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7,489–7,536 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 House on Haunted Hill [1959] - Trailer 1959 · Commercial Frederick Loren has invited five strangers to a party of a lifetime. He is offering each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in a house. But the house… Internet Archive RAIDER COMPANIES (SPECIAL ACTIVITIES GROUP X CORPS) ATTACK ON GUERRILLAS 1951 · Educational RAIDER COMPANIES (SPECIAL ACTIVITIES GROUP X CORPS) ATTACK ON GUERRILLAS Covers: January 13, 1951–January 15, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23228 Internet Archive D.O.A. [1950] 1950 · Film Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to… Internet Archive VD - Taking Chances 1952 · Film For sailors on shoreleave, explains the risks you take when you go out with easy girls but it doesn't really show the girls, just sailors at a carnival and… Internet Archive LITTLE SWITCH (RETURNING PRISONERS), PANMUNJOM AND MUNSAN-NI, KOREA 1953 · Educational LITTLE SWITCH (RETURNING PRISONERS), PANMUNJOM AND MUNSAN-NI, KOREA Covers: April 19, 1953–April 20, 1953 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/26140 Internet Archive Kyushu flood, Japan 1953 · Educational Kyushu flood, Japan Produced: July 1, 1953–July 4, 1953 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/26441 Internet Archive DVD-6620 - The Armstrong Circle Theatre - Robert Montgomery Presents - The Flintstones - January 19, 1954 1954 · Commercial Recorded By: Mister T. Collection: The Mister T. DVD Collection Medium Type: DVD Uploaded Format: DVD ISO DVD-6620 - The Armstrong Circle Theatre - Robert… Internet Archive Rodan [1957] - Trailer 1957 · Commercial When a village is besieged by giant caterpillars, a more horrifying discovery is made in their underground home: a giant flying creature that resembles the… Internet Archive The African Queen 1952 · Commercial At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down… Internet Archive Operation Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas 1957 · Educational Operation Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas Covers: September 29, 1957–October 2, 1957 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/27642 Internet Archive Construction of the UN Building, New York City, NY 1950 · Educational Construction of the UN Building, New York City, NY Covers: ca. 1950–ca. 1959 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28485 Internet Archive Sayonara (1957) Promo Trailer 1957 · Film http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. VHS promo trailer for the 1957 romantic drama Sayonara, directed by… Internet Archive WAR 1950 · Educational WAR Covers: June 28, 1950–June 29, 1950 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23971 Internet Archive D.D.T. SPRAYED BY C-46 1951 · Educational D.D.T. SPRAYED BY C-46 Produced: October 9, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23029 Internet Archive GEN. EISENHOWER'S DEPARTURE FROM WASHINGTON, MATS TERMINAL 1951 · Educational GEN. EISENHOWER'S DEPARTURE FROM WASHINGTON, MATS TERMINAL Produced: November 6, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23124 Internet Archive TICKET TO FREEDOM. [PART I] 1952 · Educational TICKET TO FREEDOM. [PART I] Produced: 1952 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ticket to… Internet Archive [PROGRESS REPORT 1952. PART IV] 1952 · Educational [PROGRESS REPORT 1952. PART IV] Produced: 1952 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ford Motor… Internet Archive Theatrical trailer - The Band Wagon 1953 · Commercial · 3 min Theatrical trailer for the 1953 film The Band Wagon . It starred Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray, and Jack Buchanan. Internet Archive Endocrine Glands: How They Affect You 1956 · Educational · 14 min Endocrine Glands: How They Affect You Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Uses animation to show the… Internet Archive TRAIN WRECK 1951 · Educational TRAIN WRECK Produced: September 26, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23010 Internet Archive SP-1 Prisoners of War, Pusan, Korea 1951 · Educational SP-1 Prisoners of War, Pusan, Korea Produced: 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25261 Internet Archive New German Army, Andernach, Germany 1956 · Educational New German Army, Andernach, Germany Produced: January 20, 1956 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/27334 Internet Archive CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1951 · Educational CZECHOSLOVAKIA Produced: 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24079 Internet Archive Godzilla: King Of The Monsters (1956) Trailer 1956 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1956 American version of the classic Kaiju film Godzilla:… Internet Archive 銭形平次捕物控 鬼火燈籠 Zenigata Heiji catching demon fire lantern 1958 Japanese 1958 · Film VHS RIP Zenigata Heiji catching demon fire lantern 銭形 平次 Internet Archive DVD-6873 - Playhouse 90 - The General Electric Theatre - February 13, 1958 1958 · Film Recorded By: Mister T. Collection: The Mister T. DVD Collection Medium Type: DVD Uploaded Format: DVD ISO DVD-6873 - Playhouse 90 - The General Electric… Internet Archive Theatrical trailer for Storm Warning 1951 · Commercial · 2 min Theatrical trailer for the 1951 film Storm Warning, about a model who while visiting her sister, witnesses a Ku Klux Klan murder. Internet Archive Operation Undersea (Original French Edition) 1954 (english & french audio) Repack VHSrip 1954 · Film Walt Disney tells the history of the exploration of the sea. Internet Archive The Mole People trailer 1956 · Commercial · 2 min IMDb Page Internet Archive The Cyclops [1957] - Trailer 1957 · Commercial A test pilot is missing and a search party is sent out in the jungles of Mexico; however, while searching they uncover a monster in the jungle who became this… Internet Archive The Invisible Avenger [1958] - Trailer 1958 · Commercial Lamont Cranston, aka The Shadow, investigates the murder of a New Orleans bandleader. Internet Archive Forbidden Planet [1956] - Trailer 1956 · Commercial Captain Adams and the crew of the Starship C57D travel to planet Altair 4 in search of the spaceship "Bellerophon" that has been missing for 20 years. To… Internet Archive COMPOSITE ON ADMIRAL CARNEY"S REMARKS ON FORMOSAN SITUATION 1955 · Educational COMPOSITE ON ADMIRAL CARNEY"S REMARKS ON FORMOSAN SITUATION Produced: 1955 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77271 Internet Archive [PROGRESS REPORT 1952. PART II] 1952 · Educational [PROGRESS REPORT 1952. PART II] Produced: 1952 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ford Motor… Internet Archive INVESTMENT IN HUMAN PROGRESS 1954 · Educational INVESTMENT IN HUMAN PROGRESS Produced: 1954 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93900 Internet Archive Invader, The 1955 · Film Traces man's efforts since the 15th century to cope with the problem of syphilis. Shows the step-by-step development of medical knowledge and the changes in… Internet Archive The Deadly Mantis [1957] - Trailer 1957 · Commercial The calving of an Arctic iceberg releases a giant praying mantis, trapped in suspended animation since prehistoric times. It first attacks military outposts… Internet Archive SCENES IN ITALY 1951 · Educational SCENES IN ITALY Produced: 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24097 Internet Archive 1954 Commercial For Dial Soap 1954 · Commercial Ad Internet Archive The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms trailer 1953 · Commercial · 2 min This trailer plays up fear of science in the atomic age. IMDb Page Internet Archive Attack of the Giant Leeches [1959] - Trailer 1959 · Commercial A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police… Internet Archive Journey To The Center Of The Earth (1959) Trailer 1959 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1959 adventure classic Journey To The Center Of The… Internet Archive Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 · Commercial A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. Internet Archive DVD-6662 - Hallmark Hall Of Fame - February 9, 1958 1958 · Film Recorded By: Mister T. Collection: The Mister T. DVD Collection Medium Type: DVD Uploaded Format: DVD ISO DVD-6662 - Hallmark Hall Of Fame - February 9, 1958… Internet Archive FLEET ACTIVITIES (BACKGROUND SUPPLEMENT) 1951 · Educational FLEET ACTIVITIES (BACKGROUND SUPPLEMENT) Produced: September 6, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22922 Internet Archive COMPOSITE ON ADMIRAL CARNEY"S REMARKS ON FORMOSAN SITUATION 1955 · Educational COMPOSITE ON ADMIRAL CARNEY"S REMARKS ON FORMOSAN SITUATION Produced: 1955 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77271 Internet Archive Dial M for Murder 1954 · Commercial An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to have his wife murdered after discovering she is having an affair, and assumes she will soon leave him for the other man… Internet Archive 54 05 23 The Jack Benny Program S 04e 13 Bob Hope Show 1954 · TV One minute before airtime and Jack can't find his pants. Bob Hope opens with a monologue while holding Jack's slacks. He goes through his wallet, but his…