The world's archives

4,417–4,464 of 12,800 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 Mode-Art Can 1131 1930 · Film Picture only (no audio) for "The Tin Case Meter", an industrial film showcasing the production of tin case meters by Rockwell Manufacturing Company. Internet Archive Outward Bound 1930 · Feature Internet Archive [Home Movies: Donnola Home Movies #2] 1930 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive 1933 - The Kiss before The Mirror - Un beso ante el espejo - James Whale - VOSE 1933 · Feature https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive The Lost City - Chapter 3 1935 · Short Evil Scientist Zolok (William 'Stage' Boyd), located deep in a Magnetic Mountain of darkest Africa, uses electricity to create earthquakes and distruction all… Internet Archive At The Circus Circa 1936 1936 · Film Horses and tractors pull rolling cages from railroad flat cars as a circus is unloaded in an unidentified town. The cages are pulled to the circus lot.… Internet Archive 1936 Die Stadt Der Sieben Türme Kulturfilm Einer Deutschen Seestadt ( Hansestadt Rostock) 1936 · Feature Film(Filmdokument) aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1936. Die Stadt der Sieben Türme-Kulturfilm einer deutschen Seestadt. Filmdokument zur Hansestadt Rostock Internet Archive 1937 Deutsche Frauenkolonialschule Rendsburg ( Filmdokument) 1937 · Feature Film(Filmdokument) aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1937. Frauenkolonialschule Rendsburg. Internet Archive Dick Tracy Movie Serial Chapter 15 1937 · Short Internet Archive It's Got Me Again 1932 Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising 1932 · Cartoon It's Got Me Again 1932 Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising Internet Archive The construction of the Dutch Afsluitdijk in 1929 in color 1933 · Feature The Afsluitdijk was a major construction project aimed at closing the Zuiderzee from the Northsea. The project started in 1927 and was completed in 1933. The… Internet Archive Steel: Man’s Servant 1938 · Film Highly praised industrial film showing the production of steel. Steel: Man’s Servant was shot in U.S. Steel mines and mills in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,… Internet Archive The Bishop Murder Case 1930 · Feature Internet Archive 1938 Das Heilige Ziel ( Sepp Rist) 1938 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich(Deutsch-Japanische Produktion)von 1938 Das heilige Ziel. U.a mit Sepp Rist als einziger deutscher Schauspieler Internet Archive The Big Flash 1932 · Short The Big Flash starring Harry Langdon, Vernon Dent, Ruth Hiatt, Lita Chevret, Matthew Betz, King Baggot, Jack Grey, Helen Foster, and Bobby Dunn. Internet Archive The Benson Murder Case 1930 · Feature Internet Archive 1936 Arme Kleine Inge ( Rolf Wanka, Ellen Schwannecke) 1936 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1936. Arme kleine Inge. U.a mit Rolf Wanka und Ellen Schwannecke Internet Archive Redemption 1930 · Feature Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10517: Summer of 1933] 1933 · Home movie · Subtitles begins with winter footage Internet Archive 1939 Fahrende Stadt Dresden ( Filmdokument) 1939 · Feature Film(Filmdokument) aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1939. Fahrende Stadt - Dresden Internet Archive Midnight in a Toy Shop 1930 · Feature Internet Archive 1936 - Ostpreussisches Oberland 1936 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1936. Ostpreußisches Oberland (Filmdokument) Internet Archive Catching eal in the Dutch Zuiderzee in 1937 in color [AI enhanced & colorized] 1937 · Feature Dutch fishermen catching eal in the Zuiderzee, currently the IJsselmeer in 1937. A.I. enhanced & colorized footage. Internet Archive Dizzy Dishes 1930 · Feature Internet Archive The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu 1930 · Feature Internet Archive The Silent Enemy 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Dick Tracy Movie Serial Chapter 6 1937 · Short Internet Archive The Widow from Chicago 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Blotto 1930 · Feature Internet Archive 1937 Der Schimmelkrieg In Der Holledau ( Heli Finkenzeller, Gustav Waldau, Richard Häussler, Josef Eichheim) 1937 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1937. Der Schimmelkrieg in der Holledau. U.a mit Heli Finkenzeller und Josef Eichheim Internet Archive Riachuelo ( 1934) 1934 · Feature Riachuelo es una película argentina estrenada el 4 de julio de 1934, dirigida por Luis José Moglia Barth sobre su propio guion escrito en colaboración con… Internet Archive Earth 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Home Movie: 97366: Western New York State 1930 · Home movie Can markings state: Davis Buffalo Drumlins Debbie __ Rainbow Shows Vernon NY Internet Archive The Sea Bat 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Svengali 1931 · Feature · 1 h 21 min http://imdb.com/title/tt0022454/ Sinister music maestro Svengali can control the actions of women through hypnotism and his telepathic powers. When a pupil he… Internet Archive The Lost City - Chapter 8 1935 · Short Evil Scientist Zolok (William 'Stage' Boyd), located deep in a Magnetic Mountain of darkest Africa, uses electricity to create earthquakes and distruction all… Internet Archive The Oklahoma Cyclone 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Der Deutsche Reichstag zu Nuernberg 1933 · Short A short film about the 1933 Nazi Party Congress by the Kinagfa newsreel co. (Not to be confused with the official Nazi filmdockumente directed by Leni… Internet Archive 1937 Monika Eine Mutter Kämpft Um Ihr Kind ( Maria Andergast, Theodor Loos, Rudolf Platte, Walter Steinbeck) 1937 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1937. Monika-Eine Mutter kämpft um ihr Kind. U.a mit Maria Andergast und Theodor Loos Internet Archive 1938 Eine Tat Mit Vorbedacht ( Ludwig Manfred Lommel, Anneliese Würtz, Franz Fiedler) Kurzfilm 1938 · Feature Film(Kurzfilm) aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1938. Eine Tat mit Vorbedacht. U.a mit Ludwig Manfred Lommel Internet Archive Divorcio En Montevideo (1939) 1939 · Feature Divorcio en Montevideo es una película argentina estrenada el 7 de junio de 1939 del género de la comedia. Con esta película el director de cine Manuel Romero… Internet Archive Maniac 1934 · Feature · 50 min · Subtitles A failed actor, after killing the mad scientist he works for, decides to take over the scientist's life and continue his work. You can find out more about… Internet Archive Tiembla y Titubea 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Puerta Cerrada (1939) 1939 · Feature Puerta cerrada es una película argentina dirigida por John Alton y Luis Saslavsky sobre el libreto escrito por este último en colaboración con Carlos Adén que… Internet Archive Men of the Coast Guard 1938 · Newsreel · 24 min Made prior to the outbreak of WWII, "Men of the Coast Guard" presents America's first line of shore defense. Seen in this film are the Coast Guard cutters,… Internet Archive Midnight Mystery 1930 · Feature Internet Archive The Rounder 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Television: An RCA Presentation 1939 · Film Film promoting television sets and the broadcast of New York’s first regularly scheduled programs. The short shows RCA’s production studios in Rockefeller…