The world's archives

145–192 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 One Body Too Many 1944 · Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles An insurance salesman is hired to guard the body of a man so his potential heirs don't try to bury it and invalidate the man's will. You can find out more… Internet Archive Shock 1946 · Feature · 1 h 10 min This post-World War II suspense thriller sets off an emotional roller coaster after the psychologically fragile wife of a POW (Anabel Shaw) witnesses a brutal… Internet Archive Hi De Ho 1947 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles Cab Calloway plays himself in a plot about jealousy, night clubs, and gangsters. Internet Archive The Monster Maker 1944 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles A mad scientist infects a concert pianist with acromegaly in hopes of convincing the daughter to marry him in exchange for the cure. You can find out more… Internet Archive C-Man 1949 · Feature · 1 h 16 min When his best friend is murdered in pursuit of jewel smugglers, customs agent Cliff Holden (Dean Jagger) finds himself assigned to track down the killers and… Internet Archive Ghosts on the Loose 1943 · Feature · 1 h 5 min Glimpy's surprisingly beautiful sister (Ava Gardner) is getting married to Jack (Rick Vallin), a young engineer, and moving to a 'bargain' suburban house… Internet Archive The Great Dan Patch 1949 · Feature · 1 h 35 min Title: The Great Dan Patch Summary: Story of the legendary trotting horse Dan Patch. Directed by: Joseph M. Newman Actors: Production Company: W.R. Frank… Internet Archive Buckskin Frontier 1943 · Feature · 1 h 16 min Title: Buckskin Frontier Summary: A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass. Directed by: Lesley Selander… Internet Archive Spoilers of the North 1947 · Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles An evil fisherman cons his former girlfriend to finance a cannery that will be illegally stocked by Native American friends of his current girlfriend. But has… Internet Archive Trapped 1949 · Feature · 1 h 18 min The film tells the story of the U.S. Treasury Department who, with the aid of a counterfeiter, try to track down and stop of counterfeiting ring. The… Internet Archive Scarlet Street 1945 · Feature · 1 h 41 min · Subtitles "Sultry woman's boyfriend has her hook middle-aged clerk for his money, leading first to ironic and then tragic complications. Second of a pair of closely… Internet Archive Boarding House Blues 1948 · Feature · 1 h 26 min · Subtitles Title: Boarding House Blues Summary: Tenants of a Harlem boarding house put on a show to save their home. Directed by: Josh Binney Actors: Moms Mabley, Dusty… Internet Archive Private Snuffy Smith 1942 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Brideless Groom 1947 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive They Made Me a Killer 1946 · Feature · Subtitles A man arrested for bank robbery escapes and tries to track down the real culprits. You can find out more at IMDB.com . Internet Archive Spooks Run Wild 1941 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles Bela Lugosi You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Life with Father 1947 · Feature · 1 h 58 min This film's excellent cast brings interest to a story of otherwise routine family events. Almost all of the performers are nicely matched with their… Internet Archive Doomed to Die 1940 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDb : Only the possibility of avoiding a Tong War, plus persuasion by reporter Bobbie Logan leads the famous detective James Lee Wong to enter the… Internet Archive Seven Doors to Death 1944 · Feature · 1 h 4 min Also Known As "Vanishing Corpses" A shot rings out in a darkened apartment; a woman screams and flees, tricking architect Jimmy McMillan into giving her a… Internet Archive A Yank in Libya 1942 · Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles An American journalist exposes Nazi gunrunners trying to start an Arab revolt. H.B.Warner.... Herbert Forbes Walter Woolf King .... Mike Malone Harry Parke… Internet Archive Here is Germany 1945 · Feature · 50 min · Subtitles Here is Germany was made to prepare soldiers who had not seen combat to go to Germany for the US occupation after the May 8, 1945 unconditional surrender. The… Internet Archive The Song of Bernadette 1943 · Feature · 2 h 29 min · Subtitles Title: The Song of Bernadette Summary: In 1858 France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never… Internet Archive Phantom of Chinatown 1940 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles From IMDb : Detective James Lee Wong is on the scene as archeologist Dr. John Benton, recently returned from an expedition in China where a valuable ancient… Internet Archive The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress 1944 · Short · Subtitles This film is a war documentary produced by one of the "Hollywood Colonels," William Wyler, who joined the Air Force Film unit and recorded the sights and… Internet Archive Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman 1947 · Feature · 1 h 43 min A successful singer Angelica Evans (Susan Hayward) gives up her career and marries unsuccessful singer Ken Conway (Lee Bowman). She happily sacrifices for him… Internet Archive Adventure Island 1947 · Feature · 1 h 6 min Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's "Ebb Tide," this adventure pits a group of shipwrecked sailors against the mad ruler of a jungle island. Internet Archive Woody Woodpecker in Pantry Panic 1941 · Cartoon · 7 min Weatherby Groundhog predicts a cold winter and advises all the birds to fly south. But Woody Woodpecker decides to stay, and nearly starves. Animation by Alex… Internet Archive My Favorite Burnette iPod Version 1947 · Feature · 1 h 26 min · Subtitles Bob Hope comedy with Dorothy Lamour. | You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Big Wheel 1949 · Feature · 1 h 29 min The plot focus is on Mickey Rooney's character Bill Coy who follows in his father's footsteps for good and for bad. Internet Archive The Mad Monster 1942 · Feature · 1 h 16 min · Subtitles From IMDb : A mad scientist changes his simple-minded handyman into a werewolf in order to prove his supposedly crazy scientific theories - and exact revenge.… Internet Archive The North Star 1943 · Feature · 1 h 48 min In a peaceful Ukrainian village, the school year is just ending in June 1941. Five young friends set out for a walking trip to Kiev, but their travels are… Internet Archive Rebecca 1940 · Feature · 2 h 5 min Title: Rebecca Summary: A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife. Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock Actors: Laurence… Internet Archive Detour 1945 · Feature · 1 h 7 min In flashback, New York nightclub pianist Al Roberts hitchhikes to Hollywood to join his girl Sue. On a rainy night, the sleazy gambler he's riding with… Internet Archive Why We Fight: War Comes to America 1943 · Feature · 1 h 5 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 Lady Gangster 1942 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles From IMDb : An actress gets mixed up with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. Before she's sent to prison, she steals the money… Internet Archive Life and Death of Colonel Blimp_The 1943 · Feature · 2 h 43 min · Subtitles From Imdb; Portrays in warm-hearted detail the life and loves of one extraordinary man. We meet the imposingly rotund General Clive Wynne-Candy, a blustering… Internet Archive Go Down, Death! 1944 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles Religious race film from Spencer Williams of "Amos N' Andy" fame. More info from the film's IMDB page . Internet Archive Gaslight 1944 · Feature · 1 h 43 min Title: Gaslight Summary: Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret… Internet Archive Santa's Surprise 1947 · Cartoon · 8 min Five children from around the world follow Santa home on Christmas Eve, and decide to give him some extra help around the workshop. Internet Archive Invisible Ghost 1941 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles Bela Lugosi plays the role of Mr. Kessler, a man haunted and disturbed by the death of his wife. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb… Internet Archive Song of Arizona 1946 · Feature · 54 min Gabby's ranch for wayward boys is in financial trouble. One of his boys, Chip (Tommy Cook) is hiding stolen money sent by his father the outlaw leader King… Internet Archive One Body Too Many 1944 · Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles Jack Haley, Bela Lugosi, Jean Parker, and Lyle Talbot in an old-dark-house film. Internet Archive Santa Fe Trail 1940 · Feature · 1 h 49 min · Subtitles From Wikipedia: The film loosely follows the life of J.E.B. Stuart (Errol Flynn) before the outbreak of the American Civil War. Among its sub-plots include a… Internet Archive Dating: Do's and Don'ts 1949 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Classic instructional film for teen daters, presented here in the rare (but incomplete) Kodachrome version. Internet Archive Black Dragons 1942 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles It is prior to the commencement of World War II, and Japan's fiendish Black Dragon Society is hatching an evil plot with the Nazis. They instruct a brilliant… Internet Archive The Last Chance 1945 · Feature · 1 h 24 min Escaping a Nazi prison train in war-torn Italy, an American (Ewart G. Morrison) and a British (John Hoy) soldier set out for the Swiss border and find… Internet Archive The Fatal Hour 1940 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDb : When Captain Street's best friend Dan O'Grady is murdered, Street enlists the help of Chinese detective James Lee Wong. Mr. Wong uncovers a… Internet Archive The Young Lovers 1949 · Feature · 1 h 21 min AKA Never Fear Directed, co-produced and written by Ida Lupino A dancer (Sally Forrest) who has just gotten engaged to her partner and choreographer (Keefe…