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6,481–6,528 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 Filmstrip: "4. By-Passing Sales Resistance" 1952 · 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 Name Unknown 1951 · Film · Subtitles [Educational Screen, Dec 1951] This film presents selected case studies of teenagers who were the victims of sex deviants and suggests ways in which such… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- BETWEEN WARS, 1930-1935 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26142 AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- BETWEEN WARS, 1930-1935 1953 DEDICATION OF RANDOLPH FIELD; THIRD ATTACK GROUP'S TECHNIQUES FOR PLANE… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- ROAD TO ROME, SEPTEMBER 1943-JUNE 1944 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26155 AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- ROAD TO ROME, SEPTEMBER 1943-JUNE 1944 1953 TWELFTH AIR FORCE BLASTS NAZI, ITALIAN STRONGHOLDS;… Internet Archive FIRE--ARTILLERY ACTION IN KOREA 1952 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 23124 FIRE--ARTILLERY ACTION IN KOREA DEPICTS THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF ARTILLERY FIRE IN MODERN WARFARE. Internet Archive JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU EARLY SCUBA DIVING FILM "TEN FATHOMS DEEP" 2017z 1952 · Film This novelty film "Ten Fathoms Deep" shows Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his revolutionary SCUBA equipment. Shot in the earliest era of Cousteau's explorations of… Internet Archive Launchings of Discoverer and Explorer 1959 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Launchings of Discoverer and Explorer Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 - )… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- THE AAF FIGHTS BACK, APRIL-JULY 1942 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26147 AIR FORCE STORY, THE -- THE AAF FIGHTS BACK, APRIL-JULY 1942 1953 AXIS ARMIES HOPE TO MEET IN ASIA; U.S. INDUSTRY QUADRUPLES… Internet Archive INDO-CHINA NEWSREEL No. 2 1951 · Newsreel National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 44045, LI 242-MID-3985 - INDO-CHINA NEWSREEL No. 2 - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller. Series: Motion Picture… Internet Archive Porgy and Bess (1959) 1959 · Film The 1959 film adaptation of Porgy and Bess , produced by Samuel Goldwyn and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Released to theaters for only a short window and… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH ROBERT R. YOUNG 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95764 / Local Identifier LW-LW-110 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH ROBERT R. YOUNG - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Soviet Union Welcomes President Abdul Nasser of Egypt 1958 · Educational National Archives - Soviet Union Welcomes President Abdul Nasser of Egypt - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981).… Internet Archive Khyber and Kohat Passes in Pakistan 1953 · Educational National Archives - Khyber and Kohat Passes in Pakistan - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film… Internet Archive Man in the Twentieth Century 1950 · Educational National Archives - Man in the Twentieth Century - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film is a… Internet Archive [Unidentified family home movies—Reel 9] 1955 · Home movie Collection of unidentified home movies purchased at an auction in Walla Walla, Washington. Originally labeled "Pups, '49; Big snow, '49; O[?], '55; Ben,… Internet Archive Denver, 1959/08/27 1959 · Newsreel · Subtitles Denver model homes with built-in fallout shelter, bunk beds, air blower, CD sticker (partial newsreel) Internet Archive 32D INFANTRY DIVISION 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20357 32D INFANTRY DIVISION TRACES THE 32D'S HISTORY, THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR, SPANISH- AMERICAN WAR, WORLD WARS I AND II - EVENTS IN… Internet Archive Nuremberg - Reel 2 - German 1950 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35957 / Local Identifier 111-M-7596 Nuremberg - Reel 2 - German This film was made as an… Internet Archive OPERATION INCHON 1952 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 22337 OPERATION INCHON A DOCUMENTARY ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE UN FORCES IN KOREA DURING AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1950. Internet Archive Bali Today 1951 · Educational National Archives - Bali Today - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film includes footage of the coming… Internet Archive COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 105 U.N. FORCES ESCAPE TRAP 1951 · Educational Department of Defense COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 105 U.N. FORCES ESCAPE TRAP PIN 20268 1951 COMBAT ACTIVITIES IN KOREA DURING 20 NOVEMBER THROUGH 20 DECEMBER… Internet Archive Bacteriological Warfare in Korea 1952 · Educational National Archives - Bacteriological Warfare in Korea - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film is an… Internet Archive Background 1954 · Educational National Archives - Background - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film explores anti-communism… Internet Archive INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE 1950 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20344 INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE BY THE 7TH ARMY AND SUBSEQUENT JUNCTION WITH THE AMERICAN 3D ARMY IN… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH PRINCESS ALEXANDRA KROPOTKIN 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95698 / Local Identifier LW-LW-7 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH PRINCESS ALEXANDRA KROPOTKIN -… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY, VOL 2, CHAPTER 8 -- HUMAN FACTORS IN SPACE FLIGHT, 1950-1960 1959 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 38554 AIR FORCE STORY, VOL 2, CHAPTER 8 -- HUMAN FACTORS IN SPACE FLIGHT, 1950-1960 DOCUMENTS 10 YEARS OF RESEARCH TO DETERMINE… Internet Archive Japanese War Dead, Ft. Richardson Cemetery, Alaska 1953 · 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 LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. WILLIAM BENTON 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95761 / Local Identifier LW-LW-106 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. WILLIAM BENTON - TELEVISION… Internet Archive REINFORCED RIFLE PLATOON IN THE ATTACK OF A BUILT-UP AREA, PART 2 - THE ATTACK, THE 1954 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 29649 REINFORCED RIFLE PLATOON IN THE ATTACK OF A BUILT-UP AREA, PART 2 - THE ATTACK, THE TACTICAL PLANNING--THE ATTACK--EACH… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH HENRY A. WALLACE 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95964 / Local Identifier LW-LW-409 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH HENRY A. WALLACE - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Collectie IISG - De Van Gelder & Zonen Papierfabriek in Apeldoorn 1950 · Short · 16 min This movie shows how paper for newspaper is made by the Dutch factory Van Gelder & Zonen papierfabriek NV in Apeldoorn. From cellulose to paper. Deze film… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. HAROLD H. VELDE 1953 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95819 / Local Identifier LW-LW-191 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. HAROLD H. VELDE - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "5. Are Prospects Different?" 1952 · 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 EISENHOWER INAUGURATION (Reel 2 of 11) 1953 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 37025 / Local Identifier 111-X-1 - EISENHOWER INAUGURATION (Reel 2 of 11) - Department of… Internet Archive UNITED STATES NAVAL TEST PILOT SCHOOL, THE 1959 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 24357 UNITED STATES NAVAL TEST PILOT SCHOOL, THE THE ACADEMIC AND FLYING CURRICULUM RELATIVE TO TEST DIVISIONS AT NATC, AND THE FLEET. Internet Archive NURSING IN THE TROPICS 1951 · Educational Department of Defense NURSING IN THE TROPICS PIN 25864 1951 PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND ASEPTIC TECHNIQUES IN MILITARY HOSPITAL- NURSING PROCEDURES IN TREATING… Internet Archive NURSES IN THE ARMY 1955 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 23288 NURSES IN THE ARMY PICTORIAL REPORT OF SERVICE PERFORMED BY ARMY NURSES IN WAR AND PEACE - WORLD WAR II, KOREA, AND AT THE… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH JOHN FOSTER DULLES 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95966 / Local Identifier LW-LW-411 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH JOHN FOSTER DULLES - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Lake of the Dead (1958) 1958 · Feature "Lake of the Dead" (Norwegian title: "De dødes tjern") is a 1958 Norwegian mystery horror film directed by Kåre Bergstrøm. The film follows six friends who… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH GEN. JOHN S. WOOD 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95745 / Local Identifier LW-LW-74 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH GEN. JOHN S. WOOD - TELEVISION… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. NORMAN THOMAS 1953 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95979 / Local Identifier LW-LW-48 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. NORMAN THOMAS - TELEVISION… Internet Archive A Message From James Garner 1958 · Commercial "PROMOTIONAL: James Garner urges parents to invest in U.S. Savings Bonds Program for their children's future." National Archives Identifier: 11853 Internet Archive COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 101 KOREA BATTLES FOR TIME 1950 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20264 COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 101 KOREA BATTLES FOR TIME LOGISTICS AND COMBAT OPERATIONS OF AIR, SEA, AND GROUND FORCES OF UNITED… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH HENRY F. GRADY 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95708 / Local Identifier LW-LW-22 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH HENRY F. GRADY - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Elevator To The Gallows (1958) 1958 · Film · Subtitles Elevator To The Gallows 1958 Louis Malle Internet Archive U.S. Crime of Bacteriological Warfare 1952 · Educational National Archives - U.S. Crime of Bacteriological Warfare - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film is… Internet Archive Army Pathfinder Team 1959 · Educational National Archives - Army Pathfinder Team - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film examines the… Internet Archive Nuremberg - Reel 4 - German 1950 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35957 / Local Identifier 111-M-7596 Nuremberg - Reel 4 - German This film was made as an…