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3,361–3,408 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 Lillian Russell (1940) 1940 · Feature Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/lillian-russell-194… Internet Archive Midnight Manhunt (1945) 1945 · Feature Two reporters search for a missing body in a wax museum. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/midnight-manhunt-1945/ Internet Archive The Wicked Wolf (1946) 1946 · Feature All of the mice gather around a giant TV to watch a fairy tale about Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The Wolf and his buddies are laying in wait for… Internet Archive Bowery at Midnight (1942; smallest download) 1942 · Feature · 1 h 1 min Actors: Bela Lugosi; Wanda McKay; Dave O'Brien; Tom Neal; John Archer; Vince Barnett; Lew Kelly; J. Farrell MacDonald Runtime: 1:01:35 Internet Archive The Enemy Japan--The People 1943 · Educational Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory. (1942 - 09/18/1947) ARC Identifier 12867 / Local Identifier 80-MN-149B… Internet Archive Super Lulu (1947) 1947 · Feature Lulu's dream combines "Jack and the Beanstalk" and her favorite superhero comic books. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/super-lulu-1947/ Internet Archive Soundie - One Look At You 1940 · Film · Subtitles Del Casino and his orchestra Internet Archive Making of a Shooter, The 1946 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Drums of Fu Manchu (1940) 1940 · Film The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the sacred sceptre of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer Asia and then the… Internet Archive Pappa och vi (1947) 1947 · Feature · Subtitles En familjekomedi som utspelar sig i New York år 1883. Den framgångsrike börsmäklaren Clarence Day försöker sköta sitt hem lika effektivt som sin… Internet Archive War Department Report 1943 · Film Content warning: Last two minutes includes footage of violence, war injuries and death including people being shot and dead bodies hanging. "Report by the… Internet Archive 1946 - The Spiral Staircase - La escalera de caracol - Robert Siodmak - VOSE 1946 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only Internet Archive American Empire (1942) 1942 · Feature Richard Dix as Dan Taylor and Preston S. Foster as Paxton Bryce are two longtime friends seeking their fortune in Texas after the war. The two men decide, not… Internet Archive Tonight We Raid Calais (1943) 1943 · Feature A British commando is on a one-man raid to destroy a bomb factory in Nazi-occupied France. He must enlist the aid of French farmers to complete his mission.… Internet Archive [Home movie: 098279: LA family to San Diego in 1947] 1947 · Home movie 9 min., color: An LA family vacations in San Diego at the Hotel del Coronado, with beach and swimming pool sequences, and a trip to an amusement park. Internet Archive Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 10 1940 · Short · 19 min Flash, Dale, and Zarkov return to Planet Mongo to find an antidote for the Purple Death. Internet Archive Monty Comes To U.S., 1946/09/13 1946 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Britain's famed 'Hero of El Alamein' receives a royal welcome as he arrives for a United States tour. First stop is at West Point, where he reviews a… Internet Archive 1945 Frech Und Verliebt ( Johannes Heesters, Paul Kemp, Paul Dahlke, Ernst Waldow, Paul Westermeier) Hans Schweikart 1945 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1945. Frech und Verliebt. U.a mit Paul Kemp und Johannes Heesters Internet Archive Li'l Abner (1940) 1940 · Feature Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him for… Internet Archive Screw Drivers of 1940: Shell Progress in Pictures 1940 · Film · Subtitles Humorous driving and pedestrian safety film shot on the streets of Los Angeles. Emphasizes the importance of courtesy while driving to avoid accidents and… Internet Archive Pres. Truman En Route to Conference, 1945/07/19 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) TRUMAN ON SHIP CROSSES ENGLISH CHANNEL TO POTSDAM CONFERENCE - "As the sleek U.S. cruiser 'Augusta' speeds along the Atlantic, President Truman holds… Internet Archive Bargain Counter Attack (1946) 1946 · Feature Lulu goes to a department store to exchange her doll for something else. While looking for a new item Lulu manages to terrorize the section manager, ski down… Internet Archive Here Come the Co-eds (1945) 1945 · Feature Three ballroom dancers fake their way into college, but saving the school from foreclosure takes more than charm. From wrestling ring mishaps to basketball… Internet Archive Room and Bored (1943) 1943 · Feature Fox has a furnished apartment which he desires to rent to a nice, quiet, respectable citizen like himself, and he especially wants no riff-raff tenant. What… Internet Archive Brotherhood of Man, The 1946 · Film An animated film, in humorous style, which makes the point that dissimilarities between people are not basic but result from superficial environmental… Internet Archive 1949 - Criss Cross - El abrazo de la muerte - Robert Siodmak - VOSE 1949 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only Internet Archive Jungle Girl (1941) 1941 · Film Growing up in Africa with her physician father, Nyoka is fooled when his criminal twin brother shows up looking for a diamond mine and takes his place,… Internet Archive 1941 Carl Peters 1941 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1941,über Carl Peters den Kolonie Ergründer von Deutsch Ostafrika.... Carl Peters,mit Hans Albers in der Titelrolle.. Internet Archive Casbah (1948) 1948 · Feature Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France. Watch on… Internet Archive Fightin Pals (1940) 1940 · Feature Dr. Bluto sails off to Darkest Africa for exploration. Popeye, who stayed behind, hears a radio report that Bluto is lost and sets sail - on a raft - in… Internet Archive He Dood It Again (1943) 1943 · Feature Mighty Mouse animated short, although here he is still called Super Mouse. Saul's Lunch Wagon is quiet during the day. At night, all the mice hold a jitterbug… Internet Archive Paper Bullets (1941) 1941 · Feature Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime… Internet Archive Payday (1944) 1944 · Feature Payday is an animated short film, directed by Friz Freleng and first released in September, 1944. It is part of the Private Snafu series. As in all the Snafu… Internet Archive Coal Strike Ended, 1946/05/29 1946 · Newsreel (1) "Final settlement in Washington between John L. Lewis and the government brings to an end the crippling mine tie-up. In soft-coal pits throughout the… Internet Archive 1946 - The Stranger - El extraño - Orson Welles - VO 1946 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive Be Patient, Patient (1944) 1944 · Feature The Fox is overweight and his doctor has put him on a light diet, which lasts only until the Fox arrives home hungry and prepares himself a large meal. The… Internet Archive Swing Cleaning (1941) 1941 · Feature Gabby is a servant in a castle and is required to do a little housework. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/swing-cleaning-1941/ Internet Archive Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941) 1941 · Feature Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only… Internet Archive The Lion and the Mouse (1943) 1943 · Feature This is actually a "Super Mouse" cartoon. The character was not known as "Mighty Mouse" until The Wreck of the Hesperus. In the altered-for-TV version,… Internet Archive Up'n Atom (1947) 1947 · Feature Up'n Atom is 1947 cartoon directed by Sid Marcus. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/upn-atom-1947/ Internet Archive Gen. "Ike" Man of the Hour, 1945/06/18 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "The General of the Army receives a riotous reception on his arrival in Washington. More than a million people forget the heat and humidity to roar their… Internet Archive Cad and Caddy (1947) 1947 · Feature Lulu plans her revenge against a distressed golfer who refuses to give her a lollipop after he promised her one for caddying for him. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Hi De Ho (1947) 1947 · Feature Cab Calloway plays himself in a plot about jealousy, night clubs, and gangsters. Ends with a series of musical numbers. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive I'll Never Crow Again (1941) 1941 · Feature Olive's garden is being raided by some very persistent crows; she calls Popeye for help, and it takes him the rest of the cartoon to hit on the solution.… Internet Archive Gasoline For Everybody 1944 · Film · Subtitles Production, refining and distribution of gasoline. Internet Archive Goodbye Mr. Germ 1940 · Educational · 14 min This film courtesy of The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). DIRECTOR: Edgar Ulmer. SPONSOR: The National Tuberculosis Association… Internet Archive 1943 Die Wirtin Zum Weissen Rössl ( Leni Marenbach, Karl Schönbock, Hans Leibelt, Leo Peukert, Dorit Kreysler) Karl Anton 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1943. Die Wirtin zum weißen Rössl. U.a mit Karl Schönböck und Leni Marenbach Internet Archive Catnipped (1944) 1946 · Feature The cat of the house lets the canary of the house out of its cage, with intent of eating said bird. The dog of the house shows up, with intent of not allowing…