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3,169–3,216 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 The Home Front (1943) 1943 · Feature An American 1943 instruction film, designed to inform service personnel and improve troop morale. Private Snafu imagines the good times his family is having… Internet Archive Hara Kiri in Admiralties, 1944/03/27 1944 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) Hara Kiri in Admiralties "General MacArthur stated to his troops in the Admiralties 'it is imperative that we hold this position against any attack.' We… Internet Archive Thieves' Highway (1949) 1949 · Feature Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was… Internet Archive Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) 1947 · Feature A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a… Internet Archive Target Snafu (1944) 1944 · Feature Target Snafu is a 1944 Private Snafu short directed by Frank Tashlin. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/target-snafu-1944/ Internet Archive Things People Want, The 1948 · Film · Subtitles How to get people to buy stuff. Sales training film. Internet Archive La Importancia De Ser Ladron (1944) 1944 · Feature La importancia de ser ladrón es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Julio Saraceni según guion de Antonio Corma y Don Napy inspirado en… Internet Archive Private Buckaroo (1942) 1942 · Feature The film tells the story of army recruits following basic training, with the Andrew Sisters attending USO dances. The film is a mixture of comedy and songs.… Internet Archive Sorrowful Jones (1949) 1949 · Feature A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a child… Internet Archive Niagara Falls 1941 · Short · 43 min Margie Blake (Marjorie Woodworth), who wants to get married young and have two dozen kids, has a flat tire and traveling salesman Tom Wilson (Tom Brown), who… Internet Archive 1941 Venus Vor Gericht ( Hansi Knotek, Paul Dahlke, Hans Brausewetter, Hannes Stelzer, Josef Eichheim, Liesl Karlstadt, Elise Aulinger, Beppo Brem, Rudolf Vogel) Hans H. Zerlett 1941 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1941. Venus vor Gericht. U.a mit Hansi Knotek und Paul Dahlke Internet Archive It Ain't Hay (1943) 1943 · Feature Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a… Internet Archive The Chow Hound (1944) 1944 · Feature The Chow Hound is an animated short, directed by Frank Tashlin and first released in June, 1944. It is part of the Private Snafu series. Watch on… Internet Archive How to Fly: Troop Carrier Airplanes - Cockpit Procedure 1944 · Short · 34 min How to handle a Douglas C-47 Skytrain Internet Archive Army Needs Must Be Met NAM Is Told ,1944/12/11 1944 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Waldorf Astoria, NYC: The War and Reconversion Congress of America hear Mr. F. C. Crawford, their board chairman, deliver a dynamic address. Mr.… Internet Archive Ants in Your Pantry (1945) 1945 · Feature This one has lots of what Terrytoons are notorious for: cycles! And cycles of the commonest kind: ants harvesting and a baby factory! It also has a voluptuous… Internet Archive Going Home (1944) 1944 · Feature Going Home is part of the Private Snafu series of animated shorts produced by Warner Bros. during World War II. Made in 1944, the cartoon features the vocal… Internet Archive Eire Cut Off By Allies, 1944/04/06 1944 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Lest secret information of the Allied moves be smuggled into neutral Eire by Axis agents, Yank and British patrols are on the double alert on the border… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Laubscher Collection: Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming] 1941 · Home movie · Subtitles Some good shots to be logged. "The Old Pine Tree" enclosed by fence Nebraska State Capitol Views of city from Capitol observation floor VS automobile burning… Internet Archive Behind Green Lights (1946; smallest download) 1946 · Feature · 1 h 1 min Actors: William Gargan; Carole Landis; John Ireland; Charles Russell; Don Beddoe; Charles Arnt; Roy Roberts; Mabel Paige; Bernard Nedell; Fred Sherman… Internet Archive A Few Quick Facts: U.S. Soldier/Bullet/Diarrhea & Dysentery (1944) 1944 · Feature A Few Quick Facts: U.S. Soldier/Bullet/Diarrhea & Dysentery is a 1944 animated short directed by Tex Avery, John Hubley. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive That Wonderful Urge (1948) 1948 · Feature When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she's met at Sun Valley is really an investigative reporter, she ruins his career by falsely claiming… Internet Archive The Jail Break (1946) 1946 · Feature In this classic Western cartoon, Bad Bill Bunion's horse helps his master escape from Alcatraz Island Prison. Free again, the wily crook commits a series of… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Pendleton Roundup, 1941, I] 1941 · Home movie · Subtitles Photography by Chas. Masters; Titles by Louis Moss. Continues from the film with the same title, I. Internet Archive Sensation Hunters (1945) 1945 · Feature A naive young girl, looking to escape from a bad family situation, falls in love with a man who turns out to be a cad, and leads her down the road to ruin.… Internet Archive The True Glory (1945) 1945 · Feature The True Glory (1945) is a co-production of the US Office of War Information and the British Ministry of Information, documenting the victory on the Western… Internet Archive The Monster Maker (1944; smallest download) 1944 · Feature · 1 h 2 min Actors: J. Carrol Naish; Ralph Morgan; Wanda McKay; Glenn Strange Authors: Larry Williams; Pierre Gendron; Martin Mooney Runtime: 1:02:16 DePopper was used to… Internet Archive Cherbourg, Gateway to Victory, 1944/07/02 1944 · Newsreel (1) "The Capture of Cherbourg - while the British and Canadians are protecting their flank at Caen, General Bradley's First American Army lays siege to… Internet Archive 1949 - Knock on Any Door - LLamad a cualquier puerta - Nicholas Ray - VOSE 1949 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive 'American Day' Fete Biggest Patriotic Meeting In History, 1941/05/20 1941 · Newsreel "New York, NY: Hundreds of thousands of patriotic Americans jam Central park for 'I Am An American Day' rally, in a dramatic outpouring of faith and… Internet Archive Logentempel Paris Die Internationalen Freimaurer Umgaben Sich Auch Hier Mit Kindischer Symbolik Und Albernen Prunk 1940 · Feature Aus der deutschen Wochenschau.. Vom ausgehobenen Freimaurer Logentempel aus Paris und Aufnahmen von der "anderen Seite" der sogenanntem "Lichtstadt",Paris,Und… Internet Archive Shed No Tears (1948) 1948 · Feature A man listens to his wife and fakes his own death so that she can get her hands on his insurance policy. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive New Airliner, 1946/02/21 1946 · Newsreel Douglas DC-6 luxury airliner tested in Long Beach, interior views for 56 passengers, converted into sleeping compartments for 26 passengers, at 20,000 ft. Internet Archive 1944 - The Suspect - El sospechoso - Robert Siodmak 1944 · Feature 1944 - The Suspect - El sospechoso - Robert Siodmak Internet Archive Blunder Below (1942) 1942 · Feature Popeye's on a battleship, on which he's banished to the boiler room. A Japanese sub comes along. Can Popeye save his ship from the enemy? Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Grape Nutty (1949) 1949 · Feature The fox and crow are sharing grapes while the crow reads a book about a similar fox and crow sharing grapes who eventually fought it out for the last one.… Internet Archive Kitty Caddy (1947) 1947 · Feature In this Columbia "Color Phantasy" cartoon (production number 9701), it's the dogs vs. the cats in a golf match. But halfway through the match, an animated,… Internet Archive Phantom of Chinatown (1940) 1940 · Feature In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on… Internet Archive Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942) 1942 · Feature Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch,… Internet Archive THE SHANGHAI GESTURE 1941 - GENE TIERNEY 1941 · Feature The Shanghai Gesture is a 1941 American film noir directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, and Ona Munson. It… Internet Archive We Blast Truk, Jap Fortress, 1944/03/30 1944 · Newsreel · Subtitles The U.S. Navy makes history as a huge task force assembles to attack the highly publicized 'impregnable fortress of Truk.' Planes zoom from expansive carrier… Internet Archive Adventure in Iraq (1943) 1943 · Feature Five Allied soldiers in an airplane flying to Egypt crash-land in Iraq. They are taken in by a local sheik, but soon begin to suspect that he may not be quite… Internet Archive Showdown (1942) 1942 · Feature Superman's reputation is tarnished when a crook begins committing crimes in a Superman costume. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/showdown-1942/ Internet Archive 1944 - The Woman in the Window - La mujer del cuadro - Fritz Lang 1944 · Feature 1944 - The Woman in the Window - La mujer del cuadro - Fritz Lang Internet Archive Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946) 1946 · Feature A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/dick-tracy-vs-cueball-1946/ Internet Archive Mother Hubba-Hubba-Hubbard (1947) 1947 · Feature Jivey Old Mother "Hubba-Hubba" Hubbard, formerly square Old Mother Hubbard, goes to her cupboard, and finds it bare as it was before she became hep. Her dog… Internet Archive Outpost (1944) 1944 · Feature Outpost is an animated short film, directed by Chuck Jones and first released in August, 1944. It is part of the Private Snafu series. As in all the Snafu… Internet Archive Secret Agent x-9: Chapter 1 - Torpedo Rendezvous 1945 · Short · 19 min Taken from wikipedia: Secret Agent X-9 (1945) is a Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Secret Agent X-9 created by Dashiell Hammett. It was the…