The world's archives

865–912 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 Diamond Trail 1933 · Feature · 58 min Reporter Speed Morgan (Rex Bell) helps Flash Barrett (Lloyd Whitlock) escape from the police and this gets him into Flash's gang where he poses as a gangster.… Internet Archive Bulldog Drummond Comes Back 1937 · Feature · 56 min http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028667/ The girlfriend of Captain Drummond has been kidnapped by an enemy of Drummond who seeks revenge. But Drummond (John… Internet Archive Tomorrow's Youth 1934 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Irish Luck 1939 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Frozen Limits_The 1939 · Feature · 1 h 20 min · Subtitles From IMDb; The Crazy Gang join the 1898 gold rush. Unfortunately it's now 1939 and they're a bit late. Stars: Jimmy Nervo, Bud Flanagan and Teddy Knox Internet Archive I Was Born But,... 1932 · Feature One of Ozu's most popular films, I Was Born, But . . . is a blithe portrait of the financial and psychological toils of one family, as told from the rascally… Internet Archive The Murder Party 1935 · Feature Title: The Murder Party Summary: A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers… Internet Archive [National Recovery Administration (NRA) Promo] 1933 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles New Deal-era promo for the NRA (National Recovery Administration). Internet Archive Bride for Henry 1937 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Rip Roarin' Buckaroo 1936 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Her Man 1930 Helen Twelvetrees, Marjorie Rambeau, Ricardo Cortez, Phillips Holmes 1930 · Feature Her Man 1930 Helen Twelvetrees, Marjorie Rambeau, Ricardo Cortez, Phillips Holmes Internet Archive The Dark Hour 1936 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles * Released: 1936-02-18 * Mystery/Suspense/Comedy (Eng USA) * Cert. #1899 * Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corp. * If you have read "The Last Trap" (by Sinclair… Internet Archive Betty Boop: Stop That Noise 1935 · Cartoon Internet Archive [San Francisco General Strike] (Part II) 1934 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Union workers in San Francisco stage a general strike, shutting down the city to support striking longshoremen. Internet Archive Dump Dicks 1931 · Short · 19 min Two incompetent private detectives (Benny Rubin and Harry Gribbon) pose as swamis in order to infiltrate a gang of bank robbers. Internet Archive When a Man's a Man 1935 · Feature · 59 min The story is about a man named Larry (George O'Brien) who is a drifter. He is traveling by train and at a stop goes to a Rodeo. He sees these guys riding a… Internet Archive Oh, Mr. Porter! 1937 · Feature · 1 h 20 min Will Hay's most highly rated film. Internet Archive The Golf Specialist 1930 · Short · 20 min An early, short W.C. Fields film. Internet Archive The Black Cat (1934) 1934 · Feature The Black Cat is a 1934 American pre-Code horror film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. It follows newlyweds Peter and… Internet Archive The Bill Sprague Collection-The Mad Doctor-1933 public domain Walt Disney Cartoon 1933 · Cartoon Here is "The Mad Doctor" This cartoon is included in The Bill Sprague Collection, because of it's inclusion on many public domain VHS tapes DVDs and digital… Internet Archive Alaska's Silver Millions (Part I) 1936 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Geography of Alaska, the life cycle of the salmon, the salmon industry, operation of the canneries and life of the fishermen's community. With commentary by… Internet Archive Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 1, No. 1) 1935 · Film · Subtitles BUILDING OF NORRIS DAM IN TENN. VALLEY. ICEBOAT RACES AUTO ON LAKE. GAS ECONOMY TESTS ON DETROIT STREETS. HAIR STYLIST & MODELS SHOW STYLES. DAYTON SOAP BOX… Internet Archive Betty Boop: Musical Mountaineers 1939 · Cartoon Internet Archive [Amateur film: Golden Gate Bridge] 1939 · Home movie · 10 min · Subtitles Views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Yosemite National Park and Golden Gate International Exposition. Internet Archive Financing the American Family 1935 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles How the Household Finance Corporation helps working families with installment loans during the Depression. Internet Archive Pecos Kid 1935 · Feature · 54 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB: A gang of robbers steals the deed to the Pecos Ranch and kill the family. The young son escapes, and years later he returns to the ranch to… Internet Archive Sea Racketeers 1937 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles J. Carrol Naish plays a slimy villain again; this time he's running a casino on a ship and smuggling furs past the Coast Guard. Internet Archive Ghost Town 1936 · Feature · Subtitles Title: Ghost Town Summary: An old miner is ambushed by outlaws trying to steal the $10,000 he is carrying to start up a new mine. A passing cowboy comes to… Internet Archive Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 1, No. 2) 1935 · Newsreel · Subtitles Promotional newsreel containing a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories, including the construction of U.S. 1 linking Key West, Florida with the mainland; a… Internet Archive Back Street (1932 Film Noir, Drama) 1932 · Feature · 1 h 25 min TAGLINES : 01) NOT WIFE...NOT JUST SWEETHEART...BUT MORE! (Print Ad-Toledo News-Bee,-(Toledo, Ohio)- 8 September 1932 ) 02) A story of passion and… Internet Archive Barefoot Boy 1938 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Little Swee' Pea 1936 · Cartoon · 7 min You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Romance on the Run 1938 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Tower Of London (1939) 1939 · Feature · Subtitles Tower of London is a 1939 black-and-white historical film directed and produced by Rowland V. Lee. It stars Basil Rathbone as the future King Richard III of… Internet Archive The Bat Whispers 1930 · Feature Title: The Bat Whispers Summary: A master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion. Directed by: Roland West Actors: Chance Ward,… Internet Archive The Riverside Murder 1935 · Feature · 1 h 3 min A British mystery. Alastair Sim: No, no, no, now stay out! Judy Gunn: Oh, you monster! Alastair Sim: Aye, from Loch Ness. Internet Archive 1936 All-American Soap Box Derby, The 1936 · Film · Subtitles "The great American boy is hard at work...inventing, creating, building something. The energy that is forever behind both the competitive sports of youth and… Internet Archive [Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part II) 1938 · Home movie · 20 min · Subtitles Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse. From towards the end of 0692_HM_Ivan_Besse_collection_Britton_South_Dakota_1… Internet Archive Beggars in Ermine 1934 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Man Against the River 1937 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Describes the work of members of the Works Projects Administration in helping refugees of a winter flood of the Ohio River. Internet Archive [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 5) (Part II) 1939 · Home movie · 17 min · Subtitles Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome. Internet Archive His Royal Highness - Rare Australian Trailer 1932 · Commercial · 4 min · Subtitles Rare Trailer for the 1932 Australian comedy/musical film starring George Wallace. Produced by Efftee Studios, Melbourne the story was by George Wallace and C… Internet Archive Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936) 1936 · Feature Two sailors Sindbad and Popeye decide to test themselves in order to prove their supremacy. Popeye is then presented with a series of daunting tasks by… Internet Archive Killers of the Sea 1937 · Feature · 48 min Captain Wallace Caswell, Jr. became famous for killing various dangerous animals of the sea by hand. This documentary shows him killing a Tiger shark, an… Internet Archive Under Texas Skies 1930 · Feature · 51 min Captain Hartford (Bill Cody), sent by the Army to buy horses, is kidnaped and replaced by the gang boss. Rankin (Bob Custer) suspects the Captain is a fake… Internet Archive Merrie Melodies - Daffy Duck And The Dinosaur (1939) 1939 · Short PD cartoon from 1939, starring a caveman. For no particular reason, this story is set in the stone age, millions and billions and trillions of years ago,… Internet Archive A Man of Sentiment 1933 · Feature · 1 h 7 min · Subtitles * Released: 1933-09-15 * Drama Romance (Eng US) * 1930s Pre-Code B&W Film * Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation * PRODUCER: Geo R. Batcheller * DIRECTOR:… Internet Archive Spinning Levers 1936 · Film · Subtitles "The transmission in the modern motorcar -- the mechanism that makes it possible to have three forward speeds and a reverse -- is a series of levers, levers…