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8,113–8,160 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 GEN. McNAIR, ADM. KIRK & HIGH RANKING OFFICERS INSPECT NAS NORFOLK, CAMP BRADFORD & LITTLE C REEK, VA 1943 · Educational GEN. McNAIR, ADM. KIRK & HIGH RANKING OFFICERS INSPECT NAS NORFOLK, CAMP BRADFORD & LITTLE C REEK, VA Produced: September 12, 1943… Internet Archive U.S. SENATORS ARRIVE MAGENTA AIRFIELD. NEW CALEDONIA 1943 · Educational U.S. SENATORS ARRIVE MAGENTA AIRFIELD. NEW CALEDONIA Produced: September 29, 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76287 Internet Archive ACTIVITY IN SEINE BAY, NEAR ST. MARCOUX; LANDING CRAFT MOVE IN WHILE USS NEVADA BOMBARDS 1944 · Educational ACTIVITY IN SEINE BAY, NEAR ST. MARCOUX; LANDING CRAFT MOVE IN WHILE USS NEVADA BOMBARDS Produced: June 7, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77048 Internet Archive USS NEVADA BOMBARDS FRENCH COAST PRIOR TO INVASION LSTs AND LANDING CRAFT ON WAY TO BEACH 1944 · Educational USS NEVADA BOMBARDS FRENCH COAST PRIOR TO INVASION LSTs AND LANDING CRAFT ON WAY TO BEACH Produced: June 5, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77052 Internet Archive WW-II NAVY NEWSREEL #30 1941 · Newsreel WW-II NAVY NEWSREEL #30 Covers: ca. 1941–ca. 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87708 Internet Archive ONE VIEW OF AWARD PRESENTATION, OAHU IS., T. TOON CAUSEWAYS & LOADING ACTIVITIES, SAIPAN 1944 · Educational ONE VIEW OF AWARD PRESENTATION, OAHU IS., T. TOON CAUSEWAYS & LOADING ACTIVITIES, SAIPAN Covers: June 1944–July 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77194 Internet Archive 77TH BEACH BN. IN PRACTICE LANDINGS, DEVON ENGLAND 1944 · Educational 77TH BEACH BN. IN PRACTICE LANDINGS, DEVON ENGLAND Produced: May 21, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76973 Internet Archive US DIVE BOMBERS ATTACK ENEMY BEACH POSITIONS GENERAL SCENES IN TRANSPORT AREA, FRANCE 1944 · Educational US DIVE BOMBERS ATTACK ENEMY BEACH POSITIONS GENERAL SCENES IN TRANSPORT AREA, FRANCE Produced: June 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77060 Internet Archive INVASION OF FRANCE; LANDING OF EQUIPMENT AND EVACUATION OF WOUNDED 1944 · Educational INVASION OF FRANCE; LANDING OF EQUIPMENT AND EVACUATION OF WOUNDED Produced: June 11, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77074 Internet Archive LCIs LEAVE ENGLAND FOR INVASION, CONVOY AT ANCHOR, TROOPS LAND IN FRANCE, LST SINKS, UNLOADING ACTIVITIES 1944 · Educational LCIs LEAVE ENGLAND FOR INVASION, CONVOY AT ANCHOR, TROOPS LAND IN FRANCE, LST SINKS, UNLOADING ACTIVITIES Covers: June 5, 1944–June 6, 1944… Internet Archive SECOND BOMBARDMENT OF GUAM 1944 · Educational SECOND BOMBARDMENT OF GUAM Produced: July 14, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77175 Internet Archive PRES. ROOSEVELT & PARTY VISIT HICKAM FIELD & AIEA NAVAL HOSPITAL, HAWAII 1944 · Educational PRES. ROOSEVELT & PARTY VISIT HICKAM FIELD & AIEA NAVAL HOSPITAL, HAWAII Produced: July 30, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77225 Internet Archive DOUBLE LAUNCHING OF SSs DEDICATED TO PHILADELPHIA POLICE DEPT., PHILA., PA 1944 · Educational DOUBLE LAUNCHING OF SSs DEDICATED TO PHILADELPHIA POLICE DEPT., PHILA., PA Produced: June 4, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77233 Internet Archive SALVAGING S.S. NORMANDIE, NEW YORK 1943 · Educational SALVAGING S.S. NORMANDIE, NEW YORK Produced: August 9, 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77313 Internet Archive INVASION OF SOUTH FRANCE: GERMAN FORT SHELLED, TOULON 1944 · Educational INVASION OF SOUTH FRANCE: GERMAN FORT SHELLED, TOULON Produced: August 25, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77403 Internet Archive EMPEROR INSPECTS TROOPS, OFFICERS RECEIVE DIPLOMAS, PILOTS MAN PLANES AND TAKE OFF 1943 · Educational EMPEROR INSPECTS TROOPS, OFFICERS RECEIVE DIPLOMAS, PILOTS MAN PLANES AND TAKE OFF Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77491 Internet Archive Evacuation of wounded on Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Evacuation of wounded on Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 Shot List , 1) MS Ambulance jeep with guard moves along highway. 2) MS Wounded man is removed from ambulance… Internet Archive U.S. PREPARES MORE PARATROOPS FOR BATTLE [ETC.] 1944 · Educational U.S. PREPARES MORE PARATROOPS FOR BATTLE [ETC.] Produced: 1944 Description Part 1, paratroops train and jump from planes. Part 2, Gen. de Gaulle presents the… 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: New… Internet Archive [FORD HOMESTEAD] 1940 · Educational [FORD HOMESTEAD] Produced: 1940 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: The Ford Homestead,… Internet Archive [WAR BOND PURCHASE AWARDS] 1943 · Educational [WAR BOND PURCHASE AWARDS] Produced: 1943 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Panoramic view of… Internet Archive HUMAN BRIDGE, THE 1949 · Educational HUMAN BRIDGE, THE Produced: 1949 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Henry Ford II introduces… Internet Archive HUGE FLYING WING IN AVIATION NEWS [ETC.] 1946 · Educational HUGE FLYING WING IN AVIATION NEWS [ETC.] Produced: 1946 Description Part 1 shows ground and aerial views of the Flying Wing. Part 2, Truman observes 8th Fleet… Internet Archive Scared to Death 1947 · Commercial A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor… Internet Archive Task Force 1943 · Educational Task Force Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79004 Internet Archive NEW ALLIED ARMY LANDS IN ITALY SOUTH OF ROME [ETC.] 1944 · Educational NEW ALLIED ARMY LANDS IN ITALY SOUTH OF ROME [ETC.] Produced: 1944 Description Part 1, the invasion fleet assembles and troops land between Nettuno and Anzio.… Internet Archive MD SPECIAL COVERAGE #15 EVACUATION OF WOUNDED TO LST, ST. MICHEL EN CREVE, FRANCE 1944 · Educational MD SPECIAL COVERAGE #15 EVACUATION OF WOUNDED TO LST, ST. MICHEL EN CREVE, FRANCE Produced: September 14, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/16186 Internet Archive ANTITANK COMPANY, BORNHEIM, ALDENHOVEN (?), GERMANY ; LAYING ANTITANK MINES, BIEN FOREST, GERMANY 1944 · Educational ANTITANK COMPANY, BORNHEIM, ALDENHOVEN (?), GERMANY ; LAYING ANTITANK MINES, BIEN FOREST, GERMANY Produced: December 24, 1944–December 22, 1944… Internet Archive AITAPE, NORTHEAST NEW GUINEA 1944 · Educational AITAPE, NORTHEAST NEW GUINEA Produced: July 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/17377 Internet Archive DISBANDMENT OF GERMAN 19TH, AALEN, GERMANY 1945 · Educational DISBANDMENT OF GERMAN 19TH, AALEN, GERMANY Produced: June 15, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18614 Internet Archive MUNICH. [No.] 4, WAR CRIMES TRIALS, NUREMBERG, GERMANY 1946 · Educational MUNICH. [No.] 4, WAR CRIMES TRIALS, NUREMBERG, GERMANY Covers: February 21, 1946–February 22, 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19660 Internet Archive MUNICH. [No.] 297, WAR CRIMES TRIALS, NUREMBERG, GERMANY 1946 · Educational MUNICH. [No.] 297, WAR CRIMES TRIALS, NUREMBERG, GERMANY Covers: July 12, 1946–July 13, 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19866 Internet Archive MUNICH. [No.] 327, WAR CRIMES TRIALS, NUREMBERG, GERMANY 1946 · Educational MUNICH. [No.] 327, WAR CRIMES TRIALS, NUREMBERG, GERMANY Covers: July 29, 1946–July 30, 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19898 Internet Archive MUNICH. [No.] 455, GEN. MARK W. CLARK RETURNS TO VIENNA FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRIA ; ROLLING UP THE PACIFIC BASES 1946 · Educational MUNICH. [No.] 455, GEN. MARK W. CLARK RETURNS TO VIENNA FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRIA ; ROLLING UP THE PACIFIC BASES Produced: November 4, 1946–January 1947… Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: January 31, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20140 Internet Archive MUNICH. [No.] 522, WAR CRIMES TRIALS CASE NO. 1 (MEDICAL CASE) NUREMBERG, GERMANY ; MUNICH. [No.] 523, VERDICT DAY AT VON PAPEN TRIAL, NUREMBERG, GERMANY 1947 · Educational MUNICH. [No.] 522, WAR CRIMES TRIALS CASE NO. 1 (MEDICAL CASE) NUREMBERG, GERMANY ; MUNICH. [No.] 523, VERDICT DAY AT VON PAPEN TRIAL, NUREMBERG, GERMANY… Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Covers: March 6, 1947–March 10, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20246 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: August 29, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20403 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: October 21, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20522 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1948 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Covers: March 1, 1948–April 8, 1948 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20837 Internet Archive EXERCISE HARVEST (JOINT MANEUVERS, FTX-49), GRAFENWOHR AREA, GERMANY ; RELEASE OF ALLIED CONTROL TO GERMANS, SPX-76, HOTEL PETERSBURG, KONIGSWINTER, GERMANY 1949 · Educational EXERCISE HARVEST (JOINT MANEUVERS, FTX-49), GRAFENWOHR AREA, GERMANY ; RELEASE OF ALLIED CONTROL TO GERMANS, SPX-76, HOTEL PETERSBURG, KONIGSWINTER, GERMANY… Internet Archive OPERATION OVERLAND EN ROUTE TO BERLIN, GERMANY 1949 · Educational OPERATION OVERLAND EN ROUTE TO BERLIN, GERMANY Produced: October 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/21521 Internet Archive OPERATIONS ABOARD A BRITISH CV 1945 · Educational OPERATIONS ABOARD A BRITISH CV Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79139 Internet Archive NATIVE PATROL & DAMAGE, VELLA LAVELLA, SOLOMONS 1943 · Educational NATIVE PATROL & DAMAGE, VELLA LAVELLA, SOLOMONS Produced: October 29, 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75877 Internet Archive MARINES MOVE UP ON Japanese STRONG POINTS, KWAJALEIN IS 1944 · Educational MARINES MOVE UP ON Japanese STRONG POINTS, KWAJALEIN IS Produced: January 31, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76022 Internet Archive PLANES BOMB SUB OFF EAST COAST OF UNITED STATES 1943 · Educational PLANES BOMB SUB OFF EAST COAST OF UNITED STATES Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/80002 Internet Archive GENERAL SCENES ASHORE IN JAPAN 1945 · Educational GENERAL SCENES ASHORE IN JAPAN Produced: October 1, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/80043 Internet Archive PT BOATS IN ACTION, SINK Japanese BARGES OFF NEW GUINEA 1943 · Educational PT BOATS IN ACTION, SINK Japanese BARGES OFF NEW GUINEA Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76292