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4,657–4,704 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 Mao Tse-Tung Opens Ninth Party Congress 1969 · Educational National Archives - Mao Tse-Tung Opens Ninth Party Congress - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film… Internet Archive MAN AND SAFETY - SUPERVISION 1963 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 27623 MAN AND SAFETY - SUPERVISION DISCUSSES SUPERVISION AND ITS ROLE IN HUMAN ERROR ACCIDENTS. POINTS OUT THAT SUPERVISION RANGES… Internet Archive Alaska The New Frontier ★🥅 Educational Films from the 1960's 1960 · Talk Alaska The New Frontier ★ 🥅 Educational Films from the 1960's "Alaska became the forty-ninth state in 1958; ninety-one years after Secretary of State William… Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-43A 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26998 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-43A VIETNAM - SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1966 - 1ST AIR CAVALRY 101ST AIRBORNE, 11TH ARMORED CAVALRY, 13TH… Internet Archive RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS REPORT NUMBER TEN 1968 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26058 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS REPORT NUMBER TEN SEQUENCES IN THIS REPORT DEAL WITH THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS: AIR… Internet Archive EXAMINATION OF SOILS AND MINERALS AND STUFF 1969 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 12095 / Local Identifier 65.21 - EXAMINATION OF SOILS AND MINERALS AND STUFF - Department of… Internet Archive The Girl-Getters 1964 · Feature · 1 h 26 min Title: The Girl-Getters Summary: In a seaside village, a group of local young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of sexual conquests. Near the… Internet Archive FAMOUS GENERALS - BRADLEY 1963 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30153 FAMOUS GENERALS - BRADLEY 1963 STORY OF GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY AND HIS RISE TO TOP RANK IN WORLD WAR II - TRACES HIS EARLY DAYS… Internet Archive General Chiang Ching-kuo and President Lyndon Johnson 1965 · Educational National Archives - General Chiang Ching-kuo and President Lyndon Johnson - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981).… Internet Archive Panama Crisis (Reel 3 of 3) 1968 · Educational National Archives - Panama Crisis - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - - DVD Copied by IASL Scanner Thomas… Internet Archive France, 1961/10/16 1961 · Newsreel · Subtitles Shah of iran visits DeGaulle in France with wife, formal dinner (partial newsreel) Internet Archive Director of Intelligence Richard Helms' Swearing - In 1966 · Educational National Archives - Director of Intelligence Richard Helms' Swearing - In - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981).… Internet Archive Voyage North 1965 · Short · 21 min A 1965 British documentary about navy submarine Artemis on a scientific research mission. Produced by R.H.R. Productions for the Central Office of… Internet Archive Black Panther 1966 · Educational Black Panther ca. 1966–ca. 1969 Description This film is a newsreel in which Kathleen Cleaver spoke at Hutton Memorial Park in Alameda County, California. The… Internet Archive THE I IN INFANTRY - THE INDIVIDUAL 1967 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30202 THE I IN INFANTRY - THE INDIVIDUAL A YOUNG SOLDIER DESCRIBES HIS DEVELOPMENT AS AN INFANTRYMAN DURING THE EIGHT-WEEK ADVANCED… Internet Archive Cyborg 009 (1968) (japanese) 1968 · Cartoon All episodes of original series Cyborg 009 of 1968. Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-47A 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 27004 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-47A VIETNAM - OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1966 - 3D ORDNANCE AMMUNITION DEPOT ATTACKED, GENERAL WESTMORELAND… Internet Archive Moonstrike S01 E16 1963 · TV 1963 BBC TV show about World War 2. Only four episodes exist. Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-44A 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 27000 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-44A VIETNAM - OCTOBER 1966 - 1ST AIR CAVALRY, 173D AIRBORNE, ARMY-AIR FORCE TASK FORCE EAGLE, 1ST… Internet Archive Famous Generals - Eisenhower 1963 · Educational Department of Defense - DIMOC PIN 30152 - Famous Generals - Eisenhower - GENERAL EISENHOWER'S CAREER WITH THE MILITARY IS TRACED FROM WEST POINT TO WORLD WAR… Internet Archive Het 20-jarige bestaan van de Papiervakschool 1967 · Short · 26 min Op deze filmbeelden is vastgelegd de leerpraktijk van de leerlingen van de Papiervakschool, ook wel "De technische School voor de Papierindustrie", welke in… Internet Archive The Grand Prix from Zandvoort in 1962 1962 · Short · 4 min The Grand Prix from Zandvoort in 1962. With special guests Prince Bernhard and daughter Princess Irene. Filmed on 16mm by Mr. Anton Bakels in Agfa Color. Internet Archive YOUR ARMY REPORTS - 18 1969 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30248 YOUR ARMY REPORTS - 18 REPORTS ON THE CHAPARRAL-VULCAN AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM FOR USE AGAINST LOW-FLYING AIRCRAFT; EUCOM , THE… Internet Archive NYPD_s01e05_Walking Target 1967 · TV WARNING: For Police and Law Enforcement Procedural Personnel Training Purposes Only. No Copyright Infringement is Intended. The detectives go after a sniper… Internet Archive LOGISTIC SUPPORT MANAGEMENT FOR ADVANCED WEAPONS 1960 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26250 LOGISTIC SUPPORT MANAGEMENT FOR ADVANCED WEAPONS DEFINES MISSION OF A BALLISTIC MISSILE SQUADRON AND SHOWS COMPONENT PARTS OF… Internet Archive [Kilker Family Films - Trips - Reel 3] 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 trip to… Internet Archive Family Camping Through 48 States -- Part II 1961 · Home movie During five summers from 1957 to 1961, the five-member Barstow family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, set out to visit all 48 of the then United States of… Internet Archive Collection Kortekaas 3 1962 · Short · 28 min filmtitle on filmcannister: South-Uganda 1962 / South-Kenya 1964 When watching the film, it is probably only in the beginning. We see shots from a very warm… Internet Archive PROTECTIVE MASK FITTING AND DRILL 1962 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 28846 PROTECTIVE MASK FITTING AND DRILL HOW TO SELECT MASK - PROCEDURES FOR FITTING, TESTING, AND ADJUSTING MASK - STEPS IN… Internet Archive Bloemencorso 1967 (Netherlands) 1967 · Film 8mm filmpje van het Bloemencorso 1967 of 1968 in Holland. Overgezet met de laatste technieken middels framescanner en beeldverbetering middels… Internet Archive TRADITION IN MUSIC, A 1969 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25437 TRADITION IN MUSIC, A THE U.S. NAVY BAND IN OPERATION. REHEARSALS AND RECORDING SESSIONS AND THE WORK INVOLVED IN KEEPING THE… Internet Archive COUNTY FAIR 1967 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 23425 COUNTY FAIR COUNTY FAIR - OPERATION OF CLEARING THE VIETCONG FROM VILLAGES WHILE THE PEOPLE ARE CARED FOR, FED, AND ENTERTAINED. Internet Archive Death by Hanging (1968) 1968 · Film · Subtitles Nagisa oshima Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-44B 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 27001 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-44B LOGISTICS COMMAND IN OKINAWA; GENERAL H.K. JOHNSON'S TOUR OF KOREA; SECRETARY OF ARMY RESOR'S VISIT… Internet Archive Collectie Mullaard - Movie-shots P.H. Mullaard 3 1960 · Short · 39 min Deze opnamen zijn gemaakt door P.H. Mullaard en gevonden als losse film op een rol. Het zijn mogelijk proef-opnamen of prive-opnamen maar vooralsnog… Internet Archive SCIENCE FOR SURVIVAL, ALSO 1964 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 24889 SCIENCE FOR SURVIVAL, ALSO COVERS CONTENT, AIMS, IMPORTANCE AND PROGRESS OF THE NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM, SUPPORTING… Internet Archive RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS REPORT NUMBER NINE - DELONG PIERS 1967 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26067 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS REPORT NUMBER NINE - DELONG PIERS THIS IS THE STORY OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF… Internet Archive Collectie IISG - Victoria, an oilpalm estate in the jungle of Surinam 1969 · Short · 35 min THIS ITEM HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A MUCH BETTER VERSION, WE UPDATED THIS MPG-FILE WITH A SHARPER VERSION! See also http://www.archive.org/details/filmcollectief-0… Internet Archive YOUR FIRST EIGHTY DAYS 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 23417 YOUR FIRST EIGHTY DAYS VARIOUS TYPES OF RECRUIT TRAINING. FOLLOWS TWO MARINE RECRUITS FROM THEIR FIRST DAY TO GRADUATION. Internet Archive Easter Seals with Carol Burnett 1968 · Commercial Carol Burnett gives an extremely brief plug for Easter Seals in this 1968 commercial. Internet Archive Marx Carry-All Action Playsets with Chris Knight 1968 · Commercial 1968 commercial for Marx's Carry-All Action Playsets (Fort Apache, Fighting Knights, Boot Camp, and Cape Kennedy) featuring Christopher Knight from "The Brady… Internet Archive Victoria, an oilpalm estate in the jungle of Surinam (720x576) 1969 · Short · 33 min De titel van deze film is in het Engels maar de spreker doet alles in het Nederlands. De Nederlandse titel van deze film is dan ook "Een palmolie plantage in… Internet Archive "UNITED STATES ARRIVING" PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY REVIEWS THE FLEET SAN DIEGO CHINA LAKE (PRINT 4) 23564z 1962 · Film United States Arriving (MN-9928) is a short 1963 U.S. Navy film that documents President John F. Kennedy’s June 1963 inspection of the Navy’s First Fleet. The… Internet Archive RETURN TO HOLYOKE 1969 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 23486 RETURN TO HOLYOKE THE VISIT BY THE DIRECTOR OF WOMEN MARINES TO MT. HOLYOKE TO COMMEMORATE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WOMEN'S… Internet Archive PARTNERS IN PROGRESS 1961 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30134 PARTNERS IN PROGRESS HOW ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WORKS WITH AMERICAN INDUSTRY TO KEEP AMERICA STRONG AND FREE, FROM EARLY… Internet Archive John F. Kennedy - The Man and The President 1917-1963 1963 · Film Short movie about John Fitzgereld Kennedy Internet Archive Wavelength (Michael Snow, 1967) (HD) 1967 · Film HD Version of Wavelength (1967) Wavelength consists of almost no action, and what action does occur is largely elided. If the film could be said to have a… Internet Archive Uganda, Murchison 1963 · Short · 17 min Written on filmcannister: Dansen Murchison 1963 / Huis Kampala Dancing Murchison 1963 / House Kampala This 8mm are some private shots with the intention 'give…