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The world's archives

8,977–9,024 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 Marine combat on Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Marine combat on Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78536 Internet Archive The Navy 1940 · Educational The Navy Covers: ca. 1940–ca. 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78728 Internet Archive The Dark Corner trailer 1946 · Commercial · 2 min IMDb Page Internet Archive It's a Wonderful Life 1946 · Commercial Internet Archive Dead Reckoning 1947 · Commercial Paratroopers Captain 'Rip' Murdock and Sergeant Johnny Drake are mysteriously ordered to travel to Washington, DC. When Drake learns that he is to be awarded… Internet Archive Late Spring 1949 · Commercial Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that… Internet Archive Our Town 1940 · Commercial Internet Archive GERMAN NEWSREEL 1946 · Newsreel GERMAN NEWSREEL Produced: 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23718 Internet Archive ORMOC BAY 1944 · Educational ORMOC BAY December 7, 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23459 Internet Archive BOMB DAMAGE TO CITIES OF 1945 · Educational BOMB DAMAGE TO CITIES OF May 15, 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23565 Internet Archive Kiska 1943 · Educational Kiska Produced: August 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78887 Internet Archive Task force 1943 · Educational Task force Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79003 Internet Archive Landings on Attu 1944 · Educational Landings on Attu Produced: 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79262 Internet Archive Landings on Attu 1944 · Educational Landings on Attu Produced: 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79266 Internet Archive GERMAN PARACHUTISTS 1940 · Educational GERMAN PARACHUTISTS Produced: 1940 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/80456 Internet Archive Invasion of Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Invasion of Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78529 Internet Archive Marine activity, Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Marine activity, Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78543 Internet Archive Invasion of Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Invasion of Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78565 Internet Archive Marine action on Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Marine action on Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78571 Internet Archive The Navy 1940 · Educational The Navy Covers: ca. 1940–ca. 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78726 Internet Archive FRESHMEN OF THE FLEET 1945 · Educational FRESHMEN OF THE FLEET Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93516 Internet Archive [THUNDER BAY AND ALPENA] 1947 · Educational [THUNDER BAY AND ALPENA] Produced: 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93631 Internet Archive The March To The Führer (1940) Colourized 1940 · Film March to the Führer 1940. Colourized in 2020. Internet Archive Gilda 1946 · Commercial A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss. Internet Archive Sinners Holiday aka Christmas Eve (1947) Trailer 1947 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1947 Christmas set drama Sinners Holiday aka Christmas… Internet Archive REHABILITATION IN ITALY 1944 · Educational REHABILITATION IN ITALY 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23362 Internet Archive Invasion of Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Invasion of Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78561 Internet Archive The Navy 1940 · Educational The Navy Covers: ca. 1940–ca. 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78722 Internet Archive Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940) Trailer 1940 · Commercial Trailer for the 1940 serial adventure Mysterious Doctor Satan, starring Eduardo Ciannelli, Robert Wilcox and more. Internet Archive The Stork Club 1945 · Commercial Internet Archive MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN COLOGNE 1945 · Educational MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN COLOGNE 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23575 Internet Archive Operations at Kiska 1943 · Educational Operations at Kiska Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78876 Internet Archive The navy 1940 · Educational The navy Covers: ca. 1940–ca. 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78729 Internet Archive KEEP THIS UNDER YOUR HOOD 1940 · Educational KEEP THIS UNDER YOUR HOOD Produced: 1940 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91627 Internet Archive Sahara 1943 · Commercial Sergeant Joe Gunn and his tank crew pick up five British soldiers, a Frenchman and a Sudanese man with an Italian prisoner crossing the Libyan Desert to… Internet Archive Bluebeard 1944 · Commercial Young female models are being strangled inexplicably. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave before more women become victims? Internet Archive Kiska 1943 · Educational Kiska Produced: August 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78886 Internet Archive TESTS ON SB2C 1943 · Educational TESTS ON SB2C Produced: November 23, 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77347 Internet Archive Invasion of Iwo Jima 1945 · Educational Invasion of Iwo Jima Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78539 Internet Archive The Navy 1940 · Educational The Navy Covers: ca. 1940–ca. 1949 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78727 Internet Archive After Mein Kampf 1940 · Commercial Allied propaganda in the form of cartoons and newsreels shows the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Internet Archive FILM EVIDENCE OF NAZI ATROCITIES: VARIOUS CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1945 · Educational FILM EVIDENCE OF NAZI ATROCITIES: VARIOUS CONCENTRATION CAMPS Produced: April 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23767 Internet Archive King of the Zombies 1941 · Commercial During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they… Internet Archive U.S. NAVY FIGHTS OFF JAPANESE SUICIDE PLANES [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39069, LI 208-UN-162 - U.S. NAVY FIGHTS OFF JAPANESE SUICIDE PLANES [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon.… Internet Archive Gentleman's Agreement (1947) [Trailer] 1947 · Commercial · 1 h 58 min Aspect Ratio: 1080p Genre: Drama/Romance/Spirituality & Philosophy MPAA Rating: NR Academy Awards: 3 Internet Archive Topper Returns 1941 · Commercial Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, who was accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her… Internet Archive Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941 · Commercial Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before… Internet Archive GERMANY SURRENDERS IN ITALY [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39168, LI 208-UN-1051 - GERMANY SURRENDERS IN ITALY [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Justin Grimes. Series: Motion…