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2,689–2,736 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 I Wish I Had Wings (1932) 1932 · Feature I Wish I Had Wings is a 1932 Merrie Melodies short directed by Rudolf Ising. It’s morning on a farm, and a rooster awakens the chickens and the geese. Watch… Internet Archive Prosperity Blues (1932) 1932 · Feature Like everyone else Krazy Kat has been reduced to selling apples on a street corner, but soon he's smiling again and leading the community in a chorus of… Internet Archive Texas Terror (1935) 1935 · Feature Sheriff John Higgins quits and goes into prospecting after he thinks he has killed his best friend in shooting it out with robbers. He encounters his dead… Internet Archive The Beer Parade (1933) 1933 · Feature Scrappy and Oopie, though little boys, happily celebrate the return of beer after fourteen years, with the help of brew-guzzling gnomes, apparently from the… Internet Archive 1932 - Hell's House - Casa correccional - Howard Higgin - VOSE 1932 · Feature · Subtitles derechonoir.wordpress.com t.me/agendasocioculturalplus Internet Archive 1936 Pittsburgh Flood 1936 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Plant Growth 1931 · Film Diagrams and time-lapse photography are used to show the life cycle of the pea plant. The seed sprouts, roots grow downward, and the stem upward, tentacles… Internet Archive Bill Sprague Collection : Swing You Sinners 1930 · Cartoon No complaints from trolls please Complainers are nothing but worthless trolls Internet Archive 1938 Eine Frau Kommt In Die Tropen ( Hilde Körber, Hilde Krüger, Otto Wernicke, Albert Florath) Harald Paulsen 1938 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1938. Eine Frau kommt in die Tropen. U.a mit Hilde Krüger und Otto Wernicke. Internet Archive 1938 Musketier Meier III( Herrmann Speelmanns, Beppo Brem) 1938 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1938. Musketier Meier OOK U.A mit Hermann Speelmans und Beppo Brem. Unter der Leitung von Joe Stöckel Internet Archive Dizzy Divers (1935) 1935 · Feature Popeye and Bluto are deep sea divers. Popeye has a treasure map; for some reason he cuts Bluto in on the deal, but of course, Bluto's idea of 50-50 isn't… Internet Archive Milk for Baby (1938) 1938 · Feature A crying baby won't drink it's milk until Edna May Oliver tells him a story about W. C. Fields trying to milk a cow. An uninspired outing seemingly taking the… Internet Archive The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936) 1936 · Feature A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for a year without touching his inheritance. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive The Gorilla Hunt (1939) 1939 · Feature A boxing kangaroo tricks his son into fighting when he really wants to be a violinist. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-gorilla-hunt-1939/ Internet Archive This Is the Night (1932) 1932 · Feature When Stephen, the husband of Gerald’s mistress, Claire, discovers a pair of tickets for their planned trip to Venice, Gerald must invent a wife to cover their… Internet Archive Trees To Tribunes 1937 · Film Some of the activities involved in pulpwood logging, making newsprint, and printing a large metropolitan newspaper. Internet Archive Honor of the Press 1932 · Feature · 1 h Yet another newspaper yarn. Internet Archive A Cat, A Mouse And A Bell (1935) 1935 · Feature A Color Rhapsody cartoon Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/a-cat-a-mouse-and-a-bell-1935/ Internet Archive Banjo on My Knee (1936) 1936 · Feature A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive The Girl From Chicago (1932) 1932 · Feature I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, along with other pictures of the era that I find interesting, so I'm uploading the best… Internet Archive Desert Empire 1938 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive The Return of Chandu (1934) 1934 · Film Bela Lugosi gets to play the hero for once, as a master of the mystic arts who must rescue his love, an Egyptian princess. In this adaptation of the radio… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Pennsylvania Snowbirds: End of Brownsville #3, End Trip Home] 1936 · Home movie · Subtitles [Home Movies: Pennsylvania Snowbirds: End of Brownsville #3, End Trip Home] ca. 1936 - 1937 Internet Archive The Iron Man (1931) 1931 · Feature The Iron Man is an Aesop Fables cartoon directed by Harry Bailey, John Foster. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-iron-man-1931/ Internet Archive Wild Elephinks (1933) 1933 · Feature Popeye and Olive, adrift on a raft, land on what apparently is Africa, and are immediately battling elephants and gorillas (also a moose!). Popeye eventually… Internet Archive Old-Fashioned Town Crier On Job Again, 1935/04/24 1935 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Provincetown, Mass.: The brassy voice of this historic village's recently-appointed Town Crier forces attention to his recital of community news delivered in… Internet Archive The Foxy Pup (1937) 1937 · Feature The technicalities are topnotch, with some excellent Technicolor work, but this vaguely anti-foxhunting story has some basset pups winding up chasing a fox by… Internet Archive Sappy Birthday 1935 · Short · 16 min Comedy with Andy Clyde.This was a short subject at theaters.Andy Clyde was a favorite of movie fans in the 1920's,1930's and 1940's even before he became… Internet Archive 1936 - Great Guy - El gran tipo - John G. Blystone - VOSE 1936 · Feature · Subtitles For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive 1934 Berlin Bleibt Berlin ( Filmdokument) 1934 · Feature Film(Filmdokument) aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1934. Berlin bleibt Berlin Internet Archive The Little King - Christmas Night 1933 · Cartoon · 7 min Christmas Cartoon The Little King is feeling sad at Christmas time so he cheers up by spending the holiday with a couple of tramps. You can read more about… Internet Archive Mother Hen's Holiday (1937) 1937 · Feature Mama Hen complains about all the work that she's gotta do. Her baby chicks run amok and drive her to collapse. The chicks have a change of heart because it's… Internet Archive Private Number (1936) 1936 · Feature Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler also has… Internet Archive Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island: Chapter 8 - The Jaws of the Beast 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 Rhythm In The Clouds 1937 · Feature Comedy, Musical You can read about this movie on it's IMDB page. Internet Archive 1937 IA In Oberbayern ( Ursula Grabley, Joe Stöckel, Beppo Brem) 1937 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1937. IA in Oberbayern. U.a mit Ursula Grabley,Joe Stöckel und Beppo Brem Internet Archive Crop Chasers (1939) 1939 · Feature A farmer 'hires' two scarecrows to guard his crops against voracious attacks by a flock of crows. During one attack a baby crow falls into the farmer's water… Internet Archive Goin' to Town (1935) 1935 · Feature Cleo Borden grew up in a saloon, loves the men—and the men love her—but her aspirations lead her to enter into a contract to marry a wealthy man. When he dies… Internet Archive Hook, Line and Sinker (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 third film for comedy… Internet Archive I Heard (1933) 1933 · Feature The miners at Never Mine go to Betty Boop's Tavern (a jazz-jumpin' place) for lunch. Back in the mine, Bimbo delves into weird realms. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Morning, Noon and Night Club (1937) 1937 · Feature 'Popito' and 'Olivita' are a dance team, performing at Wimpy's Cafe. Bluto is jealous, and heckles and otherwise disrupts the act. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Paradise in Harlem (1939) 1939 · Feature It is the story of a comedian Lem Anderson who dreams of playing in Shakespeare scenes but he is applied only role in Harlem Vaudeville. One day he is the… Internet Archive The Great Experiment (1934) 1934 · Feature Scrappy cartoon from Charles Mintz of Columbia Pictures. In this one, mad scientist Hugo Plotz experiments on the boy character in a water bowl by first… Internet Archive The Healer (1935) 1935 · Feature A young doctor running a health farm for polio victims is dazzled by a pretty and wealthy society girl, to the detriment of his patients and the woman who… Internet Archive The Two-Alarm Fire (1934) 1934 · Feature Popeye and Bluto run adjoining (and competing) fire companies. When Olive's huge house catches fire, they are soon more interested in fighting each other than… Internet Archive 1934 Die Vertauschte Braut ( Anny Ondra, Adolf Wohlbrück, Fritz Odemar, Otto Wernicke, Josef Eichhheim) 1934 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1934. Die vertauschte Braut. u.a mit Anny Ondra,Adolf Wohlbrück und Josef Eichheim Internet Archive Tombstone Canyon (1932) 1932 · Feature A range lawman (Ken Maynard) unmasks a black-cloaked phantom killer (Sheldon Lewis). Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/tombstone-canyon-1932/ Internet Archive Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island: Chapter 6 - The God of the Volcano 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…