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3,985–4,032 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 [Home movie: 098959: 1940 honeymoon trip to TVA landmarks and Smoky Mountains destinations] 1940 · Home movie Home movie of 1940 road trip through Georgia and North Carolina, including Great Smoky Mountains and TVA landmarks Internet Archive Time Is Life 1949 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Gabby Goes Fishing (1941) 1941 · Feature Gabby teaches a young boy how to fish, even though the boy was doing much better without him. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/gabby-goes-fishing-1941/ Internet Archive Shadows of Death (1945) 1945 · Feature With the railroad coming to Red Rock, trouble is expected and Billy has been sent to help his friend Fuzzy who is the town's sheriff, judge, and barber. When… Internet Archive State Department: File 649 (1949) 1949 · Feature Kenneth Seeley, member of the U. S. State Department's Foreign Service Bureau, and Marge Weldon, a morale worker with the bureau, are assigned to an area in… Internet Archive That's My Baby! (1944) 1944 · Feature A love triangle occurs between the publisher's daughter Betty Moody. comic book artist Tim Jones, and the company's wily manipulative manager Hilton Payne. In… Internet Archive The Great Dan Patch (1949) 1949 · Feature David Palmer, a young chemist, returns to his father's Indiana farm, to marry a local school teacher, Ruth Treadwell. David meets again his father's… Internet Archive Princeton (part 2) 1949 · Film · Subtitles Portrays the life and spirit of Princeton University, its 200 years of history, its rich associations and the opportunities it offers to those seeking higher… Internet Archive The Awful Orphan (Laserdisc) 1949 · Cartoon RTV App Internet Archive Emergency First Aid: Part 2 - Bandaging Wounds And Burns 1942 · Film World War II-era instructional film on how to clean, bandage, and treat wounds and burns. Includes demonstrations of how to tie a bandage around various parts… Internet Archive Farväl miss Bishop (1941) 1941 · Feature · Subtitles Ett romantiskt drama om Ella Bishop som bor i den amerikanska mellanvästern vid tiden kring det förra sekelskiftet. Redan tidigt bestämmer sig Ella för… Internet Archive Defense Comes First With Oldsmobile (1942 Oldsmobile Playlets) 1941 · Film · Subtitles Advertising short. Factory whistles blowing against sky Internet Archive Valley of Heart's Delight 1948 · Educational · 17 min A 'new' version of the original film of that name made by Roscoe Wyatt in 1922. This film touts Santa Clara Valley's agricultural roots and burgeoning… Internet Archive 1947 - Fear in the Night - Miedo en la noche - Maxwell Shane 1947 · Feature 1947 - Fear in the Night - Miedo en la noche - Maxwell Shane Internet Archive 1942 Dr. Crippen An Board ( Rudolf Fernau, Rene Deltgen, Paul Dahlke) 1942 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1942. Dr.Crippen an Bord. U.a mit Rene Deltgen und Paul Dahlke Internet Archive As the Fly Flies (1944) 1944 · Feature The plummy-voiced narrator of this late Columbia black and white cartoon interviews Professor Igor Puzzlewitz and quizzes him on his newest Rube-Goldbergesque… Internet Archive Bad Bill Bunion (1945) 1945 · Feature Bad Bill Bunion is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Mannie Davis. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/bad-bill-bunion-1945/ Internet Archive Barnyard Babies (1940) 1940 · Feature Mother Hen's kids are aspiring singers and actresses, but Chester wants to become a G-Man. This fantasy of his lands him into trouble. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Mystery in the Moonlight (1948) 1948 · Feature Mystery in the Moonlight is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Eddie Donnelly. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/mystery-in-the-moonlight-1948/ Internet Archive The Bulldog and the Baby (1942) 1942 · Feature A black maid leaves the baby of the house she works at with Butch. The bulldog tries to keep the rambunctious baby from harm in the city, but all hell breaks… Internet Archive 1947 - Desert Fury - La hija del pecado - Lewis Allen - VOSE 1947 · Feature https://derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive Reds Bolt UNO Meeting, 1946/03/28 1946 · Newsreel (1) first part of story missing - "New York: Dramatic scenes unfold in the United Nations Organization Security Council meeting when Russia's delegate,… Internet Archive Nazi Concentration Camps 1945 · Feature · 51 min · Subtitles **This film contains extremely graphic scenes of human suffering, please exercise caution when viewing.** Compilation footage of Nazi concentration camps in… Internet Archive 1942 Himmelhunde ( Josef Kamper, Georg Vogelsang, Albert Florath) 1942 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1942. Himmelhunde. U.a mit Josef Kamper und Georg Vogelsang Internet Archive 1944 Der Majoratsherr ( Willy Birgel) 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Der Majoratsherr. U.a mit Willy Birgel Internet Archive Conquer By The Clock 1942 · Film "Conquer by the Clock was a short dramatic propaganda film produced by the RKO Pathé in 1942 to encourage wartime industrial production. It was nominated for… Internet Archive Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941) 1941 · Feature The East Side Kids discover that one of their own, Danny, is torn between staying in school and becoming a boxer, and is getting mixed up with gangsters.… Internet Archive Man's Pest Friend (1945) 1945 · Feature Little Lulu and her dog, Pal, are out walking and playing, but soon run into all manner of problems and situations trying to keep the dog-catcher from… Internet Archive Vitamin Hay (1941) 1941 · Feature It's time for lunch, and Spunky (the baby donkey) is expected to feed on healthy (and awful-tasting) Vitamin Hay. He resists, and wanders out of the barn to… Internet Archive 1945 - Fallen Angel - Ángel o diablo - Otto Preminger 1945 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only. Internet Archive Gang Busters (1942) 1942 · Film Kent Taylor (TV's Boston Blackie) leads detectives who must track down a clever group of gangsters spreading a terrifying net of evil over the city. Are they… Internet Archive Charley's March of Time 1948 · Short · 9 min Charley questions the need for the National Insurance Acts of 1948. Welfare State. National Insurance payments. Social insurance. Internet Archive A Dog's Dream (1941) 1941 · Feature A Dog's Dream is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Eddie Donnelly. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/a-dogs-dream-1941/ Internet Archive 1948 - The Big Clock - El reloj asesino - John Farrow - VO 1948 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive 1943 Johann ( Theo Lingen, Fita Benkhoff, Herrmann Thimig) 1943 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1943. Johann. U.a mit Theo Lingen und Fita Benkhoff Internet Archive Green Archer, The: Chapter 3 - The Devil's Dictograph 1940 · Short · 18 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 Don Winslow of the Navy: Chapter 4 - Towering Doom 1942 · Short · 17 min Taken from IMDB : US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of the islands near Pearl Harbor. He discovers that there is a ring of saboteurs and enemy… Internet Archive The Green Hornet Strikes Again!: Chaper 15 - Smashing the Crime Ring 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 Truman Faces New Job With Confidence, 1945/04/19 1945 · Newsreel (1) [starts with no sound, silent pictures of Truman, staff, then sound when Truman gives speech] "Early in the A.M. President Harry S. Truman leaves Blair… Internet Archive Hidden Harvest 1944 · Film · Subtitles contains film within film: "Animal Checkers" at 17:30:00:00 Internet Archive Recognition of the Japanese Zero Fighter 1943 · Short · 20 min Military training film on the characteristics, capabilities, weaknesses, and recognition of the World War II Japanese fighter aircraft, Mitsubishi A6M Rei… Internet Archive 1944 Der Meisterdetektiv ( Eric Ponto, Fritz Kampers, Grethe Weiser, Rudolf Platte, Hermann Brix, Dorit Kreysler, Georg Alexander) 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Der Meisterdetektiv. U.a mit Eric Ponto und Fritz Kampers Internet Archive Scrap-Happy Daffy 1943 · Cartoon Daffy Duck protects his war-time salvage yard from a Nazi goat Internet Archive 1940 Der Dunkle Punkt ( Mady Rahl, Oscar Sabo, Ernst Legal, Olga Limburg) 1940 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1940. Der dunkle Punkt. u.a mit Mady Rahl und Osca Sabo Internet Archive Louise Tobin with Emil Coleman's Orchestra 1945 · Feature Two short films featuring Louise Tobin with Emil Coleman and His Orchestra . The songs and film titles are identical. The source file was inexplicably flipped… Internet Archive A Day in June (1944) 1944 · Feature A day in June in which the birds, bees, insects and other forms of wild-life are basking in the fields and meadows. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Beau Ties (1945) 1945 · Feature Lulu is angry when she sees her boyfriend Fatso out with another girl. To make it up to Lulu, Fatso promises to marry Lulu when they grow up. However, while… Internet Archive Mr. Adam's Bomb (1949) 1949 · Feature Father dances to Jazz in the kitchen with the maid, his family won't tolerate his behaviour anymore. And now he has to deal with Uncle Adam's strange antics.…