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4,369–4,416 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 Invitation to Pakistan 1962 · Educational National Archives - Invitation to Pakistan - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film chronicles… Internet Archive FREE FALL SAFETY PROCEDURES 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 23122 FREE FALL SAFETY PROCEDURES PACKING AND WEARING PARACHUTE EQUIPMENT; PROPER PARACHUTE TECHNIQUES - LANDING ON LAND AND WATER,… Internet Archive TIGERS ON THE LOOSE - PART II 1965 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30188 TIGERS ON THE LOOSE - PART II COMBAT STORY OF 1OTH ARMORED DIVISION CONTINUED - FIGHTING IN BASTOGNE AND ENSUING EVENTS DURING… Internet Archive Manos The Hands Of Fate ( 1966) HD VERSION 1966 · Feature HIGH QUALITY RIP A family gets lost on the road and stumbles upon a hidden, underground, devil-worshiping cult led by the fearsome Master and his servant Torgo. Internet Archive AIRMOBILE DIVISION, THE 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20234 AIRMOBILE DIVISION, THE HISTORY, ORGANIZATION, AND CAPABILITY OF THE CAVALRY DIVISION (AIRMOBILE) WITH FOCUS ON DEPLOYMENT IN… Internet Archive Famous Generals - Patton 1963 · Educational Department of Defense - DIMOC PIN 30156 - Famous Generals - Patton - MILITARY CAREER OF THE COLORFUL GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, WITH FOCUS ON HIS WORLD WAR II… Internet Archive HISTORY OF AVIATION - PART 2 1961 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30132 HISTORY OF AVIATION - PART 2 HISTORY OF AVIATION FROM BILLY MITCHELL ERA TO PRESENT- DAY JET AGE. Internet Archive A Curing Ceremony 1966 · Educational Shows a healing ceremony used by the!Kung-speaking bushmen in Southwest Africa Internet Archive SEARCH AND DESTROY MISSIONS (1ST INFANTRY DIVISION), 03/15/1968 - 03/19/1968 1968 · 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 YOU IN GREAT BRITAIN 1964 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26438 YOU IN GREAT BRITAIN ACQUAINTS AMERICAN SERVICEMEN WITH BRITISH HERITAGE AND CUSTOMS. COMPARES AMERICAN AND BRITISH DEMOCRATIC… Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-51A 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 27009 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-51A VIETNAM - NOVEMBER 1966 - 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 11TH ARMORED CAVALRY, 5TH… Internet Archive MAP SYMBOLS 1967 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 29404 MAP SYMBOLS BLACK SYMBOLS OF CULTURAL DETAIL, BOUNDARY LINES, BLUE SYMBOLS FOR WATER, GREEN SYMBOLS FOR VEGETATION, AND BROWN… Internet Archive PRESIDENT NIXON VISITS THE PENTAGON, 01/31/1969 1969 · 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 JFK EXHIBIT No. 7: FILM OF TRADE MART IN DALLAS 1963 · Educational Department of the Treasury. U.S. Secret Service. (1943 - 2003) ARC Identifier 13220 / Local Identifier 87.7 1963 JFK EXHIBIT No. 7: FILM OF TRADE MART IN… Internet Archive Lark Cigarettes 1967 · Commercial A commercial for Lark Cigarettes which was broadcast during "The Phyllis Diller Show" (aka "The Pruitts of Southampton") in January 1967. Shot in Chicago,… Internet Archive YOUR MILITARY NEIGHBOR 1966 · Educational Department of Defense YOUR MILITARY NEIGHBOR PIN 30191 1966 HOW U.S. ARMED FORCES ACHIEVE GOOD COMMUNITY RELATIONS BY PROMOTING THE PUBLIC WELFARE HERE AND… Internet Archive The Refugees 1968 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 23448 The Refugees INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR HANDLING REFUGEES IN VIETNAM. Internet Archive RELIABLE ACADEMY (9TH INFANTRY DIVISION) BEN CAT, SOUTH VIETNAM 1967 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration RELIABLE ACADEMY (9TH INFANTRY DIVISION) BEN CAT, SOUTH VIETNAM ARC Identifier 31587 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive Torture Garden (1967) 1967 · Feature Torture Garden is a 1967 horror anthology film directed by Freddie Francis and based on a short story by Robert Bloch , who also wrote the screenplay. The… Internet Archive Santa Claus Conquers The Martians ( 1964) HD VERSION 1964 · Feature HD VERSION IN GLORIOUS 1080P Plot: The Martians kidnap Santa Claus because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents. Internet Archive Fashions of the Air 1967 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 7496 / Local Identifier 40.20 - Fashions of the Air - Department of Commerce. Office of Public… Internet Archive CBS Evening News April 5, 1968 1968 · TV CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite April 5, 1968 Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: College Cronies 1949-1962 1962 · Home movie Ketcham family home movies, primarily of Triple Cities/Harpur College, 1949-1962. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large collection of 8mm and 16mm amateur… Internet Archive FIGHT FOR THE SKY, THE 1965 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26524 FIGHT FOR THE SKY, THE DOCUMENTS HEROISM OF AMERICAN FIGHTER PILOTS WHO FLEW ESCORT MISSIONS OVER GERMANY DURING WORLD WAR II.… Internet Archive Arthur H. Smith - Skating 1964 · Home movie · 9 min "Skating" consists of footage of Blanche Smith rollerskating. Arthur Smith was born in Silver Spring, Nevada in 1909 and passed away in 2000 after having… Internet Archive BRIDGE RECTIFIERS 1969 · Educational Department of Defense - Description: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRIDGE RECTIFIER IS TRACED BY SHOWING HOW THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE IS AFFECTED BY THE VARIOUS RECTIFIER… Internet Archive THE RISE OF THE SOVIET NAVY 1969 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25246 THE RISE OF THE SOVIET NAVY NARRATED BY RICHARD BASEHART, THIS DOCUMENTARY TRACES THE RISE OF SOVIET SEAPOWER FROM THE… Internet Archive Capricious Summer 1968 · Feature Two years after his worldwide hit Closely Watched Trains, Jiří Menzel directed this amusing idyll about three middle-aged men whose mellow summer is… Internet Archive VIETNAM VILLAGE REBORN 1967 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30200 VIETNAM VILLAGE REBORN SHOWS HOW OPERATION LAM SON II, A COMBINED US AND VIETNAM REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, IS… Internet Archive GRID, DISTANCE, AND ELEVATION 1967 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 29405 GRID, DISTANCE, AND ELEVATION USE OF MILITARY GRID SYSTEM TO LOCATE POSITIONS; USE OF GRAPHIC SCALES TO MEASURE DISTANCE; USE… Internet Archive TAC ON TARGET 1962 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26401 TAC ON TARGET CITES WEAPON INVENTORY AND CAPABILITIES OF TAC'S STRIKE AIRCRAFT. DEMONSTRATES ARMAMENT AND FIRE POWER OF F-100,… Internet Archive [Kilker Family Films - Trips - Reel 5] 1960 · Home movie Robert Leo Kilker, Jr. of Kansas City organized ski trips by the Kansas City Ski Club and other trips to Europe and the Middle East. 8mm film of Paris in the… Internet Archive MISSILE FLIGHT SAFETY FOR OFF RANGE FIRINGS INTO WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE 1967 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 23034 MISSILE FLIGHT SAFETY FOR OFF RANGE FIRINGS INTO WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE THREE OVERLAND MISSIONS OF THE PERSHING MISSILE… Internet Archive FOOTPRINTS IN THE SEA 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25183 FOOTPRINTS IN THE SEA A REPORT ON THE LATEST DEEP SUBMERSIBLE, MANEUVERABLE CRAFT TESTED AND USED BY THE NAVY. NEW UNDERWATER… Internet Archive Oscilloscopes and Transducers 1968 · Educational Internet Archive Redigo S1 E2 The Blooded Bull 1963 · TV US TV series of 1963 starring Richard Egan, half hour. Sequel to Empire. Internet Archive FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH POLE 1968 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25316 FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH POLE THE CHALLENGE OF ANTARCTIC FLYING, FROM RADM BYRD S FIRST POLAR FLIGHT TO OPERATION DEEP FREEZE,… Internet Archive FROM KITTY HAWK TO AEROSPACE 1965 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26415 FROM KITTY HAWK TO AEROSPACE TRACES HISTORY OF AMERICAN AVIATION. STRESSES INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON ADVANCEMENT… Internet Archive SCOUT DOGS 1969 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30250 SCOUT DOGS SHOWS THESE MODERN-DAY COUNTERPARTS OF THE K-9 CORPS AS THEY TRAIN WITH THEIR HANDLERS AT FORT GORDON AND FORT… Internet Archive [CKLW Theater 9 Promo 1963] 1963 · Film Promotional film to get advertisers for CKLW's program, Theater 9. Kinescoped. Internet Archive England, 1967/11/03 1967 · Newsreel · Subtitles SS Queen Mary passenger liner on final journey from Britain to Long Beach (partial newsreel). Internet Archive Many Faces of Spain (Reel 2 of 3) 1961 · Educational National Archives - Many Faces of Spain - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - - DVD Copied by IASL Scanner… Internet Archive Hunting Wild Doves 1967 · Educational Producer, Julien Bryan The Dogon people of the Niger River make ropes and climb a mountainside to where doves nest Internet Archive Attorney Gerneral Robert Kennedy in Berlin, Germany - Part 2 1962 · 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 Speed Racer 1967 · Cartoon Mach GoGoGo was first created and designed by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida (1932–1977) as a manga series in the 1960s and made the jump to TV as an anime… Internet Archive ICECAP 1965 · Educational Department of Defense ICECAP PIN 30189 1965 U.S. RESEARCH AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON GREENLAND ICECAP, WITH FOCUS ON WORK OF ARMED FORCES SINCE 1950 - STRESS ON… Internet Archive Food for space travelers 1966 · Educational National Archives - Food for space travelers - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Office of Communications. Broadcast and Audio Visual Branch.… Internet Archive PAYOFF IN THE PACIFIC 1960 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30123 PAYOFF IN THE PACIFIC WAR IN THE PACIFIC, FROM PEARL HARBOR AND LOSS OF THE PHILIPPINES TO THE B-29 BASES CONSTRUCTED ON SAIPAN.