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4,513–4,560 of 12,800 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 Mr. W's Little Game (1934) 1934 · Short As the rather fussy "Mr. W" (Alexander Woollcott) is dining in a restaurant, the waiter (Leo G. Carroll) introduces him to an attractive woman (Marion… Internet Archive 1937 Der Kleine Kavallier ( Szöke Szakall, Otto Walburg, Hans Holt, Sigurd Lohde) 1937 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1937. Der kleine Kavallier. U.a mit Szöke Szakall und Otto Walburg Internet Archive The Stage Hand 1933 · Short The Stage Hand with Harry Langdon, Marel Foster, Ira Hayward, Eddie Schubert, Rollin Grimes, Maryen Lynn, Harry Hamill. Internet Archive I Flunked, But... 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Sarumasamune AKA The Monkey Masamune 1930 · Feature Internet Archive U.S. Navy Building Bluejackets 1930 · Short · 9 min Film shows basic physical training of new recruits into the U.S. Navy circa 1930. Location unknown, possibly the Presidio in San Francisco. Internet Archive School 1939 · Film Portrait of a typical day at the progressive Hessian Hills School in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, with narration by the students. The documentary includes… Internet Archive The Lost City - Chapter 10 1935 · Short Evil Scientist Zolok (William 'Stage' Boyd), located deep in a Magnetic Mountain of darkest Africa, uses electricity to create earthquakes and distruction all… Internet Archive Roseland 1930 · Feature Internet Archive The World at War 2 -- Distant War, September 1939 - May 1940 1939 · Educational · 55 min · Subtitles Internet Archive La Muchacha Del Circo (1937) 1937 · Feature La muchacha del circo es una película en blanco y negro argentina dirigida por Manuel Romero sobre su propio guion que se estrenó el 5 de mayo de 1937 y que… Internet Archive Follow Thru 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Party Girl 1930 · Feature Internet Archive A Better Missouri 1937 1937 · Film On WPA projects in Missouri. Gravel is quarried. Streets are paved in St. Louis and county roads surfaced. The Joplin airport is graded and surfaced. Shows… Internet Archive 1935 Das Tagebuch Der Geliebten ( Szöke Szakall, Sigurd Lohde, Attila Hörbiger) 1935 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1935. Das Tagebuch der Geliebten. U.a mit Szöke Szakall und Attila Hörbiger Internet Archive Home Movie: 11779: Graphman Collection 1935 · Home movie to come Internet Archive Movie Trailers ("This Theatre Will Be Open Throughout The Entire Year") 1930 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive The Lost City - Chapter 11 1935 · Short Evil Scientist Zolok (William 'Stage' Boyd), located deep in a Magnetic Mountain of darkest Africa, uses electricity to create earthquakes and distruction all… Internet Archive The Lost City - Chapter 12 1935 · Short Evil Scientist Zolok (William 'Stage' Boyd), located deep in a Magnetic Mountain of darkest Africa, uses electricity to create earthquakes and distruction all… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Bonomo Home Movies: FDR Opens Whitestone Bridge 1939; LaGuardia Airport 1940; World's Fair] 1939 · Home movie · Subtitles FDR opens Whitestone Bridge. LaGuardia Airport. Internet Archive The Runaway Bride 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Home Movie: 98360: Family Scenes 1939 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Radio Riot 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Keeping The Hair Clean 1931 · Film Silent. Charles and Eleanor wash their hair. Eleanor also washes her brushes and combs. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97271: Unknown 1930 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Belle of the Night 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Mayor La Guardia opens Red Cross drive, 1938/11/09 1938 · Newsreel · Subtitles Mayor La Guardia opens Red Cross drive. (partial newsreel) Internet Archive Old Produce Market 1930s LLSF 2016 20 Mbps 1 1939 · Film from "Lost Landscapes 11" courtesy Prelinger Archives. It begins with a drive up Washington to Davis Street through the old Produce Market in the 1950s,… Internet Archive White Hell of Pitz Palu 1930 · Feature Internet Archive A Better West Virginia 1937 1937 · Film On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in West Virginia. The Tri-County Airport at Clarksburg is graded. Streets in Morgantown are repaired. Shows… Internet Archive Max Baer in «The Prizefighter and the Lady» 1933 · Short · 7 min Max Baer in «The Prizefighter and the Lady» (1933). Song «Lucky Fella». «The Prizefighter and the Lady» is a romantic drama starring Myrna Loy, Max Baer,… Internet Archive The Lost City - Chapter 6 1935 · Short Evil Scientist Zolok (William 'Stage' Boyd), located deep in a Magnetic Mountain of darkest Africa, uses electricity to create earthquakes and distruction all… Internet Archive Atorrante (1939) 1939 · Feature Atorrante (La venganza de la tierra) es una película de Argentina dirigida por Enrique De Rosas según su propio guion basado en la obra teatral de Vicente… Internet Archive El Escuadron Azul (1937) 1937 · Feature El escuadrón azul es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Nelo Cosimi que se estrenó el 24 de noviembre de 1937 y que tuvo como protagonistas… Internet Archive Diary of a Lost Girl 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair, The 1939 · Film · Subtitles Skeletal Record Internet Archive The Office Wife 1930 · Feature Internet Archive California Recreation 1937 1937 · Film On WPA-sponsored recreation projects in California. Shows bike polo in Monterey, bee keeping in Paso Robles, trout fly making in San Luis Obispo, pottery… Internet Archive THE WHISPERING SHADOW. Chapter 5--"Wanted for Murder" 1933 · Short Chapter 5 of a twelve chapter serial that deals with the attempts of a master criminal to gain possession of jewels and gain control over the world with the… Internet Archive Busco Un Marido Para Mi Mujer (1938) 1938 · Feature Busco un marido para mi mujer es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Arturo S. Mom sobre su propio guion que se estrenó el 21 de septiembre… Internet Archive Mateo (1937) 1937 · Feature Mateo es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Daniel Tinayre sobre su propio guión escrito sobre la obra homónima de Armando Discépolo que se… Internet Archive Y Mañana Seran Hombres (1939) 1939 · Feature ...Y mañana serán hombres es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Carlos Borcosque según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Jack… Internet Archive Playful Pan 1930 · Feature Internet Archive The Flirting Widow 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Monkey Melodies 1930 · Feature Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10878: West Coast, Mar-April 1936] 1936 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive Tres Argentinos En Paris (aka Tres Anclados En Paris)(1938) 1938 · Feature Tres anclados en París es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Manuel Romero sobre su propio guion que se estrenó el 26 de enero de 1938 y… Internet Archive Bosko The Doughboy 1931 Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising 1931 · Cartoon Bosko The Doughboy 1931 Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising