The world's archives

1,297–1,344 of 42,240 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 Oath of Vengence 1944 · Feature · 55 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Communications and Our Town 1947 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles A telephone technician explains to two young boys how different types of communication foster links and interdependence between people. Internet Archive Laura (1944) de Otto Preminger, com iegendas em Português 1944 · Feature Um dos mais famosos "film noir" dos anos 40, com Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price. Direção de de Otto Preminger. Internet Archive Saddle Mountain Roundup 1941 · Feature · 56 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Here Come the Huggetts 1948 · Feature Title: Here Come the Huggetts Summary: The return of the Huggett family. After first meeting the family at the Holiday Camp, this is on the home front. The… Internet Archive Angel On My Shoulder ( 1946) 720p 1946 · Feature After Eddie Kagle is murdered by his best friend Smiley he finds himself in Hell and tries to escape. Satan witnesses his attempt and offers the gangster a… Internet Archive Coney Island 1940 · Film · Subtitles Brooklyn, N.Y. * 11:01:52:27- 11:02:13:25 Nice montage of Coney Island boardwalk. Starts with image of soldier taking his friends' photo. All around them are… Internet Archive Our Enemy: The Japanese 1943 · Film · Subtitles Film which attempts to convey an understanding of Japanese life and philosophy; it does this in an way which is overly generalizing and racist. military;… Internet Archive How to fly: The B-17 - Ground Operations 1943 · Short · 34 min Military training film in which an instructor takes a new B-17 bomber pilot through preflight inspections of the aircraft and preparation for departure. Internet Archive Loaded Pistols 1948 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Captain America, Chapter 1 1944 · Short · 25 min From IMDb : Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable… Internet Archive Screw Drivers of 1940 1940 · Film · Subtitles Film-within-a-film: two men eating lunch at restaurant see another Shell Oil film entitled "The Largest Club in the World" with Lew Lehr and Don Wilson.… Internet Archive To The Public Danger (1948) 1948 · Feature To the Public Danger is a 1948 British drama film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Dermot Walsh , Susan Shaw and Barry Letts . It was made at Highbury… Internet Archive Child Went Forth, A 1942 · Film · Subtitles A simple, poetic exposition of a child's day at a modern summer camp. The six- to twelve-year-old children have been candidly photographed at work and play as… Internet Archive Phantom of Chinatown 1940 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Fundo in Chile 1949 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles Contrasts new and old farming methods on large Chilean ranches and shows the daily lives of fundo workers and their families. 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 Deadline for Action (Part II) 1946 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles How left-wing labor unions engaged in political activism to combat corporate influence on the U.S. Congress in the years following World War II. Internet Archive The Mark Of The Whistler 1944 Film-noir/Mystery ★★★ CC 1944 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles The Mark of the Whistler, aka The Marked Man, is a 1944 American mystery film noir based on the radio drama The Whistler. Directed by William Castle, the… Internet Archive The Rocking Horse Winner 1949 · Feature Title: The Rocking Horse Winner Summary: A young boy receives a rocking horse for Christmas and soon learns that he is able to pick the winning horse at the… Internet Archive Problems of Housing 1944 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Modernizing antiquated U.S. housing stock to bring it up to health and safety standards. Internet Archive Uruguay 1949 · Short · 18 min · Subtitles Compares the agriculture, economic well-being and culture of Uruguayan people with those of the U.S. Internet Archive Shy Guy 1947 · Film · Subtitles Phil HAS JUST ENTERED NEW HIGH SCHOOL & HAS DIFFICULTY MAKING FRIENDS. HE SEES THAT MOST POPULAR STUDENTS ARE INTERESTED IN OTHERS, HELPFUL & SHARE… Internet Archive Caesar And Cleopatra 1945 · Feature Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains pop off the screen in vivid Technicolor in Gabriel Pascal’s version of Shaw’s 1901 play about love and politics in ancient Rome… Internet Archive His Girl Friday 1940 · Feature Title: His Girl Friday Summary: A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. Directed by: Howard Hawks… Internet Archive Industrial Revolution, The 1942 · Film · Subtitles DESCRIBES EFFORTS OF PRIMITIVE MAN TO DO WORK CHIEFLY WITH HIS OWN & ANIMAL MUSCLES; COMPARES METHODS OF WORK FROM THE TIME OF THE FIRST STEAM POWERED LOOM TO… Internet Archive Cover Girl (1944) Modelos 1942 · Feature · Subtitles Modelos (Cover Girl - 1944) Internet Archive Going Places 1948 · Film · 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 Telephone and Telegraph 1946 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Telecommunications workers in the analog era. Internet Archive Framed 1947 colorized (Glenn Ford) 1947 · Feature A mining engineer looking for work runs afoul of a femme fatale who plans to use him to take the blame in her money-making scheme. Glenn Ford as Mike Lambert… Internet Archive Madness Of The Heart (1949 Faith Drama Film Noir) 1949 · Feature · 1 h 31 min TAGLINE : The love of a man and woman is as FIRE! STORYLINE : Lydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia's… Internet Archive FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN 1943 colorized 1943 · Feature The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal… Internet Archive The Reckless Moment 1949 ★★★½ CC: Film-noir/Drama James Mason, Joan Bennett [1:22:04] 1949 · Feature · 1 h 22 min · Subtitles The Reckless Moment is a 1949 American film noir melodrama directed by Max Ophüls, produced by Walter Wanger, It starred James Mason and Joan Bennett. In the… Internet Archive They Were Sisters 1945 · Feature · 1 h 49 min Title: They Were Sisters Summary: The story of three sisters who marry men of widely different character as their individual and widely-different married… Internet Archive Fashions on the Ice and Snow 1940 · Film · Subtitles footage of snow trains – people outside stations trains in winter people sitting in snowtrain cars ski area and early ski lifts Thirties skiers Many shots… Internet Archive Gracias Amigos 1944 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles How World War II was won through the help of South American republics who furnished raw materials to the Allies. Internet Archive Electronics At Work 1943 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles Explains the six basic functions of electronic tubes and shows how each type of tube is used in industrial and military applications. Internet Archive Spy Smasher 1942 colorized serial compilation 1942 · Feature A secret agent (Kane Richmond) battles a gang of Nazi saboteurs determined to spread destruction across America. With Marguerite Chapman and Tristram Coffin.… Internet Archive Here Is China (Part II) 1944 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles Portrait of the Chinese people and how they were affected by Japanese aggression. Internet Archive First Pictures Nazi Rocket Bomb in U.S, 1946/05/13 1946 · Newsreel · Subtitles "New Mexico: Fourteen-ton Nazi rockets, launched by Army technicians in the first phase of our new long-range missile program, soar 75 miles into the… Internet Archive What Is Money? 1947 · Film · Subtitles FOLLOWING JOURNEY OF FIVE DOLLAR BILL THRU MANY TRANSACTIONS, FILM SHOWS HOW MONEY FUNCTIONS AS STANDARD OF VALUE, STANDARD FOR FUTURE PAYMENT, STOREHOUSE OF… Internet Archive Good Neighbor Family 1943 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles This relic of the "Good Neighbor Policy" attempts to show the similarities between U.S. and Latin American families. Internet Archive Intrigue (1947) George Raft, June Havoc, Helena Carter 1947 · Feature Intrigue is a 1947 American FILM NOlR crime film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring George Raft, June Havoc and Helena Carter. Intrigue was intended to… Internet Archive Magic in the Air (1941) 1941 · Short · 7 min · Subtitles How TV works and the promise of its youth. Internet Archive Oldsmobile Presents the "Seventy" B-44 (1942 Oldsmobile Playlets) 1941 · Film · Subtitles Theatrical screen ad for one of the last pre-World War II automobiles. Internet Archive Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) 1948 · Feature A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To… Internet Archive Lady from Louisiana 1941 · Feature Title: Lady from Louisiana Summary: Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery.… Internet Archive Gangsters of the Frontier 1944 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .