The world's archives

2,401–2,448 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 Dance Contest (1934) 1934 · Feature Popeye and Olive compete as partners in a dance contest. Naturally, Bluto butts in. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-dance-contest-1934/ Internet Archive Murder Is News 1937 · Feature · 55 min A rather dull and talky mystery. Internet Archive FDR Buys First Baby Bond, 1935/03/04 1935 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Washington, DC: The President launches the Government's new 'Bargain Sale' by purchasing $25 certificates of the new issue from Postmaster General Farley… Internet Archive Night on Bald Mountain 1933 · Cartoon · 8 min Night on Bald Mountain Uses shadow and pin - board animation to create the mood of the music of 'NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN,' by Moussorgsky. Produced by… Internet Archive Sin's Pay Day (1932; smallest download) 1932 · Feature · 58 min A.k.a. Slums of New York . Actors: Forrest Stanley; Dorothy Revier; Mickey Rooney; Harry Semels Runtime: 58:12 This is in the public domain. (In fact, there… Internet Archive Abraham Lincoln 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Can You Take It (1934) 1934 · Feature Popeye sees Olive going into the Bruiser Boys Club, where she works in the hospital ward. Their motto, "Can you take it?", is a clear challenge to Popeye.… Internet Archive Sinners in Paradise (1938) 1938 · Feature The survivors from a plane crash are washed up on an island where the only inhabitants are Mr. Taylor and his servant, Ping. The mismatched group must learn… Internet Archive The Emperor Jones (1933) 1933 · Feature Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean… Internet Archive The Spinach Overture (1935) 1935 · Feature Popeye's ensemble is rehearsing the opening of the Poet and Peasant Overture (with interpolations of the Popeye theme and "I've Been Working on the… Internet Archive Shockproof 1935 · Film DRAMATIZATION OF CHEVROLET'S "SHOCKPROOF STEERING" SHOWING THAT CAR STAYS ON ITS COURSE EVEN WHEN A CHARGE OF DYNAMITE IS EXPLODED IN ONE OF THE TIRES. Internet Archive Danger Lights (1930) 1930 · Feature I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. This railroad drama was… Internet Archive Stagecoach ( Colorized, 1939) 720p 1939 · Feature Stagecoach (1939) colorized with HAVC Internet Archive People on Sunday 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Borrowed Wives (1930) 1930 · Feature I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. This comedy follows a young… Internet Archive Gifts From The Air (1937) 1937 · Feature A toyless boy finds a broken soldier doll and gets a very special Christmas as a result. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/gifts-from-the-air-1937/ Internet Archive Help Needy Says First Lady, 1933/11/01 1933 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Chicago: Impressive scenes as Mrs. Roosevelt, speaking before 8,000 members of the Illinois Federation of Professional and Women's Clubs, urges women… Internet Archive King and Queen Leave Britain On American Tour, 1939/05/15 1939 · Newsreel · Subtitles "London, England: Impressive scenes as King George and Queen Elizabeth leave London on the start of their trip to Canada and the U.S. Huge throngs jam the… Internet Archive Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh (1938) 1938 · Feature Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh is looking for a squaw. Meanwhile, Popeye and Olive are wrestling with their recalcitrant mule and Olive accidentally lands in the… Internet Archive Ghosks Is the Bunk (1939) 1939 · Feature Olive reads a ghost story to Popeye and Bluto. Bluto leaves and rigs a haunted house and lures them to it. But they quickly discover him and, even better, a… Internet Archive The Lodger (1932) 1932 · Feature An elderly couple's lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island: Chapter 10 - Wings of Fury 1936 · Short · 14 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 [Home Movies: City of David Amusement Park, Benton Harbor, Mich. and Detroit] 1930 · Home movie · Subtitles Shots to be logged. Water slides on lake Amusement park (City of David, Benton Harbor, Michigan) Family walking down city street (Detroit ?) Steamships on… Internet Archive Kuronyago (1931) 1931 · Feature A short movie from 1929 about four children who dream of having a pet cat. Their wishes are answered when they encounter a black cat who proceeds to sing them… Internet Archive Millie (1931) 1931 · Feature After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags her feet on the possibility of remarriage. The years pass,… Internet Archive Jidô shôka eiga: Muramatsuri (1930) 1930 · Feature Various characters dance to a song at a harvest festival. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/jido-shoka-eiga-muramatsuri-1930/ Internet Archive King of the Mardi Gras (1935) 1935 · Feature A Mardi Gras celebration, looking pretty much like any carnival. Bluto is a strongman, claiming to be King of the Mardi Gras, and drawing a large crowd.… Internet Archive Three's a Crowd (1932) 1932 · Feature Three’s a Crowd is a 1932 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Rudolf Ising. The short was released on December 10, 1932. Watch on RetroFlix.org:… Internet Archive Danger Lights (1930) 1930 · Feature Head railroad man Dan is as ugly as he is honorable. When he spots a drifter who'd hopped a freight held up by a landslide, Dan offers the man a job; then he… Internet Archive Sora no Momotarô (1931) 1931 · Feature Momotaro has been requested to fight off the Wild Eagle enemy which has suddenly appeared. He takes to the skies in his airplane, accompanied by a dog, a… Internet Archive Light Tanks Show Their Prowess In Battle Maneuvers, 1938/11/02 1938 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Fort Meade, MD: Mechanical monsters of the 66th U. S. Infantry (Light Tanks) sweep everything before them as they advance through smoke and shell fire to… Internet Archive The Young in Heart (1938) 1938 · Feature A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive A Strange Adventure (1932) 1932 · Feature · 59 min A.k.a. "The Wayne Murder Case". Internet Archive Minding The Baby (1931) 1931 · Feature Bimbo's minding his baby brother, but neighbor Betty Boop (with dog's ears) wants him to come over and play. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Prividenie, kotoroe ne vozvrashchaetsya 1930 · Feature Internet Archive [Home Movies: Ransohoff Collection: Joan's 7th Birthday] 1931 · Home movie · Subtitles begins with title card: "E&H Productions Unlimited, Trade Bark presents" (with dog's head poking out of center hole, as lion pokes out of MGM logo) title:… Internet Archive Betty Boop and the Little King (1936) 1936 · Feature Betty encounters The Little King when, bored by the opera, he sneaks out to join in with her rodeo routine. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive My Friend the Monkey (1939) 1939 · Feature A hurdy-gurdy man goes by Betty Boop's house; she wants to buy his monkey, which causes plenty of trouble for Pudgy the Pup. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Rodeo Dough (1931) 1931 · Feature This was a Krazy Kat cartoon made for Charles Mintz and distributed by Columbia. While the studio originally based the character on the comic strip created by… Internet Archive The Old Fashioned Way (1934) 1934 · Feature The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1938) 1938 · Feature A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The… Internet Archive The Silver Horde (1930) 1930 · Feature A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-silver-horde-1930/ Internet Archive U.S. Thrilled As President Outlines Recovery Progress, 1933/10/23 1933 · Newsreel "Washington DC: In a dramatic message to the nation, the Chief Executive outlines in clear terms the steps the Government will take to speed economic recovery… Internet Archive The House That Jack Built (1939) 1939 · Feature A re-telling of the classic nursery rhyme "The House That Jack Built". Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-house-that-jack-built-1939/ Internet Archive Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island: Chapter 2 - Flaming Danger 1936 · Short · 18 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 The Ship of the Ether 1934 · Cartoon George Pal's initial stop-motion commercial story film made in Eindhoven, Holland. The short promoted the new Philips Radio of 1934 with a ship made entirely… Internet Archive I'm in the Army Now (1936) 1936 · Feature Olive tells Popeye and Bluto that she loves a man in a uniform, so they try to sign up at the recruiting station - that can only take one of them. Watch on… Internet Archive Kept Husbands (1931) 1931 · Feature A former All-American football star, now working as a steel mill supervisor in New Jersey, falls in love with the mill owner's wealthy, very spoiled daughter.…