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3,601–3,648 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 Three Brothers (1944) 1944 · Feature Three Brothers is part of the Private Snafu series of animated shorts produced by Warner Bros. during World War II. Screened for troops in September 1944, the… Internet Archive The World at War 22 -- Japan 1941 · Educational · 54 min · Subtitles Recounts the way in which the Japanese at home were persuaded to support the war, which came as a complete surprise to them. A Japanese woman says, "Stories… Internet Archive 1944 Junge Adler ( Willy Fritsch, Paul Henckels, Aribert Wäscher, Herbert Hübner, Josef Sieber) 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Junge Adler. U.a mit Willy Fritsch,Paul Henckels und Aribert Wäscher Internet Archive Troop Train 1943 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Listen to Britain (Reel 2) 1942 · Film · Subtitles Displays the many sounds produced by the people and machines of Britain during World War II, demonstrating the resilience of the country and its people. Part… Internet Archive Reconversion Outlook, 1945/08/16 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) John Snyder speaks (2) Postwar Life In Berlin (3) Dawn of the Atomic Age - Trinity explosion in New Mexico. (partial newsreel) Internet Archive [Roads to Romance: 1949] 1949 · Film · Subtitles Includes Oak Creek Canyon. Internet Archive Fear in the Night (1946) 1946 · Feature The dream is unusually vivid: Bank employee Vince Grayson finds himself murdering a man in a sinister octagonal-shaped room lined with mirrors while a… Internet Archive It's a Joke, Son! (1947) 1947 · Feature Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una Merkel) who… Internet Archive Sadie Hawkins Day (1944) 1944 · Feature It is approaching mid-November in Dogpatch and this his bad news for all the bachelors, including Li'l Abner, as "Sadie Hawkins Day" is nearing. That is the… Internet Archive 1946 - Night Editor - Henry Levin 1946 · Feature 1946 - Night Editor - Henry Levin Internet Archive Max Fleischer News Sketches 1944 · Film · Subtitles skeletal entry Internet Archive El Viejo Hucha (1942) 1942 · Feature El viejo Hucha es una película argentina dirigida por Lucas Demare según la guía de Homero Manzi y Ulyses Petit de Murat sobre la obra homónima de Carlos… Internet Archive Play Your Part 1940 · Film · Subtitles World War II promotional film for Red Cross volunteers. Internet Archive 1946 - The Dark Corner - Envuelto en la sombra - Henry Hathaway - VOSE 1946 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive Dead Ernest (Suspense) 1949 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles A woman is afraid that during one of her husband's attacks of catalepsy he will be embalmed. Aired 3 May 1949 (Season 1, Episode 8). [The "MPEG4" file is the… Internet Archive The Hitch Hikers (1947) 1947 · Feature The boys are trying to hitch a ride with no luck. They see a car parked in front of a bank with the door open. They jump in against the driver's will, and a… Internet Archive The Time of Your Life (1948) 1948 · Feature Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his life, stops by regularly to run errands for Joe.… Internet Archive Terry and the Pirates (1940) 1940 · Film Young Terry Lee and his older friend Pat journey to the jungles of southeast Asia to find his father, who is trying to decipher ancient inscriptions of a lost… Internet Archive Ilse Lock war crimes trial in Germany, 1948/10/28 1948 · Newsreel · Subtitles Ilse Lock war crimes trial in Germany (no sound) Internet Archive 1947 - Boomerang! - El justiciero - Elia Kazan - VOSE 1947 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive ACTION AT ANGAUR 1945 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 35883 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive I Was an Adventuress (1940) 1940 · Feature Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists! They… Internet Archive Porkuliar Piggy (1944) 1944 · Feature Things are peaceful around the Yokum family shack in Dogpatch, as pipe-smoking Mammy Yokum has just given Abner, Pappy and Salomey, the family's pet pig,… Internet Archive Celos (1946) 1946 · Feature Celos , también exhibida como El infierno de los celos , es una película argentina de 1946, dirigida por Mario Soffici sobre el guion de Tulio Demicheli según… Internet Archive 1940 Rosen In Tirol ( Hans Moser, Hans Holt, Johannes Heesters, Theo Lingen, Leo Slezak, Dorrit Kreyssler, Erika Von Thellmann) 1940 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1940. Rosen in Tirol. U.a mit Hans Moser,Johannes Heesters und Theo Lingen Internet Archive Soldiers of the Soil 1943 · Film · Subtitles Content warning: This film contains dialogue that uses a derogatory word to describe Japanese people, [00:10:18]. Promotes farming as essential to American… Internet Archive Killer Dill 1947 · Feature · Subtitles Internet Archive It's Your America 1945 · Film · Subtitles Delineates the returning soldier's civic responsibilities. Internet Archive It's All in the Stars (1946) 1946 · Feature It's All in the Stars is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Connie Rasinski. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/its-all-in-the-stars-1946/ Internet Archive The Lion Hunt (1949) 1949 · Feature The talking magpies go to Africa to indulge in a bit of lion-hunting and, once there, they find a lion who has no desire to be hunted by two wise-cracking… Internet Archive Gen. Pershing Urges U.S. Rush Planes, Arms To The Allies, 1940/06/10 1940 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Washington, DC: Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the A.E.F. in France, says the 'Allies are fighting a war for civilization' and urges the country to send… Internet Archive What A Life! 1949 · Short · 11 min A tongue in cheek look at postwar austerity. Richard Massingham. Crown Film Unit. austere post war era. Internet Archive 1940 Meine Tochter Lebt In Wien ( Hans Moser, Hans Olden, Hedwig Bleibtreu, Anton Pointer) 1940 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1940. Meine Tochter lebt in Wien. U.a mit Hans Moser und Hedwig Bleibtreu Internet Archive Know Your Ally - Britain 1944 · Educational The War Department Special Service Division Army Service Forces With the cooperation of The Signal Corps Music by The Army Air Forces Orchestra Know Your Ally… Internet Archive Howdy Doody - 8 March 1949 1949 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of the popular children's TV series. Includes original network IDs. This episode features an excerpt from a Mickey McGuire short. Internet Archive Fishing by the Sea (1947) 1947 · Feature Dimwit the hound is going fishing. Heckle and Jeckle are roommates in this one, sharing a single large birdhouse. They taunt Dimwit for no particular reason,… Internet Archive 1944 - Bluebeard - Barbazul - Edgar G. Ulmer - VE - Versión en español 1944 · Feature · Subtitles For Academic / Educational Use Only Internet Archive 1940 Feinde ( Brigitte Horney, Willy Birgel, Beppo Brem) 1940 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1940. Feinde (Der ganze Film nicht die gekürzte Version von 59 minuten) u.a mit Willy Birgel und Brigitte Horney Internet Archive Su Esposa Diurna (1944) 1944 · Feature Su esposa diurna es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Enrique Cahen Salaberry según el guión de Alejandro Verbitsky y Emilio Villalba… Internet Archive Aesop's Fable: The Watchdog (1945) 1945 · Feature A Terrytoons cartoon released 28 September 1945. The classic "dog vs. rabbit" routine, but this time with a whole gang of mischievous hares! Watch on… Internet Archive Lights Out (1942) 1942 · Feature Gandy Goose reads a scary story just before lights out, and suddenly finds himself escorted to a house full of ghosts. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Man with Two Lives (1942) 1942 · Feature A man is brought back from death at the same time a vicious criminal dies in the electric chair. However, the man's soul is now taken over by the electrocuted… Internet Archive The Dead End Cats (1947) 1947 · Feature A very tough gang of alley cats are running a black-market operation in a big city, filled with little mice and gangster cats, and are making the streets mean… Internet Archive 1944/01/03, Jap Planes Blasted By Navy Guns 1944 · Newsreel [this newsreel is silent] (1) "Yank Marksmen Bag Jap Planes (A flaming spectacle which elicits gasps from seasoned film goers) - As an American task force… Internet Archive Brotherhood of Man 1947 · Film Animated film speaking out for racial tolerance. Using small green demons to caricature racial prejudice, the cartoon argues that the only real difference… Internet Archive How To Build An Igloo 1949 · Educational · 10 min A demonstration of igloo-building in Canada's Far North, showing how the site is selected and how blocks of snow are used to make a snug shelter in only an… Internet Archive Professor Small and Mr. Tall (1943) 1943 · Feature Small and Tall break a mirror on a train trip and their seven years of bad luck start immediately. Stranded by an accident, they have trouble in a ghost town…