The world's archives

193–240 of 14,279 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 Death From a Distance 1935 · Feature · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members is found dead. A… Internet Archive Neath The Arizona Skies 1934 · Feature · 52 min Neath The Arizona Skies finds John Wayne as the guardian of little Shirley Jean Rickert who is a half Indian little tyke who stands to inherit some really big… Internet Archive Rocky Mountain Mystery 1935 · Feature · 1 h 5 min An early Randolph Scott western, based on a novel by Zane Grey. Also known as "The Fighting Westerner". Don't bother downloading the h.264 file. The Cinepack… Internet Archive Murder at the Baskervilles 1937 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles Title: Murder at the Baskervilles Summary: Sherlock Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he… Internet Archive Uptown New York 1932 · Feature · 1 h 20 min Patricia Smith (Shirley Grey) is a middle-class New York City gal in love with Max Silver (Leon Waycoff), but Max is forced by his ambitious Jewish family… Internet Archive Mr. Wong, Detective 1938 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDb: When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He… Internet Archive The Human Monster 1939 · Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles Title: The Human Monster Summary: Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he… Internet Archive Manhattan Love Song 1934 · Feature · 1 h 10 min A couple rich sisters Geraldine and Carol Stewart (Dixie Lee and Helen Flint) have just found out that their financial planner has stolen all their money.… Internet Archive The Invisible Man (1933) 1933 · Feature A mysterious man, whose head is completely covered in bandages, wants a room. The proprietors of the pub aren't used to making their house an inn during the… Internet Archive Bill Cracks Down 1937 · Feature · 53 min When William Reardon (Pierre Watkin), a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified heir and son (Ranny Weeks) returns… Internet Archive A Study In Scarlet 1933 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles From IMDb: In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining… Internet Archive Speak Easily 1932 · Feature · 1 h 20 min Taken from IMDB: Naive, bookish Professor Post (of Potts College) inherits a huge amount of money and decides that now he can afford to go out and enjoy life.… Internet Archive Park Avenue Logger 1937 · Feature · 1 h 5 min Millioniare Curran (Lloyd Ingraham), thinking his son (George O'Brien) too intellectual, sends him west to learn logging at one of his lumber camps. Unknown… Internet Archive Arrest Bulldog Drummond 1939 · Feature · Subtitles A British scientist has created a death ray which can destroy an entire army in seconds. A villain murders him, steals his invention, and plans to sell it.… Internet Archive Devil Diamond 1937 · Feature · 1 h A group of thugs tries to steal the cursed title gem from a jeweler who has been hired to cut it into small, saleable pieces. Internet Archive Bank Alarm 1937 · Feature · 1 h An investigator tries to find a gang responsible for a series of bank robberies thus jeopardizing his sister, the girlfriend of the gang's ringleader. Internet Archive Flying Fists 1937 · Feature · 58 min A lumberjack (Bruce Bennett) knocks out a champion boxer in a brawl, gets drawn into the boxing world where he is unknowingly set up for a fixed fight. Internet Archive The Flying Deuces 1939 · Feature · 43 min Title: The Flying Deuces Summary: Ollie has fallen in love with the innkeeper's daughter in Paris. The only problem - she's very much in love with her… Internet Archive The Phantom Fiend 1932 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles The first talking remake of the 1927 Alfred Hitchcock classic, The Lodger. Stars Ivor Novello in the role of the lodger and an early appearance by Jack… Internet Archive Fit for a King 1937 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles Joe E. Brown play Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones a budding newspaper man who gets into trouble with assassins and royalty. Internet Archive Q Planes 1939 · Feature · 1 h 18 min A secret British aviation project is being disrupted by a foreign power, until an effete but supremely confident military-intelligence agent, Charles Hammond… Internet Archive Frontier Horizon 1939 · Feature · 57 min When ranchers learn their land has been condemned for construction of a new dam, they decide to fight. When they delay the construction, they are promised a… Internet Archive Non-Stop New York 1937 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : A young woman finds herself as the intended victim of a murder plot on a transatlantic flight from London to New York. Internet Archive The Rise of Catherine the Great 1934 · Feature · 1 h 35 min Also Known As: Catherine the Great Vienna-born Elisabeth Bergner, in her first English-language film, is radiant as the obscure German princess who would… Internet Archive Oliver Twist 1933 · Feature · 1 h 10 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Kept Husbands 1931 · Feature · 1 h 16 min Blue collar steelworker Richard Brunton (Joel McCrea) saves two of his fellow workers after an accident at a factory. In gratitude, his boss, millionaire… Internet Archive Mr. Wong in Chinatown 1939 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDb : A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only… Internet Archive Black Gold 1936 · Feature · 54 min "Wildcat riggers risk their lives in the pursuit of oil. Their jobs get even more dangerous when ruthless oil baron J.C. Anderson (Berton Churchill) sets his… Internet Archive Hard Hombre 1931 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles When Peaceful Patton goes to work at the Martini ranch he is mistaken for the notorious outlaw the Hard Hombre. This enables him to force the ranchers to… Internet Archive Street Angel (馬路天使) 1937 · Feature · 1 h 30 min · Subtitles Shanghai, 1935. The beautiful young girl Xiao Hong is a singer at a teahouse. She falls in love with her neighbor, a handsome young musician called Xiao Chen.… Internet Archive When's Your Birthday? 1937 · Feature · 1 h 16 min Dustin Willoughby (Joe E. Brown) a prizefighter and a strong believer in horoscopes/astrology wins only when his astrological signs are just right, a talent… Internet Archive Gambling with Souls 1936 · Feature · 1 h 8 min Mae Miller (Martha Chapin) wants the finer things in life, luxuries that she feels her husband (Robert Frazer), a doctor, cannot provide for her. She begins… Internet Archive Sucker Money 1933 · Feature · 59 min A phony spiritualist (Mischa Auer) hypnotizes the daughter (Phyllis Barrington) of a wealthy banker (Ralph Lewis) in a scheme to swindle the banker out of his… Internet Archive The Emperor Jones 1933 · Feature · 1 h 13 min The Emperor Jones is a 1920 play by American dramatist, Eugene O'Neill which tells the tale of Brutus Jones (Paul Robeson), an African-American man who kills… Internet Archive The Private Life of Don Juan 1934 · Feature · 1 h 27 min In his last film role, Douglas Fairbanks as an ageing legendary lady-killer Don Juan. It is set in Seville, Spain in centuries past, where once a young Don… Internet Archive Back Door to Heaven 1939 · Feature · 1 h 24 min James Lydon appears as Francis (Frankie) Rogers, a small boy living a desperate existence in a slum area, who steals a harmonica in order to fit in with his… Internet Archive Tarzan and the Green Goddess 1938 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Bulldog Drummond's Bride 1939 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDb : Henri Armides and his assistant, Garvey, blow up and rob a London bank in broad daylight and get away with 10,000 pounds. They hide the money in a… Internet Archive Hellfire Austin 1932 · Feature · 54 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : Heading west, Ken and Bouncer end up at the Brooks ranch where Ken is to ride Tarzan in the big race. But both the Sheriff and Edmonds are… Internet Archive Bulldog Drummond Escapes 1937 · Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles Captain Drummond becomes a prisoner when he intents to protect a beautiful heiress of an espionage organization. Internet Archive The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes 1935 · Feature The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes stars the British Arthur Wontner, today a forgotten interpreter of Holmes who would soon be overshadowed by the glossy American… Internet Archive The Animal Kingdom 1932 · Feature · 1 h 24 min This was the first film shown at the RKO Roxy Theater. An awkward love triangle is created when a publisher (Howard) encounters a moral speed bump and engages… Internet Archive Reaching for the Moon 1930 · Feature · 1 h 6 min Bing Crosby in his first solo film performance. -One of several shortened versions of the film. Internet Archive Elephant Boy 1937 · Feature · 1 h 18 min Rudyard Kipling's short story "Toomai of the Elephants" comes to life in this exciting little movie from Sir Alexander Korda. The original material has been… Internet Archive There Goes the Bride 1932 · Feature · 1 h 17 min A businessman's daughter (Jessie Matthews) runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the… Internet Archive Nurse Edith Cavell 1939 · Feature · 1 h 37 min English nurse Edith Cavell (Anna Neagle) is matron in a small private hospital in German-occupied Brussels during WWI. When the son of a recently deceased… Internet Archive The High Command 1938 · Feature · 1 h 23 min A general (Lionel Atwill) of the old school, who believes strongly in his own honour and sense of duty, must come to terms with a crime he commited years… Internet Archive Things to Come 1936 · Feature · 1 h 33 min Things to Come opens with a near-future forecast of Christmas 1940 in the metropolis of Everytown (obviously London), a city threatened by world war. Pacifist…