The world's archives

5,281–5,328 of 43,004 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 Sections 1947 · Educational Presents a sectional view showing inner details by an imaginary cutting away of part of the object. Includes an explanation of various symbols. From the… Internet Archive 1947 - Bury Me Dead - Bernard Vorhaus - VOSE 1947 · Feature https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive Los Chicos Crecen (1942) 1942 · Feature Los chicos crecen es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Carlos Hugo Christensen según su propio guion sobre la obra teatral homónima de… Internet Archive The Cathode Ray, How It Works (1943) 1943 · Feature MN2104a Navy // In this US Navy Training film the electronics behind how the Cathode-Ray Tube works is explained. Internet Archive Home Movie: 11772: Gardens Scenes, Visiting Soldier 1940 · Home movie to come Internet Archive Music in the Wind 1945 · Educational Short version of Singing pipes Camera, Roger Morin ; music, Bernard Piché and Healy Willan Traces the history of the pipe organ and its construction. Shows… Internet Archive El Tesoro De La Isla Maciel (1941) 1941 · Feature El tesoro de la isla Maciel es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Manuel Romero sobre su propio guion según la obra teatral homónima de… Internet Archive La Hija Del Ministro (1943) 1943 · Feature La hija del Ministro es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Francisco Mugica según el guion de Sixto Pondal Ríos y Carlos Olivari que se… Internet Archive La Novia De Primavera (1942) 1942 · Feature La novia de primavera es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Carlos Hugo Christensen según el guion de Julio Porter sobre el radioteatro… Internet Archive La Pequena Señora De Perez (1944) 1944 · Feature La pequeña señora de Pérez es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Carlos Hugo Christensen sobre guion de Julio Porter y César Tiempo según… Internet Archive Jose Iturbi: Part II 1946 · Educational · 11 min Here, Jose Iturbi plays piano and harpsichord, the latter a two-manual unit in a beautiful interpretation of a piece by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Internet Archive Achtung! Feind Hört Mit! 1940 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1940 Achtung Feind hört mit.. Internet Archive THE PHOTOGRAPHER 1948 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration THE PHOTOGRAPHER U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 46998 / Local Identifier 306.131.… Internet Archive WITH THE MARINES AT TARAWA 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 37448 / Local Identifier 127-MH-3527 - WITH THE MARINES AT TARAWA - Department of Defense.… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Northwest] 1940 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive Cuando Florezca El Naranjo (1943) 1943 · Feature Cuando florezca el naranjo es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Alberto de Zavalía sobre guion de Alejandro Casona que se estrenó el 1 de… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97253: Gizmo Series 1949 1949 · Home movie Sailing on Lake St. Clair, Michigan. Internet Archive December 7th (Long Version) 1943 · Educational Department of War Department of the Navy Released by National Archives and Records Administration December 7th (Long Version) According to the Amazon.Com… Internet Archive For the Record 1946 · Film Pro-labor film blasting the greed and cunning of the “big boys” in government and in the National Association of Manufacturers who oppose organized labor. For… Internet Archive Caprichosa Y Millonaria (1940) 1940 · Feature Caprichosa y millonaria es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Enrique Santos Discépolo según su propio guion que se estrenó el 1° de… Internet Archive El Pecado De Julia (1947) 1947 · Feature El pecado de Julia es una película argentina del género de drama filmada en blanco y negro dirigida por Mario Soffici sobre el guion de René Garzón y Tulio… Internet Archive Encadenado (1940) 1940 · Feature Encadenado es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Enrique De Rosas según el guion de Belisario García Villar que se estrenó el 28 de… Internet Archive Una Mujer Sin Importancia (1945) 1945 · Feature Una mujer sin importancia es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Luis Bayón Herrera sobre su propio guion escrito en colaboración con… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97238: Southern California ? 1942 · Home movie Scenes in Southern California? Internet Archive Telephone Hour 1945 · Educational · 22 min This film presents Josef Hofmann, pianist, as guest soloist, playing the last movement of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major. Hofmann also… Internet Archive ALLIES INVADE BALIKPAPAN [ETC.] 1945 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39073, LI 208-UN-166 - ALLIES INVADE BALIKPAPAN [ETC.] - DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon. Series: Motion… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97367: Syracuse and Utica, New York 1944 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive La Quinta Calumnia (1941) 1941 · Feature La quinta calumnia es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Adelqui Migliar según el guion de Héctor Canziani y Belisario García Villar que… Internet Archive Lauracha (1946) 1946 · Feature Lauracha es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida sucesivamente por Arturo García Buhr , Ernesto Arancibia , Antonio Ber Ciani y Enrique Cahen… Internet Archive The Road to Hollywood 1947 · Feature · 56 min Exploitation film-maker Bud Pollard appears on screen to tell us of Bing Crosby's rise to fame, using scenes from four early Crosby shorts to illustrate his… Internet Archive Home Movie: 71163: Hirota Collection 1940 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie: 98932: Family 1948 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie: 97156: Unidentified 1940 · Home movie Various subjects, probably shot in the Cleveland, Ohio area Internet Archive Let's Stop And Go Safely 1948 · Film Shows how each child can be his own traffic policeman by learning and following safety rules in traffic. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V… Internet Archive How to Fly the P-47 1943 · Short · 1 h 6 min Training film demonstrating basic operation of the P-47 pursuit plane. Internet Archive New Deal Film Festival 4 Hope For The Future Building Community Berkeley Gray Panthers 1943 · Film New Deal Film Festival disc 4: Hope for the Future, Building Community FDR: A Warning A Model Home Alaska: The Last Frontier Texas: The New Frontier FDR's… Internet Archive 1944 - Address Unknown - William Cameron Menzies - VOSE 1944 · Feature https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive Home Movie: 97408: Texas 1947 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Concierto De Almas (1942) 1942 · Feature Concierto de almas es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Alberto de Zavalía sobre guion de Alejandro Casona que se estrenó el 25 de mayo de… Internet Archive Fragata Sarmiento (1940) 1940 · Feature Fragata Sarmiento es una película argentina dirigida por Carlos Borcosque sobre su propio guion que se estrenó el 22 de mayo de 1940 y que tuvo como… Internet Archive Song Of The South (4K Restoration) 1946 · Film The kindly story teller Uncle Remus tells a young boy stories about trickster Brer Rabbit, who outwits Brer Fox and slow-witted Brer Bear Song of the South… Internet Archive NYA In The Land Of Coronado 1940 · Film On activities of youth. in the out-of-school program of the NYA in New Mexico. Spanish crafts are practiced at Albuquerque (Mountain Park Recreation center),… Internet Archive Dead End Kids: Junior G-Men Part 4 1940 · Short A gang of street kids work with the FBI in to find and rescue their leader's father, a scientist who has been kidnapped by a terrorist group. Stars include:… Internet Archive Watch the Quotation 1949 · Film Teaches the importance of quoting accurately, the general importance of authority behind statements, how to quote in speech and in writing, and how to listen… Internet Archive PRIMATES, NO. 1: ANTHROPOID APES AND NEW WORLD MONKEYS 1949 · Film The four anthropoid apes, gorilla, orangutan, chimpanzee and gibbon; and certain groups of new world monkeys. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher… Internet Archive Home Movie: 98876: Carrol Riding in Delaware Park 1949 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein Bloopers 1948 · Short Bloopers from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Internet Archive Oro En La Mano (1943) 1943 · Feature Oro en la mano es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Adelqui Millar , director chileno cuyo verdadero nombre era Adelqui Migliar, sobre…