The world's archives

481–528 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 Noveltoon: Naughty But Mice 1947 · Cartoon · 7 min City mouse Herman helps country mice get rid of the big bad cat. Animation by Dave Tendlar and Al Eugster. Story by Bill Turner and Larry Reilly. Scenics by… Internet Archive Noveltoon: The Stupidstitious Cat 1946 · Cartoon · 6 min A very superstitious cat tries to catch Buzzy for breakfast but Buzzy outsmarts him. Animation by Graham Place and John Walworth. Story by Carl Meyer and Jack… Internet Archive Reet, Petite and Gone 1947 · Feature · 1 h 7 min There isn't so much story here that it gets in the way of the music. If you're a Louis Jordan fan, this one's for you. This one's all about the music, with… Internet Archive Prairie Pals 1942 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Rogues Gallery 1944 · Feature · 57 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Truth About Taxes, The 1940 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Republican party campaign film on behalf of Wendell Willkie for U.S. president in the 1940 elections. Internet Archive Topper Returns 1941 · Feature · 1 h 28 min · Subtitles Title: Topper Returns Summary: A fun-loving young woman finds herself murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from a… Internet Archive Three_Men_From_Texas 1940 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles A Hopalong Cassidy Movie. See more at... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033160/ Writers: Clarence E. Mulford (characters), Norton S. Parker (screenplay) Stars:… Internet Archive Bells of Rosarita 1945 · Feature · 1 h 8 min Sue Farnum (Dale Evans) inherits a circus, but her dead father's partner is trying to take it away from her. Roy Rogers and Bob Nolan are filming a movie on… Internet Archive Leave It to Roll-Oh 1940 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles Tongue-in-cheek film showing a domestic robot freeing housewives of their chores (and intimating that their work is hardly necessary); actually a promo… Internet Archive Rustlers' Hideout 1945 · Feature · 59 min Bringing a herd of cattle to Dave Crockett (Hal Price), Billy (Buster Crabbe) halts before going through the pass where many herds have been rustled. He is… Internet Archive My Favorite Brunette 1947 · Feature · 1 h 27 min Title: My Favorite Brunette Summary: Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, tells… Internet Archive Printing 1947 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Printing occupations, opportunities and technologies before electronics and computers changed the world. Internet Archive Mad Monster, The 1942 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Prelude to War 1942 · Feature · 52 min · Subtitles Title: Prelude to War Summary: The official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.… Internet Archive Immigration 1946 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Reviews the history of immigration to the United States up to the restrictive law passed in 1924. A dramatized scene in a European steamship office is used to… Internet Archive Girl From Monterey 1943 · Feature · 57 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Quai Des Orfevres 1947 · Feature Blacklisted for his daring "anti-French" masterpiece Le corbeau, Henri-Georges Clouzot returned to cinema four years later with the 1947 crime-fiction… Internet Archive [Amateur film: Summers collection: San Francisco, California, 1941] (Part I) 1941 · Home movie · 13 min · Subtitles Evocative silent Kodachrome compendium of San Francisco scenes just before the U.S. entered World War II, concentrating on aerials, Chinatown, Market Street,… Internet Archive Bees in Paradise 1944 · Feature · 1 h 12 min A WW2 bomber crashes on an island that turns out to be inhabited by an all-female society, whose mating rituals entail the death of the male. The bomber crew… Internet Archive The Battle of Midway 1942 · Short · Subtitles The Battle of Midway chronicles a significant moment in U.S. History, as have other Ford films like Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) and My Darling Clementine (1946),… Internet Archive Queen of the Yukon 1940 · Feature · 1 h 12 min Sadie (Irene Rich) owns a riverboat that gold-miners are using to travel to their claims, while gambling and drinking on the way. The Yukon Mining Company… Internet Archive The Third Man (1949) 1943 · Feature The Third Man is a 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, and starring Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, Alida Valli as Anna Schmidt,… Internet Archive Nature of Sound, The 1948 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Boy uses his radio equipment to demonstrate how sound is produced and transmitted. Internet Archive Gilda 1946 colorized (Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford) 1946 · Feature Small-time gambler Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford), hired to manage Ballin Mundson's casino in Buenos Aires, is startled to learn that Mundson's new wife (Rita… Internet Archive Sunny 1941 · Feature · 1 h 35 min Anna Neagle plays Sunny O'Sullivan, the star of a small, upscale circus run by Bunny Billings (Ray Bolger). In New Orleans during Mardi Gras she meets by… Internet Archive Amazing Mr. X , The 1948 · Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Fiesta 1941 · Short Cholita (Ann Ayars), after a long absence in Mexico City, is returning home to take up her duties as head of the rancho and, as everyone expects, to marry her… Internet Archive At the End of the Rainbow (Part I) 1946 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Sponsored film promoting ultraviolet light: its history, physics and health-giving properties. Internet Archive The Ghost and the Guest 1943 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles Short, so-so old house mystery with James Dunn. Video quality on the DVD not the best. You've seen better, you've seen worse, but have you seen this old house… Internet Archive Flight to Nowhere 1946 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Courageous Dr. Christian, The 1940 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Bugs Bunny - All This and Rabbit Stew 1941 · Cartoon All This and Rabbit Stew is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Merrie Melodies series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on… Internet Archive Batman 1943 colorized cliffhanger serial (Lewis Wilson) 1943 · Feature Batman (Lewis Wilson) and Robin (Douglas Croft) combat a Japanese spymaster (J. Carrol Naish) who is making pliable zombies out of American scientists,… Internet Archive That's My Baby 1944 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Our Town 1940 · Feature · 1 h 29 min Title: Our Town Summary: Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. Directed by: Sam Wood Actors: William Holden, Martha… Internet Archive The Devils Sleep 1949 1949 · Feature · Subtitles IMDB: The head of an illegal drug ring uses a women's health spa as a front for his sleeping pill racket. Internet Archive The Talking Magpies 1946 · Cartoon · 6 min Mr. and Mrs. Magpie find a new place to live and prove to be very bad neighbors. Story by John Foster. Music by Philip A. Scheib. Produced in 1946. Internet Archive It's a Joke Son iPod version 1947 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles Kenny Delmar reprises his character Senator Claghorn from Fred Allen's radio program. In this film Senator Claghorn runs for office to defeat a crooked… Internet Archive Stagecoach to Denver 1946 · Feature · 53 min Allan Lane is Red Ryder and Robert Blake is Little Beaver in this outing which revolves around a double-crossing stagecoach owner in Elkhorn, Colorado and… Internet Archive The Mummy's Tomb ( 1942) 1942 · Feature The ancient Egypt Mummy, Kharis, is transported from his homeland with the high priest Mehemet to wreak vengeance on the family who has defiled the sacred… Internet Archive Heartbeat 1946 · Feature · 1 h 40 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Saboteur 1942 colorized (Bob Cummings) 1942 · Feature A young aircraft worker (Bob Cummings) is accused of sabotage and must go on the run to prove his innocence. As he makes his way across the country all the… Internet Archive Rim of the Canyon 1949 · Feature · 1 h 10 min Gene Autry plays a double role, incorporating flashbacks as his sheriff father Steve who, 20 years prior, had arrested a trio of stagecoach bandits that are… Internet Archive Panthers Claw, The 1942 · Feature · 1 h 10 min A comedy, mystery from Producers Releasing Corporation. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Woman in Green 1945 · Feature · 1 h 7 min · Subtitles Title: The Woman in Green Summary: Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed off. Scotland Yard… Internet Archive The Phantom Empire 1940 · Feature · 1 h 9 min · Subtitles This movie is based on the movie serial . From IMDb : Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon a civilization buried beneath his own Radio Ranch. The Muranians… Internet Archive Submarine Base 1943 · Feature · 1 h 4 min Ship engineer Jim Taggert (John Litel) is rescued from a torpedoed tramp steamer by Joe Morgan (Alan Baxter), an American gangster that found New York too hot…