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3,793–3,840 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 A Boy, A Gun And Birds (1940) 1940 · Feature A young boy goes hunting with his dog. He shoots and wounds a baby bluebird which tumbles to the ground, and this arouses the wrath of all the other birds.… Internet Archive The sad remains of Rotterdam after the destructive German bombardement on 14 May 1940 [AI enhanced] 1940 · Feature On the 10th of May 1940 the German army invaded The Netherlands. During four days the Dutch military heavy resisted the onslaught. A German ultimatum to… Internet Archive White Pongo (1945) 1945 · Feature Suspecting that a safari guide is a wanted killer, undercover policeman Geoffrey Bishop (Richard Fraser) joins a safari led by the suspect for a scientist… Internet Archive Electronics at Work 1943 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive The World at War 23 -- Pacific, February 1942 - July 1945 1942 · Educational · 54 min · Subtitles The World at War 23 -- Pacific, February 1942 - July 1945 Summary Describes an island-hopping strategy that captured islands one at a time across the Pacific,… Internet Archive 1949 - Reign of Terror - The Black Book - El Reinado del Terror - Anthony Mann - VOSE 1949 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive Sendas Cruzadas (1942) 1942 · Feature Sendas cruzadas es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Luis A. Morales y Belisario García Villar según el guion de los mismos sobre rl… Internet Archive Dear Old Switzerland ( 1944) 1944 · Feature A Terrytoons cartoon released 22 December 1944. Our tourist is taking in all the sights: the band playing on the snowy slope, goats harmonizing, skiers… Internet Archive Landing of the Pilgrims (1940) 1940 · Feature Landing of the Pilgrims is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Connie Rasinski. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/landing-of-the-pilgrims-1940/ Internet Archive Lulu in Hollywood (1944) 1944 · Feature A movie director discovers Lulu and decides to put her in pictures. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/lulu-in-hollywood-1944/ Internet Archive La Tierra Sera Nuestra (1949) 1949 · Feature La tierra será nuestra es una película Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Ignacio Tankel con argumento y diálogos de Osmar Cano , cuyo nombre verdadero… Internet Archive 17 Days: A Story of Newspaper History in the Making 1945 · Film Promotional film demonstrating the importance of newspapers in everyday life. Sponsored by New York’s largest-circulation newspaper, 17 Days is set during the… Internet Archive World at War (Part 1) 1942 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 42 World at War (Part 1) U.S. Office of War Information. Public Domain Footage Events leading up to Pearl Harbor. Hitler races… Internet Archive Two Ways About It 1946 · Film Safety film for inside and outside telephone workers. Sponsored by Pacific Telephone and directed by noted amateur/professional maker Arthur H. Smith. Internet Archive Peace Time Football (1946) 1946 · Feature Peace Time Football is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Mannie Davis. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/peace-time-football-1946/ Internet Archive They Made Me a Killer (1946) 1946 · Feature A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder charges. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Sea Elephants and Sea Lions 1940 · Film · Subtitles Elephant Seals on Guadalupe and San Benitos Islands off Baja California, Mexico Internet Archive Home Movie: 97321: Autumn and Arizona 1941 · Home movie Viewing notes state: Ice skating Burning leaves in the street Women raking leaves Petrified Forest Grand Canyon Native American dancers Internet Archive Home Movie: 97297: Don't You Believe It 1940 · Home movie Amateur film. Internet Archive Gripes (1943) 1943 · Feature Gripes is a 1943 Private Snafu short directed by Friz Freleng. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/gripes-1943/ Internet Archive Svengali's Cat (1946) 1946 · Feature A hypnotist cat charms a sweet young mouse femme-fatale into luring all the mice in town into his cellar, with intent of eating them. But, with his… Internet Archive The Electronic Mouse Trap (1946) 1946 · Feature A perverted and merciless Cat-professor takes scientific progress to his own selfish ends by perfecting an electronically-operated mouse trap. He catches and… Internet Archive Adventures Of the Flying Cadets Chapter 3 1943 · Short · 20 min Adventures Of the Flying Cadetsr is a Universal 13 chapters serial. A group of flying cadets have to prove their innocence of a murder charge and stop the… Internet Archive La Guardia Calls Upon Nation For Scrap Aluminum, 1941/06/26 1941 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Washington, DC: Nation-wide drive to collect scrap aluminum is announced by Civil Defense Chief La Guardia, who urges all citizens to doneate old pots… Internet Archive 1942 Fronttheater ( Rene Deltgen, Heli Finkenzeller, Hilde Von Stolz) 1942 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von von 1942. Fronttheater. U.a mit Rene Deltgen und Heli Finkenzeller Internet Archive 1942 Meine Frau Teresa ( Hans Söhnker, Mady Rahl) 1942 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1942. Meine Frau Teresa. U.a mit Hans Söhnker und Mady Rahl Internet Archive Much Ado About Mutton (Noveltoon) 1947 · Cartoon A noveltoons cartoon. Internet Archive Green Archer, The: Chapter 2 - The Face at the Window 1940 · Short · 21 min Taken from IMDB : Michael Bellamy inherits Garr Castle, but his brother, Abel has him imprisoned unjustly and moves into the castle himself. When Michael's… Internet Archive Bored of Education (1946) 1946 · Feature Lulu answers wrong on a history quiz after cheating off of Tubby. While sitting in the corner and wearing a dunce cap Lulu falls asleep and dreams of chasing… Internet Archive Cowboy and the Senorita (1944) 1944 · Feature Chip has inherited a supposedly worthless gold mine from her father and Craig Allen is about to buy it. Roy suspects the mine may be valuable and using a clue… Internet Archive The Town Went Wild (1944) 1944 · Feature Comedy concerning two feuding fathers dealing with the shocking news that their sons were switched at birth, meaning that one of their daughters is about to… Internet Archive Castle Films News Parade: Bombing of Pearl Harbor 1941 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 4 Castle Films News Parade: Bombing of Pearl Harbor Public Domain Footage from archive.org, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor; the… Internet Archive World Parley Gets Down To Business, 1945/04/30 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) [starts with no sound, then sound for Stettinius, Molotov, other speakers, but then silent] "San Francisco, Calif., In plenary session the leaders of the… Internet Archive Jungle Queen (1945) 1945 · Film During World War II, a mysterious jungle queen (Ruth Roman) helps 3 Americans thwart the plans of German agents who are in the African jungle to stir up local… Internet Archive Lulu Gets the Birdie (1944) 1944 · Feature Mamsie catches Lulu making a mess of the kitchen, so she punishes Lulu. When Lulu asks, "How do you know that I made this mess?", the maid says sarcastically,… Internet Archive Lulu's Birthday Party (1944) 1944 · Feature Little Lulu fantasizes about a birthday party in a candy land. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/lulus-birthday-party-1944/ Internet Archive Flying The P-39 1943 · Short · 23 min Training film demonstrating techniques for piloting the P-39 Airacobra pursuit plane, including aerobatics and strafing. Internet Archive [Home movie: 098410: Baby Sylvia in Ohio, Reel 2, 1946-47] 1947 · Home movie 16:25 min., color and BW: Baby grows around her first birthday; plays with toys in the living room and in her nursery, has a birthday party, Christmas, and… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10373: Pietsch Collection: California Trips, Boulder Dam, etc.] 1941 · Home movie · Subtitles Skeletal Entry Internet Archive The Green Hornet Strikes Again!: Chaper 4 - A Night of Terror 1941 · Short · 19 min Taken from wikipedia : The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1941) is a Universal movie serial based on the The Green Hornet radio series by George W. Trendle.… Internet Archive News Parade of 1945 1946 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Public Prosecutor: The Case of the Missing Bullets 1947 · TV · 17 min · Subtitles The year in the copyright notice is 1948, but IMDb states that this is Season 1, Episode 1 (1947). Internet Archive A Few Quick Facts (1944) 1944 · Feature Private Snafu learns about inflation. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/a-few-quick-facts-1944/ Internet Archive Picnic Panic (1946) 1946 · Feature A young Mexican boy, his girl, and his mule go on a picnic, and are having a good time when they come upon a temperamental volcano and, then, almost anything… Internet Archive Plane Goofy (1940) 1940 · Feature A fast-talking airplane-salesman inspires the farmyard animals to building airplanes of their own, but farmer Alfalfa is set on not getting off of the ground.… Internet Archive Snubbed by a Snob (1940) 1940 · Feature A young horse says hi to little donkey Spunky. But the horse's mother pulls him away, saying we don't associate with that kind. Spunky makes a few more… Internet Archive South of St. Louis (1949) 1949 · Feature With the advent of the American Civil War, three partners in a ranch see how this is destroyed. Needing money, will join the Confederate troops, each for… Internet Archive The Cat Came Back (1944) 1944 · Feature Farmer Alfalfa is trying to get rid of his cat throwing him in the river. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-cat-came-back-1944/