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5,377–5,424 of 43,004 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 Challenge to Democracy, A 1944 · Short · 17 min · Subtitles Government-produced film attempting to defend the massive internment of Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II. Internet Archive Feeling of Rejection 1948 · Educational · 21 min De 1947 à 1950, l’Office National du Film du Canada produit une série de 4 films thérapeutiques intitulée Mental Mechanisms suite à l’initiative de… Internet Archive Let There Be Light 1946 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 35924 / Local Identifier 111-M-1241 - Let There Be Light - Department of Defense. Department of… Internet Archive Operations Crossroads 1949 · Educational Department of the Navy Operations Crossroads AVA13712VNB1, 1949 Tells the story of the testing at the Bikini Atoll in the summer of 1946. Internet Archive Air Army Invades Germany 1945 · Educational Universal Newsreel Video 6 Air Army Invades Germany From the Pare Lorentz Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Army Public… Internet Archive Fleet at Ulith, 1945/08/27 1945 · Newsreel Aerial view of large fleet at Ulithi. (partial newsreel) Internet Archive Understanding Children's Drawings 1949 · Educational Following a normal child's progress from scribbling to the composition of narrative pictures, this film shows how 3- to 7-year-old children develop their… Internet Archive NYA In Wartime 1942 · Film Graduates of NYA schools operate lathes, presses, and milling machines a machine shop. Airplane, wings and fuselages are drilled and welded by girls. Life… Internet Archive Ranger Combat Training School, Fort Shafter, Territory of Hawaii 1942 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 17918 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive 1941 Die Wiesenszwerge ( Zeichentrick) 1941 · Feature Film(Zeichentrick)aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1941. Die Wiesenzwerge Internet Archive Home Movie: 97192: Pacific Northwest 1940 · Home movie To come Internet Archive "News of day" No.1-2 (1943, January) 1943 · Newsreel · 15 min Newsreel from The Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1945) Internet Archive Gyorgy Sandor Pianist - Liszt 1947 · Educational · 9 min Best known for his interpretations of the music of Bela Bartok, pianist Gyorgy Sandor here performs Franz Liszt's "Liebestraume" and "Sixth Hungarian Rhapsody." Internet Archive Yanks Bomb Tokyo 1942 · Newsreel · 10 min Yanks Bomb Tokyo Internet Archive Czechoslovakia Post World War II 1948 · Educational National Archives - Czechoslovakia Post World War II - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - - DVD Copied by… Internet Archive Remnants of Frontier Life 1941 · Educational · 20 min Against a background of local music, a rural Carolina family living in the Great Smokies reveal their daily routines, technology, and art. They demonstrate… Internet Archive Los Martes, Orquideas (1941) 1941 · Feature Película Internet Archive No Help Wanted (1945) 1945 · Feature This film about helping disabled veterans of World War II to help themselves back into civilian life was shot mostly at Bushnell General Hospital in Brigham… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97303: Chicago, Illinois Family 1947 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie: 98960: Golf 1942 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive OKINAWA BULLETIN, NO. 2--FINAL PHASES 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 37453 / Local Identifier 127-MH-6197B - OKINAWA BULLETIN, NO. 2--FINAL PHASES - Department of… Internet Archive ALASKA HIGHWAY 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ALASKA HIGHWAY Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 -… Internet Archive The Fighting Lady: The Lady and the Sea 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration The Fighting Lady: The Lady and the Sea Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97155: Franklin Circle, Ohio Centennial 1942 · Home movie Franklin Circle, Ohio Centennial and 110th anniversary, 1942 and 1952. Internet Archive Home Movie: 98851: Fish, NB, Deer, Fair 1949 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive The Occupation Soldier (1946) 1946 · Feature War Department Orientation Film OF-22 // This film stresses the job of the occupation soldier in Germany, with emphasis on a 'be firm but fair' Policy. This… Internet Archive "News of day" No.13 (1945, at May) 1945 · Newsreel · 10 min Newsreel from The Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1945) Internet Archive OPERATION TITANIC 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 35904 / Local Identifier 111-M-1191 - OPERATION TITANIC - Department of Defense. Department of… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97240: Scenes around Phoenix, Arizona and South Gate, California 1944 · Home movie Notes indicate shot in Phoenix, Arizona and South Gate, Calif. Internet Archive Home Movie: 10390: Shrine Parade, Drake Parade 1940 · Home movie Shrine Parade and Drake Parade. Internet Archive 1949 In Review, 1949/12/26 1949 · Newsreel (silent) (1) Highlights of the Year - "Politics" - Truman imitates Kaltenborn after winning election; "Cold War!" - Bonn Republic took its place; "Communism!"… Internet Archive 1948 - The Iron Curtain - El telón de acero - William A. Wellman - VOSE 1948 · Feature https://derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive MEMPHIS BELLE 1946 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26134 MEMPHIS BELLE THIS IS THE STORY OF THE B-17 FLYING FORTRESS "MEMPHIS BELLE," HER CREW AND THEIR 25 SUCCESSFUL WW II MISSIONS,… Internet Archive Pottery in the Gold Coast 1945 · Educational Shows the technique of pottery making at Achimota College's experimental training center at Alajo, where methods developed in other countries are merged with… Internet Archive "News of day" from January, 1942 1942 · Newsreel · 11 min Newsreel from The Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1945) Internet Archive Killer Diller (1948) 1948 · Feature An all-Black comedy and dance revue with stars of stage and screen. Internet Archive Home Movie: 97296: Hawaii 1940 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Did You Ever See A Dream Talking 1943 · Short · 6 min A 1943 British comedy short film about war savings. Starring popular actor Claude Hulbert. Produced by Ealing Studios. Internet Archive Japanese Relocation 1942 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 28 Japanese Relocation U.S. Office of War Information. Public Domain Footage US government presents a record of relocation of… Internet Archive Home Movie: 12055: Untitled Collection 6 1940 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie: 11698: Hamden, CT Family Santa Monica, San Juan Capistrano & Sherwood Farms Trip 1942 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Guilty Men 1945 · Short · 10 min Army-Navy Screen Magazine, no. 79. Internet Archive The Three A's 1947 · Documentary · 18 min A 1947 British documentary (with footage filmed 1944 by the Colonial Film Unit), showing the Allertonshire County Modern School. Produced for the Central… Internet Archive Home Movie: 10343: Golden Gate International Exposition 1940 · Home movie Note on can states: G.G.I.E. Sept. 1940 F.B.F. Internet Archive "News of day" (1943, at Spring) 1943 · Newsreel · 9 min Newsreel from The Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1945) Internet Archive Understanding Children's Play 1948 · Educational Survey of play devices applied with children of beginning school age: blocks, paints, crayons, clay, water, simple tools, finger painting, toys, and miniature… Internet Archive Coast Guard: The Inside Story (1944) 1944 · Feature MG 4068 // This film outlines the most common emotional illnesses that may be suffered by a civilian upon entering a military service and suggests how the… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97153: East Trip and Newport 1941 · Home movie Newport, Rhode Island and Eastern trip