The world's archives

97–144 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 Yellowstone 1936 · Feature · 1 h 5 min Henry Hunter stars as park ranger Dick Sherwood, who gets mixed up in a series of murders. The killings are tied in with $90,000 in stolen money, which the… Internet Archive Rainbow Valley 1935 · Feature · 52 min John Martin (John Wayne) is a government agent working under cover. Leading citizen Morgan calls in gunman Butch Galt (Buffalo Bill Jr.) who blows Martin's… Internet Archive Hell's House 1932 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : Jimmy idolizes bootlegger Matt, and when he refuses to implicate his friend, he is sent to reform school. He befriends Shorty, a boy with a… Internet Archive The Mysterious Mr. Wong 1934 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles Title: The Mysterious Mr. Wong Summary: Investigating a series of murders in Chinatown, wise-guy reporter Jason Barton is captured by the megalomaniacal Mr.… Internet Archive Ride Ranger Ride 1936 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles Gene Autry is a Texas Ranger working undercover to protect an Army wagon train full of ammunition and supplies from Indian attack. You can find more… Internet Archive A Shriek in the Night 1933 · Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles A man falls to his death from the balcony of his penthouse apartment. Two reporters fighting over the scoop start to uncover a sinister plot. You can find out… Internet Archive Randy Rides Alone 1934 · Feature · 53 min Jailed for murders he didn't commit, Randy Bowers (John Wayne) escapes only to stumble into the den of the real murderers. Internet Archive The Gorilla 1939 · Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles Upon receiving a death threat from the "Gorilla", a killer infamous for a string of murders, insurance broker Walter Stevens employs detectives Garrity,… Internet Archive Marihuana 1936 · Feature · 57 min See the truth about the smoke from Hell! ;-) This propaganda film depicting the "horrors" of marijuana use. A high school girl is led to ruin after… Internet Archive Red Haired Alibi 1932 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles A young hotel sales-girl becomes the paid companion of a man in New York. Little does she know that he is a notorious gangster and she will become involved in… Internet Archive Little Lord Fauntleroy 1936 · Feature · 1 h 40 min · Subtitles In late nineteenth century Brooklyn, Ceddie Errol, the young son of an American woman and a late Englishman finds himself the sole male heir of his paternal… Internet Archive Ghost Patrol 1936 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles Professor Brent (Lloyd Ingraham) invents a radium tube that gives off previously undiscovered rays which can control electricity. He rather foolishly trusts… Internet Archive In Old Caliente 1939 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . This MPEG-4 file has been encoded to work with the Sony PSP. I would be interested to get… Internet Archive Gang Bullets 1938 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles From IMDb : A ruthless but clever gangster who knows every loophole in the law has the tables turned by a dedicated District Attorney and his assistant.… Internet Archive The Arizona Raiders 1936 · Feature · 57 min After saving himself from hanging, Laramie Nelson (Buster Crabbe) saves Tracks Williams (Raymond Hatton) from the same fate. They then travel to Lindsay's… Internet Archive Bar-Z Bad Men 1937 · Feature · 51 min Jim Waters (Johnny Mack Brown) arrives at Ed Parks' (Jack Rockwell) ranch to find Parks' cattle herd mysteriously increased. Hamp Harvey (Frank LaRue) has… Internet Archive Blue Steel 1934 · Feature · 54 min When Sheriff Jake Withers (George Hayes) sees John Carruthers (John Wayne) at the safe and then finds the payroll gone, he trails him. Just as he is about to… Internet Archive Under The Red Robe 1937 · Feature · 1 h 21 min http://imdb.com/title/tt0029712/ Conrad Veidt, Annabella, Raymond Massey In 1620s France, dreaded swordsman Gil de Berault returns from carrying out a mission… Internet Archive Border Caballero 1936 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles After his friend is murdered, an FBI sharpshooter takes his place in trying to capture a gang of bankrobbers. You can find more information regarding this… Internet Archive The Cobweb Hotel 1936 · Cartoon · 8 min Newly-wed flies go to stay at the Cobweb Hotel which is run by a hungry spider. Animation by David Tendlar and William Sturm. Music by Sammy Timberg and Bob… Internet Archive Two Fisted Law with Tim McCoy and John Wayne (1932) 1932 · Feature · 56 min Two-Fisted Law (1932) Tim McCoy ... Tim Clark John Wayne ... Duke Walter Brennen - Sheriffâs Deputy Bendix Story by William Colt MacDonald (Creator of The… Internet Archive King Solomon's Mines 1937 · Feature · 1 h 20 min · Subtitles Classic adventure film based on the H. Rider Haggard novel. Kathy O'Brien convinces explorer/adventurer Alan Quatermain to lead a small rescue party to search… Internet Archive Algiers 1938 · Feature · 1 h 36 min Gaby (Hedy Lamarr) arrives in Algiers engaged to a fat, vulgar borderline-loathsome older man who clearly regards her as a trophy bought and paid for. Why she… Internet Archive Death in the Air 1936 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles A group of WWI flying aces are gather to combat a psychotic flyer who is shooting down passenger planes. Internet Archive Fighting Renegade 1939 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles A government agent falsely accused of murdering a professor takes the identity of "The Puma", a Mexican vigilante leader, to hide his real identity and find… Internet Archive Crime Patrol 1936 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles Bob Neal (Ray Walker) agrees to lose a fight so gangster Vic Santell (Wilbur Mack) can make some money. He wins the fight and Vic tries to have Bob beaten up… Internet Archive Girl O' My Dreams 1934 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB: A conceited college track star, used to being "big man on campus", gets a jolt when he loses an election to see who is the most popular man… Internet Archive The Speckled Band 1931 · Feature · 50 min · Subtitles Rare Sherlock Holmes film starring Raymond Massey as SHerlock Holmes. Lyn Harding who plays Dr Rylot later appeared as Moriarty in "Silver Blaze"/"Murder at… Internet Archive Texas Terror 1935 · Feature · 51 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Six-Gun Rhythm 1939 · Feature · 57 min · Subtitles When football player Tex Fletcher arrives home he finds his father missing. Jim Davis has killed the father and learning of Tex's identity, sends his men to… Internet Archive Big Show, The 1936 · Feature · 1 h 10 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Lawless Frontier 1934 · Feature · 49 min A mexican outlaw kills John Tobin's (John Wayne) parents. Eventually, John Tobin meets up with someone else who's life has been bothered ... all » by the same… Internet Archive The Marines Are Coming 1934 · Feature · 1 h 11 min When Lt. "Wild Bill" Traynor (William Haines), bad boy of the Marine Corps, arrives at a San Diego Marine Base, he is surprised to discover he has been… Internet Archive Escape by Night 1937 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles From IMDb : A group of criminals on the run hide out in an abandoned farmhouse. They find themselves being "looked after" by a friendly dog, and soon… Internet Archive Rain 1932 · Feature · 1 h 32 min Sadie Thompson vs. The Puritans. Maxwell Anderson's screenplay of the W. Somerset Maugham story. Joan Crawford. Walter Huston, William Gargan For more info on… Internet Archive The Lost Jungle 1934 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles Clyde Beatty, animal trainer extraordinaire, sets off in a dirigible to find his love who's been shipwrecked on an uncharted island. Feature version of the… Internet Archive The Front Page 1931 · Feature · 1 h 39 min http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021890/ There's nothing like an original !!! Hildy Johnson (Pat O'Brien), newspaper reporter, is engaged to Peggy Grant and… Internet Archive Half Shot at Sunrse 1930 · Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey are privates in WWI France who chase girls, trade bad jokes and win battles. Internet Archive Symphony of Living 1935 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles An aging concert violinist ignored by his grown children who becomes a music teacher. His most promising student, with whom he intends to make a comeback,… Internet Archive Disorder in the Court 1936 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Fit for a King 1937 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles Newspaper go-fer Joe E. Brown gets mixed up with assassins and a princess. With Helen Mack. Internet Archive Ride for Cinderella, A 1937 · Cartoon · 10 min · Subtitles Cinderella relies on a Chevrolet to carry her home by midnight through obstacles and storms. Internet Archive The Pay Off (1935) 1935 · Feature NOTE: DESCRIPTION CORRECTED. This is about a crime fighting newspaperman. Brad McKay, played by Lee Tracy, whom I have never heard of, works with the police… Internet Archive Hook Line and Sinker 1930 · Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB :Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she… Internet Archive Dracula 1931 colorized (Bela Lugosi) 1931 · Feature Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends naive real estate agent Renfield to his will so that he can move to London. He takes up residence at an estate where… Internet Archive International Crime 1938 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles Title: International Crime Summary: Lamont Cranston ( Rod La Rocque ), amateur criminologist and detective, with a daily radio program, sponsored by the Daily… Internet Archive Caryl of the Mountains 1936 · Feature · 57 min · Subtitles Rin Tin Tin, Jr. helps mounties find the killer of a fur trapper. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Range Feud (1931) - Buck Jones and John Wayne 1931 · Feature · 57 min Range Feud (1931) - Buck Jones and John Wayne Ranchers Walton and Turner are losing cattle to rustlers and they each blame the other. After Walton and Clint…