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3,217–3,264 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 La Juventud Manda (1943) 1943 · Feature La juventud manda es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Carlos Borcosque sobre su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Jack Hall… Internet Archive A Sleepless Night (1948) 1948 · Feature Heckle and Jeckle wind up blowing out a tire on the car they are in and go up to a bear's cave to try and find a place to stay for the night. Watch on… Internet Archive Hot Spot (1945) 1945 · Feature Hot Spot is a 1945 Private Snafu short directed by Friz Freleng. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/hot-spot-1945/ Internet Archive Seven Were Saved (1947) 1947 · Feature A nurse is taking an amnesia victim, who was imprisoned by the Japanese during WW II, to the United States in a plane piloted by Richard Denning. The… Internet Archive Soundie - Once In A While 1941 · Film · Subtitles crooner unknown. Internet Archive 1949 - Caught - Atrapados - Max Ophüls - VOSE 1949 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive 1940 Rumpelstilzchen ( Trude Haefelin, Paul Walker, Herrmann Schröder) Märchen 1940 · Feature Film(Märchenfillm)aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1940. Rumpelstilzchen. U.a mit Trude Haefelin und Paul Walker Internet Archive Unfaithfully Yours (1948) 1948 · Feature Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his young… Internet Archive Electronics at Work 1943 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Soundie - Heaven Help A Sailor On A Night Like This 1940 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles singers unknown Internet Archive Microscope and Its Uses, The 1948 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Shakespearian Spinach (1940) 1940 · Feature Popeye has replaced Bluto in the Spinach Theatre's production of Romeo and Juliet (Olive, of course), much to Bluto's surprise and dismay. Bluto does what he… Internet Archive Monument to the Living: The Episcopal Service 1940 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive 1944 - Phantom Lady - La dama desconocida - Robert Siodmak - VOSE 1944 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only Internet Archive 1946 - The Dark Mirror - A través del espejo - Robert Siodmak 1946 · Feature 1946 - The Dark Mirror - A través del espejo - Robert Siodmak Internet Archive Magpie Madness (1948) 1948 · Feature Heckle and Jeckle, the always-talking Magpies, kick this one off by stealing a bowl of bones from Soupbone, an old hound dog. Soupbone raises some objections… Internet Archive Mr. Wise Guy (1942) 1942 · Feature The gang is sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a truck. Bill Collins, brother of co-leader Danny, becomes involved… Internet Archive Nothing but the Truth (1941) 1941 · Feature A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell the truth, and only the truth, for twenty-four hours. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive The Fabulous Dorseys (1947) 1947 · Feature The story of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey from their boyhood in Pennsylvania through their rise, their breakup, and their personal reunion. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive The Quiet One (1948) 1948 · Feature A documentary account of the rehabilitation at the Wiltwyck School of an emotionally disturbed black boy who is unwanted, misunderstood, and inwardly… Internet Archive Bulgaria's King Dies, 1943/08/30 1943 · Newsreel · Subtitles Late King Boris - "Historic photographs show scenes from the stormy reign of Bulgaria's ill-fated King Boris, who made a deal with the Nazis and lost."… Internet Archive Holiday Inn 1942 *colorized 1942 · Feature Holiday Inn 1942 Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby Internet Archive 1941 Sonntagskinder ( Johannes Riemann, Rudolf Platte, Carola Höhn, Grethe Weiser, Theo Lingen) 1941 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1941. Sonntagskinder. u.a mit Grethe Weiser,Theo Lingen und Johannes Riemann Internet Archive Pacific Force Closes In On Japs,1945/02/19 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "U.S. Task Force Wrecks Japs - A huge American task force is seen bobbing in the heavy waters of the China Sea. When the storm is weathered, animated maps… Internet Archive Donald's Decision (1942) 1942 · Feature Donald Duck buys Canadian war bonds in World War II. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/donalds-decision-1942/ Internet Archive Target Tokyo From Saipan B-29 Base, 1944/11/27 1944 · Newsreel [missing soundtrack] (1) Target Tokyo From Saipan B-29 Base - "Saipan (1,500 miles below Tokio) was seized by the Americans in June of this year. Since that… Internet Archive I Accuse My Parents (1944) 1944 · Feature Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson starts hanging around with some shady characters. After falling in love with a lounge singer, Jimmy tries to… Internet Archive Killer Bait / Too Late For Tears (Colourised) 1949 · Feature Killer Bait / Too Late For Tears is a film noir in which a couple have a bag of money that wasn't meant for them thrown into their car in the middle of the… Internet Archive 1942 Der Hochtourist ( Joe Stöckel, Josef Eichheim, Trude Hesterberg) 1942 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1942. Der Hochtourist. U.a mit Joe Stöckel und Josef Eichheim Internet Archive San Francisco Parley Ends, 1945/06/28 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles [some sound missing] (1) "San Francisco, CA: President Truman flies to the city for the last session of the United Nations Conference and is greeted at hte… Internet Archive Isle Of The Dead 1945 1945 · Feature During the 1912 war, as plague was spreading on a lonely Greek island, a woman suspects a young girl of being a vorvolaka, a vampiric kind of demon, and a… Internet Archive The Moon Is Down (1943) 1943 · Feature The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive President Proclaims Nat'l Defense Week For All Americans, 1941/11/03 1941 · Newsreel · Subtitles President Proclaims Nat'l Defense Week For All Americans - Hyde Park, NY: sound of FDR speaking, declares week of Nov. 11-16 as National Defense Week, says we… Internet Archive Sewing Simple Seams 1947 · Film · Subtitles This is a very early Centron film. Internet Archive [Home Movies: Wathen Collection: Canada, Maine, Chicago 1941] 1941 · Home movie · Subtitles "Shooting Lachine Rapids, St Lawrence River 1941" Augusta Maine, Chicago Ill 1941 Internet Archive Captain Boycott (1947) 1947 · Feature Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott… Internet Archive Immortal Sergeant (1943) 1943 · Feature During WWII, a corporal in the desert reminisces about the love he left behind and faces uncertainty about his strength as a leader. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive 1948 - The Big Clock - El reloj asesino - John Farrow 1948 · Feature 1948 - The Big Clock - El reloj asesino - John Farrow Internet Archive 1941 - Paper Bullets - Balas de papel - Phil Rosen - VO 1941 · Feature · Subtitles For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive Czechs Fight For Freedom, 1945/07/09 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) Partisans rose up 5 days before VE day against Germans, then Russians entered Prague, Benes arrived home (2) Britain's Wall of Fire - planned to protect… Internet Archive Yugoslavia Air Victims, 1946/09/02 1946 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Rome, Italy: Following their release at Yugoslav border, five caskets containing the bodies of American airmen shot down by Yugo fighter planes arrive at… Internet Archive Fighting Tools (1943) 1943 · Feature Fighting Tools is a 1943 Private Snafu short directed by Bob Clampett. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/fighting-tools-1943/ Internet Archive Operation Snafu (1945) 1945 · Feature Operation Snafu is a 1945 Private Snafu short directed by I. Freleng. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/operation-snafu-1945/ Internet Archive Niagara Falls (1941; smallest download) 1941 · Feature · 43 min Actors: Tom Brown; Slim Summerville; Marjorie Woodworth; Zasu Pitts Runtime: 43:04 A comedy in which a man and a woman who scarcely know each other are forced… Internet Archive Heroes Comes Home, 1946/07/03 1946 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) Japanese Americans of 442 batallion (2) Army wives reach Japan (3) Chicago: Air-Bus transfer. Internet Archive Total War Mobilization Asked By FDR,1945/01/08 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "In an address to the nation, President Roosevelt advocates National Conscription for material reasons, and for reasons of morale; he defends the… Internet Archive 1944 Herr Sanders Lebt Gefährlich ( Paul Verhoven, Paul Henckels, Else Von Möllendorf, Harald Paulsen, Aribert Wäscher) 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich. U.a mit Paul Verhoven,Paul Henckels und Aribert Wäscher Internet Archive 1943 Und Die Musik Spielt Dazu - Saison In Salzburg ( Maria Andergast, Georg Alexander, Rudolf Carl) Carl Boese 1943 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1943. Und sie Musik spielt dazu-Saison in Salzburg. U.a mit Georg Alexander und Maria Andergast