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961–1,008 of 12,291 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 Curtain Falls 1934 · Feature · 58 min · Subtitles * Released: 1934-10-02 * Drama (Eng. US) * Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corp. * Made and released by Poverty Row Motion Picture Studio * Filmed at RKO Studios… Internet Archive Triumph of America (Part I) 1933 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Auto manufacturing as an expression (and motivator) of America's economic success. Internet Archive [Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part III) 1938 · Home movie · 14 min · Subtitles Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse. Internet Archive Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 1, No. 3) 1935 · Newsreel · 8 min · Subtitles Promotional newsreels featuring a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories, including: heavy-duty trucks used in construction; St. Augustine, Florida, site of the… Internet Archive Sundown Saunders 1935 · Feature · 1 h 4 min When Sundown (Bob Steele) wins a horse race he is paid with a deed to a ranch. Arriving at the ranch he finds the Prestons (Marie Burton/Jack Rockwell)… Internet Archive [Griffith Park Relief Workers Demonstration] 1933 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Demonstration in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, "against city and city officials which caused murder of 100 relief workers in Griffith Park Fire."… Internet Archive Island of Lost Souls (1932) 1932 · Feature Island of Lost Souls is a 1932 American science fiction horror film directed by Erle C. Kenton. It is based on H. G. Wells' 1896 novel The Island of Doctor… Internet Archive Bimbo's Initiation 1931 · Cartoon Title - Bimbo's Initiation Studio - Max Fleischer Animation Studios Release Date - July 24th, 1931 Produced by Max Fleischer Directed by Dave Fleischer… Internet Archive Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 2, No. 2) 1936 · Newsreel · 8 min · Subtitles Promotional newsreels featuring a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories, including: a Chevrolet pulling an aquaplane along the beach; an isolated Kentucky… Internet Archive Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 1, No. 1) 1935 · Newsreel · Subtitles Promotional newsreels featuring a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories, including: the building of Norris Dam in Tennessee; an automobile racing an ice boat… Internet Archive Safety Patrol 1937 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles A member of a schoolboy safety patrol takes a walk with his friend, a police sergeant, and over a triple ice-cream soda reviews safety precautions for… Internet Archive Betty Boop: Not Now 1935 · Cartoon Internet Archive Bible for Girls - 女儿经 1934 · Feature A melodrama describing the hard life of a young Shanghainese woman. 1934, B&W, Mandarin Chinese. Internet Archive Streamlines 1936 · Short · 6 min · Subtitles Streamlines are not just beautiful, but also safer, cheaper and more comfortable. Internet Archive A Face in the Fog 1936 · Feature · 55 min · Subtitles Multiple murders are being committed by The Fiend. Internet Archive Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 4, No. 2) 1939 · Newsreel · 8 min · Subtitles Promotional newsreels featuring a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories, including: photographing human and automobile models; automobile brake tests on a… Internet Archive [Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part VI) 1938 · Home movie · 19 min · Subtitles Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse. Internet Archive Better Housing News Flashes (No. 7) 1935 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Theatrical short subject, newsreel-style, promoting the benefits of the National Housing Act for homebuilders, remodelers and would-be homeowners. Internet Archive Fighting Deputy 1937 · Feature · 48 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Outlaws of the Range 1936 · Feature · 56 min When Steve Harper (Bill Cody) chases down some rustlers, he loses his gun in the ensuing fistfight. After Wilson (William McCall) is killed, Steve's gun is… Internet Archive Alf's Button Afloat 1938 · Feature · 1 h 25 min Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his pyjamas is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp. When he cleans it a genie appears. Cast: Bud Flanagan ... Alf… Internet Archive Laughing At Life 1933 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Betty Boop: Parade of the Wooden Soldiers 1933 · Cartoon Internet Archive Betty Boop: Swat The Fly 1935 · Cartoon Internet Archive Pick of the Pod 1939 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles A peek inside the pea processing operations that culminate in Del Monte brand canned peas. With glimpses of 1930s kitchens and images of Depression-era… Internet Archive Night Life In Reno 1931 · Feature · 57 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Emergency Call 1933 · Feature · 1 h 26 min Title: Emergency Call Summary: An expose of the racketeering "accident victims" who extort millions of dollars annually from American automobile owners,… Internet Archive DRACULA' S DAUGHTER 1936.colorized 1936 · Feature Prof. Van Helsing is in danger of prosecution for the murder of Dracula...until a hypnotic woman steals the Count's body and cremates it. Bloodless corpses… Internet Archive Mayerling 1936 · Feature The gorgeous duo of Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux first appeared on-screen together almost twenty years before The Earrings of Madame de . . . , in this… Internet Archive No Ghosts 1935 · Film · Subtitles " A DRAMATIZATION OF THE Y-K FRAME, WITH ESPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE RIGIDITY OF THE FRAME & THE ELIMINATION OF SQUEAKS & RATTLES." Nice "haunted house" imagery… Internet Archive Sisters Of The Gion 1936 · Feature Sisters of the Gion follows the parallel paths of the independent, unsentimental Omocha (Isuzu Yamada) and her sister, the more tradition-minded Umekichi… Internet Archive Country Gentlemen 1936 · Feature · 56 min After being run out of town after town for trying to sell worthless stock, two con artists (Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson) breeze into the small town of… Internet Archive Dancing On The Moon 1935 · Cartoon · 7 min A Fleischer cartoon in the Color Classics series. Plot taken from IMDb: Honeymooning couples of various animal species take a rocket ship excursion to the… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 2) 1939 · Home movie · Subtitles 4:00:47:29 - 04:02:39:24 color silent 1939-40 Can marked: "Electrical, Industrial, Food and State Buildings; night scenes" Electrical section, Industrial &… Internet Archive For Good Living (Brown Derby Beer Promo) 1937 · Short · 18 min · Subtitles Sales promotional film for Brown Derby beer, a house brand of Safeway Stores; shows the brewing process. Internet Archive [Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part V) 1938 · Home movie · 16 min · Subtitles Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse. Internet Archive The Mystery Train 1931 · Feature · 1 h 3 min A group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car. Internet Archive Get Going 1936 · Film · Subtitles An explanation of what happens when a motorist steps on the accelerator. Film begins with a cartoon about a sleepy locomotive 04:29:44:15 VS sleeping… Internet Archive The Man from Hell's Edges 1932 · Feature · 58 min · Subtitles Title: The Man from Hell's Edges Summary: A cowboy after the man that killed his father goes to prison to get in with his gang. Directed by: Robert N.… Internet Archive Frankenstein 1931 · Feature https://web.archive.org/web/20230310083116/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_%281931_film%29 Internet Archive Lonely Wives 1931 · Feature · 1 h 25 min Pre-code fun with Edward Everett Horton. Internet Archive A Bill of Divorcement 1932 · Feature Title: A Bill of Divorcement Summary: A man, Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in a mental asylum. However, he finds things are not the way… Internet Archive Osaka Elegy 1936 · Feature A critical and popular triumph, Osaka Elegy established Mizoguchi as one of Japan’s major filmmakers. The director's often-used leading actress Isuzu Yamada… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 3) 1939 · Home movie · Subtitles 05:00:45:21 - 06:02:24:00 color silent 1939-40 World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films. Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful… Internet Archive Nursery Scandal 1932 · Cartoon · 5 min A Van Beuren version of Mother Goose Fairy Tales, a musical where Mother Goose has a love affair with a scarecrow. The goose isn't amused. This "scandalous"… Internet Archive Steel: A Symphony of Industry 1936 · Film · Subtitles An impression of a basic industry. 23:11:32:00 Steel: A Symphony of Industry 23:11:38:00 strange “collage” like shots of factories - superimposed with med… Internet Archive Aces and Eights iPod Version 1936 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive King of the Newsboys 1938 · Feature · 1 h 9 min Lew Ayres is a poor young man whose girl is stolen by a rich man.