The world's archives

1,153–1,200 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 Officer O' Brien 1930 William Boyd, Ernest Torrence, Dorothy Sebastian, Russell Gleason 1930 · Feature Officer O' Brien 1930 William Boyd, Ernest Torrence, Dorothy Sebastian, Russell Gleason 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 Dick Tracy 1937 colorized serial feature (Ralph Byrd) 1937 · Feature Adaptation of the Chester Gould comic strip in which a master criminal known as The Spider has the mind of the famous detective's brother altered so as to… Internet Archive Disorder in the Court 1936 · Short · 16 min Title: Disorder in the Court Summary: The stooges are witnesses at a trial where their friend, a dancer at a nightclub where they are musicians, is accused of… Internet Archive Hollywood Stadium Mystery 1938 · Feature · 52 min · Subtitles A boxer is killed in the ring by poison. Internet Archive The Royal Family of Broadway 1930 · Feature Title: The Royal Family of Broadway Summary: Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her… Internet Archive A Girl of the Limberlost 1934 · Feature Title: A Girl of the Limberlost Summary: Elnora Comstock is the badly abused daughter of Katherine Comstock, who blames her because her father was drowned… Internet Archive Special Agent K-7 1937 · Feature · 1 h 5 min This obscure film from an obscure studio would be less boring if it featured a K-9 instead of a K-7. Internet Archive The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) 1939 · Feature · Subtitles The Man They Could Not Hang is a 1939 American horror film directed by Nick Grinde from a screenplay by Karl Brown.It follows star Boris Karloff as Dr. Henryk… Internet Archive Gullivers Travels 1939 · Feature Internet Archive I Can't Escape 1934 · Feature · 55 min Finding it impossible to land a job, a man paroled from prison is used as a patsy by perpetrators of a financial scam. Internet Archive Triumph of America (Part II) 1933 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Auto manufacturing as an expression (and motivator) of America's economic success. Internet Archive Stoker, The 1932 · Feature · 1 h 10 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 VIII) 1938 · Home movie · 14 min · Subtitles Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse. Internet Archive The Boatman's Daughter - 船家女 1935 · Feature A young married woman of a boat-family becomes involved with the idle rich of Shanghai. A morality tale - Shanghai, B&W, Mandarin Chinese Internet Archive Double Door (1934) 1934 · Feature · Subtitles Double Door is a 1934 American pre-Code thriller film directed by Charles Vidor, written by Jack Cunningham and Gladys Lehman, and starring Evelyn Venable,… Internet Archive House of Danger 1934 · Feature · 1 h 5 min Title: House of Danger Summary: To protect a young woman's life, a man pretends to be her injured friend so he can investigate a murder and capture the… Internet Archive Walpurgis Night 1935 · Feature Lena (Ingrid Bergman) is in love with her married boss, Johan (Lars Hanson), in this romantic drama that takes Sweden’s declining birth rate as a backdrop and… Internet Archive Plow that Broke the Plains, The 1937 · Film · Subtitles 16:32:11:14 Animated map of the U.S. Writing appears on the map identifying the Great Plains Area which is then outlined in dotted lines. CU of Great Plains… Internet Archive In the Beginning 1935 · Film · Subtitles Contents. The evolution of life and the fundamentals of mammalian reproduction, presented through animation, photomicrography, and natural photography. The… Internet Archive The Phantom of the West 1930 colorized cliffhanger serial 1930 · Feature Fifteen years after the murder of his father, Jim Lester (Tom Tyler) has a chance run in with escaped convict Francisco Cortez (Frank Lanning), the very man… Internet Archive Deluge 1933 Colorized 1933 · Feature Gripping post-apocalyptic drama about a cataclysmic earthquake and flood that destroy the world, and how various survivors cope with their circumstances.… Internet Archive New England: Yesterday and Today 1938 · Film · Subtitles GS Plymouth Rock and memorial building at Plymouth, Mass. CU Plymouth Rock with 1620 engraved on it Superimposed images over Rock: Pilgrims arriving by boat… Internet Archive Precisely So (Part I) 1937 · Cartoon · 9 min · Subtitles Surreal film on measurement of tiny quantities. Internet Archive Turnabout Man 1936 · Short · 7 min · Subtitles What happens when bad driving habits are mirrored in other parts of a driver's life. Internet Archive Borderline 1930 · Feature Borderline , the sole feature of British film theorist Kenneth Macpherson, boldly blends Eisensteinian montage and domestic melodrama, and features Robeson… Internet Archive Knights on the Highway 1938 · Film · Subtitles "NIGHT DRIVING IS GETTING TO BE MORE OF A PLEASURE EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE PROGRESS IS BEING MADE IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRINCIPLES WHICH MAKE NIGHT DRIVING… Internet Archive Clouds Over Europe 1939 · Feature · 1 h 18 min Title: Clouds Over Europe Summary: A quirky British Secret Service Agent named Major Hammond tries to discover who is using a secret weapon to steal… Internet Archive Frontiers of the Future (A Screen Editorial With Lowell Thomas) 1937 · Film · Subtitles Full of GREAT stock shots of 1930s manufacturing, research laboratories and industry Lowell Thomas sitting at desk in studio Art card: map of United States… Internet Archive Old Mother Riley Joins Up 1939 · Feature Title: Old Mother Riley Joins Up Summary: Directed by: Maclean Rogers Actors: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Glen Alyn Production Company: British National… Internet Archive Boy Meets Dog 1938 · Cartoon · 9 min A Walter Lantz cartoon from the 1930s. "This cartoon, based on the "Reg'lar Fellers" comic strip, was originally made for Ipana Toothpaste and was going to be… Internet Archive Wreckless 1935 · Short · 17 min · Subtitles A Jam Handy "comedy" short sponsored by Chevrolet that touts modern car design's impact on safe driving. Internet Archive [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 3) (Part I) 1939 · Home movie · 17 min · Subtitles Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome. Internet Archive "Cheer Up, Good Times Are Coming!" 1930 · Feature Ted Weems and His Orchestra with a row of "Bathing Beauties" on the beach of Atlantic City, New Jersey performing, " Cheer Up, Good Times Are Coming " - one… Internet Archive Hoopla 1933 · Feature · 1 h 20 min Title: Hoopla Summary: A hula dancer at a carnival sets out to seduce the son of the show's manager. Directed by: Frank Lloyd Actors: Clara Bow, Preston… Internet Archive [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 2) (Part II) 1939 · Home movie · 18 min · Subtitles Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome. Internet Archive The Unholy Garden 1931 · Feature Title: The Unholy Garden Summary: A bunch of crooks team up to find and steal money from an old man and his daughter. Directed by: George Fitzmaurice Actors:… Internet Archive It Happened in Norristown (Part I) 1937 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Advertising film presenting landmarks, businesses and people of a town outside Philadelphia during the Depression. Producer and director: Edwin Cooper. Internet Archive The Vanishing Shadow 1934 colorized cliffhanger serial 1934 · Feature A young engineer (Onslow Stevens) and a professor (James Durkin) use a variety of amazing inventions (an invisibility vest, a ray gun and a robot) to fight… Internet Archive We Work Again 1937 · Film · Subtitles 05:11:27:00 We Work Again Amazing glimpse of African-American life during the Great Depression. This film acknowledges the fact that African-Americans were… Internet Archive Golden Gate City: San Francisco 1939 · Film · Subtitles The following shotlist is keyed to the PA-0659 transfer: 08:31:42:11 LS Golden Gate bridge, steamship passes under the bridge; aerial of the Golden Gate… Internet Archive Shanghai Express 1932 colorized (Marlene Dietrich) 1932 · Feature A woman who is notorious on the China coast takes a train through an area where a dangerous civil war is raging. On board she encounters a British Army doctor… Internet Archive The Emperor Jones 1933 · Feature Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.… Internet Archive Già dimanche 1935 · Feature In Già dimanche (Joyful Sunday) Jacques Tati and his friend Rhum star as down-and-outs (very much their situation in reality at the time) who try to generate… Internet Archive On the Air 1937 · Film · Subtitles "A CHEVROLET RADIO PROGRAM FEATURING RUBINOFF IS SENT OVER THE AIR, & AN EXPLANATION IS MADE OF HOW RADIO BROADCASTING WORKS." 00:00:45:00 On the Air 07842… Internet Archive Daybreak - 天明 1933 · Feature Perhaps an over-the-top example of Lianhua Studio's Output. Lily Li, one of the biggest stars of the day, plays an innocent country girl who is forced into a… Internet Archive Platinum Blonde 1931 · Feature https://web.archive.org/web/20230322225157/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum_Blonde_%28film%29 Internet Archive "Dr. Gogol, O Médico Louco" (1935), com Peter Lorre, legendas em português 1935 · Feature Título original: "Mad Love". Filme de terror e ficção-científica americano de 1935, adaptação do romance de Maurice Renard, "As Mãos de Orlac". Dirigido pelo…