The world's archives

1,825–1,872 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 Porky's Pooch (1941) 1941 · Feature Porky’s Pooch is a 1941 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Bob Clampett. The short was released on December 27, 1941, and stars Porky Pig. Watch on… Internet Archive Brick Bradford 1947 · Feature Title: Brick Bradford Summary: An adventurer travels to the moon to stop a madman from getting hold of the Interceptor Ray, a weapon that could destroy Earth.… Internet Archive Tomorrow Always Comes (Part I) 1941 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Time-travel story promoting rayon lingerie. Internet Archive The Ducktators 1942 · Film · Subtitles Content warning: contains harmful ethnic and cultural stereotypes. "A wartime cartoon that satirizes the Axis leaders of World War II."… Internet Archive City Across the River (1949) Tony Curtis, Stephen McNally 1949 · Feature City Across the River is known for being the film that kick-started Tony Curtis' screen career. It was also the template for such crucial 1950s movies as… Internet Archive Movie Trailers ("Independence Day, 1940" Promotion) 1940 · Film · Subtitles Patriotic trailer shown in theaters prior to the fourth of July, 1940. Internet Archive En skön historia (1940) 1940 · Feature · Subtitles En romantisk komedi om societetskvinnan Tracy som står inför sitt andra bröllop när hon oväntat får besök av tre personer: sin första make, en… Internet Archive The Years Between 1946 · Feature Title: The Years Between Summary: An MP who had been reportedly killed in action during the war, unexpectedly returns to his family, only to find that his… Internet Archive Desert Escape 1940 Colorized 1940 · Feature Aka 'Marked Men'. From IMDB: Bill Carver is a young medical-school graduate wrongly confined in prison. He escapes and finds a haven and romance in an Arizona… Internet Archive Law and Social Controls 1949 · Film · Subtitles EXAMINES THE 3 AREAS OF SOCIAL CONTROL--CUSTOMS, MORAL CODES & LAWS. EXPLAINS SOME OF THE LEVELS OF LAW, SUCH AS LOCAL & NATIONAL. Internet Archive Miracle Kid, The 1941 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Rainbow Over Texas 1946 · Feature Title: Rainbow Over Texas Summary: Roy visits his home town while on a personal appearance tour. While there he enters a pony express race. To keep him from… Internet Archive Too Late For Tears ( 1949) 1949 · Feature Movie. Public Domain. Film Noir Internet Archive The Far Frontier 1948 · Feature · 1 h 6 min Title: The Far Frontier Summary: Willis Newcomb and Bart Carroll head a gang engaged in smuggling wanted-American criminals back into the United States from… Internet Archive I Killed That Man 1941 · Feature · 1 h 9 min Title: I Killed That Man Summary: A condemned murderer on the eve of his execution decides to tell the authorities who hired him to commit the murder.… Internet Archive Our Living Constitution 1949 · Film · Subtitles Shows how the Constitution operates in our society. Points out the various elements written into the Constitution and the changes and additions made by our… Internet Archive Your Chance of a Lifetime! 1941 · Film · Subtitles In 1941, the United States is experiencing an unprecedented industrial boom fueled by government investments exceeding $44 billion. This surge in production… Internet Archive Shadows on the Stairs 1941 · Feature · 1 h 3 min A U.S. film set in a London boarding house in the year 1937. Internet Archive Building a Highway 1948 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Major steps in the construction of a two-lane (pre-Interstate) highway. Internet Archive Lady from Louisiana 1941 · Feature · 1 h 22 min 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 Kentucky Pioneers 1941 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Follows pioneer families along wilderness road to Kentucky. Shows their schools, recreation and everyday tasks, such as weaving, soap-making, cooking,… Internet Archive Children Must Learn, The 1940 · Film · Subtitles "This film is an authentic record of real people, living their usual lives. It documents one of several experiments carried on by various state universities… Internet Archive Table Manners 1947 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Emily Post narrates this traditionally minded film. Internet Archive Hollywood 'Red' Probe Begins, 1947/10/20 1947 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Washington: Hearings begin before the House Un-American Activities Committee, on charges of communist infiltration in Hollywood, Chirman Thomas outlines… Internet Archive Unid. Soundie (Juvenile Jubilee) 1940 · Film · Subtitles All girl xylophone band. 00:13:51:10 - 00:16:14:08 B/W Sound 1940s Vibraphone jazz band performs instrumental song on Greek-themed set. Male bandleader plays… Internet Archive Mrs. FDR Tells One, 1943/09/30 1943 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Eleanor Roosevelt convulses audiences as she relates a whopper involving the Japs and her husband." sound of Mrs. Roosevelt speaking. (partial newsreel) Internet Archive Tom Brown's School Days 1940 · Feature · 1 h 20 min You can read about this film on its IMDb page Internet Archive Landings On Okinawa, 1945/04/09 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Conferences at Guam ended, Pacific Fleet Commander, Admiral Nimitz sends an armada of 1,400 vessels to Okinawa in the Ryukus. En route, the men of the… Internet Archive A Corny Concerto (1943) 1943 · Feature A Corny Concerto is a 1943 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies directed by Bob Clampett. The short was released on September 25, 1943, and stars Bugs Bunny, Porky… Internet Archive Porky's Preview (1941) 1941 · Feature Porky’s Preview is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Tex Avery. The short was released on April 19, 1941, and stars Porky Pig. Watch on… Internet Archive The Chinese Ring (1947) DVD MKV 1947 · Feature DVD remux of the 1947 Monogram Pictures film "The Chinese Ring." IMDb TMDB Wikipedia The Chinese Ring is a 1947 American mystery film directed by William… Internet Archive The Henpecked Duck (1941) 1941 · Feature The Henpecked Duck is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Bob Clampett and written by Warren Foster. The cartoon was released on August 30, 1941,… Internet Archive Joe Glow, the Firefly (1941) 1941 · Feature Joe Glow, the Firefly is a 1941 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on March 8, 1941. Watch on RetroFlix.org:… Internet Archive All Out for Victory 1943 · Film · Subtitles "We know that victory is won only through the sweat of workers and the blood of soldiers. Out there, there isn't one unimportant soldier, back here there… 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 Modern Sweden (aka Traveling the Middle Way in Sweden) 1940 · Film · Subtitles Title: "Cooperating to educate - Educated to cooperate; the Swedes have set an example which America may well take to heart." Largely focuses on history and… Internet Archive Leave It to Roll-Oh 1940 · Film · Subtitles ROLL-OH, THE DOMESTIC ROBOT, IS CONSTRUCTED TO TAKE CARE OF MANY DISAGREEABLE HOUSEHOLD CHORES. SCARES THE MAILMAN. GOOD HUMOROUS GAG FILM. Internet Archive Mark of the Lash 1948 colorized (Lash Larue) 1948 · Feature Local ranchers send for Lash Larue after Taggart (Marshall Reed) closes off their water supply. Learning about this, Taggart sends his gang to kill Lash, but… Internet Archive 1940's Television: ''Howdy Doody'' - 3rd August 1949 1949 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles 1940's Television: An episode of "Howdy Doody" from the 3rd of August, 1949. This episode features many of the aspects which made the show one of early TV's… Internet Archive Allies Seize German Loot and Criminals,1945/06/04 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) Allies Seize German Loot and Criminals - "With Germany's complete capitulation, her various leaders present diverse pictures as they are forced from their… Internet Archive The Brasher Doubloon (1947) 1947 · Feature Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband's collection. Marlowe begins… Internet Archive Plastics (A Supplementary Film) 1944 · Film · Subtitles Surveys the growth of the plastic industry, stressing the new materials developed during World War II. Shows the manufacture and fabrication of articles from… Internet Archive Seventeen Days! A Story of Newspaper History in the Making 1945 · Film · Subtitles During the seventeen days of the newspaper delivery strike in New York, the public waited in two hour lines on the streets outside of newspaper plants in… Internet Archive Synthetic Fibers: Nylon and Rayon 1949 · Film · Subtitles Reveals how modern science and technology have made possible the development of new artificial fibers for making textiles -- specifically rayon and nylon.… Internet Archive Letter From Bataan, A 1944 · Film · Subtitles In the jungles of Bataan, two American soldiers, unable to see enemy planes because of night blindness are hit by a Japanese bomb. Pete is killed outright,… Internet Archive Appointment in Tokyo 1945 · Feature · 54 min Title: Appointment in Tokyo Summary: Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces and the United States… Internet Archive Pages From an Open Book (Part II) 1947 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles Report on Metropolitan Insurance business operations for 1947. PA9071 Pages From an Open Book 16 Koda print Internet Archive Machinist and Tool Maker, The 1942 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles