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5,905–5,952 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 LET THERE BE LIGHT (Reel 1) 1946 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35924 / Local Identifier 111-M-1241 LET THERE BE LIGHT (Reel 1) Department of Defense. Department… Internet Archive Eleanor Roosevelt's South Pacific Tour 1943 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 210 Eleanor Roosevelt's South Pacific Tour MP71-8:49 Eleanor Roosevelt South Pacific Tour, Aug-Sept 1943 Mrs. Roosevelt flew… Internet Archive SOVIET COMMISSAR MOLOTOV'S SECRET VISIT TO U.S. 1942 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38908, LI 208-UN-3 - SOVIET COMMISSAR MOLOTOV'S SECRET VISIT TO U.S. - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series:… Internet Archive LATEST NEWS IN AVIATION WORLD [ETC.] 1946 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39118, LI 208-UN-211 - LATEST NEWS IN AVIATION WORLD [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion… Internet Archive Captive Wild Woman (1943) 1943 · Feature Captive Wild Woman (1943) is a classic Universal Pictures horror-thriller that blends mad science, jungle adventure, and film noir atmosphere into one… Internet Archive WORLD STUDENTS CONVENE IN U.S. [ETC.] 1942 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38920, LI 208-UN-15 - WORLD STUDENTS CONVENE IN U.S. [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion… Internet Archive Mary Smith, American 1942 · Educational Mary Smith, American - National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 40264 / Local Identifier 229.92 - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. - 1942 -… Internet Archive FIRST POSTWAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS LAUNCHED [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39085, LI 208-UN-177 - FIRST POSTWAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS LAUNCHED [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon.… Internet Archive COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 37 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20299 COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 37 ACTIVITIES ON LEYTE AND MINDORO--AIR FERRY ROUTE TO SIBERIA--ADVANCE IN BURMA--NAZI VERSION OF ACTION… Internet Archive Arthur H. Smith - Personal Pictures No. 5 1946 · Home movie · 12 min The "Personal Pictures" series contains eight reels of edited home movies. Arthur Smith was born in Silver Spring, Nevada in 1909 and passed away in 2000… Internet Archive NEW YORK HAILS WAR HEROES OF UNITED NATIONS 1942 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38907, LI 208-UN-2 - NEW YORK HAILS WAR HEROES OF UNITED NATIONS - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series:… Internet Archive ALLIED PATROLS IN ACTION ON ANZIO BEACH [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39009, LI 208-UN-102 - ALLIED PATROLS IN ACTION ON ANZIO BEACH [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon.… Internet Archive WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 213 [JUNE 4] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39216, LI 208-WP-213 - WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 213 [JUNE 4] - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion… Internet Archive WORLD LOOKS AT UNITED CHINA [ETC.] 1946 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39097, LI 208-UN-190 - WORLD LOOKS AT UNITED CHINA [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion… Internet Archive Ellwood F. Hoffmann - 1944 Republican National Convention 1944 · Home movie 1944 home movie footage of the Republican National Convention in Chicago, IL. This 16mm reel was preserved by the Center for Home Movies through a grant by… Internet Archive NEWS FROM NORTH AFRICA [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38982, LI 208-UN-75 - NEWS FROM NORTH AFRICA [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion Picture… Internet Archive A CONTINENT IS BRIDGED (Reel 3 of 4) 1940 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 89093 / Local Identifier BTL-BTL-192 - A CONTINENT IS BRIDGED (Reel 3 of 4) - Bell Telephone… Internet Archive INSIDE THE CELL - PART I - ENZYMES IN INTRACELLULAR CHEMISTRY 1949 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25854 INSIDE THE CELL - PART I - ENZYMES IN INTRACELLULAR CHEMISTRY CONCEPT OF INTRACELLULAR ENZYMATIC ACTION - BIOCHEMICAL… Internet Archive Why We Fight Divide and Conquer 1943 · Educational · 57 min print HFA Item no. 2912 Internet Archive U.S. RUSHES NEW BASES IN PACIFIC [ETC.] 1942 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38909, LI 208-UN-4 - U.S. RUSHES NEW BASES IN PACIFIC [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion… Internet Archive COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 38 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20300 COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 38 ADMIRAL NIMITZ SPEAKS ON PEARL HARBOR ANNIVERSARY - "MARS TASK FORCE" AT TONKWA--XC-97 CARGO… Internet Archive FDR in Hyde Park 1940 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 282 FDR in Hyde Park 82-19 Franklin D. Roosevelt sitting in his car, meeting and greeting people, Nov. 1940 Archival footage… Internet Archive WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 217 [JULY 2] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39218, LI 208-WP-217 - WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 217 [JULY 2] - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion… Internet Archive WORLD WAR II 1944 · Educational WORLD WAR II Covers: August 24, 1944–August 28, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24208 Internet Archive THIS IS THE ARMY (Reel 1) 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 36063 / Local Identifier 111-MPF-150 THIS IS THE ARMY (Reel 1) Department of Defense. Department… Internet Archive COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 64 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20329 COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 64 PRESIDENT TRUMAN ARRIVES AT BERLIN CONFERENCE-- DEMONSTRATION OF LATEST SIGNAL CORPS… Internet Archive COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 66 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20331 COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 66 ACTIVITIES IN CHINA-SERVICE TROOPS ARRIVE IN MANILA-- JAPANESE ANTISUBMARINE MORTAR--THIRD FLEET SHELLS… Internet Archive YANKS HELP REPAIR FRENCH RAILROADS [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39153, LI 208-UN-1035 - YANKS HELP REPAIR FRENCH RAILROADS [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series:… Internet Archive QUEEN RETURNS TO NETHERLANDS [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39164, LI 208-UN-1047 - QUEEN RETURNS TO NETHERLANDS [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Justin Grimes. Series: Motion… Internet Archive NOVOROSSISK RECAPTURED BY SOVIET FORCES [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38990, LI 208-UN-83 - NOVOROSSISK RECAPTURED BY SOVIET FORCES [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series:… Internet Archive Armed Forces Screen Report - Issue Number 94 - Reel 1 1948 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) Local Identifier 111-AFSR-94 1948 Armed Forces… Internet Archive COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 36 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20298 COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 36 OPERATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS--ORMOC LANDING-- TROOPS LAND ON MINDORO--MEDITERRANEAN--GERMAN… Internet Archive Tuesday in November 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 38 Tuesday in November U.S. Office of War Information. Public Domain Footage Simple explanation of the American government… Internet Archive Operation Crossroads 1946 · Film Commander joint task Internet Archive GATEWAY TO VICTORY [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39123, LI 208-UN-1004 - GATEWAY TO VICTORY [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion Picture Films… Internet Archive WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 194 [JAN. 22] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39210, LI 208-WP-194 - WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 194 [JAN. 22] - DVD Copied by Justin Grimes. Series: Motion… Internet Archive FDR's visit to 'Hobcaw' Mr. Bernard Baruch's Barony near Georgetown, SC 1944 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 135 FDR's visit to 'Hobcaw' Mr. Bernard Baruch's Barony near Georgetown, SC Silent footage of countryside, lands, and oceanside… Internet Archive Arthur H. Smith - After Santa Leaves 1942 · Home movie · 5 min Arthur Smith was born in Silver Spring, Nevada in 1909 and passed away in 2000 after having lived in the Bay Area and Big Bear Lake, California. According to… Internet Archive CHUNGKING BOMBED AGAIN - FIGHTS ON [ETC.] 1942 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38928, LI 208-UN-23 - CHUNGKING BOMBED AGAIN - FIGHTS ON [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion… Internet Archive PACIFIC ADVANCE CONTINUES [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39032, LI 208-UN-125 - PACIFIC ADVANCE CONTINUES [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion… Internet Archive Johnny O'Clock 1947 ★★★½ Crime/Film-Noir [1:35:44] HD 1947 · Feature · 1 h 36 min · Subtitles Johnny O'Clock is a 1947 American film-noir crime film directed by Robert Rossen and starring Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb and Ellen Drew.It was… Internet Archive WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 176 [SEPT. 18] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39201, LI 208-WP-176 - WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 176 [SEPT. 18] - DVD Copied by Justin Grimes. Series: Motion… Internet Archive Commando Duck (1944) Rare German dub (Uncensored) 1944 · Cartoon · 7 min · Subtitles Plot: Donald erhält während des Krieges den Auftrag, einen japanischen Flugplatz auszulöschen. Deutsche Synchronspur aus einer TV-Aufnahme (SuperRTL). Nur der… Internet Archive U.S. BOMBER MISSION IN VISIT TO CHILE [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39031, LI 208-UN-124 - U.S. BOMBER MISSION IN VISIT TO CHILE [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series:… Internet Archive U.S. AIR BASES IN RUSSIA [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39125, LI 208-UN-1006 - U.S. AIR BASES IN RUSSIA [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion Picture… Internet Archive CHINA'S PREMIER, T.V. SOONG, VISITS UNITED STATES [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39076, LI 208-UN-169 - CHINA'S PREMIER, T.V. SOONG, VISITS UNITED STATES [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas… Internet Archive Pittsburgh At Night 3 21 4 1941 · 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 SUPPLIES ROLL TO CHINA OVER STILWELL ROAD [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39049, LI 208-UN-142 - SUPPLIES ROLL TO CHINA OVER STILWELL ROAD [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams.…