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8,017–8,064 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 JAPANESE ROUTED FROM BUNA STRONGHOLD! [ETC.] 1943 · Educational JAPANESE ROUTED FROM BUNA STRONGHOLD! [ETC.] 1943 Description Part l, U.S. and Australian troops fight in New Guinea. Part 2, shows the parade and celebration… Internet Archive U.S. FORCES BLAST JAPANESE FROM ATTU [ETC.] 1943 · Educational U.S. FORCES BLAST JAPANESE FROM ATTU [ETC.] 1943 Description Part 1 shows an amphibious landing in the Aleutian Islands. Part 2, depth charges are dropped and… 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: Scenes of old… Internet Archive [MISCELLANEOUS NEWSREEL SHOTS] 1940 · Newsreel [MISCELLANEOUS NEWSREEL SHOTS] Covers: ca. 1940–ca. 1959 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91103 Internet Archive [FORD DEALER'S CONVENTION] 1948 · Educational [FORD DEALER'S CONVENTION] Produced: 1948 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Train pulling into… Internet Archive U.S. NAVY SERVICE SCHOOL 1941 · Educational U.S. NAVY SERVICE SCHOOL Produced: 1941 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Train stopping -… Internet Archive LIBERATION OF PRAGUE [ETC.] 1945 · Educational LIBERATION OF PRAGUE [ETC.] Produced: 1945 Description Part 1, German S.S. troops fight Czech civilians in Prague streets. Russian and Czech troops enter the… Internet Archive Bloemencorso in de bollenstreek 1948 · Short · 7 min Bloemencorso in de bollenstreek Internet Archive Bloemencorso in de bollenstreek 1948 · Short · 7 min Bloemencorso in de bollenstreek Internet Archive Angel on My Shoulder 1946 · Commercial Gangster Eddie Kagel is killed by a trusted lieutenant and finds himself in Harry Redmond Jr's special effects Hell, where Nick/The Devil sees that he is… Internet Archive Life with Father 1947 · Commercial A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost. Internet Archive He Walked by Night 1949 · Commercial This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop. Internet Archive Beyond Tomorrow 1940 · Commercial The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought together. Internet Archive The Stranger 1946 · Commercial A man working for the War Crimes Commission suspects that an important Nazi official has folded himself into a quaint Connecticut town. Internet Archive Cherokee Dam Construction 1940 · Educational Cherokee Dam Construction Covers: 1940–1941 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/37525 Internet Archive The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946 · Commercial Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a… Internet Archive His Girl Friday (1940) Trailer HD 1940 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. HD trailer for the 1940 screwball comedy classic His Girl Friday,… Internet Archive RADAR MOON EXPERIMENT 1946 · Educational RADAR MOON EXPERIMENT Produced: February 5, 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23735 Internet Archive SAN FRANCISCO, 1945 1946 · Educational SAN FRANCISCO, 1945 Produced: 1946 Description Reel 1, Jan Christian Smuts, Vyacheslav Molotov, Sec. Stettinius, and other delegates to the United Nations… Internet Archive TRAINING, "MAISON LA FITTE", FRANCE ; MEMORIAL CEREMONY TO CIVILIAN DEAD, CHERBOURG, FRANCE ; 5TH DIVISION RESTS, PIENNES, FRANCE 1944 · Educational TRAINING, "MAISON LA FITTE", FRANCE ; MEMORIAL CEREMONY TO CIVILIAN DEAD, CHERBOURG, FRANCE ; 5TH DIVISION RESTS, PIENNES, FRANCE Produced: October 29,… Internet Archive CROSSING THE PO RIVER, ITALY ; AIR STRIKE ON TOWN OF SULAC, BATANGAS PROVINCE, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1945 · Educational CROSSING THE PO RIVER, ITALY ; AIR STRIKE ON TOWN OF SULAC, BATANGAS PROVINCE, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Produced: April 25, 1945–April 12, 1945… Internet Archive USGCC FOR AUSTRIA, CASERTA, ITALY 1945 · Educational USGCC FOR AUSTRIA, CASERTA, ITALY Produced: April 21, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/17983 Internet Archive ALLMENFELD RAD CAMP, NEAR DARMSTADT, GERMANY ; BRAUNAU, AUSTRIA 1945 · Educational ALLMENFELD RAD CAMP, NEAR DARMSTADT, GERMANY ; BRAUNAU, AUSTRIA Produced: May 3, 1945–May 4, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18217 Internet Archive GEN. WALKER KRUEGER VISITS 11TH AIRBORNE DIV, LIPA, BATANGAS PROVINCE, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; U.S. WAR MANPOWER COMMISSIONER ARRIVES IN, MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1945 · Educational GEN. WALKER KRUEGER VISITS 11TH AIRBORNE DIV, LIPA, BATANGAS PROVINCE, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; U.S. WAR MANPOWER COMMISSIONER ARRIVES IN, MANILA,… Internet Archive PARIS. [No.] 0213, WAC HISTORY, FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND 1945 · Educational PARIS. [No.] 0213, WAC HISTORY, FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND Produced: September 2, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19144 Internet Archive MUNICH. [No.] 40, WAR CRIMES TRIALS, NUREMBERG, GERMANY 1946 · Educational MUNICH. [No.] 40, WAR CRIMES TRIALS, NUREMBERG, GERMANY Produced: March 13, 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19635 Internet Archive MUNICH. [No.] 35, WAR CRIMES TRIALS, NUREMBERG, GERMANY 1946 · Educational MUNICH. [No.] 35, WAR CRIMES TRIALS, NUREMBERG, GERMANY Produced: March 8, 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19664 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1946 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Covers: May 3, 1946–May 6, 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19682 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1946 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: October 21, 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20042 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1946 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: October 24, 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20049 Internet Archive ACTIVITIES OF 88TH INF. DIV. ENLISTED PERSONNEL AT DIVISION REST CENTER, CORTINA, ITALY 1947 · Educational ACTIVITIES OF 88TH INF. DIV. ENLISTED PERSONNEL AT DIVISION REST CENTER, CORTINA, ITALY Covers: January 24, 1947–February 4, 1947… Internet Archive REACTIVATION OF 442ND REGT FT SHAFTER, HAWAII 1947 · Educational REACTIVATION OF 442ND REGT FT SHAFTER, HAWAII Produced: July 31, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20320 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: August 26, 1947–August 29, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20405 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: November 13, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20551 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS (TOJO DEFENSE), TOKYO, JAPAN 1948 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS (TOJO DEFENSE), TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: January 7, 1948 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20685 Internet Archive RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN GENERALS MEET 1945 · Educational RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN GENERALS MEET April 29, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23523 Internet Archive Marines embarking at Guam 1945 · Educational Marines embarking at Guam Produced: March 28, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79055 Internet Archive USS HELENA SURVIVORS & NIGHT ACTION, BATTLE KULA GULF 1943 · Educational USS HELENA SURVIVORS & NIGHT ACTION, BATTLE KULA GULF Produced: July 8, 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75854 Internet Archive NATIVE PATROL & DANAGE, VELLA LAVELLA, SOLOMONS 1943 · Educational NATIVE PATROL & DANAGE, VELLA LAVELLA, SOLOMONS Produced: October 29, 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75875 Internet Archive RESCUED GERMAN SUB-SURVIVORS TRANSFERRED USS BORIE TO USS CARD CB's EXTEND AIRSTRIP & OTHER ACTIVITIES, MUNDA 1943 · Educational RESCUED GERMAN SUB-SURVIVORS TRANSFERRED USS BORIE TO USS CARD CB's EXTEND AIRSTRIP & OTHER ACTIVITIES, MUNDA Covers: August 1943–November 1943… Internet Archive FIRST (1st) USMC AMPHIB. CORPS HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES BOUGAINVILLE IS 1943 · Educational FIRST (1st) USMC AMPHIB. CORPS HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES BOUGAINVILLE IS Produced: December 18, 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75973 Internet Archive NIMITZ DAY IN WASHINGTON - REVIEW ON MONUMENT GROUNDS 1945 · Educational NIMITZ DAY IN WASHINGTON - REVIEW ON MONUMENT GROUNDS Produced: October 5, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79918 Internet Archive TALK BY HEROES OF THE USS MARBLEHEAD, N.Y.C 1942 · Educational TALK BY HEROES OF THE USS MARBLEHEAD, N.Y.C Produced: 1942 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/80283 Internet Archive USN PLANES RAID TRUK ISLAND; STRAFESHIPS & PLANES; AERIAL COMBAT 1941 · Educational USN PLANES RAID TRUK ISLAND; STRAFESHIPS & PLANES; AERIAL COMBAT Covers: 1941 ?–1945 ? https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76113 Internet Archive DAMAGED HONOLULU ENROUTE ESPIRITU SANTO FOLLOWING 2nd BATTLE, KULA GULF 1943 · Educational DAMAGED HONOLULU ENROUTE ESPIRITU SANTO FOLLOWING 2nd BATTLE, KULA GULF Produced: July 16, 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76232 Internet Archive SECOND BOMBARDMENT OF GUAM 1944 · Educational SECOND BOMBARDMENT OF GUAM Produced: July 14, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77175 Internet Archive DETONATION OF MINES IN CHERBOURG HARBOR: DAMAGED GER. FORTS & ROCKET LAUNCHERS: GER. SS LIFTING DEVICE 1944 · Educational DETONATION OF MINES IN CHERBOURG HARBOR: DAMAGED GER. FORTS & ROCKET LAUNCHERS: GER. SS LIFTING DEVICE Produced: July 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77195 Internet Archive BOMBARDMENT OF GUAM, PLANES DIVE BOMB BEACH 1944 · Educational BOMBARDMENT OF GUAM, PLANES DIVE BOMB BEACH Produced: July 21, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77211