The world's archives

817–864 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 6th Marine Division on Okinawa 1945 · Feature · 50 min During the campaign for Okinawa (Operation Iceberg) the Sixth Marine Division was assigned to the III Amphibious Corps. This Academy Award nominated… Internet Archive Autobiography of a Jeep 1943 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Describes the designing of the Jeep to meet military needs of being compact, light weight and maneuverable over rough terrain. This film appears to be a… Internet Archive Angel and the Badman iPod version 1947 · Feature · 1 h 39 min John Wayne plays Quirt Evans, a gunslinger with a nasty rep who is injured and nursed back to health by a Quaker family. Internet Archive I'm From Arkansas 1944 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive How to Keep a Job 1949 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles What you need to do to stay employed: choose the right job, get along with colleagues, maintain positive attitude, etc. Internet Archive Women Of The Night 1948 · Feature After World War II, Mizoguchi was inspired by Italian neorealism to make one of the most emotionally and visually raw films of his career. Filmed on location… Internet Archive The Pooch Parade (1940) 1940 · Feature Scrappy and his mongrel try to attend a for purebreds only dog show- but are thwarted by a security guard. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Your Fire Department (Part I) 1949 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Detailed treatment of the Los Angeles Fire Department, its equipment, personnel and activities. With excellent Kodachrome footage of firefighters at work,… Internet Archive Women In the Night 1948 · Feature · 1 h 32 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Web (1947) 1947 · Feature UMA AVENTURA ARRISCADA (The Web, 1947 - USA) (Filme Completo / Legendado em Português) Data de Lançamento: 25 de Maio de 1947 » SINOPSE: Um advogado que atua… Internet Archive Belo Horizonte 1949 · Short · 17 min · Subtitles Development of Brazil's planned city. Internet Archive Robot Pilot 1941 · Feature · 1 h 4 min AKA Emergency Landing A test pilot and his weather observer develop a "robot" control so airplanes can be flown without pilots, but enemy agents get wind of… Internet Archive Combat America (Part IV) 1945 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Follows the Flying Fortress crews of the 351st Bombardment Group from the end of their training at a Colorado training field to actual combat over Germany. Internet Archive This Happy Breed 1944 · Feature Title: This Happy Breed Summary: Noël Coward's attempt to show how the ordinary people lived between the wars. Just after World War I, the Gibbons family… Internet Archive Laurel & Hardy ' A Chump At Oxford' 1940 Movie 1940 · Feature A Chump at Oxford, directed in 1939 by Alfred J. Goulding and released in 1940 by United Artists, was the penultimate Laurel and Hardy film made at the Hal… Internet Archive Alchemist In Hollywood, The (Part II) 1940 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Explains chemical processes used in the motion picture laboratory. Diagrams and demonstrations of exposure, photochemical reactions, development, and… Internet Archive Rock River Renegades 1942 · Feature · 56 min Having trouble with outlaws, Marshal Graham (Kermit Maynard) sends for his friends the Range Busters. Newspaper editor Ross (Christine McIntyre), dissatisfied… Internet Archive Great Railroad at Work, A (Part I) 1942 · Short · 24 min · Subtitles Everything there is to know about the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Internet Archive Hay Foot 1942 · Feature · 46 min The third film of four featuring Sergeant 'Dodo' Doubleday (William Tracy) and his adventures and mishaps in the US military service Colonel J. A. Barkley… Internet Archive Law and Social Controls 1949 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Uses the story of teens trying to extend the hours of their "Teen Canteen" as a vehicle for explaining customs, moral codes, and laws. Internet Archive Invisible Agent 1942 · Feature Frank Raymond, grandson of the original Invisible Man, still has the old formula but considers it too dangerous to use, even when Axis agents try to get it.… Internet Archive Castle in the Desert 1942 colorized =Charlie Chan= 1942 · Feature An eccentric historian and his wife live in an isolated castle-like mansion in the Mojave Desert. When a guest suddenly collapses, Charlie Chan is invited to… Internet Archive Old Chinese Proverb: One Picture Is Worth Ten Thousand Words, An 1946 · Short · 22 min · Subtitles A tour through the Jerry Fairbanks studios in Hollywood, showing the production of animation, TV films, industrial and advertising films. Internet Archive The Blue Dahlia [1946] Dir. George Marshall, Starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard da Silva (Screenplay: Raymond Chandler) 1945 · Feature You can find out more about this movie from Wikipedia and Film Nolr of the Week . The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 American Film Noir , directed by George Marshall,… Internet Archive Secret Evidence 1941 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles Title: Secret Evidence Summary: PRC - Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Quigley, Ward McTaggart, Kenneth Harlan, Donald Curtis. When Reynolds becomes engaged to the… Internet Archive Scott of the Antarctic 1948 · Feature The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole, only to find… Internet Archive What Makes a Fine Watch Fine? 1947 · Short · 19 min · Subtitles History and practice of precision watchmaking at the Hamilton factory in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Internet Archive Pride of the Bowery 1940 · Feature · 1 h 17 min Title: Pride of the Bowery Summary: New York City street principles get an East Side Kid in trouble at a Civilian Conservation Corps camp. Directed by: Joseph… Internet Archive Enter the Lone Ranger 1949 · TV · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles Pilot for the Lone Ranger TV Series. September 15th 1949. Internet Archive The Inspector General 1949 · Feature · 1 h 41 min Title: The Inspector General Summary: A town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise. Directed by: Henry Koster Actors: Danny… Internet Archive Case of the Frightened Lady 1940 · Feature · 1 h 20 min · Subtitles A mystery from England. Internet Archive Make Mine Freedom 1948 · Film · Subtitles The end of World War II did not bring peace at home. Nuclear anxiety, anti-Communism and international political realignments fueled the Cold War and turned… Internet Archive The Wabbit Who Came to Supper 1942 · Cartoon · 8 min Title: The Wabbit Who Came to Supper Summary: Bugs Bunny exploits the situation when an uncle leaves Elmer Fudd three million dollars on the condition that he… Internet Archive Power Dive 1941 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Coney Island 1940 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles The great amusement zone in its heyday. Internet Archive Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome 1947 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas. Internet Archive Cry Of The City (1948) 1948 · Feature UMA VIDA MARCADA (Cry of the City, 1948 - USA) (Filme Completo / Legendado em Português) Data de Lançamento: 29 September 1948 (New York City, New York) »… Internet Archive English Children: Life in the City 1949 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Typical events in the daily life of an English urban family just after World War II. Internet Archive Murder with Music 1941 · Feature · 57 min Night club singer Nelle Hill has many suitors an escaped convict, a piano player and a newspaper man. One is killed. With musical shorts such as “Murder in… Internet Archive Shadows of Death 1945 · Feature · 59 min With the railroad coming to Red Rock, trouble is expected and Billy (Buster Crabbe) has been sent ot help his friend Fuzzy (Al St. John) who is the town's… Internet Archive Command Performance 1942 · Short · 18 min · Subtitles How shellac records were produced and manufactured. Internet Archive Wolves of the Range 1943 · Feature · 57 min Dorn (I. Stanford Jolley) is after the rancher's land and is trying to stop Banker Brady (Ed Cassidy) from helping them. When his man Hammond (Jack Ingram)… Internet Archive Tiger Fangs 1943 · Feature · 57 min A big-game hunter (Frank Buck) travels to Malaya to help stop the Nazis and Japanese from destroying the rubber industry. Internet Archive Movietone News: "The Star-Spangled Banner" (Version II) 1944 · Newsreel · 1 min · Subtitles Patriotic montage of scenes accompanying performance of U.S. national anthem as sung by Merrill Miller. Internet Archive A Canterbury Tale 1944 · Feature Title: A Canterbury Tale Summary: Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury. Directed by: Actors:… Internet Archive Town, The 1945 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Shows life during wartime in an American town (Madison, Indiana). Directed by Josef von Sternberg. Internet Archive The Leopard Man 1943 · Feature Title: The Leopard Man Summary: A seemingly tame leopard used for a publicity stunt escapes and kills a young girl, spreading panic throughout a sleepy New… Internet Archive Banks And Credits 1948 · Educational · Subtitles Coronet Instructional Films (a division of Esquire Inc.) presents Banks and Credit. Educational collaborator James Harvey Dodd, PhD., Professor of Economics…