The world's archives

1,825–1,872 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 Tough Friends 1938 · Film · Subtitles "HERE IS AN EXPLANATION OF THE STEEL & THE STEEL ALLOYS THAT HELP MAKE THE MODERN AUTOMOBILE MORE SAFE & DURABLE." Internet Archive Their Night Out 1933 · Feature Silly Jimmy gets drunk in a nightclub, and is then confused with the leader of a gang of robbers. Internet Archive The Return of Chandu - Chapter 8 1934 · Short · 15 min Bela Lugosi is "Chandu" an American raised in the east and possessed of White Magical powers. Chandu must protect an Egyptian princess from being sacrificed… Internet Archive 1931 - The Criminal Code - El código criminal - Howard Hawks - VO 1931 · Feature · Subtitles For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive Animation - Chinese Lanterns 1935 · Cartoon · 10 min Animation about children playing and painting Chinese Lanterns, then a lot of things goes wrong. Internet Archive National Hunger March 1931, The 1931 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Invisible Man ( 1933) English FULL HD 1933 · Feature Internet Archive Under The Tread 1934 · Short · 17 min · Subtitles Very detailed film showing the intricacies of tire manufacture. Much hand processing is done, many, many steps. Internet Archive [Home Movies: Happy Birthday to Doris, 1935] 1935 · Home movie · Subtitles Starting title: "Happy Birthday to Doris, 1935"; good shots of wedding; couple departing; wedding; title "Mr. and Mrs. is the name...July 12, 1935"; VS family… Internet Archive The Return of Chandu - Chapter 5 1934 · Short · 16 min Bela Lugosi is "Chandu" an American raised in the east and possessed of White Magical powers. Chandu must protect an Egyptian princess from being sacrificed… Internet Archive [Home Movies: X-Country, 1938, No. 3] 1938 · Home movie · Subtitles begins in Kodachrome (subdued color) flowers hillside Southern California landscape, shots not distinctive black swans, other birds in aviary Japanese tea… Internet Archive The Lawless Frontier (1934) 1934 · Feature Tobin is after the bandit Zanti who killed his parents. He finds him just as Zanti is about to kill Dusty and kidnap Ruby. Saving the two, he goes after… Internet Archive The Return of Chandu - Chapter 6 1934 · Short · 16 min Bela Lugosi is "Chandu" an American raised in the east and possessed of White Magical powers. Chandu must protect an Egyptian princess from being sacrificed… Internet Archive [Amateur film: Wathen collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Part I) 1939 · Home movie · 14 min · Subtitles Scenes shot at the "World of Tomorrow." Internet Archive The Return of Chandu - Chapter 9 1934 · Short · 16 min Bela Lugosi is "Chandu" an American raised in the east and possessed of White Magical powers. Chandu must protect an Egyptian princess from being sacrificed… Internet Archive A Lady to Love (1930) 1930 · Feature Middle-aged Napa Valley grape-grower Tony posts a marriage proposal to San Francisco waitress Lena enclosing a photo of his handsome younger brother Buck.… Internet Archive Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The (1938) 1938 · Feature Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a… Internet Archive Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 3, No. 3) 1937 · Newsreel · 8 min · Subtitles Promotional newsreels featuring a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories. Internet Archive A Farewell to Arms (1932) 1932 · Feature A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Eventually… Internet Archive The Bad Sister´ 931 1931 · Feature The First movie the Humphrey Bogart . Internet Archive The Return of Chandu - Chapter 7 1934 · Short · 17 min Bela Lugosi is "Chandu" an American raised in the east and possessed of White Magical powers. Chandu must protect an Egyptian princess from being sacrificed… Internet Archive Boulder Dam: The Pictorial Record of Man's Conquest of the Colorado River 1930 · Film · Subtitles Early Hoover Dam - views of Boulder City, Government houses, roads, city and dam Colorado. Internet Archive Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 4 - Death on the Wire 1936 · Short · 17 min Sonya Rokoff acting as a representative of a European importing firm hires Victor Poten (Bela Lugosi), a Eurasian mad scientist who hates both whites and… Internet Archive Behind the Cup: The Story of Hills Bros. Coffee 1930 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive The Terror of Tiny Town 1938 · Feature https://web.archive.org/web/20230307011156/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terror_of_Tiny_Town Internet Archive Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 3 - 13 Ferguson Alley 1936 · Short · 17 min Sonya Rokoff acting as a representative of a European importing firm hires Victor Poten (Bela Lugosi), a Eurasian mad scientist who hates both whites and… Internet Archive [Amateur film: New York World's Fair] 1939 · Home movie · 14 min · Subtitles Views of the "World of Tomorrow." Internet Archive Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 12 - Invisible Gas 1936 · Short · 18 min Sonya Rokoff acting as a representative of a European importing firm hires Victor Poten (Bela Lugosi), a Eurasian mad scientist who hates both whites and… Internet Archive White Woman (1933) 1933 · Feature A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Wealthy Family, 1930-31] 1930 · Home movie · Subtitles Wealthy family: snow / VS Mount Vernon / tourists / walking / movie cameraman or photographer in car / woman driving horse and buggy, buggy crosses (fords)… Internet Archive Down the Gasoline Trail 1935 · Film · Subtitles Producer's synopsis: "Real photography and cartoon animation tell what happens to a drop of gasoline from the time it is put into the gasoline tank of a… Internet Archive Movie Trailers ("Mother's Day, May 13, 1934" Promotion) 1934 · Film · Subtitles Sentimental segment commemorating Mother's Day. Internet Archive The Vanishing Shadow: Chapter 12 - Retribution 1934 · Short · 20 min Taken from IMDB : A 12-episode serial in which a son avenges the death of his father at the hands of corrupt politicians. He develops a wide variety of… Internet Archive Zorro Rides Again - Chapter 5: Sky Pirates 1937 · Short · 16 min Taken from wikipedia.org J. A. Marsden aims to take over the California-Yucatan Railroad with the aid of his henchman El Lobo. The rightful owners, Joyce and… Internet Archive It's A Bet 1935 · Feature A young English reporter makes a bet with a wealthy publisher that he can disappear for a month. In his absence the publisher makes much of the mysterious… Internet Archive Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 4, No. 3) 1938 · Newsreel · 9 min · Subtitles Promotional newsreels featuring a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories. Internet Archive King Kong 1933 Español 1933 · Feature Un equipo de filmación llega a una exótica isla tropical y descubre a un simio colosal que se enamora de la actriz principal. El equipo lo captura y lo lleva… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Suburbs, driving POVs, Tennis] 1930 · Home movie · Subtitles Summary: 25 seconds of driving POV through manicured rural landscape on brand-new four lane road. All else is wealthy suburbs, domestic shots: tennis and home… Internet Archive Boulder Dam: The Pictorial Record of Man's Conquest of the Colorado River 1930 · Film · Subtitles Early Hoover Dam - views of Boulder City, Government houses, roads, city and dam Colorado. Internet Archive 1937 Millionenerbschaft ( Inge List, Alfred Abel, Hans Stüwe) 1937 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1937 Millionenerbschaft. U.a mit Inge List und Hans Stüwe Internet Archive Old Spanish Customers 1932 · Feature Bill, a bumbling, dim-witted fellow and his shrewish wife win a holiday to Spain at a Whist tournament. Along the way, he and a famous Matador named Tormito… Internet Archive Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 13 - The Brink of Disaster 1936 · Short · 18 min Sonya Rokoff acting as a representative of a European importing firm hires Victor Poten (Bela Lugosi), a Eurasian mad scientist who hates both whites and… Internet Archive Letting In The Sunshine 1933 · Feature A window cleaner bumps into an old flame, and the pair turn detective in an attempt to foil a gang of burglars. Internet Archive [See America First] 1931 · Film · Subtitles "SEE AMERICA FIRST." Actress Kay Gordon visits Oakland, California and is welcomed at airport. She then visits various businesses located in Oakland,… Internet Archive The Isle of Pingo Pongo (1938) 1938 · Feature A travelogue spotlights the tropical island of Pingo Pongo, showing the unusual flora and fauna and the lives of the happy natives. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Pacific Armada, 1932/02/04 1932 · Newsreel · Subtitles Navy battleships and aircraft carriers prepare for Hawaii war games. (partial newsreel) Internet Archive Gulliver's Travels (1939) 1939 · Feature Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way… Internet Archive Things to Come (1936) 1936 · Feature The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.…