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The world's archives

5,953–6,000 of 18,895 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 1958 - Cop Hater - Cazador de policías - William Berke - VO 1958 · Feature https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive How Much Affection? 1958 · Educational · 19 min · Subtitles How far can young people go in petting and still stay within the bounds of personal standards and social mores? Internet Archive Sala De Guardia (1952) 1952 · Feature Sala de guardia es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Tulio Demicheli sobre el guion de Roberto Gil que se estrenó el 28 de febrero de… Internet Archive Stop The Fire Theft 1950 · Educational Industrial film about fire safety and how fires costs jobs. Black and White. This archival scan was produced from a vintage 16mm print. Film print generously… Internet Archive Iron: Product of the Blast Furnace 1951 · Educational Shows how iron ore, limestone, and coke are handled and prepared for the blast furnace in the making of pig iron Internet Archive Armed Forces Forum: George F. Kennan Discusses Communism 1953 · Film Armed Forces Information Film AFIF 50 "Mr. Kennan, a former ambassador to Russia, discusses international communism with a group of enlisted personnel (43… Internet Archive Home Movie: 10805: The Key System 1959 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive The Shot Heard Around the World 1957 · Educational · 31 min The Shot Heard Around the World From republic, to the Augustan "Age of Gold," to the death of an Empire, this film shows how the total Roman experience… Internet Archive Home Movie: 11098: New Haven, Conn. Family 1953 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie: 97404: Snow 1952 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive F.D.R.3rd Term to Pearl Harbor 1959 · Educational · 25 min F.D.R.3rd Term to Pearl Harbor SummaryCovers the period from June 1940 to December 7, 1941. Features some of the historic moments in Roosevelt's career,… Internet Archive Home Movie: 98228: CERA Red Car Fan Trip on CTA 1958 · Home movie Label on can reads: "C.E.R.A. Red Car Fan Trip on C.T.A. 5-25-58" Internet Archive Cubitos De Hielo (1956) 1956 · Feature Cubitos de hielo es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Juan Sires sobre guion de Julio Porter y Raúl Gurruchaga que se estrenó el 20 de… Internet Archive AWAY BOARDERS 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 24543 AWAY BOARDERS STORY OF THE USS GUADALCANAL AND CAPTURE OF THE FIRST GERMAN SUBMARINE IN WORLD WAR II BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER… Internet Archive Frustrating Fours and Fascinating Fives 1953 · Educational French version released under the title Petit monde à quatre et cinq ans A study of the behavior of four-and five-year-old childen at home and at nursery… Internet Archive Snowfire - Molly McGowan, Melody McGowan 1958 · Feature https://mytvlog.blogspot.com/2009/02/snowfire-1958_19.html Internet Archive Kashmir: The Wind And The River 1950 · Educational · 10 min Captures the spirit of calm and timeless beauty of the small Himalayan country of Kashmir. Based on the life of Jhelum River boat people of Kashmir. More on… Internet Archive Norwegian Children - Farming On A Fjord 1950 · Film Shows a boy and girl and their mother on summer pasture lands in the hills above the fjord. Stresses the children's responsibility and independence and their… Internet Archive Responsibility 1953 · Film Dramatizes the story of a high school boy who finds difficulty in meeting and carrying through his responsibilities. We digitized and uploaded this film from… Internet Archive Living in a Reversed World 1958 · Educational Perception experiment in which university students wear devices which invert their fields of vision; stages of adaptation to new situations. Filmed at the… Internet Archive Lejos Del Cielo (1950) 1950 · Feature Lejos del cielo es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Catrano Catrani según guion de Tulio Demicheli y Ulyses Petit de Murat que se… Internet Archive GE Theater: The Eye of the Beholder 1953 · TV · 24 min · Subtitles Season 2, Episode 13 Aired 6 Dec. 1953. Internet Archive 012. Viure Montjuïc (1957/58) 1957 · Short Documental sobre la muntanya de Montjuïc de Barcelona amb les seves possibilitats lúdiques, esportives, artístiques i patrimonials. Destaquen les imatges del… Internet Archive Four Star Playhouse: A Long Way from Texas 1956 · TV · 24 min · Subtitles Season 4, Episode 29 3 May 1956 Internet Archive 58 04 06 The Jack Benny Program S 08e 15 Ronnie Burns Show 1958 · TV In the monologue, Jack tells the audience that Rochester bought him a live Easter rabbit, and he's planning on eating it. He also describes the Hollywood… Internet Archive The Adventures of Long John Silver - Episode 12: 'Dead Reckoning' 1954 · TV Internet Archive Home Movie: 10596: San Francisco 1959 1959 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive I Love Lucy Ford Commercials 1958 · Commercial Lucy and Desi in a pair of commercials for 1958 Ford Convertibles. Internet Archive The Adventures of Long John Silver - Episode 6: 'The Pink Pearl' 1954 · TV Internet Archive [Potato Festival 1951-1952] 1951 · Film Amateur film of Elizabeth City Potato Festival activities and parades for 1951-1952 This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the film… Internet Archive Ozzie & Harriet: David's Career (1954) 1954 · TV · 24 min · Subtitles Aired 12 February 1954 (season 2, episode 22). Internet Archive Case Of The Misguided Killer 1956 · Film Shows causes of accidents and how to avoid them. Discusses safe methods for left turns, how to handle a car when a high speed blowout occurs or right wheels… Internet Archive Inauguración de Radio América TV Canal 4 | 15-12-1958 1958 · TV Canal: Radio América TV Canal 4 - Canal 4 Fecha de grabación: 15 de diciembre de 1958 Cortesía: Recordio (Cuenta eliminada) Link del vídeo: (No hay link del… Internet Archive He Nacido En Buenos Aires (1959) 1959 · Feature He nacido en Buenos Aires es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Francisco Mugica sobre el guion de Rodolfo Manuel Taboada que se estrenó… Internet Archive La Campana Nueva (1950) 1950 · Feature La campana nueva es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Luis José Moglia Barth sobre el guion de Carlos Alberto Orlando según la obra Don… Internet Archive Los Ojos Del Siglo Vol. 1 (1957) 1957 · Feature Los ojos del siglo (Volumen I) es una película documental en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Manuel Peña Rodríguez que se estrenó el 26 de diciembre… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97345: Pennsylvania Family 1954 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie: 97232: Boats and Fishing 1950 · Home movie Boats and fishing trips, 1950-58. Internet Archive The Sounds of Language 1957 · Educational Explains that each language has its own sound system of characteristic intonation patterns, rhythms, stresses, and sounds and points out that a problem in… Internet Archive Home Movie: 98553: Pack Trip, Prairie Dog Shooting 1958 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive 1950 - One Way Street - Murallas de silencio - Hugo Fregonese - VOSE 1950 · Feature https://derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive Home Movie: 71114: Detroit Family Collection: 1954 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Mercado Negro (1953) 1953 · Feature Mercado negro es una película argentina del género policial filmada en blanco y negro dirigida por Kurt Land sobre un guion de Alberto Igliz, Miguel Ligero y… Internet Archive Viaje Al Infinito (1956) 1956 · Feature Viaje al infinito es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Armando Garbi sobre su propio guion con diálogos y colaboración en el encuadre… Internet Archive Home Movie: 98315: Vacation 1959 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Fifty Thousand Lives 1959 · Film Directions for direct mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration, and directions for artificial respiration with a resusitube airway. We digitized and uploaded… Internet Archive Frontier Doctor: Crooked Circle 1958 · TV · 26 min · Subtitles Season 1, Episode 4 18 Oct. 1958 Internet Archive Home Movie: 97084: Brooklyn Family and Passover Seders 1950 · Home movie To come.