The world's archives

1,009–1,056 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 Tom and Jerry: The Tuba Tooter 1932 · Cartoon · 6 min Plot taken from IMDb: A German "ohm-pah" trio is incomplete until their tuba player arrives on a boat from overseas. The resulting quartet brings the whole… Internet Archive Coveted East Indies, The (Part II) 1938 · Film · Subtitles This film appears MOS, but originally had sound and was produced and narrated by the radio world travel radio commentator Deane Dickason. Interesting silent… Internet Archive One Year Later 1933 · Feature · 1 h 6 min First, a pair of blissful honeymooners traveling by train. Then, a year later, the same coach carrying the man to his place of execution. Although it seems… Internet Archive Little Dutch Mill 1934 · Cartoon · 8 min A variation on the story of Hansel and Gretel, with a miser as the villain. The Color Classics series was Fleischer Studios' attempt to keep up with Disney.… Internet Archive A Cartoonist's Nightmare 1935 · Feature Title: A Cartoonist's Nightmare Summary: A cartoonist falls victim to the very villains he has drawn. It's up to Beans the Cat to save the day. Directed by:… Internet Archive Sensation Hunters 1933 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Sunshine Makers 1935 · Cartoon · 7 min This is a story of happy gnomes who have the ability to distill sunshine and bottle it in the form of milk, which they deliver around the village. The scenes… Internet Archive Felix the Cat in April Maze 1930 · Cartoon · 3 min Felix attempts to have a picnic with his friends, only to have the weather be uncooperative. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb… Internet Archive Phantom Patrol 1936 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles A deranged killer escapes into the Canadian woods. He tries to fool the locals by pretending he is a well known mystery writer, but the local Mountie starts… Internet Archive Betty Boop: Morning, Noon And Night 1933 · Cartoon Internet Archive Bulldog Drummonds Bride 1939 · Feature A bank-robbery in London prevents - again - the marriage of Bulldog Drummond with his girlfriend. But this time when the delinquents are caught it will be… Internet Archive Lawless Land 1937 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Menace of Guatemala (Ideal What-Nots series) 1934 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles Sensationalist "documentary" on the Agua area of Guatemala, where people live in the shadow of a volcano. Internet Archive The Sphinx 1933 · Feature · 1 h 2 min You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Empress Wu Zetian - 武则天 1939 · Feature A biopic of the Empress Wu Zetian. 1939, B&W, Shanghai, Mandarin Chinese (with credits in both Chinese and English). Internet Archive Aerograd (Аероград) 1935 · Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles Aerograd (Russian: Аероград, also referred to as Air City or Frontier), is a 1935 Soviet film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko, Mosfilm-VUFKU… Internet Archive Telephone Operator 1938 · Feature · 52 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive [Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part IV) 1938 · Home movie · 16 min · Subtitles Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse. Internet Archive Walk Cheerfully 1930 · Feature In Yasujiro Ozu's WALK CHEERFULLY, which gracefully combines elements of the relationship drama and the gangster story, small-time hood Kenji, a.k.a. Ken the… Internet Archive Stand-In 1937 · Feature Title: Stand-In Summary: A New York bank plans to sell a Hollywood studio at a big loss. But the head accountant is suspicious and goes to investigate. He… Internet Archive And So They Were Married 1936 · Feature · 1 h 13 min Title: And So They Were Married Summary: A bitter divorcée and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel that is cut off from the outside by a… Internet Archive Forbidden 1932 · Feature https://web.archive.org/web/20230323005219/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_%281932_film%29 Internet Archive The Devil Diamond 1937 · Feature Title: The Devil Diamond Summary: A group of thugs tries to steal the cursed title gem from a jeweler who has been hired to cut it into small, saleable… Internet Archive Born to Battle 1935 · Feature · 55 min Good-natured troublemaker "Cyclone" Tom Saunders (Tom Tyler) is hired by a ranchers' association manager to investigate recent cattle rustling at one of their… Internet Archive Master Hands 1936 · Film · Subtitles From producer's synopsis: "A beautiful dramatization of how the master hands of Chevrolet craftsmen form the patterns, tools and dies, and control the huge… Internet Archive Peeping Penguins 1937 · Cartoon · 7 min From The Public Domain Movie Database: Four baby penguins stray away from their mother and stumble across a hunter's cabin. Their curiousity gets them into… Internet Archive Tom and Jerry: Redskin Blues 1932 · Cartoon · 5 min Plot taken from IMDb: Tom and Jerry find their wagon west attacked by Indians, but escape only after being rescued by all the branches of the military,… Internet Archive Unholy Love 1932 1932 · Feature · Subtitles Madame Bovary story updated to a 'modern' 1932 style Internet Archive Living Pages 1935 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Portrait of the readers of McCall's magazine (housewives) and their lives and desires. Internet Archive Just Imagine 1930 · Feature · 1 h 48 min Title: Just Imagine Summary: New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged… Internet Archive Street of Memory 1937 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles Vericolor production offering touristic view Olvera Street and the old Mexican quarter in Los Angeles, California. Internet Archive Betty Boop: She Wronged Him Right 1934 · Cartoon Internet Archive Vacuum Control 1938 · Film · Subtitles AN EXPLANATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF THE NEW VACUUM GEARSHIFT, AND HOW IT CONTRIBUTES TO COMFORT, EASE OF DRIVING, & SAFETY. Internet Archive Rogue's Tavern 1936 · Feature · 1 h 9 min Mysterious murders at a remote inn. In the last few minutes of the file named Rogues_Tavern_1936_loses_synch.avi , which is ripped from a DVD, the sound is… Internet Archive Ask a Policeman 1939 · Feature Title: Ask a Policeman Summary: The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremiah Harbottle, who… Internet Archive [Amateur Film: Golden Gate International Exposition] 1939 · Home movie · 9 min · Subtitles Kodachrome footage of the San Francisco World's Fair, held on Treasure Island. Internet Archive That Night's Wife 1930 · Feature In noirish darkness, a man commits a shocking robbery. But, as we soon learn, this seeming criminal mastermind is actually a sensitive everyman driven to… Internet Archive Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 2, No. 1) 1936 · Newsreel · 8 min · Subtitles Promotional newsreels featuring a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories, including: Miami, Florida police practice shooting at stationary targets from moving… Internet Archive Betty Boop: The Impractical Joker 1937 · Cartoon Internet Archive Treasure Island 1939 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Dignitaries open up the World's Fair on Treasure Island (Kodachrome, missing soundtrack). Internet Archive Popeye The Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves 1937 · Cartoon · 17 min Classic Fleischer Studios Technicolor Popeye cartoon from 1937. This is the better copy John_boy asked for back in 2005. This copy has the original Paramount… Internet Archive Holiday in Heidelberg, Germany and Schaffhausen, Switzerland 1930 · Short · 16 min We got this movie anonymous and sent in a box by mail. It is a homemovie, probably recorded in de 30's from the last century. Thanks to everyone who solved… Internet Archive Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars - Chapter 10 (1938) colorized 1938 · Feature Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938) Universal Pictures Chapter 10 "Incense of Forgetfulness" AI colorized and image enhanced, mostly by Iain Petrie. Flash,… Internet Archive Frankenstein ( 1931) Doblada Al Español FULL HD 1931 · Feature El doctor Henry Von Frankenstein acomete un experimento tenebroso: construir, a partir de fragmentos de cadáveres, un nuevo ser humano. Con la ayuda de su… Internet Archive Gun Grit 1936 · Feature · 56 min When things get hot for them in the city, gang boss Mack (Roger Williams) takes his men west to run their protection racket scheme. The FBI sends Bob Blake… Internet Archive Betty Boop in "Poor Cinderella" (HD) 1934 · Cartoon In her only color cartoon, Betty Boop goes to the ball thanks to the good fairy; later, only her foot fits the glass slipper. Internet Archive The Passionate Plumber (1932) 1932 · Feature · Subtitles Paris plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. With the help of his friend Julius J.… Internet Archive City Park 1934 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles * Released: 1934-05-01 * Comedy/Crime/Romance (Eng US) * Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation at Universal City * RCA VICTOR "High Fidelity" Sound System…