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4,801–4,848 of 18,639 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 Movies: Travel, 1950-51] 1950 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive CBS ID from 1957 (Classic TV) 1957 · TV · Subtitles CBS Television Network ID from the 50's. Internet Archive Gildy The Private Eye 1955 · TV · Subtitles The Great Gildersleeve Episode "Gildy The Private Eye" Internet Archive 1954 - Witness to Murder - El único testigo - Roy Rowland - VOSE 1954 · Feature For Academic - Educational Use Only Internet Archive Paraguay: a New Frontier 1958 · Educational · 14 min Here, Willard Hahn films the Chaco region of Paraguay, exploring the ranch of American Bob Eaton, featuring Ligua Indian vaqueros. Also shown is a… Internet Archive Ozzie & Harriet: Fixing Up the Fraternity House (1957) 1957 · TV · 26 min · Subtitles Aired 2 Oct. 1957 (season 6, episode 1). Dave and his frat brothers try to devise a way to raise money for repairs to the fraternity house. Internet Archive Stories of the Century TV 1954 colorized s01e04 Geronimo 1954 · TV Railroad detectives Matt Clark (Jim Davis) and Frankie Adams (Mary Castle), go after Apache chief Geronimo (Chief Yowlachie), who has been identified by Joe… Internet Archive Mary Learns Her Traffic Lesson 1951 · Film Stop-motion animated film about a girl and her pet lamb learning how to cross the street safely, based on the Mother Goose nursery rhyme. Mary crosses a… Internet Archive Trouble With Father - One of The Boys 1955 · TV · 26 min U.S. sitcom episode. This aired 8:30PM on 12 January 1955 on the ABC network. It was preceded on the schedule by Disneyland and followed by Masquerade Party .… Internet Archive Buried Treasure (Ozzie & Harriet) 1956 · TV · 20 min · Subtitles Aired 30 March 1956 (Season 4, Episode 22). [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265… Internet Archive Los Dioses Ajenos( 1958) 1958 · Feature Los dioses ajenos es una película de Argentina filmada en colores dirigida por Román Viñoly Barreto según el guion de Hugo Moser que se estrenó el 24 de junio… Internet Archive Four Star Playhouse: The Hard Way 1953 · TV · 23 min · Subtitles Season 2, Episode 9 Aired 19 Nov. 1953. Written by Blake Edwards. [The file that was available to me had a resolution of only 320x240.] Internet Archive Interference Of Photons 1959 · Educational · 12 min MIT Professor John G. King performs an experiment in which light exhibits both particle and wave characteristics. He uses a very dim light source, a double… Internet Archive Los Isleros (1951) 1951 · Feature Los isleros es una película argentina de 1951, dirigida por Lucas Demare , con guion de Ernesto L. Castro sobre la novela homónima escrita por él mismo. Fue… Internet Archive THE NAVAL WARS WITH FRANCE 1798 - 1801 WITH TRIPOLI 1801 - 1805 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20548 THE NAVAL WARS WITH FRANCE 1798 - 1801 WITH TRIPOLI 1801 - 1805 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY FROM 1785 TO 1805, THE WAR… Internet Archive Suspense: The Red Signal 1952 · TV Aired 22 Jan. 1952. Season 4, Episode 19 Actors: Tom Helmore; Beatrice Straight; Peter Cookson; Noel Leslie; Isobel Elsom Authors: Agatha Christie; Reginald… Internet Archive Doña Rosa: Potter of Coyotepec 1959 · Educational · 10 min Beautiful color film on Doña Rosa de Nieto, from San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, showing her making an olla, and firing her creations in an underground… Internet Archive David's Engagement (Ozzie & Harriet) 1955 · TV · 20 min · Subtitles Aired 23 September 1955 (Season 4, Episode 1). [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265… Internet Archive Home Movie: 98221: CERA Fan Trip on CTA El 1958 · Home movie Label on can reads: "C.E.R.A. fan trip on CTA "El" with 4000 series cars 9-14-58" Internet Archive The Loretta Young Show: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1954 · TV · Subtitles Season 2, Episode 6 Aired 3 Oct. 1954. Actors: Robert Middleton; Gayle Kellogg; William Fawcett Runtime: 23:18 Internet Archive Ozzie & Harriet: The Sportscar (1955) 1955 · TV · 24 min · Subtitles Aired 11 Mar. 1955 (season 3, episode 19). Ozzie is tempted to buy Doc's sportscar. [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download… Internet Archive Fifties Advertising: Remington Rand Shaver , ''Tune In Next Week'', Stopette (Version 2, Ad 4) 1955 · Commercial · 1 min Another example of fifties advertising, a 2nd version of the "Remington Rand Shaver/Tune In Next Week/Stopette" combination. This version aired October 2nd… Internet Archive Gildy Goes Broke 1955 · TV · Subtitles The Great Gildersleeves Episode "Gildy Goes Broke" Internet Archive Industry on Parade: Sylacauga Saga! / Seminar for Executives! / A Message from Industry to You 1950 · Film · Subtitles Sylacauga, Alabama: textile mills stock shots to be logged Internet Archive David Loses His Poise (Ozzie & Harriet) 1958 · TV · 21 min · Subtitles Aired 1 October 1958 (Season 7, Episode 1). [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265… Internet Archive Stories of the Century TV 1954 colorized s01e10 Doc Holliday 1954 · TV Railroad detectives Matt Clark (Jim Davis) and Frankie Adams (Mary Castle) head to Tombstone, Arizona, looking for dentist John "Doc" Holliday, whom they… Internet Archive Japanese Family 1950 · Educational Story of Kawai family, silk-weavers, of Kyoto, shows everyday family life. Authentic Japanese music performed on native instruments Internet Archive Tall Timber Tale (1951) 1951 · Feature Tall Timber Tale is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Connie Rasinski. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/tall-timber-tale-1951/ Internet Archive Our Weather 1955 · Film Shows how weather affects our lives, what causes the weather and how weather conditions are measured and forecast. To license this film and get a higher… Internet Archive Crossroads: Lifeline 1956 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles Aired 11 May 1956. (Season 1, Episode 32) Internet Archive Home Movie: 98907: Family and Travel 1952 · Home movie Label on can states: Aug 23 & Sept 8 1952, Alligators & St Petersburg & Evelyn's house & Jack Miners in Windsor, Nov 1952, Ma, Aug 23 to Sept 8 1952, Internet Archive Ozzie & Harriet: Come as You Are Party (1954) 1954 · TV · 28 min · Subtitles Aired 19 Nov. 1954 (season 3, episode 6). Wally Dipple tells Ozzie that he is going to have a "come-as-your-are party": when you receive the telephone call… Internet Archive End of the Line (Public Defender) 1955 · TV · 24 min · Subtitles Aired 28 April 1955 (Season 2, Episode 35). [The "MPEG4" file is the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265 (HEVC).] Internet Archive The Loretta Young Show: Imperfect Balance 1956 · TV · Subtitles Season 4, Episode 17 Aired 30 Dec. 1956. Actors: Michael Winkelman; Ralph Clanton; Sarah Padden Runtime: 22:52 Internet Archive Works of calder 1950 · Educational · 20 min Works of calder SummaryInterprets Calder's mobiles. Rhythm./al sequences suggest parallels between familiar forms and movements in nature and the movements of… Internet Archive The Loretta Young Show: Lady Killer 1954 · TV · Subtitles Season 1, Episode 17 Aired 10 Jan. 1954. Actors: Whitfield Connor; Walter Coy; James Flavin Duration: 21:56 This story was previously used on the radio… Internet Archive The Party (Ozzie & Harriet) 1953 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles The first airing was on 25 September 1953 (Season 2, Episode 2). This version was rebroadcast in a later year of the series, and Rick and his group perform a… Internet Archive The Honest Face (Ozzie & Harriet) 1956 · TV · 20 min · Subtitles Aired 20 April 1956 (Season 4, Episode 24). [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265… Internet Archive The Ken Murray Show - Can of molasses sketch 1952 · TV · 8 min A comedy sketch featuring Buster Keaton. A short portion of the sketch is missing, unfortunately. Aired 1952. The sketch is based on a scene in the 1917 film… Internet Archive Mackenzie's Raiders TV 1958 colorized s01e02 The Long Day 1958 · TV Colonel Mackenzie (Richard Carlson)'s quest to capture a renegade Apache chief (H.M. Wynant) goes awry when an outlaw gang attacks unexpectedly, and the two… Internet Archive Movie Trailers: "Marathon of Fright" 1950 · Film · Subtitles (aka CREEPSHOW MOVIE TRAILERS) Internet Archive Berlin: Outpost of Freedom. 1959 · Educational · 10 min A documentary which tells the story of divided Berlin where two ideologies clash together on one soil. Explains why and how the city was divided into separate… Internet Archive Annie Oakley TV 1954 colorized s01e04 The Dude Stagecoach 1954 · TV Early adventures of the famous western sharpshooter. Gail Davis as Annie Oakley Jimmy Hawkins as Tagg Oakley Brad Johnson as Deputy Sheriff Lofty Craig In… Internet Archive Brother Beesley's Philosophy (Ozzie & Harriet) 1953 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles Aired 20 March 1953 (Season 1, Episode 25). [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265… Internet Archive Survival Under Atomic Attack 1951 · Educational Explains the dangers of the atomic bomb, the effects of radiation and what the individual should do to protect himself if caught in the open or in his home.… Internet Archive The Loretta Young Show: 600 Seconds 1955 · TV · Subtitles Season 2, Episode 22 Aired 30 Jan. 1955. Actors: John Bryant; Paul Cavanagh; Lois Collier. Runtime: 23:20 Internet Archive The Puppy (Ozzie & Harriet) 1957 · TV · 20 min · Subtitles Aired 16 January 1957 (Season 5, Episode 16). [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265… Internet Archive Mackenzie's Raiders TV 1958 colorized s01e07 Hostage 1958 · TV When an infamous outlaw is sentenced to be hanged, his brother (James Anderson) kidnaps and threatens to kill an important Mexican diplomat unless his brother…