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8,305–8,352 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 The Mummy's Hand VHS Copy 1940 · Film A couple of comical, out-of-work archaeologists (Dick Foran and Wallace Ford) in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess… Internet Archive B-29 BOMBINGS 1945 · Educational B-29 BOMBINGS Produced: February 7, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24260 Internet Archive V-2 ROCKET 1948 · Educational V-2 ROCKET Produced: April 1948 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23265 Internet Archive Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff 1949 · Commercial Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the… Internet Archive 1949 reissue trailer for The Wizard of Oz 1949 · Commercial · 2 min When MGM reissued the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz during 1949, they prepared two trailers. This particular trailer pitches the film towards adults. Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: October 15, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20514 Internet Archive Airstrip and town on Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Airstrip and town on Iwo Jima Produced: April 11, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79041 Internet Archive OPERATIONS ABOARD A BRITISH CV 1945 · Educational OPERATIONS ABOARD A BRITISH CV Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79137 Internet Archive LANDING ON GREEN ISLAND 1944 · Educational LANDING ON GREEN ISLAND Produced: August 21, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77204 Internet Archive TASK FORCE FORMS UP NAPLES HARBOR FOR INVASION SOUTHERN FRANCE 1944 · Educational TASK FORCE FORMS UP NAPLES HARBOR FOR INVASION SOUTHERN FRANCE Produced: August 12, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77327 Internet Archive UNLOADING OPERATIONS & OFF SHORE ACTIVITY, INVASION OF FRANCE 1944 · Educational UNLOADING OPERATIONS & OFF SHORE ACTIVITY, INVASION OF FRANCE Produced: June 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77080 Internet Archive SCENES OF TOULON HARBOR SHOWING SCUTTLED FRENCH SHIPS 1944 · Educational SCENES OF TOULON HARBOR SHOWING SCUTTLED FRENCH SHIPS Produced: August 30, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77424 Internet Archive TOWING & PLACING UNITS OF ARTIFICIAL HARBORS, UNLOADING ACTIVITY, NORMANDY BEACHHEAD 1944 · Educational TOWING & PLACING UNITS OF ARTIFICIAL HARBORS, UNLOADING ACTIVITY, NORMANDY BEACHHEAD June 8, 1944–June 10, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77660 Internet Archive FORD MOTOR COMPANY STUDIES IN PERFORMANCE RATING] 1946 · Educational FORD MOTOR COMPANY STUDIES IN PERFORMANCE RATING] Produced: 1946 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive [SAM HILL GOES TO A PREMIERE, THE] 1940 · Educational [SAM HILL GOES TO A PREMIERE, THE] Produced: 1940 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93578 Internet Archive FORD RECONNAISSANCE CARS JOIN THE ARMY 1941 · Educational FORD RECONNAISSANCE CARS JOIN THE ARMY Produced: 1941 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93619 Internet Archive [DYNAMIC KERNELS: HARVESTING WHEAT] 1944 · Educational [DYNAMIC KERNELS: HARVESTING WHEAT] Produced: 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93805 Internet Archive The Inspector General 1949 · Commercial An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him… Internet Archive One Night in the Tropics trailer 1940 · Commercial · 3 min IMDb Page Internet Archive Diary of a Sergeant 1945 · Educational Diary of a Sergeant Produced: 1945 Description This film on the rehabilitation of an injured soldier who lost his hands in action stars Harold Russel, the… Internet Archive In the Navy trailer 1941 · Commercial · 2 min IMDb Page Internet Archive LIBERATION OF PARIS 1944 · Educational LIBERATION OF PARIS Produced: 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24206 Internet Archive Superman Max Fleischer ( Superman Billion Dollar Limited Eleventh Hour) ( Producciones Panter Dibujos Animados Vol 8) 1941 · Film Superman (VHS) Internet Archive Reunion. 1945 · Film An understated account of the liberation of French prisoners from Nazi concentration camps. Shows the removal of the prisoners to temporary hospitals and… Internet Archive WAR NEWS FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC [ETC.] 1943 · Educational WAR NEWS FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC [ETC.] Produced: 1943 Description Part 1, nurses arrive at Port Moresby, New Guinea, and seriously wounded soldiers are… Internet Archive Ellwood F. Hoffmann - 1944 Colo Bryce Zion Canyons No 2 1944 · Home movie 1944 Colo Bryce Zion Canyons No 2 Internet Archive Feeling All Right 1948 · Film Public health film informing African Americans about syphilis and its prevention. Feeling All Right contextualizes the problem by focusing on a community… Internet Archive PRACTICE LANDINGS ON GREAT SITKIN ISLAND, ALEUTIANS ; ADMIRAL KINKAID'S HQ 1941 · Educational PRACTICE LANDINGS ON GREAT SITKIN ISLAND, ALEUTIANS ; ADMIRAL KINKAID'S HQ Covers: ca. 1941–ca. 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/14236 Internet Archive JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE IN BRITISH TERRITORY, MOKPALIN AND WAW, BURMA 1945 · Educational JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE IN BRITISH TERRITORY, MOKPALIN AND WAW, BURMA Produced: August 30, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/19048 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: January 27, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20194 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Covers: October 3, 1947–October 14, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20513 Internet Archive WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN 1947 · Educational WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Produced: October 8, 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20519 Internet Archive AK-63 USS THEENIN AND COAST GUARD PB4Y-1 1945 · Educational AK-63 USS THEENIN AND COAST GUARD PB4Y-1 Produced: July 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79093 Internet Archive ADNIRAL [SIC] RICHARDSON TAKES OVER COMMAND OF US FLEET FROM BLACK 1942 · Educational ADNIRAL [SIC] RICHARDSON TAKES OVER COMMAND OF US FLEET FROM BLACK Produced: 1942 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/80411 Internet Archive SEGI STRIP PILOTS RECREATION; BATOUNA MISSION; CB CORAL TRUCK FERRY, NEW GEORGIA IS 1943 · Educational SEGI STRIP PILOTS RECREATION; BATOUNA MISSION; CB CORAL TRUCK FERRY, NEW GEORGIA IS Covers: November 9, 1943–November 18, 1943… Internet Archive BOMBARDMENT OF GUAM FROM USS NEW MEXICO 1944 · Educational BOMBARDMENT OF GUAM FROM USS NEW MEXICO Produced: July 3, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77181 Internet Archive INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE; LCs APPROACH BEACH THRU SMOKE SCREEN 1944 · Educational INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE; LCs APPROACH BEACH THRU SMOKE SCREEN Produced: August 12, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77328 Internet Archive CHRISTENING & LAUNCHING OF S.S. JOHN P. HARRIS, SAVANNAH, GA 1944 · Educational CHRISTENING & LAUNCHING OF S.S. JOHN P. HARRIS, SAVANNAH, GA Produced: September 14, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77707 Internet Archive STEERING WITH STANDARDS. [PART I] 1945 · Educational STEERING WITH STANDARDS. [PART I] Produced: 1945 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Foremen… Internet Archive [NOAH WEBSTER HOUSE] 1940 · Educational [NOAH WEBSTER HOUSE] Produced: 1940 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Noah Webster Home,… Internet Archive [RUBBER FOR AMERICA] 1941 · Educational [RUBBER FOR AMERICA] Produced: 1941 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Tires move on conveyors… Internet Archive Ford Dealers Convention / Auto Show at Madison Square Garden 1948 · Educational Ford Dealers Convention / Auto Show at Madison Square Garden Produced: 1948 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93826 Internet Archive Theatrical trailer for Ziegfeld Girl 1941 · Commercial · 3 min Theatrical trailer for the 1941 film Ziegfeld Girl , starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, and Lana Turner. Internet Archive SCENES OF MEXICAN OUTING 1947 · Educational SCENES OF MEXICAN OUTING Produced: 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23847 Internet Archive "FREE CHINA" 1944 · Educational "FREE CHINA" June 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23549 Internet Archive Trailer for "Ziegfeld Follies" (1946) (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) 1946 · Commercial · 2 min A Trailer for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical masterpeice "Ziegfeld Follies". I Presume this trailer is from 1946, though I'm probably wrong, as usual. Lots… Internet Archive SELF-PROPELLED ANTIAIRCRAFT AUTOMATIC WEAPONS 1943 · Educational SELF-PROPELLED ANTIAIRCRAFT AUTOMATIC WEAPONS Produced: 1943 Description Describes the M13, M15, and, especially, the M16 mobile half-tracks and demonstrates… Internet Archive Scenes on LSD 1945 · Educational Scenes on LSD Produced: March 26, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79031