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8,257–8,304 of 43,004 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

Where these films come from, and who sees what

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 INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE: SHIPS IN CAVALAIRE BAY, GERMAN PRISONERS 1944 · Educational INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE: SHIPS IN CAVALAIRE BAY, GERMAN PRISONERS Produced: August 18, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77383 Internet Archive ADM. TOWERS, GEN. SMITH & GEN. SCHMIDT GIVE STATEMENTS ON IWO JIMA 1945 · Educational ADM. TOWERS, GEN. SMITH & GEN. SCHMIDT GIVE STATEMENTS ON IWO JIMA Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78043 Internet Archive Scenes on Iwo Jima (D-Day-Plus 6) 1945 · Educational Scenes on Iwo Jima (D-Day-Plus 6) Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78528 Internet Archive Flag officers attend flag raising ceremonies on Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Flag officers attend flag raising ceremonies on Iwo Jima Covers: March 13, 1945–March 14, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78642 Internet Archive [FORD PRESS PREVIEW 1941] 1940 · Educational [FORD PRESS PREVIEW 1941] Produced: 1940 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Crowd on dock,… Internet Archive FORD RECONNISSANCE CARS JOIN THE ARMY 1941 · Educational FORD RECONNISSANCE CARS JOIN THE ARMY Produced: 1941 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ford… Internet Archive FAIRY FANTASIES IN STONE-BRYCE NATIONAL PARK 1941 · Educational FAIRY FANTASIES IN STONE-BRYCE NATIONAL PARK Produced: 1941 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93614 Internet Archive [U.S.O. VANS AT FORD ROTUNDA] 1941 · Educational [U.S.O. VANS AT FORD ROTUNDA] Produced: 1941 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: United Service… Internet Archive [SPEECH AND FILM BY ROSCOE SMITH] 1949 · Educational [SPEECH AND FILM BY ROSCOE SMITH] Produced: 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93890 Internet Archive CANADIAN FIRE SWEEPS HUGE PULPWOOD STOCKS [ETC.] 1946 · Educational CANADIAN FIRE SWEEPS HUGE PULPWOOD STOCKS [ETC.] Produced: 1946 Description Part 1 shows night scenes of the fire and views of damage, including a buckled… Internet Archive THE BRITISH AND CURRENT AFFAIRS 1943 · Educational THE BRITISH AND CURRENT AFFAIRS Produced: 1943 Description On methods of orientation used in the British Army. Reel 1 shows British troops advancing in Libya,… Internet Archive Ride 'em Cowboy trailer 1942 · Commercial · 2 min IMDb Page Internet Archive UNITED NATIONS 1945 · Educational UNITED NATIONS Produced: May 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23839 Internet Archive BERLIN PROTEST 1949 · Educational BERLIN PROTEST Produced: May 19, 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23916 Internet Archive PHILIPPINES, 1898 - 1946 1945 · Educational PHILIPPINES, 1898 - 1946 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23395 Internet Archive CHINESE ARMY 1945 · Educational CHINESE ARMY July 14, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23586 Internet Archive She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949) 1990s Sunday Movie Classic Trailer 1949 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Sunday Movie Classic 1990s TV trailer for the 1949 Western classic She… Internet Archive "FRANCE RETURNS!", HALLE AIRPORT, GERMANY 1945 · Educational "FRANCE RETURNS!", HALLE AIRPORT, GERMANY Covers: May 27, 1945–May 31, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18727 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: June 19, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20304 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: August 5, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20326 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: September 8, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20395 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: September 11, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20417 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: November 12, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20555 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1948 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: February 19, 1948 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20754 Internet Archive WACS, CAMP LEE, VA ; SELECTED SCENES FROM "COUNTER MORTAR", FT. SILL, OKLA. 1949 · Educational WACS, CAMP LEE, VA ; SELECTED SCENES FROM "COUNTER MORTAR", FT. SILL, OKLA. Produced: April 1, 1949–March 23, 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/21235 Internet Archive PV-1s IN FLIGHT ENROUTE RUSSELL ISLANDS 1943 · Educational PV-1s IN FLIGHT ENROUTE RUSSELL ISLANDS Produced: October 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75970 Internet Archive GENERAL SCENES ABOARD USS RANGER CV 4, 1942 1942 · Educational GENERAL SCENES ABOARD USS RANGER CV 4, 1942 Produced: 1942 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/80546 Internet Archive PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION 1949 1949 · Educational PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION 1949 Produced: 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87596 Internet Archive SAIPAN INVASION; TRANSPORT AREA; CRUISERS; EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES ON BEACH 1944 · Educational SAIPAN INVASION; TRANSPORT AREA; CRUISERS; EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES ON BEACH Produced: June 15, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77098 Internet Archive BOMBARDMENT OF GUAM, SHIPBOARD SCENES ON BB 1944 · Educational BOMBARDMENT OF GUAM, SHIPBOARD SCENES ON BB Produced: July 14, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77178 Internet Archive KING GEO. VI OF ENG. VISITS ADM. HEWITT"S FLAGSHIP 1944 · Educational KING GEO. VI OF ENG. VISITS ADM. HEWITT"S FLAGSHIP Produced: July 24, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77199 Internet Archive INVASION OF GUAM: OA BOMBARDS IS.: GEN.SMITH APPROACHES BEACH IN DUCK 1944 · Educational INVASION OF GUAM: OA BOMBARDS IS.: GEN.SMITH APPROACHES BEACH IN DUCK Produced: July 25, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77228 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 ROOSEVELT, NIMITZ, McARTHUR, LEAHY CONFER ON HOLMES ESTATE, WAIKAIKI 1944 · Educational ROOSEVELT, NIMITZ, McARTHUR, LEAHY CONFER ON HOLMES ESTATE, WAIKAIKI Produced: July 30, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77222 Internet Archive CARRIER ROUTINE ACTIVITY 1945 · Educational CARRIER ROUTINE ACTIVITY Produced: January 31, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78141 Internet Archive Operation Bat; Bat target corner reflector 1947 · Educational Operation Bat; Bat target corner reflector Produced: February 17, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78566 Internet Archive General H. M. Smith and staff on Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational General H. M. Smith and staff on Iwo Jima Produced: May 1945 Shot List , 1) CU General Smith and staff. 2) CU Map. 3) CU General Smith. 4) CU Staff. 5) LS… Internet Archive [GREENFIELD VILLAGE] 1940 · Educational [GREENFIELD VILLAGE] Produced: 1940 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Greenfield Village.… Internet Archive [STEERING WITH STANDARDS, PART II] 1945 · Educational [STEERING WITH STANDARDS, PART II] Produced: 1945 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Steering… Internet Archive SCIENCE RULES THE ROUGE. [PART I] 1941 · Educational SCIENCE RULES THE ROUGE. [PART I] Produced: 1941 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93479 Internet Archive [DISMANTLING WATER TOWER AND MOORING MAST] 1945 · Educational [DISMANTLING WATER TOWER AND MOORING MAST] Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93591 Internet Archive [CHILDREN, GREENFIELD VILLAGE] 1940 · Educational [CHILDREN, GREENFIELD VILLAGE] Produced: 1940 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93689 Internet Archive Dynamic Kernels / New Ford Car 1944 · Educational Dynamic Kernels / New Ford Car Produced: 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7422382 Internet Archive ALIEN ROUNDUP 1942 · Educational ALIEN ROUNDUP Produced: 1942 Description Unedited footage shows Japanese aliens being questioned and fingerprinted. Japanese evacuees and their belongings are… Internet Archive U.S. CARRIER "ROOSEVELT" LEAVES NAVY YARD [ETC.] 1945 · Educational U.S. CARRIER "ROOSEVELT" LEAVES NAVY YARD [ETC.] Produced: 1945 Description Part 1 shows the Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Hudson River. Part 2, German POW's… Internet Archive Het opblazen van de watertoren in Zandvoort 1943 · Film Het opblazen van de watertoren in Zandvoort Internet Archive "BOMBING OF BURMA" 1943 · Educational "BOMBING OF BURMA" Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24240 Internet Archive GERMAN NEWSREEL 1940 · Newsreel GERMAN NEWSREEL 1940–1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23422