantener viva a su esposa enferma terminal transfundiéndole la sangre de las mujeres jóvenes que asesina. Internet Archive Straatrace in Zandvoort 1939, unieke en zeldzame kleurenopnamen! 1939 · Short Op 3 juni 1939 filmde Anton Bakels de eerste straatrace in Zandvoort. Het moest een 5-jarige oorlog en 4 jaren duren voordat in 1948 het duincircuit af was.… Internet Archive DAWN STRIKES THE CAPITOL DOME 1936 · Educational DAWN STRIKES THE CAPITOL DOME Produced: 1936 Description An impressionistic study of Washington, D.C., on a typical depression day. Includes shots of the… Internet Archive Twenty Millionth Ford: Seattle Branch 1931 · Educational Twenty Millionth Ford: Seattle Branch Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Twenty… Internet Archive Ford Brazil 1931 · Educational Ford Brazil Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Large building, sign, ‘Restaurant… Internet Archive Ford Trucks, Model A 1930 · Educational Ford Trucks, Model A Produced: 1930 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Different models of Ford… Internet Archive Ford Brazil 1931 · Educational Ford Brazil Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Power plant interior, workers… Internet Archive FOND RECOLLECTIONS OF THE C.E. SORENSEN FAMILY 1931 · Educational FOND RECOLLECTIONS OF THE C.E. SORENSEN FAMILY Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive FORD AND A CENTURY OF PROGRESS. PART 4 1934 · Educational FORD AND A CENTURY OF PROGRESS. PART 4 Produced: 1934 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ford… Internet Archive [ADVENTURE BOUND]. PART 2 1937 · Educational [ADVENTURE BOUND]. PART 2 Produced: 1937 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Adventure Bound!,… Internet Archive [PEAK OF THE RIDING COMFORT, THE. PART II] 1939 · Educational [PEAK OF THE RIDING COMFORT, THE. PART II] Produced: 1939 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive UNDER THE BLUE CROSS 1939 · Educational UNDER THE BLUE CROSS Produced: 1939 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Typical Scenes from any… Internet Archive [FAIRY FANTASIES IN STONE-BRYCE NATIONAL PARK] 1937 · Educational [FAIRY FANTASIES IN STONE-BRYCE NATIONAL PARK] Produced: 1937 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive Bootleg Coal 1935 · Educational Bootleg Coal Produced: 1935 Description This film contains newsreel outtakes. The agency provided description is as follows: Miner barters coal for groceries.… Internet Archive Colorado Sunset (1939) VHS 1939 · Film Here's an old Gene Autry movie for a change. This is the VHS release of 'Colorado Sunset' (1939). Normally I'd like to put in the release year for the actual… Internet Archive Below the Deadline (1936) 1936 · Feature After a good-natured Irish cop is framed for a diamond robbery and murder and presumed dead in a train wreck, he gets plastic surgery and returns to expose…