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7,153–7,200 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 SECNAV FRANCIS P. MATTHEWS. VISITS TOKYO, ITAMI, AND KYOTO JAPAN 1950 · Educational SECNAV FRANCIS P. MATTHEWS. VISITS TOKYO, ITAMI, AND KYOTO JAPAN November 25, 1950–November 28, 1950 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321 Internet Archive Operation Little Switch, Pusan, Korea 1953 · Educational Operation Little Switch, Pusan, Korea Produced: April 19, 1953 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78799 Internet Archive PROGRESS-REPORT-1953 1954 · Educational PROGRESS-REPORT-1953 Produced: 1954 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ford chorus in front of… Internet Archive [Home Movie: Barbara's Little House of Flowers Collection, circa 1956-1961, California Life and a Trip to Mexico] 1956 · Home movie Synopsis Southern California Life in the Mid-Twentieth Century and a Trip to Mexico Collection Description This film (Kemp_8292) is part of the Barbara’s… Internet Archive Night of the Ghouls 1958 · Film 1998 VHS release of the Ed Wood film Night of the Ghouls. Internet Archive AIRMEN GO ALL OUT IN FLOOD AREA 1951 · Educational AIRMEN GO ALL OUT IN FLOOD AREA Produced: 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24277 Internet Archive REPLACEMENTS FOR TRUST US TROOPS, FREE TERRITORY, TRIESTE 1950 · Educational REPLACEMENTS FOR TRUST US TROOPS, FREE TERRITORY, TRIESTE 18351 Dates , This item was produced or created on March 29, 1950. The creator compiled or… Internet Archive ARMY TEAM HELPS COMBAT BLAZING OIL WELL, 25 MILES NORTH OF BIG SPRING, TEXAS 1950 · Educational ARMY TEAM HELPS COMBAT BLAZING OIL WELL, 25 MILES NORTH OF BIG SPRING, TEXAS Covers: June 16, 1950–June 18, 1950 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/21823 Internet Archive SELECTED SCENES FROM "THE BIG WHEEL" (35TH DIVISION) ; SELECTED SCENES FROM "MILITARY CENSORSHIP" ; NEWS SIGN 1950 · Educational SELECTED SCENES FROM "THE BIG WHEEL" (35TH DIVISION) ; SELECTED SCENES FROM "MILITARY CENSORSHIP" ; NEWS SIGN Covers: October 25, 1950–October 26, 1950… Internet Archive GENEREAL ACTIVITIES, USS MANCHESTER FIRING ON BEACH AT SONGJIN, KOREA 1951 · Educational GENEREAL ACTIVITIES, USS MANCHESTER FIRING ON BEACH AT SONGJIN, KOREA Produced: March 14, 1951–March 16, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22558 Internet Archive MOBILE TELEVISION 1951 · Educational MOBILE TELEVISION Produced: September 10, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22933 Internet Archive INITIAL OPERATION OF USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) Kansong, Korea Area 1951 · Educational INITIAL OPERATION OF USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) Kansong, Korea Area Produced: May 23, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76020 Internet Archive MAJOR LAUNCHING & LANDING ACCIDENTS SINCE 1950 USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CV-47) 1951 · Educational MAJOR LAUNCHING & LANDING ACCIDENTS SINCE 1950 USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CV-47) Produced: June 26, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76336 Internet Archive DRIVING IN THE CITY 1951 · Educational DRIVING IN THE CITY Produced: 1951 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Driver Training-Driving… Internet Archive News Magazine of the Screen, 1950s newsreel vol.07-01 1958 · Newsreel · Subtitles Standard Oil presents News Magazine of the Screen co-produced by the Bureau of Visual Instruction at the University of Kansas volume 07-01. Internet Archive Rhodesian Safari 1952 · Home movie Home movie of African safari 1952. From Lostinlight.org Internet Archive SELECTED SCENES FROM "INFANTRY WEAPONS AGAINST TANKS" 1950 · Educational SELECTED SCENES FROM "INFANTRY WEAPONS AGAINST TANKS" Produced: February 24, 1950 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24018 Internet Archive US ARMY ACTIVITIES, 1ST CAV, WAEGWAN, KOREA 1950 · Educational US ARMY ACTIVITIES, 1ST CAV, WAEGWAN, KOREA Covers: August 4, 1950–August 6, 1950 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/21933 Internet Archive Ranger training, Fort Benning, Georgia 1950 · Educational Ranger training, Fort Benning, Georgia Produced: November 6, 1950 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22342 Internet Archive RADIO TRAFFIC & SAFETY PATROLS (JOINT PATROLS AMERICAN MP-AUSTRAIAN POLICE) VIENNA, AUSTRIA 1950 · Educational RADIO TRAFFIC & SAFETY PATROLS (JOINT PATROLS AMERICAN MP-AUSTRAIAN POLICE) VIENNA, AUSTRIA Produced: August 21, 1950 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22416 Internet Archive PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH, MONUMENT GROUNDS, WASHINGTON, DC 1951 · Educational PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH, MONUMENT GROUNDS, WASHINGTON, DC Produced: July 4, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22766 Internet Archive RECONNAISSANCE PATROL 1951 · Educational RECONNAISSANCE PATROL Produced: November 17, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23128 Internet Archive UN RETREAT INTO SEOUL, KOREA 1950 · Educational UN RETREAT INTO SEOUL, KOREA Covers: 1950–1959 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23209 Internet Archive 96TH FA BATTALION & 8TH ENGINEERS 1951 · Educational 96TH FA BATTALION & 8TH ENGINEERS Produced: January 27, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23230 Internet Archive REGULUS FIRING 1957 · Educational REGULUS FIRING Produced: February 25, 1957 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/80122 Internet Archive AERIAL VIEWS OF HYESANJIN, KOREA AND NEARBY MOUNTAINS; REFUELING AND TAKING ON SUPPLIES ABOARD THE USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CV-47); FLIGHT DECK OPERATIONS IN SNOWSTORM 1950 · Educational AERIAL VIEWS OF HYESANJIN, KOREA AND NEARBY MOUNTAINS; REFUELING AND TAKING ON SUPPLIES ABOARD THE USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CV-47); FLIGHT DECK OPERATIONS IN… Internet Archive The Fast and the Furious (1954) — John Ireland, Dorothy Malone + Two Vintage Cartoons 1954 · Cartoon · 1 h 32 min THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS (1954) Crime / Drama / Action — Black and White — English Wrongly accused of murder, escaped prisoner Frank Webster takes sports-car… Internet Archive La Cenicienta (Edicion Venta Publico) 1950 · Film VHS del clásico de Disney, La Cenicienta. Internet Archive SPEED TRAINING FOR CANADIAN TROOPS IN KOREA 1951 · Educational SPEED TRAINING FOR CANADIAN TROOPS IN KOREA Produced: 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24084 Internet Archive LT GEN ALBERT C WEDEMEYER VISITS FT LEWIS, WASHINGTON ; JAPANESE WOMEN ON TELEVISION: SETTLEMENT HOUSE AND AT LUNCHEON WITH MRS ROOSEVELT, STATION WABD, HUDSON GUILD, PARK SHERATON HOTEL, NEW YORK 1950 · Educational LT GEN ALBERT C WEDEMEYER VISITS FT LEWIS, WASHINGTON ; JAPANESE WOMEN ON TELEVISION: SETTLEMENT HOUSE AND AT LUNCHEON WITH MRS ROOSEVELT, STATION WABD,… Internet Archive GEN ALFONSO JARAMILLO, CHIEF OF STAFF, ECUADORIAN ARMY, WASHINGTON, D.C ; SELECTED SCENES FROM "THE ARMY MACHINE RECORDS PROGRAM AND THE ARMY STATISTICAL AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEM" 1950 · Educational GEN ALFONSO JARAMILLO, CHIEF OF STAFF, ECUADORIAN ARMY, WASHINGTON, D.C ; SELECTED SCENES FROM "THE ARMY MACHINE RECORDS PROGRAM AND THE ARMY STATISTICAL AND… Internet Archive BASIC TRAINING RECRUITS 7TH DIV. KOREAN ARMY, CHUNG YANG (KMAG) 1950 · Educational BASIC TRAINING RECRUITS 7TH DIV. KOREAN ARMY, CHUNG YANG (KMAG) Produced: December 26, 1950–December 31, 1950–January 1, 1951–January 3, 1951… Internet Archive WITH THE US MARINE'S 1ST DIV IN KOREA, CHON-DONG AND N OF CHON-DONG, KOREA ; MARKET DAY 1951 · Educational WITH THE US MARINE'S 1ST DIV IN KOREA, CHON-DONG AND N OF CHON-DONG, KOREA ; MARKET DAY Produced: February 8, 1951–February 4, 1951–February 5, 1951… Internet Archive HELICOPTER OPERATION, WONJU, KOREA ; 40TH DIVISION EMBARKATION FOR THE FAR EAST, FORT MASON, SAN FRANCISCO, PORT OF EMBARKATION 1951 · Educational HELICOPTER OPERATION, WONJU, KOREA ; 40TH DIVISION EMBARKATION FOR THE FAR EAST, FORT MASON, SAN FRANCISCO, PORT OF EMBARKATION Produced: March 21, 1951–March… Internet Archive GEN DWIGHT D EISENHOWER SIGNS GENERAL ORDER NO 1 ANNOUNCING ACTIVATION OF SHAPE, HOTEL ASTORIA, PARIS, FRANCE 1951 · Educational GEN DWIGHT D EISENHOWER SIGNS GENERAL ORDER NO 1 ANNOUNCING ACTIVATION OF SHAPE, HOTEL ASTORIA, PARIS, FRANCE Produced: April 2, 1951… Internet Archive INDUCTION OF SELECTIVE SERVICE ENLISTEES AND OFFICERS RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY, RECEPTION CENTER, FT GEORGE G MEADE,MD 1951 · Educational INDUCTION OF SELECTIVE SERVICE ENLISTEES AND OFFICERS RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY, RECEPTION CENTER, FT GEORGE G MEADE,MD Produced: April 25, 1951… Internet Archive MINE SWEEPING PATROL 1951 · Educational MINE SWEEPING PATROL Produced: August 4, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22828 Internet Archive UNITED NATIONS CIVILIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR KOREA (UNCACK) 1951 · Educational UNITED NATIONS CIVILIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR KOREA (UNCACK) Produced: September 25, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23025 Internet Archive PROJECT CIRRUS 1951 · Educational PROJECT CIRRUS Covers: September 27, 1951–September 28, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23031 Internet Archive ROK ARMY ACTIVITIES 1951 · Educational ROK ARMY ACTIVITIES Covers: November 9, 1951–November 11, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23127 Internet Archive GENERAL EISENHOWER VISITS WESTERN GERMANY 1951 · Educational GENERAL EISENHOWER VISITS WESTERN GERMANY Produced: August 14, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23184 Internet Archive 155MM SELF-PROPELLED HOWITZERS (SUPPORTING 1ST ROK DIV) 1951 · Educational 155MM SELF-PROPELLED HOWITZERS (SUPPORTING 1ST ROK DIV) Produced: March 26, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23251 Internet Archive RETURN OF FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION, (8TH CAVALRY REGIMENT), JAPAN 1952 · Educational RETURN OF FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION, (8TH CAVALRY REGIMENT), JAPAN Produced: 1952 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25103 Internet Archive Imperial Marines in Shanghai 1953 · Educational Imperial Marines in Shanghai Produced: April 20, 1953 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78833 Internet Archive Eisenhower Golfing on the White House Lawn 1958 · Educational Eisenhower Golfing on the White House Lawn July 16, 1958–July 16, 1958 Description This film shows President Dwight D. Eisenhower golfing on the White House… Internet Archive News Magazine of the Screen, 1950s newsreel vol.05-05 1958 · Newsreel · Subtitles Standard Oil presents News Magazine of the Screen co-produced by the Bureau of Visual Instruction at the University of Kansas volume 05-05. Internet Archive Our Man in Havana trailer 1959 · Commercial · 3 min This is the trailer for the amusing thriller Our Man in Havana . Stars: Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, and Ernie Kovacs Internet Archive MGM 1956 B 1956 · Film 1956 MGM logo with George. There are 2 versions. A. Arnold Gillespie known for special effects in The Wizard Of OZ did this MGM logo. Don't be afraid of the…