The world's archives

1,489–1,536 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 Clairvoyant (1935) 1935 · Feature "The Clairvoyant" is a 1935 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey, featuring Claude Rains as a mind reader who discovers he has genuine psychic… Internet Archive The Mystery Man 1935 · Feature · 1 h 1 min A fun little comedy/romance/mystery from Monogram. Internet Archive Daffy Duck & Egghead 1938 · Cartoon A very early appearance of a barely recognisable Daffy Duck, seen here tormenting Egghead, a prototype Elmer Fudd who is just as unsuccessful with ducks as he… Internet Archive Ellis Island 1936 · Feature · 1 h 6 min Title: Ellis Island Summary: It opens in 1926 when three bank robbers, Theodore Kedrich, Jan Imarski, and Petra Lonelli, stage a daring daylight bank robbery… Internet Archive Invisible Man ( 1933) Doblada Al Español FULL HD 1933 · Feature Adaptación de una novela de H.G. Wells sobre un hombre que posee la facultad de hacerse invisible. Internet Archive Dora's Dunking Doughnuts 1933 · Short · 19 min Title: Dora's Dunking Doughnuts Summary: A schoolteacher helps his friend Dora by getting his students to help him to make a radio commercial. Directed by:… Internet Archive The 39 Steps (1935) 1935 · Feature Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to… Internet Archive WEREWOLF OF LONDON. 1935 (english) colorized 1935 · Feature After botanist Wilfred Glendon travels to Tibet in search of a rare flower, the Mariphasa, he returns to a London haunted by murders that can only be the work… Internet Archive Poultry on the Farm 1937 · Film · Subtitles Appraisal. Reported very good for (1) giving information about various types of poultry and (2) showing the incubation and hatching of an egg. Found useful in… Internet Archive It Could Happen to You 1937 · Feature Title: It Could Happen to You Summary: (1937, Republic) Alan Baxter, Andrea Leads, Owen Davis, Astrid Allwyn. Captivating story of two brothers, one good, one… Internet Archive Thought for Food 1933 · Film · Subtitles MEAL PLANNING; FOOD SCIENCE. WORK OF KROGER FOOD FOUNDATION. HUSBAND & WIFE ARGUE AT BREAKFAST TABLE RE: MEAL PLANNING. WIFE TURNS ON EARLY TELEVISION SET… Internet Archive [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 6) (Part III) 1939 · Home movie · 19 min · Subtitles Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome. Internet Archive 1932 - Scarface - Scarface el terror del hampa - Howard Hawks - Legendado (Versão Original Legendado Português) 1932 · Feature · Subtitles For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive Anzac In Curious Racial Mix-Up, 1933/10/16 1933 · Newsreel · Subtitles Sydney, Australia: Unusual close-ups of a remarkable human enigma - Ernest Soong Soong Yee, an Australian, born in New South Wales, whose parents died while… Internet Archive Amateur Crook 1937 · Feature · 58 min A quickie from poverty row. Internet Archive New Oregon Trail 1938 · Film · Subtitles Lots of scenic images of diverse reaches of Oregon’s natural landscape 02:00:19:13 Man on row boat pulls large salmon out of Rogue River, Oregon. 02:00:54:07… Internet Archive Bird of Paradise (1932) 1932 · Feature When a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king dives in and saves his life. Thus begins the romance of Johnny and… Internet Archive The Camels Are Coming 1934 · Feature Title: The Camels Are Coming Summary: A British officer in the Camel Corps in Egypt goes undercover to investigate a gang of drug smugglers. He enlists the… Internet Archive The Impassive Footman 1934 · Feature Grace Marwood and her husband, a hopeless hypochondriac, take a cruise where she falls in love with the ship's medical officer, young Dr Daventry. The two… Internet Archive Poultry on the Farm 1937 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys. Internet Archive Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! 1931 · Cartoon Title: Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! Summary: A streetcar conductor has adventures with a would-be passenger hippo, a cow blocking the tracks, and a runaway train… Internet Archive Sky Billboards 1935 · Film · Subtitles AN EXPLANATION OF SKYWRITING, CLIMAXED IN THE WRITING IN THE SKY OF CHEVROLET SLOGANS. 01:35:16:07-01:35:20:26 LS 3 big airplanes flying towards camera… Internet Archive Teaching With Sound Films 1936 · Film · Subtitles Early sound film on techniques of using sound educational films in the classroom. With sound on film showing teacher showing films in classroom before… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Beach vacation, c. 1930] 1930 · Home movie · Subtitles Summary: Beach vacation with the wealthy. 1. Pier sequences with some people in rowboats and others on the pier. (black and white). 2. (color): Family with… Internet Archive Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) 1935 · Feature The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a 1935 American melodrama film directed by Stuart Walker and based on the unfinished 1870 novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood by… Internet Archive Venice of the North 1936 · Film · Subtitles VS sailing ships Canal city City scenes could be Amsterdam, St Petersburg, Stockholm or Bruges Internet Archive Pathé News 1935 · Film · Subtitles Shots to be logged. Victor by a Whisker. Described by Clem McCarthy. Wrestling match. Winter Grips Nation. Snow scenes from different parts of country. Polar… Internet Archive Baby 1932 · Feature https://web.archive.org/web/20230318022959/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022648/ Internet Archive Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 5, No. 2) 1939 · Film · Subtitles PUMPING WATER IN ARKANSAS RICE FIELDS. BACKYARD FACTORY TURNS OUT MODEL YACHT FITTINGS. POLICE STUDY STREET TRAFFIC BY MOVIES TAKEN FROM BALLOON. FLORIDA… Internet Archive [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 4) (Part I) 1939 · Home movie · 20 min · Subtitles Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome. Internet Archive Docks of San Francisco 1932 · Feature · 51 min Title: Docks of San Francisco Summary: Barbary Coast, San Francisco. The gangster moll Belle gets deeply entangled with gangsters led by her boyfriend Vance.… Internet Archive Manchukuo: The Newborn Empire 1930 · Film · Subtitles Many scenes of Manchurian industry and transportation. Shows Japanese life and culture in Manchuria. Film is soft-sell justification of Japanese occupation of… Internet Archive Love in High Gear 1932 · Feature · 1 h 1 min Title: Love in High Gear Summary: A young couple making plans to elope are overheard by a jewel thief, who sees a chance to turn the situation to his… Internet Archive When You Know 1936 · Film · Subtitles "THE UNITED STATES ARMY FLIERS AT RANDOLPH FIELD LEARN HOW BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE A PLANE UP SOLO. AND -- WHEN YOU KNOW -- DRIVING A CAR IS SAFE,… Internet Archive The Ghoul (1933) 1933 · Feature Professor Morlant, a British Egyptologist, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlant… Internet Archive The Tip-Off 1931 · Feature Title: The Tip-Off Summary: Eddie Quillan falls in love with a gangster's girlfriend but avoids trouble when he becomes friends with Robert Armstrong and his… Internet Archive Lady Life Guards 1936 · Film · Subtitles Women become lifeguards at Brooklyn beach. The tone of the film makes it clear that this is quite peculiar and daring. The women stand in ranks and are… Internet Archive [Home Movies: X-Country, 1938, No. 1] 1938 · Home movie · Subtitles Screening notes in can should be transcribed.people smiling at camera while they stand at some kind of viewpoint (nice faces)array of signs, including… Internet Archive Four Square 1937 · Film · Subtitles "An explanation of the proved mechanical fact that a box of four sides has more strength than a box of two or three sides. The frame in the modern motorcar is… Internet Archive Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930) 1930 · Feature Sinkin’ in the Bathtub is the first Warner Bros. theatrical cartoon short as well as the first of the Looney Tunes series. The short debuted in April 1930… Internet Archive [Home Movies: "Vacation Complication or Gone With the Wind"] 1930 · Home movie · Subtitles Dramatized scenes. Good stock shots to be logged. Possibly shot in Berkeley or Oakland, California. Family sitting in backyard, eating fruit; woman hanging… Internet Archive Three Little Kittens 1938 · Film · Subtitles Contents. The story of three little kittens from shortly after the time they are born until they are old enough to "work." A farm wife finds a mother cat with… Internet Archive Porky's Railroad (1937) 1937 · Feature Porky’s Railroad is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin. The short was released on August 7, 1937, and stars Porky Pig. Watch on… Internet Archive Congo Jazz (1930) 1930 · Feature Congo Jazz is a Looney Tunes cartoon starring Warner Bros.’ first cartoon star, Bosko. The cartoon was released in September 1930. It was distributed by… Internet Archive Pathe News Digest (1937, No. 3) 1937 · Newsreel · 12 min · Subtitles Newsreel compilation of key events of 1937. Internet Archive Taming the Wild 1936 · Feature · 57 min Title: Taming the Wild Summary: Madcap society girl June Bolton has a talent for trouble. Trying to evade a subpoena in connection with one of her… Internet Archive Hold Anything (1930) 1930 · Feature Hold Anything is the third short in the Looney Tunes series from Warner Bros., released to theaters in October 1930. Featuring Bosko (the star of Looney Tunes… Internet Archive Dixiana (1930) 1930 · Feature A circus performer falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. When the young man's stepmother objects to the wedding, the…