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3,025–3,072 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 1938 Oma Lasst Grüßen ( Rudolf Platte, Dorit Kreyssler) Kurzfilm 1938 · Feature Film*(Kurzfilm) aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1938. Oma lässt grüßen. U.a mit Rudolf Platte und Dorit Kreysler Internet Archive Commander Settle Makes Record Stratosphere Hop, 1933/11/22 1933 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Backneck, NJ: Remarkable scenes as the naval scientist and Major Chester L. Fordney of the Marine Corps, salvage their balloon and instruments and tell of… Internet Archive Bosko Color Sound Cartoon #1 1934 Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising 1934 · Cartoon Bosko Color Sound Cartoon #1 1934 Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising Internet Archive Battling with Buffalo Bill, Chapters 6-12 1931 · Short These are chapters 6 to 12 of an early twelve-chapter western serial released by Universal Pictures. It stars Tom Tyler in the title role , as well as Rex… Internet Archive 1938 Gastspiel Im Paradies ( Hilde Krahl, Albert Matterstock, Oscar Sima, Max Gülstorff, Gustav Waldau, Bruno Hübner) 1938 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1938. Gastspiel im Paradies. U.a mit Hilde Krahl und Oscar Sima Internet Archive Making Friends (1936) 1936 · Feature Pudgy the pup takes Betty Boop's advice ('Go Out and Make Friends With the World') to heart and befriends various wild animals. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive The Candid Candidate (1937) 1937 · Feature Betty Boop campaigns for Grampy to be the new mayor and he wins. As soon as he takes office, the citizens come out from everywhere to complain and to demand… Internet Archive The Haunted Ship (1930) 1930 · Feature Waffles and Don explore a sunken ship where they meet drunk turtles singing "Sweet Adeline" and a skeletal Davy Jones. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Home Movie: 10831: Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco] 1939 · Home movie Rough markings on can bottom state: 1. San F. Fair 2. Gay Way Peep Show 3. China town Black W. [i.e., black and white] Internet Archive Whoopee! 1930 · Feature Internet Archive 1933 Der Grosse Bluff 1933 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1933 Der grosse Bluff (Schüsse in der Nacht) U.a mit Paul Hörbiger Internet Archive Noah Knew His Ark (1930) 1930 · Feature A crazy Aesop's Fables cartoon about Noah's Ark. With a storm and flood coming, Noah takes two of each animal aboard his ark. After the storm, the animals… Internet Archive The Happy Butterfly (1934) 1934 · Feature Scrappy is butterfly hunting, and captures a singing butterfly, who turns out to have a magic ring, which Oopie grabs. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Toonerville Picnic (1936) 1936 · Feature The doctor prescribes a relaxing day at the beach for Mr. Bang, who is overstressed. But the beach is anything but relaxing. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Whacks Museum (1933) 1933 · Feature A Columbia Krazy Kat cartoon released September 29, 1933. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/whacks-museum-1933/ Internet Archive What Becomes of the Children? (1936) 1936 · Feature What Becomes of the Children? is a 1936 American drama film directed by Walter Shumway. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/what-becomes-of-the-children-… Internet Archive When My Ship Comes In (1934) 1934 · Feature Betty Boop wins the Irish Sweepstakes, and fantasizes about what she'll do with the money. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/when-my-ship-comes-in-1934/ Internet Archive The Phantom Creeps: Chapter 7 - The Menacing Mist 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 The Chain Gang 1930 · Feature Internet Archive The Phantom Creeps: Chapter 5 - Thundering Rails 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 A Toytown Tale (1931) 1931 · Feature Late night in the toy shop. The toymaker goes up to bed, leaving his wind-up policeman to guard the shop, and the other toys come to life. First order of… Internet Archive Gym Jams (1938) 1938 · Feature Krazy Kat runs a gymnasium where out-of-shape folks go through the slimming and fit routines of the era, usually involving machinery or high-pressure steam.… Internet Archive In the Bag (1932) 1932 · Feature Tom and Jerry crash their plane in the cartoon wild, wild west. Surreal hi-jinx involving a vicious outlaw and robbery ensue. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Piano Mover (1932) 1932 · Feature A piano must be delivered by Krazy in his beat up old horse wagon to a skyscraper in the middle of a city. He struggles to set up a winch and pulley, getting… Internet Archive Robinson Crusoe (1933) 1933 · Feature Robinson Crusoe is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Frank Moser. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/robinson-crusoe-1933/ Internet Archive 1935 Pygmalion ( Jenny Jugo, Gustaf Gründgens, Hedwig Bleibtreu, Eugen Klöpfer, Olga Limburg, Käthe Haack) 1935 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1935. Pygmalion. U.a mit Jenny Jugo,Eugen Klöpfer und Gustaf Gründgens Internet Archive Radio Bar (1936) 1936 · Feature Radio Bar es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Manuel Romero sobre su propia guía que se estrenó el 10 de septiembre de 1936 y que tuvo… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97508: San Francisco Fair 1939, San Diego 1939 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Bars And Stripes (1931) 1931 · Feature Krazy Kat is playing a viola (and doing so badly) as the short opens. He's playing so poorly that all the musical instruments behind him razz him about his… Internet Archive Peg Leg Pedro (1938) 1938 · Feature Peg-Leg Pedro is a 1938 Technicolor cartoon sponsored film. A boy and girl on a trip are attacked by pirates while looking for treasure. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Song of the Birds (1935) 1935 · Feature Audrey is enjoying her air rifle, until she shoots down a baby bird and is filled with remorse until she sees it survived. The other birds, however, don't… Internet Archive Speed Devils (1935) 1935 · Feature A race car driver, injured during an accident, opens up a repair shop only to become the target of crooked government agents. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive The Cuckoo Bird (1939) 1939 · Feature A hungry cat swallows a bird from a cuckoo clock. He is rushed to a veterinary hospital, where every effort is made to remove it. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive The Painted Desert (1931) 1931 · Feature Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitterly… Internet Archive Under the Big Top (1938) 1938 · Feature Director Karl Brown's 1938 circus drama stars Marjorie Main as a tough, fur-coat-wearing circus boss who raises her orphaned niece to be a trapeze star. Watch… Internet Archive Bosko - Box Car Blues 1930 · Cartoon A public-domain Bosko cartoon about a runaway boxcar. Internet Archive Breathtaking Canada: Through Kootenay National Park in 1930 in color! [HD enhanced & AI colorized] 1930 · Feature Breathtaking views of mountain gateways through the Kootenay National Park in British Columbia, Canada almost a century ago in 1930. A couple takes a trip by… Internet Archive Amazing Egypt and life around the river Nile in 1931 in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized] 1931 · Feature The original title of this film is "Father Nile". It shows what life was like in Egypt almost a century ago. The film begins with Felucca sailing boats on the… Internet Archive In Old Caliente (1939) 1939 · Feature Americans come west to California in the hope of peaceful settlement. Roy and Gabby sing a duet: "We're Not Coming Out Tonight." Other songs include "Sundown… Internet Archive Parlor, Bedroom And Bath (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. Buster Keaton's third… Internet Archive The Foolish Bunny (1938) 1938 · Feature Told in flashback, th story explains why one of the bunnies in the classroom is so much bigger and older than his classmates. He devoted his early years to… Internet Archive The Tears of an Onion (1938) 1938 · Feature It's harvesting season, so all the fruits and vegetables come out to play. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-tears-of-an-onion-1938/ Internet Archive Movie Trailers ("Barnyard Night" Promotion) 1930 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive The Picnic 1930 · Feature Internet Archive 1934 Heinz Im Mond ( Heinz Rühmann, Rudolf Platte, Oscar Sima, Hans Leibelt, Fita Benkhoff) 1934 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1934. Heinz im Mond. U.a mit Heinz Rühmann und Oscar Sima Internet Archive Antique Antics (1933) 1933 · Feature Columbia Krazy Kat cartoon released June 14, 1933. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/antique-antics-1933/ Internet Archive Camping Out (1932) 1932 · Feature Scrappy, his little brother, and the dog take the car and drive to the camping grounds. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/camping-out-1932/ Internet Archive Codfish Balls (1930) 1930 · Feature This early Terrytoons tells the story of sailors out at sea. They have a sword fight and even battle a shark. Watch on RetroFlix:…