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49–96 of 2,882 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 1944 - Scharfschuetze in der Gelaendeausbildung - Meister der Taeuschung und Tarnung (1h 08m, 544x416, EN Untertitel) Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles 1944 - Scharfschuetze in der Gelaendeausbildung - Meister der Taeuschung und Tarnung (1h 08m, 544x416, EN Untertitel) Internet Archive Jeder Mensch ist ein Tisch, nur ich bin ein Stuhl (Nachtrag) 1983 · Feature This is the post scriptum of "Jeder Mensch ist ein Tisch, nur ich bin ein Stuhl" - (Every human is a table, only I am a chair) Internet Archive 1969 Überfordert (Overstrained) 1969 · Feature · 45 min With Wolfgang Domke. A man, "tied" to a table, gets drunk, eats beetroot and cream pie to be able to chuck and then during the some hours lasting process of… Internet Archive Rio Das Mortes (1971) 1971 · Feature Portuguese subs Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes.… Internet Archive 2010 Barcelona 2010 · Feature With Andreas Koepnick, Dieter Oelrich, Andres Lewin Richter, Arturo Camus, Chungchong Lee, Cora Praatz, Dirk Vollenbroich, Friederike Mainka, Kai Kraatz,… Internet Archive 1970 / 75 Mietersolidarität (compilation) 1970 · Short · 15 min On the square in front of the Theater in Düsseldorf / Germany in 1970, the artist Chris Reinicke and Jörg Immendorf (Lidl) demonstrate along with various… Internet Archive 1985 Marmor bleibt immer kühl (Marble always remains cool) 1985 · Feature Gustaf Gründgens (Off), Peter Rübsam (Sculptor, On), Ingrid Lutz and Jürgen Kuhfuß (Sound) The film is a late payoff with a Genius, who took his job more… Internet Archive Margrets Film (No Subtitel) 2007 · Feature Margret, seit mehr als 45 Jahren meine Lebensgefährtin, hasste es, fotografiert zu werden. Seit vier Wochen liegt sie mit Krebs im Hospiz. Am späten Abend ein… Internet Archive 1985 Die Italienische Jagd (The italien hunt) 1986 · Feature With Bernhard Wallasch, Hubertus Müll, Eva Nölle, Manfred Behr, Bernd Conrad, Clemens Reinders u.a. at the Abbadia Ardenga near by Montepulciano Students… Internet Archive 1941 - Die Hermann-Goering-Werke bauen - In Watenstedt 1939-1941 (32m 55s, 384x288) Short · 32 min 1941 - Die Hermann-Goering-Werke bauen - In Watenstedt 1939-1941 (32m 55s, 384x288) Internet Archive Vampyr ( Original German) 1932 · Feature With Vampyr, Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer channeled his genius for creating mesmerizing atmosphere and austere, unsettling imagery into the horror… Internet Archive 2015 Überfordert 1964 - 74 (Overstrained 1964-74) 2015 · Feature Acquisition of the movie title "Overstrained" from the year 1968, 45 years later. In half-sentences and fragments exploded film footage and recordings from… Internet Archive Fear Of Fear (1975) 1975 · Feature Margot, who lives in a comfortable middle class apartment, fears that she is losing her mind after having had her second child. Her husband Kurt, who is busy… Internet Archive 1944 - Junge Adler (1h 41m, 368x272) Feature · 1 h 41 min · Subtitles 1944 - Junge Adler (1h 41m, 368x272) Internet Archive Bremen Freedom(1972) 1972 · Feature A very stylized TV version of the Fassbinder play. The set consists of a few pieces of furniture in front of a large screen on which coastal scenery is back… Internet Archive 1940 - Der Ewige Jude (1h 10m, 352x256) Feature · 1 h 10 min · Subtitles 1940 - Der Ewige Jude (1h 10m, 352x256) Internet Archive 1969 Teenage Art 1969 · Feature Wolfgang Domke demonstrates during the inauguration of a youth center in Dusseldorf / Germany that for him it is more important to discuss with the young… Internet Archive The Hands of Orlac (1924) 1924 · Feature · Subtitles The Hands of Orlac is a silent horror film directed by Maurice Tourneur , based on the novel by Maurice Renard . The story follows Paul Orlac , a successful… Internet Archive 1969 Überfordert (Overstrained) 1969 · Feature With Wolfgang Domke A man, "tied" to a table, gets drunk, eats beetroot and cream pie to be able to chuck and then during the some hours lasting process of… Internet Archive 1970 Mietersolidarität 1970 · Feature Auf dem Platz vor dem Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus demonstrieren die Künstler Chris Reinicke und Jörg Immendorf (Lidl) zusammen mit verschiedenen politischen… Internet Archive 1997 Buckow 1997 · Feature With Ruppe Kosellek, Stefan Silies, Uwe Ehrngruber, Till Nachtmann, Dirk Vollenbroich, Anja Keysing, Bernhard Kappelhoff, Frau Puhmann, Oberstleutnant… Internet Archive 1989 Angst unter den Sternen (Fear under the stars) 1989 · Feature With Angelika and Michael Cording (text and acting), Flash Gilden (musik and acting), Rolo Schriefer (fotos) and Fred Keil The defeat of the squatters at… Internet Archive 1945 - Geburtstagsparaden fuer Adolf Hitler - Jahre 1933, 1936, 1939, 1942-45 (1h 04m, 352x272) Feature · 1 h 4 min 1945 - Geburtstagsparaden fuer Adolf Hitler - Jahre 1933, 1936, 1939, 1942-45 (1h 04m, 352x272) Internet Archive 1987 Langsamer Walzer (slow waltz) 1987 · Feature With Fred Keil Lutz and Fred mess around in a profound way about what they are doing: Movies and Photos. Internet Archive 1984 Nie Wieder Rimini (Filmklasse Selbständig) 1984 · Feature Fragment of a lost film exercise for lighting design, with Robert Bramkamp, Bernd Conrad, Harald Busch among others. The Art Academy Münster / Germany is a… Internet Archive 1933 - SA-Mann Brand - Ein Lebensbild aus unseren Tagen (1h 34m, 640x480) Feature · 1 h 34 min · Subtitles 1933 - SA-Mann Brand - Ein Lebensbild aus unseren Tagen (1h 34m, 640x480) Internet Archive 1932 - Adolf Hitler - Wahlkampfrede in Eberswalde am 27. Juli 1932 (12m 48s, 640x480) Short · 12 min 1932 - Adolf Hitler - Wahlkampfrede in Eberswalde am 27. Juli 1932 (12m 48s, 640x480) Internet Archive 1933 - Hans Westmar - Einer von vielen (1h 32m, 352x288) Feature · 1 h 32 min · Subtitles 1933 - Hans Westmar - Einer von vielen (1h 32m, 352x288) Internet Archive 1975 Als wär´s von Beckett (No Subtitel) 1975 · Feature Bundesfilmpreis: Filmband in Silber Mit Ila Goldstern und Günter Wolf. Ein authentischer Ehestreit als wär´s ein Theaterstück. The subtitled version can be… Internet Archive 1969 Wählt ADF (Vote for ADF) 1969 · Feature It was the year in which the Action Committee of Democratic Progress should unite the varios political left groups and be elected in the German parliament.… Internet Archive 1935 - Adolf Hitler - Rede am 15. September zu den Nuernberger Gesetzen (1m 34s, 512x384) Short · 1 min 1935 - Adolf Hitler - Rede am 15. September zu den Nuernberger Gesetzen (1m 34s, 512x384) Internet Archive Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen 1987 ~ 2019 1987 · TV Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen (Burghausen International Jazz Week) is a jazz festival in Burghausen, Altötting,… Internet Archive 1979 Mühle Mehr (With students) 1979 · Feature With Anja Schimanski, Georg Bühren, Harald Busch, Dieter Fietzke and Uli Meyer Excursion into silence The Art Academy Münster / Germany is a University of… Internet Archive Die Harald Schmidt Show 1998 · TV Hier findet ihr Folgen der Harald Schmidt Show aus dem Jahr 1998. Ich wünsche euch eine gute Unterhaltung und vor allem viel Spaß. Euer weitze45 Internet Archive 1972 Denkmäler (Monuments) 1972 · Feature With Jürgen Kuhfuß "Monuments" is an attack on the meaning of monuments, here in Düsseldorf / Germany. And then suddenly a film with a recognizable concept… Internet Archive Anita, Dances Of Vice, 1987 1987 · Feature A strange very artsy film about a Anita Berber who, apparently, was infamous in post WWI Germany. Not a great copy of the film and rather hard to watch for… Internet Archive 1944 - Das Leben der Juden im Konzentrationslager Theresienstadt (15m 37s, 688x512) Short · 15 min 1944 - Das Leben der Juden im Konzentrationslager Theresienstadt (15m 37s, 688x512) Internet Archive Leni Riefenstal - Triumph Des Willens, restored, enhanced & colorized! (1934) 1934 · Feature This is the well known "Triumph of the Will" film made by Leni Riefenstal for the 1934 Nazi party congress (" Reichsparteitag") in September1934 in… Internet Archive 1979 Eddie and Lutz 1979 · Feature Test filming with Eddie Constantine in Wiesbaden for the movie "Tango through Germany". For years I was looking for an actor who strives steadfastly afar.… Internet Archive 1940 - 1945 - Eva Braun - Private Filmrollen - 1 von 8 (44m 13s, 512x384, ohne Ton, Farbe) Feature · 44 min 1940 - 1945 - Eva Braun - Private Filmrollen - 1 von 8 (44m 13s, 512x384, ohne Ton, Farbe) Internet Archive 1982 Dreharbeit (No Subtitel) 1982 · Feature Mit Bernard Pavel Woschek Lutz und Berni albern auf hintergründige Weise über das, was sie gerade machen: Einen Film. The subtitled version can be found here:… Internet Archive 1970 Edinburgh STRATEGYGETARTS 1970 · Feature 1970 Edinburgh STRATEGYGETARTS Das Meer ist unendlich schön - Beschreibung einer Filminstallation mit 5 Projektoren auf 3 Wände Das Atem des Schafes 9,35’ N8… Internet Archive 1979 Auf'm Send (On the Send) 1979 · Feature Testimony on the fairground with Bernd Rickfelder, Herbert Baumann, Harald Balke, Anja Schimanski, Horst Neumann, Rainer Klaholz The Art Academy Münster /… Internet Archive 1992 Zehn Kleine Stücke (10 little Pieces) 1992 · Feature Community performance with guests. Drama on the stage of the Aalto Theatre in Essen / Germany with simultaneous film projections on the canvas in the… Internet Archive 1979 Siebenschläfer (Edible dormouse) 1979 · Feature With the Filmklasse Münster In 1979, the Academy of Fine Arts Münster / Germany celebrated its summer festival in the Lotharinger Straße Münster / Germany… Internet Archive Depthiness (No Subtitels) 2016 · Feature Depthiness is the newest film from Lutz Mommartz. Hans Rombach spells with Andres Veiel for Lutz Mommartz The subtitled version can be found here:… Internet Archive Die Harald Schmidt Show 1997 · TV Hier findet ihr Folgen der Harald Schmidt Show aus dem Jahr 1997. Ich wünsche euch eine gute Unterhaltung und vor allem viel Spaß. Euer weitze45 Internet Archive 1943 - U-Boote am Feind - Ein Film hergestellt vom Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (21m 52s, 640x496) Short · 21 min 1943 - U-Boote am Feind - Ein Film hergestellt vom Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (21m 52s, 640x496)