The world's archives

913–960 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 Ape, The 1940 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Black Raven 1943 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Redwood Saga 1940 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Cutting, loading, transportation, mill sawing and finishing operations of the Northern California's redwood lumber industry. Internet Archive Caught Mapping 1940 · Film · Subtitles How maps are made from earliest times to the present. In modern times, the map makers call on automobiles with the stuff to help them in their survey and… Internet Archive Looking Ahead Through Rohm & Haas Plexiglas (Part II) 1947 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Plastics industry makes the transition from military applications to peacetime futuristic designs. Internet Archive Human Bridge, The 1949 · Short · 27 min · Subtitles Traces the birth of the 1949 Ford from the drawing board to the roads of the world, showing different stages of automobile design and manufacturing. Run time… Internet Archive His Brother's Ghost 1945 · Feature · 51 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Scarlet Claw 1944 · Feature When a gentlewoman is found dead with her throat torn out, the villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from… Internet Archive Black Angel (1946) Broderick Crawford, Dan Duryea, Peter Lorre, June Vincent - Film Noir 1946 · Feature Black Angel is a 1946 American crime film noir directed by Roy William Neill starring Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Broderick Crawford and Peter Lorre. Wikipedia:… Internet Archive The Fabulous Dorseys 1947 · Feature · 1 h 28 min Title: The Fabulous Dorseys Summary: The rise and rise of the Fabulous Dorsey brothers is charted in this whimsical step down memory lane, Tommy and Jimmy… Internet Archive A Kiss for Corliss 1949 · Feature · 1 h 24 min Title: A Kiss for Corliss Summary: A teenage girl who has a crush on an older, more sophisticated man tells all her friends that the man is her boyfriend.… Internet Archive His Girl Friday 1940 colorized (Cary Grant) 1940 · Feature A newspaper editor (Cary Grant) uses the temptation of a big story to keep his ace reporter ex-wife (Rosalind Russell) from leaving and getting married to a… Internet Archive Our Town (1940) William Holden 1940 · Feature For the residents of Grover's Corners, daily life proceeds at a predictable pace. The milkman (Stuart Erwin) arrives like clockwork, the neighbors perpetually… Internet Archive Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer 1948 · Film · Subtitles "AN ANIMATED CARTOON FOR CHILDREN, TELLING THE STORY OF RUDOLPH, A SMALL REINDEER, WHOSE NOSE IS SO RED & SHINY THAT SANTA CLAUS SELECTS HIM TO BE HIS HEAD… Internet Archive Combat America (Part III) 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 Falling Hare 1943 · Cartoon · 8 min Title: Falling Hare Summary: Bugs encounters wartime sabotage and takes to the air to do battle. Directed by: Robert Clampett Actors: Production Company: Leon… Internet Archive Ten Gentlemen from West Point 1942 colorized (George Montgomery) 1942 · Feature The West Point military academy, which trained officers for the American Revolutionary War, is re-established in the early 19th century on a trial basis,… Internet Archive The Unseen 1945 · Feature Title: The Unseen Summary: A secretive widower hires a governess for his children, a willful boy and impressionable girl. Strange occurrences and the… Internet Archive Early Settlers of New England (Salem 1626-1629) 1940 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Dramatized impressions of the life of the pioneer settlers in a New England colony. Internet Archive High Tide 1947 colorized (Don Castle, Lee Tracy) 1947 · Feature Private detective Tim Slade (Don Castle) is hired by an old friend, newspaper editor Hugh Fresney (Lee Tracy), to protect him from a gangster (Anthony Warde),… Internet Archive Combat America (Part II) 1945 · Short · 13 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 Broadway Limited 1941 · Feature IMDB movie information A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited creates problems because of an unknown baby that was part of the stunt. Internet Archive Walk A Crooked Mile (1948, USA) Louis Hayward, Dennis O' Keefe - Film Noir Full Movie 1948 · Feature Walk a Crooked Mile is a 1948 anti-communist film noir crime film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Louis Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, Raymond Burr.The film… Internet Archive Lest We Forget 1947 · Feature · 1 h 23 min US propaganda/documentary film about the operations in France/Germany in World War II. Internet Archive Desert Venture (Part I) 1948 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles "This is a story of a venture by American capital in a strange and ancient land," says the narrator. Shows the search and extraction of oil in Saudi Arabia,… Internet Archive Shock 1946 · Feature · Subtitles A woman goes into a catatonic state after witnessing a man murder his wife. The man runs a sanitarium where he has the woman committed so he can monitor her… Internet Archive Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 1943 · Feature During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective… Internet Archive Dangerous Passage 1944 · Feature · 56 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Nevada City 1941 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Night Time in Nevada 1948 · Feature · 57 min Twenty years earlier Farrell (Grant Withers) killed his mining partner Andrews. Now Andrews daughter (Adele Mara) arrives to get her father's trust fund.… Internet Archive [Amateur film: Summers collection: San Francisco, California, 1941] (Part II) 1941 · Home movie · 12 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 Rim of the Canyon 1949 · Feature · 1 h 9 min Title: Rim of the Canyon Summary: Gene Autry's stolen horse turns up in a ghost town where Gene goes after he is left stranded during a stagecoach race.… Internet Archive Call Northside 777 (1948) James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb - Film Noir 1948 · Feature Call Northside 777 is a 1948 reality-based film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and starring James Stewart, Richard Conte and Lee J. Cobb. Wikipedia:… Internet Archive Principles of Electricity 1945 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles Breaks down structure of matter into atoms and, by use of conventional symbols, shows the action of electrons within an atom. The principles involved in the… Internet Archive Going Places 1948 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Defines the profit motive and dramatizes the part it has played in the economic development of our country. Stresses the need for continued industrial profits… Internet Archive Haunted Ranch 1943 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles Internet Archive The Chase 1946 colorized (Bob Cummings, Michele Morgan) 1946 · Feature A man (Robert Cummings) hired as a chauffeur by a sadistic gangster (Steve Cochran) falls in love with his employer's fearful wife (Michèle Morgan) and plans… Internet Archive Free and Easy 1940 · Film · Subtitles "OPERATION OF THE VACUUM GEARSHIFTING MECHANISM IN THE AUTOMOBILE IS EXPLAINED & COMPARED WITH THE FISH IN THE OCEAN, WHO ARE SUBJECTED TO TREMENDOUS PRESSURE… Internet Archive Rest and Health 1949 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Dick York plays a high-school track star whose running lags because of his lack of sleep. Internet Archive Take Me Back to Oklahoma 1940 · Feature · 1 h 1 min Wanted by the law...marked by the lawless...betrayed by his best friend...but you can't stop a Texan while there's a song on his lips...and lead slugs in his… Internet Archive The Shadow 1940 colorized cliffhanger serial (Victor Jory) 1940 · Feature When an evil mastermind threatens to control the world with his death ray, a noted scientist and criminologist adopts a disguise as a masked figure in a black… Internet Archive Whistle Stop (1946) George Raft, Ava Gardner, Tom Conway - Film Noir 1946 · Feature Whistle Stop is a 1946 crime film noir directed by Léonide Moguy and starring George Raft, Ava Gardner, Victor McLaglen, and Tom Conway. The screenplay was… Internet Archive You Can Tell by the Teller 1945 · Short · 18 min · Subtitles Instructional film for telephone business office cashiers (tellers) who interact with the public, with a heavy dose of period sexism. Internet Archive The October Man 1947 colorized (John Mills) 1947 · Feature A chemist (John Mills) suffering PTSD from a traumatic brain injury comes under suspicion of the murder of an acquaintance (Kay Walsh) and the pressure of… Internet Archive What to Do in a Gas Attack 1942 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Explains what war gas is, how it is used by the enemy, and how simple household items, such as bicarbonate of soda and bleaching solution, may be used to… Internet Archive Enter The Lone Ranger 1949 · Feature · Subtitles Enter the Lone Ranger. Internet Archive The Uninvited (1944) 1944 · Feature "The Uninvited" is a classic supernatural horror film directed by Lewis Allen . This film is notable for its chilling atmosphere and engaging storytelling,… Internet Archive Safety in Offices 1944 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles This is one of the few films that shows the dangers of the white-collar life. Mandated (we can guess) to grab and hold the attention of the tired war worker,…