The world's archives

433–480 of 14,275 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 Between Men 1935 · Feature · 56 min · Subtitles Title: Between Men Summary: When his young son is shot, John Wellington kills the culprit and flees. But his son Johnny recovers and is raised by Sir George.… Internet Archive Devil Diamond 1937 · Feature · Subtitles A group of thugs tries to steal the cursed title gem from a jeweler who has been hired to cut it into small, saleable pieces. You can find more information… Internet Archive Earthworm Tractors 1936 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles A better copy than the one already on this site. Joe E. Brown in an old-fashioned comedy. You can load the mpeg2 file into DVDAuthorGUI (a free program) and… Internet Archive Romance of the Limberlost 1938 · Feature · 1 h 16 min A story set in the Limberlost region of Indiana in the year 1905. Jean Parker and Eric Linden are the stars. Internet Archive Dancing Pirate 1936 · Feature · 1 h 23 min A dancing instructor is kidnapped by pirates, and manages to escape in a charming little Mexican village. Internet Archive Scream In The Night 1935 · Feature · Subtitles In this crime thriller, Chaney plays a colonial police officer who infiltrates a criminal gang in order to find stolen jewels. Internet Archive Keeper of the Bees 1935 · Feature · 1 h 15 min Neil Hamilton (Commissioner Gordon in the Batman television series) thinks he has only six months to live. Internet Archive The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair 1939 · Feature · 55 min · Subtitles 1939, sound, 55 min, Technicolor, 35mm. Transferred from a 35mm nitrate print. See: Andrew Wood, "The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair,"… Internet Archive Letter of Introduction 1938 · Feature · 1 h 43 min An aging actor (Adolphe Menjou), trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter (Andrea Leeds) shows up. It seems that she is… Internet Archive Betty Boop: A Song A Day 1936 · Cartoon · 6 min From The Public Domain Movie Database: Sick zoo and farm animals come to Betty Boop's animal hospital seeking care from Nurse Betty. Internet Archive Sitting on the Moon 1936 · Feature · 53 min Sitting on the Moon is an excellent showcase for second-echelon stars Roger Pryor and Grace Bradley, here cast as songwriter Danny West and fading movie star… Internet Archive Juggernaut 1936 · Feature · 1 h 1 min Needing funds for his research, Boris Karloff is persuaded by a woman to poison her rich husband. Internet Archive Navy Blues 1937 · Feature · 1 h 7 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Sinful Cargo 1936 · Feature · Subtitles Also known as "Yellow Cargo" You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive A Bride for Henry 1937 · Feature · 58 min You can find more information regarding this film on it's IMDB pages Internet Archive Hawaii Calls 1938 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Betty Boop: Poor Cinderella 1934 · Cartoon · 10 min The Betty Boop Cinderella cartoon is already up on this site (http://www.archive.org/details/bb_poor_cinderella). This new copy isn't perfect, but it might be… Internet Archive Range Defenders 1937 · Feature · 56 min Range Defenders is a Three Mesquiteers Western that teams up Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune. When George Brooke (Thomas Carr) is framed for… Internet Archive The 13th Man 1937 · Feature · 1 h 9 min · Subtitles The murder of a district attorney is investigated by two reporters, one of whom is played by Milburn Stone (Doc Adams in "Gunsmoke"). Internet Archive City, The (Part II) 1939 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles The Regional Planning Association of America's plea for community chaotic cities and urban sprawl. Directors: Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke. Script:… Internet Archive Paradise in Harlem 1939 · Feature · 1 h 24 min Between swing and blues musical numbers, the story of comedian Lem Anderson, whose long-awaited chance to act dramatically vanishes when he witnesses a mob… Internet Archive Shadows Over Shanghai 1938 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive King of Jazz 1930 · Feature Title: King of Jazz Summary: American Pre-Code color film starring Paul Whiteman and his Jazz orchestra. Directed by: John Murray Anderson Actors: Paul… Internet Archive Evergreen 1934 · Feature · 1 h 33 min Jessie Matthews reprises her celebrated role as Harriet Green in this rendition of the Rodgers and Hart musical. Three songs by the American composer Harry… Internet Archive What Becomes Of The Children? 1936 · Feature · 56 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Battle of Greed 1937 · Feature · 56 min When silver is found in Virginia City, Lawyer John Storm (Tom Keene) leads a group from Indiana west. He soon has to defend them all in court against a… Internet Archive Paradise Isle 1937 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Down the Wyoming Trail 1939 · Feature · 1 h 2 min Tex Yancey (Tex Ritter) arrives on the Parker ranch on Christmas eve and is given the job of being Santa Claus. Also dressed as Santa Claus, Blackie (Bob… Internet Archive They Made a Criminal iPod 1939 · Feature · 1 h 31 min Boxer Johnny Bradfield (John Garfield) knocks out a rival in a postfight brawl. Thinking he committed murder, he flees to an Arizona ranch run by… Internet Archive Tombstone Canyon 1932 · Feature · 1 h 2 min Ken Maynard hears the cry of the weird masked "phantom" of Tombstone Canyon. The plot thickens when Maynard discovers a man with a key to his past has been… Internet Archive Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) HD quality print 1936 · Feature Young Ceddie (Freddie Bartholomew) lives with his American mother. His long-dead father was a British earl disowned by his grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt… Internet Archive The Paneless Window Washer 1937 · Cartoon · 6 min Popeye and Bluto are competing, this time not for Olive Oyl's love, but to wash her windows!!! Join Popeye in this classic from the golden age of cartoons and… Internet Archive Master Hands (Part I) 1936 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Classic "capitalist realist" drama showing the manufacture of Chevrolets from foundry to finished vehicles. Though ostensibly a tribute to the "master hands"… Internet Archive Singing Cowgirl 1939 · Feature · 56 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Gangster's Boy 1938 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles From IMDb : Senior Larry Kelly has been chosen valedictorian and is looking forward with best friend Bill Davis to a West Point appointment. In addition, he… Internet Archive Youth On Parole 1937 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Breaking the Ice 1938 · Feature · 1 h 19 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Nancy Drew... Reporter 1939 · Feature · 1 h 7 min · Subtitles Title: Nancy Drew... Reporter Summary: Nancy Drew, reporter for the school newspaper, clears a girl of murder charges. Directed by: William Clemens Actors:… Internet Archive Call of the Yukon 1938 · Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Mr. Boggs Steps Out 1938 · Feature · 1 h 7 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page Internet Archive Roamin' Wild 1936 · Feature · 57 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Death from a Distance 1935 · Feature · 1 h 10 min · Subtitles Title: Death from a Distance Summary: While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members… Internet Archive The Duke is Tops 1938 · Feature · 1 h 13 min Duke Davis (Ralph Cooper) has invested all his savings to back his sweetheart, Ethel (Lena Horne), in a road show over the old T.O.B.A. circuit, on which they… Internet Archive Frontier Pony Express 1939 · Feature · 53 min In the midst of the Civil War, Lassiter (Edward Keane) has a plan to get control of California. Working out of St. Joseph, he plans to send forged messages to… Internet Archive St_Martins_Lane 1938 · Feature · 1 h 25 min · Subtitles St Martins Lane aka Sidewalks of London From IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030746/ On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street… Internet Archive The Big Show 1936 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles Gene Autry is the stunt double for a western star and has to impersonate him after the actor bails out of a personal appearance at the Texas Centennial. Internet Archive Le Sang d'un Poète ☆ Jean Cocteau ☆ 1930 1930 · Feature Le Sang d'un Poète ☆ Jean Cocteau ☆ 1930 Le Sang d'un poète est un film français surréaliste réalisé par Jean Cocteau en 1930. Synopsis: Le film se décompose… Internet Archive The Dude Ranger 1934 · Feature · 1 h 4 min When Selby (George O'Brien) arrives as the new ranch owner, he is assumed to be just another cowboy attracted to Ann Hepburn (Irene Hervey) so he takes a job…