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4,321–4,368 of 18,257 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 Sparky the Firefly (1953) 1953 · Feature A Terrytoon that runs a couple of minutes longer than the average finds Sparky, a firefly, who loses is light and is ostracized by his own kind. His friend,… Internet Archive The Haunted Cat (1951) 1951 · Feature Following one of their usual violent fights, the cat thinks he has killed Little Roquefort, and buries him, with a lot of sadness, in a flower pot. The mouse… Internet Archive Howdy Doody - 1 April 1952 1952 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of the popular children's TV series. Includes original commercials for Kellogg's All-Star Variety Pack and Colgate Dental Cream aka toothpaste.… Internet Archive Science in Action: Aero Medicine 1956 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Animals of the South American Jungle 1950 · Educational Shows many animals, lush vegetation, and swollen streams that exist in the Amazon jungle Internet Archive Good Scream Fun (1958) 1958 · Feature Casper, the Friendly (and always helpful) Ghost, finds a lost crate containing Ozzie, a baby ostrich. Casper tries to deliver it to the address on the crate… Internet Archive Mouse Menace (1953) 1953 · Feature The feud between Little Roquefort and the cat gets increasingly intense with explosives and tanks. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/mouse-menace-1953/ Internet Archive A Note of Fear (Stage 7) 1955 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles Aired 15 May 1955 (Season 1, Episode 16). [The "MPEG4" file is the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265 (HEVC).] Internet Archive Operation Greenhouse 1952 · Short · 21 min Listed at the National Archives as " Operation Greenhouse, 1952 " but Operation Greenhouse was in 1951. No National Archives description. AEC " 16mm film… Internet Archive Industrial Revolution in England 1959 · Educational With teacher's guide Describes rural England prior to the industrial revolution, explaining that most manufacturing was carried on in the home. Discusses how… Internet Archive Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans TV 1957 colorized s01e04 The Wild One 1957 · TV Frontiersman and fur trader "Hawkeye" Cutler (John Hart) fights to protect settlers during the French and Indian War from raids by the Huron Indians and from… Internet Archive Flash Gordon TV 1954 colorized s01e06 The Claim Jumpers (Steve Holland) 1954 · TV This version of Alex Raymond's comic strip hero moves Flash to the year 3061, where he battles criminals and evil aliens for the Galaxy Bureau of… Internet Archive Misc episode of 'Arthur Godfrey Time' 1955 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles Misc episode of "Arthur Godfrey Time", kinescope of a 1955 broadcast. Internet Archive ''The Rosemary Clooney Show'' - Dani Crayne & Joe Bushkin 1956 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles A 1956 episode of Rosemary Clooney's half-hour pop music show. This episode features Dani Crayne (who doesn't do much) & Joe Bushkin. Unfortunately, this copy… Internet Archive Weather Eye. Vanguard II Satellite Scans Sky From Space, 1959/02/19 1959 · Newsreel Vanguard II satellite placed in nose cone of rocket, launched (partial newsreel, brief silence at start of story). Internet Archive 1955 - A Life in the Balance - Harry Horner-Rafael Portillo - VOSE 1955 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only Internet Archive ''The Guiding Light'' - 4 March 1953? (improved copy) 1953 · TV · 14 min · Subtitles A upgraded picture quality version. This is a daytime soap opera.. I might be mistaken on the date: my source for the episode, a DVD-R, gives the date as 4… Internet Archive Boo Kind to Animals (1955) 1955 · Feature Casper the Friendly Ghost helps Spunky the Donkey find a useful job. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/boo-kind-to-animals-1955/ Internet Archive Now Let Him Go - Retakes 1957 · TV · 7 min Retakes from an episode of British television series Armchair Theatre , an anthology series which aired on the ITV network. I presume this is still under… Internet Archive Tombstone Territory : Rose of the Rio Bravo 1958 · TV ZIV Television Programs July 7, 1884 - A young Barton Clark Jr. comes to Tombstone to learn about life and takes a job with Clay Hollister as a jailer. When… Internet Archive [Home Movies: The Empire City, Part 1] 1951 · Home movie · Subtitles Skeletal entry. Info in logbook. Internet Archive Comicos(1954) 1954 · Feature Cómicos es una película española de 1954, la primera dirigida en solitario por el cineasta español Juan Antonio Bardem . El filme participó en la selección… Internet Archive The Born Criminal 1957 · Educational · 30 min The Born Criminal SummaryDiscus./ia he relationship between heredity and criminality. Points out common misconceptions concerning physical characteristics as… Internet Archive [Home movie: 098863: 1950 road trip through Canada, latter portions better photographed than beginning; featuring fishing, canoeing, rural Quebec, Montmorency Falls, zoo and garden sequences, and… 1950 · Home movie A 1950 road trip through Canada, latter portions of the reel are better quality than the beginning; featuring flower gardens, a zoo, captive bears, a… Internet Archive City of Magic 1957 · Film · Subtitles about New York City Skeletal Entry Internet Archive Home Movie: 98905: District of Columbia, Florida and Mexico 1955 · Home movie Cardboard sleeve around can (not retained) states: Start of trip, July 6, 1955, Washington, St. Augustine, Florida & Mexico No. 6, Internet Archive Storm Warnings (Schlitz Playhouse) 1953 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles Robert Stack plays a pilot working for an air-freight company in Alaska. Aired 10 July 1953 (Season 2; Episode 45). [The "MPEG4" file is the source file.… Internet Archive Wildcat 1959 · Educational Follows two Oklahoma wildcatters as they prepare to sink a well. Shows their drilling operations for the Big Chief Drilling Company in Garfield County, OK;… Internet Archive 1952 - Ruby Gentry - Pasión bajo la niebla- King Vidor - VOSE 1952 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive An Igloo for Two (1955) 1955 · Feature A seal who can sing is taken advantage of by Willie, who has him sing from the inside of a guitar to impress a girl. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Phony News Flashes (1955) 1955 · Feature A collection of newsreel spoofs. Among them, a house with some special features for the mother-in-law, an egg-eating champion who speaks fluent chicken, a… Internet Archive Il Ritorno Di Don Camillo ( Colorized, 1953) 720p 1953 · Feature Il Ritorno Di Don Camillo (The Return of Don Camillo, 1953) colorized with HAVC Internet Archive Bonn Hails Ike! Says U.S. Will Stand By Berlin, 1959/08/27 1959 · Newsreel Bonn Germany welcomes Ike, meets Adenauer at airport, with Christian Herter; Ike speaks, that American people stand by their side for a free Berlin, sign… Internet Archive Color Harmony for Your Home 1956 · Film Internet Archive Howdy Doody - 6 January 1953 1953 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of the popular children's TV series. Includes original commercials for Kellogg's Rice Krispies and Colgate Dental Cream aka toothpaste. Also… Internet Archive 1956 - Autumn Leaves - Hojas de otoño - Robert Aldrich - VOSE 1956 · Feature For Academic - Educational Use Only Internet Archive Paranoid Conditions 1952 · Educational Writer and director, Robert Anderson Presents an acute paranoid patient, admitted to the hospital six months previously, exhibiting delusions in which the… Internet Archive Howdy Doody - 2 April 1951 1951 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of the popular children's TV series. Includes original commercials for Halo shampoo and Three Musketeers chocolate bars. Also includes network ID. Internet Archive Sailing and Village Band (1958) 1958 · Feature Sailing and Village Band is a Jolly Frolics cartoon directed by Fred Crippen, Lew Keller. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/sailing-and-village-band-19… Internet Archive Mid East Crisis. Area Quiet Pending U.N.-Summit Talk, 1958/07/24 1958 · Newsreel (1) Nasser in Cairo celebrates anniversary overthrow of Farouk; Robert Murphy meets Shaboul? in Lebanon; Americans evacuated from Iraq since revolution killed… Internet Archive Four Star Playhouse: Looking Glass House 1955 · TV · Subtitles Season 4, Episode 8 Aired 24 Nov. 1955. Actors: Arthur Franz; Ida Lupino; Sam Flint; Olive Blakeney; Charlotte Lawrence Director: Roy Kellino Runtime: 25:28 Internet Archive [Home Movies: Badlands and Black Hills Region, South Dakota] 1950 · Home movie · Subtitles Badlands, Wall Drug, Mt. Rushmore and other attractions of the region. Internet Archive 1951 - Cry Danger - Grito de terror - Robert Parrish - VO - Versión Original 1951 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only Internet Archive 1951 - Fourteen Hours - 14 horas - Henry Hathaway - VOSE 1951 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive Destination Earth 1956 · Film Science-fiction-influenced cartoon sponsored by petroleum producers to lionize their industry and promote free enterprise. “Colonel Cosmic,” an astronaut from… Internet Archive Men of the world 1950 · Film The British Army's commitments from Gibraltar, through Suez, to Hong Kong. British Armed Forces. Internet Archive The Composite Girl (Ozzie & Harriet) 1959 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles Aired 11 February 1959 (Season 7, Episode 18). [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265… Internet Archive Message to No One 1959 · Film · Subtitles Family issues around listening and paying attention translate to fathers work