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4,129–4,176 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 Bringing Home the Bacon (1941) 1941 · Feature Bringing Home the Bacon is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Mannie Davis. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/bringing-home-the-bacon-1941/ Internet Archive Life with Fido (1942) 1942 · Feature Life with Fido is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Connie Rasinski. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/life-with-fido-1942/ Internet Archive Make Mine Freedom (1948) 1948 · Feature This Cold War-era cartoon uses humor to tout the dangers of Communism and the benefits of capitalism. Internet Archive Paint Pot Symphony (1949) 1949 · Feature A trio of house painters, a cat, a dog and a bird, undertake to decorate the exterior of a skyscraper, and end up, involuntarily, performing a ballet---set to… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone 1948 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800003 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone 1948 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the… Internet Archive 1943 Die Gattin ( Jenny Jugo, Viktor Staal, Willy Fritsch, Hilde Von Stolz, Hans Brausewetter) 1943 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1943. Die Gattin. U.a mit Jenny Jugo,Viktor Staal und Willy Fritsch Internet Archive What To Do in a Gas Attack 1943 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 41 What To Do in a Gas Attack Public Domain Footage Step by step instructions for civilians who might suffer various forms of… Internet Archive 1947 - The Guilty - John Reinhardt - VO 1947 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive The Chipper Chipmunk (1948) 1948 · Feature The Chipper Chipmunk is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Mannie Davis. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-chipper-chipmunk-1948/ Internet Archive The Hopeful Donkey (1943) 1943 · Feature The Hopeful Donkey is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Mannie Davis. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-hopeful-donkey-1943/ Internet Archive Uncle Joey (1941) 1941 · Feature Joey, a mouse caricature of Joe E. Brown, comes to visit a bunch of kiddie mice in their home inside a wall. A cat that's been chasing them is easily… Internet Archive 1940 Stern Von Rio ( Gustav Diessl, Max Gülstorff, Harald Paulsen, Harry Hardt, Fritz Kampers) 1940 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1940. Stern von Rio. U.a mit Gustav Diessl und Harald Paulsen Internet Archive Mr. and Mrs. America 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 29 Mr. and Mrs. America U.S. Treasury, War Finance Division. Public Domain Footage An appeal to Americans to buy war bonds,… Internet Archive 1943 Die Goldene Spinne ( Otto Gebühr, Josef Sieber, Rolf Weih, Harald Paulsen) 1943 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1943. Die goldene Spinne. U.a mit Josef Sieber,Otto Gebühr und Harald Paulsen Internet Archive Civilian Defense Chief La Guardia Announces Plan, 1941/06/19 1941 · Newsreel · Subtitles "New York, NY: The role of civilians in modern warfare is outlined by Defense Chief Mayor La Guardia. Every man, woman and child will have a job to do in case… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Nuclear Testing Review 1945 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800000 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Nuclear Testing Review DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Department… Internet Archive The March of Time - Ireland 1946 · Short Episode of The March of Time, released as 1946 U.S. Army educational film # EF-257, Ireland . "Reel 1 shows a panorama of the Irish countryside; castles and… Internet Archive Daffidilly Daddy (1945) 1945 · Feature Daffidilly Daddy is a Little Lulu cartoon directed by Seymour Kneitel, Orestes Calpini. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/daffidilly-daddy-1945/ Internet Archive Let's Go Collegiate (1941) 1941 · Feature Rawley University is about to receive a star athlete who could give it the first championship rowing team it's ever had. Unfortunately, he gets drafted into… Internet Archive Night Life in the Army (1942) 1942 · Feature At the army base one night, as Private Gandy and Sergeant Sourpuss are sleeping, Gandy has a nightmare. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive They Meet Again (1941) 1941 · Feature Dr. Christian takes time out from his appointed rounds to help clear a bank teller of embezzlement charges. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Meet King Joe 1949 · Film Pro-business cartoon explaining the role of investment capital in building America’s prosperity. Because of far-sighted investment in industry, the American… Internet Archive Target Invisible 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 34 Target Invisible U.S. Army Air Forces. Public Domain Footage explains and demonstrates radar by following a bomb run over… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Coast to Coast, Part 5] 1946 · Home movie · Subtitles Skeletal entry. Info in logbook. Internet Archive Secret Agent x-9: Chapter 2 - Ringed by Fire 1945 · Short · 19 min Taken from wikipedia: Secret Agent X-9 (1945) is a Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Secret Agent X-9 created by Dashiell Hammett. It was the… Internet Archive 1944 Der Täter Ist Unter Uns ( Paul Dahlke, Fritz Odemar) 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Der Täter ist unter uns. U.a mit Paul Dahlke und Fritz Odemar Internet Archive 1944 Spiel ( Oscar Sima, Lucie Englisch, Hilde Hildebrand) 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Spiel u.a mit Oscar Sima und Hilde Hildebrand Internet Archive Pop goes the weasel 1948 · Short · 9 min A simple explanation of how peacetime taxes were spent paying for the enormous cost of the war. Internet Archive 1948 - The Strange Mrs. Crane - Sam Newfield 1948 · Feature 1948 - The Strange Mrs. Crane - Sam Newfield Internet Archive Wing, Claw and Fang 1946 · Educational · 8 min Kitten, puppy, penguin and lion perform stunts, showing that animals react in intelligent ways. Lion trainer wrestles and plays with lion which has already… Internet Archive The Green Hornet Strikes Again!: Chaper 1 - Flaming Havoc 1941 · Short · 20 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 Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone - U.S. Army Engineers 1948 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800006 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone - U.S. Army Engineers 1948 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in… Internet Archive Hare and the Hounds (1940) 1940 · Feature Hare and the Hounds is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Eddie Donnelly. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/hare-and-the-hounds-1940/ Internet Archive Swooning the Swooners (1945) 1945 · Feature Frankie, the skinny, crooning alley-cat, is serenading his fan-pack of female animals late at night, who are swooning off the fence in droves, but the… Internet Archive Taming the Cat (1948) 1948 · Feature We see a house cat next to an unoccupied birdcage as he pulls a canary feather out of his mouth. Hmm, I wonder what happened? Now he hangs up a sign:… Internet Archive The Golden Hen (1946) 1946 · Feature The Golden Hen is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Mannie Davis. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-golden-hen-1946/ Internet Archive 1944 - Double Exposure - William Berke - VO 1944 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive The Snow Man 1940 · Cartoon A group of furry South Pole animals build a snow man. They begin to throw snowballs at it. This make him come to life and oh what a vengeance he has. He… Internet Archive The Land 1942 · Film 1942, 43 minutes Documentary showing the poor state that American agriculture had fallen into during the Great Depression. Flaherty made this documentary… Internet Archive Living In A Metropolis 1948 · Educational · 19 min Shows how millions of people live a crowded and hurried New York existence. Gives an Overview of various industrial and cultural activities." Shows the… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Oakland 1949] 1949 · Home movie · Subtitles [Home Movies: Oakland 1949] Internet Archive The liberation of the Dutch city of Amsterdam in 1945 in color! De bevrijding van Amsterdam in kleur 1945 · Feature At almost the same time as the cities of The Hague and Rotterdam, the Dutch capital of Amsterdam was liberated on the 8th of May 1945 from the German… Internet Archive Fortune Hunters (1946) 1946 · Feature Gandy Goose inherits a wealthy estate, which turns out to be haunted. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/fortune-hunters-1946/ Internet Archive Just a Little Bull (1940) 1940 · Feature Just a Little Bull is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Eddie Donnelly. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/just-a-little-bull-1940/ Internet Archive Practice Makes Perfect (1940) 1940 · Feature Scrappy learns to play the piano. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/practice-makes-perfect-1940/ Internet Archive Rim of the Canyon (1949) 1949 · Feature 20 years ago, 3 men robbed a stage and hid $30,000. They were caught and sent to prison by Marshal Steve Autry. 20 years later, the men bust out of prison and… Internet Archive Slap Happy Hunters (1941) 1941 · Feature Gandy Goose and his bullying, tormentor Cat buddy, are hunting in the jungle. The jungle birds and animals are irritated at being hunted (especially by an… Internet Archive Smoky Joe (1945) 1945 · Feature A Terrytoons cartoon released 25 May 1945. A faithful horse retires as the method of getting to a fire and is replaced by a fire engine. Of course, when the…