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6,721–6,768 of 18,638 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

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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 I Married Joan: Diet (1953) 1953 · TV Season 1, Episode 24 Aired 25 Mar. 1953. Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH ALLAN B. KLINE 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95958 / Local Identifier LW-LW-403 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH ALLAN B. KLINE - TELEVISION… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH ADM. ARTHUR D. STRUBLE 1953 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 96074, LI LW-LW-530 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH ADM. ARTHUR D. STRUBLE - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon.… Internet Archive Pacific 231 1952 · Educational PREMARC/SERLOC merged record Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. HARRY P. CAIN 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95709 / Local Identifier LW-LW-23 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. HARRY P. CAIN - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Fred Astaire & Betty Hutton "Oh, Them Dudes" from Let's Dance (1950) 1950 · Film · Subtitles Fred Astaire & Betty Hutton “Oh, Them Dudes” from Let’s Dance (1950) (Paramount Home Video, 1989) Running Time: 6 Minutes, 15 Seconds Fred Astaire and Betty… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH LORD JOHN WILMOT 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 96117, LI LW-LW-574 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH LORD JOHN WILMOT - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Brought to… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. ORLAND KAY ARMSTRONG 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95703 / Local Identifier LW-LW-13 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. ORLAND KAY ARMSTRONG -… Internet Archive I Married Joan: Get Rich Quick (1954) 1954 · TV Season 2, Episode 27 Aired 14 April 1954. Runtime: 23:16 Internet Archive Nuremberg - Reel 5 - U.S. High Commissioner Version 1950 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35957 / Local Identifier 111-M-7596 Nuremberg - Reel 5 - U.S. High Commissioner Version This film… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SHEARIN, ROSENBLUM, MC CRACKEN, GRAF 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95977 / Local Identifier LW-LW-45 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SHEARIN, ROSENBLUM, MC CRACKEN,… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. ARIEH L. KUBOVY 1953 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95818 / Local Identifier LW-LW-190 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. ARIEH L. KUBOVY - TELEVISION… Internet Archive MANAGEMENT OF BURNS - PART II - LOCAL CARE 1958 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25895 MANAGEMENT OF BURNS - PART II - LOCAL CARE CARE OF BURNED PATIENTS IN DRESSING AND OPERATING ROOMS - CLEANING WOUND,… Internet Archive Appalachian Spring 1959 · Educational · 32 min Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH BRIG. GEN. BONNER F. FELLERS 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95704 / Local Identifier LW-LW-14 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH BRIG. GEN. BONNER F. FELLERS -… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH ELBERT N. CARVEL 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95965 / Local Identifier LW-LW-410 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH ELBERT N. CARVEL - TELEVISION… Internet Archive KOREAN WAR 1950 · Educational KOREAN WAR 18443 Shot List , Summary: Lt General George Stratemeyer talking with reporter. General Douglas MacArthur chatting with Brig Gen John H Church. MS,… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. CLIFFORD P.CASE 1953 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95812 / Local Identifier LW-LW-181 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. CLIFFORD P.CASE - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Full VHS Tape: A Gumby Adventure, Volume 3 - FAMILY HOME ENTERTAINMENT (1982) 1956 · Cartoon Contents: 1. Baker's Tour 2. Gumby Concerto 3. The Black Knight 4. Toying Around 5. The Blockheads 6. Gumby Racer 7. Toy Crazy 8. Sad King Ott's Daughter 9.… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH GEORGE MEANY 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95784 / Local Identifier LW-LW-143 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH GEORGE MEANY - TELEVISION… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. FREDERIC R. COUDERT 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95732 / Local Identifier LW-LW-53 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. FREDERIC R. COUDERT -… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. HUGH D. SCOTT, JR 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95780 / Local Identifier LW-LW-136 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. HUGH D. SCOTT, JR -… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. JULES BACKMAN 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95757 / Local Identifier LW-LW-90 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. JULES BACKMAN - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Nuremberg - Reel 3 - U.S. High Commissioner Version 1950 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35957 / Local Identifier 111-M-7596 Nuremberg - Reel 3 - U.S. High Commissioner Version This film… Internet Archive Blackhawk (1952) -- The Complete Serial Collection! 1952 · Film Transferred From The 1997 2-Tape VHS Set By Columbia Pictures/ Tri-Star Home Video. List Of Chapters: Chapter 1: Distress Call From Space! Chapter 2:… Internet Archive Het Rode Kruis afdeling Zandvoort in 1959 1959 · Short · 7 min Beelden van de voorbereidingen van het Rode Kruis afdeling Zandvoort voor aanvang van een race op het circuit van Zandvoort. Tevens beelden van de… Internet Archive Soñemos (1951) 1951 · Feature cortometraje Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN.-ELECT JOHN S. COOPER 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95803 / Local Identifier LW-LW-169 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN.-ELECT JOHN S. COOPER -… Internet Archive Operation IVY ( 1952) 1952 · Film "The island of Elugelab is missing!" President Eisenhower heard this short report on the Mike shot in Operation IVY from Gordon Dean, Chairman of the Atomic… Internet Archive KOREAN WAR 1950 · Educational KOREAN WAR Covers: July 7, 1950–July 9, 1950 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/21866 Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH GEORGE A. SLOAN 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95723 / Local Identifier LW-LW-41 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH GEORGE A. SLOAN - TELEVISION… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. LYLE J. HAYDEN 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95737 / Local Identifier LW-LW-62 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH DR. LYLE J. HAYDEN - TELEVISION… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH MYLES J. LANE 1953 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95821 / Local Identifier LW-LW-194 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH MYLES J. LANE - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Filmcollectief - Bloemencorso-2 1950 · Short · 5 min Beelden van een bloemencorso, vermoedelijk in de jaren '50 Voorbij rijden o.a. wagens van Hillegom Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH TIGHE E. WOODS 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95758 / Local Identifier LW-LW-91 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH TIGHE E. WOODS - TELEVISION… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. HUGH D. SCOTT, JR. 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95719 / Local Identifier LW-LW-37 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. HUGH D. SCOTT, JR. -… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. ROBERT S. KERR 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95755 / Local Identifier LW-LW-88 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH SEN. ROBERT S. KERR - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Gigantis, the fire monster vhs capture 1959 · Film Here's the U.S version of Godzilla Raids Again (AKA Gigantis, the fire monster) ripped from the video treasures vhs Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH RICHARD G. CASEY 1952 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95796 / Local Identifier LW-LW-161 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH RICHARD G. CASEY - TELEVISION… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH AMB. ERNEST A. GROSS 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95697 / Local Identifier LW-LW-6 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH AMB. ERNEST A. GROSS - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Harlem Wednesday 1959 · Educational Print HFA Item no. 29938 Internet Archive Dangerous Stranger, The (First Edition) 1951 · Film · Subtitles Designed to impress children with need to be on guard against molesters, w/out arousing fear or curiosity. Dramatizes circumstances & places in which children… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH EDWIN A. LOCKE, JR 1953 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95811 / Local Identifier LW-LW-180 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH EDWIN A. LOCKE, JR - TELEVISION… Internet Archive RED CROSS COLLECTS BLOOD AT PENTAGON, WASHINGTON, DC ; ARMED FORCES MEDICAL POLICY COUNCIL, SEC OF DEF DINING ROOM, PENTAGON ; SECURITY COUNCIL AT WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, DC ; FIRST KOREAN SERVICE… 1950 · Educational RED CROSS COLLECTS BLOOD AT PENTAGON, WASHINGTON, DC ; ARMED FORCES MEDICAL POLICY COUNCIL, SEC OF DEF DINING ROOM, PENTAGON ; SECURITY COUNCIL AT WHITE… Internet Archive Collectie Bakels - Bloemencorso 1950 · Short · 6 min Beelden van een bloemencorso in de jaren '50. Bijzondere hiervan is dat de beelden in kleur zijn. Gefilmd door Anton (Ton) Bakels en vrijgegeven voor public… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH CHARLES L. HARDING 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95702 / Local Identifier LW-LW-12 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH CHARLES L. HARDING - TELEVISION… Internet Archive KOREAN WAR 1950 · Educational KOREAN WAR Covers: August 8, 1950–August 10, 1950 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/21937 Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH MAJ. GEN. FRANK L. HOWLEY 1953 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95817 / Local Identifier LW-LW-189 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH MAJ. GEN. FRANK L. HOWLEY -…