The world's archives

1,393–1,440 of 42,480 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 Capitalism 1948 · Film · Subtitles Widgets give way to weenies as the "Western High School Radio Forum" discusses the meaning of capitalism in terms designed to make sense to teenagers.… Internet Archive Moonrise 1948 · Feature Title: Moonrise Summary: Danny is being despised by his schoolmates because his father was accused to have killed another man and is condemned to the death… Internet Archive Photography 1946 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Careers in photography and cinematography. Internet Archive Family Life 1949 · Film · Subtitles Illustrates that proper management of schedules, responsibilities, privileges and finances leads to a happier home. 20:43:20 Family Life 19078 20:43:33… Internet Archive Marry Me (1949) 1949 · Feature Marry Me! is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Terence Fisher , and starring Derek Bond , Susan Shaw , Patrick Holt , Carol Marsh and David Tomlinson . Internet Archive Pattern for Smartness 1948 · Short · 18 min · Subtitles Home-sewed clothes as high fashion. Internet Archive Doctor in Industry (Part II) 1946 · Short · 18 min · Subtitles Epic history of industrial medicine in the first half of the 20th century, showing how manufacturers and the medical profession came to terms with one another… Internet Archive The Man with Nine Lives (1940) 1940 · Feature · Subtitles The Man with Nine Lives is a 1940 American horror science fiction film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Boris Karloff. Both The Man with Nine Lives and… Internet Archive Superman (1941) 1941 · Feature After The Daily Planet receives a letter from a mad scientist threatening to wreak destruction with his Electrothanasia Ray, Lois Lane heads out in the hopes… Internet Archive Little Brown Jug 1948 · Cartoon · 7 min IMDb: "Little Brown Jug" is an animated short about various woodland creatures milling and drinking apple cider. Includes a sing-a-long of the title song.… Internet Archive Close-Up 1948 · Feature · 1 h 13 min Title: Close-Up Summary: After his photo is accidentally taken, that someone will do everything in his power to get hold of the negative. Directed by: Jack… Internet Archive He Walked By Night 1948: Film-Noir [1:18:55] BluRay 1948 · Feature · Subtitles He Walked by Night is a 1948 American police procedural film-noir, directed by Alfred L. Werker and an uncredited Anthony Mann. The film, shot in a… Internet Archive I Walk Alone (1947) Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey 1947 · Feature I Walk Alone is a 1947 FILM NOlR directed by Byron Haskin and starring Burt Lancaster and Lizabeth Scott, with a supporting cast featuring Wendell Corey and… Internet Archive Infantry Weapons and their effects 1943 · Short · 28 min This training film shows virtually all the weapons and ammunition used by the US Army in WWII and how they are being used most efficiently. 45mm pistol 30… Internet Archive Lil' Abner 1940 · Feature Film based on the comic strip by Al Capp. Internet Archive Specter of the Rose (1946) Dir: Ben Hecht, Michael Chekhov - Film Noir 1946 · Feature Specter of the Rose is a 1946 film noir thriller film written and directed by Ben Hecht and starring Dame Judith Anderson, Ivan Kirov, Viola Essen, Michael… Internet Archive Doubtful Dollars 1945 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Woman passing fake $10 bill at general store. Many shots of people spending money. Many shots showing the production of currency at the U.S. Bureau of… Internet Archive Immigration 1946 · Film · Subtitles Map-Chart technique surveys chronologically and compactly the history of immigration up to the restrictive law of 1924. Economic, political and religious… Internet Archive Ladies Courageous 1944 · Feature Title: Ladies Courageous Summary: The story of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, a unit of female pilots during WW II who flew bombers from the… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Wathen collection: Greenwich Village, New York Snowstorm, and Coney Island] 1944 · Home movie · Subtitles TITLE: "Greenwich Villiage [sic] Artists Street Exhibition" [Greenwich Village, New York City] This sequence approx. 50 feet. VS Washington Square Arch area,… Internet Archive Last Three, The 1942 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive "TRÊS DESCONHECIDOS" (1946), filme de Jean Negulesco, com legendas em português 1946 · Feature "Three Strangers", film Noir com Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald. Roteiro de John Huston e Howard Koch. Internet Archive The Girl Who Dared 1944 · Feature Title: The Girl Who Dared Summary: OUT OF THE FOGS OF FEAR! STORMS OF TERROR!...came this amazing person...to thrill you! Directed by: Howard Bretherton… Internet Archive "Your Show Time" The Adventure of the Speckled Band 1949 · Short · 26 min Title: "Your Show Time" The Adventure of the Speckled Band Summary: Sherlock Holmes gets the clues he needs to solve a murder, and to prevent another one from… Internet Archive Caravan 1946 · Feature Title: Caravan Summary: During the last half of the 19th century writer Richard Darrell saves Don Carlos from two robbers, and is entrusted by Don Carlos to… Internet Archive Taking the "X" out of X-Rays 1940 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Demystifies X-rays and radiation. Internet Archive Close Harmony 1942 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Discussion on the need for unity between labor and management as the U.S. mobilizes for World War II. Internet Archive HOUSE OF FRANKENSTIEN 1944 (upgraded) Colorized 1944 · Feature After escaping from the asylum, the deranged Dr. Niemann and his loyal hunchback assistant, Daniel, revive not only the evil Count Dracula, but the Wolf Man… Internet Archive Frieda 1947 · Feature A Royal Air Force pilot who was shot down during World War II returns home to his English village with his new bride, ... the German woman who helped him… Internet Archive Fish from Hell (Part II) 1945 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles Deep-sea fishing adventure. Internet Archive Girl on the Magazine Cover, The 1940 · Film · Subtitles Producer's synopsis: "This picture shows how professional models -- beautiful girls -- are used in making up magazine covers. A Chevrolet is shown on the… Internet Archive Dishonored Lady (1947) Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O' Keefe, John Loder - Film Noir Full Movie 1947 · Feature Dishonored Lady is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe and John Loder. It is based on… Internet Archive Little Audrey In "Butterscotch and Soda" 1948 · Cartoon Little Audrey would rather eat candy than a nutritious lunch. She dreams about going to a candy land where she eats too much candy and gets the âtummy ache… Internet Archive Door to Heaven, The 1941 · Film · Subtitles Urges people to take Jesus as their savior and through that be able to enter the kingdom of heaven. Waxes darkly about the wrath of God that befalls those who… Internet Archive Dark Waters (1944) Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone, Thomas Mitchell, Elisha Cook, Jr. 1944 · Feature Dark Waters is a 1944 Gothic FILM NOlR based on the novel of the same name by Francis and Marian Cockrell. It was directed by Andre DeToth and starred Merle… Internet Archive FLAK 1943 · Short · 16 min FlaK the german short term for Fl ug a bwehr k anone (Antiaircraft gun) This once-classified U.S. Air Force training film depicts evasive maneuvers used by… Internet Archive Detour (1945) [P&M] 1080p Blu-ray (17.5GB) 1945 · Feature I wasn't satisfied with the video quality of the uploads here on the Archive, so I found this version on Bittorrent after much searching. It's a massive… Internet Archive Port Of Flowers 1943 · Feature The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’ plan backfires… Internet Archive The Man in Grey 1943 · Feature Title: The Man in Grey Summary: After a brutish, hedonistic Marquis marries a pretty young Clarissa to act as a 'brood sow,' he begins an affair with her… Internet Archive Dulcimer Street 1948 · Feature · 1 h 47 min Title: Dulcimer Street Summary: Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well… Internet Archive A Woman's Vengeance (1948) Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy - Film Noir Full Movie 1948 · Feature A Woman's Vengeance is a 1948 American film noir drama mystery film directed by Zoltán Korda and starring Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy, Cedric… Internet Archive Sleep, My Love 1948 · Feature Title: Sleep, My Love Summary: Alison Courtland wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she cannot remember how she got there. Danger and… Internet Archive Big Show-Off, The 1945 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Strange Woman 1946 · Feature · 49 min Title: The Strange Woman Summary: In 1820s New England beautiful but poor and manipulative Jenny Hager marries rich old man Isaiah Poster but also seduces his… Internet Archive Bar 20 (1943) colorized =Hopalong Cassidy= 1943 · Feature Stagecoach robbers make off with the money Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) was going to use to buy cattle for the Bar 20 ranch, as well as with the jewels of… Internet Archive Girl on the Magazine Cover, The 1940 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles How professional models (and new automobiles) are photographed. Internet Archive Seasonal Changes in Trees 1949 · Film · Subtitles Introduces scientific study of trees, including classification & seasonal aspects. Stresses careful observation. Internet Archive The Red Menace 1949 · Feature Title: The Red Menace Summary: A disillusioned, bitter ex-GI gets involved with the Communist party, and winds up falling in love with one of his…