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6,673–6,720 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 Nuremberg - Reel 7 - U.S. Army Version 1950 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35957 / Local Identifier 111-M-7596 Nuremberg - Reel 7 - U.S. Army Version This film was made as… Internet Archive Spiegel van Nederland 1959: De eerste Nederlandse sportwagen op het circuit van Zandvoort 1959 · Film Op het circuit van Zandvoort wordt door een oude Amerikaanse sportwagen een pakje bezorgd. Dit pakje bevatte de eerste Nederlandse sportwagen. De carosserie… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH THEODORE R. MC KELDEN 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95700 / Local Identifier LW-LW-9 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH THEODORE R. MC KELDEN - TELEVISION… Internet Archive [Kilker Family Films - Ski Trips - Reel 10] 1957 · Home movie Robert Leo Kilker, Jr. of Kansas City organized ski trips by the Kansas City Ski Club and other trips to Europe and the Middle East. 8mm reel of Ski trip to… Internet Archive Strange Affection 1957 · Feature · 1 h 25 min Title: Strange Affection Summary: Tod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness with kindly foster parents.… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. MOHAMMED ALI 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95751 / Local Identifier LW-LW-82 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. MOHAMMED ALI - TELEVISION… Internet Archive MEDICAL PLANNING FOR A TASK FORCE OPERATION 1952 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 29769 MEDICAL PLANNING FOR A TASK FORCE OPERATION RESPONSIBILITIES OF ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE--DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL, ATOMIC… Internet Archive Hic (1953) 1953 · Feature cortometraje Internet Archive Nuremberg - Reel 8 - U.S. High Commissioner Version 1950 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35957 / Local Identifier 111-M-7596 Nuremberg - Reel 8 - U.S. High Commissioner Version This film… Internet Archive Universal Newsreel Volume 30, Release 27 1957 · Newsreel Universal Newsreel Volume 30, Release 27 Released: March 27, 1957 Description The original release sheet reads: 1. ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS - A galaxy of stars… Internet Archive I Married Joan: Shopping (1953) 1953 · TV Season 1, Episode 21 Aired 4 March 1953. Runtime: 23:04 Internet Archive Collectie Mullaard - De Cooperatieve Bakkerij 1950 · Short · 7 min This movie I got from a friend who got it from another and so on. It show how bread is made in a bakery around the fifties. There is no place where this is… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. A.S. "MIKE" MONRONEY 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95718 / Local Identifier LW-LW-36 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. A.S. "MIKE" MONRONEY -… Internet Archive Fires On The Plain (1959) 1959 · Feature Fires on the Plain is a 1959 Japanese war film directed by Kon Ichikawa, starring Eiji Funakoshi. The screenplay, written by Natto Wada, is based on the novel… Internet Archive Collectie IISG - Watersnoodramp Zeeland 1953 · Short · 4 min Film over herstelwerkzaamheden na de watersnoodramp van 1953. O.a. beelden van de badkuipspoorweg in het verdronken land van Zuid Beveland en het sluiten van… Internet Archive Nuremberg - Reel 6 - U.S. High Commissioner Version 1950 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35957 / Local Identifier 111-M-7596 Nuremberg - Reel 6 - U.S. High Commissioner Version This film… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. CHARLES B. BROWNSON 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95968 / Local Identifier LW-LW-414 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. CHARLES B. BROWNSON -… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. WALLACE F. BENNETT 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95756 / Local Identifier LW-LW-89 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. WALLACE F. BENNETT -… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. ROBERT S. KERR 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95768 / Local Identifier LW-LW-116 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. ROBERT S. KERR - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Never Trust A Gambler (1951) Dane Clark, Cathy O' Donnell 1951 · Feature Never Trust a Gambler is a 1951 film noir crime film directed by Ralph Murphy starring Dane Clark, Cathy O'Donnell and Tom Drake. The screenplay was written… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. CLARENCE J. BROWN 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95962 / Local Identifier LW-LW-407 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. CLARENCE J. BROWN -… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH J. BRACKEN LEE 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95760 / Local Identifier LW-LW-104 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH J. BRACKEN LEE - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Happy City, The 1959 · Educational · 36 min Sponsored by the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, Bill Deneen traveled three days by bullock cart to the remote Keng Tung Leprosy Colony (today… Internet Archive Mike and Stefani 1951 · Feature · 56 min A 57-minute Australian government film released in 1951, filmed in Europe. The film is about a couple who become displaced persons in WW2. The film had a… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH CYRUS S. GHING 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95735 / Local Identifier LW-LW-58 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH CYRUS S. GHING - Television… Internet Archive Collectie Mullaard - Movie-shots P.H. Mullaard 1 1955 · Short · 4 min Deze opnamen zijn gemaakt door P.H. Mullaard en gevonden als losse film op een rol. Het zijn mogelijk proef-opnamen en het is vooralsnog onduidelijk waar het… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH JAMES A. FARLEY 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95778 / Local Identifier LW-LW-133 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH JAMES A. FARLEY - TELEVISION… Internet Archive MANAGEMENT OF BURNS - PART I - SUPPORTIVE CARE 1958 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25894 MANAGEMENT OF BURNS - PART I - SUPPORTIVE CARE RULE OF NINES METHOD OF DIAGNOSING BURNS - MINOR, MODERATE AND CRITICAL… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH JAMES A. FARLEY 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95782 / Local Identifier LW-LW-139 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH JAMES A. FARLEY - TELEVISION… Internet Archive LASSIE The Painted Hills (1951 +++++ Family, Kids, Drama) 1951 · Film Plot : Lassie comes to the rescue when a boy's life is put at risk by the greed brought on by a local gold strike. --anonymous IMDb User Reviews: Lassie… Internet Archive LONGINES-CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. NICHOLAS NYARADI 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95743 / Local Identifier LW-LW-71 - LONGINES-CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. NICHOLAS NYARADI - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Nuremberg - Reel 4 - U.S. High Commissioner Version 1950 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35957 / Local Identifier 111-M-7596 Nuremberg - Reel 4 - U.S. High Commissioner Version This film… Internet Archive Dangerous_Assignment_1952_Eps_34-39 1952 · TV · 30 min Dangerous Assignment Episodes 34-39 Uploaded By Youtube's Sam's Classic Tv & Sam's Retro TV Steve Mitchell was an undercover agent for the U.S. government. In… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. STYLES BRIDGES 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95747 / Local Identifier LW-LW-78 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. STYLES BRIDGES - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Duck and Cover 1955 · Educational Duck and Cover Produced: 1955 Description This civil defense film presents Bert the Turtle as he advised children to duck beneath a table or desk and cover… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. KENNETH B. KEATING 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95765 / Local Identifier LW-LW-112 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. KENNETH B. KEATING -… Internet Archive Report to the Armed Forces, Issue No. 141 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Local Identifier 111-RTAF-141 Report to the Armed Forces, Issue No. 141 The role of combat cameraman. No ARC… Internet Archive COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 106 U.N. FORCES CONSOLIDATE BELOW 38TH PARALLEL 1951 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20629 COMBAT BULLETIN NO. 106 U.N. FORCES CONSOLIDATE BELOW 38TH PARALLEL COMBAT ACTIVITIES IN KOREA DURING 20 DECEMBER 1950 THROUGH… Internet Archive DOLLARS AND SENSE - THE ARMY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 1956 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 22369 DOLLARS AND SENSE - THE ARMY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN COST OF PERFORMANCE BUDGET; COMSUMER FUNDING; STOCK FUND; INDUSTRIAL… Internet Archive Nuremberg - Reel 7 - U.S. High Commissioner Versionn 1950 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35957 / Local Identifier 111-M-7596 Nuremberg - Reel 7 - U.S. High Commissioner Versionn This film… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH BRUCE K. BROWN 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95804 / Local Identifier LW-LW-170 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH BRUCE K. BROWN - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Nuremberg - Reel 2 - U.S. High Commissioner Version 1950 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35957 / Local Identifier 111-M-7596 Nuremberg - Reel 2 - U.S. High Commissioner Version This film… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. HERBERT H. LEHMAN 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95748 / Local Identifier LW-LW-79 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. HERBERT H. LEHMAN -… Internet Archive The Seventh Seal [ Det Sjunde Inseglet] 1957 Full Movie 1957 · Film The 1957 classic swedish movie "The Seventh Seal" with english subtitles Internet Archive Jabon Colgate Kinescopio Mexicano 16mm 1956 · Commercial Identificaciones de estaciones para las emisoras de la Ciudad de México XEQ-TV y XEW-TV, con listados de programación para el día. Anuncios de televisión para… Internet Archive Robbers Under Water 1950 · Film · Subtitles LIFE STORY OF PIKE. MICROSCOPIC and TIME-LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW ITS DEVELOPMENTS FROM EGG TO MATURITY. CANNIBALISTIC FEATURES OF FISH ARE PORTRAYED IN ITS… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN, HOMER FERGUSON 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95705 / Local Identifier LW-LW-17 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN, HOMER FERGUSON - TELEVISION… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. HENRY T. HEALD 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95783 / Local Identifier LW-LW-140 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. HENRY T. HEALD - TELEVISION…