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6,673–6,720 of 43,004 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

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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 CONGRESSIONAL INVASION OF FRANCE, PARIS, FRANCE ; SOLDIERS GRAVES OF WORLD WAR I, ST. MIHIEL AMERICAN CEMETERY, THIACOURT, FRANCE ; AIRBORNE LANDING (PROBABLY HOLLAND WORLD WAR II) ; "THE CITY FALLS… 1944 · Educational CONGRESSIONAL INVASION OF FRANCE, PARIS, FRANCE ; SOLDIERS GRAVES OF WORLD WAR I, ST. MIHIEL AMERICAN CEMETERY, THIACOURT, FRANCE ; AIRBORNE LANDING (PROBABLY… Internet Archive ACTION AROUND MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1945 · Educational ACTION AROUND MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Produced: January 5, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/17131 Internet Archive FLAG RAISING CEREMONY, CORREGIDOR, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; BOMBING OF CABALLO ISLAND, NEAR CORREGIDOR, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; PORT OF MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1945 · Educational FLAG RAISING CEREMONY, CORREGIDOR, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; BOMBING OF CABALLO ISLAND, NEAR CORREGIDOR, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; PORT OF MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS… Internet Archive ATTACKING THE TOWN, NURNBERG, GERMANY ; DESTRUCTION OF PLAUEN, GERMANY ; BAYREUTH, GERMANY 1945 · Educational ATTACKING THE TOWN, NURNBERG, GERMANY ; DESTRUCTION OF PLAUEN, GERMANY ; BAYREUTH, GERMANY Produced: April 19, 1945–April 18, 1945… Internet Archive REFUGEES, WITTEN, GERMANY ; COLUMN OF PRISONERS, KONTOPP, GERMANY ; HUNGARIAN PRISONERS, NAUMBURG, GERMANY ; SIEBURG FIRE, GERMANY ; 4TH ARMORED DRIVE, NEAR GERA, GERMANY ; "I" CO TAKES HILL,… 1945 · Educational REFUGEES, WITTEN, GERMANY ; COLUMN OF PRISONERS, KONTOPP, GERMANY ; HUNGARIAN PRISONERS, NAUMBURG, GERMANY ; SIEBURG FIRE, GERMANY ; 4TH ARMORED DRIVE, NEAR… Internet Archive BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, OPERATION HI-JUMP 1946 · Educational BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, OPERATION HI-JUMP Covers: 1946–1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20993 Internet Archive SCENES IN NEW YORK'S CHINATOWN 1948 · Educational SCENES IN NEW YORK'S CHINATOWN Produced: December 13, 1948 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/21089 Internet Archive INVASION OF BALIKPAPAN, DUTCH BORNEO, S E ASIA 1945 · Educational INVASION OF BALIKPAPAN, DUTCH BORNEO, S E ASIA 16619 Shot List , Summary: LS, Pan, LCIs loaded with vehicles and equipment in preparation for Australian troop… Internet Archive CONVOY EN ROUTE, INVASION LICATA, SICILY 1943 · Educational CONVOY EN ROUTE, INVASION LICATA, SICILY Produced: July 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75827 Internet Archive Pearl Harbor: Spring of 1942 1942 · Educational Pearl Harbor: Spring of 1942 Produced: 1942 Description This film depicts scenes near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in the spring of 1942, following the Japanese… Internet Archive World War II--B-29 operations, Pacific 1941 · Educational World War II--B-29 operations, Pacific Covers: ca. 1941–ca. 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/85534 Internet Archive [PLANT SAFETY] 1949 · Educational [PLANT SAFETY] Produced: 1949 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: View of plant, smokestacks in… Internet Archive Collectie WUR - Philip Wenting - 03.Veelhoeksmeting 1946 · Short · 9 min Veelhoeksmeting Internet Archive ALCF James Kilgore Films Clip 5217 1941 · Home movie This clip (5217) is part of The James Kilgore Film Collection: Four Decades of Innovative Amateur Filmmaking. The collection includes amateur narrative films… Internet Archive WWII, Deportation Kamp Westerbork in early 1943 in color! [AI enhanced & colorized] 1944 · Feature Westerbork was the infamous labour camp in The Netherlands during World War II which in fact was an in between station for Jews to be transported to the… Internet Archive PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN ADDRESSES 81ST CONGRESS ON "STATE OF UNION" 1949 · Educational PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN ADDRESSES 81ST CONGRESS ON "STATE OF UNION" Produced: 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24145 Internet Archive WORLD WAR II INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE 1944 · Educational WORLD WAR II INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE Produced: September 12, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24229 Internet Archive ARTILLERY BATTLE FOR CASOLE D'ESLA, ITALY ; AMERICAN TROOPS IN CECINA, ITALY ; ALLIED ENTRY, SIENNA, ITALY 1944 · Educational ARTILLERY BATTLE FOR CASOLE D'ESLA, ITALY ; AMERICAN TROOPS IN CECINA, ITALY ; ALLIED ENTRY, SIENNA, ITALY Produced: July 2, 1944–July 3, 1944–July 3, 1944… Internet Archive ACTIVITIES ABOARD THE USS ENTERPRISE AT SEA, PACIFIC AREA 1944 · Educational ACTIVITIES ABOARD THE USS ENTERPRISE AT SEA, PACIFIC AREA Covers: August 21, 1944–September 21, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/16234 Internet Archive GERMAN BILLETS, COUFLAME (?), FRANCE ; MOSELLE RIVER BRIDGE, ARNAVILLE (?), FRANCE ; KING GEORGE VI AND GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, FIRST ARMY HEADQUARTERS, NEAR VEVIERA (?), BELGIUM ; AACHEN,… 1944 · Educational GERMAN BILLETS, COUFLAME (?), FRANCE ; MOSELLE RIVER BRIDGE, ARNAVILLE (?), FRANCE ; KING GEORGE VI AND GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, FIRST ARMY HEADQUARTERS,… Internet Archive OVERSEAS MANPOWER CONVERSION, INFANTRY CONVERSION TRAINING CENTER REPLACEMENT DEPOT #1, HEADQUARTERS, MTOUSA, ITALY 1945 · Educational OVERSEAS MANPOWER CONVERSION, INFANTRY CONVERSION TRAINING CENTER REPLACEMENT DEPOT #1, HEADQUARTERS, MTOUSA, ITALY Covers: February 24, 1945–February 26,… Internet Archive AMERICAN AND RUSSIANS MEET, TORGAU GERMANY ; ROBOT BOMB FACTORY, DANNENBERG, GERMANY 1945 · Educational AMERICAN AND RUSSIANS MEET, TORGAU GERMANY ; ROBOT BOMB FACTORY, DANNENBERG, GERMANY Produced: April 26, 1945–April 25, 1945… Internet Archive 3RD DIV. CITATION, LEIPZIG, GERMANY ; 3RD PRESIDENTIAL CITATION, SALZBURG, AUSTRIA ; RED ARMY IN LEIPZIG, GERMANY ; 63RD DIV, 4TH JULY CELEBRATION, WORTHEIM GERMANY ; PRESENTATION AND MEDAL,… 1945 · Educational 3RD DIV. CITATION, LEIPZIG, GERMANY ; 3RD PRESIDENTIAL CITATION, SALZBURG, AUSTRIA ; RED ARMY IN LEIPZIG, GERMANY ; 63RD DIV, 4TH JULY CELEBRATION, WORTHEIM… Internet Archive SCENES AROUND VIENNA, AUSTRIA 1945 · Educational SCENES AROUND VIENNA, AUSTRIA Covers: August 26, 1945–August 28, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19053 Internet Archive 6TH DIVISION ARRIVES AT DOCK, INCHON, KOREA ; KOREAN VICTORY DAY, SEOUL, KOREA 1945 · Educational 6TH DIVISION ARRIVES AT DOCK, INCHON, KOREA ; KOREAN VICTORY DAY, SEOUL, KOREA Produced: October 18, 1945–October 20, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19202 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1946 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: August 21, 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19951 Internet Archive AMERICAN ARMY WOMEN SERVING ON ALL FRONTS [ETC.] 1944 · Educational AMERICAN ARMY WOMEN SERVING ON ALL FRONTS [ETC.] 1944 Description Part 1, WAC mechanics service airplanes in Arizona. Part 2, the Boeing aircraft plant in… Internet Archive Marines fight fire on P-51; advance on Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Marines fight fire on P-51; advance on Iwo Jima Produced: March 10, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78634 Internet Archive Operation Varsity 1945 · Educational Operation Varsity Covers: 1945–1945 Description This film explains Operation Varsity. Original finding aid caption: Units of the British and American Armies… Internet Archive [DETROIT PARADE] 1946 · Educational [DETROIT PARADE] Produced: 1946 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Police escorted motorcade -… Internet Archive MODELING A PORTRAIT 1941 · Educational MODELING A PORTRAIT Produced: 1941 Description ART FILM: On clay modeling by Simon Moselsio. Reel 1: Moselsio shows tools, armature and preparation for making… Internet Archive INVASION 213, GEN BERNARD L MONTGOMERY, NORMANDY, FRANCE ; INVASION #214, REPLACEMENT TROOPS LANDING ON THE COTENTIN PENINSULA, FRANCE ; INVASION #215, SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN 1944 · Educational INVASION 213, GEN BERNARD L MONTGOMERY, NORMANDY, FRANCE ; INVASION #214, REPLACEMENT TROOPS LANDING ON THE COTENTIN PENINSULA, FRANCE ; INVASION #215,… Internet Archive GEN DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AT JULICH, GERMANY; US TROOPS ENTER NEUSS, GERMANY 1945 · Educational GEN DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AT JULICH, GERMANY; US TROOPS ENTER NEUSS, GERMANY Produced: March 3, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/15586 Internet Archive GEN. CHARLES DE GAULLE IN NANCY, FRANCE ; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS AWARDS AT HAUSET, (?) BELGIUM 1944 · Educational GEN. CHARLES DE GAULLE IN NANCY, FRANCE ; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS AWARDS AT HAUSET, (?) BELGIUM Produced: September 27, 1944… Internet Archive OPENING OF CHINA-BURMA BOARDER ; ADVANCE OF 91ST DIVISION INFANTRY, LOANO, ITALY ; BRAZILIAN MINISTER VISITS FRONT, ITALY 1944 · Educational OPENING OF CHINA-BURMA BOARDER ; ADVANCE OF 91ST DIVISION INFANTRY, LOANO, ITALY ; BRAZILIAN MINISTER VISITS FRONT, ITALY Produced: October 2, 1944… Internet Archive FALL OF AACHEN, GERMANY 1944 · Educational FALL OF AACHEN, GERMANY Produced: October 15, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/16459 Internet Archive ENGINEERS CLEAR ROADBLOCK, ESCHWEILER, GERMANY ; ESCHWEILER, GERMANY ; ALLIED MILITARY GOVERNMENT AND FRONT LINE, ESCHWEILER, GERMANY ; MORTAR, HAMICH (?), GERMANY ; HAMICH (?), GERMANY 1944 · Educational ENGINEERS CLEAR ROADBLOCK, ESCHWEILER, GERMANY ; ESCHWEILER, GERMANY ; ALLIED MILITARY GOVERNMENT AND FRONT LINE, ESCHWEILER, GERMANY ; MORTAR, HAMICH (?),… Internet Archive TACLOBAN HARBOR, LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1944 · Educational TACLOBAN HARBOR, LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Produced: November 3, 1944–October 27, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/16813 Internet Archive The Cummington Story - 1945 1945 · Educational The Cummington Story - 1945 Produced: 1945 Description A re-enacted documentary on the integration of a group of World War II refugees into the life of the… Internet Archive PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MEETS MIDDLE EAST LEADERS [ETC.] 1945 · Educational PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MEETS MIDDLE EAST LEADERS [ETC.] 1945 Description Part 1, President Roosevelt is visited aboard a ship by Ibn-Saud, King of Saudi Arabia;… Internet Archive Liberator Bomber Construction / Camera on the World 1942 · Educational Liberator Bomber Construction / Camera on the World Produced: 1942 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive [FORD MOTOR COMPANY, CORK,IRELAND] 1949 · Educational [FORD MOTOR COMPANY, CORK,IRELAND] Produced: 1949 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Panoramic… Internet Archive Ministry of Fear (Original Trailer) 1944 · Commercial · 2 min This is the original trailer for the movie Ministry of Fear From IMDb : Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it… Internet Archive [Home Movie: William Schmidt Collection, 1949, shot of Bill Schmidt] 1949 · Home movie Synopsis Single shot of Bill Schmidt Collection Description This film (Schmidt_0004) is part of the Bill Lewis & Schmidt Family collection. This collection… Internet Archive "CHRONICLE OF THE YEAR 1946" 1946 · Educational "CHRONICLE OF THE YEAR 1946" Produced: 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23817 Internet Archive HALF-TRACK AND TANKS ON THE MOVE, CANISY AND MARIGNY, FRANCE ; 4TH ARMORED DIV., COUTANCES, FRANCE 1944 · Educational HALF-TRACK AND TANKS ON THE MOVE, CANISY AND MARIGNY, FRANCE ; 4TH ARMORED DIV., COUTANCES, FRANCE Produced: July 22, 1944–July 29, 1944… Internet Archive CANADIAN TROOPS, ORTONA, ITALY 1944 · Educational CANADIAN TROOPS, ORTONA, ITALY Produced: November 22, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/15649 Internet Archive BUILDING OF BAILEY BRIDGE ON THE ARNO RIVER, FLORENCE, ITALY 1944 · Educational BUILDING OF BAILEY BRIDGE ON THE ARNO RIVER, FLORENCE, ITALY Covers: September 3, 1944–September 5, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/16113