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6,001–6,048 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 OUR TROOPS IN NEW CALEDONIA 1942 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 24445 / Local Identifier 111-FB-34… Internet Archive ALLIES CLEAR SCHELDT ISLANDS [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39144, LI 208-UN-1026 - ALLIES CLEAR SCHELDT ISLANDS [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion… Internet Archive GEN. DE GAULLE VISITS AMERICA [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39077, LI 208-UN-170 - GEN. DE GAULLE VISITS AMERICA [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion… Internet Archive The President's Tour of Inspection to the Pacific, July - August 1944 1944 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 130 The President's Tour of Inspection to the Pacific, July - August 1944 MP71-8:63-64, Silent footage that concentrates on… Internet Archive [Home Movie: 010114: Jerome, Arkansas Relocation Center, ca. 1944] 1944 · Home movie Home movie shot at the Jerome (Arkansas) Relocation Center, ca. June 1944. Jerome was the last concentration camp for Japanese Americans to open and the first… Internet Archive LATEST FILMS FROM GENERAL MACARTHUR IN NEW GUINEA [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38968, LI 208-UN-61 - LATEST FILMS FROM GENERAL MACARTHUR IN NEW GUINEA [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas… Internet Archive The News Parade 1940 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 211 The News Parade CR 71-8:94 Three segments; Pink Hippos features a pair of hippos being relocated to a new surrounding in… Internet Archive SKI CHAMPIONS IN JUMPING MEET [ETC.] 1946 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39099, LI 208-UN-192 - SKI CHAMPIONS IN JUMPING MEET [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion… Internet Archive WEST POINT SENDS HER MEN TO WAR.! [ETC.] 1942 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38906, LI 208-UN-1 - WEST POINT SENDS HER MEN TO WAR.! [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Office for… Internet Archive NORWAY RETURNS TO FREEDOM [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39067, LI 208-UN-160 - NORWAY RETURNS TO FREEDOM [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion… Internet Archive FOUR FRONTS 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39128, LI 208-UN-1009 - FOUR FRONTS - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion Picture Films from "United… Internet Archive Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) 1948 · Feature "Night Has a Thousand Eyes" is a 1948 horror film directed by John Farrow , featuring a star-studded cast including Edward G. Robinson , Gail Russell , and… Internet Archive World at War 1942 · Film · Subtitles A feature length motion picture presenting step-by-step the events which led up to Pearl Harbor and total war. History, filmed as it happened, shows the… Internet Archive ARMY-NAVY "E", EDGEWOOD ARSENAL, MD., NOV. 23, 1942 1943 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 24585 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 206 [APRIL 16] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39213, LI 208-WP-206 - WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 206 [APRIL 16] - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion… Internet Archive U.S. COAST GUARD RESUMES NORTHERN ICEBERG PATROL [ETC.] 1946 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39115, LI 208-UN-208 - U.S. COAST GUARD RESUMES NORTHERN ICEBERG PATROL [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams.… Internet Archive MACARTHUR BLASTS JAPANESE FROM NEW GUINEA [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38935, LI 208-UN-29 - MACARTHUR BLASTS JAPANESE FROM NEW GUINEA [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series:… Internet Archive " JAPAN'S SURRENDER " 1945 NEWSREEL ATOMIC BOMB USS MISSOURI V-J DAY END OF WWII XD6534 1945 · Newsreel This short newsreel, produced for the home market, shows the final events of World War II, including the development and testing of the atomic bomb, the… Internet Archive HIS NEW WORLD 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38737, LI 208.178 - HIS NEW WORLD - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Office for Emergency Management. Office of… Internet Archive ITALIAN ISLANDS FIRST TO FALL AS INVASION BEGINS [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38962, LI 208-UN-55 - ITALIAN ISLANDS FIRST TO FALL AS INVASION BEGINS [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas… Internet Archive SEVENTH INFANTRY DIVISION 1949 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20369 SEVENTH INFANTRY DIVISION COMBAT ACTIVITIES IN THE FOUR MAJOR CAMPAIGNS: ATTU, LEYTE, KWAJALEIN AND OKINAWA - OCCUPATION… Internet Archive Shades of Gray (Reel 3) 1948 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 36102 / Local Identifier 111-PMF-5047 Shades of Gray (Reel 3) Department of Defense. Department of… Internet Archive NEW FIGHTER PLANE FLIES "TAIL FIRST" [ETC.] (Reel 1 of 2) 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39052, LI 208-UN-145A - NEW FIGHTER PLANE FLIES "TAIL FIRST" [ETC.] (Reel 1 of 2) - DVD Copied by J.… Internet Archive Come Saturday 1949 · Documentary · 29 min A 1949 British documentary showing leisure activities on a Saturday. This short was produced for international distribution. Produced by Anglo-Scottish… Internet Archive "JAPS BOMB USA!" 1942 CASTLE FILMS NEWSREEL BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER 7, 1941 PRINT 2 2055 1942 · Newsreel This short, silent newsreel, produced for the home market by Castle Films, expresses deep outrage at the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December… Internet Archive KING GEORGE REVIEWS AMERICAN TROOPS IN AFRICA [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38965, LI 208-UN-58 - KING GEORGE REVIEWS AMERICAN TROOPS IN AFRICA [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon.… Internet Archive PRELUDE TO VICTORY [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39137, LI 208-UN-1018 - PRELUDE TO VICTORY [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion Picture… Internet Archive Armed Forces Screen Report, Issue 97, Reel 2 1948 · Educational Department of Defense Local Identifier 111-AFSR-97 1948 Armed Forces Screen Report, Issue 97, Reel 2 Not listed in NARA ARC catalog. Topic is Problems of… Internet Archive Collectie Bakels - Optocht nav kroning Prinses Juliana in 1948 1948 · Short · 2 min Op dit korte shot is te zien de gebeurtenissen rondom de kroning in 1948 van prinses Juliana tot koningin. De heer Bakels uit Zandvoort filmde vanuit de… Internet Archive WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 119 [AUG. 16] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39188, LI 208-WP-119 - WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 119 [AUG. 16] - DVD Copied by Justin Grimes. Series: Motion… Internet Archive I See a Dark Stranger 1946 · Feature Title: I See a Dark Stranger Summary: A young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a Nazi spy. Directed by: Frank Launder Actors: Deborah Kerr,… Internet Archive Goodby, Mr. Germ (Reel 1 of 2) 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 98577 / Local Identifier NTA-NTA-234 - Goodby, Mr. Germ (Reel 1 of 2) - National Tuberculosis… Internet Archive NEW FIGHTER PLANE FLIES "TAIL FIRST" [ETC.] (Reel 2 of 2) 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39052, LI 208-UN-145B - NEW FIGHTER PLANE FLIES "TAIL FIRST" [ETC.] (Reel 2 of 2) - DVD Copied by J.… Internet Archive JAPANESE ROUTED FROM BUNA STRONGHOLD! [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38944, LI 208-UN-37 - JAPANESE ROUTED FROM BUNA STRONGHOLD! [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series:… Internet Archive The Seventh Veil 1945 · Feature · 1 h 29 min Title: The Seventh Veil Summary: One dark summer night, Francesca Cunningham, a once world famed pianist, escapes from her hospital room and tries to commit… Internet Archive COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 32 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20294 COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 32 ACTIVITIES IN ETO--AMERICAN FIRST AND NINTH ARMIES DRIVE CLOSER TO ROER RIVER--ON HOLLAND… Internet Archive U.S. TROOPS ON ALASKAN FRONT [ETC.] 1942 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38921, LI 208-UN-16 - U.S. TROOPS ON ALASKAN FRONT [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion… Internet Archive COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 62 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20327 COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 62 REDEPLOYMENT OPERATIONS--ACTIVITIES IN ETO--CAVITIZING SHELLS FOR V-T FUZES--OKINAWA--JAPANESE ATTACKS… Internet Archive Shades of Gray (Reel 8) 1948 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 36102 / Local Identifier 111-PMF-5047 Shades of Gray (Reel 8) Department of Defense. Department of… Internet Archive Radar: Technical Principles (Reel 2) - Part 2 - Mechanics 1946 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Local Identifier 111-TF-1386 Radar: Technical Principles (Reel 2) - Part 2 - Mechanics No ARC Description. DVD… Internet Archive Civil Defense What To Do In A Gas Attack (1942) 1942 · Feature What to Do in a Gas Attack 1942 Clorox Corporation; World War II Home Front Internet Archive Nazi Murder Mills, 1945/04/26 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "First actual newsreel pictures of atrocities in Nazi murder camps. Helpless prisoners tortured to death by a bestial enemy...Here Is The Truth"… 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 WORLD WAR II 1944 · Educational WORLD WAR II Covers: September 10, 1944–September 15, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24211 Internet Archive U.S. FORCES GUARD WEST INDIES OIL [ETC.] 1942 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38923, LI 208-UN-18 - U.S. FORCES GUARD WEST INDIES OIL [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series:… Internet Archive BOMBING SCHOOL FOR AIR CADETS [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38980, LI 208-UN-73 - BOMBING SCHOOL FOR AIR CADETS [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion… Internet Archive Lest We Forget 1946 · Short · 13 min Buchenwald/Dachau concentration camps after liberation. Narrated by Norman Krasna and filmed by Capt. Ellis Carter and Lt. William Graf Internet Archive FREE VOTE FOR FRANCE [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39170, LI 208-UN-1052 - FREE VOTE FOR FRANCE [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Justin Grimes. Series: Motion Picture…