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961–1,008 of 43,559 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 Murder Over New York 1940 colorized =Charlie Chan= 1940 · Feature Arriving at a police convention in New York, Charlie finds that an old friend from Scotland Yard has been murdered, so Chan picks up the case he was working… Internet Archive Home of the Brave 1949 · Feature · 1 h 25 min Title: Home of the Brave Summary: During WW2, a reconnaissance platoon is sent to map out a Japanese-held island but racial tensions arise between the white… Internet Archive Are You Popular? 1947 · Film · Subtitles DRAMATIZES BEHAVIOR OF TWO TEEN-AGERS TO ILLUSTRATE CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONALITY WHICH LEAD TO POPULARITY & SUCCESS IN DATING. CONTRASTS CAROLYN, ATTRACTIVE… Internet Archive The Inheritance 1947 · Feature Title: The Inheritance Summary: Following her father's death, a British teen-aged heiress goes to live with her guardian uncle who is broke and scheming to… Internet Archive Food for Fighters 1943 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Importance of nutrition in wartime. Internet Archive Jivin' in Be-Bop 1946 · Feature · 57 min See such performers as Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie himself, along with many more in this musical variety revue. Internet Archive Road House (1948) Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Richard Widmark - Film Noir Full Movie 1948 · Feature Road House is a 1948 film noir drama directed by Jean Negulesco, with cinematography by Joseph LaShelle. The picture features Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde,… Internet Archive Hue and Cry 1947 · Feature A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and… Internet Archive Let's Get Tough! 1942 · Feature · 54 min · Subtitles Title: Let's Get Tough! Summary: The East Side Kids take on a gang of Japanese spies. Directed by: Wallace Fox Actors: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall… Internet Archive Pioneers of the Plains 1942 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Experiences of a pioneer family on their journey from Illinois to the Midwestern plains. Internet Archive Kiss Of Death (1947) Dir: Henry Hathaway, Starring Victor Mature, Richard Widmark - Film Noir Full Movie 1947 · Feature Kiss of Death is a 1947 film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer from a story by Eleazar Lipsky. The story revolves… Internet Archive Bus Driver, The 1946 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Father and son travel by bus from New York to Pittsburgh in the days when bus travel still attracted elite passengers. Internet Archive They Meet Again 1941 · Feature · 1 h 7 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Night Has A Thousand Eyes (1948) Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell 1948 · Feature Night Has a Thousand Eyes is a 1948 FILM NOlR , starring Edward G. Robinson and directed by John Farrow. The screenplay was written by Barré Lyndon and… Internet Archive The Mysterious Rider 1942 · Feature · 54 min Escaping from the Marshal, Billy (Buster Crabbe) and Fuzzy (Al St. John) ride to Laramy only to find it a ghost town. Sykes (John Merton) and his gang have… Internet Archive Tall, Tan, and Terrific 1946 · Feature · 42 min Professional gambler The Duke (Dots Johnson) attempts to cheat Handsome Harry Hansom (Monte Hawley), who owns a successful Harlem nightclub, out of his club… Internet Archive Sleep, My Love (1948, USA) Directed by Douglas Sirk, Featuring Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings, Don Ameche, Raymond Burr 1948 · Feature Sleep, My Love is a 1948 American film noir directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings, Raymond Burr and Don Ameche. Wikipedia:… Internet Archive [Caroll's Beauty Salon, Hamtramck, Michigan] 1941 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Rare view inside a community beauty salon, possibly made as part of a long-forgotten promotional film. Internet Archive Wildcat 1942 · Feature · 1 h 11 min A good poverty-row film about drilling for oil that features Richard Arlen, Elisha Cook, Jr., William Frawley ("Fred Mertz"), Buster Crabbe, and Arline Judge. Internet Archive Shock (1946) Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore 1946 · Feature Shock is a 1946 American film noir directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Vincent Price, Lynn Bari and Frank Latimore. It was originally intended as a "B"… Internet Archive What Is Business? 1948 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Business produces Mother's pen, the bread on the breakfast table, and the pop-up toaster into which the bread goes. Internet Archive West of the Badlands 1940 · Feature · 53 min AKA The Border Legion Wanted by the law in New York, Dr. Steve Kells (Roy Rogers) heads west and arrives in an area controlled by an outlaw gang known as the… Internet Archive It Always Rains On Sunday 1947 · Feature Slice of life drama following the lives of various people in London's East End on a wet Sunday. Rose was engaged to local wild boy Tommy Swann but he got… Internet Archive Snow Foolin' 1949 · Cartoon · 5 min Christmas Sing-a-long cartoon Excited viewers will enjoy watching various animated animals participate in winter sports before breaking into song and… Internet Archive Passport To Pimlico 1949 · Feature When an unexploded World War II bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, London, England, it reveals a treasure trove. They find documents proving that the… Internet Archive Murder by Invitation 1941 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles Murders in an old dark house. Internet Archive Payoff, The 1942 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Sleeping Car to Trieste 1948 · Feature Title: Sleeping Car to Trieste Summary: Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express. Directed by: John Paddy Carstairs Actors: Jean Kent, Albert… Internet Archive Circus Day in Our Town 1949 · Film · Subtitles This film has amazing footage of a circus coming into a town, the townspeople helping with construction of the circus tents, the clowns preparing for their… Internet Archive Outlaws of Boulder Pass 1942 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles Internet Archive Easier Way, The 1946 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles Presents the case for motion study in the workplace and advises supervisors on how to convince skeptics that it is a good thing. Internet Archive You Were Never Lovelier (1942) Bonita como Nunca 1942 · Feature · Subtitles Bonita como Nunca (You Were Never Lovelier - 1942) ELENCO: Rita Hayworth, Fred Astaire Internet Archive Basic Typing, Part I: Methods (Part II) 1944 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Demonstrates correct posture for typing; proper fingering of the keys; use of the shift key, back spacer, tabulator, carriage return lever, etc.; and… Internet Archive Private SNAFU - Booby Traps 1943 · Cartoon · 4 min Private SNAFU WWII training film on booby traps. Because this was originally aimed at US soldiers. Expect there to be a visual pun related to the films title.… Internet Archive How the Eye Functions 1941 · Film · Subtitles EXPLAINS GROSS & DETAILED STRUCTURE OF HUMAN EYE. BRIEFLY DESCRIBES HOW LIGHT WAVES ARE REFRACTED BY LENS OF EYE & FOCUSED ON THE RETINA. EMPHASIZES LENS, ITS… Internet Archive Dr. Cyclops (1940) 1940 · Feature "Dr. Cyclops" is a 1940 American science fiction horror film directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, known for being the first horror film made in full three-strip… Internet Archive Nazis Face War Crime Evidence, 1945/12/06 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) Nuremberg trials continue, covered by cameras and press, chart shown of "entire Hitler dynasty" (2) German War Plant Razed - Gen. Truscott oversees… Internet Archive The Dark Mirror 1946 · Feature · 1 h 21 min Title: The Dark Mirror Summary: A man is found murdered, with witnesses convinced about the woman they saw leaving his apartment. However, it becomes apparent… Internet Archive You and Your Friends 1946 · Film · Subtitles "Here we are at a nice, friendly party. Watch carefully everything the people at this party do and say, then ask yourself, 'would I rate them plus or minus as… Internet Archive The Web (1947) Ella Raines, Edmond O' Brien, William Bendix, Vincent Price 1947 · Feature The Web is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Ella Raines, Edmond O'Brien, William Bendix and Vincent Price You can… Internet Archive Your Town: A Story of America 1940 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Tribute to the strengths of the American system of free enterprise, funded by a large manufacturers' association. Young Jerry, who stops to observe a rowdy… Internet Archive Night Train To Munich 1940 · Feature Carol Reed’s Night Train to Munich is a twisting, turning, cloak-and-dagger delight, combining comedy, romance, and thrills with the greatest of ease. Paced… Internet Archive The Woman in the Window (1944) 1944 · Feature The Woman in the Window , directed by Fritz Lang, follows the story of Professor Richard Wanley , a psychology professor in New York City. One evening, Wanley… Internet Archive Fallen Angel (1945) Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell 1945 · Feature Fallen Angel is a 1945 film noir directed by Otto Preminger, with cinematography by Joseph LaShelle, who had also worked with Preminger on Laura a year… Internet Archive Woman 1948 · Feature Toshiko (Mitsuko Mito) joins her criminal lover at a beach resort, where he tries to convince her to run away with him. With expressive technique and… Internet Archive Machine : Master or Slave? 1941 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles The film explores the impact of labor-saving machinery on employment and the economy. As factories ramp up production for defense needs, workers face… Internet Archive Last Date 1949 · Short · 19 min · Subtitles Tells the story of Jeanne, a popular pretty girl until speed and an accident ruin her life. Directed by Lewis D. Collins. Story by Bruce Henry. With Richard… Internet Archive To The Ends Of The Earth 1948 ★★★½ (CC) Film-noir/Thriller [1:48:18] Dick Powell 1948 · Feature · 1 h 49 min · Subtitles To the Ends of the Earth is a 1948 American film noir thriller film, directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Dick Powell, Signe Hasso and Ludwig Donath.…