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6,865–6,912 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 I Was A Teenage Werewolf (SciFi Channel VHS Rip) 1957 · Film A hypnotherapist uses a temperamental teenager as a guinea pig for a serum which transforms him into a vicious werewolf. Internet Archive BORAX: Construction and Operation of a Boiling Water Power Reactor 1955 · Educational BORAX: Construction and Operation of a Boiling Water Power Reactor Produced: 1955 Description This film describes preliminary experimental work and shows the… Internet Archive Panther Girl of the Kongo (VHS 59.94fps) 1955 · Film Captured from NTSC VHS tape using YPbPr component video, and digital optical audio, carefully deinterlaced to 59.94 frames per second at a resolution of… Internet Archive Indiscreet (1958) 1958 · Film indiscreet 1958 stanley donen ingrid bergman cary grant Internet Archive Operation Greenhouse, Eniwetok Island Atoll, West Pacific, Northwest Marshalls; Los Alamos, New Mexico 1952 · Educational Operation Greenhouse, Eniwetok Island Atoll, West Pacific, Northwest Marshalls; Los Alamos, New Mexico Produced: October 23, 1952… Internet Archive Free Reading for All: The Story of the American Public Library 1950 · Educational Free Reading for All: The Story of the American Public Library Produced: 1950 Description Documentary: On the development of American public libraries. R.1:… Internet Archive Poland 1956 · Educational Poland Produced: 1956 Description This film shows a Soviet military parade in Warsaw, Poland during the Cold War. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/61136 Internet Archive Ellwood F. Hoffmann - 1953-54 NE USA, SE Can. NY Falls, PA, New Hamp, Mich, Iowa, MO 1954 · Home movie N.E. USA and S.E. Canada Niagara Falls NY 1953-55 PA NH MI IA MO [label from can] Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann… Internet Archive SELECTED SCENES FROM "MILITARY POLICE SUPPORT IN EMERGENCIES, RIOT CONTROL" 1951 · Educational SELECTED SCENES FROM "MILITARY POLICE SUPPORT IN EMERGENCIES, RIOT CONTROL" Produced: April 11, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24102 Internet Archive Fifties Television: ''Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal'' - Dr. Means Surgery 1955 · TV · 24 min · Subtitles Ill-fated 1950's Television program called "Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal", episode called "Dr. Means Surgery". The show lasted 78 episodes. It was a light… Internet Archive 500,000 to 1 1954 · Film Film promoting the insecticides manufactured by Sinclair. Greatly outnumbered, humans are in continual war with insects and must fight back. 500,000 to 1… Internet Archive HOF 066 1952 Wash Mic Can Min Wis Ill Ohio NY Ma 1952 · 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 OPERATION CROSSROADS 1953 · Educational OPERATION CROSSROADS Produced: August 1953 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/81254 Internet Archive ALCF Arthur H Virtue Home Movies Clip 9142 43 1959 · Home movie · 21 min The Films of Arthur H. Virtue Descriptions by Jini Virtue Errichetti This clip is part of the Arthur H. Virtue collection. Arthur H. Virtue is the primary… Internet Archive LEAGUE OF NATIONS - ENDS FOR ALL TIME 1951 · Educational LEAGUE OF NATIONS - ENDS FOR ALL TIME Produced: 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24081 Internet Archive Broken Arrow (1950) 1950 · Feature Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona. He learns that the Indians kill… Internet Archive Home Movies: Valley City, North Dakota senior class play 1957 1957 · Home movie These 8mm film clips were shot and edited by Al Larvick, during a senior class play rehearsal in 1957 in Valley City, North Dakota. The play is of The Little… Internet Archive ROCKY MOUNTAIN PREMIERE [MOVIE STARS IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO] 1950 · Educational ROCKY MOUNTAIN PREMIERE [MOVIE STARS IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO] Produced: 1950 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor… Internet Archive 65TH RCT AND 27TH (WOLFHOUNDS) 5 MI N OF SEOUL, KOREA ; RIDGWAY VISITS I CORPS AREA, KOREA 1951 · Educational 65TH RCT AND 27TH (WOLFHOUNDS) 5 MI N OF SEOUL, KOREA ; RIDGWAY VISITS I CORPS AREA, KOREA Produced: April 29, 1951–May 4, 1951… Internet Archive Don't Talk to Strangers 1950 · Talk · Subtitles film for children warning of dangerous strangers (molesters and murderers). shot in Fresno Internet Archive Bloemencorso Utopia 1951 1951 · Short · 16 min Bloemencorso Utopia in Aalsmeer, aansluitend wordt er doorgereden naar het Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam waar een openluchtspel wordt gespeeld terwijl de… Internet Archive UN DAY, SEOUL, KOREA ; KOREAN WAR, SUKCHON 1950 · Educational UN DAY, SEOUL, KOREA ; KOREAN WAR, SUKCHON Produced: October 24, 1950–October 22, 1950 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22228 Internet Archive 5TH CAVALRY REGT., 1ST CAV. DIV., COUNTERATTACK, KAP YONG, KOREA ; 1ST ROK DIV. ; CU, ROK, 5TH CAVALRY REGT., 1ST CAV. DIV., COUNTERATTACK, KAP YONG, KOREA 1951 · Educational 5TH CAVALRY REGT., 1ST CAV. DIV., COUNTERATTACK, KAP YONG, KOREA ; 1ST ROK DIV. ; CU, ROK, 5TH CAVALRY REGT., 1ST CAV. DIV., COUNTERATTACK, KAP YONG, KOREA… Internet Archive Operation Doorstep 1953 · Educational Operation Doorstep Covers: 1953–1953 Description This film documents Operation Doorstep, a civil defense study of the effect of a 16-kiloton nuclear bomb… Internet Archive Ellwood F. Hoffmann - 1953-54 NY VT CAN 1954 · Home movie NY VT Can. 1953-54-55 New England [Title from can] Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade… Internet Archive [STOCK CAR RACE] 1951 · Educational [STOCK CAR RACE] Produced: 1951 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Starter on platform waving… Internet Archive Near East Crisis. Invasions Complete, UN Will Take Over, 1956/11/12 1956 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) Smoke rises from Port Said that was bombed, vessels sunk in harbor, buildings shot up, streets littered, Anglo-French forces occupy canal, pics of Mideast… Internet Archive Vertigo theatrical trailer 1958 · Commercial · 2 min Theatrical trailer for Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo , about complications that arise when a retired San Francisco police detective is asked by a… Internet Archive General Chiang Kai-Shek visits USS Wasp (CVS-18) 1953 · Educational General Chiang Kai-Shek visits USS Wasp (CVS-18) Produced: January 9, 1953 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78991 Internet Archive Physical Health 1956 · Educational Physical Health Covers: 1956–1956 Description This film shows the creator, a nine-year old boy, doing a variety of exercises with and without equipment. The… Internet Archive Universal Newsreel Volume 25, Release 532 1952 · Newsreel Universal Newsreel Volume 25, Release 532 Released: February 4, 1952 Description The original release sheet reads: 1. TROUBLE IN TUNISIA: TUNIS - Tunisia in… Internet Archive ALCF Arthur H Virtue Home Movies Clip 9144 45 1959 · Home movie · 18 min The Films of Arthur H. Virtue Descriptions by daughter, Jini Virtue Errichetti This clip (9144-45) is part of the The Films of Arthur H. Virtue collection.… Internet Archive The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (VHS Rip from Cable TV) 1958 · Film When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war. Internet Archive Boxing-match between Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson 1959 · Short · 15 min Boxing-match between Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson Internet Archive Universal Newsreel Volume 24, Release 441 1951 · Newsreel Universal Newsreel Volume 24, Release 441 Released: March 23, 1951 Description The original release sheet reads: 1. INTER-CITY GOLDEN GLOVES: NEW YORK - The… Internet Archive KOREAN WAR, INCHON AREA, HAN RIVER FLATS 1950 · Educational KOREAN WAR, INCHON AREA, HAN RIVER FLATS Produced: 1950 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22203 Internet Archive AERIAL STRIKE OVER KOINDONG AREA KOREA, 15 NOVEMBER 1950, BY PLANES FROM VA-55 OPERATING FROM USS VALLEY FORGE (CV-45); AERIAL STRIKE OVER YALU RIVER AT CHANG TIEN, KOREA BY PLANES FROM CAG-3(VC-33)… 1950 · Educational AERIAL STRIKE OVER KOINDONG AREA KOREA, 15 NOVEMBER 1950, BY PLANES FROM VA-55 OPERATING FROM USS VALLEY FORGE (CV-45); AERIAL STRIKE OVER YALU RIVER AT CHANG… Internet Archive Ellwood F. Hoffmann - 1950 Col. 1950 · Home movie 1950 Col R Winter Skyline 1940 [Title from can] Colorado Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th… Internet Archive December 7, 1941 (1955) 1955 · Educational · 25 min December 7, 1941 (1955) Documentary on the Delano grape-workers strike in California's San Joaquin Valley. Cesar Chavez, who organized the strike, outlines… Internet Archive 43 Classic Retro Snacks, Food & Treats Commercials 1950 · Commercial · Subtitles Originally uploaded by Classic Commercials on YouTube all credit goes to them. Re-uploaded for archiving purposes Internet Archive PIGEONS 1951 · Educational PIGEONS Covers: September 25, 1951–September 26, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22999 Internet Archive Stock footage of Saigon, Vietnam, former capital of French Indo-China 1955 · Educational Stock footage of Saigon, Vietnam, former capital of French Indo-China 1955 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/27343 Internet Archive Innocent Party 1959 · Feature · 17 h 18 min Like many other Centron venereal disease films, Innocent Party focuses on the morality and emotions associated with venereal disease rather than the medical… Internet Archive KOREAN WAR, UIJONGBU ; REFUGEES, PUSAN, KOREA ; EVACUATION, HUNGNAM AREA, KOREA, BOKU-DO 1951 · Educational KOREAN WAR, UIJONGBU ; REFUGEES, PUSAN, KOREA ; EVACUATION, HUNGNAM AREA, KOREA, BOKU-DO Produced: January 2, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22399 Internet Archive Submarine Command (1951) 1951 · Film This Blank VHS Tape of Submarine Command Aired on Superstation WTBS in 1987. Has 2 Commercials At The End. Internet Archive GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PARADE, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK 1951 · Educational GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PARADE, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK Produced: April 20, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25580 Internet Archive COLOR STORY OF JAPAN 1957 · Educational COLOR STORY OF JAPAN Produced: January 1, 1957 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75555 Internet Archive Votek Tokyo 1957 · Home movie 1957 or later (based on edge code). Joe Votek was an engineer for Singer Sewing Machines in New Jersey. This film is a home movie for a business trip he took…