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8,929–8,976 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 USS NEVADA IS HIT 1945 · Educational USS NEVADA IS HIT March 27, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23643 Internet Archive Marine combat on Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Marine combat on Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78537 Internet Archive The navy 1940 · Educational The navy Covers: ca. 1940–ca. 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78730 Internet Archive [AMPHIBIOUS ARMY CARS] 1942 · Educational [AMPHIBIOUS ARMY CARS] Produced: 1942 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93583 Internet Archive Africa Screams 1949 · Commercial When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and… Internet Archive WOMEN IN DEFENSE 1941 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 38686, LI 208.56 - WOMEN IN DEFENSE - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Propaganda, Information, and… Internet Archive Trailer for Best Foot Forward 1943 · Commercial · 1 min Theatrical trailer for the 1943 American musical comedy film. Internet Archive Black Friday trailer 1940 · Commercial · 1 min IMDb Page Internet Archive Ghost Train aka Yurei ressha (1949) Japanese Language Trailer 1949 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Japanese language trailer with no English subtitles. Trailer for the 1949… Internet Archive SEEDS OF DESTINY 1945 · Educational SEEDS OF DESTINY Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/20123 Internet Archive NAVAL TASK FORCE ENGAGES ENEMY 1945 · Educational NAVAL TASK FORCE ENGAGES ENEMY 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23413 Internet Archive ABOARD THE USS MISSOURI 1945 · Educational ABOARD THE USS MISSOURI September 2, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23691 Internet Archive Kiska operations 1943 · Educational Kiska operations Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78880 Internet Archive Kiska operations 1943 · Educational Kiska operations Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78881 Internet Archive SUNSET IN THE PACIFIC 1944 · Educational SUNSET IN THE PACIFIC Covers: 1944–1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87693 Internet Archive INVASION OF IWO JIMA 1945 · Educational INVASION OF IWO JIMA Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77295 Internet Archive Invasion of Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Invasion of Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78531 Internet Archive Invisible Agent trailer 1942 · Commercial · 1 min IMDb Page Internet Archive The Thief of Bagdad 1940 · Commercial When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well… Internet Archive BLANCHE BAY, REBAUL 1943 · Educational BLANCHE BAY, REBAUL Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24238 Internet Archive BATTLE OF TANGERMUNDE BRIDGE 1945 · Educational BATTLE OF TANGERMUNDE BRIDGE May 10, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23537 Internet Archive MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN COLOGNE 1945 · Educational MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN COLOGNE 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23576 Internet Archive US 1ST CAVALRY DIV IN JAPAN 1946 · Educational US 1ST CAVALRY DIV IN JAPAN June 21, 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23690 Internet Archive Kiska 1943 · Educational Kiska Produced: August 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78883 Internet Archive SUNSET IN THE PACIFIC 1944 · Educational SUNSET IN THE PACIFIC Covers: 1944–1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87693 Internet Archive GREAT LAKES STORY 1945 · Educational GREAT LAKES STORY Produced: October 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/87568 Internet Archive The Navy 1940 · Educational The Navy Covers: ca. 1940–ca. 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78724 Internet Archive The Adventures of Tartu 1943 · Commercial Internet Archive So Proudly We Hail! trailer 1943 · Commercial · 1 min IMDb Page Internet Archive PRE-"V" DAY ATTACKS 1945 · Educational PRE-"V" DAY ATTACKS Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24234 Internet Archive Giornale Luce. No. 366 1943 · Educational Giornale Luce. No. 366 Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78930 Internet Archive Deck scenes 1945 · Educational Deck scenes Produced: February 12, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78515 Internet Archive Invasion of Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Invasion of Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78564 Internet Archive Jungle Book 1942 · Commercial Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book is given the full treatment in this lavish retelling filled with huge sets, exotic animals, a large cast and the incomparable… Internet Archive The Purple Monster Strikes (1945) Serial Trailer 1945 · Commercial Trailer for the 1945 serial adventure The Purple Monster Strikes, starring Dennis Moore. Internet Archive AERIAL WIRE LAYING 1945 · Educational AERIAL WIRE LAYING Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24266 Internet Archive GENERAL BERNARD L. MONTGOMERY 1945 · Educational GENERAL BERNARD L. MONTGOMERY 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23561 Internet Archive MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN COLOGNE 1945 · Educational MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN COLOGNE 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23574 Internet Archive Kiska 1943 · Educational Kiska Produced: August 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78885 Internet Archive Giornale Luce. No. 340 1943 · Educational Giornale Luce. No. 340 Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78931 Internet Archive [FORD SUPERVISOR'S STRIKE] 1947 · Educational [FORD SUPERVISOR'S STRIKE] Produced: 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93678 Internet Archive This Happy Breed 1944 · Commercial Internet Archive Dillinger trailer 1945 · Commercial · 2 min IMDb Page Internet Archive Dr. Cyclops (1940) Trailer 1940 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1940 fantasy adventure Dr. Cyclops, directed by Ernest B.… Internet Archive HEAVY WATER PLANTS 1945 · Educational HEAVY WATER PLANTS September 24, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23682 Internet Archive Giornale Luce. No. 346 1943 · Educational Giornale Luce. No. 346 Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78937 Internet Archive Action on Attu 1944 · Educational Action on Attu Produced: 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79267 Internet Archive FIGHTING LADYMN-5298 1944 · Educational FIGHTING LADYMN-5298 Produced: 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77872