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6,433–6,480 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 Arthur H. Smith - The Mirror 1950 · Home movie · 25 min The Mirror, a 1950 amateur thriller,was produced by the late filmmaker Arthur H. Smith. Amateur Cinematographer awarded the film an honorable mention in its… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY, THE - CHAPTER III - STRUGGLE FOR RECOGNITION, 1923-1930 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26141 AIR FORCE STORY, THE - CHAPTER III - STRUGGLE FOR RECOGNITION, 1923-1930 1953 PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHTS;… Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: Europe 1951, pt. 1 1951 · Home movie Ketcham family home movies of 1951 trip to Europe--England, Scotland, Holland, Belgium, France. Continues with Pt. 2. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large… Internet Archive Religions Of Man ★🥅 Educational Films from the 1950's - The 1st Telecourse! 1955 · Talk Religions Of Man ★ 🥅 Educational Films from the 1950's - The 1st Telecourse! Here are 17 episodes, Produced in 1955 by Washington State University (WSU) at… Internet Archive HEMORRHAGIC FEVER - CLINICAL FEATURES 1955 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25889 HEMORRHAGIC FEVER - CLINICAL FEATURES CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS OF EPIDEMIC HEMORRHAGIC FEVER - CURRENT OPINION ON… Internet Archive Introduction to Photo Interpretation 1955 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Introduction to Photo Interpretation Department of the Interior. Geological Survey. Topographic Division. (1947 -… Internet Archive BATTLE FOR NEW GUINEA 1959 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30115 BATTLE FOR NEW GUINEA STORY OF THE BITTER FIGHTING TO TAKE NEW GUINEA IN WORLD WAR II POINTS UP THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH ROBERT MORRIS 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95973 / Local Identifier LW-LW-419 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH ROBERT MORRIS - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Your Body During Adolescence 1955 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Shows the seven glands that regulate human life and growth with emphasis on the pituitary and sex glands. Outlines changes that take place in the bodies of… Internet Archive Tibet in the News 1959 · Educational National Archives - Tibet in the News - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film shows refugees from… Internet Archive Cutout Devices 1953 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 922135 / Local Identifier 263.2662 - Cutout Devices - National Security Council. Central… Internet Archive Ride Out for Revenge 1957 colorized (Gloria Grahame, Rory Calhoun) 1957 · Feature In 1868, a cowardly army commander (Lloyd Bridges) accidentally kills a Cheyenne Indian chief (Frank DeKova), and the tribe vows to take revenge on the town.… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. WILLY LEY 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95772 / Local Identifier LW-LW-124 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. WILLY LEY - TELEVISION… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- SUPERFORT, AUGUST 1943-JUNE 1944 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26159 AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- SUPERFORT, AUGUST 1943-JUNE 1944 1953 B-29 PRODUCTION ON INCLINE; AIRPORTS AND LANDING STRIPS BUILT IN… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- MAXIMUM EFFORT, OCTOBER 1943 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26154 AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- MAXIMUM EFFORT, OCTOBER 1943 1953 EIGHTH AIR FORCE ATTACKS GERMAN SHIPYARDS AND AIRCRAFT PLANTS DAILY;… Internet Archive The Secret of Flight ★🥅 Educational Films from the 1950's 1959 · Talk The Secret of Flight ★🥅 Educational Films from the 1950's " The Secret of Flight" is a lecture series about the basic problems of flight, explained by visual… Internet Archive Egypt-Israel Disturbances (Reel 3 of 3) 1957 · Educational National Archives - Egypt-Israel Disturbances - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film is a… Internet Archive MSTS ARCTIC OPERATIONS 1957 1958 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 24371 MSTS ARCTIC OPERATIONS 1957 SEALIFT RESUPPLY OF DEWLINE, SUNEC AND THE PRIBILOFF ISLANDS. DEVELOPMENT OF A PRACTICAL NORTHWEST… Internet Archive 36TH INFANTRY DIVISION 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20358 36TH INFANTRY DIVISION RECOUNTS ACTIVITIES OF THE 36TH DURING WORLD WARS I AND II - UNDERSCORES MAJOR BATTLES AT SALERNO, SAN… Internet Archive News of the Day No. 32 1950 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 44250, LI 242-MID-5356 - News of the Day No. 32 - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller. Series: Motion Picture Films… Internet Archive Eleanor Roosevelt in Morocco 1957 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 197 Eleanor Roosevelt in Morocco Eleanor Roosevelt in Morocco Source unknown 5 mins. (113 ft), silent, color, 16mm Eleanor… Internet Archive SUMMER STORM 1959 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30118 SUMMER STORM PART I OF THREE FILMS ON MILITARY HISTORY OF KOREAN WAR - JIM LUCAS OF SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPERS HELPS TO TELL… Internet Archive Lie Detector 1954 · Educational National Archives - Lie Detector - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film discusses the use of… Internet Archive They Stand Ready 1955 · Documentary · 18 min A 1955 British short documentary film about national service. Produced by G-B Specialised Film Unit for the Central Office of Information. Internet Archive AIR POWER AMERICAN 1952 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26167 AIR POWER AMERICAN TRACES AIR POWER FROM KITTY HAWK THROUGH WORLD WAR II. ALSO REVIEWS HISTORY OF THE AIR FORCE FROM ITS… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH EARL WARREN 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95746 / Local Identifier LW-LW-77 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH EARL WARREN - TELEVISION… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH HENRY AGARD WALLACE 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95789 / Local Identifier LW-LW-152 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH HENRY AGARD WALLACE - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Cell 2455 Death Row 1955 ★★★ CC: Crime/Film-Noir [1:17:05] 1955 · Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles While the Lindbergh law is no longer a issue. The death penalty is. For, or against it. Is it a deterrent? Is it not? Cruel and unjust punishment or just… Internet Archive Girl On The Run (1953) Steve McQueen, Richard Coogan, Frank Albertson - Film Noir Full Movie 1953 · Feature Girl On The Run is a 1953 ultra-low budget independent production drops a standard crime melodrama into the noirish, tawdry world of a carnival burlesque… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- THE BEGINNING 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26139 AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- THE BEGINNING 1953 TRACES DEVELOPMENT OF AIRPOWER THROUGH PIONEERS ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT, HAP… Internet Archive Eleanor Roosevelt Home Movies part 6 1953 · Home movie FDR Presidential Library Video 258 Eleanor Roosevelt Home Movies part 6 From the Pare Lorentz Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and… Internet Archive Local Newspaper 1952 · Documentary · 16 min A 1952 British short documentary film about a local newspaper. Produced by the Crown Film Unit for the Central Office of Information. Internet Archive Norway and Denmark 1953 · Educational National Archives - Norway and Denmark - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film details the economy,… Internet Archive MSTS ARCTIC OPERATIONS - 1956 1957 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 24380 MSTS ARCTIC OPERATIONS - 1956 MSTS SEALIFT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ARCTIC DEWLINE SITES DURING 1956, RESUPPLY OF ARCTIC BASES… Internet Archive Collectie Filmcollectief - Deutsches Rotes Kreuz - Verbrennungen 1950 · Short · 7 min Instruction movie from the German Red Cross about burns, how it happens and what to do. Titel on film: Erste Hilfe beu unfällen - Verbrennungen. Institut für… Internet Archive William Shakespeare 1955 · Educational Bibliographical footnotes Internet Archive Before There Was A USA ★🥅 Educational Films from the 1950's 1955 · Talk Before There Was A USA ★ 🥅 Educational Films from the 1950's " 'Before there was a USA' is the history of Colonial North America. Reverend John Francis… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- RETREAT AND ADVANCE, JUNE 1944-MARCH 1945 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26161 AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- RETREAT AND ADVANCE, JUNE 1944-MARCH 1945 1953 GEN. CHENNAULT AND HIS "FLYING TIGERS" CONTINUE… Internet Archive The Adventures of Chip 'n Dale (VHS) 1983 Reprint 1959 · Film Digitized with Roxio Easy VHS to DVD 3 Plus Starring Chip 'n Dale and Donald Duck An assortment of classic Disney cartoons blended into a complete movie… Internet Archive No Strangers Here 1950 · Feature · 47 min A 48-minute Australian government film. Filmed in 1949 (per a date seen on a letter in the film) and released theatrically in 1950 as a supporting feature.… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- THE TIDE TURNS, JUNE-DECEMBER 1942 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26148 AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- THE TIDE TURNS, JUNE-DECEMBER 1942 1953 97TH BOMBER GROUP EMBARKS FOR ENGLAND; B-17'S: SHOW INITIATE… Internet Archive STORY OF NAVAL AVIATION, THE 1954 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 24091 STORY OF NAVAL AVIATION, THE DEVELOPMENT OF NAVAL AVIATION UP TO ITS ROLE AS THE PRIMARY STRIKING WEAPON OF THE FLEET. THE… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- PRELUDE TO INVASION, JANUARY-JUNE 1944 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26156 AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- PRELUDE TO INVASION, JANUARY-JUNE 1944 1953 GERMAN AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION PHENOMENAL; BATTLE TO WIN… Internet Archive Arthur H. Smith - Personal Pictures No. 8 - Operation Snowflake 1954 · Home movie · 8 min The "Personal Pictures" series contains eight reels of edited home movies. Arthur Smith was born in Silver Spring, Nevada in 1909 and passed away in 2000… Internet Archive Electric Fields 1959 · Educational · 24 min Discusses an electric field as a mathematical aid and as a physical entity. Experiments demonstrate the vector addition of fields, the shielding effect by… Internet Archive Buddhism II 1958 · Educational National Archives - Buddhism II - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film discusses the philosophy of… Internet Archive MAAGs and missions Far East, Saigon, Vietnam, Indochina 1957 · Educational MAAGs and missions Far East, Saigon, Vietnam, Indochina Covers: October 16, 1957–October 18, 1957 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/27673 Internet Archive The Glasco Family - The Wichita Years (8mm) 1958 · Home movie · 2 min Life in the 50's with the Glasco Family. One of the fun things to do back in the 8mm days was to get the family together and watch your Home Movies. One of…