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2,257–2,304 of 42,480 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 Dragonwyck (1946) 1946 · Feature For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes… Internet Archive Captain America: Chapter 2 - Mechanical Executioner 1944 · Short · 15 min Taken from IMDB : Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the arch-villain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device… Internet Archive We, The People (Willkie & McNary Know Their Farming) 1940 · Film · Subtitles • 19:34:58- 19:35:25 Interesting image of a politician (Wendell A. Willkie) in suit and tie walking along rows of corn with a farmer (in a straw hat). He… Internet Archive The Suspect (1944) 1944 · Feature Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking… Internet Archive 1941 Ich Klage An (Matthias Wiemann) 1941 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1941. Ich klage an.. u.a mit Friedrich Kayssler und Matthias Wiemann.. Internet Archive Pirro and The Magnet 1948 · Film · Subtitles Description of science and the properties of magnetism featuring Pirro, a clown marionette. From the Pirro Series. no. 5 "The Magnet" Can: Atlanta Board of… Internet Archive This is Robert: A Study of Personality Growth in a Preschool Child 1942 · Film · Subtitles Traces the development of Robert, an aggressive, "difficult", yet appealing child, from his arrival in nursery school at two up through his first year in a… Internet Archive Wilson Dam School, The 1942 · Film · Subtitles An elementary-school program at Wilson Dam School, Alabama, providing a wide range of activities for children at each age level. The total program made… Internet Archive Westward Movement, The 1941 · Film · Subtitles PICTURES THRU ANIMATION WESTWARD MIGRATION OF PEOPLES ACROSS UNITED STATES DURING PERIOD OF 1790 TO 1890. PORTRAYS ROUTES OF MIGRATION & TRANSPORTATION,… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Summers collection: New Orleans to San Francisco, ca. 1941] 1941 · Home movie · Subtitles Title card: "New Orleans and return to San Francisco, 1941"Various street scenes of New Orleans are followed by shots of boats and a few shots of the… Internet Archive Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940; smallest download) 1940 · Feature · 1 h 14 min [Doctor Kildare's Strange Case] The story was co-authored by Max Brand, the creator of Dr. Kildare. Actors: Lew Ayres; Lionel Barrymore; Laraine Day Runtime:… Internet Archive Unid. Soundie "One Look at You"? (Juvenile Jubilee) 1940 · Film · Subtitles 00:34:42:23 - 00:37:13:17 B/W Sound 1940s WS couples dance to orchestra in ballroom. ZI bandleader in white tuxedo sings love song to woman at table. Photo… Internet Archive Machine: Master or Slave?, The 1941 · Film · Subtitles The film explores the impact of labor-saving machinery on employment and the economy. As factories ramp up production for defense needs, workers face… Internet Archive Soundie - Hollywood Boogie 1946 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Thelma White and Her All-Girl Orchestra Internet Archive Unid. Soundie "It's Got to Be This or That" (Juvenile Jubilee) 1940 · Film · Subtitles 00:26:25:20 - 00:28:50:05 B/W Sound 1940s Jazz swing band performs on raised club bandstand w/ two pianists on floor. VS Saxophonists, violinists, trumpet,… Internet Archive Face in the Mirror (I Wonder), The 1940 · Film · Subtitles 20:16:29 Man shaving himself in bathroom mirror. Applies lather with brush. Wife nags him from other room. 20:17:31 Wife enters in silver lame housedress and… Internet Archive Kingdom of Plastics, The 1945 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Properties and uses of modern plastics in the post-World War II era. Internet Archive Bookkeeping and Accounting 1945 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Work of the bookkeeper and accountant in the pre-computer era. Internet Archive Highballing to Victory 1944 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Transportation in wartime. Internet Archive Que Dios Me Perdone (1948) 1946 · Feature Título original Que Dios me perdone Año 1948 Duración 97 min. País México Dirección Tito Davison Guion Tito Davison, José Revueltas, Xavier Villaurrutia… Internet Archive Yellow Sky (1948) 1948 · Feature In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile… Internet Archive Japan Today, 1946/06/20 1946 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Japan: In the midst of black markets and inflationary prices, life for the average Japanese is grim and barren. Rebuilding homes and harvesting meagre crops… Internet Archive One Body Too Many (1944; smallest download) 1944 · Feature · 1 h 15 min Actors: Jack Haley; Bela Lugosi; Jean Parker; Lyle Talbot; Lucien Littlefield; Ralph Peters; Bernard Nedell; William Edmunds Runtime: 1:15:32 " ... my lawyer… Internet Archive Funeral Pyres of Nazidom, 1945/05/10 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Air views of Leipzig reveal it to be a city of skeleton buildings and rubble. Industrial Magdeburg has been gutted by dive bombers of the U.S. Tactical… Internet Archive LA MÁSCARA DE FUEGO – (1941) VOSE 1941 · Feature Título original: The Face Behind the Mask Estreno general en los Estados Unidos: 16 de enero de 1941. En México se estrenó el 4 de julio de 1941 en el enorme… Internet Archive Biggest Bomber, 1946/08/15 1946 · Newsreel · 1 min · Subtitles (1) "Fort Worth TX: Newest bombing plane stands five stories high, has a range of 10,000 miles with 30 tons of bombs. it is test flown with results 'beyond… Internet Archive Wake of the Red Witch (1948) 1948 · Feature Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch. Watch on… Internet Archive Triple Goodness 1948 · Short · 21 min · Subtitles Inside view of dairy production, capped by talking cows. Internet Archive Superman The Magnetic Telescope 1942 · Cartoon The Magnetic Telescope Max Fleischer/Famous Studios April 24, 1942 [7:38] Internet Archive South Chile 1945 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles Life and agriculture of Patagonia. Internet Archive Power Dive 1941 · Feature · 1 h 7 min Title: Power Dive Summary: (1941) Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Roger Pryor, Don Castle. Arlen plays a tough test pilot in this solid B action film. He and his… Internet Archive Pipe of Plenty, The 1948 · Film · Subtitles SHOWS NEED FOR, AND CONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINE FROM BIG RAPIDS TO DETROIT, MICHIGAN. GOOD OUTDOOR CONSTRUCTION FOOTAGE, ALSO SHOTS OF GAS USERS. • 9:50:54:21-… Internet Archive Restaurant Operator, The 1946 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Jobs in food service. Internet Archive Good Neighbors 1944 · Short · 21 min · Subtitles Promotional film for the Minneapolis Star-Journal newspaper. Internet Archive Twenty-one Nazi Chiefs Guilty, 1946/10/08 1946 · Newsreel · Subtitles Nuremberg trials, 21 Nazis to learn fate at end of 10-month trial (partial newsreel) Internet Archive Churchill On Vacation, 1946/01/21 1946 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) Churchill in Miami Beach for 6-week vacation, appears at press conference (2) Warsaw Rebuilds - "little by little life returns to this shattered city" (3)… Internet Archive U.S. War Dead Honored On Memorial Day, 1945/05/31 1945 · Newsreel · 7 min · Subtitles (1) "As America shifts her armed might to finish off the last remaining Axis power, she pauses to honor her heroes who were slain in this and in previous… Internet Archive Yanks Clear Greenland of Nazis,1944/12/27 1944 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Nazi weather and radio stations in Greenland are located and destroyed by the U. S. Coast Guard who dynamites its way through the Arctic ice fields to… Internet Archive To the Public Danger 1948 · Feature Title: To the Public Danger Summary: Four people with very different backgrounds meet by chance at an English pub and gradually become carried away in an… Internet Archive Captain Kidd (1945) 1945 · Feature Cutthroat pirate William Kidd captures Admiral Blayne's treasure ship and hides the bounty in a cave. Three years later, Kidd, posing as a respectable… Internet Archive Unid. Soundie "Ten Pretty Girls" (Juvenile Jubilee) 1940 · Film · Subtitles Radio station female vocalist. 00:31:37:01 - 00:34:42:22 B/W Sound 1940s Woman sings w/ band in radio recording studio. Conductor leads woodwinds, horns,… Internet Archive How Do You Do? 1946 · Film · Subtitles Presents the problems of social introductions, designed to help build social poise and self-assurance. Internet Archive Your Town: A Story of America 1940 · Film · Subtitles As Jerry passes the local Manson factory, a crowd is gathered outside. He stops to see "the fun." Someone on a soap box is shouting "down with this, and down… Internet Archive [Home Movies: John William Worrall: Children's Hospital] 1940 · Home movie · Subtitles 00:00:39 John William Worrall - Children's Hospital black and white/silent 00:11:16 Pan of old operating room 00:11:22 Another pan of operating room 00:14:39… Internet Archive Billion Dollar Limited (1942) 1942 · Feature Robbers target a special train carrying a billion dollars worth of gold, and the only one who can stop them is Superman! Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive 1949 - Roller Derby - New Jersey vs Philadelphia 1949 · Commercial · 32 min · Subtitles Here is the second of two surviving roller derby games from 1949. This game features New Jersey against Philadelphia. Internet Archive Escape in the Fog (1945) Otto Kruger, Nina Foch, William Wright, Shelley Winters 1945 · Feature Escape in the Fog is a 1945 American B-movie Film Noir directed by Budd Boetticher (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.) and starring Otto Kruger, Nina Foch and William… Internet Archive German Drive Rolled Back By Allies, 1945/01/11 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "When the Allies recover their composure after the Nazi surprise break through on the Western front, they quickly go into action. Supplies are rushed to…