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2,593–2,640 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 Terrific Floods Sweep Citis In Western Penna., 1936/03/18 1936 · Newsreel · Subtitles (Special Release: To be Shipped Separately) - Pittsburgh PA: Rapidly-rising water covers fifty blocks in the heart of the city, causing damages mounting to… Internet Archive 1933 Die Blume Von Hawaii ( Martha Eggerth, Hans Junkermann) 1933 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1933. Die Blume von Hawaii. U.a mit Martha Eggerth und Hans Junkermann Internet Archive 1933 Die Schönen Tage Von Aranjuez ( Brigitte Helm, Gustaf Gründgens, Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Max Gülstorff, Curt Vespermann) 1933 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1933. Die schönen Tage in Aranjuez. U.a mit Brigitte Helm und Gustaf Gründgens Internet Archive Zorro's Fighting Legion: Chapter 2 - Flaming Z 1939 · Short · 16 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 City 1939 · Film 1939, 43 mins. Visionary documentary that contrasts the conditions of life in small towns and in the industrialized cities, starting with a brief portrait of… Internet Archive Robin Hood (1933) 1933 · Feature Robin Hood is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Frank Moser. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/robin-hood-1933/ Internet Archive The Wrong Road (1937) 1937 · Feature A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then… Internet Archive Bosko the Doughboy (1931) 1931 · Feature Bosko the Doughboy is a one-reel 1931 short subject animated cartoon, part of the Bosko series. It was directed by Hugh Harman, and first released on October… Internet Archive The Novelty Shop (1936) 1936 · Feature The novelty shop owner has gone home, and that means it's time for its items to animate and have fun. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Till Eulenspiegel 1936 ( Theo Lingen) 1936 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1936.. Theo Lingen als Till Eulenspiegel Internet Archive Hot Head, The 1939 · Film · Subtitles "PICTURE SHOWS SUPERIOR ECONOMY & POWER OF VALVE-IN-HEAD ENGINE." Internet Archive The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939) 1939 · Feature Detective James Lee Wong must find the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America. His search… Internet Archive Small Town Boy (1937; smallest download) 1937 · Feature · 59 min Actors: Stuart Erwin; Joyce Compton; Jed Prouty; James Blakeley; Clarence Wilson Director: Glenn Tryon Runtime: 59:21 The Matroska (.mkv) file is the smallest… Internet Archive Half Shot at Sunrise (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. The second film together for… Internet Archive Mr. Wong, Detective (1938) 1938 · Feature A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent… Internet Archive Pudgy Takes a Bow-Wow (1937) 1937 · Feature Betty Boop's stage show takes a new turn when Pudgy the pup and his feline enemy get into the act. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/pudgy-takes-a-bow-… Internet Archive Doomsday (1938) 1938 · Feature Gandy Goose pulls a "Chicken Little," announcing that the sky is falling. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/doomsday-1938/ Internet Archive Little Swee'pea (1936) 1936 · Feature Popeye takes Swee'pea to the zoo and spends most of his time rescuing the tot from the various animals. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive The Old House (1936) 1936 · Feature A Bosko color cartoon in a haunted house. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-old-house-1936/ Internet Archive THE WHISPERING SHADOW. Chapter 1--"The Master Magician" 1933 · Short Chapter 1 of a twelve chapter serial that deals with the attempts of a master criminal to gain possession of jewels and gain control over the world with the… Internet Archive Brotherly Love (1936) 1936 · Feature Olive preaches the need for brotherly love on the radio. Popeye, hearing this, does a number of good deeds: helping two workmen raise a safe, straightening a… Internet Archive East of Borneo (1931) 1931 · Feature Mrs. Linda Randolph treks through darkened jungles to the land of Maradu to find her missing husband Allan, who'd left her years before when he believed she… Internet Archive Shopworn (1932) 1932 · Feature A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/shopworn-1932/ Internet Archive The Football Toucher Downer (1937) 1937 · Feature Swee-Pea is reluctant to eat his spinach, so Popeye tells him about the football game when he was young (against Bluto, with Olive cheering and Wimpy keeping… Internet Archive The Snowman 1933 Color Sound Cartoon 1933 · Cartoon The Snowman 1933 Color Sound Cartoon Internet Archive Montana Moon 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Ayudame A Vivir (1936) 1936 · Feature Ayúdame a vivir es una película argentina , dirigida por José Agustín Ferreyra y protagonizada por Libertad Lamarque , Floren Delbene y Santiago Gómez Cou .… Internet Archive Zorro's Fighting Legion: Chapter 5 - Decoy 1939 · Short · 16 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 Judge Priest (1934) 1934 · Feature Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense of… Internet Archive Horse On Merry Go Round (1938) 1938 · Feature Weary of his running-in-circles existence as a merry-go-round horse, the little hobby-horse gets a case of wanderlust. That night he gets out after the fair… Internet Archive The Star Packer (1934) 1934 · Feature John Travers and Yak, his faithful Indian sidekick, pick up where a murdered sheriff leaves off, and try to nab the mysterious Shadow. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive 1937 Gebt Mir 4 Jahre Zeit ( Filmdokument NSDAP) 1937 · Feature Film(Filmdokument)aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1937. Gebt mir 4 Jahre Zeit. Internet Archive Affairs of Cappy Ricks (1937) 1937 · Feature Cappy Ricks, a crusty old sea captain, returns home from a long voyage to discover that his family and his business are in chaos--his daughter is set to marry… Internet Archive Hook & Ladder Hokum (1933) 1933 · Feature Tom and Jerry are firemen working to rescue the top floor residents of a burning apartment house. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/hook-ladder-hokum-1… Internet Archive Murder by Television (1935) 1935 · Feature James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to… Internet Archive Play! Girls (1937 short) 1937 · Short · 11 min Amusing 1937 musical short film produced by the weirdly-named "Educational Films Corporation of America". Please forgive the inane logo the DVD publisher put… Internet Archive Lena Rivers 1932 · Feature · 1 h A romance from Tiffany Productions. Internet Archive 1937 Sein Bester Freund ( Harry Piel, Ernst Legal, Trude Hesterberg, Paul Westermeier) 1937 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1937. Sein bester Freund. U.a mit Harry Piel und einen deutschen Schäferhund 😊 Internet Archive Betty Boop's Little Pal (1934) 1934 · Feature Pudgy the Pup makes a mess of Betty Boop's picnic, is sent home, and runs afoul of the dog catcher. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/betty-boops-littl… Internet Archive Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939) 1939 · Feature While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter Nancy… Internet Archive Wotta Nitemare (1939) 1939 · Feature Popeye is having a dream. In it, Bluto interupts his and Olive's flirtations with one another and keeps having the upper hand. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Fiddling Around AKA Just Mickey 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Gay and Beautiful Budapest 1938 · Film · Subtitles Street scenes, buildings and monuments. Baths. Internet Archive Technoracket (1933) 1933 · Feature Scrappy runs a farm where Oopie is a farmhand. He sees a front-page newspaper article about "Technocracy," and he decides to fire everybody. Scrappy then… Internet Archive The Lucky Texan (1934) 1934 · Feature Jerry Mason, a young Texan, and Jake Benson, an old rancher, become partners and strike it rich with a gold mine. They then find their lives complicated by… Internet Archive Playing Around 1930 · Feature Internet Archive 1936 Fährmann Maria ( Sybille Schmitz, Aribert Mog, Peter Voss, Karl Platen) Frank Wysbar 1936 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1936. Fährmann Maria. U.a mit Sybille Schmitz und Peter Voss Internet Archive Now and Forever (1934) 1934 · Feature Freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry can't accept responsibility, but Toni yearns for a family…