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4,177–4,224 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 The Covered Pushcart (1949) 1949 · Feature Sourpuss and Gandy Goose are touring the country by automobile pulling an ultra-modern trailer when they are attacked and invaded by a wild-west, non-modern… Internet Archive 1946 - Fear - Alfred Zeisler - VOSE 1946 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only Internet Archive They Do Come Back 1940 · Educational · 16 min This film courtesy of The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). DIRECTOR: Edgar Ulmer. SPONSOR: National Tuberculosis Association. PRODUCTION:… Internet Archive 1941 Krach Im Vorderhaus 1941 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1941.. Krach im Vorderhaus.. Fortsetzung von dem im Jahre 1935 erschienenden Film, Krach im Hinterhaus Internet Archive Kitty Cleans Up 1949 · Film This film uses a childs curiosity about animals to convey its messages. Young Helen learns that she cleans herself just like her cat Kitty does.… Internet Archive Original Films of Frank B. Gilbreth 1945 · Film Footage drawn from Frank Gilbreth’s time and motion studies. The anthology includes a clip of his family, who were often used in his work-efficiency… Internet Archive Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s Volume 3 Cartoons 1948 · Cartoon All of the short films from the Popeye the Sailor The 1940's Volume 3 DVD set Internet Archive The House I Live In 1945 · Film Advocacy film commissioned by the civil rights organization to discourage ethnic and racial prejudice. Caught in a dispute that assumes ethnic dimensions, a… Internet Archive 1944 Schrammeln ( Hans Holt, Hans Moser, Paul Hörbiger) 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Schrammeln. U.a mit Hans Moser und Paul Hörbiger Internet Archive Bookkeeping and You 1947 · Educational · 11 min Shows the value of bookkeeping to business and the professions, and to the individual in keeping a record of personal finances. Features future film star Dick… Internet Archive Divide and Conquer (Part 3) 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 25 Divide and Conquer (Part 3) Frank Capra and the War Department. Divide and Conquer Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 Public Domain Footage on… Internet Archive All Out for 'V' (1942) 1942 · Feature When war is announced, all the forest animals, birds and bugs go into manufacturing of armaments, helmets and the like, with an annoying jingle about the… Internet Archive The liberation of the Dutch city of The Hague in 1945 in color! De bevrijding van Den Haag in 1945 1945 · Feature The Dutch city of Den Haag, internationally called The Hague, was liberated from the German occupation during World War 2 in May 1945. The Hague is know world… Internet Archive Pride of the Bowery (1940) 1940 · Feature Muggs is tricked into entering a Civilian Conservation Corps camp by Danny in order to get in shape. Muggs resists and battles with the camp captain and with… Internet Archive The Old Oaken Bucket (1941) 1941 · Feature A frog boy calls on his froggette sweetheart, who lives in a well with a bucket for a lift. He can't escape her family so, to be alone, they visit a fair and… Internet Archive The Stowaways (1949) 1949 · Feature The magpies decide to stow away aboard a luxury flight to Africa, and of course mayhem ensues. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-stowaways-1949/ Internet Archive You Can't Shoe a Horse Fly (1940) 1940 · Feature Hunky and Spunky are settling in for a nap, but a horse fly sees them and sees dinner. After battling the fly for a while, the youngster enlists dad's help.… Internet Archive 1944 Hundstage ( Wolf Albach Retty, Grethe Weiser, Fritz Odemar) 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Hundstage. U.a mit Grethe Weiser und Wolf Albach Retty Internet Archive Pres. Truman Urges Wage Adjustment, 1945/11/01 1945 · Newsreel (1) (silent except Truman's speech) (2) America Goes Back To Peace (3) Yamashita Tried For War Crimes (4) Support Your Victory Loan. (partial newsreel) Internet Archive Why We Fight: Prelude to War 1942 · Educational · 26 min Why We Fight: Prelude to War reel 2 Reviews events from 1933 to 1939 including the Japanese conquest of Manchuria, the Italian conquest of Ethiopia, the rise… Internet Archive Green Archer, The: Chapter 5 - The Fatal Spark 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 Flags on Duty 1940 · Film · Subtitles children's educational film about flags Internet Archive 1944 Es Lebe Die Liebe ( Lizzi Waldmüller, Johannes Heesters) 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Es lebe die Liebe. U.a mit Johannes Heesters und Lizzi Waldmüller Internet Archive 1944 Münchnerinnen ( Heli Finkenzeller, Hans Holt, Oscar Sima, Beppo Brem) 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Münchnerinnen. U.a mit Heli Finkenzeller Oscar Sima und Beppo Brem Internet Archive Arizona Stage Coach (1942) 1942 · Feature In the midst of some friendly horseplay on their "Flying R" ranch, the Range Busters, Crash Corrigan, Dusty King and Alibi Terhune, are sobered by the arrival… Internet Archive Clancy Street Boys (1943) 1943 · Feature Muggs' rich Uncle Pete is coming to visit. Unfortunately, Muggs' late father had bragged that he had seven kids, so Muggs recruits the members of the gang to… Internet Archive Love in a Cottage (1940) 1940 · Feature Love in a Cottage is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Volney White. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/love-in-a-cottage-1940/ Internet Archive Magica-Lulu (1945) 1945 · Feature Lulu goes to see the magic show with the magician's act. Lulu wants to be part of the magic show but she finds trouble. Watch for the gag when Lulu is… Internet Archive The One-Man Navy (1941) 1941 · Feature After Gandy Goose being rejected by the US Navy during World War II for being an incompetent, Gandy's Goose-like girlfriend suggests that he create his own… Internet Archive Tricky Business (1942) 1942 · Feature Tricky Business is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Eddie Donnelly. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/tricky-business-1942/ Internet Archive BBC - First-Year Flashbacks - December 31, 1946 1946 · TV BBC - First-Year Flashbacks (December 31, 1946) - XviD AVI Length: 50:14 Video Size: 512x384 -- First transmitted in 1946, these are highlights of the films… Internet Archive How Wet Was My Ocean (1940) 1940 · Feature A timid pig tries to go swimming at the beach, but somehow he keeps getting tangled up with Sourpuss's fishing line. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive It's Nifty to Be Thrifty (1944) 1944 · Feature In an attempt to prevent his daughter from spending her money needlessly on sweets, Mr. Moppet tells Lulu the story of The Grasshopper and The Ant. Seeing how… Internet Archive Million Dollar Kid (1944) 1944 · Feature The gang is friend with a millionaire because they saved him from an agression. However, the gang is suspecting that the man's son was actually one of the… Internet Archive Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949) 1949 · Feature While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry Mitchell to cut restricted timber, Gene fires at a dangerous… Internet Archive 1940 Anton Der Letzte ( Hans Moser, Hans Adalbert Von Schlettow) 1940 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1940. Anton der letzte.. u.a mit Hans Moser in einer seiner besten Rollen..und n klasse Charakter der Anton. Internet Archive Western Grebe, The 1940 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Report to the People 1946 · Film · Subtitles Call to prevent traffic accidents Internet Archive 1947 - Lured - El asesino poeta - Emboscada - Douglas Sirk - Leg 1947 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive 1941 U Boote Westwärts ( Josef Sieber, Ilse Werner) Gekürzte Version 1941 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1941. U Boote Westwärts (gekürzte Version). U.a mit Ilse Werner und Josef Sieber Internet Archive 1945 Vielweiberei ( Grethe Weiser, Hilde Hildebrand, Else Von Möllendorff, Günther Lüders, Erich Fiedler) 1945 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1945. Vielweiberei. U.a mit Grethe Weiser und Günther Lüders Internet Archive Giddy-Yapping (1944) 1944 · Feature A starving horse tries to convince Puzzlewitz the window-washer to give him a lunch break. The horse washes windows, too! Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive So This Is Washington (1943) 1943 · Feature Lum and Abner go to Washington to aid in the war effort by giving the government what they think is a good substitute for rubber--Abner's homemade licorice.… Internet Archive Tom Thumb's Brother (1941) 1941 · Feature While Tom Thumb is very, very small, his kid brother, Pee Wee, is even smaller and Pee Wee's only wish is to be as big and strong as Tom. When tiny Tom is… Internet Archive Divide and Conquer (Part 1) 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 25 Divide and Conquer (Part 1) Frank Capra and the War Department. Divide and Conquer Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 Public Domain Footage on… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97419: Northwest and Mountain States 1948 · Home movie Notes in can state: Coulee ??? Dam; 1948 - Flood; Yellowstone --> Denver; Jackson Hole --> Baby Michael; Central City; Park - Rollercoaster Internet Archive 1945 - Hangover Square - Concierto macabro - John Brahm 1945 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only. Internet Archive Dumb Like a Fox (1941) 1941 · Feature A conceited fox sends an irascible little fox hound, who has never seen a fox before, after a beaver. Watch on RetroFlix:…