The world's archives

721–768 of 13,519 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 Texas Buddies 1932 · Feature Title: Texas Buddies Summary: Kincade and Blake cause a mail plane carrying a payroll to make a forced landing in the desert. When they try to get the money,… Internet Archive Kept Husbands 1931 · Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles * Released 1931-02-22 * Comedy/Romance (Eng US) * 1930s Pre-Code B&W Film * RKO Radio Pictures * RCA Photophone System * PRODUCER: William LeBaron; Louis… Internet Archive Lady Behave 1937 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Journey's End 1930 · Feature Title: Journey's End Summary: In France, 1917, an alcoholic captain is afraid that his new replacement, his sweetheart's brother, will betray his downfall.… Internet Archive Behind The Green Lights 1935 1935 · Feature · Subtitles Loosely based on the autobiography of NY Police captain Cornelius W. "The Gang Buster" Willemse. Internet Archive Master Hands (Part II) 1936 · Short · 6 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 Desire 1936 · Feature Title: Desire Summary: An automotive engineer bound for a holiday in Spain meets a sultry jewel thief. Directed by: Frank Borzage Actors: Marlene Dietrich,… Internet Archive Manhattan Merry-Go-Round 1937 · Feature · 1 h 26 min Leo Carrillo turns in a hilarious performance as mob boss Tony Gordoni, who takes over a New York record company and proceeds to strong-arm singing stars into… Internet Archive Betty Boop: Is My Palm Read 1932 · Cartoon · 6 min From The Public Domain Movie Database: A fortune teller tries to work his magic in order to get up close & personal with Betty. He shows her the days of her… Internet Archive Free Air 1937 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Dramatic depiction of how gasoline and air mix to provide power in the automobile engine. Internet Archive Boothill Brigade 1937 · Feature · 52 min Title: Boothill Brigade Summary: Rancher Reynolds has fired his men and hired killers and is now using a crooked land deal to put the other ranchers off their… Internet Archive Tip-Tops in Peppyland, The 1934 · Cartoon · 10 min · Subtitles Animated and live-action film for children showing the beneficial effects of milk. Internet Archive Rich Relations 1937 · Feature · 1 h 5 min A secretary finds herself being romanced by a "ladies man". What she doesn't know is that it's her boss who really loves her. Internet Archive From Dawn to Sunset (Part II) 1937 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles This classic example of "capitalist realism" depicts a day in the life of Chevrolet workers in the U.S., while attempting to convince them that their own… Internet Archive Frankenstein (1931) 1931 · Feature · Subtitles Frankenstein is a 1931 American pre-Code science fiction gothic horror film directed by James Whale, produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. , and adapted from the 1927… Internet Archive Buck Rogers 1939 colorized serial feature (Buster Crabbe) 1939 · Feature 20th Century pilot Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe) and his young friend Buddy Wade (Jackie Moran) awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the… Internet Archive The Lost Jungle 1934 · Feature · 1 h 8 min Clyde Beatty searches for the uncharted island where his love is marooned. The video was transcoded from the mpeg2 file found here. Internet Archive Crashing Through Danger 1938 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Woman in the Dark 1934 · Feature · 1 h 8 min A.k.a. Woman in the Shadows. Ralph Bellamy and Fay Wray in a story by Dashiell Hammett. Internet Archive Tom and Jerry: Barnyard Bunk 1932 · Cartoon · 5 min "The Great Depression has hit a rundown farm owned by a Farmer Alfalfalike farmer. As the old man sleeps on his porch, objects around him begin to break down.… Internet Archive Betty Boop And The Little King 1936 · Cartoon Internet Archive I'll Name The Murderer 1936 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Crooked Circle 1932 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Holiday 1930 Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Ames, Hedda Hopper 1930 · Feature Holiday 1930 Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Ames, Hedda Hopper Internet Archive Betty Boop: Be Human 1936 · Cartoon Internet Archive Man from Music Mountain 1938 · Feature · 53 min Scanlon (Ivan Miller) is pulling off a land swindle by selling lots in a ghost town claiming the power company is bringing in a line. As a bonus he throws in… Internet Archive Extravagance 1930 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles * Released: 1930 * Drama (Eng USA) * 1930s Pre-Code B&W Film * Tiffany Pictures * SUMMARY: Story of cheat, deception, and (possibly) even murder. * DIRECTOR:… Internet Archive Exposure 1932 · Feature · 1 h 2 min Title: Exposure Summary: A reporter runs into a pretty young girl who has inherited her father's failing business. She wants to give it up, but he tries to… Internet Archive By Appointment Only 1933 · Feature · 56 min When a mother (Claire McDowell) dies of heart failure in a doctor's office, the physician (Lew Cody), feeling somewhat guilty because he couldn't save her,… Internet Archive Work Pays America (Part I) 1937 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles How the WPA's program of public works benefits both unemployed workers and American society. Internet Archive Betty Boop: The Candid Candidate 1937 · Cartoon · 6 min Plot taken from IMDb: Betty Boop campaigns for Grampy for Mayor; he wins by one vote, but finds politics is no picnic. Urban renewal is parodied. Internet Archive [Amateur film: "Frisco Fair / Pacific Northwest"] 1939 · Home movie · 17 min · Subtitles Kodachrome home movies from San Francisco's Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-40); views along the coast and highways of California and Oregon. Internet Archive Shock Troops of Disaster: The Story of the New England Hurricane 1938 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles WPA workers mobilize to help New England recover from the effects of the disastrous 1938 hurricane. Internet Archive The Arizona Kid 1939 · Feature · 53 min Roy Rogers is a Confederate officer in Missouri. Derived from the mpeg2 file found here. Internet Archive Hair-Trigger Casey 1936 · Feature · 56 min U.S. Army Captain Casey (Jack Perrin) hears from the Border Patrol that trouble is brewing on his ranch and takes a ten-day leave to investigate the… Internet Archive The Invisible Man (1933) 1933 · Feature · Subtitles The Invisible Man is a 1933 pre-Code American science fiction horror film directed by James Whale loosely based on H. G. Wells's 1897 novel, The Invisible… Internet Archive Outlaws of the Range 1936 · Feature · 58 min Title: Outlaws of the Range Summary: When Steve Harper chases down some rustlers, he loses his gun in the ensuing fistfight. After Wilson is killed, Steve's… Internet Archive Drifter, The 1932 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Fighting Trooper 1934 · Feature · 51 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Murder at Midnight 1931 · Feature · 1 h 6 min Gun used during charades turns out to be loaded with real ammo instead of blanks. Internet Archive Girl From Calgary 1932 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Color Harmony 1938 · Film · Subtitles The human eye and its function in seeing colors separately and in combination. Color vision explained. 09:01:19:10 Great underwater shot of a swimming sea… Internet Archive A Girl of the Limberlost 1934 · Feature · 1 h 20 min · Subtitles * Released: 1934-04-29 * Drama (Eng US) * Monogram Pictures Corporation * Cert. #190 * WRITER: Gene Stratton-Porter (Aug 1909) * PRODUCER: Wm.T. Lackey *… Internet Archive San Francisco World's Fair (The News Parade) 1939 · Film · Subtitles PRESENTS 36 DIFFERENT NATIONS DISPLAYING EXHIBITS AT SAN FRANCISCO'S WORLD'S FAIR W/SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, INDOCHINA, CHINA & THE HISTORIC… Internet Archive Forgotten (1933) 1933 · Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles A film from Invincible Pictures Corp. Internet Archive Law of the 45s 1935 · Feature · 54 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive [Home Movies: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 4) 1939 · Home movie · Subtitles 06:00:39:28 - 06:51:56:07 color silent 1939 World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films. Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful… Internet Archive Blonde Venus 1932 · Feature Josef von Sternberg returned Marlene Dietrich to the stage in Blonde Venus, both a glittering spectacle and a sweeping melodrama about motherly devotion.…