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5,857–5,904 of 14,259 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 FORWARD WITH FORD 1934 · Educational FORWARD WITH FORD Produced: 1934 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The Ford Motor Company is… Internet Archive [FORD CARS CLIMBING PIKES PEAK] 1934 · Educational [FORD CARS CLIMBING PIKES PEAK] 1934 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Flash. Pike’s Peak… Internet Archive [SOURCE OF THE FORD CAR, THE. PART 2] 1932 · Educational [SOURCE OF THE FORD CAR, THE. PART 2] Produced: 1932 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Workers… Internet Archive Summer Theaters 1935 · Educational Summer Theaters Produced: 1935 Description This film contains newsreel outtakes. The agency provided description is as follows: Scenes from plays, box offices… Internet Archive Fiorello LaGuardia 1937 · Educational Fiorello LaGuardia Covers: ca. August 11, 1937–ca. September 24, 1937 Description This film contains newsreel outtakes. Park Commissioner Robert Moses is… Internet Archive Refugees 1936 · Educational Refugees 1936 Description This film contains unedited footage. The agency provided description is as follows: Citizens rally against oppression at Carnegie… Internet Archive Jungle Jam (1931) 1931 · Feature Tom and Jerry are captured by cannibals while dancing and engaging in musical hi-jinx in the jungle. Can Jerry save their lives by impressing the chief with… Internet Archive Tocht door Amsterdam in 1934 1934 · Film Tocht door Amsterdam in 1934 Internet Archive IN MADAGASCAR WITH UNCLE SAM'S AGRICULTURAL EXPLORERS 1931 · Educational IN MADAGASCAR WITH UNCLE SAM'S AGRICULTURAL EXPLORERS Produced: 1931 Description Reel 1, Department of Agriculture botanists tour savanna lands and rivers in… Internet Archive A NATION-WIDE SYSTEM OF PARKS 1939 · Educational A NATION-WIDE SYSTEM OF PARKS Produced: 1939 Description Reel 1, unemployed workers stand in line at the gates of closed factories. Shows views of South… Internet Archive HARVEST OF THE YEARS, THE. STORY OF THE TRIUMPH OF AN IDEA, A 1938 · Educational HARVEST OF THE YEARS, THE. STORY OF THE TRIUMPH OF AN IDEA, A Produced: 1938 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company… Internet Archive [TRACTORS, STEAM AND GASOLINE, AND HORSES] 1935 · Educational [TRACTORS, STEAM AND GASOLINE, AND HORSES] Produced: 1935 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive Twenty Millionth Ford: Long Beach and Richmond Branches 1931 · Educational Twenty Millionth Ford: Long Beach and Richmond Branches Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads… Internet Archive [REDEEMING A RUBBER EMPIRE. 3] 1932 · Educational [REDEEMING A RUBBER EMPIRE. 3] Produced: 1932 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Riverboat at… Internet Archive Greenfield Village / Indianapolis 500 1934 · Educational Greenfield Village / Indianapolis 500 Produced: 1934 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a.… Internet Archive Children and Steam Engine 1937 · Educational Children and Steam Engine Produced: 1937 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Children and Steam… Internet Archive [Tau Beta Pageant] 1933 · Educational [Tau Beta Pageant] Produced: 1933 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Parade in residential area… Internet Archive [HENRY FORD AND FLOYD GIBBONS] 1939 · Educational [HENRY FORD AND FLOYD GIBBONS] Produced: 1939 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Henry Ford and… Internet Archive [CAVALCADE OF FORD, PART II] 1936 · Educational [CAVALCADE OF FORD, PART II] Produced: 1936 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Cavalcade of… Internet Archive A Visit to Yellowstone National Park 1932 · Educational A Visit to Yellowstone National Park Produced: 1932 Description This film provides a tour of Yellowstone National Park. It beings at the park's north entrance… Internet Archive [REMINISCENCES OF MENLO PARK] 1932 · Educational [REMINISCENCES OF MENLO PARK] Produced: 1932 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Reminiscences… Internet Archive DOUBLE-HEADER MARAUDER OPERATIONS 1939 · Educational DOUBLE-HEADER MARAUDER OPERATIONS Covers: 1939–1950 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24243 Internet Archive ITALIAN-ETHIOPIAN WAR; ETC 1935 · Educational ITALIAN-ETHIOPIAN WAR; ETC Covers: 1935–1936 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/29551 Internet Archive ELEMENTS OF THE AUTOMOBILE: WHEELS AND AXLES 1930 · Educational ELEMENTS OF THE AUTOMOBILE: WHEELS AND AXLES Produced: 1930 Description Shows, by animation, how an auto is steered; the functions of and interaction among… Internet Archive Record of Japanese sub action in Indian Ocean 1939 · Educational Record of Japanese sub action in Indian Ocean Covers: ca. 1939–ca. 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78822 Internet Archive EDITED FILM ON: LTA AKRON MAKES FIRST FLIGHT OVER WASH., PHILA., & N.Y 1932 · Educational EDITED FILM ON: LTA AKRON MAKES FIRST FLIGHT OVER WASH., PHILA., & N.Y Produced: April 9, 1932 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76139 Internet Archive Twenty Millionth Ford: Dallas and Houston Branches 1931 · Educational Twenty Millionth Ford: Dallas and Houston Branches Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive [INDUSTRIAL MURAL] 1932 · Educational [INDUSTRIAL MURAL] Produced: 1932 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Panorama of incomplete… Internet Archive [GREENFIELD VILLAGE: NOAH WEBSTER HOUSE] 1936 · Educational [GREENFIELD VILLAGE: NOAH WEBSTER HOUSE] Produced: 1936 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Man… Internet Archive Ford V-8 and Little Boy / Tractor, Ship, Truck, and Automobiles / Industrial Accident: Eye Injury / Ford Convertible 1932 · Educational Ford V-8 and Little Boy / Tractor, Ship, Truck, and Automobiles / Industrial Accident: Eye Injury / Ford Convertible Produced: 1932 Description The original… Internet Archive THESE THIRTY YEARS 1934 · Educational THESE THIRTY YEARS Produced: 1934 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Group in farmyard -… Internet Archive Ford Brazil 1931 · Educational Ford Brazil Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: View of river, boats, shore -… Internet Archive Greenfield Village / 41st Annual Convention of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Washington, D.C. 1932 · Educational Greenfield Village / 41st Annual Convention of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Washington, D.C. Produced: ca. 1932–ca. 1934 Description The… Internet Archive [NOAH WEBSTER HOUSE,GREENFIELD VILLAGE] 1936 · Educational [NOAH WEBSTER HOUSE,GREENFIELD VILLAGE] Produced: 1936 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Man… Internet Archive Crown Prince Olaf and Princess Martha of Norway at River Rouge Plant and Greenfield Village 1938 · Educational Crown Prince Olaf and Princess Martha of Norway at River Rouge Plant and Greenfield Village Produced: 1938 Description The original catalog description… Internet Archive [SUCCESSFUL FORD DEALERS. PART II] 1931 · Educational [SUCCESSFUL FORD DEALERS. PART II] Produced: 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Mechanics… Internet Archive [DAHLINGER FAMILY, PICNIC AND HARNESS RACING] 1934 · Educational [DAHLINGER FAMILY, PICNIC AND HARNESS RACING] Produced: 1934 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive REMINISCENCES OF MENLO PARK 1932 · Educational REMINISCENCES OF MENLO PARK Produced: 1932 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Reminiscences of… Internet Archive SERICULTURE 1937 · Educational SERICULTURE 1937 Description INDUSTRIAL DOCUMENTARY: On silk manufacture in China, from the birth of the silkworm to thread. Reel 1: Shows large scale… Internet Archive Midwinter Vacations 1936 · Educational Midwinter Vacations Produced: 1936 Description This film contains newsreel outtakes. The agency provided description is as follows: On daily activities and… Internet Archive England's D.O.R.A. 1937 · Educational England's D.O.R.A. 13636 Description This film contains newsreel outtakes. The agency provided description is as follows: About the Shops Act, 1912, and the… Internet Archive MGM 1932 1932 · Film 1932 MGM logo with Coffee. Don't be afraid of the MGM lion. He's not going to bite you. Internet Archive The Urschel Kidnapping: A Visualization of the Urschel Kidnapping Showing the Federal Government's Determined Drive on Crime 1933 · Educational The Urschel Kidnapping: A Visualization of the Urschel Kidnapping Showing the Federal Government's Determined Drive on Crime Produced: 1933 Description This… Internet Archive GRAIN GRADING 1930 · Educational GRAIN GRADING Produced: 1930 Description Reel 1, grain cars arrive at a railroad terminal in Chicago. Samples are taken from each car and the grain is tested… Internet Archive INSPECTION AND CANNING OF POULTRY, THE 1932 · Educational INSPECTION AND CANNING OF POULTRY, THE Produced: 1932 Description Chickens are picked, cleaned, inspected, wrapped, and weighed. Frozen poultry, packed in… Internet Archive HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK IN THE WESTERN STATES 1934 · Educational HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK IN THE WESTERN STATES Produced: 1934 Description Reel 1 shows farm homes in California, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Utah, and Nevada.… Internet Archive MATANUSKA, ALASKA 1937 · Educational MATANUSKA, ALASKA Produced: 1937 Description On the town of Matanuska. Reel 1, a train arrives and passengers detrain. Reel 2 shows a house under… Internet Archive Old River 1934 · Educational Old River 1934 Description Shows aerial views of a river, a close-up of boulders on a dry river bed, and a panorama of the effects of erosion. Diagrams…