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2,689–2,736 of 42,240 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 1940 - Johnny Apollo - Henry Hathaway - VOSE 1940 · Feature · Subtitles derechonoir.wordpress.com t.me/agendasocioculturalplus Internet Archive Adventures of Smilin' Jack - Chapter_3 1943 · Short · 20 min American Flyer Smilin' Jack Martin, works with Chinese government to stop the Black Samurai, a Japanese covert spy ring, lead by the German operative Fraulein… Internet Archive X Marks The Spot 1942 ★★½ Crime/Film-Noir [00:52:40] 1942 · Feature · 55 min X Marks the Spot is a 1942 American film noir crime film, directed by George Sherman. Staring, Damian O'Flynn, Helen Parrish, and Dick Purcell. It is a remake… Internet Archive Down Argentine Way (1940) 1940 · Feature The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—takes a… Internet Archive The Walking Hills (1949) 1949 · Feature A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-walking-hills-1949/ Internet Archive Sewing Simple Seams 1947 · Film · Subtitles Depicts and explains sewing techniques. Historically significant as the first in the Centron Films' "Young America" series. Internet Archive First Pictures Of Rome's Capture, 1944/06/15 1944 · Newsreel · Subtitles "The Fortunes of War at Rome Beneath the century old Colliseum in Rome, the Nazis are shown triumphantly parading American and British prisoners, captured in… Internet Archive Ida Lupino's NOT WANTED 1949 · Feature After a romantic fling with a nightclub pianist, a young woman discovers that she's pregnant. When the father abandons her, she faces a difficult choice:… Internet Archive My Favorite Brunette (1947) 1947 · Feature Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and… Internet Archive 1940 Seitensprünge ( Geraldine Katt, Hans Brausewetter, Richard Romanowsky, Ernst Waldow) 1940 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1940 Seitensprünge. U.a mit Hans Brausewetter und Richard Romanowsky Internet Archive Pursuit to Algiers (1945) 1945 · Feature After the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner… Internet Archive Superman - Arctic Giant 1942 · Cartoon Superman battles a un-frozen dinosaur. Internet Archive 1943 Ein Schöner Tag ( Günther Lüders, Jupp Hussels, Carsta Löck, Ilse Fürstenberg, Elsa Wagner, Oscar Sabo) 1943 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1943. Ein schöner Tag. U.a mit Günther Lüders und Jupp Hussels Internet Archive Unid. Soundie "Row, Row, Row"? (Juvenile Jubilee) 1940 · Film · Subtitles 00:06:14:02 - 00:08:49:02 B/W Sound 1940s Male bandleader leads jazz band, w/ violin, drummer, saxophonists on nightclub bandstand. Female singer in lame… Internet Archive Frisky, The Calf 1949 · Film · Subtitles Explains animal life around a farm through a narrative about the birth and rearing of a new calf, with human characters Mary and her father Farmer Brown. From… Internet Archive Unid. Soundie "What the Country Needs"? (Juvenile Jubilee) 1940 · Film · Subtitles 00:11:14:14 - 00:13:48:06 B/W Sound 1940s Outdoor city park set at night. Man holding books prepares to lecture crowd, but woman in straw hat begins to sing-… Internet Archive Gas (1944) 1944 · Feature Gas is an animated short, directed by Chuck Jones and first released in May 1944. It features Private Snafu learning the value of a gas mask in warfare. The… Internet Archive Tokyo Woes (1945) 1945 · Feature Tokyo Woes is a 1945 Mr. Hook short directed by Robert Clampett. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/tokyo-woes-1945/ Internet Archive Private SNAFU - camouflage 1943 · Short · 4 min Private SNAFU WWII training film on camouflage. The movie's format is high resolution MPEG4. The maximum size and pixel resolution for the video iPod. Internet Archive Soundie - Havana-Madrid Show 1941 · Short · 5 min · Subtitles featuring Maya's Pan-American Orchestra and Carlos and Zedra Internet Archive Street of Chance (1942) 1942 · Feature In this Cornell Woolrich thriller, a man's memory is recovered after being injured by falling construction material. Discovering a year-long lapse, he returns… Internet Archive Sherlock Holmes Och Kvinnan I Grönt (1945) 1945 · Feature · Subtitles Sherlock Holmes Och Kvinnan I Grönt (1945) https://www.svtplay.se/video/8YwYpvJ/sherlock-holmes-och-kvinnan-i-gront Jag äger ej filmen, anledning för jag… Internet Archive Suggestion Box 1945 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles How war plant workers made suggestions that resulted in efficiency and economy. Internet Archive Deanna Durbin Appeals For Donations, 1940/07/01 1940 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Universal City, California: Deanna Durbin takes time off from production of her new picture, 'Spring Parade,' to make an appeal for donations to the war… Internet Archive Sixth Sense, The 1949 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles A very good film detailing the processes used in quality control of tobacco. Internet Archive Sherlock Holmes i fara (1946) 1946 · Feature · Subtitles Sherlock Holmes och doktor Watson får i uppdrag att leta reda på några stulna tryckplåtar som används till sedelpressning. Efterspaningarna leder detektiven… Internet Archive Adventures of Smilin' Jack - Chapter 12 1943 · Short · 41 min American Flyer Smilin' Jack Martin, works with Chinese government to stop the Black Samurai, a Japanese covert spy ring, lead by the German operative Fraulein… Internet Archive Holt of the Secret Service Part 15: Yielded Hostage 1941 · Short · 18 min In this 15 part serial Secret Service agent Jack Holt, along with his partner, agent R49, are sent to stop a gang of counterfeiters that have kidnapped the… Internet Archive X Marks The Spot 1942 ★★½ Crime/Film-Noir [00:52:40] 1942 · Feature · 53 min In X Marks the Spot is a 1942 American film noir crime film, directed by George Sherman. Staring, Damian O'Flynn, Helen Parrish, and Dick Purcell. It is a… Internet Archive Driven to Kill 1948 · Film · Subtitles Stresses the necessity for the average American driver to realize fully his responsibility when behind the wheel. Illustrates that violations of safe and sane… Internet Archive Damage Foreshadows A-Bomb Test , 1946/06/06 1946 · Newsreel (1) "Japan: Dramatic pictures of atom bomb damage in Hiroshima and Nagasaki foreshadow the coming Bikini Atoll experiment. Intense heat and light of blast… Internet Archive Death Knell For Germany, 1945/04/02 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "When the Yanks enter Godesberg they survey the Hotel Dresden, site of the famous Chamberlain-Hitler conference of '38 which was meant to avert war. To… Internet Archive Adventures of Smilin' Jack - Chapter 4 1943 · Short · 19 min American Flyer Smilin' Jack Martin, works with Chinese government to stop the Black Samurai, a Japanese covert spy ring, lead by the German operative Fraulein… Internet Archive Education for Death (1943) 1943 · Feature A propaganda film during World War II about a boy who grows up to become a Nazi soldier. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/education-for-death-the-maki… Internet Archive Mighty Mouse and the Pirates (1945) 1945 · Feature A pirate cat has his eyes set on a beautiful island mouse princess. He and his fellow pirates kidnap the beautiful girl. When singing cat pirates decide to… Internet Archive [World War II Snipes: Gable/Barrymore] 1940 · Film · Subtitles Two World War II Snipes: "To The Ladies" with Lionel Barrymore promotes women's enlistment while Clark Gable promotes the March of Dimes. Internet Archive Behind Green Lights 1946 · Feature Crime Drama Information about this movie can be found on it's IMDB page . Internet Archive PACTO DE SANGRE – (1944).[ VOSE] 1944 · Feature Título original: Double Indemnity (Titulada en Latinoamérica como Pacto de sangre ; en España, Perdición ) es una película estadounidense de cine negro… Internet Archive Sitting Pretty (1948) 1948 · Feature Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the… Internet Archive Adventures of Smilin' Jack - Chapter 11 1943 · Short · 19 min American Flyer Smilin' Jack Martin, works with Chinese government to stop the Black Samurai, a Japanese covert spy ring, lead by the German operative Fraulein… Internet Archive Bowery At Midnight (1942) BELA LUGOSI 1942 · Feature Bowery At Midnight (1942) BELA LUGOSI Internet Archive 1948 - Larceny - Aves de rapiña - George Sherman - VOSE 1948 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com t.me/agendasocioculturalplus Internet Archive Berlin Airlift 1949 · Short · 10 min The Western powers airlift of supplies to Berlin during the Soviet Blockade of Berlin. Operation Plain Fare . The Berlin blockade. Post Second World War.… Internet Archive Soundie - [Hawaiian Hula Song] 1940 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Could this be "ANA LANI" with Ray Kinney? Internet Archive Jungle Drums 1943 · Cartoon · 7 min You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Citrus in Nutrition 1943 · Film · Subtitles Instruction on the nutritional benefits of citrus fruits, including a discussion of their historical use to prevent scurvy on ships. Notes from Educational… Internet Archive Place to Live, A 1948 · Short · 24 min · Subtitles Problem of housing for senior citizens. Internet Archive The Devil Bat (1940) 1940 · Feature Dr. Paul Carruthers feels bitter at being betrayed by his employers, Heath and Morton, when they became rich as a result of a product he devised. He gains…