# free-films-1940s

> free-films-1940s is a paid API for AI agents from intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-23).

Returns a paginated list of free, public-domain feature films, shorts, newsreels, and archival footage from the 1940s, sourced from Internet Archive, sorted by most downloaded.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://intel.rallylive.ca/library/films/1940s?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-23
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/free-films-1940s-567fda31
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Ox9eGQb9IQGqxafcNEHxu

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability free-films-1940s-567fda31
```

Example prompt: Can you find me free public-domain films from the 1940s about World War II — I need ones I can download, sorted by most popular?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-filtered, and daily-verified list of legally free and downloadable films specifically from the 1940s decade, with metadata including rights status and download links. It is superior to a raw Internet Archive search when you want reliable public-domain verification and popularity-ranked results without writing your own scraper or query logic.

## Known failure modes

- No results returned if keyword filter is too narrow or misspelled
- Payment failure if $0.01 USDC micropayment is not processed correctly via x402
- Rate limiting or access errors if the upstream Internet Archive data is temporarily unavailable
- Empty page returned if requested page number exceeds available results

## How this service works

Free films of the 1940s: public-domain and free-licensed feature films, shorts, newsreels and archival footage released 1940-1949, from Internet Archive, most downloaded first, each with year, creator, rights status and the download directory. Add words to narrow. Re-verified daily. $0.01 per page of 20.

## Output

A paginated list (20 items per page) of films from the 1940s including each film's title, year of release, creator/director, rights status (public domain or free license), and the Internet Archive download directory URL. Results are sorted by most downloaded first and re-verified daily.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/free-films-1940s-567fda31/health.json
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