The world's archives

433–480 of 43,045 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 Mr. Reckless 1948 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Penny Serenade 1941 · Feature · 1 h 59 min As Julie prepares to leave her husband Roger, she begins to play through a stack of recordings, each of which reminds her of events in their lives together.… Internet Archive The Kansan 1943 · Feature · 1 h 19 min Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy (Richard Dix) wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town… Internet Archive Everyday Courtesy 1948 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Courtesy in connection with invitations, telephone conversations, introductions and entertaining guests. Internet Archive HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) 1940 · Feature · 1 h 32 min · Subtitles hosted by The Cinemated Man Directed by Howard Hawks Written by Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur Music by Sidney Cutner, Felix Mills… Internet Archive Classic Television Commercials (Part VII) 1948 · Commercial · 9 min · Subtitles Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium. Internet Archive Classic Television Commercials (Part VI) 1948 · Commercial · 10 min · Subtitles Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium. Internet Archive Terror by Night 1946 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles Title: Terror by Night Summary: When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered,… Internet Archive Heading for Heaven iPod 1947 · Feature · 1 h 5 min Stu Erwin is convinced he will die soon so crooks can buy his property. With Glenda Farrell. (This is one of the first movies I've encoded for the 5G ipod so… Internet Archive A Stranger in Town 1943 · Feature · 1 h 6 min Visiting a small town in order to hunt ducks, supreme court judge Frank Morgan (the Wizard of Oz) discovers abuse of power by public servants. Internet Archive Dick Tracy 1945 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles Title: Dick Tracy Summary: Police detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface. Directed by: William Berke Actors:… Internet Archive House of Dracula - 1945 1945 · Feature The Wolf Man and Count Dracula beg Dr. Edelman to cure them of their killing instincts but Dracula schemes to seduce the doctor's nurse. Internet Archive Midnight Manhunt 1945 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Reporter Sue Gallagher (Ann Savage from Detour) finds an infamous gangster's corpse in a wax museum. Her desire for a scoop is hindered by a meddling rival… Internet Archive Studio One - Flowers From A Stranger 1949 · Feature · 52 min · Subtitles Episode 1.15 25 May 1949. Features Yul Brynner (with blonde hair!) as Dr Nestri. Contains original Westinghouse ads presented by Betty Furness. Internet Archive Aerial Gunner 1943 · Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles Two rivals join the Air Corps during WWII. Internet Archive The Woman in Green 1945 · Feature · 1 h 8 min From IMDb : Holmes and Watson investigate a series of bizarre and apparently unconnected murders, and the death of a possible suspect. The trail leads to a… Internet Archive Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia - Part 1 1943 · Short · 35 min · Subtitles Produced by the U.S. Army Special Service Division, and directed by Frank Capra "Why We Fight" is a seven part propaganda/documentary series that traces the… Internet Archive Pride of the Bowery 1940 · Feature Bowery Boy Muggs is tricked into joining a CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp) Camp. Thinking it's a boxing training camp. Internet Archive Hollywood and Vine 1945 · Feature · 57 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Sunset Serenade 1942 · Feature · 58 min Sunset Serenade finds Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers lending a hand to Helen Parrish who is the guardian of an infant who inherits a ranch. Joan… Internet Archive Gangster's Den 1945 · Feature · 58 min Black (George Chesebro) is after both Taylor's (Karl Hackett) saloon and the Lane (Sydney Logan) ranch. Fuzzy (Al St. John) takes the gold from his and… Internet Archive Gangs, Inc. 1941 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles From IMDb : Young Rita Adams is orphaned when her criminal father is gunned down by other gang members. She ends up in an orphanage where she is befriended by… Internet Archive Forgotten Village 1941 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Johnny O' Clock (1947) 1947 · Feature · 1 h 36 min · Subtitles Johnny O'Clock (1947) High-class gambler gets in trouble with the law. Director: Robert Rossen Writers: Robert Rossen (screen play), Milton Holmes (original… Internet Archive Beyond Tomorrow 1940 · Feature · 1 h 23 min Title: Beyond Tomorrow Summary: The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom… Internet Archive Le Corbeau 1943 · Feature A mysterious writer of poison-pen letters, known only as Le Corbeau (the Raven), plagues a French provincial town, unwittingly exposing the collective… Internet Archive Billy the Kid's Gun Justice 1940 · Feature · 1 h 1 min Billy (Bob Steele) and his sidekick Fuzzy (Al St. John) trying to unravel the mystery of a friend's missing uncle and bring to justice the criminals behind… Internet Archive Inspector General, The 1949 · Short · 1 min Georgi (Danny Kaye) an illiterate member of a gypsy medicine show, is mistaken for the feared and cruel Inspector General. Internet Archive I Thank You 1941 · Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : Set in London during World War II Blitz period, the story sees Askey & Murdoch as a couple of variety entertainers who find themselves out… Internet Archive Her Favorite Patient 1945 · Feature · 1 h 19 min A beautiful female doctor (Ruth Hussey) visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked uncle (Charles Ruggles), who is the town's… Internet Archive American Empire 1942 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Studio One - Two Sharp Knives 1949 · Feature · 52 min · Subtitles This is Season 2 Episode 10 Original Air Date 14 November 1949 Based on a story By Dashiell Hammet CAST Stanley Ridges Wynne Gibson Theodore Newton Peggy… Internet Archive Dr. Christian Meets The Women 1940 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Fear in the Night 1947 · Feature · 1 h 12 min DeForest Kelley in a Cornell Woolrich story. This is a better copy than what is already on this site. Internet Archive Fugitive of the Plains 1943 · Feature · 50 min Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) learns that someone in Red Rock is impersonating him, causing a warrant to be issued for his arrest. On the way there he and… Internet Archive The Yellow Rose of Texas 1944 · Feature · 54 min Insurance Investigator Roy is looking for Weston (Harry Shannon) and the missing money he supposedly obtained in a robbery. When he catches him and listens to… Internet Archive World at War (Part I) 1942 · Short · 25 min · Subtitles Portrayal of the steps that led up to Pearl Harbor and total mobilization of World War II. Internet Archive Sunset Carson Rides Again 1948 · Feature · 1 h 3 min Sunset Carson is trying to raise money for a new school and his partner Sam Webster (John L. Cason) is out to stop him. When Carson plans a benefit… Internet Archive Sanshiro Sugata 1943 · Feature Kurosawa’s effortless debut is based on a novel by Tsuneo Tomita about the rivalry between judo and jujitsu. Starring Susumu Fujita as the title character,… Internet Archive Dead of Night 1945 · Feature Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns), seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring… Internet Archive On the Old Spanish Trail 1947 · Feature · 1 h 15 min With a $10,000 note Roy co-signed for the Pioneers due, Roy plans to get the money from the reward for the capture of the Gypsy (Tito Guízar). After he… Internet Archive Double Exposure iPod 1944 · Feature · 1 h 2 min A NY magazine editor sends a job offer to an Iowa photographer, and is surprised to find out that Pat is a Patricia instead of a Patrick. He falls for Pat.… Internet Archive Wild Country 1947 · Feature · 57 min Caxton (I. Stanford Jolley) has broken out of prison and Marshal Eddie Dean has been sent to bring him in. Caxton is known by the polka dot band on his hat… Internet Archive Dick Tracy vs. Cueball 1946 · Feature · 1 h 2 min Tracy hunts down the infamous Cueball when get wind of a vicious murder and a robbery of precious diamonds Internet Archive Impact 1949 · Feature · 1 h 50 min Brian Donlevy plays a hard-driving corporate executive whose death is plotted by his young wife and her lover. Internet Archive Slightly Honorable 1940 · Feature · 1 h 25 min · Subtitles Political corruption abounds as a lawyer tries to clear himself after being framed for murder. You can find more information at the IMDB . The mpeg2 file can… Internet Archive Harvard ,Here I Come! (1941) 1941 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles IMDB Page 'SLAPSIE' Takes Over Harvard... and every gal in sight! Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom ... Maxie (as 'Slapsie' Maxie Rosembloom) Arline Judge ...… Internet Archive Supervising Women Workers 1944 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Management addresses the special problems of women workers with concern and a heavy dose of sexism.