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4,753–4,800 of 42,576 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 Prelude To War (1942) 1942 · Feature This motion picture film explores the background of World War II. Reel 1 shows the bombing of Pearl Harbor, London air raids, cavalry and tank battles in… Internet Archive 1948 - The Amazing Mr X - Bernard Vorhaus - VOSE 1948 · Feature For Academic - Educational Use Only https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive 1940 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ( Gustav Waldau, Heli Finkenzeller, Max Gülstorff) 1940 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1940. Eine kleine Nachtmusik. U.a mit Heli Finkenzeller und Gustav Waldau Internet Archive 1943 Jugendliebe ( Fritz Kampers, Hans Adalbert Von Schlettow) 1943 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1943. Jugendliebe.. u.a mit Fritz Kampers und Hans Adalbert von Schletow Internet Archive 1944 Das Hochzeitshotel ( Karin Hardt, Rene Deltgen, Ernst Waldow, Georg Vogelsang) 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Das Hochzeitshotel. U.a mit Rene Deltgen und Karin Hardt. Internet Archive Home Movie: 10372: Santa Monica Scenes 1942 · Home movie Scenes in and around Santa Monica, Calif., 1942. Internet Archive Musical Poster No. 1 1940 · Cartoon · 2 min A 1940 example of drawn-on-film animation, directed by Len Lye, and produced for the Ministry of Information. A fun mix of abstract animation and government… Internet Archive Bombing of Pearl Harbor and Burning of SS Normandie 1942 · Film Silent Castle film of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the burning of the SS Normandie. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive.… Internet Archive Movie Trailers ("Independence Day, 1940" Promotion) 1940 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive [Home Movies: Washington, D.C.] 1940 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive 1946 - Behind Green Lights - Otto Brower - VOSE 1946 · Feature For Academic - Educational Use Only https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive Bomber 1941 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 38638 / Local Identifier 208.3 - Bomber - Office for Emergency Management. Office of War… Internet Archive Policeman, The 1940 · Film Follows a policeman on his regular day's work. Explains use of two-way radio communication. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of… Internet Archive Spy Smasher Chapter 1: "America Beware!" 1942 · Short Internet Archive 30 Segundos De Amor (1947) 1947 · Feature Treinta segundos de amor es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Luis Mottura según el guion de Julio Porter sobre la obra de Aldo de… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Trinity Shot 1945 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800001 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Trinity Shot 1945 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Department of… Internet Archive Emergency First Aid: Part 3 - Fractures 1942 · Film First aid instructional film demonstrating how to apply splints to fractures at common locations in the body in emergency situations. Title and synopsis in… Internet Archive Test Tube Babies 1948 · Feature · Subtitles Released as an educational film no doubt to get around the Hays Code , this is really a sleazy exploitation film . It has some of the worst acting you'll ever… Internet Archive 1949 - Champion - El ídolo de barro - Mark Robson - VOSE 1949 · Feature For Academic - Educational Use Only https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive [Home movie: 098266: A military family in NJ, 1949] 1949 · Home movie 8 min., color: Scenes of varying image quality show people visiting with family members including elders, posing in uniform (U.S. Army, U.S. Navy), and… Internet Archive Cita En Las Estrellas(1949) 1949 · Feature Cita en las estrellas es una película argentina del género de comedia filmada en blanco y negro dirigida por Carlos Schlieper sobre guion de Alejandro… Internet Archive La Amada Inmovil(1945) 1945 · Feature La amada inmóvil es una película en blanco y negro, de Argentina , dirigida por Luis Bayón Herrera sobre el guion de Manuel Villegas López que se estrenó el… Internet Archive 1943 Asse Zur See Ein Filmbericht Von Unseren Schnellbooten 1943 · Feature Film(Filmbericht) aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1943. Asse zur See - Ein Filmbericht von unseren Schnellbooten Internet Archive Fantasmas En Buenos Aires( 1942) 1942 · Feature Fantasmas en Buenos Aires es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Enrique Santos Discépolo según el guion de Nicolás Proserpio sobre una idea… Internet Archive Maria De Los Angeles(1948) 1948 · Feature María de los Ángeles es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Ernesto Arancibia sobre el guion de Alejandro Verbitsky y Emilio Villalba… Internet Archive Raids On Makin, Mili and Wotje Islands and Kwajalein Harbor 1944 · Film Silent Naval footage of aerial raids and ground combat in the Pacific during World War II. < This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of… Internet Archive 1949 - Jigsaw - Fletcher Markle - VE 1949 · Feature For Academic - Educational Use Only https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive Hypnotic Behavior 1949 · Educational With exhibitor's bulletin A demonstration of the induction of hypnotic trance, eye and arm catalepsy, abnormal sensory illusions, trance awakening,… Internet Archive Steel Rule 1941 · Educational · 12 min How to read steel rules; use flexible hook and rule-type gages; lay out holes with a combination square and scribe them with a divider; and use inside and… Internet Archive The Fight for the Sky 1945 · Short · 20 min Documentary detailing the activities of American fighter escort pilots during bombing raids over Germany. Narrated by Ronald Reagan Internet Archive Experimental Psychology of Vision 1941 · Educational Illustrates the chief phenomena and techniques of research in visual perception. Covers phi phenomenon, optical illusions, color constancy, eye movements in… Internet Archive They Also Build 1941 · Film On a typical day at an NYA girls center at Cherrydale Kansas. Girls arise; do calisthenics; breakfast; clean their rooms; cut patterns, design dresses, and… Internet Archive Story Of Lead 1948 · Film Portrays mining operations in the lead belt of southeast Missouri--the crushing of ore, smelting, refining and other steps in the production of pig lead. This… Internet Archive King Kamehameha 1947 · Educational · 2 min Lani McIntire and the Aloha Islanders, with legendary steel guitarist Hal Aloma, perform 'King Kamehameha.' The Lani McIntire group was the resident band in… Internet Archive 1944 Dir Zuliebe ( Hans Holt, Paul Kemp, Richard Häussler, Erika Von Thellmann) 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Dir zuliebe. U.a mit Paul Kemp und Erika von Thellmann Internet Archive De Hombre A Hombre (1949) 1949 · Feature De hombre a hombre es una película argentina del género de drama filmada en blanco y negro dirigida por Hugo Fregonese sobre guion de Carlos Alberto Orlando… Internet Archive Madame Sans Gene (1945) 1945 · Feature Madame Sans Gene es una película de Argentina filmada en blanco y negro dirigida por Luis César Amadori según el guion de Conrado Nalé Roxlo sobre la obra… Internet Archive 1945 - Detour - El desvío - Edgar G. Ulmer 1945 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only Internet Archive Listen to Britain 1942 · Educational · 20 min Photographed by H.E. Fowle ; recorded by Ken Cameron ; assistant director, Joe Mendoza ; production manager, Dora Wright ; forward by Leonard Brockington Date… Internet Archive Enterprise 1948 · Film Film sponsored by the Troy, New York–based manufacturer of Arrow shirts to explain its reasons for moving its business down south. Enterprise tells the true… Internet Archive 1946 - Shock - El susto - Alfred Werker - VO 1946 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10671: "Our Summer 1946"] 1946 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive Historia De Crimenes (1942) 1942 · Feature Historia de crímenes es una película argentina estrenada el 9 de noviembre de 1942, con dirección y guion de Manuel Romero y que tuvo como protagonistas… Internet Archive The Lone Ranger - The Lone Ranger Fights On S01 : E02 1949 · TV TV-G Western The Lone Ranger 1949 (USA) (TV Series) Still fighting the man who betrayed the Texas Rangers, The Lone Ranger starts with him hanging off the… Internet Archive Negro Pilots 1943 · Short · 7 min Tuskegee — At a dusty, booming airdrome in the Southeast Air Forces Training Center, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, world’s first Negro aerial fighting unit, is… Internet Archive Dead End Kids: Junior G-Men Part 3 1940 · Short A gang of street kids work with the FBI in to find and rescue their leader's father, a scientist who has been kidnapped by a terrorist group. Stars include:… Internet Archive 1947 - Johnny O'Clock - Robert Rossen - VO 1947 · Feature derechonoir.wordpress.com t.me/agendasociocultural Internet Archive [Amateur Film - Friends Apple Harvest Festival 1948] 1948 · Home movie [Amateur Film - Friends Apple Harvest Festival 1948] This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the film can be purchased for stock…