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5,377–5,424 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 Suspense: The Kiss-Off 1953 · TV · 23 min Aired 1953-03-03. Season 5, Episode 20 Actors: Jack Palance; Virginia Baker; Peter Hobbs; Leonard Barry; Victor Thorley; Harry Davis Runtime: 23:02 Internet Archive Three Wishes 1950 · Film Tells the story of a peasant who receives three wishes for aiding two gnomes, but wastes them due to his own greed and his wife's spitefulness. This film can… Internet Archive Kellogg's Commercial 1 1953 · Commercial A Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes commercial, made sometime between 1951 and 1953, featuring Adventures of Superman star George Reeves. Internet Archive 1951 - Roller Derby - the Red Devils vs the Jets 1951 · TV · 28 min · Subtitles Here is a roller derby game from 1951 featuring The Red Devils vs The Jets. Internet Archive Suspense: The Duel 1953 · TV Aired 21 April 1953. Season 5, Episode 26 Actors: Roger Dann; Eva Gabor; Arnold Moss; Harold Gordon Runtime: 23:38 Many more episodes are available here:… Internet Archive Why Vandalism? 1955 · Film A story about three young boys who destroy a classroom is used in discussing factors which lead youngsters into destructive acts and in showing various ways… Internet Archive Suspense: My Old Man's Badge 1950 · TV Aired 21 March 1950. Season 2, Episode 29 Actors: Barry Nelson; Steven Hill; Will Hare; Charles Mendick; Philip Sterling Runtime: 23:24 Internet Archive 53 04 19 The Jack Benny Program S 03e 07 Fred Allen Show 1953 · TV After Jack's monologue rehearsal (lots of jokes about Fred Allen), Rochester rides out on Benny's hot dog cart and sells sandwiches to the crew. He serenades… Internet Archive Ansel Adams, Photographer 1958 · Educational · 20 min Records the life and work of Ansel Adams, the American photographer. Describes the photographer's equipment, his home, his interests, and his attitude toward… Internet Archive El Morocho De Abasto '' La Vida De Carlos Gardel'' (1950) 1950 · Feature El morocho del Abasto (La vida de Carlos Gardel) es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Julio C. Rossi sobre su propio guion escrito… Internet Archive Guacho (1954) 1954 · Feature Guacho es una película argentina de 1954, dirigida por Lucas Demare , protagonizada por Tita Merello y Carlos Cores. Guacho procede del quechua cuzqueño… Internet Archive Procesado 1040(1958) 1958 · Feature Procesado 1040 es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Rubén W. Cavallotti sobre el guion de Wilfredo Jiménez según la obra de Juan Carlos… Internet Archive Sombras En La Frontera (1951) 1951 · Feature Sombras en la frontera es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Leo Fleider sobre guion de Francisco Madrid que se estrenó el 28 de agosto de… Internet Archive Primitive Peoples: The Corroboree 1950 · Educational The Mewite tribe of Australian aborigines conducts a funeral (corroboree) on which the dead are wrapped in bark and laid on a high platform, then the bones… Internet Archive Home Movie: 98616: San Francisco Scenes 1953 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Activity Group Therapy 1950 · Film Training film made for mental health and social workers. Activity Group Therapy explores the development of socially maladjusted boys, 10 and 11 years old,… Internet Archive The Renaissance: Its Beginnings in Italy 1957 · Educational Depicts achievements of the Renaissance in scholarship and science. Photographed in Italy and France Collaborator, Ulrich Middledorf Internet Archive La Ciguena Dijo Si (1955) 1955 · Feature La cigüeña dijo ¡Sí! es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Enrique Carreras según el guion de Alejandro Casona sobre la obra de Carlos… Internet Archive Zafra(1959) 1959 · Feature Zafra es una película de Argentina filmada en colores dirigida por Lucas Demare según el guion de Sixto Pondal Ríos que se estrenó el 9 de abril de 1959 y que… Internet Archive ''To Tell the Truth'' - 16 July 1957 1957 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of "To Tell the Truth", a popular 1950s game show. Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10534: Western Trip, Canyons, 1951] 1951 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive African trypanosomiasis. 1951 · Film Explains the etiology, epidemiology, symptomatology, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, prevention, and control of African typanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).… Internet Archive Owl And Fred Jones 1959 · Film Describes the role of habit in daily life and explains how habits can be controlled or changed to enhance their usefulness. This film can be purchased on DVD… Internet Archive Suspense: Tough Cop 1951 · TV Aired 9 Jan. 1951. Season 3, Episode 20 Actors: Barry Nelson; Katharine Bard; Alan Stevenson; Robert Emhardt; Joe Bushkin Runtime: 23:03 Internet Archive El Gaucho Y El Diablo(1952) 1952 · Feature El gaucho y el diablo es una película de Argentina dirigida por Ernesto Remani sobre el guion de José María Fernández Unsain según el cuento El diablillo de… Internet Archive Reencuentro Con La Gloria (1957) 1957 · Feature Reencuentro con la gloria es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Iván Grondona sobre su propio guion que se estrenó el 1 de noviembre de… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97490: Home and Friends, Midwest 1954 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive House 1956 · Educational Produced by Charles and Ray Eames A lyrical interpretation of a home in southern California Internet Archive 55 03 06 The Jack Benny Program S 05e 12 Jack Takes Beavers To The Fair 1955 · TV In this color episode, here in black-and-white, Jack loans each of the Beverly Hills Beavers fifty cents when he takes them to the fair. Things start badly… Internet Archive Flannel Boards And How To Use Them 1958 · Film Brilliant application demonstrations. The goofy world of fifties' education. Explains what flannel boards are, how they are made and how they may be used.… Internet Archive Making Yourself Understood: An Introduction To Communications 1953 · Film EXPLAINS THAT IN COMMUNICATION THERE ARE 5 ELEMENTS TO BE EXPRESSED: WHO,WHAT, TO WHOM, HOW & WHAT EFFECT. POINTS OUT THE NEED FOR MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING ON THE… Internet Archive The Mohammedan World 1953 · Educational Describes the beginning of the religion of Islam in 570 A.D. and its spread from Arabia to Europe, Africa, and India. Discusses Islamic clashes with… Internet Archive El Cerco(1959) 1959 · Feature El cerco es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina coproducida con Francia , dirigida por Claude Boissol sobre su propio guion según la obra El cerco… Internet Archive La Tigra (1954) 1954 · Feature La Tigra es una película dramática argentina en blanco y negro dirigida en 1954 por Leopoldo Torre Nilsson con guion de Carlos Alberto Orlando sobre la obra… Internet Archive Sin Familia (1954) 1954 · Feature Sin familia es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Armando Bó según guion de Rafael García Ibáñez basado en la novela Sans famille de… Internet Archive 55 10 09 The Jack Benny Program S 06e 02 Relaxing After The Show 1955 · TV After a show, Jack awaits a relaxing massage, but masseuse Frank Nelson gives him nothing but aggravation. Jack throws him out after discovering he's being… Internet Archive The Theatre: One of the Humanities 1959 · Educational · 30 min The Theatre: One of the Humanities Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film A comprehensive report of… Internet Archive The Magna Carta, Part 2 [motion picture] : Revolt of the nobles and the signing of the Magna carta 1959 · Educational · 15 min Another issue. b&w Collaborator, Lacey Baldwin Smith Explains that during the reigns of strong kings, the Crown had tremendous power, but when a weak king… Internet Archive El Hombre Que Debia Una Muerte (1955) 1955 · Feature El hombre que debía una muerte es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina , cuyo primer nombre fue El hombre que debía un crimen dirigida por Mario… Internet Archive Classic Commercial for Lilt Hair 1955 · Commercial · 1 min A Classic Commercial for Lilt Hair. Features great footage of Hair. 1955. Internet Archive Experimental Studies in Social Climates of Groups 1953 · Film Illustrates the behavior of boys organized in clubs, each of which is run either on democratic principles, an autocratic principles, or as a laissez-faire… Internet Archive The Character Of Oedipus 1959 · Educational · 29 min Part II of director John Barnes’ four-part opus on Oedipus the King, by Sophocles. Through the revelation of the character of Oedipus, Bernard Knox is able to… Internet Archive Whales and Whalermen 1957 · Educational · 21 min Depicts a whale hunt in the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa. Shows life on board the whaler and events preparatory to the finding and killing of… Internet Archive Fantasmas Asustados (1951) 1951 · Feature Fantasmas asustados es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Carlos Rinaldi sobre su propio guion escrito en colaboración con René Mugica… Internet Archive La Mano Que Aprieta( 1953) 1953 · Feature La mano que aprieta es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Enrique Carreras sobre el guion de Domingo Di Núbila según la obra teatral… Internet Archive La Niña De Fuego (1952) 1952 · Feature La niña de fuego es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Carlos Torres Ríos sobre el guion de María Antinea y Carmelo Santiago según un… Internet Archive Psychiatric Interview Series: Patient No 2, evaluation for Treatment (1959) 1959 · Interview · 25 min Psychiatric Interview Series: Patient No 2, evaluation for Treatment (1959) Interview with the same young woman seen in Interview No. 1 after she has had… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97413: Canadian Rockies 1954 · Home movie Trip to Canadian Rockies, July 1954.