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3,889–3,936 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 Raiding the Raiders (1945) 1945 · Feature A colony of rabbits (and their newborns) is terrorized by a wake of marauding vultures (who fly around like bad enemy Second World War airplanes- even though… Internet Archive Who's Who in the Jungle (1945) 1945 · Feature A Terrytoons cartoon released 19 October 1945. Gandy Goose and Sourpuss are flown in to hunt big game. The two have something else in mind. They can't get out… Internet Archive 1942 GPU Der Rote Terror ( Laura Solari, Will Quadflieg) 1942 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1942. G.P.U - Der rote Terror. Bolchewistische Henkerseinheiten! Internet Archive 1942 Liebeskomödie ( Magda Schneider, Lizzy Waldmüller, Johannes Riemann, Albert Matterstock, Elsa Wagner, Theo Lingen, Ursula Herking) 1942 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1942. Liebeskomödie. U.a mit Johannes Riemann und Magda Schneider Internet Archive Operation Crossroads 1948 · Short · 26 min No description at the National Archives. Castle Films produced this film for the U.S. military -- "Operation Crossroads" US Army film # MISC-1323 and US Navy… Internet Archive Movies March Along, The 1940 · Film · Subtitles key moments in silent film, relatively poor quality Internet Archive My Boy Johnny (1944) 1944 · Feature In a departure from the usual Terrytoon, this short is based on predictions of things to come in the world after the end of World War II. It primarily deals… Internet Archive The Kitten Sitter (1949) 1949 · Feature Fido, a dumb-but-faithful dog, agrees to kitten-sit while Mother Cat is out of the house but she is barely gone before the high-strung kittens lead poor Fido… Internet Archive Throwing the Bull (1946) 1946 · Feature A well-to-do Spanish merchant offers a fortune in gold and the hand of his daughter in marriage to any matador who can kill the bull in the ring. But the bull… Internet Archive World at War (Part 2) 1942 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 42 World at War (Part 2) U.S. Office of War Information. Public Domain Footage Events leading up to Pearl Harbor. Hitler races… Internet Archive 1944 Abenteuer Des Freiherrn Von Münchhausen - Eine Winterreise 1944 · Feature Film(Zeichentrick)aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Abenteuer des Freiherrn von Münchhausen- Eine Winterreise Internet Archive Bells of San Angelo (1947) 1947 · Feature Gridley is mining silver from an old Mexican mine and bringing it into the USA thru a passage into his worthless mine. Border guard Rogers suspects Gridley… Internet Archive Doing Their Bit (1942) 1942 · Feature Nancy and Sluggo do their bit for the USO. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/doing-their-bit-1942/ Internet Archive East Side Kids (1940) 1940 · Feature After living all his childhood in the street, a young boy rapidly notices that crime doesn't pay, leading him to become a policeman. One day, one of his best… Internet Archive McDougal's Rest Farm (1947) 1947 · Feature Heckle & Jeckle are looking for a place to build a bird house, and they decide to do so on McDougal's Rest Farm, which is reserved for peace and quiet.… Internet Archive The Wallflower (1941) 1941 · Feature A homely old maid hen with buck teeth (!) tries to get a boyfriend at an all-chicken barn dance. The only one she's interested in is a cornball practical… Internet Archive Apenas Un Delincuente(1949) 1949 · Feature Apenas un delincuente es una película argentina del género de policial filmada en blanco y negro dirigida por Hugo Fregonese según su propio guion escrito en… Internet Archive The Proud City 1945 · Short Film outlining plans for post WWII reconstruction of London, featuring Patrick Abercrombie and JH Forshaw. Internet Archive Public Prosecutor: The Case of the Shattered Mirror 1948 · TV · 17 min · Subtitles The IMDb says that this is season 1, episode 17; the year in the copyright notice is 1948. Internet Archive Animals in the Service of Man 1944 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive A Peep In The Deep (1940) 1940 · Feature Scrappy is deep-sea fishing when a bottle floats by his boat. In this corked bottle is a secret treasure map. There's a chest of gold on the ocean floor!… Internet Archive Cat Meets Mouse (1942) 1942 · Feature Cat Meets Mouse is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Mannie Davis. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/cat-meets-mouse-1942/ Internet Archive The Land Of Fun (1941) 1941 · Feature A travelogue for some vacation spot, possessed of every natural attraction the tourist seeking peace could wish for. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive 1947 - Framed - Paula - Richard Wallace 1947 · Feature 1947 - Framed - Paula - Richard Wallace Internet Archive Home Movie: 10376: Carmel, Balboa, Capistrano, Bel-Air, Santa Monica, With Monkey 1940 · Home movie Note in can states:; Carmel Trip; Balboa Monkey in orange grove; Mission Capistrano; Bel-Air Estates; - monkey and mother in park - Sunset Blvd; - pond on… Internet Archive Auto-Lite on Parade 1940 · Film · Subtitles STOP-MOTION SEQUENCE OF AUTO-LITE PRODUCTS. TOUR OF FACTORY. Internet Archive [Home Movies: Canada, Niagara Falls, June 1949] 1949 · Home movie · Subtitles [Home Movies: Canada, Niagara Falls, June 1949] Internet Archive Day is New, The 1942 · Film · Subtitles Depicts the life and daily pursuits of the residents of Mexico City Internet Archive Leave Us Chase It (1947) 1947 · Feature A cat who has just been chased by a mouse wielding a meat cleaver laments, "Why can't I catch that mouse?!" A parrot reading "Superkatt" comics tells the… Internet Archive Mr. Elephant Goes To Town (1940) 1940 · Feature The title character has his truck in the circus caravan disintegrate and he wanders into an abandoned house where where he winds up drinking some medicine… Internet Archive The Disillusioned Bluebird (1944) 1944 · Feature A Dave Fleischer produced animated short. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-disillusioned-bluebird-1944/ Internet Archive The Stork Club (1945) 1945 · Feature Director Hal Walker's 1945 musical comedy stars Betty Hutton as a hat-check girl at New York City's famous nightclub. The cast also includes Barry Fitzgerald,… Internet Archive What Happens at Night (1941) 1941 · Feature As night falls, the metal-rooster on the weather vane comes to life and, winging his way to an old mill, rouses a scarecrow and a swarm of bug en-route. Soon,… Internet Archive Troop Train 1943 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 37 Troop Train U.S. Office of War Information. Public Domain Footage The 201 Armored Division heads across America by train.… Internet Archive Lost City of the Jungle (1946) 1946 · Film Following the end of WWII, a war-monger looking ahead to WWIII initiates a search for Meteorium 245, a newly discovered element that is the only known defense… Internet Archive Farmer Tom Thumb (1940) 1940 · Feature A farmer is badly disappointed by his thumb-sized son who eventually makes good by sending away for some free garden growth pills. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Harvest Time (1940) 1940 · Feature Harvest Time is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Connie Rasinski. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/harvest-time-1940/ Internet Archive Kid Dynamite (1943) 1943 · Feature The East Side boxing champion Muggs answers a challenge to a fight against the West Side champ but just before the match he is kidnapped. His friend Danny… Internet Archive 24´s Get Back 1944 · Short · 17 min This training film demonstrates specific techniques for landing B-24 Liberators that have sustained a wide variety of damage in differing conditions,… Internet Archive 1947 - Kiss of Death - El beso de la muerte - Henry Hathaway 1947 · Feature 1947 - Kiss of Death - El beso de la muerte - Henry Hathaway Internet Archive 1942 Diesel ( Willy Birgel, Hilde Weissner, Paul Wegener, Josef Sieber, Erich Ponto, Paul Westermeier, Hilde Von Stolz) 1942 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1942. Diesel (Film zum Dieselmotor Erfinder Rudolf Diesel) U.a mit Willy Birgel und Hilde Weissner Internet Archive I Take This Oath (1940) 1940 · Feature The trials and tribulations of a group of newly sworn-in police officers. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/i-take-this-oath-1940/ Internet Archive Keep 'Em Growing (1943) 1943 · Feature Keep 'Em Growing is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Mannie Davis. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/keep-em-growing-1943/ Internet Archive The Catnip Gang (1949) 1949 · Feature Three of the felonious felines to ever serve time in the city-pound break out, steal a car, kidnap some little mice as hostages,and beat it for their mountain… Internet Archive Zis Boom Bah (1941) 1941 · Feature "Hey, kids, let's get together and put on a show!" That's the idea behind this raucous spoof about a vaudeville performer who's sent to college to spy on his… Internet Archive Por Ellos... Todo (1948) 1948 · Feature Por ellos…todo es una película argentina del género de comedia filmada en blanco y negro dirigida por Carlos Schlieper sobre un guion de Carlos A. Olivari y… Internet Archive Sahara: BOGART 1943 · Feature Humphrey Bogart is a tank commander. Internet Archive Loretta Young Trailer, 1942/11/23 1942 · Newsreel On location with Loretta Young filming the movie "China," and the actress speaks about Women At War Week begins Nov. 22, a "call to arms for all American…