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4,609–4,656 of 12,665 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 Romance sentimentale AKA Sentimental Romance 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Smoke 1931 · Film Shows how forest fires can be prevented by carefully extinguishing camp fires, exercising care in smoking habits while in the woods, and maintaining strict… Internet Archive Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair, The 1939 · Film · Subtitles Skeletal Record Internet Archive Sarah and Son 1930 · Feature Internet Archive El Pobre Perez (1937) 1937 · Feature El pobre Pérez es una película argentina dirigida por Luis César Amadori sobre el guion que escribiera en colaboración con Antonio Botta y Francisco Oyarzábal… Internet Archive Viennese Nights 1930 · Feature Internet Archive DANIEL BOONE 1936 Colorized 1936 · Feature Daniel Boone 1936 Internet Archive New Deal Film Festival Putting America To Work Berkeley Gray Panthers 1939 · Film Assortment of New Deal film shorts put together by the Berkeley Gray Panthers for a mini-New Deal Film Festival. This particular sequence is called "Putting… Internet Archive Nace Un Amor (1937) 1938 · Feature Nace un amor es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Luis Saslavsky según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Alfredo G. Volpe con… Internet Archive An Evening with Edgar A. Guest 1938 · Film Film for the Household Finance Corporation featuring its spokesperson Edgar A. Guest, the popular poet and radio personality. Guest performs without making… Internet Archive California Missions 1937 · Film We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Vacation of 1932] (Vacation #1) 1932 · Home movie · Subtitles Hudson River, Albany, New Hampshire Internet Archive [Home Movies: Groeber Collection: Kansas City, Mo. area, late 1930s] 1937 · Home movie · Subtitles skeletal entry. notes in logbook Internet Archive Hell's Heroes 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Who Killed Rover? 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Baby Daze 1939 · Short · 15 min A short comedy with Edgar Kennedy and Vivien Oakland Internet Archive Olympic Games Berlin 1936 1936 · Film Silent footage from the 1936 Berlin Olympics. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have… Internet Archive 1937 Damals Zu Hause Elbing Land An Der Weichsel 1937 · Feature Film(Filmdokument) aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1937. Damals zu Hause - Elbing - Land an der Weichsel Internet Archive Anybody's Woman 1930 · Feature Internet Archive mascot 1934 · TV stop motion puppets with live action. Internet Archive Sudden Gale Akron at Lakehurst NJ 1932/02/22 1932 · Newsreel Navy dirigible is damaged by wind. Internet Archive Earth Worm: A Classroom Picture, The 1937 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Turbión (1938) 1938 · Feature Turbión es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Antonio Momplet según su propio guion con diálogos de José Antonio Saldías que se estrenó el… Internet Archive THE WHISPERING SHADOW. Chapter 12. "King of the World". 1933 · Short Chapter 12 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 Man Against The River 1937 1937 · Film On Works Progress Administration (WPA) flood relief operations in the Ohio River Valley. Flood waters rage in the Upper Ohio Valley in January, 1937. Boats… Internet Archive 1934 Liebe Tod Und Teufel 1934 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1934.. Liebe,Tod und Teufel Internet Archive Bosko's Fox Hunt 1931 Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising 1931 · Cartoon Bosko's Fox Hunt 1931 Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising Internet Archive Liliom 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Puerto Nuevo (1936) 1936 · Feature Puerto Nuevo es una película argentina en blanco y negro codirigida por Mario Soffici y Luis César Amadori sobre guion de este último escrito en colaboración… Internet Archive Outdoors In The Garden State 1937 1937 · Film On New Jersey's State parks. Reel 1 shows views of rivers, lakes, and other points of interest in Palisades Interstate Park, High Point Park, Watchung… Internet Archive Po horách, po dolách 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Journey's End 1930 · Feature Internet Archive THE WHISPERING SHADOW. Chapter 4--"The Shadow Strikes" 1933 · Short Chapter 4 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 Alaska’s Silver Millions 1936 · Film Travelogue in three sections narrated by Father Bernard Hubbard, known as the “Glacier Priest” for his highly publicized Arctic excursions and lectures, and… Internet Archive Wheels Across Africa 1936 · Film Armand Davis leads motor expedition in Africa, powered by Dodge cars. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the A/V Geeks Archive. Email us at… Internet Archive Winter Sun And Summer Sea 1938 · Film Reel 1, scenes of palm trees, surf on a beach at St. Augustine, an old schoolhouse, old homes in St. Augustine, and old men playing checkers depict Florida's… Internet Archive Federal Theatre In San Francisco Circa 1936 1936 · Film A ballroom dance team, a dancing chorus, and various specialty dancers rehearse. Wardrobe and sets are designed, and a play rehearsed. Shows scenes from the… Internet Archive USCG U.S. Coast Guard Academy 1938 · Short · 10 min Shot in the 1930s, this film profiles the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), the military academy of the United States Coast Guard located in New… Internet Archive A Better Massachusetts 1937 1937 · Film On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Massachusetts. Streets in Springfield are paved and sewer pipe installed. WPA artists paint shore scenes.… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10644: Camp Polk] 1938 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive Sentinels Of Safety 1930 · Film About safety hazards in the home. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions… Internet Archive [Home Movies: "With Rod and Harpoon to the Enchanted Land of Sport," January 1930, Part II, continuation] 1930 · Home movie · Subtitles Continuation of Part II. Internet Archive Jack Buchanan with the Glee Quartet 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Study No. 6 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Groundwater 1935 1935 · Film Rain water seeps beneath the earth's surface to form ground water. Diagrams the formation of artesian wells, hot springs, and geysers. "Old Faithful" in… Internet Archive Tennessee Valley 1936 1936 · Film Reel 1 shows a dam, generators, power lines and a power house; workers constructing a dam with steam shovels and other machinery; the flooded Tennessee River;… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10561: Trip West] 1939 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive La vida nocturna 1930 · Feature