The world's archives

769–816 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 Time of Your Life 1948 · Feature · 1 h 40 min Title: The Time of Your Life Summary: A wide variety of persons come into Nick's Pacific Street Saloon, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time.… Internet Archive Boot Hill Bandits 1942 · Feature · 56 min Title: Boot Hill Bandits Summary: Shady town businessman Bolton seems to be the leader of the gang but even he takes his order from a higher authority who may… Internet Archive Johnny Learns His Manners 1946 · Short · 17 min · Subtitles An ill-mannered, selfish and untidy little boy is turned into a pig until his "good self" conquers his "bad self." Internet Archive Human Growth 1947 · Film · Subtitles Shows a seventh-grade class as they view and discuss an animated film which traces human growth from conception to adulthood. Differences in male and female… Internet Archive Operation Crossroads (Part II) 1946 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Documents Able Day and Baker Day blasts of the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Island in the Pacific. Contains footage from many of the ground and aerial cameras… Internet Archive Smart Alecks 1942 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Look to Lockheed for Leadership (Part II) 1940 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Innovations in aviation history and technology. Producer and director: Shirley Burden. Photography: Floyd Crosby, Al Wetzel. Internet Archive Airport, The 1948 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Functions of the modern airport, showing all aspects of airline passenger service. Internet Archive Law of the Lash 1947 · Feature · 52 min A western with Lash La Rue and Al St. John. Internet Archive Castle in the Desert 1942 · Feature Title: Castle in the Desert Summary: Charlie Chan investigates apparent poisonings at a mystery mansion in the Mojave Desert. Directed by: Harry Lachman… Internet Archive News Parade: Bombing of Pearl Harbor 1942 · Newsreel · 9 min · Subtitles Attack on Pearl Harbor; the S.S. Normandie fire at a New York pier. Internet Archive Fashion Horizons 1940 · Commercial · 19 min · Subtitles Southwestern U.S. travelogue flies around in modern 1930s airplanes, stopping off at Albuquerque and an Arizona dude ranch, all the time focusing on fashions… Internet Archive Experiments in the Revival of Organisms 1940 · Film · Subtitles [Educational Screen] "The film records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals, as conducted by Dr. S.S. Bryukhonenko at the… Internet Archive I Thank You 1941 · Feature · 1 h 18 min Set in London during World War II Blitz period, the story sees Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as a couple of variety entertainers who find themselves out of… Internet Archive Prison Mutiny 1943 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles Also known as "You Can't Beat the Law" You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Dead Reckoning (1947) Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky 1947 · Feature Dead Reckoning is a 1947 American FILM NOlR starring Humphrey Bogart and Lizabeth Scott and featuring Morris Carnovsky. The picture was directed by John… Internet Archive Live and Let Live 1947 · Cartoon · 10 min · Subtitles Set in a toy tabletop town, this film uses brightly colored model cars and trucks to demonstrate a range of driving safety scenarios. The number of… Internet Archive Movietone News: "The Star-Spangled Banner" (Version I) 1942 · Newsreel · 1 min · Subtitles Patriotic montage of scenes accompanying performance of U.S. national anthem as sung by Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians. Internet Archive Walk a Crooked Mile 1948 colorized (Louis Hayward) 1948 · Feature During the Cold War, an FBI agent (Dennis O'Keefe) and a Scotland Yard inspector (Louis Hayward) join forces to track members of a communist spy ring (Raymond… Internet Archive The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury 1941 · Feature · 54 min Having been framed and convicted of murder, Tom Cameron (George Houston) heads for Malone's (Karl Hackett) saloon where wanted outlaws hang out. He learns… Internet Archive South Dakota Saga (Part I) 1940 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Gold mining and the life of gold miners in South Dakota, as seen by the mining company. Internet Archive Divide and Conquer (Part IV) 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 Phantom Lady 1944 colorized (Ella Raines) 1944 · Feature An unhappily married man (Alan Curtis) spends the evening with a woman he picked up in a bar. Returning home, he finds his wife strangled and becomes the… Internet Archive Navy Way, The 1944 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Law of the Timber 1941 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive So This Is Washington 1943 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive All-American Co-Ed 1941 · Feature · 49 min All-girl school Mar Brynn tries to get more pupils and publicity by making fun of the Quincton college. For revenge, the boys there sent Bob Sheppard (Johnny… Internet Archive She-Wolf of London - 1946 1946 · Feature A young heiress finds evidence suggesting that at night she acts under the influence of a family curse and has begun committing ghastly murders in a nearby… Internet Archive The Black Arrow 1948 colorized (Louis Hayward) 1948 · Feature A young nobleman (Louis Hayward) returns from the War of the Roses to find his father murdered, a fugitive family friend blamed, and his uncle (George… Internet Archive Hands 1944 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Impressionistic film promoting total war mobilization, showing only human hands. Internet Archive Where's My Man To-nite 1943 · Feature · 1 h 18 min Rodney (Hugo Martin) resists his grandfather's (George T. Sutton) attempts to push him into the military, but when he's drafted, he has to make a choice. Internet Archive Red River 1948 · Feature Title: Red River Summary: Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior… Internet Archive Man with Two Lives 1942 · Feature · 1 h 4 min Fortunately, a scientist is able to restore life to the body of a man who died in an automobile crash. Unfortunately, he does so when the soul of a criminal… Internet Archive The Spiral Staircase 1946 · Feature Title: The Spiral Staircase Summary: In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen… Internet Archive Police Rookie 1940 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Always Tomorrow iPod Version 1941 · Feature · Subtitles Dramatized history of the Coca-Cola company and some of the people who participated in its origin and growth. Made in the style of a feature film. Internet Archive Fallen Angel 1945 colorized (Dana Andrews, Alice Faye, Linda Darnell) 1945 · Feature A wealthy woman in a small town (Alice Faye) falls in love with a slick con man (Dana Andrews) and marries him, even though his plan is to take her money and… Internet Archive The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers 1946 · Feature Young Martha (Barbara Stanwyck) inadvertently causes the death of her cruel, authoritarian aunt. Martha lies to the cops, and Walter (Kirk Douglas), who saw… Internet Archive South Dakota Saga (Part II) 1940 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Gold mining and the life of gold miners in South Dakota, as seen by the mining company. Internet Archive Motivation and Reward in Learning 1948 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Uses white rats to picture trial-and-error problem solving and to demonstrate the importance of motivation and reward in the learning process. Internet Archive All The King's Men (1949) Directed By Robert Rossen Starting Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, Joanne Dru 1949 · Feature All the King's Men is a 1949 American FILM NOlR written, produced, and directed by Robert Rossen. It is based on the 1946 Robert Penn Warren novel of the same… Internet Archive The Suspect 1944 ★★★½ (CC) Film-noir/Crime [1:24:59] Charles Laughton, Ella Raines 1944 · Feature · 1 h 25 min · Subtitles The Suspect is a 1944 American film noir starring Charles Laughton and Ella Raines, and directed by Robert Siodmak. It is based on the 1939 novel "This Way… Internet Archive Postwar Germany: 28 Months After V-E Day (Part IV) 1947 · Home movie · 10 min · Subtitles Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and… Internet Archive The Woman In The Window (1944) |Fritz Lang| Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea - Film Noir Full Movie 1944 · Feature The Woman in the Window is a 1944 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang and starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, and Dan Duryea. It… Internet Archive Radio Ranch 1940 · Feature · 1 h 9 min AKA Men with Steel Faces. Re-edited feature version of serial The Phantom Empire (1935) Singer Gene Autry discovers a race of advanced humans living beneath… Internet Archive Superman 1941 · Cartoon · 10 min You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Doomed to Die 1940 · Feature · 1 h 7 min · Subtitles Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder. Internet Archive The Spring River Flows East, Part 1: Eight War-Torn Years 1947 · Feature · 1 h 36 min · Subtitles Chinese Title: 一江春水向東流：八年離亂 The first part of the 1947 Chinese film The Spring River Flows East. Note that there are no English subtitles or dubbing. See…