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4,273–4,320 of 22,400 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. Nothing is left out for being sexual: sexual content and nudity are for adults, placed by what the archive files a film as, never by a word of its title alone (The Naked City is a police film). A film filed as pornography is listed for adults without its picture and plays nowhere yet, as the law where it would play asks for a proof of age this site does not have. A sexual depiction of a child, drawn ones too, is listed nowhere.

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 content, pornography, nudity and nudism, striptease, sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, beheadings, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive Record: "Marcy Sings to Children" 1965 · Film SEEKING SOUND FILMSTRIPS FOR PRESERVATION. Sound filmstrip was a 35mm film-based still image educational media format used in schools and industry. I am the… Internet Archive Fifteen Minutes in India 1960 · Educational National Archives - Fifteen Minutes in India - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film shows footage of… Internet Archive Marineland Carnival promo with The Munsters 1965 · Commercial Commercial for "Marineland Carnival," a one-shot special featuring The Munsters which aired on April 19, 1965. To date, no surviving prints of this TV special… Internet Archive Ray Garner: Baalbek III 1963 · Educational · 6 min Ray Garner's third reel of unedited footage shot in Baalbek, Lebanon, featuring the Temple of Bacchus, snow-capped mountains. Internet Archive Desert People 1968 · Educational · 30 min Internet Archive The Racing Cyclist 1966 · Documentary · 12 min A 1966 British documentary about bicycle racing and bicycles in general. Produced by an unknown production company for the Central Office of Information… Internet Archive ICE FORMATION ON AIRCRAFT 1960 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration ICE FORMATION ON AIRCRAFT Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center. (09/18/1947 -… Internet Archive COMBAT RIFLE COMPANY (25TH INFANTRY DIVISION) 1968 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration COMBAT RIFLE COMPANY (25TH INFANTRY DIVISION) ARC Identifier 32203 / Local Identifier 111-LC-53490 1968… Internet Archive BATTLE OF NORTH AFRICA, PART 2 1960 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30127 BATTLE OF NORTH AFRICA, PART 2 CONTINUES THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF NORTH AFRICA FOLLOWING THE BITTER BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN. Internet Archive JFK EXHIBIT No. 6: SHOOTING OF OSWALD 1963 · Educational Department of the Treasury. U.S. Secret Service. (1943 - 2003) ARC Identifier 13219 / Local Identifier 87.6 1963 JFK EXHIBIT No. 6: SHOOTING OF OSWALD DVD… Internet Archive BRIDGE AT REMAGEN - PART II 1965 · Educational Department of Defense BRIDGE AT REMAGEN - PART II PIN 30186 1965 CAPTURE OF BRIDGE AND SUBSEQUENT TACTICAL EVENTS - MILITARY GAIN OF THE CAPTURE IS ASSESSED… Internet Archive 25 Years Ago, 1960/05/19 1960 · Newsreel · Subtitles 25 Years Ago - Mussolini demonstrates gas attack outside Rome; AAA of FDR: patman bonus bill sent to FDR, vetoed by FDR, but passed over his veto, supported… Internet Archive Interview with Zhou En Lai 1965 · Educational National Archives - Interview with Zhou En Lai - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film is a Columbia… Internet Archive Unit Beat Policing 1968 · Short · 22 min A 1968 British short film showing the "unit beat" form of policing. This film was created, unless I'm mistaken, to be shown to new police officers as part of… Internet Archive JAW RELATION RECORDS FOR REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES 1964 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25931 JAW RELATION RECORDS FOR REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES PROCEDURES AND MATERIALS FOR MAKING ACCURATE MAXILLO- MANDIBULAR RECORD -… Internet Archive BREAKOUT AND PURSUIT 1961 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30135 BREAKOUT AND PURSUIT STORY OF OPERATION COBRA IN WORLD WAR II, IN WHICHAMERICAN FORCES BROKE THROUGH NORMANDY AND BEGAN THEIR… Internet Archive 1961 Roy Rogers Quick Shooter Hat 1961 · Commercial Roy Rogers personally endorses what is quite possibly the most bizarre piece of apparel ever invented. I doubt a kid could wear this hat to school today. Internet Archive BEACHHEAD: ANZIO 1963 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30147 BEACHHEAD: ANZIO DOCUMENTS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ALLY BEACHHEAD AT ANZIO IN WORLD WAR II. Internet Archive SURVIVAL STRESSES 1961 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 27489 SURVIVAL STRESSES DISCUSSES MAJOR PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESSES THAT MAY BE ENCOUNTERED IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION IN… Internet Archive Promo for Doris Day For A Day competition 1965 · Short · 1 min 1-minute theatrical short promoting a competition involving the 1965 film Do Not Disturb . I will note in advance that this footage is still under copyright. Internet Archive 11TH ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT, THE 1969 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30249 11TH ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT, THE COVERS THE ACTIVITIES IN VIETNAM OF THE "BLACKHORSE" REGIMENT, WHICH PROVED THAT ARMORED… Internet Archive Russia, 1960/05/05 1960 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) May Day in Moscow, parade in Red Square, emphasis on peaceful coexistence, no rockets or missiles, Khrushchev's "shocking announcement, a United States… Internet Archive BASIC AMPLIFIERS 1964 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 28390 BASIC AMPLIFIERS 1964 THEORY, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF BASIC AMPLIFIERS IS EXPLAINED. FOUR GENERAL METHODS OF COUPLING… Internet Archive MEDAL OF HONOR - WITH ONE HAND 1967 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26506 MEDAL OF HONOR - WITH ONE HAND CITES LT. JOHN C. MORGAN WHO SINGLEHANDEDLY GUIDED HIS PLANE TO TARGET DURING A WW II RAID OVER… Internet Archive Patriotism 1966 · Feature Playwright and novelist Yukio Mishima foreshadowed his own violent suicide with this ravishing short feature, his only foray into filmmaking, yet made with… Internet Archive SHIELD OF FREEDOM 1963 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26377 SHIELD OF FREEDOM PORTRAYS AIR DEFENSE COMMAND'S DOMINANT ROLE IN ORGANIZING, TRAINING AND PROVIDING AEROSPACE DEFENSE FORCES… Internet Archive RIFLE, 5.56MM XM16E1 OPERATION AND CYCLE OF FUNCTIONING 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 29997 RIFLE, 5.56MM XM16E1 OPERATION AND CYCLE OF FUNCTIONING FEATURES, CAPABILITY, AND OPERATION OF WEAPON - LOADING, FIRING, AND… Internet Archive Kyojin no Hoshi(1968) 1968 · Cartoon All of the original Kyojin no Hoshi Internet Archive Soviets in Space (Part I) 1968 · Educational National Archives - Soviets in Space (Part I) - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - - DVD Copied by IASL… Internet Archive All It Takes Is Once 1968 · Educational Federal Aviation Administration All It Takes Is Once AVA05441VNB1 - 1968 Even the best of pilots can be distracted in flight by preoccupation with personal… Internet Archive La Chinoise 1967 · Film · Subtitles https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Chinoise Internet Archive Assignment: Shoot the Moon 1967 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 45011 / Local Identifier 255-HQ-167 - Assignment: Shoot the Moon - National Aeronautics and… Internet Archive Mirror of America 1963 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 92091 / Local Identifier FC-FC-2013 - Mirror of America - Ford Motor Company. This film provides… Internet Archive Ray Garner: Dig Caesarea 1963 · Educational · 15 min Footage shot by Ray Garner of the joint archaeological dig at Caesarea, Israel, funded by the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan and the Missione… Internet Archive Camouflage for Evasion 1968 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 4523734 / Local Identifier 330-DVIC-27942 - Camouflage for Evasion - Department of Defense.… Internet Archive Operation Big Spring - Part 1 1967 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984) ARC… Internet Archive Operation Big Spring - Part 2 1967 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984) ARC… Internet Archive The Top 1966 · Educational Animation Running time: 07:54 [Voices:] Paul Shively, Fred Wolf Internet Archive OPERATION SAN ANGELO (1ST BRIGADE, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION) SONG BE, SOUTH VIETNAM 1968 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration OPERATION SAN ANGELO (1ST BRIGADE, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION) SONG BE, SOUTH VIETNAM ARC Identifier 31685 / Local… Internet Archive Characteristics of Crystals 1964 · Educational Department of the Air Force Characteristics of Crystals AVA07553VNB1, 1964 Studies frequency stability and the use of the crystal controlled oscillator in… Internet Archive Red China Diary with Morley Safer 1967 · Educational Internet Archive Bouken Shounen Shadar (ITA) 1967 · Cartoon Super Boy Shadow (La spada di luce) ( 冒険少年シャダー Bōken Shōnen Shadar ? ) , noto in Italia anche come La spada di luce o Superboy Shadaw , è una serie televisiva… Internet Archive READY ON ARRIVAL 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 22036 READY ON ARRIVAL THIS PROGRAM PRESENTS THE STORY OF ATTACK AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND THE MEN WHO MAN THEM. Internet Archive SELECTED SCENES FROM "CIVIL DISTURBANCES" 1968 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration SELECTED SCENES FROM "CIVIL DISTURBANCES" ARC Identifier 32300 / Local Identifier 111-LC-53738 1968 Department of… Internet Archive Seconds (1966) 1966 · Film · Subtitles Seconds 1966 John Frankenheimer Internet Archive Military Intelligence Specialists 1961 · Educational National Archives - Military Intelligence Specialists - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film focuses… Internet Archive Mary Jane( 1968) 1968 · Feature A teacher trying to break up a local drug ring is framed and arrested for possession of marijuana. Internet Archive The Pathet Lao 1966 · Educational National Archives - The Pathet Lao - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film documents the effects of…