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1,921–1,968 of 12,565 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 Burn Em' Up Barnes: Chapter 3 - The Phantom Witness 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 San Francisco 1939 1939 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles 0589 PA8114 San Francisco 1939 Internet Archive [Alcatraz Prison Scenes & Tom Mooney Rally] 1938 · Film · Subtitles 10:01:04:13 Great shot of 1920s police officers standing in row; five total, two officers in hats on each side of police chief hatless in center of frame;… Internet Archive Knights on the Highway 1938 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles How drivers (especially truckers) can drive safely at night. Internet Archive [Home Movies: On "Location" at Walter's and Helen's and Looping Chicago's Loop] 1931 · Home movie · Subtitles Nice quality early 1930s footage of family Title card. "Helen introduces Thomas Wayne Cornwell -- age 2 weeks -- " parents and baby various titles not… Internet Archive Zorro Rides Again: Chapter 6 - The Fatal Shot 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 Zorro's Fighting Legion: Chapter 1 - Golden God 1939 · Short · 27 min Based in 1824 Mexico, Zorro leads a fighting force to battle the mysterious Don Del Oro, who plans to become emperor of Mexico. Internet Archive American Indian: How He Earns a Living, The 1930 · Film · Subtitles Salmon fishing, probably at Celilo Falls, Oregon (well-shot sequence). Coolidge Dam Native Americans involved in agriculture. Hop picking in Washington state. Internet Archive The Three Muskateers (12 episodes) 1933 · Short · 3 h 30 min The story takes place somewhere in an Arab country where three members of the French Foreign Legion are the only survivors of an attack by Arabs. The three,… Internet Archive [China Clipper] 1935 · Film · Subtitles CHINA CLIPPER (Pan American Airways) flying over Oakland and Alameda (California) and through incomplete towers of San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge and… Internet Archive Me And My Pal 1939 · Feature Two van drivers are involved with a confidence trickster who is trying to defraud an insurance company. Internet Archive Phantom Empire - Chapter 12: End of Murania 1935 · Short · 18 min From IMDB :When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Chicago World's Fair] 1933 · Home movie · Subtitles Chicago World's Fair (Century of Progress Exhibition) 1933 / 1934. New York skyline and cruise ship berths. Salt Lake City. 08:02:39 Aerial view of Fair… Internet Archive Don Quijote Del Altillo (1936) 1936 · Feature Don Quijote del altillo es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Manuel Romero sobre su propio guion que se estrenó el 3 de junio de 1936 y… Internet Archive Pagan Moon (1932) 1932 · Feature Pagan Moon is a 1932 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Rudolf Ising. The short was released on January 31, 1932. Watch on RetroFlix.org:… Internet Archive Wreckless 1935 · Film · Subtitles The film presents a courtroom defense of a young man accused of reckless driving. The defense attorney argues that modern roads and cars are safer than ever,… Internet Archive Sunny Skies 1930 Rex Lease, Marceline Day, Benny Rubin, Marjorie Kane 1930 · Feature Sunny Skies 1930 Rex Lease, Marceline Day, Benny Rubin, Marjorie Kane Internet Archive Jane Eyre (1934) 1934 · Feature After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Grand Canyon, Boulder Dam, Las Vegas, Los Angeles] 1939 · Home movie · Subtitles Good roll, including Grand Canyon; Boulder (Hoover) Dam; Las Vegas neon signs night scenes; entrance to Walt Disney Studios; Los Angeles Farmers Market; brief… Internet Archive Berlin Reichshauptstadt 1936 1936 · Short · 8 min Berlin in the Olympic summer 1936. A Nazi propaganda film and a portrait in colour of the early 20th century city. Internet Archive Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931) 1931 · Feature Hittin’ the Trail for Hallelujah Land is a 1931 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by Rudolf Ising. The short was released on November 28,… Internet Archive Abraham Lincoln (1930) 1930 · Feature A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a… Internet Archive West of the Divide (1934) 1934 · Feature Ted Hayden impersonates a wanted man and joins Gentry's gang only to learn later that Gentry was the one who killed his father. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Pictures of Various Member of The Mallinckrodt Organization (1935, Part No. 2) 1935 · Film · Subtitles 12:40:17:07 CU sign for Mallinckrodt Medicinal, Photographic and Industrial Chemicals 12:40:22:03 MS man pointing to sign which reads “No Admittance Except to… Internet Archive Where The West Begins 1938 · Feature · 54 min · Subtitles See The Page at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030970/ Internet Archive Money Stream Flow From Treasury 1933/03/20 1933 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Washington, DC: Remarkable scenes showing Two Billion Dollars in Federal Reserve Bank Notes being turned out by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to meet… Internet Archive Chameko no ichinichi (1931) 1931 · Feature A pre-second world war anime from 1931 about the daily life of a Japanese girl named Chameko. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/chameko-no-ichinich… Internet Archive I Wanna Be a Sailor (1937) 1937 · Feature I Wanna Be a Sailor is a 1937 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon film directed by Tex Avery. The short was released on September 25, 1937. Watch on… Internet Archive Hell's Angels 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Wheels Across Africa (Part IV) 1936 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles Armand Davis leads motor expedition in Africa, powered by Dodge cars. Internet Archive [Home Movies: Seck Collection: Reel 7] 1930 · Home movie · Subtitles fishing, baby in old-fashioned wicker perambulator, baby and other children, baby in old-fashioned wheeled walker, kids in backyard, men on pleasure sailboat,… Internet Archive The Call of the Wild (1935) 1935 · Feature Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled… Internet Archive What Price Vengeance 1937 · Feature · 56 min Lyle Talbot plays a policeman. Internet Archive Swiss Trick 1931 · Cartoon · 7 min You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Zorro Rides Again: Chapter 7 - Burning Embers 1937 · Short · 15 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 Bill Sprague Collection-16mm Film RASSLIN' AROUND 1934 · Cartoon A rare home movie print of a WILLIE WHOPPER cartoon RASSLIN' AROUND, has found a new home , The Bill Sprague Collection at the Internet Archive Internet Archive Precipitins 1930 · Film · Subtitles Identification of human vs. animal blood, stains through chemical tests - scientists, labs, chemists, rabbits, experiments, blood, nurses, lab technicians,… Internet Archive Burn Em' Up Barnes: Chapter 4 - The Celluloid Clue 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 Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island: Chapter 1 - The Mysterious Island 1936 · Short · 31 min Taken from IMDB : Mala is a Polynesian spy in the employ of U.S. Intelligence investigates sabotage on Clipper Island. A gang of spies causes the eruption of… Internet Archive Heidi (1937) 1937 · Feature Spirited orphan Heidi melts the heart of her reclusive grandfather in the Swiss Alps—until she’s taken away to be a companion for a wealthy, disabled girl in… Internet Archive "Underwater Cable" and Other Communication News and Views, An 1938 · Film · Subtitles Construction of an underground telephone cable between San Francisco and Oakland Internet Archive Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee (1932) 1932 · Feature Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee is a 1932 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Rudolf Ising. The short was released on March 19, 1932. It… Internet Archive Silvery Moon 1933 · Cartoon As two feline sweethearts sail along Moonlight Bay, the moon invites them up for a visit. They discover the moon is not made of green cheese, as is rumored,… Internet Archive [Universal Newsreel: Smith Lands Safely] 1934 · Newsreel · Subtitles title: Universal Newsreel: SCOOP title; Smith Lands Safely, Oakland, Calif. Aircraft VH-USB landing at Oakland airport Kingsford Smith in Altair 8D Special,… Internet Archive The Little Princess (1939) 1939 · Feature A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Inside Information 1934 Colorized 1934 · Feature From IMDB: Lloyd Wilson, trusted employee of an investment firm, is suspected of theft when $20,000 in security bonds is stolen from his office.… Internet Archive Burn Em' Up Barnes: Chapter 5 - The Decoy Driver 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 Bars and Stripes Forever (1939) 1939 · Feature Bars and Stripes Forever is a 1939 Merrie Melodies short directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton. Watch on RetroFlix.org:…