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5,041–5,088 of 43,003 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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
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| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage. |
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Adventuring pups.
The story of three beagle puppies and their adventures on the farm and in the woods. Shows the characteristics and actions of dogs and several other animals.…
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Clean Waters
Film advocating electrically powered waste-treatment facilities. Produced as part of General Electric’s “More Power to America” campaign encouraging…
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Life Of A Plant
Beautiful animation of particles and plants. Time-lapse of seeds growing.
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Home Movie: 97497: Unidentified
Can marked: Starved Rock Ft. Donelson Miami Beach
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Home Movie: 97496: ROTC Camp Pictures
To come.
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El Hombre De Las Sorpresas (1949)
El hombre de las sorpresas es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Leopoldo Torres Ríos sobre el guion de Leopoldo Torre Nilsson según la…
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La Casta Susana(1944)
La casta Susana es una película argentina dirigida por Benito Perojo según guion de Juan Carlos Muello sobre la obra teatral Le fils à Papa de Maurice…
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Los Ojos Mas Lindos Del Mundo (1943)
Los ojos más lindos del mundo e s una película argentina del género de drama filmada en blanco y negro dirigida por Luis Saslavsky sobre su guion escrito por…
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NYA Train Women For War Prod 1942
The NYA trains girls to sew, to make military and civil defense posters and signs, to prepare food, and to assist in hospital work (feeding and massaging…
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1943 Peterle ( Joe Stöckel)
Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1943. Peterle. U.a mit Joe Stöckel
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Amor Ultimo Modelo (1942)
Amor último modelo es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Roberto Ratti según el guion de Ariel Cortazzo y Conrado de Koller que se…
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Avivato (1949)
Avivato es una película argentina del género de comedia filmada en blanco y negro dirigida por Enrique Cahen Salaberry sobre su propio guion escrito en…
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El Diablo Andaba En Los Choclos (1946)
El diablo andaba en los choclos es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Manuel Romero según el guion de Pedro E. Pico e Ivo Pelay sobre la…
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El Fabricante De Estrellas (1943)
El fabricante de estrellas es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Manuel Romero sobre su propio guion que se estrenó el 18 de marzo de…
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Geography Of The Japanese Empire (1945)
U.S. Army 1945 training film # MISC-1057 // Geography Of The Japanese Empire. Description . Reel 1, maps indicate the size of Japan and Japan s expansion in…
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INVASION OF POLAND IN 1939 BY GERMAN ARMY
Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 24457 / Local Identifier 111-FB-48…
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1947 - Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome - Dick Tracy contra Siniestro - John Rawlins - VO
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The Green Hornet - Chapter 9 - The Hornet Trapped
"Britt Reid," the millionaire publisher, dons a mask and goes out to fight crime in his famous automobile, "The Black Beauty." "Kato," the Korean science…
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Battle of Midway
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 65422 / Local Identifier 342-USAF-16985 - Battle of Midway - Department of Defense. Department…
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Advanced Typing - Shortcuts
Demonstrates importance of posture and arrangement of equipment. Shows how to use tab stops, tab bar, decimal tabulator and carbon packs, and how to remove or…
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La Secta Del Trebol (1948)
La Secta del Trébol es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Mario Soffici sobre el guion de Tulio Demicheli y José Ramón Luna según el…
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Sinverguenza(1940)
Sinvergüenza es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Leopoldo Torres Ríos según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Carlos Cabral…
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Troop Train (1943)
Evocative World War II-era film following a troop train: the coordination of effort; its staging and assembly of cars, cargo and passengers; its heavily…
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Yo Conoci A Esa Mujer (1942)
Yo conocí a esa mujer es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Carlos Borcosque según el guion de Carlos A. Petit . Se estrenó el 14 de…
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The World at War: 25 - Reckoning, 1945 and After
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Man in the House (Suspense)
Aired 1949-11-29 (season 2, episode 13).
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Pacific Island
Pacific Island A children's odyssey about the journey of a hand-carved toy canoeman from Canada's northern forest downstream to the distant sea.
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Noches De Bodas(1942)
Noche de bodas es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Carlos Hugo Christensen según el guion de Julio Porter sobre la obra Canallita mío…
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Viaje Sin Regreso (1946)
Viaje sin regreso es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Pierre Chenal según el guion de Hugo Mac Dougall según una idea de Pierre Chenal…
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A.A.F. Report
General H.H. Arnold's story of how the United States Army Air Force in a period of two years emerged from the seventh to the first rate air power. Shows the…
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[Home Movies: Can 10600: San Francisco, Pasadena]
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Designing Women
A 1948 British short film about interior decorating. Produced by Merlin Films for the Central Office of Information (which was the post-war successor the…
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Africa Screams
Title: Africa Screams Summary: Abbott & Costello search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe…
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German And Italian Sneak Craft (1945)
MN5132 Navy // Titles. Pt. 1 of 2 Small submarine through water; three frogmen; human torpedo, midget submarine, explosive boat, torpedo boat. Underwater view…
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Recuerdos De Un Angel (1948)
Recuerdos de un ángel es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Enrique Cahen Salaberry sobre el propio guion de Ariel Cortazzo que se…
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Mary Visits Poland
An American girl tells her classmates about her visit to her grandmother's farm in a Polish Village. She tells them about vilage life, farming, schools,…
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Radar: Target Invisible (1945)
The picture that takes the wraps off the most hush-hush secret of the war, revealing the role of radar. Features a picture epic of an actual flight over Japan.
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The Fleet That Came to Stay
The Fleet That Came to Stay was a propaganda short film produced by the US Navy in 1945 about the naval engagements of Operation Iceberg the invasion of…
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Home Movie: 97506: Dogs and Portsmouth, Virginia
To come.
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The Lone Ranger - Rustler's Hideout S01: E05
TV-G Rustler's Hideout (TV Episode) Western (USA) (TV) The Lone Ranger Apex Film Corp. The Vance family settles right in the middle of a war between the…
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Snapping Turtle
Reveals the life cycle of the snapping turtle, including its birth, its growth and its struggle for existence and survival. This film can be purchased on DVD…
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[Palmer Stock Shots: San Francisco Transportation]
Kodachrome stock shots ca. early 1940s (not logged or listed)
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[Home Movies: Can 10553: Washington D.C. and St. Augustine, Florida, 1940]
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Camouflage Dummies and Decoys
This War Department Film Bulletin explains the use of Camouflage in desert warfare — Use of wire, cloth, paper, foliage, mud and soil in preparation and…
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Home Movie: 97295: Hawaii
To come.
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[Home Movies: Can 10346: Trip to Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, July-August 1946]
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NYA And Negro Youth
On NYA centers in Georgia and Alabama. Reel 1, Negro boys feed chickens and pigs, plow with tractors, landscape grounds, and repair dormitories at centers in…
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Ever Since Eden
A history of the tomato. Begins with the discovery of the plant by Cortes when he conquered Montezuma. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality…