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5,665–5,712 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 SKY BLITZ 1944 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 35819 / Local Identifier 111-M-912… Internet Archive COMBAT FIRING WITH HAND GUNS 1944 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20504 COMBAT FIRING WITH HAND GUNS CORRECT GRIPS; THREE BASIC FIRING POSITIONS; FIRING QUICKLY AND INSTINCTIVELY. Internet Archive FLYING FORTS BATTLE NAZIES OVER GERMANY [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38983, LI 208-UN-76 - FLYING FORTS BATTLE NAZIES OVER GERMANY [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series:… Internet Archive SUBMARINES OF JAPANESE NAVY SUNK BY U.S. [ETC.] 1946 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39110, LI 208-UN-203 - SUBMARINES OF JAPANESE NAVY SUNK BY U.S. [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series:… Internet Archive SAILING SHIP "DANMARK" GOES HOME AGAIN [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39084, LI 208-UN-176 - SAILING SHIP "DANMARK" GOES HOME AGAIN [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series:… Internet Archive Manpower 1943 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 8 Manpower Office of War Information. The battle for industrial production in World War II brings Americans into factories.… Internet Archive Negro Colleges in Wartime 1944 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 30 Negro Colleges in Wartime U.S. Office of War Information. Public Domain Footage Negro Colleges in Wartime is a short… Internet Archive FLYING BOMB DEFEATED [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39136, LI 208-UN-1017 - FLYING BOMB DEFEATED [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion Picture… Internet Archive Mystery at the Burlesque 1949 · Feature Title: Mystery at the Burlesque Summary: A man watching a musical show at the Windmill theatre is shot apparently from the stage. The cast continues the… Internet Archive Problems in Supervision: Instructing Workers on the Job 1944 · Educational Federal Security Agency U.S. Office of Education Problems in Supervision: Instructing Workers on the Job AVA07870VNB1, 1944 Contrasts poor instruction of a… Internet Archive Castle Films America's Call to Arms 1941 · Educational Castle Films Video 244 Castle Films America's Call to Arms From the Pare Lorentz Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. News… Internet Archive ALLIES BREAK NAZI GRIP ON HOLLAND [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39142, LI 208-UN-1024 - ALLIES BREAK NAZI GRIP ON HOLLAND [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series:… Internet Archive TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE CBI 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20508 TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE CBI DEPICTS THE EXCELLENT SYSTEM INAUGURATED BY THE MILITARY POLICE IN CALCUTTA FOR THE MAIN ARTERY OF… Internet Archive Castle Films 1943 Allies Chiefs Meet in Egypt, Battle of Tarawa 1943 · Educational Castle Films Video 249 Castle Films 1943 Allies Chiefs Meet in Egypt, Battle of Tarawa From the Pare Lorentz Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential… Internet Archive OUR FOOD AND OUR HEALTH 1948 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 29761 OUR FOOD AND OUR HEALTH IMPORTANCE OF PROPER EATING HABITS AS A FACTOR IN MAINTAINING INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER'S HEALTH AND… Internet Archive Song Of The South (1080p 35mm Film Print) 1946 · Film This is the long awaited HD version of Song Of The South taken from a 35mm film print. Other posts on the internet archive were attempting HD… Internet Archive WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 104 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39183, LI 208-WP-104 - WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 104 - DVD Copied by Justin Grimes. Series: Motion Picture… Internet Archive LIBERATION OF PRAGUE [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39070, LI 208-UN-163 - LIBERATION OF PRAGUE [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture… Internet Archive TARGET FOR TODAY 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 36776 / Local Identifier 111-TF-3384 TARGET FOR TODAY Department of Defense. Department of the… Internet Archive Franklin D. Roosevelt - Inaugural, 1945 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 297 Franklin D. Roosevelt - Inaugural, 1945 MP78-1:3 Franklin D. Roosevelt - Inaugural, 1945 John Boettiger home movie (142… Internet Archive COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 49 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20312 COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 49 ADDITIONAL FILM ON IWO JIMA--INVASION OF PANAY ISLAND IN PHILIPPINES--AERIAL SUPPLY ON LEYTE--B-32… Internet Archive ALLIES DIG IN ON ANZIO FRONT [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39004, LI 208-UN-97 - ALLIES DIG IN ON ANZIO FRONT [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion… Internet Archive U.S. NAVY PLANES BOMB JAPANESE SHIPS IN SOUTH PACIFIC [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39005, LI 208-UN-98 - U.S. NAVY PLANES BOMB JAPANESE SHIPS IN SOUTH PACIFIC [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas… Internet Archive THE PARIS STORY 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39134, LI 208-UN-1015 - THE PARIS STORY - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion Picture Films from… Internet Archive A CONTINENT IS BRIDGED (Reel 1 of 4) 1940 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 89093 / Local Identifier BTL-BTL-192 - A CONTINENT IS BRIDGED (Reel 1 of 4) - Bell Telephone… Internet Archive SOVIET ARMY HURLS BACK NAZIS ON 2,000 MILE FRONT [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38964, LI 208-UN-57 - SOVIET ARMY HURLS BACK NAZIS ON 2,000 MILE FRONT [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas… Internet Archive Valley of the Tennessee 1944 · Educational Office of War Information Valley of the Tennessee AVA09234VNB1, 1944 The Tennessee Valley Authority: The Valley of the Tennessee is a film showing the… Internet Archive COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 48 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20311 COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 48 AIR SUPPORT ON WESTERN FRONT--SHANGRI-LA--ACTIVITIES IN ETO--BRITISH JET PLANE--M69 INCENDIARY… Internet Archive Children of the City 1944 · Short · 29 min A short film about child delinquency in Scotland. Produced by Paul Rotha Productions for the Ministry of Information. Internet Archive Combat America (Part 1) 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 23 Combat America (Part 1) U.S. Army Air Forces. Four discs comprise Combat America. The viewer needs all four. The US Air… Internet Archive Castle Films British Commandos Strike Vaagso & Maaloy 1941 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 228 Castle Films British Commandos Strike Vaagso & Maaloy Castle Films News Parade 1941 CR 71-8:77 CR 71-8:78 British Commandos… Internet Archive The Winged Scourge (Spanish) 1943 · Educational United States Information Service The Winged Scourge (Spanish) AVA16776VNB1 This program shows, through animation, that the anopheles mosquito transmits… Internet Archive Bampton Shows The Way 1941 · Documentary · 5 min A 1941 British documentary about a "Food Education Week" held in Bampton, Devon. Produced by the Realist Film Unit for the Ministry of Information. Internet Archive Bob In The Pound 1943 · Short · 2 min A brief "follow the bouncing ball" WW2 musical short from Britain. I assume this was produced for the Ministry of Information. Internet Archive WAR NEWS FROM CHINA'S ARMIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38997, LI 208-UN-90 - WAR NEWS FROM CHINA'S ARMIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon.… Internet Archive FLEET THAT CAME TO STAY, THE 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 23819 FLEET THAT CAME TO STAY, THE COMBAT SCENES FROM THE OKINAWA CAMPAIGN. PRE-INVASION SHORE BOMBARDMENT, KAMIKAZE ATTACKS ON U.S.… Internet Archive They Do Come Back 1940 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 98572 / Local Identifier NTA-NTA-7 - They Do Come Back - National Tuberculosis Association. This… Internet Archive LET THERE BE LIGHT (Reel 5) 1946 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35924 / Local Identifier 111-M-1241 LET THERE BE LIGHT (Reel 5) Department of Defense. Department… Internet Archive INVASION OF SAIPAN, MARIANA ISLANDS, WEST PACIFIC 1944 · Educational INVASION OF SAIPAN, MARIANA ISLANDS, WEST PACIFIC Covers: June 18, 1944–June 24, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/16765 Internet Archive SHERMAN TANKS MOUNT ROCKETS [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39161, LI 208-UN-1044 - SHERMAN TANKS MOUNT ROCKETS [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion… Internet Archive LIBERATION OF ROME 1944 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20376 LIBERATION OF ROME DOCUMENTARY FILM ON THE CAPITULATION OF ROME IN WORLD WAR II. Internet Archive Armed Forces Screen Report, Issue 94, Reel 2 1948 · Educational Department of Defense Local Identifier 111-AFSR-94 1948 Armed Forces Screen Report, Issue 94, Reel 2 Not listed in NARA ARC catalog. Topic is Korea Today. No… Internet Archive ASSAULT ON OKINAWA [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39056, LI 208-UN-149 - ASSAULT ON OKINAWA [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion Picture Films… Internet Archive To the People of the United States 1944 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles Public education film on combatting the epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases, especially syphilis, in World War II. Internet Archive THE REAR GUNNER 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 2769 / Local Identifier 18-AF-100 - THE REAR GUNNER - War Department. Army Air Forces.… Internet Archive Japan and Democracy 1949 · Educational National Archives - Japan and Democracy - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film documents U.S.… Internet Archive PIERRE LAVAL EXECUTED FOR TREASON [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39088, LI 208-UN-180 - PIERRE LAVAL EXECUTED FOR TREASON [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series:… Internet Archive WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 99 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39180, LI 208-WP-99 - WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 99 - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion Picture Films…