The world's archives

193–240 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 49th Parallel 1942 · Feature · 2 h 1 min · Subtitles From Imdb; In the early years of World War II, a German U-boat (U-37) sinks Allied shipping in St. Lawrence Bay and then tries to evade Canadian Military… Internet Archive Alaska Highway 1943 · Feature · 1 h 7 min Pop Ormsby (Harry Shannon) wins the contract from the Army Engineer Corps for the construction of the Alaska Highway connecting Alaska to Canada. The elder of… Internet Archive Song of Nevada 1944 · Feature · 54 min When John Barrabbee's (Thurston Hall) plane makes an emergency landing, he wanders off and joins Roy's cattle drive. Later he learns he was killed when his… Internet Archive Heldorado 1946 · Feature · 1 h 10 min Roy Rogers, a Nevada State Ranger Captain in charge of the Rangers Reclamation Service, makes a trip to Las Vegas for the annual Heldorado Frontier Days… Internet Archive Boy! What a Girl! 1947 · Feature · 1 h 10 min · Subtitles Two musical producers are trying to scrape enough money together to finance their show. When one of their backers doesn't show. They convince transvistie Tim… Internet Archive Love Laughs at Andy Hardy 1946 · Feature · 1 h 33 min · Subtitles This film starts with Andy Hardy returning home after serving in the army. And it's not too long before he's caught up in the usual Hardy capers. Stars Mickey… Internet Archive The Green Promise 1949 · Feature · 1 h 33 min Walter Brennan plays the part of a father raising four children, but has his own ideas about how to run a farm. Internet Archive Why Play Leap Frog? 1949 · Cartoon · 9 min · Subtitles Cold War-era cartoon aimed at convincing workers that increased productivity brings about greater purchasing power. Internet Archive the Scar 1948 · Feature · Subtitles "Harsh tale of an alienated criminal's attempt to impersonate his psychiatrist-double. Important fatalistic noir, with classy visuals and a very fine script… Internet Archive That Gang of Mine 1940 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles Title: That Gang of Mine Summary: A street kid has dreams of becoming a jockey. He gets his chance when he and his gang discover a poor old man who has a… Internet Archive I Accuse My Parents 1944 · Feature · 1 h 8 min Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson (Robert Lowell) starts hanging around with some shady characters. After falling in love with a lounge singer… Internet Archive Lost Honeymoon 1947 · Feature · 1 h 8 min When an Englishwoman dies, leaving behind two children, her devoted friend (Ann Richards) decides to take the children to find the woman's husband (Franchot… Internet Archive Why We Fight: The Battle of China 1943 · Feature · 1 h 2 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 White Pongo 1945 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles A white gorilla-like creature is hiding in the woods, only to be pursued by scientists hoping to discover if this creature is the missing link between mankind… Internet Archive The Big Cat 1949 · Feature · 1 h 15 min During the Great Depression, a young man leaves his Eastern home for his late mother's birthplace in the Utah hills. He finds that things are far from… Internet Archive Special Agent 1949 · Feature · 1 h 9 min Johnny Douglas (William Eythe) investigates a train robbery, committed by brothers Paul (George Reeves) and Edmond Devereaux (Paul Valentine), in which… Internet Archive The Amazing Mr. X 1948 · Feature 1948 B thriller shot by renowned cinematographer John Alton , who was also involved with the following films already available on the archive: T-Men (1947),… Internet Archive Father's Little Dividend 1941 · Feature Starring Spencer Tracy, Elizibeth Taylor, Billie Burke, this entertaining movie tells the tale of a grumpy, soon-to-be grandfather who does not look forward… Internet Archive The Light of Western Stars 1940 · Feature · 1 h 5 min Easterner Madeline Hammond (Jo Ann Sayers) has decided to buy a cattle ranch not knowing that there is an ammunition smuggling ring operating off her land.… Internet Archive And Then There Were None 1945 · Feature Title: And Then There Were None Summary: Seven guests, a newly hired personal secretary and two staff are gathered on an isolated island by an absent host and… Internet Archive Payoff, The 1942 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it… Internet Archive Private Buckaroo 1942 · Feature · 1 h 7 min WWII era Musical starring Dick Foran, the Andrew Sisters, Harry James, and Joe E Lewis. Dick Foran play a western style crooner who's anxious to join the… Internet Archive Penny Serenade 1941 · Feature · 1 h 59 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : As Julie prepares to leave her husband Roger, she begins to play through a stack of recordings, each of which reminds her of events in their… Internet Archive Louisiana Story 1948 · Feature · 1 h 18 min A young Cajun boy named Alexander Napolean Ulysses Latour (Joseph Boudreaux) spends his time on a Louisiana bayou. There he plays, fishes and hunts, worrying… Internet Archive Shoot to Kill 1947 · Feature · 1 h 4 min A former gangster (Robert Kent) who was framed by a corrupt district attorney (Charles Trowbridge). With his wife and an investigative reporter he gathers… Internet Archive Rebecca (1940 Film Noir, Thriller, Hitchcock) 1940 · Feature · 2 h 10 min TAGLINES : 01) A lonely man, a lovely girl... struggling against the secret of Manderley 02) The shadow of this woman darkened their love. 03) The shadow of a… Internet Archive Unforgotten Crime 1942 · Feature · 54 min AKA The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine Mike Jason (Dennis O'Keefe), idea man for the Bullard Advertising Agency, and Cleo Arden (Gloria Dickson), director of the… Internet Archive Malice in the Palace 1949 · Short · 15 min Title: Malice in the Palace Summary: Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys set out to recover the stolen Rootin Tootin diamond… Internet Archive Back Room Boy 1942 · Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles Arthur Pilbeam wants to find a job away from women after being jilted by his fiancé. He finds a job at a remote lighthouse that's being used as meteorological… Internet Archive Salome Where She Danced 1945 · Feature · 1 h 30 min The beautiful Yvonne De Carlo rules as the notorious "Lola Montez" who was the mistress of the King of Prussia and caused a revolution when he gave her the… Internet Archive My Favorite Brunette 1947 · Feature · 1 h 27 min This was one of the three films that Bob Hope did for Paramount with the theme of favorites: blonde, spy and brunette. He was at one of the best moments of… Internet Archive Behind Green Lights 1946 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles Police lieutenant Sam Carson investigates a political murder after the body of a blackmailing reporter is dumped at the door of police headquarters. Internet Archive Lady in the Death House 1944 · Feature · 55 min · Subtitles Mary Logan (Jean Parker) is accused of murdering a blackmailer (Uncredited) who threatens to tell her boss, Mr. Gregory (George Irving), that she was the… Internet Archive Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome 1947 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles Boris Karloff is Gruesome in this tale of a gang that uses paralyzing gas to rob banks. I uploaded this because the only other version available here was 3.1… Internet Archive Two Weeks to Live 1943 · Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles Internet Archive Parole Inc 1948 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles "Low budget exposé thriller of corruption being uncovered in the parole system." - Spencer Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir | You can find more information… Internet Archive Billy the Kid - Trapped 1942 · Feature · 59 min Here's another entry in PRC's long-running "Billy the Kid" series, again starring Buster Crabbe as Billy Carson and Al St. John as his comic sidekick Fuzzy Q.… Internet Archive Despotism 1946 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Measures how a society ranks on a spectrum stretching from democracy to despotism. Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power… Internet Archive So This is Washingtom 1943 · Feature · 1 h 3 min After Abner accidentally discovers a synthetic rubber he and Lum travel to Washington with the hopes that this new discovery will help the war effort. Internet Archive Our Town 1940 · Feature · Subtitles Our Town is a 1940 film adaptation of a play of the same name by Thornton Wilder starring William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Thomas… Internet Archive Back-Room Boy 1942 · Feature · 1 h 19 min After being jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam (Arthur Askey) wants a job where he will encounter no women. He is sent to a lighthouse on a remote Scottish… Internet Archive Lucky Strike Cigarette Commercial: Square Dance 1948 · Commercial · Subtitles Lucky Strike cigarette commercial with stop-motion animation of square-dancing cigarettes. Internet Archive Alimony 1949 · Feature · 1 h 11 min Small town girl Kitty Traves (Martha Vickers) comes to New York with the idea of getting rich fast. Beginning as a 'model' she then becomes a divorce… Internet Archive Identity Unknown 1945 · Feature · 1 h 11 min A soldier (Richard Arlen) who survived a bombing in which three others, who were burned beyond recognition but who possessed similar physical descriptions,… Internet Archive Meet John Doe 1941 · Feature · 2 h 2 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Tomorrow We Live 1942 · Feature · 1 h 3 min Julie Bronson (Jean Parker), whose father, "Pop" Bronson (Emmett Lynn) operates a desert café, is attracting the unwanted attention of a half-crazed gangster… Internet Archive The Black Raven 1943 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles George Zucco, Glenn Strange, and Byron Foulger in a poverty row film. The IMDB entry is here . Internet Archive Invisible Ghost 1941 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles The town's leading citizen becomes a homocidal maniac after his wife deserts him.