The world's archives

97–144 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 Dick Tracy Detective 1945 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles Dick must stop the mysterious killings of various people with no obvious connection. Internet Archive Strange Illusion 1945 · Feature · Subtitles "Adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father. Stylish cheapie by the recognized master of stylish cheapies." - noir… Internet Archive The Ghost Train 1941 · Feature · 1 h 21 min · Subtitles Arthur Askey starts in this WWII era British Comedy. Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local… Internet Archive Whistle Stop 1946 · Feature When beautiful Mary (Ava Gardner) returns home to her "whistle stop" home town, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to… Internet Archive Port of New York 1949 · Feature · 1 h 22 min Port of New York is a 1949 film shot in semidocumentary style. The film is notable for being Yul Brynner's first movie. The film tells the story of a customs… Internet Archive Smart Alecks 1942 · Feature · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : Danny helps to capture a wanted criminal and receives a $200 reward. However, he has a falling out with the gang when they believe he should… Internet Archive Desert Escape 1940 · Feature · Subtitles Also known as "Marked Men" You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Flying Wild 1941 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Da East Side Kids get jobs at a airplane factory, and discover that one of the employees is a spy. Internet Archive Song for Miss Julie, A 1945 · Feature · 1 h 9 min · Subtitles A woman tries to block the production of an operetta written about her relative. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Love Laughs at Andy Hardy 1946 · Feature · 1 h 32 min · Subtitles Andy Hardy returns from the military with love and marriage on his mind. Movie Comics did and adaptation for the this film, you can read it here: Internet Archive Superman: Electric Earthquake 1942 · Cartoon · 9 min A mad scientist attempts to blow up Manhattan. Lois Lane investigates and Superman saves the day. Animation by Steve Muffati and Arnold Gillespie, story by… Internet Archive Heading for Heaven 1947 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles Stu Erwin is convinced he will die soon so crooks can buy his property. With Glenda Farrell. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb… Internet Archive Fugitive Valley 1941 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles The Range Busters have a plan to get into the outlaw's hideout in Fugitive Valley. Internet Archive The Inspector General 1949 · Feature · Subtitles Georgi (Danny Kaye) an illiterate member of a gypsy medicine show, is mistaken for the feared and cruel Inspector General. Internet Archive Angel and the Bad Man, The 1947 · Feature · 1 h 39 min · Subtitles 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 Angel on My Shoulder 1946 · Feature · 1 h 29 min · Subtitles The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life. Internet Archive Using the Bank 1947 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Banking services and procedures in the pre-computer era. Internet Archive This is the Army 1943 · Feature · Subtitles Dancer Jerry Jones (George Murphy) is wounded in World War I and finding his showbiz options limited becomes a producer. 25 years later, he puts on an… Internet Archive The Boss of Big Town 1942 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles From IMDb : Diligent City Market official Michael Lynn resists overtures by well-to-do gangster Kenneth Craige to fix produce and dairy prices during wartime.… Internet Archive The Blood Of Jesus 1941 · Feature · 56 min · Subtitles The Blood of Jesus ( 1941 ) is a classic example of the " race film " genre of films by African-American directors and casts, geared exclusively for an… Internet Archive Night Train To Munich 1940 · Feature · 1 h 35 min · Subtitles From IMDb; When the Germans march into Prague, armour-plating inventor Dr Bomasch flees to England. His daughter Anna escapes from arrest to join him, but the… Internet Archive Fear in the Night 1947 · Feature · 1 h 12 min A film noir shocker, based on the story Nightmare by Cornell Woorlich, in which average Joe Vince Grayson (De Forest Kelley) dreams he murders someone and… Internet Archive No, No, Nanette 1940 · Feature · 1 h 26 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring… Internet Archive The Chase 1946 · Feature · 1 h 24 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.… Internet Archive My Japan 1945 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Complex and disturbing anti-Japanese propaganda film produced to spur the sale of U.S. war bonds. CONTENT ADVISORY: Explicit racism and extreme violence. Internet Archive Lil' Abner 1940 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles Film based on the comic strip by Al Capp. Dogpatch comes to life with Buster Keaton, Edgar Kennedy and more. Internet Archive The Woman in Green 1945 · Feature · 1 h 7 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : Holmes and Watson investigate a series of bizarre and apparently unconnected murders, and the death of a possible suspect. Internet Archive Zis Boom Bah 1941 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles A rich former vaudeville mother tries to turn her rich carefree son into a responsible adult. Internet Archive Chasing Trouble 1940 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : A delivery boy for a flower shop, who thinks of himself as an amateur detective, finds out that his boss is mixed up with a foreign… Internet Archive Dick Tracy vs. Cueball 1946 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles Title: Dick Tracy vs. Cueball Summary: Expensive diamonds are stolen but before the thief can fence them he is strangled by ex-con Cueball, who then takes the… Internet Archive The Southerner 1945 · Feature · 1 h 32 min Jean Renoir's classic tale of a cotton picker (Zachary Scott) who moves his wife (Betty Field) and children to a run down farm in hopes that they can grow… Internet Archive Monster Maker, The 1944 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles Mad scientist injects his enemies with acromegaly virus, causing them to become hideously deformed. Internet Archive Bowery at Midnight 1942 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles Bela Lugosi. By day, professor of psychology. By night, proprietor of a soup-kitchen that serves as the base for his criminal activities. Tom Neal of "Detour"… Internet Archive One Body Too Many 1944 · Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles Taken from the IMDB : Insurance salesman Albert Tuttle arrives at the Cyrus J. Rutherford estate to sell the millionaire some life insurance. Rutherford is… Internet Archive This is the Army 1943 · Feature · 1 h 54 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW… Internet Archive Scared to Death 1947 · Feature · 1 h 20 min · Subtitles A woman tells the story of the events leading up to her death. Bela Lugosi's only color film. Internet Archive Superman: Eleventh Hour 1942 · Cartoon · 8 min Superman is responsible for several acts of sabotage at the Yokohama Navy Yard in Japan. Lois Lane is held hostage but Superman saves the day. Animation by… Internet Archive Why We Fight: Prelude to War 1943 · Feature · 52 min · Subtitles Produced by the U.S. Army Special Service Division, and directed by Frank Capra "Why We Fight" is a seven part propaganda/documentary series that traces the… Internet Archive That Uncertain Feeling 1941 · Feature · 1 h 24 min Against her better judgement, happily married Jill Baker (Merle Oberon) is persuaded to see a popular psychoanalyst about her psychosomatic hiccups Internet Archive The Sin of Harold Diddlebock 1947 · Feature · 1 h 29 min This final film by silent screen star Harold Lloyd comes nine years after his previous feature. In this film, that reprises a character portrayed by Lloyd in… Internet Archive Sheriff of Tombstone 1941 · Feature · 54 min The mayor (Addison Richards) has sent for a gunslinger (Harry Woods) who, though appearing to clean up the town, is really to be the mayor's means of taking… Internet Archive Classic Television Commercials (Part I) 1948 · Commercial · 8 min · Subtitles Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium. Internet Archive For Health and Happiness 1941 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Lively children illustrate the results of good nutrition, affection, and intelligent care. Internet Archive Stranger, The 1946 · Feature · 1 h 31 min · Subtitles Set Connecticut after World War II, The Stranger is a cat and mouse game between Wilson (Edward G. Robinson), a member of the Allied War Crimes Commission and… Internet Archive The Lady Confesses 1945 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles Mary Beth Hughes, about to be married to Hugh Beaumont, receives a visit from his previous wife, who was presumed dead. And then the woman is found murdered.… Internet Archive How to Be Well Groomed 1949 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Siblings Don and Sue show how they keep themselves well groomed throughout the school week and for their Friday night dates. Internet Archive Bells of San Angelo 1947 · Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles Along the Mexican border, Roy joins Western novelist Dale in a search for smugglers. Internet Archive The Son of Monte Cristo 1940 · Feature · 1 h 42 min Dashing Edmund Dantes Jr. (Louis Hayward), the son of the famed Count of Monte Cristo, uses the masked guise of the Torch to come to the aid of his beloved…