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8,209–8,256 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 CRUISER DIVISION AT SEA, SOCs ARE CATAPULTED, SWPac 1943 · Educational CRUISER DIVISION AT SEA, SOCs ARE CATAPULTED, SWPac Produced: May 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76184 Internet Archive MINE SWEEPING TRAINING NEAR NORFOLK, VA 1943 · Educational MINE SWEEPING TRAINING NEAR NORFOLK, VA Produced: August 20, 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76194 Internet Archive SAILORS BARTER WITH NATIVES AND RECEIVE MAIL ABOARD USS NICHOLAS Tulagi Harbor 1943 · Educational SAILORS BARTER WITH NATIVES AND RECEIVE MAIL ABOARD USS NICHOLAS Tulagi Harbor Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76231 Internet Archive BOMBARDMENT OF SAIPAN, SHELL SPLASHES FROM NEAR MISSES, MEN PASS EMPTO AMMO. CASES 1944 · Educational BOMBARDMENT OF SAIPAN, SHELL SPLASHES FROM NEAR MISSES, MEN PASS EMPTO AMMO. CASES Produced: June 16, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77117 Internet Archive INVASION OF GUAM: ACTIVITY ABOARD USS NEW MEXICO 1944 · Educational INVASION OF GUAM: ACTIVITY ABOARD USS NEW MEXICO Produced: July 3, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77182 Internet Archive INVASION OF GUAM: LCs ON WAY TO BEACH; DD BOMBARDS IS 1944 · Educational INVASION OF GUAM: LCs ON WAY TO BEACH; DD BOMBARDS IS Produced: July 21, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77215 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 OF S.S. NORMANDIE 1943 · Educational SALVAGING OF S.S. NORMANDIE Produced: August 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77316 Internet Archive KING GEORGE INSPECTS USS AGGUSTA, LST, LCI, AND LCTs at PORTLAND, ENGLAND 1944 · Educational KING GEORGE INSPECTS USS AGGUSTA, LST, LCI, AND LCTs at PORTLAND, ENGLAND Produced: May 27, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77010 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 SALVAGE OF NORMANDIE NEW YORK 1943 · Educational SALVAGE OF NORMANDIE NEW YORK Produced: August 9, 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77321 Internet Archive LAUNCHING & CHRISTENING OF S.S, DEBORAH GANNETT, BALTIMORE, MD 1944 · Educational LAUNCHING & CHRISTENING OF S.S, DEBORAH GANNETT, BALTIMORE, MD Produced: April 10, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77375 Internet Archive Japanese ATTACK ON TASK FORCE 1944 · Educational Japanese ATTACK ON TASK FORCE Produced: December 15, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77933 Internet Archive USMS ACTIVITIES & BUILDING LANDING STRIP, PALMYRA, IS 1942 · Educational USMS ACTIVITIES & BUILDING LANDING STRIP, PALMYRA, IS Produced: 1942 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75640 Internet Archive COMBAT ACTION 15 NOV. 1944 to 18 JAN. 1945: GEN. VIEWS & FLIGHT DECK ACTIVITY 1945 · Educational COMBAT ACTION 15 NOV. 1944 to 18 JAN. 1945: GEN. VIEWS & FLIGHT DECK ACTIVITY Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77960 Internet Archive KEEP THIS UNDER YOUR HOOD 1940 · Educational KEEP THIS UNDER YOUR HOOD Produced: May 1940 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ford Playlet;… Internet Archive [TEST DRIVING 1949 FORDS] 1948 · Educational [TEST DRIVING 1949 FORDS] Produced: 1948 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ford cars being… Internet Archive [GLASS TESTING] 1946 · Educational [GLASS TESTING] Produced: 1946 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Views of cars showing… Internet Archive MEET TOM GORDON 1941 · Educational MEET TOM GORDON Produced: 1941 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Promotional film for dealers… Internet Archive SUBMARINES OF JAPANESE NAVY SUNK BY U.S. [ETC.] 1946 · Educational SUBMARINES OF JAPANESE NAVY SUNK BY U.S. [ETC.] Produced: 1946 Description Part 1, 24 submarines are loaded with explosives, pulled to sea, and shelled by the… Internet Archive British Intelligence 1940 · Commercial During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to… Internet Archive Weltspiegel - Einmarsch in Luxemburg und Holland 1940 · Short · 4 min Weltspiegel - Einmarsch in Luxemburg und Holland Internet Archive OPERATION CROSSROADS 1946 · Educational OPERATION CROSSROADS Produced: July 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/81242 Internet Archive BROUGHT TO ACTION [ETC.] 1944 · Educational BROUGHT TO ACTION [ETC.] Produced: 1944 Description Reels 1 and 2 are "Brought to Action" cataloged as 208.109. Reel 3 describes problems of military… Internet Archive FROZEN BEEF FROM AUSTRALIA IN CBI THEATRE 1945 · Educational FROZEN BEEF FROM AUSTRALIA IN CBI THEATRE Produced: January 9, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/17716 Internet Archive EASTER SERVICES AT 5TH DIVISION, MEIKTILA, BURMA ; ATTACK ON YEWE, NEAR YEWE, BURMA 1945 · Educational EASTER SERVICES AT 5TH DIVISION, MEIKTILA, BURMA ; ATTACK ON YEWE, NEAR YEWE, BURMA Produced: April 1, 1945–April 5, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/17753 Internet Archive BREMEN AIRPORT, GERMANY ; XV CORPS STAFF CONFERENCE, AKYAB ISLAND, OFF CENTRAL COAST OF BURMA 1945 · Educational BREMEN AIRPORT, GERMANY ; XV CORPS STAFF CONFERENCE, AKYAB ISLAND, OFF CENTRAL COAST OF BURMA Produced: May 5, 1945–April 25, 1945… Internet Archive 305TH REGT, 77TH DIV, TAKING HILL NO. 85, OUTSKIRTS SW OF MEDEERA, OKINAWA, RYUKYU ISLANDS 1945 · Educational 305TH REGT, 77TH DIV, TAKING HILL NO. 85, OUTSKIRTS SW OF MEDEERA, OKINAWA, RYUKYU ISLANDS Produced: June 22, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18650 Internet Archive FILM EXECUTIVES ON TOUR SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE 1945 · Educational FILM EXECUTIVES ON TOUR SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18785 Internet Archive YAMASHITA TRIAL, SECOND DAY, MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT L. EICHELBERGER VISITS 81ST DIVISION, AOMORI, JAPAN 1945 · Educational YAMASHITA TRIAL, SECOND DAY, MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT L. EICHELBERGER VISITS 81ST DIVISION, AOMORI, JAPAN Produced: October 30,… Internet Archive PARIS. [No.] 319, PRESENTATION, BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY ; PARIS. [No.] 324, AWARDS AND PARADE, KUNZELSAU, GERMANY ; PARIS. [No.] 325, RE-ENLISTMENTS SWORN IN AT CAMP BALTIMORE, SOUTHERN PART OF FRANCE 1945 · Educational PARIS. [No.] 319, PRESENTATION, BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY ; PARIS. [No.] 324, AWARDS AND PARADE, KUNZELSAU, GERMANY ; PARIS. [No.] 325, RE-ENLISTMENTS SWORN IN AT… Internet Archive PARIS. [No.] 545, WAR CRIMES TRIALS, NUREMBERG, GERMANY 1946 · Educational PARIS. [No.] 545, WAR CRIMES TRIALS, NUREMBERG, GERMANY Produced: February 8, 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19637 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: June 19, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20306 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/20684 Internet Archive JAPANESE RAID ON SAI PAN 1944 · Educational JAPANESE RAID ON SAI PAN November 26, 1944–November 27, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23409 Internet Archive MEIKTILA CAMPAIGN 1945 · Educational MEIKTILA CAMPAIGN February 14, 1945–February 25, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23481 Internet Archive Native patrols & damage, Vella Iavella [sic], Solomons 1943 · Educational Native patrols & damage, Vella Iavella [sic], Solomons Produced: October 29, 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75878 Internet Archive INVASION OF AGUNIA SHIMA: MARINES IN ACTION, NATIVES 1945 · Educational INVASION OF AGUNIA SHIMA: MARINES IN ACTION, NATIVES Produced: June 25, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79504 Internet Archive AFTERMATH OF TWO F4U'S MIDAIR CRASH, VELLA LAVELLA FLD., NEW GEORGIA ISLAND 1943 · Educational AFTERMATH OF TWO F4U'S MIDAIR CRASH, VELLA LAVELLA FLD., NEW GEORGIA ISLAND Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75981 Internet Archive REVIEW OF WW II (IN PACIFIC) ON ITS IST. ANNIVERSARY 1940 · Educational REVIEW OF WW II (IN PACIFIC) ON ITS IST. ANNIVERSARY Produced: 1940 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/80028 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 INVASION OF SAIPAN: TOWN OF GARAPAN BURNS; RESERVE FORCES MOVE UP TO FRONT LINES 1944 · Educational INVASION OF SAIPAN: TOWN OF GARAPAN BURNS; RESERVE FORCES MOVE UP TO FRONT LINES Covers: July 3, 1944–July 5, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77146 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 SALVAGE OF NORMANDIE NEW YORK 1943 · Educational SALVAGE OF NORMANDIE NEW YORK Produced: August 9, 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77321 Internet Archive SALVAGE OF S.S. NORMANDIE, NEW YORK 1943 · Educational SALVAGE OF S.S. NORMANDIE, NEW YORK Produced: August 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77322 Internet Archive US FORCES INVADE WAKDE IS. AND ARERE, DUTCH NEW GUINEA 1944 · Educational US FORCES INVADE WAKDE IS. AND ARERE, DUTCH NEW GUINEA Produced: May 17, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76981 Internet Archive BOMBARDMENT OF GUAM AND TINIAN: NAVAL ACTIVITY OF SAIPAN & TINLAN 1944 · Educational BOMBARDMENT OF GUAM AND TINIAN: NAVAL ACTIVITY OF SAIPAN & TINLAN Produced: July 29, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77256 Internet Archive INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE: UNLOADING RATIONS ON BEACHHEAD, BEACH BATTALION BARRACKS 1944 · Educational INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE: UNLOADING RATIONS ON BEACHHEAD, BEACH BATTALION BARRACKS Produced: August 18, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77382