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5,425–5,472 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 When The Pie Was Opened 1941 · Educational · 7 min A 1941 British short film showing how to make a wartime vegetable pie. Produced by the Realist Film Unit for the Ministry of Information. Internet Archive Merrill's Marauders 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Merrill's Marauders Created by Quaid, David L. ARC Identifier 603003 / Local Identifier 200-QUAID-2. This film… Internet Archive 1942 Weisse Wäsche 1942 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1942. Weisse Wäsche Internet Archive Home Movie: 11002: Britton, South Dakota Family 1942 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Crofters 1944 · Documentary · 22 min A 1944 British short documentary about a farming area in Scotland. Produced by Greenpark Productions for the Ministry of Information. Internet Archive Carpentry Part I (1943) 1943 · Feature TF 5-1152 // Produced by the US Army Signal Corps, this instructional video aims to teach soldiers basic carpentry knowledge, such as measuring, marking and… Internet Archive Home Movie: 11820: Phal Family San Francisco, Chico, Monterey & Tahoe CA 1948 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Cookery Hints - Oatmeal Porridge 1940 · Documentary · 5 min A 1940 instructional film showing how to make outmeal porridge using a hay box. Produced by Verity Films for the Ministry of Information. Internet Archive Home Movie: 97287: Friends, Wichita and Washington, D.C. 1941 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Inside Tibet 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 40103 / Local Identifier 226.5 - Inside Tibet - Joint Chiefs of Staff. Office of Strategic… Internet Archive Down At The Local 1945 · Documentary · 17 min A 1945 documentary presenting a tour of pubs around England. Produced by Public Relationship Films for the British Army. Directed by Richard Massingham, whose… Internet Archive Lucerne International Music Festival 1946 · Educational · 19 min This beautifully shot and edited film documents the Lucerne International Music Festival held August 3-29, 1939. It features the Swiss Festival Symphony… Internet Archive FDR in Cairo and Teheran 1943 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 279 FDR in Cairo and Teheran From the Pare Lorentz Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. NLR… Internet Archive [Bowman Dairy and Egg Promo film] 1943 · Educational A film, apparently about the Bowman Dairy, its operations and delivery, and egg farming. To license this film and get a higher quality version for… Internet Archive "News of day" (1944, at Autumn) 1944 · Newsreel · 7 min Newsreel from The Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1945) Internet Archive The Fighting First 1946 · Educational Department of the Army A War Department Official Film The Fighting First AVA10749VNB1 - Misc. 1279 - 1946 Shows combat operations of the 1st infantry division… Internet Archive What Is Sound 1949 1949 · 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 JAPAN SURRENDERS 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39075, LI 208-UN-168 - JAPAN SURRENDERS - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture Films from… Internet Archive ALLIES STUDY POST-WAR SECURITY [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39024, LI 208-UN-117 - ALLIES STUDY POST-WAR SECURITY [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion… Internet Archive Victory parade in colour 1945 · Short · 18 min Color version Parade 1945 Internet Archive CONQUEST BY AIR 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration CONQUEST BY AIR War Department. Army Air Forces. (06/20/1941 - 09/26/1947) ARC Identifier 2894 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive 1944 Roter Nebel ( Filmdokument) 1944 · Feature Film(Filmdokument) aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Roter Nebel Internet Archive ALLIES OVERRUN GERMANY [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39165, LI 208-UN-1048 - ALLIES OVERRUN GERMANY [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Justin Grimes. Series: Motion Picture… Internet Archive Bay Bridge 1940s LLSF 2015 1940 · Film Footage of traffic on upper deck of Bay Bridge, c. 1940. Two sets of three lanes go in either direction in this era, with the big bulky cars of those years… Internet Archive TRUE GLORY, THE 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20363 TRUE GLORY, THE A DOCUMENTARY FILM COVERING VIRTUALLY EVERY PHASE OF THE INVASION OF EUROPE AND THE EVENTUAL VICTORY OVER THE… Internet Archive AMERICAN BOMBERS SMASH AXIS OIL FIELDS IN ROMANIA [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38971, LI 208-UN-64 - AMERICAN BOMBERS SMASH AXIS OIL FIELDS IN ROMANIA [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas… Internet Archive Power and the Land 1940 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 352 Power and the Land A documentary showing the struggle to bring electricity to rural areas of the United States. Internet Archive "News of day" No.104 (November 6, 1941) 1941 · Newsreel · 8 min Newsreel from The Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1945) Internet Archive "News of day" No.29 (June, 1944) 1944 · Newsreel · 7 min Newsreel from The Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1945) Internet Archive Delinquent Daughters 1944 · Feature · 1 h 10 min A town is shocked when a high school girl commits suicide. A reporter and a cop team up to investigate and find out exactly what is going on among the youth… Internet Archive The Arm Behind the Army 1942 · Film Content warning: Includes images of people killed in the Holocaust and Nazi leadership personnel and iconography. Artful persuasion film uses historical… Internet Archive Saint Paul Police Detectives and Their Work: A Color Chartoon 1941 · Film Saint Paul Police Detectives and Their Work: A Color Chartoon (ca. 1941) Sponsor : Saint Paul Police Dept. Production Co.: Unknown. Transfer Note: Scanned… Internet Archive ATOM STRIKES, THE 1948 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 23074 ATOM STRIKES, THE FIRST EXPERIMENTAL BLAST SET OFF IN NEW MEXICO; BOMBING AND DEVASTATION OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI. AND… Internet Archive "News of day" No.103 (November 2, 1941) 1941 · Newsreel · 7 min Newsreel from The Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1945) Internet Archive Musical Varieties 1948 · Short · 10 min Musical Internet Archive Job Creating Contest 1940 · Film The NYA office in Illinois conducts an essay contest to get ideas for useful projects for NYA work centers. Announcements are mimeographed and printed,… Internet Archive Home Movie: 98961: Golf 1940 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Save Your Shillings And Smile 1943 · Short · 6 min A 1943 British musical WW2 short film starring Tommy Trinder. Produced by Ealing Studios Internet Archive Gasbags 1941 · Feature · 1 h 13 min This wartime farce concerns the Crazy Gang who get involved in World War Two, which for them means running a fish and chips shop off a barrage balloon,… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97101: Brentwood and Connecticut 1946 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive How to Fly the P-47: Pilot Familiarization 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration How to Fly the P-47: Pilot Familiarization War Department. Army Air Forces. (06/20/1941 - 09/26/1947) ARC… Internet Archive "News of day" No.79 (1942, November) 1942 · Newsreel · 10 min Newsreel from The Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1945) Internet Archive HOF 112 1945 Ocean City 1945 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Internet Archive Supervising Women Wokers 1944 · Short · 17 min Guide for those supervising women in the workforce. Internet Archive BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20377 BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO DOCUMENTARY ON GREAT BATTLE LEADING TO ALLIED CAPTURE OF SAN PIETRO DURING WORLD WAR II ITALIAN… Internet Archive Our National Government 1941 · Film Uses animated maps, cartoons and live photography to explain fundamental principles and organization of our Federal government. Portrays the check and balance… Internet Archive JAPANESE SIGN FINAL SURRENDER 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39079, LI 208-UN-171B - JAPANESE SIGN FINAL SURRENDER - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97301: Ohio 1946 - 1946 · Home movie To come.