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4,849–4,896 of 42,410 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 El Gran Amor De Becquer (1946) 1946 · Feature El gran amor de Bécquer es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Alberto de Zavalía según el guion de María Teresa León y Rafael Alberti… Internet Archive Fog (1943) 1943 · Feature MN119b - Navy // United States Navy Training Film produced under the supervision to the Bureau of Aeronautics by Walt Disney Productions in Technicolor Internet Archive Pantalones Cortos(1949) 1949 · Feature Pantalones cortos es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Leopoldo Torres Ríos sobre su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Leopoldo… Internet Archive A-Tish-Oo! 1941 · Documentary · 5 min A 1941 British film about how coughs and sneezes spread diseases. Some masks that can be worn to help stop the spread of diseases are shown. Produced by… Internet Archive La Dama De La Muerte (1946) 1946 · Feature La dama de la muerte es una película chilena de 1946, dirigida por Carlos Hugo Christensen y escrita por César Tiempo , basada en el libro El club de los… Internet Archive Brotherhood of Man 1946 · Cartoon Based on the pamphlet: The races of mankind / by Ruth Benedict and Gene Weltfish Animation, Robert Cannon, Ken Harris, Ben Washam ; music, Paul Smith An… Internet Archive How the Ear Functions 1940 · Film OUTLINES STRUCTURE & FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN EAR, SOUND WAVES ARE BRIEFLY EXPLAINED. ANIMATION REVEALS FUNCTION OF TYMPANIC MEMBRANE & OSSICLES OF EAR BONES &… Internet Archive Safety In Offices (1944) 1944 · Feature MN 1921d Navy // US Navy training video, illustrates common office accidents and their causes. Internet Archive Mr. and Mrs. America 1945 · Short · 13 min Mr. and Mrs. America is a plea to the American people to purchase war bonds in the closing moths of WWII. The film features FDR, Phillip Murray head of CIO,… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97487: Hawaii and Korea 1946 · Home movie Notes on can state: Fall 1946 Hawaii Spring 1947 Korea Internet Archive The Children Must Learn 1940 · Film Documentary profiling an Appalachian farming family struggling to scrape out a living. Link­ing education and economic development, The Children Must Learn… Internet Archive Un Bebe De Contrabando( 1940) 1940 · Feature Un bebé de contrabando es una película de Argentina dirigida por Eduardo Morera sobre su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Florencio Chiarello que se… Internet Archive Don't Be A Sucker (1947) 1947 · Feature EF6 // Dramatizes the destructive effects of racial and religious prejudice. Reel 1 shows a fake wrestling match and "crooked" gambling games. An agitator… Internet Archive 1948 - The Street with No Name - La calle sin nombre - William Keighley - VE 1948 · Feature For Academic - Educational Use Only https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive 1949 - The Crooked Way - Arrostrando la muerte - Robert Florey - VOSE 1949 · Feature For Academic - Educational Use Only https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive Alla En El Setenta Y Tantos(1945) 1945 · Feature Allá en el setenta y tantos es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Francisco Mugica que fue estrenada el 24 de mayo de 1945 y protagonizada… Internet Archive Bajo Un Angel Del Cielo (1942) 1942 · Feature Bajó un ángel del cielo es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Luis César Amadori según su propio guion escrito sobre la obra Bichon , de… Internet Archive Confesion (1940) 1940 · Feature Confesión es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Luis José Moglia Barth según guion de Hugo Mac Dougall y Homero Manzi inspirados en el… Internet Archive 1947 - Framed - Paula - Richard Wallace - VOSE 1947 · Feature For Academic - Educational Use Only https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive 1947 - The Red House - La casa roja - Delmer Daves - VO 1947 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive [Home Movies: Jersey Shore, 1948] 1948 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10890: San Francisco] 1947 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive Con El Dedo En El Gatillo(1940) 1940 · Feature Con el dedo en el gatillo es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Luis José Moglia Barth según guion de Homero Manzi y Ulyses Petit de… Internet Archive Stella(1943) 1943 · Feature Stella es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Benito Perojo según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Pedro E. Pico sobre la… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10723: Turkey Run & Bryce's Birthday, 1947] 1947 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive Stepping Along with Television 1949 · Film Film showing the role of AT&T in facilitating network television transmission in the years before communications satellites. The live television broadcast of… Internet Archive Project Thunderstorm, 05/1947 - 09/1947 1947 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Project Thunderstorm, 05/1947 - 09/1947 Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. Office of the… Internet Archive Youth On The Industrial Front 1941 · Film NYA boys learn to use machine tools at various residence centers in Illinois. The boys operate lathes and milling machines, learn to weld, make incubators in… Internet Archive The Doors on the Thirteenth Floor (Suspense) 1949 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles Aired 1949-05-31 (season 1, episode 12). Internet Archive Ring of Steele 1941 · Short · 8 min Narrated by Spencer Tracy. Short that describes the history of the Armed forces in America to prepare soldiers and the American people for the second world war. Internet Archive El Tambor De Tacuari( 1948) 1948 · Feature El tambor de Tacuarí es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Carlos Borcosque sobre el guion de Hugo Mac Dougall que se estrenó el 6 de… Internet Archive [Home Movies: San Francisco, late 1940s - early 1950s] 1940 · Home movie · Subtitles Shots to be logged. Internet Archive THE STORY OF GASOLINE 1948 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration THE STORY OF GASOLINE Department of the Interior. Bureau of Mines. Pittsburgh Experiment Station. (1934 -… Internet Archive 1946 - The Strange Love of Martha Ivers - El extraño amor de Martha Ivers - Lewis Milestone - VO 1946 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive Foods And Nutrition 1940 · Film PRESENTS A STUDY OF THE METABOLIC PROCESSES SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF CARBOHYDRATES, FATS, PROTEINS, MINERALS & VITAMINS THROUGH THE BODY. We digitized and… Internet Archive US Navy Blast Marshall Islands 1942 · Newsreel · 9 min This short newsreel, produced for the home market, shows the first offensive action of the Pacific War by the U.S. Navy: a raid on Makin Island in the… Internet Archive Seeds Of Destiny 1946 · Film Describes the conditions of hunger and destitution which follow war. Points out that these conditions are today's threat to the lives and health of Asians and… Internet Archive 1941 Der Trichter Bringt Allerlei Aus Aller Welt ( Jupp Hussels, Peter Igelhoff) Kurzfilm 1941 · Feature Film(Kurzfilm) aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1941. Der Trichter - Bringt allerlei aus aller Welt. U.a mit Jupp Hussels und Peter Igelhoff Internet Archive Aguila Blanca (1941) 1941 · Feature Águila Blanca es una película argentina dirigida por Carlos Hugo Christensen sobre guion de Yamandú Rodríguez que se estrenó el 16 de abril de 1941 y que tuvo… Internet Archive La Calle Grita(1948) 1948 · Feature La calle grita es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Lucas Demare según el guion de Carlos Alberto Orlando que se estrenó el 14 de… Internet Archive Great Alaskan Mystery: Chapter 13 1944 · Short · 16 min Former marine flyer Jim Hudson (Milburn Stone), sidekick Bosun (Edgar Kennedy) and the lovely Ruth Miller (Marjorie Weaver) fight to retrieve a super-weapon… Internet Archive Johnson and Reconstruction 1942 · Educational · 38 min Johnson and Reconstruction Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film SummaryAn excerpt from the 1942 feature film… Internet Archive 1945 - The Great Flamarion - El gran Flamarion - Anthony Mann - Leg 1945 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit (1944) 1944 · Feature The 18th AAF Base Unit (Motion Picture Unit), originally known as the First Motion Picture Unit, Army Air Forces, was the primary film production unit of the… Internet Archive Como Tu Lo Soñaste (1947) 1947 · Feature Como tú lo soñaste es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Lucas Demare según el guion de Homero Manzi sobre el libro Un día de octubre de… Internet Archive The Army Nurse (1945) 1945 · Feature Shows activities in the training and service of army nurses. Reel 1 contains brief scenes of nurses working at a field hospital. Shows miscellaneous aspects… Internet Archive 1947 - The Red House - La casa roja - Delmer Daves - VE 1947 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10845: Holland, Michigan Collection] 1940 · Home movie · Subtitles Skeletal Entry