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6,049–6,096 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 EISENHOWER IN BRUSSELS [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39147, LI 208-UN-1029 - EISENHOWER IN BRUSSELS [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion Picture… Internet Archive LATEST NEWS FILMS FROM THE TUNISIAN BATTLE FRONT! [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38956, LI 208-UN-49 - LATEST NEWS FILMS FROM THE TUNISIAN BATTLE FRONT! [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams.… Internet Archive NEW CARDINALS GO TO ROME FOR PAPAL CEREMONY [ETC.] 1946 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39102, LI 208-UN-195 - NEW CARDINALS GO TO ROME FOR PAPAL CEREMONY [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams.… Internet Archive REPUBLICANS NOMINATE DEWEY [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39016, LI 208-UN-109 - REPUBLICANS NOMINATE DEWEY [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion… Internet Archive ROOSEVELT WINS [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39035, LI 208-UN-128 - ROOSEVELT WINS [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion Picture Films from… Internet Archive WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 179 [OCT. 9] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39203, LI 208-WP-179 - WAR PICTORIAL NEWS, NO. 179 [OCT. 9] - DVD Copied by Justin Grimes. Series: Motion… Internet Archive Arthur H. Smith - The Spy Scoop 1943 · Home movie · 10 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 U.S. PREPARES MORE PARATROOPS FOR BATTLE [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39021, LI 208-UN-114 - U.S. PREPARES MORE PARATROOPS FOR BATTLE [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon.… Internet Archive MEDALS FOR HEROES [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39140, LI 208-UN-1022 - MEDALS FOR HEROES [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion Picture Films… Internet Archive WORLD LEADERS HONOR ROOSEVELT [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39166, LI 208-UN-1049 - WORLD LEADERS HONOR ROOSEVELT [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Justin Grimes. Series: Motion… Internet Archive ROOSEVELT'S WAR TOUR OF NATION [ETC.] 1942 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38925, LI 208-UN-20 - ROOSEVELT'S WAR TOUR OF NATION [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion… Internet Archive FRENCH HONOR AMERICAN HEROES [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39149, LI 208-UN-1031 - FRENCH HONOR AMERICAN HEROES [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion… Internet Archive U.S. BOMBS JAPANESE FROM NEW BASE IN THE ALEUTIANS [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38957, LI 208-UN-50 - U.S. BOMBS JAPANESE FROM NEW BASE IN THE ALEUTIANS [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J.… Internet Archive Arthur H. Smith - Personal Pictures No. 1 1944 · Home movie · 9 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 FDR: Southern Cruise on Board the Tuscaloosa February 1940 1940 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 113 FDR: Southern Cruise on Board the Tuscaloosa February 1940 Photographed by H.D. Alexander, this silent footage shows… Internet Archive AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA DRIVE JAPANESE FROM LAE! 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38977, LI 208-UN-70 - AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA DRIVE JAPANESE FROM LAE! - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series:… Internet Archive Children Growing Up With Other People 1947 · Short · 21 min A 1947 British documentary about the behavior of children from birth to teenage years. This was not shown to the general public, but was shown to people… Internet Archive CHINESE ENVOY INSPECTS CANADA'S WAR INDUSTRIES [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38943, LI 208-UN-36 - CHINESE ENVOY INSPECTS CANADA'S WAR INDUSTRIES [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams.… Internet Archive U.S. SOLDIERS BECOME CITIZENS AT BATTLEFRONT [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39022, LI 208-UN-115 - U.S. SOLDIERS BECOME CITIZENS AT BATTLEFRONT [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon.… Internet Archive HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI, JAPAN 1946 · Educational HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI, JAPAN Produced: 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23802 Internet Archive 514 WEST POINT CADETS GRADUATE INTO U.S. ARMY [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38961, LI 208-UN-54 - 514 WEST POINT CADETS GRADUATE INTO U.S. ARMY [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams.… Internet Archive REVEAL UNDERSEAS OIL LINE, BRITAIN TO CONTINENT [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39065, LI 208-UN-158 - REVEAL UNDERSEAS OIL LINE, BRITAIN TO CONTINENT [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams.… Internet Archive WORLD WAR I FILMS 1941 · Educational WORLD WAR I FILMS Covers: ca. 1941–ca. 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/13945 Internet Archive GEN. MACARTHUR LEADS ATTACK ON ADMIRALTY ISLANDS [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39001, LI 208-UN-94 - GEN. MACARTHUR LEADS ATTACK ON ADMIRALTY ISLANDS [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas… Internet Archive Universal Newsreel Volume 12, Release 838 1940 · Newsreel Universal Newsreel Volume 12, Release 838 Released: January 3, 1940 Description The original release sheet reads: 1. F.D.R. ASKS BIG ARMS BUDGET: WASHINGTON,… Internet Archive Land of Liberty: Part 2 1943 · Educational · 19 min Hollywood's version of U.S. history from 1805 to the outbreak of the Civil War Internet Archive EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20507 EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS HANDLING OF REFUGEES AT COLLECTION POINTS, AT EVACUATION CENTERS, AND IN EVACUATION AREAS; ACTION… Internet Archive CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF U.S. HAILED IN LATIN AMERICA [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38955, LI 208-UN-48 - CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF U.S. HAILED IN LATIN AMERICA [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams.… Internet Archive Shades of Gray (Reel 7) 1948 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 36102 / Local Identifier 111-PMF-5047 Shades of Gray (Reel 7) Department of Defense. Department of… Internet Archive ROOSEVELT AWARDS WARSHIP TO NORWAY [ETC.] 1942 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38922, LI 208-UN-17 - ROOSEVELT AWARDS WARSHIP TO NORWAY [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series:… Internet Archive MEXICO MARKS 33RD ANNIVERSARY OF NEW SOCIAL ORDER [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38986, LI 208-UN-79 - MEXICO MARKS 33RD ANNIVERSARY OF NEW SOCIAL ORDER [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas… Internet Archive San Pietro - Reel 1 1944 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 24349 / Local Identifier 111-CR-2… Internet Archive SKI SAFETY--FIRST AID AND EMERGENCY REPAIR OF EQUIPMENT 1942 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 29755 SKI SAFETY--FIRST AID AND EMERGENCY REPAIR OF EQUIPMENT DIAGNOSIS AND FIRST AID FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF SKI ACCIDENTS--EMERGENCY… Internet Archive The Wire Thrower 1941 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 24415 / Local Identifier 111-FB-4… Internet Archive NEW FILMS OF U.S. VICTORY IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38999, LI 208-UN-92 - NEW FILMS OF U.S. VICTORY IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon.… Internet Archive Diagnostic Procedures in Tuberculosis 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 98578 / Local Identifier NTA-NTA-235 - Diagnostic Procedures in Tuberculosis - National… Internet Archive LET THERE BE LIGHT (Reel 4) 1946 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35924 / Local Identifier 111-M-1241 LET THERE BE LIGHT (Reel 4) Department of Defense. Department… Internet Archive U.S. VICE-PRESIDENT CHEERED ON TOUR OF SOUTH AMERICA [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38953, LI 208-UN-46 - U.S. VICE-PRESIDENT CHEERED ON TOUR OF SOUTH AMERICA [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J.… Internet Archive Radar: Technical Principles (Reel 2) - Part 3 - Indicators 1946 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Local Identifier 111-TF-1387 Radar: Technical Principles (Reel 2) - Part 3 - Indicators No ARC Description. DVD… Internet Archive The Tell Tale Heart 1941 · Cartoon · 19 min Internet Archive Let My People Live 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 98575 / Local Identifier NTA-NTA-232 - Let My People Live - National Tuberculosis Association.… Internet Archive Woody Woodpecker: 4-Episode Compilation (1941-56, Greek dub) 1941 · Cartoon A collection of 4 Woody Woodpecker cartoons dubbed in Greek by S.P.K. Video Film Television in 1997. Internet Archive Radar: Technical Principles (Reel 4) - Part 3 - Indicators 1946 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Local Identifier 111-TF-1387 Radar: Technical Principles (Reel 4) - Part 3 - Indicators No ARC Description. DVD… Internet Archive President's Tour 1942 1942 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 303 President's Tour 1942 FDR 1 201 1417-4-3 Presidents' Tour 1942 (44?) Unknown 5 mins. (197 ft), silent, b & w, 35mm… Internet Archive SWINGING INTO STEP 1945 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 29772 SWINGING INTO STEP REHABILITATION AND MORALE FILM FOR AMPUTEES, SHOWING HOW ARTIFICAL LIMBS ENABLE THEM TO RETURN TO NORMAL… Internet Archive San Pietro - Reel 2 1944 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 24349 / Local Identifier 111-CR-2… Internet Archive RUSH REPAIRS OF SUPPLY SHIPS [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39146, LI 208-UN-1028 - RUSH REPAIRS OF SUPPLY SHIPS [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion… Internet Archive FRENCH SAILORS WIN OVATION IN FIRST U.S. PARADE [ETC.] 1943 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38946, LI 208-UN-39 - FRENCH SAILORS WIN OVATION IN FIRST U.S. PARADE [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams.…