The world's archives

673–720 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 The Paradine Case (1947 Film Noir, Drama) 1947 · Feature · 1 h 54 min PLOT: A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending. TRIVIA : 01) When Alfred Hitchcock delivered the completed… Internet Archive The Snake Pit (1948) 1948 · Feature A COVA DA SERPENTE (The Snake Pit, 1948) (Filme Completo / Legendado em Português) Data de Lançamento: 4 November 1948 » SINOPSE: Uma crônica detalhada da… Internet Archive This Is My Railroad (Part II) 1940 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Operations of the Southern Pacific Railroad, with many images of the territory that it serves. With excellent footage of snow management and removal… Internet Archive Auto-Lite on Parade 1940 · Cartoon · 22 min · Subtitles Tour of an auto parts and accessories factory climaxing with a stop-motion product parade. Internet Archive Whisky Galore 1949 · Feature Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for… Internet Archive War Dogs 1942 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Scared Stiff (Treasure of Fear) 1945 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles Jack Haley (the Tin Man of Oz) in a low-budget comedy. He's a chess-columnist who gets mixed up with hoodlums. Internet Archive L'école des facteurs 1947 · Feature L'école des facteurs (School for Postmen) is a 1947 short film directed and starring Jacques Tati, playing a French postman adamant to prove he can be just as… Internet Archive How the Eye Functions 1941 · Cartoon · 11 min · Subtitles Beautifully animated explication of human eye and eyesight. Internet Archive D-Day Minus One 1945 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Record of the operations of the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in the 1944 invasion of France. Internet Archive San Fernando Valley 1944 · Feature · 1 h 14 min Title: San Fernando Valley Summary: A ranch owner fires his ranch hands and brings in women to replace them. The owner's daughter wants the male hands back… Internet Archive Desert Victory 1943 · Feature · 1 h 10 min A featureless land fit only for war, as the narrator, J. L. Hodson stated in the early scenes. "If war was to be fought then let it begin here". In endless… Internet Archive The Most Beautiful 1944 · Feature This portrait of female volunteer workers at an optics plant during World War II, shot on location at the Nippon Kogaku factory, was created with a patriotic… Internet Archive The Adventures of Tartu 1943 · Feature · 1 h 30 min The versatile Robert Donat is Captain Terrence Stevenson a.k.a. Jan Tartu, a British spy well versed in Russian and Rumanian that is assigned to aid Czech… Internet Archive Shock 1946 · Feature · 1 h 9 min A psychologically distraught woman is committed to a private sanitarium by the man whom she witnessed commit a murder. - IMDB Description Internet Archive The Killers 1946-FilmNoir [Restored] Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster & Edmond O'Brien 1:42:23 1946 · Feature · 1 h 42 min · Subtitles The Killers is a 1946 American film-Noir, starring Burt Lancaster (in his film debut), Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien and Sam Levene. Based in part on the 1927… Internet Archive Boarding House Blues 1948 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles The owner of a theatrical boarding house is about to go bankrupt, so her tenants put on a show to raise the funds needed to keep the house. Of note mostly for… Internet Archive The Glass Key (1942) Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix 1942 · Feature The Glass Key is a 1942 American crime drama FILM NOlR based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The picture was directed by Stuart Heisler and… Internet Archive Hawk of Powder River 1948 · Feature · 52 min · Subtitles Cowboy hero Eddie Dean versus The mysterious Hawk, and her outlaw gang. Internet Archive How Textile Mills Are Modernizing 1948 · Short · 25 min · Subtitles How electricity can modernize textile mills. Great shots of cotton mills, processing and textile manufacturing; technical narration laced with industry… Internet Archive Million Dollar Weekend 1948 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive To Each His Own 1946 · Feature Title: To Each His Own Summary: An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in… Internet Archive Brazil at War 1943 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Praising Brazil for joining the Allies and declaring war against Germany, this film attempts to show Brazil's similarities to America. Internet Archive Bowery Blitzkrieg 1941 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Star-Spangled Banner, The (Version II) 1940 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Technicolor image of American flag flying accompanied by words and music of U.S. national anthem. Internet Archive The Pearl of Death (1944) 1944 · Feature · Subtitles The Pearl of Death is a 1944 film featuring Sherlock Holmes, portrayed by Basil Rathbone, and Dr. John Watson, played by Nigel Bruce.The story revolves around… Internet Archive Hare and the Tortoise, The 1947 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Dramatized version of Aesop's fable starring farm animals, including an owl, a fox, a goose, a rooster, a raccoon and a hare. Internet Archive Fuzzy Settles Down 1944 · Feature · 59 min Wishing to settle down, Fuzzy (Al St. John) uses his reward money to buy a newspaper. He then raises money for the new telegraph line. When it is stolen,… Internet Archive Bells of San Fernando 1947 · Feature · 1 h 14 min Mendoza (Anthony Warde) ruthlessly controls the valley of San Fernando and his men guard the only entrance. When Mendoza announces he will marry Michael's… Internet Archive Reg'lar Fellers 1941 · Feature · Subtitles The neighborhood kids build an amphibious tank and get involved with gangsters. Based on the comis strip of the same name. Internet Archive Dinner Party 1945 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Dramatized presentation of proper table etiquette for teenagers, heavy on criticism and guilt. Internet Archive Divide and Conquer (Part II) 1943 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles Shows the German invasion of Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium and France, including the evacuation of the British forces at Dunkirk. From the "Why We Fight"… Internet Archive Remember These Faces 1945 · Short · 17 min · Subtitles Intense view of American soldiers in combat, produced to sell World War II bonds. Internet Archive At the End of the Rainbow (Part II) 1946 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Sponsored film promoting ultraviolet light: its history, physics and health-giving properties. Internet Archive The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane 1947 · Feature The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 American FILM NOlR directed by Orson Welles and starring Welles, his estranged wife Rita Hayworth, and Everett Sloane. It is… Internet Archive Don't Be a Sucker 1947 · Film · Subtitles Like The House I Live In, this film warns that Americans will lose their country if they let themselves be turned into "suckers" by the forces of fanaticism… Internet Archive Little Lulu: Bargain Counter Attack 1946 · Cartoon · 8 min Little Lulu wreaks havoc in a city department store. Animation by Nick Tafuri, John Walworth and Tom Golden. Scenics by Anto Loeb. Music by Winston Sharples.… Internet Archive Underground Rustlers 1941 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive War Comes to America 1945 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles Title: War Comes to America Summary: Part VII of the "Why We Fight" series of wartime documentaries. This entry attempts to describe the factors leading up to… Internet Archive Ant City 1949 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Depicts ants as social creatures living in complex societies. Shows ways they control their environment. Ken Smith sez: This is probably the most genuinely… Internet Archive The Invisible Man's Revenge 1944 · Feature An eccentric scientist helps a fugitive from the law become invisible, unwittingly giving him the power to exact revenge on his former friends. Internet Archive What Is Money? 1947 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Following the journey of a five-dollar bill through many transactions, the film shows how money functions as a standard of value and future payment, a… Internet Archive Tanks a Million 1941 · Feature · 50 min The movie starts with William Tracy as Dodo Doubleday, proving his incredible memory on a radio talk show. He joins the army after memorizing the regulations,… Internet Archive Boy in Court 1940 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Juvenile court labors to provide a humane alternative for rehabilitating at-risk youth offenders. Internet Archive Troop Train 1943 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Evocative World War II-era film following a troop train: the coordination of effort; its staging and assembly of cars, cargo and passengers; its heavily… Internet Archive The Black Book (1949) 1949 · Feature · Subtitles "The Black Book," also known as "Reign of Terror," is a 1949 historical thriller film directed by Anthony Mann, set during the French Revolution. The film… Internet Archive March of Progress, The 1945 · Short · 19 min · Subtitles Tour of the modern interurban trolley system of San Francisco's East Bay and over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Predicts the bright postwar future of… Internet Archive Isle of Destiny 1940 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .