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5,905–5,952 of 18,638 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 Crowded Out 1958 · Film Film urging parents to join forces with educators to solve school overcrowding during the 1950s baby boom. In Crowded Out , a teacher is assigned so many… Internet Archive Home Movie: 98612: Travel and Family 1953 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive 1951 - The Family Secret - Secreto de familia - Henry Levin - VOSE 1951 · Feature https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive Terrible Twos and Trusting Threes 1950 · Educational French version released under title Petit monde à deux et trois ans. Depicts pushing, pulling, crawling, climbing, and other never-ceasing, seemingly aimless… Internet Archive 55 11 06 The Jack Benny Program S 06e 04 Isaac Stern Boosts Jack's Morale 1955 · TV Jack's latest violin lesson ends badly when Professor LeBlanc attacks him, slits his own wrists and jumps out of the window. Finally realizing he'll never be… Internet Archive Adventures Of The Falcon - S01E20 - The Guilty Stamps - 11-xx-54 1954 · TV Adventures Of The Falcon starring Charles McGraw Season 1, Episode 20 The Guilty Stamps November 1954 Federal Telefilms (syndication) Internet Archive 006. L'Orfeó Català a Salou (1956) 1956 · Short Reportatge sobre l'anada a Salou de l'Orfeó Català. Tren especial a l'Estació de França. Les costes del Garraf i l'estació de Tarragona. Arribada a l'estació… Internet Archive 019. Consagració de l'altar major (23 D'abril de 1959) 1959 · Short Acte de consagració de l'altar major del monestir amb presència del Cardenal de la Curia romana, Eugeni Tisserant i l'Abat Escarré. Persones: Escarré i Janer,… Internet Archive Home Movie: 99000: Family Scenes 1950 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie: 11651: Chester, Pennsylvania Family, Christmas Parties 1957 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Al Compas De Tu Mentira (1950) 1950 · Feature Al compás de tu mentira es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Héctor Canziani según el guion de Abel Santa Cruz sobre la obra La… Internet Archive La Parda Flora(1952) 1952 · Feature La Parda Flora es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por León Klimovsky sobre su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Nathán Pinzón que… Internet Archive Suburbio (1951) 1951 · Feature Suburbio es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por León Klimovsky sobre el guion de Ulyses Petit de Murat que se estrenó el 16 de marzo de… Internet Archive Follow that Man (Man against Crime): Thirty Dimes 1953 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles Aired 22 Nov. 1953. Season 5, Episode 7 Internet Archive Colgate Comedy Hour with singer Jane Morgan 1951 1951 · TV May 20, 1951, hosted by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Other guests are dancers Fosse and Niles. 51 minutes long, presumably the full episode. I believe this… Internet Archive Home Movie: 98312: Miscellaneous 1954 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Printing, a future unlimited 1958 · Film Directed to high school students considering a career in the printing and publishing industries. Outlines the creative, practical, financial and managerial… Internet Archive 004. La coral "T. L. De Victoria" viatja a Selva De Mar (1955) 1955 · Short Reportatge de l'excursió de la dita coral per aquesta zona de la Costa Brava. Dirigida pel mestre Josep Jordi Llongueras, aquesta coral masculina de l'Orfeó… Internet Archive Public Defender: Return of the Dead (1954) 1954 · TV Season 2, Episode 1 Aired 9 Sep. 1954. Actors: Reed Hadley; Natalie Wood; Steven Geray; Gladys Holland; Stephen Bekassy Director: Budd Boetticher Runtime: 24:23 Internet Archive The London of William Hogarth 1957 · Educational CREDITS: Director and narrator, Phil Barnard; script, James Watrous; music, Don Voegeli SUMMARY: Presents scenes from the satirical engravings of the 18th… Internet Archive Ellos Nos Hicieron Asi (1953) 1953 · Feature llos nos hicieron así es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Mario Soffici sobre el guion de Sixto Pondal Ríos y Carlos Olivari que se… Internet Archive Los Tres Mosquiteros (1953) 1953 · Feature Los tres mosquiteros es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Enrique Carreras sobre el guion de Julio Porter que se estrenó el 7 de julio… Internet Archive 1957 - 5 Steps to Danger - Red invisible - Henry S. Kesler - VOSE 1957 · Feature https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive 57 10 20 The Jack Benny Program S 08e 03 Hal March Show 1957 · TV The President and Secretary of the Jack Benny Fan Club, Pasadena Chapter, interrupt Jack's monologue to get better seats. The club President pulls Benny's… Internet Archive Home Movie: 11686: Newport, OR Family Trips, Coolie Dam and Falls, Spokane WA, Redmond, McKenzie Pass 1958 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Monkey on the Back 1955 · Educational Explores the causes and consequences of drug addiction for the individual and for society. Based on an actual case history of a man who struggles against drug… Internet Archive Bettering the Brew! 1951 · TV · 3 min Segment from Industry on Parade Ep 65: Bettering the Brew! Making coffee in an automatic coffeemaker, the Coffeematic; food industry. Landers, Frary & Clark… Internet Archive 1955 Maio 30 1955 · Feature O Rei do Movimento Estréia dia 30 de Maio de 1955 RJ Internet Archive Asunto Terminado (1953) 1953 · Feature Asunto terminado es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Kurt Land sobre el guion de Abel Santa Cruz según la obra Métier de femme , de… Internet Archive Martin Pescador (1951) 1951 · Feature Martín Pescador es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Antonio Ber Ciani según el guion de César Tiempo y Arturo Cerretani que se estrenó… Internet Archive Sabado Del Pecado ( 1954) 1954 · Feature Sábado del pecado es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Belisario García Villar sobre su propio guion según la obra teatral de Roberto… Internet Archive Follow that Man (Man against Crime): Will o' the Wisp 1954 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles Season 5, Episode 22 Aired 7 March 1954. Internet Archive Home Movie: 98222: Fan Trip on Chicago-Area Railroads, 1958 1958 · Home movie C.E.R.A. fan trip on I.C. & C.S.S. & S.B. (using IC equipment) 5-24-58 Internet Archive From Sentences to Paragraphs: Part 1 1956 · Educational Produced by NET Explains how to construct sentences to form the "explaining paragraph." From the Quill series Internet Archive Robin Redbreast 1958 · Educational Second edition Also issued in b&w With teacher's guide Shows activities and habits of a robin family, including building of the nest and work of the parent… Internet Archive The Adventures of Long John Silver - Episode 4: 'Execution Dock' 1954 · TV Internet Archive Grammar Part 1 1957 · Educational Examines the structure, patterning, and classification of words. Explains how the linguist defines a word in terms of base, vowels, and stress patterns, and… Internet Archive Volver A La Vida (1951) 1951 · Feature Película Internet Archive 010. Esmalts (1957) 1957 · Short Documental d'art sobre l'activitat de l'esmaltador Modest Morató al seu taller-escola, a Riells de Montseny. Riells de Montseny: església per dintre i per… Internet Archive Who Does What? 1950 · Educational · 18 min Who Does What? Explains how mountains are formed by deformation of the Earth's crust, showing that uplifting movements are occurring at present, and new… Internet Archive Home Movie: 98954: Florida 1958 1958 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive 56 02 26 The Jack Benny Program S 06e 12 Rochester Sleeps Through Jack's Show 1956 · TV Rochester sits down to watch Jack's show, but falls asleep. Jack expects Rochester, his toughest critic, to give him an honest evaluation of the program, but… Internet Archive Fight For Better Schools 1950 · Educational Shows how interested citizens like those of Arlington County, Virginia, are able by working together to effect legislation and revitalize the public schools.… Internet Archive If You Took Your Family To Work 1954 · Film Pictures a workman who keeps imagining he sees his son watching him do things that violate safety rules. He realizes he should practice safety rules on the… Internet Archive Impressionism 1957 · Educational Eastman color Discusses the unique qualities of impressionism and shows examples of impressionistic masterpieces Internet Archive Flame Cutting 1954 · Educational Shows techniques for cutting steel and iron. Gives step-by-step instructions for making straight line cuts, irregular shapes, beveling plate edges, and circle… Internet Archive Follow that Man (Man against Crime): No Place To Hide 1954 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles Aired 20 June 1954. Season 5, Episode 37 Internet Archive 1954 - Shield for Murder - Howard W. Koch, Edmond O'Brien - VOSE 1954 · Feature https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/