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5,665–5,712 of 18,639 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.
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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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
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| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage. |
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[Home Movies: Croft Collection: Can 56: Flying in Small Plane]
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1953 - City That Never Sleeps - La ciudad que nunca duerme - John H. Auer - VOSE
For Academic - Educational Use Only
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57 01 13 The Jack Benny Program S 07e 09 Jack And Mary In Rome
In an episode filmed in Rome, Jack is upset when the rush of adoring fans isn't for him but for opera singer Vittorio Rizetti. At the hotel, Jack can't sleep…
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Home Movie: 97356: 80th Birthday Party
To come.
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1954 - Make Haste to Live - Pasado tenebroso - William A. Seiter - VE - Versión en Español
For Academic / Educational Use Only
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Folie a Deux
Writer and director, Robert Anderson Demonstrates the symptoms in one of the less common forms of mental disease, folie à deux or induced insanity. Presents…
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Home Movie: 71109: Detroit Family Wedding
To come.
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Story Of The Blood Stream
Shows how the circulatory system supplies each cell of the human body with fuel, with oxygen to burn the fuel and how it carries off the waste products.…
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Corazon Fiel(1951)
Corazón fiel es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Leopoldo Torres Ríos sobre el guion de Noel Barona y Arturo Cerretani que se estrenó…
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Dos Basuras (1958)
Dos basuras es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Kurt Land según el guion de José María Fernández Unsain y Alfredo Ruanova según la…
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Miracle In Paradise Valley
Shows many accidents on a farm, and describes how they can be prevented. Joe the Special in-the-meantime agent magically appears and tells a farmer about the…
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William Tell: Voice in the Night
Season 1, Episode 6 Aired 20 Oct. 1958. Actors: Conrad Phillips; Willoughby Goddard; Michael Ripper; Ronald Leigh-Hunt; Jack Lambert Runtime: 25:30
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Man of the Century: Churchill
Produced by CBS Profiles the life of Winston Churchill from his birth in 1874 to his eightieth birthday in 1954. Includes his military experience in South…
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I Married Joan: The Shotgun (1953)
Season 2, Episode 10 Aired 16 Dec. 1953. Actors: Jim Backus; Joan Davis; Beverly Wills Runtime: 23:50 Knowing that she has been a bad girl, Joan bends over so…
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Ayer Fue Primavera(1955)
Ayer fue primavera es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Fernando Ayala sobre el guion de Rodolfo Manuel Taboada que se estrenó el 20 de…
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Cosas De Mujer (1951)
Cosas de mujer es una película argentina del género de comedia filmada en blanco y negro dirigida por Carlos Schlieper según su propio guion escrito en…
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Moto Perpetuo (1959)
Título original Moto Perpetuo Año 1959 Duración 7 min. País Argentina Dirección Osias Wilenski Guion Osias Wilenski Reparto Documental, Intervenciones de:…
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Somos Todos Inquilinos( 1954)
Somos todos inquilinos es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina integrada por tres episodios dirigidos por Carlos Torres Ríos , Juan Carlos Thorry y…
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Fulfillment Of Your Dreams
About how brick homes might be expensive at first but eventually end up saving money. Follows a young couple looking to buy a home. We digitized and uploaded…
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Pipeline To The Clouds
Presents the story of water-supply in the American community. Explains both the sources of water, including the hydrological cycle and the techniques of water…
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Dialects
Explains and demonstrates dialect differences in standard English. Calls upon five guests from different geographical areas in the United States who…
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The Secretary: Transcribing
Explains efficient procedures for transcribing from shorthand notes and using a transcription machine This film isn't in the public domain. The copyright is…
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55 11 20 The Jack Benny Program S 06e 05 Jack Gives Johnny Carson Advice
Jack and Johnny Carson exchange compliments with each other. Johnny says that Jack is his idol, but he has some constructive criticism. He tells Jack his…
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56 12 30 The Jack Benny Program S 07e 08 Talent Show
During Jack's monologue about his Christmas gifts, Don interrupts with a purse found by an usher. Jayne Mansfield comes out of the audience to claim it,…
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''Meet Corliss Archer'' - Harry Gives Advice
Episode of the 1954-1955 U.S. TV series.
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Atomic Research: Areas And Development
Explains that atomic research is contributing to the progress of civilization by extending the applications of nuclear fission and expanding the utilization…
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1954 - On the Waterfront - La ley del silencio - Nido de ratas - Elia Kazan - VOSE
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Motivating The Class
A young student teacher discovers that his own enthusiasm for mathematics is not sufficient motivation for restless young students. He finds that only when he…
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When Should I Marry?
A young couple, urged to wait before getting married, visit their minister for advice. Two case histories, where marriage was not postponed until school was…
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The Loretta Young Show: The Night My Father Came Home (1953)
Season 1, Episode 14 Aired 20 Dec. 1953. Runtime: 22:06 Actors: Christopher Dark; Hugh Corcoran Director: Robert Florey A Christmas story.
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54 10 31 The Jack Benny Program S 05e 03 How Jack Met Mary
A writer visits Jack at home and hears the story of how Jack found Mary Livingstone in the fall of 1932. In the flashback, a brash, young Jack goes into the…
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School Rules - How They Help Us
Discusses rules and stresses the point that rules are ways of making life more pleasant, smooth and safe. Shows everyday scenes in which rules influence our…
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Pacific Boils Over
Victory at sea Episode 2. Pictures Hawaii and Japan in 1941. Tells how the Japanese sought ways to secure the oil of Southeast Asia. Describes the rendezvous…
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Del Cuple Al Tango ( 1959)
Del cuplé al tango es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Julio Saraceni sobre el guion de Abel Santa Cruz que se estrenó el 15 de…
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Donde Comienzan Los Pantanos (1952)
Donde comienzan los pantanos es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Antonio Ber Ciani sobre el guion de César Tiempo según la novela…
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El Domador (1954)
El domador es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Adelqui Millar , director chileno cuyo verdadero nombre era Adelqui Migliar, según el…
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En La Ardiente Oscuridad (1959)
En la ardiente oscuridad es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Daniel Tinayre sobre el guion de Eduardo Borrás según la obra de teatro…
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Requiebro (1955)
Requiebro es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Carlos Schlieper sobre el guion de Manuel Tamayo Castro según la obra de teatro de…
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Project Athanasia (1957)
TF 1-8595 Army // Once-classified informational/training reel about a scientific project in Minnesota led by Army Corps of Engineers. Recovered and digitized…
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LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH PAUL G. HOFFMAN
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95696 / Local Identifier LW-LW-5 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH PAUL G. HOFFMAN - TELEVISION…
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Floating Fortress
Portrays a day's activities aboard a U.S. battleship (USS New Jersey) off the coast of Korea. Shows living conditions, habits of officers and crew, and…
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Sets: Construction and Display
Sets: Construction and Display Analyzes the principles of design in articles of everyday use, and presents seven guideposts for good design--function,…
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Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence
Social-sex development of Bill and Mary and how they came to meet, fall in love and marry.
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United Means...You!
some good social-service footage, vintage 1950s
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Creation Of A Portrait
This film shows artist Abel George Warshawsky (1883-1962) demonstrating the steps involved in the creation of a portrait, including the beginning sketch, the…
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''Four Star Playhouse'' - Vote Of Confidence
Episode of the 1950s anthology TV series.
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Cuando Besa Mi Marido (1950)
Cuando besa mi marido es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Carlos Schlieper según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Ariel…
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Reportaje En El Infierno (1951)
Reportaje en el infierno es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Román Viñoly Barreto sobre su propio guion escrito en colaboración con…