The world's archives
5,041–5,088 of 14,259 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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
|---|---|
| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual content, pornography, nudity and nudism, striptease, sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, beheadings, atrocity footage. |
Internet Archive
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
While preparing to marry his fiancee (for the umpteenth time!), Drummond discovers that there is a treasure buried somewhere in the secret passageways beneath…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11780: Graphman Collection
to come
Internet Archive
Plastered
Internet Archive
The Black Hand Gang
Internet Archive
Damaged Lives
This is a typical early 1930s film warning about the dangers of unprotected sex and the diseases one can contract. The film was directed by Edgar G. Ulmer,…
Internet Archive
Huangjiang nüxia
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Ray Garner: Personal African Cuts
Outtakes from a Harmon Foundation African film project, shot by Ray and Virginia Garner, featuring camera set-ups, Ray directing & shooting, porters carrying…
Internet Archive
1934 Karneval Und Liebe ( Hans Moser, Hermann Thimig)
Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1934. Karneval und Liebe
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11027: Golden Gate International Exposition
To come.
Internet Archive
Hog Wild
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Mustard Sowing For Erosion Control
Forest fires ravage wooded slopes in Southern California. Water (melting snow and rain) rushes down the slopes, unchecked by plant life, washing away top soil…
Internet Archive
Dixiana
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Lacplesis
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Mechanical Principles
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Nur Du
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The Black Sheep
Internet Archive
FDR Inaugural, 1933 - 1
FDR Presidential Library Video 305 FDR Inaugural, 1933 - 1 FDR - Inaugural, 1933 Universal out-take 661 x 2 7 mins. (256ft), sound, b & w, 16mm Excerpts from…
Internet Archive
1936 Bremen ( Kulturfilm) Filmdokument Zur Hansesteadt Bremen
Film(Kulturfilm) aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1936. Bremen.
Internet Archive
El presidio
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Meet the Boyfriend
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1934 Ein Mädchen Mit Prokura
Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1934 Ein Mädchen mit Prokura
Internet Archive
Erosion Control Circa 1934
Shows many examples of erosion, its causes, effects, and corrections by the CCC. Shows the construction of rock, wooden, and brush-enforced check dams that…
Internet Archive
The First Seven Years
Internet Archive
Hold That Silt 33.627
CCC units deter soil erosion in the Los Padres National Forest and build check dams above the Santa Barbara, Calif., reservoir. Reel 1 shows forest scenery,…
Internet Archive
Exile to Siberia
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Ol' King Cotton
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Der Choral Von Leuthen ( 1933)
Film über die Schlacht bei Leuthen Mit Otto Gebühr
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Fragment of an Empire
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Shivering Shakespeare
Internet Archive
1936 Waldwinter
Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1936.. Waldwinter
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97380: Maine
To come.
Internet Archive
Brick Pavements
On the construction of brick pavements. Describes the steps in the construction of a brick highway. Shows a completed four lane brick highway. National…
Internet Archive
Jidô shôka eiga: Muramatsuri
Internet Archive
In the Beginning
Fundamentals of mammalian reproduction, presented through animation, photomicrography and natural photography.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97379: Maine
To come.
Internet Archive
Believe It or Not #5
Internet Archive
Manga: Oira no ski
Internet Archive
Wellen der Leidenschaft
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Minnie's Yoo Hoo
Internet Archive
1938 Der Schwarzwald ( Filmdokument)
Film(Filmdokument) aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1938. Der Schwarzwald
Internet Archive
Boycott
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Entotsuya Perô
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Five Minutes from the Station
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Harbor Drift
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Hungarian Goulash
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Shingun
Internet Archive
1935 Alles Wegn Den Hund
Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1935.. Alles wegn den Hund..
Internet Archive
Fashion's Mirror