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The Best Film Archives

The Best Film Archives

Welcome to The Best Film Archives! My name is Janos, and I'm a historian. My mission is to collect, restore and preserve historically significant public domain motion pictures from the 1900s. On my channel you'll find digitally IMPROVED old documentary, training and educational films, biographies, and newsreels. Take a trip back in time and learn history by watching movies. Based on the limitations of the original source material, the applied digital improvement process includes uneven edges removal, brightness/contrast optimization, video noise minimization, aspect ratio correction, volume normalization, audio noise reduction and equalization. Even though my improved videos are not perfect, they are much more enjoyabl...

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19:33

Spy Training Film: Body Search | WW2 Era OSS Film | ca. 1942 - ca. 1945

21:14

B-24 Liberators Over Europe | WW2 Era US Army Air Forces Documentary | 1945

29:02

Rebuilding South Korea After the Korean Conflict | US Army Documentary | ca. 1960

27:07

African American Sailors | WW2 Era US Navy Documentary | 1945

30:27

Thomas Edison: America's Greatest Inventor | Biography Documentary

20:50

USMC Boot Camp: Making of a Marine | US Marine Corps Documentary | ca. 1960

30:15

Ford Tractors | 1960s Ford Motor Company Promotional Film | ca. 1965

10:55

The Truth About Taxes | 1940 Republican Campaign Film for Presidential Candidate Wendell Willkie

42:07

How Canned Food Changed America: Miracle of the Can | Vintage Documentary | ca. 1956

14:12

First Nuclear Submarine: USS Nautilus & Its Secret Mission to the North Pole | Documentary | 1959

21:28

D-Day Landings: Beachhead to Berlin | WW2 Documentary in Color | 1944

41:47

US Army Air Forces Around the World | WW2 Era OSS Documentary | 1944

29:52

Spy Training Film: House Search | WW2 Era OSS Film | ca. 1942 - ca. 1945

16:39

Retro Dating Tips: How to Succeed with Brunettes | US Navy Instructional Film | 1967

8:54

The Profit Motive: Going Places | Pro-Capitalism Propaganda Cartoon | 1948

17:30

Life on a Cattle Ranch in the 1940s America: The Cowboy | Documentary | 1943

14:34

Life in the Marine Corps Reserve | USMC Documentary | ca. 1947

8:38

America During the Great Depression: Let’s Go America | Educational Film | 1936

29:15

Army Physical Fitness Program | US Army Training Film | 1967

10:40

Women in Service: The Price of Liberty | US Department of Defense Documentary | ca. 1954

29:57

South America During World War 2 | Foreign Policy Association Documentary | 1944

9:39

African American Fighter Pilots on Training | World War 2 Documentary | 1945

29:58

Espionage Target: You | US Armed Forces Training Film | 1964

24:18

Japanese Culture | World War 2 Era OSS Documentary | ca. 1943

28:02

Military Police on Town Patrol | US Army Documentary | 1955

31:14

Battle of San Pietro | World War 2 Documentary | 1945

12:07

How to Behave Off-Duty: Killjoy Was Here | US Air Force Animated Training Film | 1956

22:09

Arrest Techniques: Stay Alert, Stay Alive | FBI Training Film | ca. 1969

9:44

Battle of the Bulge: The German Counteroffensive | World War 2 Documentary | 1945

39:02

Telephone History: First Transcontinental Phone Call | Documentary | 1940

28:29

WW2 Reconnaissance Pilot | US Army Air Forces Training Film | 1943

14:44

Cultural Differences Around the World | Educational Film | 1954

27:51

Japan Prepares for Soviet Attack | Cold War Era Documentary | 1954

14:41

Nuclear Energy Explained: A Is for Atom | Animated Educational Film | 1953

1:00:02

How to Survive in the Jungle | US Army Air Forces Training Film | 1944

10:33

What Is Money, How It Works | Educational Film | 1947

15:09

Battle for the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Documentary | 1944

21:20

The Pilgrims' Long Journey to the New World | Educational Film | 1955

12:52

World War 2 Training Film | Why Keep Your Rifle Clean | 1943

9:38

Why Play Leap Frog | Cold War Era American Propaganda Cartoon | 1949

40:56

US Fighter Pilots vs. the German Luftwaffe | World War 2 Documentary | 1945

28:31

Korean War: The First Forty Days | US Army Documentary | 1951

8:39

How to Avoid a Nuclear War | One World or None | Animated Educational Film | 1946

10:10

Man vs. Machine | Will Machines Take Our Jobs | Educational Film | 1936

28:24

How Hershey's Milk Chocolate Is Made | 1970s Documentary Film

28:28

Why Was NATO Created | US Army Documentary | 1958

57:33

Allies Break Through the German Gothic Line | World War 2 Documentary | 1963

7:59

Scrap Happy Daffy | World War 2 Era Propaganda Cartoon | 1943

30:20

Ideological Differences Between America and the Soviet Union | Cold War Era Propaganda Film | 1961

10:05

Denmark in World War 2 | The Danish Resistance | Documentary Short | 1944

26:40

How to Recognize Propaganda | Cold War Era Educational Film | ca. 1957

55:58

Battle of the Bulge Through Soldiers' Eyes | World War 2 Documentary | 1965

4:35

Private Snafu - Rumors | 1943 | WW2 Cartoon | US Army Animated Training Film

28:38

Individual Protection Against Atomic Attack | US Army Training Film | 1957

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9:41

How Bread Was Made in the 1940s | The Baking Industry | Vocational Guidance Film | 1946

1:04:05

Logging in 1950s Georgia | Men of the Forest | Documentary Drama | 1952

24:57

Funny Safety Training Film for Soldiers on Leave | Once Too Often | 1950

13:49

WW2 Training Film for US Troops Occupying Germany | Your Job in Germany | 1945

9:23

Russians Stop the German Invasion of the Soviet Union | World War 2 Newsreel | 1941

18:58

Life in the Refugee Camps of West Berlin | Cold War Era Documentary | 1953

17:49

US Air Force Participation in the Vietnam War | USAF Documentary | 1963

7:41

Ford Scout Cars Join the US Army | World War 2 Newsreel | 1941

10:39

Post-WW2 US Navy Re-Enlistment Cartoon | Sailor and the Seagull | 1949

9:55

WW2 Air War in Europe | US Army Air Forces Documentary | 1943

20:27

Fight Against Illegal Gambling | FBI Training Film | ca. 1971

28:33

West Point Cadets’ Summer Training | US Army Documentary | 1959

14:49

Social Class in America | Are Social Classes Predetermined | Documentary Drama | 1957

18:06

World War 2 US Army Air Forces Recruiting Film | Winning Your Wings | 1942

9:11

U.S. Marines Invade the Marshall Islands | World War 2 Newsreel | 1944

19:51

War of 1812, the 2nd American War of Independence | Animated US Navy Documentary | 1955

22:46

American War of Independence | Animated US Navy Documentary | 1952

9:04

World War 2 Paratrooper Training Film | Paratroops | ca. 1943

13:35

Oil Industry Propaganda Cartoon | Destination Earth | 1956

9:34

German Afrika Korps Defeated in Tunisia | World War 2 Newsreel | 1943

30:25

Life of a Japanese Bride in America After World War 2 | Documentary Drama | 1952

18:41

Construction of the Siegfried Line, Germany's Last Line of Defense | Captured German WW2 Film | 1939

28:01

History & Evolution of the American Flag | Documentary | 1964

13:02

Food Preservation: History of Canning | Vintage Documentary | ca. 1957

1:01:17

World War 2 Spy Training Film: Undercover | OSS Film | ca. 1944

13:39

Artillery Action in the Korean War | US Army Documentary | 1951

23:47

Allied Invasion of Italy | Battle of Salerno | World War 2 Documentary

20:29

Normandy Invasion: Preparations & D-Day Landings | World War 2 Documentary | 1944

19:53

Veterans Return Home from WW2 | US Army Documentary | 1945

9:29

Japanese American Relocation During WW2 | Propaganda Documentary | 1943

9:26

Anti-Communist Propaganda Cartoon | Make Mine Freedom | 1948

28:33

Life in the Tennessee Valley in the 1930s & 1940s | Documentary | 1944

18:49

Battle of Iwo Jima | WW2 in Color | USMC Documentary | 1945

3:41

1940 Ford Cars & New Improvements | Ford Motor Co. Promotional Film | ca. 1940

1:00:58

WW2 Aircraft Carrier in the Pacific War | The Fighting Lady | Color Documentary | 1944

11:18

Japanese American Soldiers in the US Army During WW2 | Military Training Film | 1943

1:31:00

USAF Training Film for Downed Airmen | Evading Capture in Enemy Territory | ca. 1957

19:58

Berlin After World War 2 | Berlin Before the Wall | Documentary | 1961

23:59

WW2 Tank Crew Training Film | Security on the March | 1943

1:00:27

Know Your Enemy: Japan | WW2 Propaganda Documentary | 1945

17:08

Post-WW2 Anti-Fascist Educational Film | Don't Be a Sucker | 1947

14:39

D-Day Medics | Medical Service in the Invasion of Normandy | WW2 Documentary | 1944

27:06

How to Build a Fallout Shelter at Home | Cold War Era Educational Film | 1960

44:56

Forgotten Battle of the Aleutian Islands | Alaska at War | WW2 Documentary in Color | 1943

14:30

Life Aboard a U.S. Navy Destroyer | Documentary Short | 1970