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The world's archives

8,833–8,880 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 BEACH OBSTACLES 1942 · Educational BEACH OBSTACLES Produced: 1942 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/15113 Internet Archive SEEDS OF DESTINY 1945 · Educational SEEDS OF DESTINY Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20120 Internet Archive MARINES ON OKINAWA 1945 · Educational MARINES ON OKINAWA Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79463 Internet Archive INVASION OF IWO JIMA 1945 · Educational INVASION OF IWO JIMA Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77295 Internet Archive FRENCH DECORATE AMERICANS 1945 · Educational FRENCH DECORATE AMERICANS July 11, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23608 Internet Archive WILLOW RUN 1943 · Educational WILLOW RUN Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93652 Internet Archive Bugs Bunny-War Bonds 1943 · Commercial · 1 min Bugs Bunny making a pitch to buy war bonds. Directed by Leon Schlesinger Internet Archive [AUTO SHOW AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN] 1949 · Educational [AUTO SHOW AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN] Produced: February 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93830 Internet Archive LEIPZIG, GERMANY 1945 · Educational LEIPZIG, GERMANY Produced: July 5, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18736 Internet Archive NAZI PRISONERS IN MOSCOW 1945 · Educational NAZI PRISONERS IN MOSCOW 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23439 Internet Archive Giornale Luce. No. 338 1943 · Educational Giornale Luce. No. 338 Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78932 Internet Archive ACTION ON IWO JIMA 1945 · Educational ACTION ON IWO JIMA Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78057 Internet Archive Marines on Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Marines on Iwo Jima Produced: March 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78631 Internet Archive His Girl Friday trailer 1940 · Commercial · 2 min IMDb Page Internet Archive Trailer for The Harvey Girls [Upgrade] 1946 · Commercial · 2 min Theatrical trailer for the 1946 American film starring Judy Garland. Note: Upgrade of old upload. Internet Archive OKINAWA BEACH SCENES 1945 · Educational OKINAWA BEACH SCENES Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77294 Internet Archive Marine combat on Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Marine combat on Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78534 Internet Archive Action on Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Action on Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78557 Internet Archive Wing and a Prayer trailer 1944 · Commercial · 1 min IMDb Page Internet Archive 82ND AIRBORNE PARADE 1947 · Educational 82ND AIRBORNE PARADE Produced: 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23822 Internet Archive CHARTRES 1944 · Educational CHARTRES Produced: July 31, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24250 Internet Archive ANTHONY EDEN 1943 · Educational ANTHONY EDEN Produced: June 25, 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23342 Internet Archive GERMAN NEWSREEL 1940 · Newsreel GERMAN NEWSREEL 1940–1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23506 Internet Archive WAVES IN HAWAII 1945 · Educational WAVES IN HAWAII Produced: June 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79691 Internet Archive The Ape Boris Karloff VHS COPY 1940 · Film Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly mad scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs spinal fluid from a human to complete the formula for his… Internet Archive YAMASHITA TRIAL 1940 · Educational YAMASHITA TRIAL Covers: 1940–1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23837 Internet Archive GUAM 1949 · Educational GUAM Produced: October 13, 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/21365 Internet Archive OKINAWA BEACH SCENES 1945 · Educational OKINAWA BEACH SCENES Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77294 Internet Archive Invasion of Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Invasion of Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78538 Internet Archive Assault on Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Assault on Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78645 Internet Archive ALL OUT FOR BASEBALL 1947 · Educational ALL OUT FOR BASEBALL Produced: 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93636 Internet Archive Nightmare Alley trailer 1947 · Commercial · 2 min IMDb Page Internet Archive Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein trailer 1948 · Commercial · 1 min IMDb Page Internet Archive INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FAR EAST 1946 · Educational INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FAR EAST Produced: May 3, 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23746 Internet Archive THE NEGRO SOLDIER 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35956 / Local Identifier 111-M-6022 THE NEGRO SOLDIER Department of Defense. Department of the… Internet Archive Tarzan's New York Adventure trailer 1942 · Commercial · 2 min IMDb Page Internet Archive MARINE ACTION, OKINAWA 1945 · Educational MARINE ACTION, OKINAWA Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79451 Internet Archive [FUNERAL OF HENRY FORD] 1947 · Educational [FUNERAL OF HENRY FORD] Produced: 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93645 Internet Archive Qintex Entertainment/Colorization Inc/Liberty Films (1946/1988/1986) 1946 · Film Taken from the infamous Hal Roach colorized version of It's a Wonderful Life, coming from the 1989 VHS release. This is infamous for often being considered a… Internet Archive The Negro Soldier 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Local Identifier 111-OF-51 The Negro Soldier See ARC Identifier 35956. Reel 1, Negro soldiers and Women's Air… Internet Archive The Woman in Green 1945 · Commercial Internet Archive Congress Opens 1949 · Educational Congress Opens Produced: 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23980 Internet Archive NAVAL ACTION IN THE PHILIPPINES 1945 · Educational NAVAL ACTION IN THE PHILIPPINES 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23414 Internet Archive SURRENDER OF SINGAPORE 1945 · Educational SURRENDER OF SINGAPORE September 5, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23661 Internet Archive Giornale Luce. No. 362 1942 · Educational Giornale Luce. No. 362 Produced: 1942 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78935 Internet Archive Marine combat on Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Marine combat on Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78527 Internet Archive Roy Rogers Texas Legionnaires VHS Copy 1943 · Film Roy returns home and encounters a feud between cattle and sheep ranchers. Appointed deputy sheriff, Roy manages to settle the feud, stage a musical… Internet Archive Gentleman's Agreement trailer 1947 · Commercial IMDb Page