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6,385–6,432 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 AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- GLOBAL OPERATIONS, 1943 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26150 AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- GLOBAL OPERATIONS, 1943 1953 NAZIS INCREASE U-BOAT FLEET; PLANS MADE AT CASABLANCA TO DESTROY ENEMY… Internet Archive Dewenter Home Movies: 1950 Mauna Loa Eruption 1950 · Home movie Henry John Dewenter was born in Peckelsheim, Germany in 1884. Elizabeth Auer was born in Austria in 1889. Both immigrated to the US in 1907. They were married… Internet Archive TOM SCHULER, COBBLER-STATESMAN 1958 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20111 TOM SCHULER, COBBLER-STATESMAN THIS ANIMATED FILM TELLS THE STORY OF TOM SCHULER, AN ORDINARY COBBLER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY… Internet Archive Telephone Time: Novel Appeal 1957 · TV · 25 min Aired 03 Dec. 1957. Season 3, Episode 13 Internet Archive Берегите зубЫ (Take Care Of Your Teeth!) 1955 · Film Pretty standard dental hygiene film from the Soviet Union! We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at… Internet Archive Military Participation on TUMBLER-SNAPPER 1952 · Feature · 47 min Operation TUMBLER-SNAPPER consisted of eight nuclear shots in two phases. The TUMBLER phase was of primary concern to the Department of Defense, which called… Internet Archive Learn to Argue Effectively 1951 · Educational With teacher's guide Explains the uses of persuasive argument. Contrasts serious argumentation with irregular argument, showing when arguments are… Internet Archive Watershed wildfire 1958 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Watershed wildfire Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Division of State and Private Forestry. Fire and… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH JACOB KAY J. K. LASSER 1953 · TV program Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH RICHARD G. CASEY 1953 · TV Talkshow Internet Archive Every Five Minutes 1951 · Short · 6 min A 1951 British fire prevention short film. Produced by Basic Films for the Central Office of Information. Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: New England/Canada 1950 1950 · Home movie Ketcham family home movies of road trip from Vestal, New York, to Canada, 1950. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large collection of 8mm and 16mm amateur… Internet Archive Sam And Friends Poison To Poison 1957 · TV it was an episode of Sam And Friends Internet Archive Monkeys - Jupiter Space Shot 1959 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984) ARC… Internet Archive PRINCIPLES OF THE STARTING MOTOR 1957 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 29892 PRINCIPLES OF THE STARTING MOTOR ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION OF THE STARTING MOTOR - HOW… Internet Archive Good Cycles Deserve Good Riders 1950 · Short · 3 min A 1950 British road safety short intended for bicycle riders. Note: I don't know the copyright status of this film. I don't know if it's copyrighted or public… Internet Archive GUARD AGAINST SABOTAGE 1955 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 5958 / Local Identifier 26.13 - GUARD AGAINST SABOTAGE - Department of Transportation. U.S.… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- PLOESTI, MARCH-AUGUST 1944 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26158 AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- PLOESTI, MARCH-AUGUST 1944 1953 FIRST ATTACK ON PLOESTI OIL REFINERIES INEFFECTIVE; SECOND PLOESTI… Internet Archive 27TH INFANTRY DIVISION 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20356 27TH INFANTRY DIVISION HISTORY OF THE 27TH, HIGHLIGHTING ITS WORLD WAR II BATTLE RECORD - MAKIN, ENIWETOK, SAIPAN AND OKINAWA. Internet Archive Camp Life at Camp Desert Rock 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - Local Identifier 127-G-3156 - Camp Life at Camp Desert Rock - Silent uncataloged footage from the National… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Bootsie, the Lamb" 1956 · Educational SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. I am the only person on earth preserving American filmstrips. The media format is largely forgotten and very… Internet Archive Selected scenes of past and present sport personalities - Part 1 1951 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984) ARC… Internet Archive Appointment with Adventure 1955 · Educational National Archives - Appointment with Adventure - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film explores the… Internet Archive Eleanor Roosevelt Addressing the United Nations General Assembly 1952 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 308 Eleanor Roosevelt Addressing the United Nations General Assembly MP81-1(1) ER Addressing the United Nations General… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- AIR POWER ADVANCES, 1935-1937 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26143 AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- AIR POWER ADVANCES, 1935-1937 1953 HICKAM FIELD ACTIVATED; BOMBERS DIVERT LAVA FROM CITY; PT BOMBERS… Internet Archive Grasshoppers Can Be Controlled 1955 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Grasshoppers Can Be Controlled Department of Agriculture. Office of the Secretary. Office of Information. Motion… Internet Archive The White Snake Enchantress (1958) with Chinese subs 1958 · Cartoon I found this on Bilibilli Xu-Xian, a young boy, once owned a pet snake in West Lake until his parents forced him to give her up. Years pass and during a… Internet Archive SCENES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY, NO. 1 - NEW WORLD 1953 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration SCENES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY, NO. 1 - NEW WORLD U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 54752… Internet Archive Interview with Prime Minister Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy of Pakistan 1957 · Educational National Archives - Interview with Prime Minister Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy of Pakistan - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- EXPANDING AIR POWER, JUNE 1943 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26151 AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- EXPANDING AIR POWER, JUNE 1943 1953 CADET TRAINING AT TYNDALL FIELD; OFFICERS SELECTED FROM RANKS;… Internet Archive HOF 117 1956 57 Lucy Annie King 1957 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Internet Archive Probation Officer 1950 · Short · 33 min A short drama film from Britain. Produced by Data Film Productions for the Central Office of Information. Internet Archive News Parade of 1953 1953 · Educational Coronation Naval review. Holland engulfed by Sea. East German revolt. War ends in Korea. A bomb blast vaporizes houses Internet Archive Collectie Filmcollectief - Deutsches Rotes Kreuz - Wunden 1950 · Short · 9 min Instruction movie from the German Red Cross about burns, how it can happen and what to do. Titel on film: Erste Hilfe beu unfällen - Wunden. Institut für Film… Internet Archive INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY 1954 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25884 INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY VARIOUS CASES ARE CITED TO ILLUSTRATE VALUE AND PRINCIPLES OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. Internet Archive Visit of Queen Elizabeth of England, Washington, D.C. 1957 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984) ARC… Internet Archive This is Russia (Reel 2 of 2) 1957 · Educational National Archives - This is Russia - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film takes the viewer through… Internet Archive The Inn of the Sixth Happiness - Premier 2 1958 · Newsreel · 1 min Celebrity premiere of The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Internet Archive The Story of Captain Serge Sosnowski 1957 · Educational National Archives - The Story of Captain Serge Sosnowski - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film is… Internet Archive PERSHING STORY, THE 1959 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30117 PERSHING STORY, THE A FILM BIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT AMERICAN MILITARY LEADER, GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING, FROM HIS BIRTH IN 1860… Internet Archive Psychiatry in Russia 1957 · Educational National Archives - Psychiatry in Russia - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film shows various… Internet Archive Nuremberg - Reel 1 - U.S. Army Version 1950 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35957 / Local Identifier 111-M-7596 Nuremberg - Reel 1 - U.S. Army Version This film was made as… Internet Archive 013. Cerimònies Religioses (1958) 1958 · Short Petita col·lecció de filmacions de diverses cerimònies religioses: Diumenge de Rams, Festa de Nostre Senyora de Montserrat, el Corpus Christi, la Vetlla… Internet Archive Sooty - UK VHS and DVD Collection 1958 · Film Izzy Wizzy, let's get busy with some classic memories from our fictional puppet bear. Internet Archive Detroit, 1959/03/19 1959 · Newsreel · Subtitles News In Brief - Detroit Redstone missile production factory visited by NATO representatives (partial newsreel). Internet Archive Out of the Groove 1950 · Short · 9 min 1950 recruitment film for the Women's Royal Army Corps. Produced by Film Partership for the Central Office of Information. Shot in nice vintage colour, so I… Internet Archive Escape 1954 · Educational National Archives - Escape - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This is a training film which shows case… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. JOHN F. KENNEDY 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95777 / Local Identifier LW-LW-132 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. JOHN F. KENNEDY - TELEVISION…