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6,385–6,432 of 13,361 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 [THESE THIRTY YEARS. PART II] 1934 · Educational [THESE THIRTY YEARS. PART II] Produced: 1934 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93563 Internet Archive [UAW ORGANIZERS AT THE ROUGE] 1937 · Educational [UAW ORGANIZERS AT THE ROUGE] Produced: 1937 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93681 Internet Archive [REMINISCENCES OF MENLO PARK. PART 3] 1932 · Educational [REMINISCENCES OF MENLO PARK. PART 3] Produced: 1932 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93769 Internet Archive [REMINISCENCES OF MENLO PARK, PART V] 1932 · Educational [REMINISCENCES OF MENLO PARK, PART V] Produced: 1932 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93771 Internet Archive REMINISCENCES OF MENLO PARK. PART 12 1932 · Educational REMINISCENCES OF MENLO PARK. PART 12 Produced: 1932 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93778 Internet Archive Child Bride (1938) Trailer 1938 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1938 drama Child Bride, directed by Harry Revier,… Internet Archive ELEMENTS OF THE AUTOMOBILE: IGNITION [PART 1] 1930 · Educational ELEMENTS OF THE AUTOMOBILE: IGNITION [PART 1] Produced: 1930 Description Shows, by animation, how a mechanical circuit breaker, attached to the ignition coil,… Internet Archive Finland : Life In Lapland 1938 · Film Shows life of the Lapps mainly during the winter. Includes scenes of reindeer moving to better pasturage followed by their owner, of the herds being corraled… Internet Archive SUBMARINE - NAUTILUS 1931 · Educational SUBMARINE - NAUTILUS Produced: 1931 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87487 Internet Archive Freaks [1932] - Trailer 1932 · Commercial A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his… Internet Archive [1934 WORLD SERIES] 1934 · Educational [1934 WORLD SERIES] Produced: 1934 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93249 Internet Archive SUBMARINE- NAUTILUS 1931 · Educational SUBMARINE- NAUTILUS Produced: 1931 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87485 Internet Archive With These Weapons 1939 · Film The story of Syphilis and the methods used to detect and fight it. No details about the symptoms though. No mention of penicillin. Internet Archive 34th Anniversary of the Kittyhawk Flight 1937 · Educational 34th Anniversary of the Kittyhawk Flight Produced: 1937 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: 34th… Internet Archive 34th Anniversary of the Kittyhawk Flight 1937 · Educational 34th Anniversary of the Kittyhawk Flight Produced: 1937 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: 34th… Internet Archive 34th Anniversary of the Kittyhawk Flight 1937 · Educational 34th Anniversary of the Kittyhawk Flight Produced: 1937 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: 34th… Internet Archive 34th Anniversary of the Kittyhawk Flight 1937 · Educational 34th Anniversary of the Kittyhawk Flight Produced: 1937 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: 34th… Internet Archive [STREAMLINES MAKE HEADLINES] 1936 · Educational [STREAMLINES MAKE HEADLINES] Produced: 1936 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [part 2]… Internet Archive [SIEMPRE LISTO, PART 2. (ALWAYS READY)]. [ON THE JOB] 1937 · Educational [SIEMPRE LISTO, PART 2. (ALWAYS READY)]. [ON THE JOB] Produced: 1937 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93709 Internet Archive REMINISCENCES OF MENLO PARK, PART 7 1932 · Educational REMINISCENCES OF MENLO PARK, PART 7 Produced: 1932 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93773 Internet Archive Strikebreaking 1934 · Educational Strikebreaking Produced: 1934 Description This film contains newsreel outtakes. The agency provided description is as follows: Col. Pope addresses… Internet Archive Theatrical trailer for In Caliente 1935 · Commercial · 3 min Theatrical trailer for the forgotten 1935 film In Caliente, starring Dolores del Rio. Directed by Lloyd Bacon. Internet Archive Theatrical trailer for Five Star Final 1931 · Commercial · 1 min Theatrical trailer for the 1931 film Five Star Final. Starring Edward G. Robinson. Internet Archive The Fatal Hour Boris Karloff-Vhs Copy 1939 · Film When Captain Street's best friend Dan Grady is murdered, Street receives help from Chinese detective James Lee Wong and local newspaper reporter Bobbie Logan. Internet Archive General Pershing and Party Go to France, June 1917 1936 · Educational General Pershing and Party Go to France, June 1917 Produced: 1936 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/171030944 Internet Archive SUBMARINE NAUTILUS 1931 · Educational SUBMARINE NAUTILUS Produced: 1931 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87488 Internet Archive SUDMARINE NAUTILUS 1931 · Educational SUDMARINE NAUTILUS Produced: 1931 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87483 Internet Archive ELEMENTS OF THE AUTOMOBILE: THE ENGINE 1930 · Educational ELEMENTS OF THE AUTOMOBILE: THE ENGINE Produced: 1930 Description Shows, by animation, the intake, compression, power, and exhaust strokes of a piston; the… Internet Archive Flikbaks: Your Wonderful Year 1930 1930 · Newsreel Flikbaks: Your Wonderful Year 1930 The Video Greeting Card Internet Archive Ford Advertising Stills 1937 · Educational Ford Advertising Stills Produced: 1937 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Single frame… Internet Archive [THIRTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KITTYHAWK FLIGHT] 1937 · Educational [THIRTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KITTYHAWK FLIGHT] Produced: 1937 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive [THIRTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KITTYHAWK FLIGHT] 1937 · Educational [THIRTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KITTYHAWK FLIGHT] Produced: 1937 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive «The Prizefighter and the Lady» Trailer 1933 · Commercial · 3 min «The Prizefighter and the Lady» (1933) is a romantic drama starring Myrna Loy, Max Baer, Primo Carnera, Jack Dempsey, and Walter Huston. It was the film debut… Internet Archive Holidays At Salcombe 1936, 1937, 1939 VHS PAL (768x 576) 1936 · Film Found holiday footage from Salcombe UK featuring years 1936, 1937, 1939. Quality is poor unfortunately. The capture is from VHS, which would be a copy of the… Internet Archive SUBMRINE - NAUTILUS 1931 · Educational SUBMRINE - NAUTILUS Produced: 1931 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87486 Internet Archive The Wizard of Oz (1949 Reissue Trailers) 1939 · Commercial · 4 min Features alternative shots/takes and one deleted scene from the film. Internet Archive SUBMRINE - NAUTILUS 1931 · Educational SUBMRINE - NAUTILUS Produced: 1931 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87486 Internet Archive Tarzan Finds a Son! trailer 1939 · Commercial · 2 min IMDb Page Internet Archive 34th Anniversary of the Kittyhawk Flight 1937 · Educational 34th Anniversary of the Kittyhawk Flight Produced: 1937 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: 34th… Internet Archive ELEMENTS OF THE AUTOMOBILE: IGNITION [PART 2] 1930 · Educational ELEMENTS OF THE AUTOMOBILE: IGNITION [PART 2] Produced: 1930 Description Shows, by animation, how low voltage from the battery is stepped up in the ignition… Internet Archive Трудолюбивый петушок и беспечные мышки 1938 · Cartoon · 8 min Трудолюбивый петушок и беспечные мышки — советский рисованный мультфильм 1938 года, созданный на студии «Союзмультфильм» по украинской народной сказке… Internet Archive BOSTON LIGHTHOUSE SURVEY 1939 · Educational BOSTON LIGHTHOUSE SURVEY Produced: 1939 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87586 Internet Archive SUDMARINE NAUTILUS 1931 · Educational SUDMARINE NAUTILUS Produced: 1931 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87483 Open Images Het Nederlandsche trekpaard (acte 2) 1936 · Short · 10 min Tweede deel van een film over het gebruik van het Nederlandse trekpaard. De grote paardententoonstelling in Den Bosch, waaraan ook een wedstrijd verbonden is.… Open Images Reineveld wasserijmachines (acte 2) 1930 · Short · 7 min Tweede deel van een promotiefilm voor in de Reineveld machinefabriek geproduceerde wasserijmachines. Getoond worden de mangel- en strijkmachines, zowel in een… Open Images Kinderen naar buiten 1935 · Short · 11 min Film t.b.v. de Centrale Comissie voor uitzending van Nederlandse kinderen naar buiten 'KINABU'. Kinabu zendt zwakke stadskinderen in de zomervakantie naar… Open Images Waar een wil is, is een weg (acte 6) 1931 · Short · 11 min Zesde deel en slot van een speelfilm gemaakt in het kader van de bestrijding der tuberculose, in die tijd volksziekte nr. 1. In dit deel blijkt de toestand… Open Images Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (deel 3) 1930 · Short · 9 min Derde deel van 'Het koninkrijk der Nederlanden' dat handelt over de steden Den Haag, Delft en Rotterdam. Goed overzicht van de situatie in de 30-er jaren.