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2,737–2,784 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 Marked Woman 1937 Bogart 1937 · Feature Humphrey Bogart plays...well you know. Internet Archive Birth Of Jazz (1932) 1932 · Feature Impressive early music synchronization with fevered visuals, 1930s-cartoony to the point of being camp. Classical themes: "Moonlight Sonata", "Poet and… Internet Archive Country Gentlemen (1936) 1936 · Feature After being run out of town after town for trying to sell worthless stock, two con artists breeze into the small town of Chesterville, where they find… Internet Archive Lighthouse Keeping (1932) 1932 · Feature Krazy Kat runs his own lighthouse and when rough seas take over, he has to save a damsel in distress. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Me and My Gal (1932) 1932 · Feature Jaunty young policeman Danny Dolan falls in love with waterfront cafe waitress Helen Riley. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/me-and-my-gal-1932/ Internet Archive Red Riding Hood (1931) 1931 · Feature Red Riding Hood is an Aesop Fables cartoon directed by Harry Bailey, John Foster. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/red-riding-hood-1931/ Internet Archive The World Gone Mad (1933) 1933 · Feature A district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fraud. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive This Is My Affair (1937) 1937 · Feature President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul,… Internet Archive Sky Scraping 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Rhythm on the Reservation (1939) 1939 · Feature Betty Boop's Swing Band (sans musicians) visits an Indian reservation where Betty teaches the braves the true meaning of 'rhythm.' Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Slightly Honorable (1939) 1939 · Feature A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/slightly-honorable-1939/ Internet Archive The Night of the Party (1934) 1934 · Feature A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect, but the… Internet Archive Fury Below 1936 · Feature · 1 h 6 min A movie about miners. Internet Archive Murder for Sale 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Holiday Land (1934) 1934 · Feature Scrappy does not want to get up and go to school. As the days peel off his calendar, the holidays come to life, personified. Father Time takes Scrappy on a… Internet Archive The Sleeping Cardinal (1931) 1931 · Feature A card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Sherlock Holmes believes is controlled by Professor Moriarity. Watch on… Internet Archive Recaptured Love 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Father Nile (Egypt) 1931 · Film · Subtitles Good shots of Egyptian pyramids. The Nile River. Internet Archive Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937) 1937 · Feature Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out of a… Internet Archive Plumbing Is a 'Pipe' (1938) 1938 · Feature Olive has a small leak in a pipe; she makes the mistake of calling Wimpy to fix it, and the even bigger mistake of asking Popeye to help her do something… Internet Archive Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island: Chapter 7 - Trail's End 1936 · Short · 13 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 [Griffith Park Relief Workers Demonstration] 1933 · Film · Subtitles Demonstration in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California. Film title indicates: "against city and city officials which caused murder of 100 relief workers in… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Reel 1) 1938 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive Birds In Love (1936) 1936 · Feature A bird couple are deeply in love. Throughout the story the female bird rejects a lecherous salesbird who repeatedly tries to enter their home. Watch on… Internet Archive Little Rover (1935) 1935 · Feature A dog is tired of living in a house and decides to leave for the fun and excitement of the big city. However, it turns out to be not exactly the way he… Internet Archive Monkey Meat (1930) 1930 · Feature Monkey Meat is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Frank Moser. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/monkey-meat-1930/ Internet Archive Ten Minutes to Live (1932) 1932 · Feature A movie producer offers a nightclub singer a role in his latest film, but all he really wants to do is bed her. She knows, but accepts anyway. Meanwhile, a… Internet Archive The Girl Said No (1937) 1937 · Feature Jimmie Allen, a shady bookie, is in love with Pearl Proctor, a greedy dance hall girl. He schemes to get her back after she rejects him; and along the way, he… Internet Archive 1936 Der Verkannte Lebemann(hans Junkermann, Ralph Arthur Roberts, Hilde Sessak, Grethe Weisser, Kurt Vespermann) 1936 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1936 Der verkannte Lebemann u.a mit Ralph Arthur Roberts und Grethe Weiser Internet Archive Romeo and Juliet (1933) 1933 · Feature Romeo and Juliet is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Frank Moser. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/romeo-and-juliet-1933/ Internet Archive Snowtime (1938) 1938 · Feature Professor Owl is lecturing to his class of bird and animal students, when they students interrupt him with weather questions regarding what makes the north… Internet Archive Thanks for the Memory (1938) 1938 · Feature Steve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Merrick's publisher who is… Internet Archive Wilenz Sure Of Convicting Hauptmann, 1935/01/28 1935 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Flemington, NJ: The Attorney-General declares himself satisfied that the state's completed case will result in the conviction of Hauptmann as the kidnapper… Internet Archive Scrappy's Ghost Story (1935) 1935 · Feature Ghosts chase Scrappy and his little brother in the forest. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/scrappys-ghost-story-1935/ Internet Archive Speak Easily (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 Somewhere In Dreamland 1936 · Cartoon · 8 min Christmas Cartoon A couple of poor, hungry children fall asleep and dream about food then wake up to a feast provided by some local merchants. You can read… Internet Archive Poor Elmer (1938) 1938 · Feature The staff at a large big-city hospital is all bothered and nervously awaiting the arrival of a patient, named Elmer, and the doctors and nurses are busily… Internet Archive Russian Recognition Nears, 1933/10/23 1933 · Newsreel Moscow, USSR: Unusual close-ups of Soviet government leaders now taking an important part in the negotiations between their nation and the United States that… Internet Archive British World War Two Public Information Films - Collection Three 1939 · Short · 20 min Third collection of Second World War British Public Information Films. Produced by the Central Office of Information. Please note: British Public Information… Internet Archive Scary Crows (1937) 1937 · Feature Farm-boy Scrappy and his dog awaken at dawn and, all day long, they work in the fields only to have crows undo their hard work, tear up the fields and eat the… Internet Archive The Bandmaster (1930) 1930 · Feature Krazy leads a group of animals in a concert. After a time, he takes on personalities of various musicians of the day. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive The Dancing Bear (1937) 1937 · Feature The tale of the always-hungry Dancing Bear. When his master falls asleep, the bear slips his collar and tracks the smell of honey to farmer Alfalfa's place.… Internet Archive Torpedoes Launched From Air, 1933/10/23 1933 · Newsreel · Subtitles "San Diego CA: Extraordinary scenes in the Pacific as Naval planes from the USS Saratoga fire two-thousand-pound projectiles at moving targets while traveling… Internet Archive 1939 7 Jahre Pech 1939 · Feature 2 Filme aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1939 und 1942 .. Der Doppelpack an Humor mit Hans Moser und Theo Lingen 7 Jahre Pech Und der Nachfolger 7 Jahre… Internet Archive Desert Empire 1938 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Be Kind to 'Aminals' (1935) 1935 · Feature Popeye and Olive can't ignore it when produce vendor Bluto comes by with his terribly overloaded cart, whipping his horse and denying it water. They… Internet Archive Bird Man (1935) 1935 · Feature A Columbia Krazy Kat cartoon. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/bird-man-1935/ Internet Archive Wedding Bells (1933) 1933 · Feature Krazy weds his longtime girlfriend. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/wedding-bells-1933/