Yours

The world's archives

2,977–3,024 of 12,283 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 San Francisco Waterfront in the late 1930s in color! [AI enhanced & colorized] 1935 · Feature Beautiful restored and colorized glimpses of San Francisco's Bay area almost a century ago. This film shows busy ferry traffic at the piers of the famous… Internet Archive The Restless Sax (1931) 1931 · Feature Krazy sends off for mail-order music lessons; he gets back a saxophone and an instruction book (we actually follow the mail going both ways) . His first… Internet Archive Training Pigeons (1936) 1936 · Feature Betty Boop is training a flock of pigeons, but one stray leads Pudgy the pup on a precarious chase. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/training-pigeons-… Internet Archive The Unholy Three 1930 · Feature Internet Archive The Phantom Creeps: Chapter 4 - Invisible Terror 1939 · Short · 20 min Taken from wikipedia.org A mad scientist who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions. In a dramatic fashion, foreign agents and… Internet Archive Some Seashore Animals 1930 · Educational · 9 min Also known as "Seashore Animals". Shows an anemone and its relative the sea feather, feather dusters (marine tube worms), and sea urchins. Close-ups of… Internet Archive How The Netherlands rose like a Phoenix out of the ashes of the Crisis Years and WWII [AI colorized] 1935 · Feature CRISES YEAR =========== After the devastating Wallstreet crash in October 1929 not only the US economy went into turmoil but the negative effects of the Great… Internet Archive The Phantom Creeps: Chapter 12 - To Destroy the World 1939 · Short · 19 min Taken from wikipedia.org A mad scientist who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions. In a dramatic fashion, foreign agents and… Internet Archive Over Sapphire Seas 1934 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive [Gould can 5157-B.1] 1930 · Film · Subtitles California governor-elect James Rolph sworn in as new governor. Parade in Sacramento. General festivities and crowds as he takes his oath of office. Internet Archive Wonderful Dresden - Then and Now (1930's - 2024) 1935 · Feature Welcome to Dresden! You may have seen our restored colorized footage about Dresden before World War II. In September 2024 my wife and I visited Dresden to see… Internet Archive Hollywood Sweepstakes (1939) 1939 · Feature This is not a "Scrappy" cartoon - A two-year-old horse is trained and primed to run in the Hollywood Sweepstakes, but catches cold and has to be scratched… Internet Archive Off to China (1936) 1936 · Feature Off to China is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Frank Moser, Paul Terry. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/off-to-china-1936/ Internet Archive Scrappy's Trip To Mars (1938) 1937 · Feature Scrappy and Oppie dream that they take a rocket trip to Mars. There they meet some nice Martian girls. When they want to go home, the Martians will not let… Internet Archive Window Shopping (1938) 1938 · Feature Three mice run, cavort, sing and dance around in the stores and restaurants a big city at night. They wind up in a café for an early-morning snack and… Internet Archive Sinners' Holiday 1930 · Feature Internet Archive The Phantom Creeps: Chapter 3 - Crashing Towers 1939 · Short · 21 min Taken from wikipedia.org A mad scientist who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions. In a dramatic fashion, foreign agents and… Internet Archive 1935 Eine Nacht An Der Donau ( Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Gustav Waldau, Ida Wüst, Leo Slezak) 1935 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1935. Eine Nacht an der Donau. U.a mit Ida Wüst und Wolfgang Liebeneiner Internet Archive Barnyard Bunk (1932) 1932 · Feature An old farmer has let his entire farm go and it is falling down around him, with mice taking over. Tom and Jerry (the human versions, not the cat and mouse)… Internet Archive She Wronged Him Right (1934) 1934 · Feature Betty Boop appears on stage with Freddie in an old-fashioned mortgage melodrama. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/she-wronged-him-right-1934/ Internet Archive Taking the Blame (1935) 1935 · Feature Betty brings home a cat as a playmate for her pet puppy, Pudgy. The cat manages to get Pudgy blamed for all his misbehaviour. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Toyland (1932) 1932 · Feature Toyland is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Frank Moser. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/toyland-1932/ Internet Archive The Clutching Hand: Chapter 4 - The Phantom Car 1936 · Short · 19 min Taken from IMDB : A scientist discovers a formula for making synthetic gold, but before he can reveal the secret to his colleagues at the International… Internet Archive Pandora's Box 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Silver Blaze (1937) 1937 · Feature Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder… Internet Archive The Barnyard Brat (1939) 1939 · Feature The Barnyard Brat is a 1939 Hunky and Spunky animated short directed by Dave Fleischer and Myron Waldman. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Travel Squawks (1938) 1938 · Feature Krazy Kat steers his magic carpet to three exotic locations while declaiming in the style of a radio announcer. The locales are the North Pole, Holland, and… Internet Archive Let's See Yosemite 1933 · Film · Subtitles Silent. Looks at Yosemite National Park Internet Archive Winterset (1936) 1936 · Feature A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly executed. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Thru Traffic 1935 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive La Que No Perdono (1938) 1938 · Feature La que no perdonó es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por José Agustín Ferreyra según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con y Pablo… Internet Archive The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938) 1938 · Film In Singapore, two US Marine Lieutenants discover the threat of a new masked villain called The Lightning, who uses a powerful lightning-based weapon in his… Internet Archive College Hounds 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Happy You and Merry Me (1936) 1936 · Feature A stray kitten wanders into Betty Boop's house, gets sick on candy, and is cured with catnip by Betty and Pudgy the pup. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Housewife Herman (1938) 1938 · Feature Herman, a fat pig-man with a Herman Bing voice. He trades jobs with his wife and finds that cooking and taking care of kids is too difficult for a mere male.… Internet Archive Keep in Style (1934) 1934 · Feature Betty Boop puts on a musical show of new inventions and styles; her creation of "ankle skirts" sweeps the nation. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Yelp Wanted (1931) 1931 · Feature Scrappy's dog, Yippy, isn't feeling well. Scrappy sees a sign for Dr. Woof's Dog Tonic and thinks that's just the thing... Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Welles Off To Panama, 1939/09/18 1939 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Brooklyn, NY: The Underscretary of State sails on the SS Santa Clara, with others in the American delegation to attend the 21-Nation conference at Panama on… Internet Archive Winter 1930 · Cartoon · 6 min This is one of the oldest Disney Cartoons in my collection. Internet Archive Summer 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Circus Days (1935) 1935 · Feature Circus Days is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Frank Moser, Paul Terry. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/circus-days-1935/ Internet Archive Pirate Ship (1933) 1933 · Feature Pre-Mighty Mouse operetta-singing mice sink a ship of evil pirates. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/pirate-ship-1933/ Internet Archive Taken for a Ride (1931) 1931 · Feature After a running gun battle through the streets, Krazy finds a gangster gorilla's secret hideout in a spooky graveyard, complete with animated skeletons. The… Internet Archive 1933 Der Läufer Von Marathon ( Brigitte Helm, Viktor De Kowa, Oscar Sabo, Ursula Grabley, Hans Brausewetter, Paul Hartmann) 1933 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1933. Der Läufer von Marathon. U.a mit Brigitte Helm und Viktor de Kowa Internet Archive De La Sierra Al Valle (1938) 1938 · Feature De la sierra al valle es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Antonio Ber Ciani sobre su propia guía escrita en colaboración con Claudio… Internet Archive Croon Crazy (1933) 1933 · Feature An Oil-can-Harry radio announcer presents Cubby Bear the Crooner as the star of his own radio program over station R-K-O and, while Cubby is crooning away,… Internet Archive Scrappy's Television (1934) 1934 · Feature By converting a radio, Scrappy has a new invention, a TV set that he shares with his friends as they change channels watching various shows until they land on… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97412: Washington, Louisiana, Texas and California 1930 · Home movie Notes in can state: Washington New Orleans Kelly Field San Antonio (Brook Park) Ft Sam Houston Uvalde, Texas Carlsbad Cavern San Jacinto Riverside Mt Roudeaux…