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7,201–7,248 of 43,004 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

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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 PARIS. [No.] 261, AUSTRIAN BOY SCOUTS, VIENNA, AUSTRIA ; PARIS. [No.] 263, 82ND AIRBORNE CELEBRATION, NIJMEGEN, HOLLAND 1945 · Educational PARIS. [No.] 261, AUSTRIAN BOY SCOUTS, VIENNA, AUSTRIA ; PARIS. [No.] 263, 82ND AIRBORNE CELEBRATION, NIJMEGEN, HOLLAND Produced: September 16, 1945–September… Internet Archive US TAKES OVER JAPANESE ATOMIC RESEARCH LABORATORY, KYOTO, JAPAN 1945 · Educational US TAKES OVER JAPANESE ATOMIC RESEARCH LABORATORY, KYOTO, JAPAN Produced: November 24, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19351 Internet Archive MATTERHORN PROJECT - CONSTRUCTION OF 1944 · Educational MATTERHORN PROJECT - CONSTRUCTION OF Produced: March 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23339 Internet Archive GERMAN NEWS PROPAGANDA FOR LATINS 1940 · Educational GERMAN NEWS PROPAGANDA FOR LATINS 1940–1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23400 Internet Archive 8TH AIR FORCE, FIGHTER OPERATIONS 1944 · Educational 8TH AIR FORCE, FIGHTER OPERATIONS December 24, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23456 Internet Archive OKINAWA ISLAND AND KYUSHU, JAPAN 1945 · Educational OKINAWA ISLAND AND KYUSHU, JAPAN March 18, 1945–March 25, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23547 Internet Archive US NAVY CARRIER FRANKLIN. REMARK= On Board the Franklin and other ships 1945 · Educational US NAVY CARRIER FRANKLIN. REMARK= On Board the Franklin and other ships February 4, 1945–March 19, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23556 Internet Archive BOMBING OF NAURU ISLAND BY SQUADRON NO. 12 FROM USS SARATOGA 1943 · Educational BOMBING OF NAURU ISLAND BY SQUADRON NO. 12 FROM USS SARATOGA Produced: November 19, 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75798 Internet Archive Kiska (Aleutian Islands, Alaska) 1943 · Educational Kiska (Aleutian Islands, Alaska) Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78882 Internet Archive POWS RELEASED FROM PRISON CAMPS NEAR TOKYO 1945 · Educational POWS RELEASED FROM PRISON CAMPS NEAR TOKYO Produced: August 30, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79797 Internet Archive PLANE LANDINGS, CRASHES ABOARD USS CHARGER 1944 · Educational PLANE LANDINGS, CRASHES ABOARD USS CHARGER Covers: March 11, 1944–March 21, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76032 Internet Archive TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF ESTABLISHMENT OF MANCHURIAN EMPIRE 1940 · Educational TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF ESTABLISHMENT OF MANCHURIAN EMPIRE Covers: ca. 1940–ca. 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77019 Internet Archive USS BUNKER HILL UNDER ATTACK BY Japanese PLANE, Japanese PLANE CRASHES 1944 · Educational USS BUNKER HILL UNDER ATTACK BY Japanese PLANE, Japanese PLANE CRASHES Produced: June 19, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77152 Internet Archive BOW LANDINGS, STERN TAKE-OFFS AND REGULAR LANDINGS ON BOARD UHE USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) 1940 · Educational BOW LANDINGS, STERN TAKE-OFFS AND REGULAR LANDINGS ON BOARD UHE USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) Covers: ca. 1940–ca. 1941 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76838 Internet Archive ARTILLERY FIRE DEMONSTRATION 1948 · Educational ARTILLERY FIRE DEMONSTRATION Produced: November 19, 1948 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76885 Internet Archive WW-II NAVY NEWSREEL #30 1941 · Newsreel WW-II NAVY NEWSREEL #30 Covers: ca. 1941–ca. 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87706 Internet Archive "EASTER ACTION ON BOUGAINVILLE." 1943 · Educational "EASTER ACTION ON BOUGAINVILLE." Produced: April 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77250 Internet Archive Marine activity, Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Marine activity, Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 Shot List , 1) LS-CU Camouflage net spread over Command Post. 2) MS Radio jeep receiving signals from artillery… Internet Archive Crash landings and fire fighting aboard USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) 1945 · Educational Crash landings and fire fighting aboard USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) Produced: 1945 Shot List , MS CU Crash landing of SB2C on deck of Bunker Hill; plane turns… Internet Archive Attack at Pearl Harbor (simulated action), Japanese view point and reaction 1942 · Educational Attack at Pearl Harbor (simulated action), Japanese view point and reaction Produced: 1942 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78721 Internet Archive NEW YORK HAILS WAR HEROES OF UNITED NATIONS [ETC.] 1942 · Educational NEW YORK HAILS WAR HEROES OF UNITED NATIONS [ETC.] Produced: 1942 Description Part 1, allied troops receive a ticker-tape parade. Part 2, army motorcycle… Internet Archive [FORD ROUGE PLANT REVISED] 1946 · Educational [FORD ROUGE PLANT REVISED] Produced: 1946 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [part 2] Aerial… Internet Archive [FORD, SOUTH AMERICA] 1940 · Educational [FORD, SOUTH AMERICA] Produced: 1940 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Partially cleared… Internet Archive [ADVERTISING FOR LINCOLN-MERCURY] 1949 · Educational [ADVERTISING FOR LINCOLN-MERCURY] Produced: 1949 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Arm rest in… Internet Archive [WORKERS ENTERING PLANT] 1942 · Educational [WORKERS ENTERING PLANT] Produced: 1942 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Caption superimposed… Internet Archive [MERCURY EQUIPPED FOR DRIVING BY MULTIPLE AMPUTEES] 1945 · Educational [MERCURY EQUIPPED FOR DRIVING BY MULTIPLE AMPUTEES] Produced: 1945 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive YOUTH LENDS A HAND--A STUDY OF VOLUNTEER WORK CAMPS 1940 · Educational YOUTH LENDS A HAND--A STUDY OF VOLUNTEER WORK CAMPS Produced: 1940 Description OUTTAKES: On several summer work camps. Reel 1: Idle mining camp and equipment… Internet Archive NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 43452, LI 238.2 - NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion Picture Films Used… Internet Archive Dr. Christian # 5 Melody For Three (1941 +++++ Drama) 1941 · Film PLOT : Dr. Christian takes an interest in a young boy, a violin prodigy, whose mother is a divorced music teacher. His interest isn't just in the boy's music… Internet Archive DON'T BE A SUCKER 1945 · Educational DON'T BE A SUCKER Produced: 1945 Description Dramatizes the destructive effects of racial and religious prejudice. Reel 1 shows a fake wrestling match and… Internet Archive WORLD IN FILM. Issue no. 178, CLAY AND ROBERTSON IN THE RUHR DISTRICT 1948 · Educational WORLD IN FILM. Issue no. 178, CLAY AND ROBERTSON IN THE RUHR DISTRICT Produced: 1948 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23974 Internet Archive AT THE BURMA FRONT, INKANGAHTAWING, 20 MILES SOUTH OF SHADAZUP ; WOUNDED CIVILIANS, ST. LAURENT, SUR-MER, FRANCE ; INV 61, 62 1944 · Educational AT THE BURMA FRONT, INKANGAHTAWING, 20 MILES SOUTH OF SHADAZUP ; WOUNDED CIVILIANS, ST. LAURENT, SUR-MER, FRANCE ; INV 61, 62 Covers: ca. May 12, 1944–ca.… Internet Archive PRESENTATION OF CHERBOURG BACK TO THE FRENCH, FRANCE ; INVASION 266 ; INV 267, STREET SCENES IN CHERBOURG 1944 · Educational PRESENTATION OF CHERBOURG BACK TO THE FRENCH, FRANCE ; INVASION 266 ; INV 267, STREET SCENES IN CHERBOURG Covers: June 16, 1944–June 27, 1944… Internet Archive General Mark W. Clark Visits Wounded / General Clark Awards Decorations / Brazilian Troops Hold Review For Gen. Clark / Gen. Clark Visits Negro Infantry / Gen. Clark Awards Decorations 1944 · Educational General Mark W. Clark Visits Wounded / General Clark Awards Decorations / Brazilian Troops Hold Review For Gen. Clark / Gen. Clark Visits Negro Infantry /… Internet Archive GENERALS VISIT THE FRONT, NEAR BREST, FRANCE ; DOWNWARD ASSAULT OF BREST, FRANCE ; SCENES AT COTTERMORE FIELD, PROBABLY ENGLAND ; BRIG. GEN. JAMES GAVIN, COTTERMORE AIR BASE, PROBABLY ENGLAND 1944 · Educational GENERALS VISIT THE FRONT, NEAR BREST, FRANCE ; DOWNWARD ASSAULT OF BREST, FRANCE ; SCENES AT COTTERMORE FIELD, PROBABLY ENGLAND ; BRIG. GEN. JAMES GAVIN,… Internet Archive GEN. GEORGE C. MARSHALL VISITS SIXTH ARMY GROUP HEADQUARTERS AND FIRST FRENCH ARMY, LUXEUIL AND VITTEL, FRANCE ; GENERAL MARSHALL VISITS SEVENTH ARMY 1944 · Educational GEN. GEORGE C. MARSHALL VISITS SIXTH ARMY GROUP HEADQUARTERS AND FIRST FRENCH ARMY, LUXEUIL AND VITTEL, FRANCE ; GENERAL MARSHALL VISITS SEVENTH ARMY… Internet Archive ATTACK ON CAEN, FRANCE 1944 · Educational ATTACK ON CAEN, FRANCE Covers: July 11, 1944–July 12, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/16350 Internet Archive FALL OF LUNGLING, CHINA 1944 · Educational FALL OF LUNGLING, CHINA Produced: November 7, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/16526 Internet Archive WACS IN ITALY, CASERTA, ITALY 1944 · Educational WACS IN ITALY, CASERTA, ITALY Covers: November 13, 1944–November 30, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/16628 Internet Archive 315TH REGIMENT, 79TH DIVISION, SCHEIBENHARDT (?), GERMANY ; GEN. MONTGOMERY VISITS 18TH AIRBORNE CORPS NEAR HARDE (?), BELGIUM ; DAMAGED BASTOGNE, BELGIUM 1944 · Educational 315TH REGIMENT, 79TH DIVISION, SCHEIBENHARDT (?), GERMANY ; GEN. MONTGOMERY VISITS 18TH AIRBORNE CORPS NEAR HARDE (?), BELGIUM ; DAMAGED BASTOGNE, BELGIUM… Internet Archive INFANTRY ASSAULT BRIDGE FOR ROER RIVER, WEISWELLER, GERMANY ; MAJ. GEN. JAMES GAVIN INSPECTS BRIDGE, SCHMIDT, GERMANY 1945 · Educational INFANTRY ASSAULT BRIDGE FOR ROER RIVER, WEISWELLER, GERMANY ; MAJ. GEN. JAMES GAVIN INSPECTS BRIDGE, SCHMIDT, GERMANY Produced: February 16, 1945… Internet Archive PRISONERS FROM LOS BANOS, BILIBID PRISON, MANILA, PHILIPPINE, ISLANDS 1945 · Educational PRISONERS FROM LOS BANOS, BILIBID PRISON, MANILA, PHILIPPINE, ISLANDS Produced: March 9, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/17419 Internet Archive GLIDER OPERATIONS, AIRFIELD A-58, COULEMIER (?), FRANCE 1945 · Educational GLIDER OPERATIONS, AIRFIELD A-58, COULEMIER (?), FRANCE Produced: March 23, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/17556 Internet Archive 83RD ENTER LUDINGHAUSEN, GERMANY ; CIVILIANS HAND IN RIFLES, LENGENSEBOLD, (?), GERMANY ; 79TH DIVISION WATER POINT, DINSLAKEN, GERMANY ; RUINED FACTORY, HIESFELD, GERMANY (?) 1945 · Educational 83RD ENTER LUDINGHAUSEN, GERMANY ; CIVILIANS HAND IN RIFLES, LENGENSEBOLD, (?), GERMANY ; 79TH DIVISION WATER POINT, DINSLAKEN, GERMANY ; RUINED FACTORY,… Internet Archive DEMOLITION OF Japanese CAVES, INFANTA, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; VE DAY IN MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1945 · Educational DEMOLITION OF Japanese CAVES, INFANTA, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; VE DAY IN MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Produced: May 9, 1945–May 8, 1945… Internet Archive DEMONSTRATION IN MILAN, ITALY ; 442ND CELEBRATION, LACCO, ITALY 1945 · Educational DEMONSTRATION IN MILAN, ITALY ; 442ND CELEBRATION, LACCO, ITALY Produced: July 5, 1945–July 4, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18715 Internet Archive LEPER COLONY, YAGACHI SHIMA, OKINAWA, RYUKYU ISLANDS 1945 · Educational LEPER COLONY, YAGACHI SHIMA, OKINAWA, RYUKYU ISLANDS Covers: July 2, 1945–July 18, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18827 Internet Archive TANK DESTROYERS FIRING, NEAR BAGUIO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; 37TH DIVISION ADVANCE TOWARDS, BAGUIO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1945 · Educational TANK DESTROYERS FIRING, NEAR BAGUIO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; 37TH DIVISION ADVANCE TOWARDS, BAGUIO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Produced: April 17, 1945–April 23, 1945…