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7,441–7,488 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 MUNICH. [No.] 36, OCCUPATION DUTY, LUDWIGSBURG, GERMANY ; PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES ; MUNICH. [No.] 113, FRAU GOERING'S NEW HOME, SACH DILLING, GERMANY 1946 · Educational MUNICH. [No.] 36, OCCUPATION DUTY, LUDWIGSBURG, GERMANY ; PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES ; MUNICH. [No.] 113, FRAU GOERING'S NEW HOME, SACH… Internet Archive MUNICH. [No.] 257, HOUSING CONDITIONS, MANNHEIM, GERMANY ; MUNICH. [No.] 227 1946 · Educational MUNICH. [No.] 257, HOUSING CONDITIONS, MANNHEIM, GERMANY ; MUNICH. [No.] 227 Produced: June 20, 1946–June 14, 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19905 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1946 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: October 18, 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20040 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: September 10, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20368 Internet Archive REFUGEES ARRIVING FROM THE RUSSIAN ZONE, BAIK CHUNG, KOREA ; REFUGEES ARRIVING FROM NORTHERN KOREA, KAESONG, KOREA 1947 · Educational REFUGEES ARRIVING FROM THE RUSSIAN ZONE, BAIK CHUNG, KOREA ; REFUGEES ARRIVING FROM NORTHERN KOREA, KAESONG, KOREA Produced: April 24, 1947… Internet Archive TRACK AND FIELD MEET, SEOUL, KOREA ; FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW KOREAN CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY, SEOUL, KOREA 1948 · Educational TRACK AND FIELD MEET, SEOUL, KOREA ; FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW KOREAN CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY, SEOUL, KOREA Produced: May 30, 1948–May 31, 1948… Internet Archive ROTC TRAINING FILM, FT. DIX, MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY 1948 · Educational ROTC TRAINING FILM, FT. DIX, MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY Produced: 1948 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/21000 Internet Archive NEW C-4 RATION, PENTAGON BUILDING, WASHINGTON DC ; BOARD OF JUDGES INCLUDING ENLISTED MEN, PENTAGON BUILDING ; GEN PICK SWORN IN AS CHIEF ENGINEER, PENTAGON BUILDING ; CHARLES MANERI, FT BELVOIR, MD 1949 · Educational NEW C-4 RATION, PENTAGON BUILDING, WASHINGTON DC ; BOARD OF JUDGES INCLUDING ENLISTED MEN, PENTAGON BUILDING ; GEN PICK SWORN IN AS CHIEF ENGINEER, PENTAGON… Internet Archive MAY DAY PARADE 1949 - 8TH AVE., NYC 1949 · Educational MAY DAY PARADE 1949 - 8TH AVE., NYC Produced: 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/21278 Internet Archive OPENING NIGHT OF FILM "TRUE GLORY" AT ASTOR THEATRE 1946 · Educational OPENING NIGHT OF FILM "TRUE GLORY" AT ASTOR THEATRE Produced: 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23719 Internet Archive Invasion of Europe (Normandy) 1944 · Educational Invasion of Europe (Normandy) Produced: June 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78975 Internet Archive SHELL BURSTS ON MUNDA COAST, ACTIVITIES IN RENDOVA BEACH AREA 1943 · Educational SHELL BURSTS ON MUNDA COAST, ACTIVITIES IN RENDOVA BEACH AREA Produced: July 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75848 Internet Archive CELEBRATION OF Japanese SURRENDER IN HOLLYWOOD 1945 · Educational CELEBRATION OF Japanese SURRENDER IN HOLLYWOOD Produced: August 7, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79740 Internet Archive TRUK ISLAND SURRENDER 1945 · Educational TRUK ISLAND SURRENDER Produced: November 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/80171 Internet Archive Nurses and Officers Going on a Tour of the Ulithi Atoll 1945 · Educational Nurses and Officers Going on a Tour of the Ulithi Atoll Produced: 1945 Description This film shows nurses and officers as they interacted with natives of the… Internet Archive CENSORED NEG. NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA 1942 · Educational CENSORED NEG. NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA Produced: December 1942 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75388 Internet Archive CONVOY AT SEA, IN ORAN HARBOR, REFUELING AT SEA 1943 · Educational CONVOY AT SEA, IN ORAN HARBOR, REFUELING AT SEA Produced: June 27, 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76195 Internet Archive SEABEES ASSEMBLE RHINO PONTOON, LOAD LCM, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND 1944 · Educational SEABEES ASSEMBLE RHINO PONTOON, LOAD LCM, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND Produced: March 24, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76203 Internet Archive INVASION OF SAIPAN & Japanese AIR ATTACK ON TASK FORCE 58 Japanese PLANES SHOT DOWN, USS WASHINGTON FIRES AA GUNS 1944 · Educational INVASION OF SAIPAN & Japanese AIR ATTACK ON TASK FORCE 58 Japanese PLANES SHOT DOWN, USS WASHINGTON FIRES AA GUNS Produced: June 13, 1944… Internet Archive DESTROYERS IN SOUTH PACIFIC; ENGAGEMENT WITH Japanese SHORE BATTERIES, SHORTLAND ISLANDS 1944 · Educational DESTROYERS IN SOUTH PACIFIC; ENGAGEMENT WITH Japanese SHORE BATTERIES, SHORTLAND ISLANDS Produced: May 8, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76966 Internet Archive MARINE CORPS MANEUVERS & WRECKED PLANES DYNAMITED, WALLIS IS 1943 · Educational MARINE CORPS MANEUVERS & WRECKED PLANES DYNAMITED, WALLIS IS Produced: May 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76969 Internet Archive P. T. BOATS PATROL TRANSPORT AREA, INVASION OF FRANCE 1944 · Educational P. T. BOATS PATROL TRANSPORT AREA, INVASION OF FRANCE Produced: June 1, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77058 Internet Archive BOMBARDMENT & INVASION OF LEYTE ISLANDS, PHILIPPINES: LCIs UNDERWAY FIRE ROCKETS & 40MM GUNS 1944 · Educational BOMBARDMENT & INVASION OF LEYTE ISLANDS, PHILIPPINES: LCIs UNDERWAY FIRE ROCKETS & 40MM GUNS Produced: October 20, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77670 Internet Archive Prisoners of war and care of wounded 1945 · Educational Prisoners of war and care of wounded Produced: March 8, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78615 Internet Archive Treatment and air evacuation of casualties, Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Treatment and air evacuation of casualties, Iwo Jima Produced: March 1945 Shot List , 1) AV-Pan Iwo Jima showing equipment moving along road-SV. 2) MS R4Ds… Internet Archive TRACTORS BY THE TRAINLOAD 1941 · Educational TRACTORS BY THE TRAINLOAD Produced: 1941 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Displays of small… Internet Archive [M-8 ARMORED CARS] 1944 · Educational [M-8 ARMORED CARS] Produced: 1944 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Group of men, some in… Internet Archive Ford Plastics Research / Aerial Views / Inspecting a Military Airplane / Industrial Plant Interior / Aerial Views of Plant and Ore Bins / Ford Strike, Sabotage / John Burroughs Laying Cornerstone /… 1941 · Educational Ford Plastics Research / Aerial Views / Inspecting a Military Airplane / Industrial Plant Interior / Aerial Views of Plant and Ore Bins / Ford Strike,… Internet Archive WORLD WAR II IN CHINA 1940 · Educational WORLD WAR II IN CHINA 1940–1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23470 Internet Archive CITIZEN IN ARMS 1948 · Educational CITIZEN IN ARMS Produced: 1948 Description On the part played by the American soldier in the history of the U.S. Dramatizes the bitter winter at Valley Forge;… Internet Archive Possibly The First Disney Fouth Wall Break 1940 · Film Here is quite possibly the first tiem the fourth wall was broken in a Disney work. The classic opening scene from Pinocchio (1940) Taken from the 2009 Blu-Ray… Internet Archive AMERICAN FIRST ARMY--AACHEN TO THE ROER RIVER 1946 · Educational AMERICAN FIRST ARMY--AACHEN TO THE ROER RIVER Produced: 1946 Description Reel 1 shows rubbled houses, rail centers, and electric plants in Aachen, Ger. Allied… Internet Archive JAPANESE SIGN FINAL SURRENDER 1945 · Educational JAPANESE SIGN FINAL SURRENDER Produced: 1945 Description Shows the signing of the Japanese surrender documents aboard the battleship Missouri in the Bay of… Internet Archive Nazi Concentration Camp Footage 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 348 Nazi Concentration Camp Footage U.S. Army. Director George Stevens. As the Allies reached Germany, General Eisenhower… Internet Archive De bevrijding van Amsterdam 1945 · Film De bevrijding van Amsterdam Internet Archive Murder, My Sweet trailer 1944 · Commercial · 2 min The movie, starring Dick Powell, is based on Raymond Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely . IMDb Page Internet Archive WORLD IN FILM. Issue no. 105, "THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER IN GERMANY" 1947 · Educational WORLD IN FILM. Issue no. 105, "THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER IN GERMANY" Produced: 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23846 Internet Archive SHANGRI-LA STORY (CPL HASTINGS) 1940 · Educational SHANGRI-LA STORY (CPL HASTINGS) Covers: 1940–1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23883 Internet Archive ATTACK AGAINST IWO JIMA 1944 · Educational ATTACK AGAINST IWO JIMA Produced: December 11, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24259 Internet Archive PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM, CHERBOURG PENINSULA ; FRANCE 9TH INF DIV ON THE MOVE, CHERBOURG PENINSULA, FRANCE ; AWARDING OF MEDALS 1944 · Educational PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM, CHERBOURG PENINSULA ; FRANCE 9TH INF DIV ON THE MOVE, CHERBOURG PENINSULA, FRANCE ; AWARDING OF MEDALS Produced: June 29, 1944–June 30,… Internet Archive SPECIAL COVERAGE, ABOARD HMS ALGONQUIN IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, FRENCH COAST 1944 · Educational SPECIAL COVERAGE, ABOARD HMS ALGONQUIN IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, FRENCH COAST Produced: June 8, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/15374 Internet Archive US ARMY CAMP IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION, CANADA 1942 · Educational US ARMY CAMP IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION, CANADA Produced: 1942 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/15613 Internet Archive PRESIDENTIAL CITATION, REIFF (?), GERMANY ; 4TH CAVALRY ATTACKS, ERFTWERK (?), NEAR GREVENBROICH, GERMANY ; ALLIED PRISONERS IN FRANCE, PARIS, FRANCE 1944 · Educational PRESIDENTIAL CITATION, REIFF (?), GERMANY ; 4TH CAVALRY ATTACKS, ERFTWERK (?), NEAR GREVENBROICH, GERMANY ; ALLIED PRISONERS IN FRANCE, PARIS, FRANCE… Internet Archive FREE FRENCH 2ND ARMORED DIVISION, SOUTHHAMPTON, ENGLAND 1944 · Educational FREE FRENCH 2ND ARMORED DIVISION, SOUTHHAMPTON, ENGLAND Produced: July 30, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/15901 Internet Archive GUN INSPECTION, PATTERN (?), GERMANY ; NEW TYPE MINE EXPLODER, NEAR BEGGENDORF, GERMANY ; SNIPER HUNT IN SARREGUEMINES, FRANCE 1944 · Educational GUN INSPECTION, PATTERN (?), GERMANY ; NEW TYPE MINE EXPLODER, NEAR BEGGENDORF, GERMANY ; SNIPER HUNT IN SARREGUEMINES, FRANCE Produced: December 12,… Internet Archive INFANTRY ATTACKS PILLBOX, VETTERING (?), FRANCE 1944 · Educational INFANTRY ATTACKS PILLBOX, VETTERING (?), FRANCE Produced: December 31, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/16860 Internet Archive NAMHKAM, BURMA ; 88TH DIVISION RIVER CROSSING, MAN-KUN TO MAN-NAWNG (?), BURMA 1945 · Educational NAMHKAM, BURMA ; 88TH DIVISION RIVER CROSSING, MAN-KUN TO MAN-NAWNG (?), BURMA Produced: January 16, 1945–January 15, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/16963 Internet Archive 511TH PARATROOP REGIMENT IN COMBAT, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1945 · Educational 511TH PARATROOP REGIMENT IN COMBAT, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Produced: February 9, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/17072