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9,217–9,264 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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
|---|---|
| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage. |
Internet Archive
Task force
Task force Produced: 1943 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79001
Internet Archive
INVASION OF EUROPE
INVASION OF EUROPE Produced: 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77172
Internet Archive
[SCIENCE RULES THE ROUGE]
[SCIENCE RULES THE ROUGE] Produced: 1941 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93480
Internet Archive
THORACIC SURGERY--PART III: FOREIGN BODIES IN THE PERICARDIUM AND HEART
Department of Defense PIN 25841 THORACIC SURGERY--PART III: FOREIGN BODIES IN THE PERICARDIUM AND HEART DIAGNOSTIC PLANNING, SURGICAL, AND POST OPERATIVE…
Internet Archive
Till the Clouds Roll By
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists,…
Internet Archive
The Ape
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental…
Internet Archive
GERMAN NEWSREEL
GERMAN NEWSREEL Produced: 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23717
Internet Archive
Dead Men Walk
When a small town doctor buries his twin brother, a practitioner of the black arts, he believes him dead; but subsequent events force him to realize that his…
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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One Body Too Many
An insurance salesman, Albert Tuttle, is hired as a body guard for a millionaire.
Internet Archive
Late Spring
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
Black Dragons
It is prior to the commencement of World War II, and Japan's fiendish Black Dragon Society is hatching an evil plot with the Nazis. They instruct a brilliant…
Internet Archive
[FRESHMEN OF THE FLEET]
[FRESHMEN OF THE FLEET] Produced: 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93518
Internet Archive
[FORD SUPERVISOR'S STRIKE]
[FORD SUPERVISOR'S STRIKE] Produced: 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93673
Internet Archive
COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 51
Department of Defense PIN 20315 COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 51 STORY OF REMAGEN BRIDGE CAPTURE--NAVY MOVES INLAND-- PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS--ADVANCE ON…
Internet Archive
It's a Wonderful Life
Internet Archive
Trailer for State Fair
Theatrical trailer for the 1945 American film. Unfortunately this is a PAL copy.
Internet Archive
The Talk of the Town
When the Holmes Woolen Mill burns down, political activist Leopold Dilg is jailed for arson and accidental murder. Escaping, Leopold hides out in the home of…
Internet Archive
FRENCH NEWSREEL
FRENCH NEWSREEL Produced: 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23724
Internet Archive
It's a Wonderful Life
Internet Archive
Drunken Angel
Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to convince…
Internet Archive
NATURE'S CAMEO
NATURE'S CAMEO Produced: 1946 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93658
Internet Archive
[FORD UNION ELECTION]
[FORD UNION ELECTION] Produced: 1947 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93675
Internet Archive
FILM EVIDENCE OF NAZI ATROCITIES: VARIOUS CONCENTRATION CAMPS
FILM EVIDENCE OF NAZI ATROCITIES: VARIOUS CONCENTRATION CAMPS Produced: April 1945 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23768
Internet Archive
The Uninvited
Internet Archive
The Woman in Green
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes…
Internet Archive
Riders of Death Valley
The Saturday matinee crowd got two cowboy stars for the price of one in this lavishly budgeted western serial starring former singing cowboy Dick Foran and…
Internet Archive
[DYNAMIC KERNALS]
[DYNAMIC KERNALS] Produced: 1944 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93514
Internet Archive
It's a Wonderful Life
Internet Archive
They Made Me a Killer
A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder charges.
Internet Archive
Theatrical trailer for Ziegfeld Girl (upgrade)
Theatrical trailer for the 1941 American film.
Internet Archive
Cover Girl
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
Internet Archive
(Nurenberg (Reel 2 of 8)
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 2524662, LI 200-PL-82 - (Nurenberg (Reel 2 of 8) - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Pare Lorentz Films,…
Internet Archive
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Open Images
The Netherlands feeds itself
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
Ice pleasure in the attic
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
Bij het centraal instituut voor sportleiders
Om in het gebrek aan gekwalificeerde sportleiders te voorzien heeft het ministerie van Onderwijs, Kunsten en Wetenschappen een Centraal Instituut voor de…
Open Images
Folklore from Twente
In Rotterdam wonende Twentenaren houden Twentse gebruiken in ere, als er bij een Twentse familie een baby wordt geboren. SHOTS: Mannen en vrouwen in Twentse…
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DIY houses at Philips
In Eindhoven werken een aantal Philips-werknemers op zaterdagmiddag aan de bouw van een eigen woning. SHOTS: - Ext.+ int. Philipsfabriek, waar div.…
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Amsterdam receives road safety lessons
De Amsterdamse verkeerspolitie leert weggebruikers correct verkeersgedrag. SHOTS: een jeep, waarop een omroepinstallatie is gemonteerd, rijdt door de straten…
Open Images
Here is the weather forecast of the KNMI in De Bilt
T.g.v. het feit dat de Nederlandse weerkundige Buys Ballot 100 jaar geleden begon met weerkundige waarnemingen een impressie van het KNMI in De Bilt. SHOTS: -…
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The lawsuit against the seven tyrants
Voor het Bijzonder Gerechtshof in Amsterdam staat de Duitse kampleiding van het voormalige concentratiekamp Amersfoort terecht (van 16 t/m 23 november) wegens…
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Opening of the Russian honorary cemetery
Een gedeelte van de begraafplaats Rusthof bij Amersfoort is door de Nederlandse regering ingericht als erekerkhof voor Russen die gedurende de Tweede…
Open Images
Paardenmarkt
Paardenmarkt in Zuidlaren: paarden; belangstellenden (veelal als boer gekleed); handelaars kopen en verkopen dmv handjeklap.
Open Images
Smoke contest
In een zaal te Zwolle zijn een aantal mannen bijeengekomen. Ze krijgen de man één sigaar uitgereikt. Op een teken steken ze er allemaal de brand in en…
Open Images
Maisoogst in de omgeving van Apeldoorn
In de omgeving van Apeldoorn is de maïs rijp om geoogst te worden. Twee manieren van oogsten getoond: eerst de oude methode waarbij een groep landarbeiders de…
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Demolition of the defences along the coast
In de Tweede Wereldoorlog werden aan de Noorzeekust, t.b.v. de aanleg van de zgn. Atlantikwall, overal in de duinen bunkers gebouwd. Nu worden ze opgeruimd…
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Catastrofale veembrand
De pakhuizen van het Blauwhoeden- en Vriesseveem aan de Oostelijke Handelskade in Amsterdam, de grootste koelhuizen van Europa, staan in brand. SHOTS: De…