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2,545–2,592 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 Golf Specialist (1930) 1930 · Feature At a Florida hotel, absconding miscreant J. Effingham Bellweather goes slapstick golfing with the house detective's flirtatious wife and an incompetent caddy.… Internet Archive La Cucaracha 1934 · Short · 20 min A musical short where the three-strip Technicolor process was used for the first time. Extracted from the file "Comedy shorts" available on Public Domain… Internet Archive Alaskan Knights (1930) 1930 · Feature Krazy Kat is "Nanook Of The North" when he arrives in a bar. First, Krazy becomes smitten with a girl (who looks surprisingly like Minnie Mouse!) and then has… Internet Archive Beau Ideal (1931) 1931 · 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 critical and financial… Internet Archive Hospitaliky (1937) 1937 · Feature To get at nurse Olive, Popeye and Bluto fake various illnesses. Olive sees through this and tells them they need to be either very sick or hurt real bad, so… Internet Archive Merry Mannequins (1937) 1937 · Feature Told in a musical-comedy format, this cartoon is the story of two department store mannequins who fall in love, become engaged and plan to marry. When the… Internet Archive The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) 1935 · Feature A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-farmer-takes-a-… Internet Archive 1938 Du Und Ich ( Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk, Elsa Wagner) 1938 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1938. Du und Ich. U.a mit Brigitte Horney und Joachim Gottschalk Internet Archive I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1932) 1932 · Feature Betty Boop and friends meet Louis Armstrong on a jungle safari. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/ill-be-glad-when-youre-dead-you-rascal-you-1932/ Internet Archive Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939) 1939 · Feature 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 to scrawl… Internet Archive Nansensu monogatari dai ippen: Sarugashima (1931) 1931 · Feature One of the first films of Kenzou Masaoka about a baby raised by monkeys on an island. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/nansensu-monogatari-dai-ipp… Internet Archive Never Kick a Woman (1936) 1936 · Feature Popeye teaches Olive the art of self-defense, which comes in handy when a woman boxer flirts with him. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island: Chapter 3 - Fathoms Below 1936 · Short · 16 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 Hello How Am I (1939) 1939 · Feature Olive invites Popeye over for a hamburger dinner. His roommate Wimpy hears this and disguises himself as Popeye in order to be who enjoys the feast. Watch on… Internet Archive I Wanna Be a Life Guard (1936) 1936 · Feature Popeye applies for a lifeguard job when he sees Olive in the pool, but Bluto also wants the job (and Olive). The manager, Wimpy, asks them to demonstrate… Internet Archive Stopping the Show (1932) 1932 · Feature At the theatre, a 'Paramouse Noose Reel' and a Bimbo and Koko cartoon are followed by Betty Boop's stage performance; she sings and does imitations of Fanny… Internet Archive The Mystery Man (1935; smallest download) 1935 · Feature · 1 h 1 min Actors: Robert Armstrong; Maxine Doyle; Henry Kolker; LeRoy Mason; James Burke; Herb Vigran; Guy Usher; James P. Burtis; Monte Collins Runtime: 1:01:54 Internet Archive The Shoemaker And The Elves (1935) 1935 · Feature A homeless waif, staggering through a roaring snow storm, wanders into a small town. and no one except a poor shoemaker will give the little boy shelter from… Internet Archive 1937 Alarm In Peking( Gustav Fröhlich, Peter Voss, Paul Westermeier, Herbert Hübner, Bernhard Minetti, Leni Marenbach) 1937 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1937.. Alarm in Peking. U.a mit Gustav Fröhlich und Peter Voss Internet Archive Father Nile (Egypt) 1931 · Film · Subtitles Good shots of Egyptian pyramids. The Nile River. Internet Archive Bunny Mooning (1937) 1937 · Feature Jack and Jill Rabbit get hitched in this classic Fleischer Studios cartoon. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/bunny-mooning-1937/ Internet Archive 1937 Madame Bovary ( Pola Negr, Ferdinand Marian, Aribert Wäscher, Olga Limburg, Eduard Von Winterstein, Carla Rust) 1937 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1937. Madame Bovary. U.a mit Pola Negri und Ferdinand Marian Internet Archive Queer Farms: The Ladybird Farm, The Lion Farm, 1930 · Film · Subtitles On Los Angeles County insectary Internet Archive 1935 Es Waren Zwei Junggesellen ( Joe Stöckel, Adele Sandrock) 1935 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1935. Es waren zwei Junggesellen. U.a mit Joe Stöckel und Adele Sandrock Internet Archive The Frog Pond (1938) 1938 · Feature In Ub Iwerks' The Frog Pond, many frogs are singing and having a good time until a big bully frog takes some food and basically orders a house built on his… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Reel 3) 1938 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island: Chapter 4 - Into the Enemy's Camp 1936 · Short · 15 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 1937 Der Antennendraht ( Karl Valentin, Joe Stöckel) 1937 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1937. Der Antennendraht (Kurzfilm) U.a mit Karl Valentin. Unter der Leitung von Joe Stöckel Internet Archive Jungle Bride (1933) 1933 · Feature Four survivors of a ship wreck are stranded on a deserted island, including a woman and the man she believes is responsible for the murder which her brother… Internet Archive The Paneless Window Washer (1937) 1937 · Feature Bluto dirties all of an office building's windows himself, to drum up business for his window cleaning service. When he gets to Olive's stenographer office,… Internet Archive The Shadow Strikes (1937) 1937 · Feature Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scene,… Internet Archive General Strike newsreel 1 1934 · Newsreel Original Pathe News newsreel footage describing the unfolding General Strike in breathless and fearsome tones. Another similar newsreel . Internet Archive Something to Sing About (1937) 1937 · Feature James Cagney has a rare chance to show his song-and-dance-man roots in this low-budget tale of a New York bandleader struggling with a Hollywood studio boss.… Internet Archive Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island: Chapter 11 - Agents of Disaster 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 Nuremburg Rallies; official films 1927-1933 1933 · Short · 1 min The rarely seen film records of the NSDAPs 1927, 1929, and 1933 Party congresses. The 3rd Party Congress, Nuremburg Aug. 19-20 1927. "Eine Synphonie des… Internet Archive 1935 Artisten( Harry Piel, Hilde Hildebrand, Hans Junkermann) 1935 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1935. Artisten. U.a mit Harry Piel,Hilde Hildebrand und Hans Junkermann Internet Archive Never Sock a Baby (1939) 1939 · Feature Popeye spanks Swee'Pea and sends him to bed without supper. He wrestles with his conscience over this, while Swee'Pea packs a bundle and runs away from home.… Internet Archive The Three Bears (1939) 1939 · Feature A singing, jitterbugging Goldilocks goes through her paces with the grizzly trio, but when a bear hunter gets into the house, she joins with them to fight and… Internet Archive For Better or Worser (1935) 1935 · Feature Popeye's failures in the kitchen send him on a quest for a wife. He visits the "matrimonial agency" and picks Olive at the same time Bluto picks her. Of… Internet Archive Sock-a-Bye, Baby (1934) 1934 · Feature When Popeye takes the baby for a walk in the stroller, the little one won't be quiet unless he's sleeping. Of course there's no end of noisiness. Watch on… Internet Archive Hauptmann Weapon Found As High Bail Is Set By Court, 1934/10/01 1934 · Newsreel · Subtitles "New York City: A broken soup-spoon, ground to razor-like sharpness, is discovered in the prisoner's cell as Judge patterson demands $100,000 bonds for the… Internet Archive Zorro's Fighting Legion: Chapter 7 - Fugitive 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 The Museum 1930 Toby The Pup Sound Cartoon 1930 · Cartoon The Museum 1930 Toby The Pup Sound Cartoon Internet Archive Dancing Pirate (1936) 1936 · Feature Jonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and forced to… Internet Archive Love And Duty (1931) 1931 · 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 Chinese romantic… Internet Archive Lindberghs in Russia, 1933/10/25 1933 · Newsreel · Subtitles Moscow, USSR: The famous aviator and his wife are seen in unusual pictures arriving here on their aerial survey and goodwill tour and being greeted by high… Internet Archive The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933) 1933 · Feature The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast." Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-fatal-glass-of-b… Internet Archive The Medicine Man (1930) 1930 · Feature The son and daughter of an abusive shopkeeper turn to a medicine show salesman for help. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-medicine-man-1930/