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49–96 of 14,279 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 The Divorce of Lady X 1938 · Feature · 1 h 32 min IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030063/ Divorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new… Internet Archive Parlor, Bedroom and Bath 1931 · Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles Parlor, Bedroom and Bath is a curious mixture of all that was good and everything that was bad in Buster Keaton's talkie features. sidenote: The Movie was… Internet Archive Renfrew of the Royal Mounted 1937 · Feature · 57 min · Subtitles Canadian Mountie Renfrew discovers and tries to smash a clever counterfeiting ring and sings a song or two... You can find more information regarding this… Internet Archive The Man from Utah 1934 · Feature · 52 min The Marshal sends John Weston (John Wayne) to a rodeo to see if he can find out who is killing the rodeo riders who are about to win the prize money. Barton… Internet Archive Affairs of Cappy Ricks 1937 · Feature · 55 min · Subtitles Cappy Ricks returns home after a long sea voyage and finds his daughter is about to marry an idiotic whelp whose mother has taken over his home and business. Internet Archive Captain Calamity 1936 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure. Internet Archive War Babies 1932 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Also known as "What Price Gloria?" Part of the "Baby Bulesks" series You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive My Love for Your (AKA Honeymoon in Bali) 1939 · Feature · 1 h 39 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB: Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop Internet Archive Convict's Code 1939 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles An ex-con is employed by the man who framed him for bank robbery. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Midnight Phantom 1935 · Feature · 56 min · Subtitles A newly hired police chief vows to clean up a notoriously corrupt police department. When he is murdered, investigators find that there is no shortage of… Internet Archive The Thirteenth Guest 1932 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles A young woman visits her childhood home, shuttered some 13 years after the fateful night her father died at the dinner table while they waited for a 13th… Internet Archive Sky Patrol 1939 · Feature · 58 min · Subtitles "Tailspin Tommy" Tompkins and "Skeeter" Milligan are training young U. S. Army fliers for the newly-formed 'Sky Patrol,'a branch of the Army Reserves which… Internet Archive Billy the Kid Returns 1938 · Feature · 53 min After Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid, Billy's look-alike Roy Rogers arrives and is mistaken for him. Internet Archive The Phantom Express 1932 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles An engineer at the throttle of a locomotive speeding through a tunnel sees the lights of a train approaching from the other end. Although the signals say the… Internet Archive Barefoot Boy 1938 · Feature · Subtitles A pampered, snobbish young boy is sent by his father who has served time in prison for a crime he did not commit. Internet Archive Danger Ahead 1935 · Feature · 58 min · Subtitles Captain Matthews (John Elliot) is paid 40,000 dollars in cash by Nick Conrad (Bryant Washburn, who also played an attorney in 'Prison Mutiny') for his… Internet Archive Atlantic Flight 1937 · Feature · 59 min In 1937, actual airplane pilot Dick Merrill become famous for being the first pilot to make a commercial transatlantic roundtrip flight. Momogram Pictures,… Internet Archive Murder At The Baskervilles 1937 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDb : Sherlock Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle… Internet Archive Nothing Sacred 1937 · Feature · 1 h 17 min The hotshot newspaper reporter Wallace Cook (Fredric March) tries to get in the good graces of his boss, Oliver Stone (Walter Connolly) by exploiting the… Internet Archive Call of the Wilderness 1932 · Feature · Subtitles Also known as "Trailing the Killer". You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Irish Luck 1939 · Feature · 50 min · Subtitles Bellhop Buzzy and his pal Jefferson fumble their way to finding a killer in a hotel. Internet Archive Waltzes from Vienna 1934 · Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles From IMDb : Schani, Johan Strauss Jr., is forced by his father to forget music and to work in a bakery. Here he falls in love with Resi. The girl gets very… Internet Archive The Little Princess 1939 · Feature · 1 h 32 min · Subtitles In 1899, the young Sarah Crewe (Shirley Temple) is placed into an exclusive London boarding school by her widowed father, a wealthy British army officer about… Internet Archive Bird of Paradise 1932 · Feature · 1 h 20 min · Subtitles From IMDb: "A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god." Internet Archive The Star Packer 1934 · Feature · 53 min A gang working for "The Shadow" is terrorizing the town. John Travers (John Wayne) decides to take on the job of sheriff and do something about it. Internet Archive The Ghost Walks 1934 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles Three men are stranded during a storm when their car gets stuck in the mud along a country road. They take refuge in a nearby mansion. It is the anniversary… Internet Archive Made for Each Other 1939 · Feature · 1 h 32 min · Subtitles Jimmy Stewart plays a young lawyer John Mason. Who marries Jane Mason (Carole Lombard) after knowing her for just one day. Internet Archive The World Gone Mad 1933 · Feature · Subtitles The World Gone Mad is a 1933 drama/horror film which pits the district attorney's office against crooks defrauding a corporation from within, unbeknownst to… Internet Archive A Man Betrayed 1936 · Feature · 52 min · Subtitles A man begins to suspect that the oil company for which he works is swindling its investors. Then he is framed for murder. The mpeg2 file can be loaded into… Internet Archive Eternally Yours 1939 · Feature · Subtitles When a magician's act takes precedent over his marriage, his wife gives him trouble. Stars Loretta Young and David Niven. Originally uploaded by kotic There… Internet Archive The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934 · Feature · 1 h 37 min London fop Percy Blakeney (Leslie Howard) is also secretly the Scarlet Pimpernel who, in a variety of disguises, makes repeated daring trips to France to save… Internet Archive The Beachcomber 1938 · Feature · 1 h 27 min · Subtitles AKA Vessel of Wrath. If you enjoy Somerset Maugham stories, then you will enjoy this near-perfect, delightful film adaptation. The characters catch the… Internet Archive Devil's Party, The 1938 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDB : Adults who grew up as slum kids meet later in life, but murder disrupts their reunion. Internet Archive Gunsmoke Ranch 1937 · Feature · 52 h 47 min · Subtitles The Three Mesquiteers protect settlers against an evil politician trying to steal their land after a flood. You can find more information regarding this film… Internet Archive Waterfront Lady 1935 · Feature · 1 h 10 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after… Internet Archive Eternally Yours 1939 · Feature · Subtitles When a magician's act takes precedent over his marriage, his wife gives him trouble. Stars Loretta Young and David Niven. Internet Archive Park Conscious 1938 · Short · 7 min · Subtitles Elegy to recreation and relaxation in state and national parks. Internet Archive Pygmalion 1938 · Feature · 1 h 35 min Loosely based on the Greek myth "Pygmalion" a Cypriot sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory but his statue was so fair and realistic that he fell in love… Internet Archive Lying Lips 1939 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles A nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt, convicted of the killing and sent to prison Internet Archive Fatal Glass of Beer 1933 · Short · Subtitles Comedy short featuring W.C. Fields. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Jamaica Inn 1939 · Feature · 1 h 39 min · Subtitles From IMDb : Set in Cornwall where the young orphan, Mary, is sent to live with Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss who are the landlords of the Jamaica Inn. Mary… Internet Archive Swing High, Swing Low 1937 · Feature · 1 h 22 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become… Internet Archive A Shot in The Dark 1935 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles The infallible detective meets the perfect crime! A group of people gathered in an old mansion are being systematically murdered by a hooded killer. Another… Internet Archive The Moth 1934 · Feature · Subtitles A wealthy girl runs away to New Orleans to have some fun and is befriended by a lady who turns out to be the infamous jewel thief, "The Moth" Internet Archive Star Reporter 1939 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : John Randolph (Warren Hull), an idealistic young newspaper owner who uses his paper as an instrument for the public good, uses a campaign… Internet Archive Beggars in Ermine 1934 · Feature · 1 h 10 min · Subtitles John "Flint" Dawson (Lionel Atwill) is a down to earth steel mill general manager who loses control of his factory when he is crippled in an accident and… Internet Archive Below the Deadline 1936 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles Police Officer Terry Mulvaney (Russel Hopton) is in love with Molly Fitzgerald (Cecila Parker). However, his unknown rival is Flash Ackroyd (Theodore von… Internet Archive Indiscreet 1931 · Feature · 1 h 15 min On New Year's Eve, Geraldine Trent (Gloria Swanson) decides to break up with her boyfriend Jim Woodward (Monroe Owsley), having finally grown tired of his…