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1,345–1,392 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 Extra! Special! Roosevelt Inaugurated 1933/03/05 1933 · Newsreel · Subtitles Airplane takes off with film of FDR Inauguration, lands in New York City, views of the inaugural parade. "The First Sound Pictures Ever Shown of a… Internet Archive The Girl In The Taxi 1937 · Feature The head of a Parisian purity league is found out to be anything but when his organizations mistakenly sends an award to the wrong person. Internet Archive Youth on the March - 青年進行曲 1937 · Feature Youth decide to get involved with the anti-Japanese struggle, also dealing with war profiteers. Shanghai, B&W, 1937, Mandarin Chinese. Internet Archive The Fatal Glass of Beer 1933 · Short · 18 min A short W.C. Fields film. Internet Archive The Count Of The Old Town 1935 · Feature Ingrid Bergman’s first speaking role was in this hugely charming knockabout comedy, filmed on location in the Monk’s Bridge district of Stockholm. Bergman… Internet Archive Mail: A Story of the United States Postal Service, The 1938 · Film · Subtitles "Betty Barton of Los Angeles, with her mother's help, writes a letter to her aunt Myrna in Scranton, Pennsylvania." Early airmail operations Scenes shot at… Internet Archive It Happened in Norristown (Part II) 1937 · Short · 21 min · Subtitles Advertising film presenting landmarks, businesses and people of a town outside Philadelphia during the Depression. Producer and director: Edwin Cooper. Internet Archive Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 3, No. 2) 1937 · Newsreel · Subtitles Promotional newsreel containing a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories. Internet Archive Story of Our Flag, The 1939 · Film · Subtitles Some good stock shots to be logged. Contents. Origin and development of the United States flag. As views of a castle and an old crest are shown, the… Internet Archive Murder Is News 1937 · Feature · 55 min Title: Murder Is News Summary: A radio reporter does a story on the infidelity and divorce of a wealthy and powerful businessman. The man invites the reporter… Internet Archive A Passport to Hell 1932 · Feature Title: A Passport to Hell Summary: A notorious beautiful English woman (Myra) is kicked out of British West Africa to German West Africa, just before the… Internet Archive Experimental "Neurosis" In a Dog 1939 · Film · Subtitles 20:53:52:05 Intertitle: “In 1932 a two year old male dog, ‘Nick’, was required to discriminate between tone of 1012 frequency and tone of 1024 for six months.… Internet Archive Marvels of Motion 1930 · Film · Subtitles Newsreel-style novelty or educational film about animal and human locomotion using voiceover, intertitles, and special photographic techniques and tricks,… Internet Archive Lonely Road 1936 · Feature On a drunken drive to the coast, an ex-naval officer interrupts what he believes to be a smuggling operation, and informs Scotland Yard. Internet Archive Current Flashes 1938 · Film · Subtitles Producer's synopsis: "A vivid explanation of how the generator and electrical system of the modern automobile work."07:28:21:14 Great title sequence of… Internet Archive Murder with Pictures 1936 · Feature · 1 h 10 min Lew Ayres in a comic mystery. Internet Archive A Honeymoon Adventure 1931 · Feature An exciting tale of international crooks and stolen plans, in which an inventor is kidnapped by foreign agents whilst honeymooning in Scotland. Internet Archive Daredevils of the Red Circle 1939 colorized serial feature 1939 · Feature Three heroic daredevils (Charles Quigley, Bruce Bennett, David Sharpe) work with the daughter (Carole Landis) of an industrialist (Miles Mander) being held… Internet Archive [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 4) (Part II) 1939 · Home movie · 20 min · Subtitles Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome. Internet Archive Joy Ride 1935 · Feature Two cousins invite their girlfriends on a joy-ride, but car trouble leads to catastrophe! Internet Archive Rain for the Earth 1937 · Film · Subtitles Contents. Social and economic wastes resulting from continued drought in the midwestern dust bowl and efforts of the federal government in attempting to… Internet Archive Around the Corner 1937 · Film · Subtitles Dramatic and clear explanation of how a vehicle can turn a corner keeping the wheels from skidding because the differential is at work. 05:55:39:21… Internet Archive Rogue of the Range 1936 · Feature · 56 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive [Home Movies: Levy collection: Middle East] 1933 · Home movie · Subtitles Title card locates this film in Bethlehem, Palestine, 7.23.1933. Film consists of a variety of street scenes (peddlers, street performers, beggars, etc). Many… Internet Archive Atlantic Flight 1937 · Feature · 59 min Title: Atlantic Flight Summary: Atlantic Flight was designed as a vehicle for Dick Merrill, a real-life pilot then very much in the news because of his… Internet Archive Special Release - Zeppelin Explodes Scores Dead, 1937/05/10 1937 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Lakehurst, NJ: Thirty-five persons die and scores of others are injured as the mighty dirigible explodes three hundred feet over the landing field at the end… Internet Archive Horsepower 1937 · Film · Subtitles "HOW THE TERM 'HORSEPOWER' CAME TO BE APPLIED TO MECHANICAL DEVICES IS MADE CLEAR IN THIS PICTURE, & AN EXPLANATION OF HOW THE MODERN MOTORCAR CAN HOLD THE… Internet Archive Coach for Cinderella, A 1936 · Film · Subtitles Seven of the one hundred and eighteen films in Jam Handy's Direct Mass Selling series (see notes for Down the Gasoline Trail) were Technicolor cartoons… Internet Archive Coach for Cinderella, A 1936 · Film · Subtitles Seven of the one hundred and eighteen films in Jam Handy's Direct Mass Selling series (see notes for Down the Gasoline Trail) were Technicolor cartoons… Internet Archive Secret Lives 1937 · Feature A powerful World War I drama tracing the life of a German-born woman who is trained by the French as a spy, but pays a heavy price for her apparent freedom. Internet Archive Hoopla 1933 · Feature 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 Mr Moto's Last Warning 1939 Colorized 1939 · Feature From IMDB: Moto thwarts a ruthless band of international agents who try to foment an international incident by mining the entrance to the Suez Canal and… Internet Archive [Research Work] 1930 · Film · Subtitles General Motors Research Laboratories. Very nicely photographed. title: "John B. Kennedy reports -- Back to the days when the biggest knocker in the country… Internet Archive Beware of Ladies 1936 · Feature · 1 h 1 min Title: Beware of Ladies Summary: A female reporter with marital problems is sent by her boss to cover the campaign of a young political neophyte who's running… Internet Archive The House Of The Spaniard 1936 · Feature A mild-mannered young British man finds himself caught up in a web of smuggling, counterfeiting and political chicanery, and falls for a beautiful Spanish… Internet Archive The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) 1939 · Feature "The Man in the Iron Mask" is a film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' novel, which is centered around themes of honor, betrayal, and monarchy. Set in… Internet Archive Sky Billboards 1935 · Short · 7 min · Subtitles How skywriting works -- and the making of an aerial Chevrolet advertisement. Internet Archive Design for Murder 1939 · Feature Title: Design for Murder Summary: A somewhat unbalanced college student kidnaps the leader of a group of students that has been constantly mocking and… Internet Archive From Dawn to Sunset 1937 · Film · Subtitles "THIS PICTURE MAKES VIVID THE LIVES OF THE MEN & WOMEN WHO BUILD THE MODERN AUTOMOBILE. IT SHOWS THEM IN THE MORNING ON THEIR WAY TO WORK, AT WORK IN THE… Internet Archive Rainbow's End 1935 · Feature · 58 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive All in One 1938 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Homage to the dog and comparison of canine attributes with Chevrolet features. Internet Archive From Dawn to Sunset 1937 · Film · Subtitles "THIS PICTURE MAKES VIVID THE LIVES OF THE MEN & WOMEN WHO BUILD THE MODERN AUTOMOBILE. IT SHOWS THEM IN THE MORNING ON THEIR WAY TO WORK, AT WORK IN THE… Internet Archive Dixiana 1930 · Feature Comedy Musical Information about this movie can be found on it's IMDB page . Internet Archive The Front Page 1931 colorized (Pat O'Brien) 1931 · Feature Chicago's top newspaper reporter (Pat O'Brien) plans to move to New York to take a higher paying advertising job and marry his sweetheart (Mary Brian). But he… Internet Archive The Stolen Jools 1931 · Short · 20 min The Stolen Jools is a short comedy film made in 1931. It features many cameo appearances by the film stars of the day. They appeared to help raise funds for… Internet Archive The Bride of Frankenstein. HD 1935 · Feature Internet Archive Burn Em' Up Barnes: Chapter 1 - King of the Dirt Track 1934 · Short Taken from IMBD : Marjorie Temple, owner of a bus line and an apparently worthless plot of land, is set upon by rich oil speculators who know her land… Internet Archive Colorado Kid 1937 colorized (Bob Steele) 1937 · Feature The Colorado Kid ( Bob Steele), foreman at Colonel Gifford's ranch, is arrested for Gifford's murder. His friend Bibben Tucker (Ernie Adams) breaks him out of…