The world's archives

2,353–2,400 of 42,240 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 Santa's Surprise (1947) 1947 · Feature Seven children from around the world follow Santa home on Christmas Eve and decide to surprise him with some help around the house while he sleeps. Watch on… Internet Archive The Trap (1946) DVD MKV 1946 · Feature · 1 h 2 min DVD remux of the 1946 Monogram Pictures film "The Trap." IMDb TMDB Wikipedia The Trap is a 1946 American mystery crime film directed by Howard Bretherton and… Internet Archive [San Francisco: V-J Day] 1945 · Film · Subtitles Scenes of San Francisco streets and the streets of a San Francisco Peninsula city, probably Redwood City, as soldiers and civilians celebrate V-J Day, August,… Internet Archive All My Sons (1948) 1948 · Feature During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him when Joe's… Internet Archive Dr. Christian # 4 Remedy For Riches (1940 +++++ Drama) 1940 · Feature STORYLINE : A college friend of the local soda-jerk comes to town and lets it be known that he's looking for property on which to build a resort. When he buys… Internet Archive The Wolf Man ( Colorized, 1941) 720p 1941 · Feature The Wolf Man (1941) colorized with HAVC Internet Archive Olds Minute Movies [Futuramic 1948] 1948 · Film · Subtitles Theater advertisements for the first all-new automobile to be placed on the market after World War II, the Oldsmobile Futuramic. Internet Archive Que el cielo la juzgue (1946) VOSE 1946 · Feature Título originalLeave Her to HeavenAño1945Duración110 min.PaísEstados UnidosDirección John M. Stahl Guion Jo Swerling. Novela: Ben Ames Williams Música Alfred… Internet Archive Carriers Hit Tokyo! 1945/03/19 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Plowing through tempestuous seas the U. S. Fifth Fleet takes positions several hundred miles off Tokyo ... the huge carriers of Task Force 58 emerge from… Internet Archive Secret Agent (1943) 1943 · Feature A double agent trying to deliver information to Washington, D.C. is chased by Nazi operatives. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/secret-agent-1943/ Internet Archive As the Twig Is Bent... 1943 · Film · Subtitles Terrific film about juvenile delinquency during World War II. From the early sensationalist days, before warm and cuddly social guidance films took over.… Internet Archive The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) 1941 · Feature Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruits of his… Internet Archive Oldsmobile Presents Motoring's Magic Carpet Hydra-Matic B-44 (1942 Oldsmobile Playlets) 1941 · Film · Subtitles Theatrical screen ad for one of the last pre-World War II automobiles. Internet Archive Aviation In The News, 1944/06/22 1944 · Newsreel · Subtitles B-24 Liberator rolls off San Diego Consolidated "San Diego, CA: Off the assembly line comes the 5,000th B-24 to go to war. The famed bomber, nicknamed the… Internet Archive The Battle of San Pietro 1945 · Short · 43 min Documentary of the US efforts to take Italy by acclaimed director John Huston. The US Army which commissioned the film refused to show it because it was too… Internet Archive Machine Master Or Slave 1941 · Film · Subtitles Film about the role of machines in society. Raises questions about whether machines will make consumption more affordable, threaten jobs of working people,… Internet Archive Happy Motoring Ahead! 1945 · Film · Subtitles 15:01:51:01 VS bus and cars passing Esso gas station; cars pulling out of gas station. 15:03:49:08 Father in shirt and tie reading newspaper with young boy on… Internet Archive Three Cities 1943 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles How America mobilizes. Internet Archive A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) 1943 · Feature A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Fire and Police Service 1947 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Vocational film showing the work of emergency service personnel. Internet Archive White Sands NM V-2 rocket, 1946/11/21 1946 · Newsreel · Subtitles White Sands NM V-2 rocket with camera makes film of earth as rocket rises and spins, 65 miles down, shows curvature of earth, "An observer in the rocket could… Internet Archive Attack I Sol (1945) 1945 · Feature · Subtitles Attack I Sol (1945) https://www.svtplay.se/video/j4zwDvg/attack-i-sol Jag äger ej filmen, anledning för jag väljer att ladda upp den är att bevara svenska… Internet Archive Captain America: Chapter 4 - Preview of Murder 1944 · Short · 15 min Taken from IMDB : Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the arch-villain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device… Internet Archive Highballing to Victory 1944 · Film · Subtitles On the Red Ball Express, a truck and air route from the western coast of Europe into the interior, and the importance of conserving rubber for military… Internet Archive Captain America: Chapter 5 - Blade of Wrath 1944 · Short · 15 min Taken from IMDB : Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the arch-villain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Coast to Coast, Part 1] 1946 · Home movie · Subtitles Skeletal entry. Info in logbook. Begins with shots of Plainfieid Avenue house in Edison, New Jersey Very nice Midwest driving POVs (given that they are 8mm) Internet Archive 1949 - Johnny Allegro - Ted Tetzlaff - VOSE 1949 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com t.me/agendasociocultural Internet Archive Science and Superstition 1940 · Film · Subtitles Some good shots to be logged. Internet Archive 1946 - Notorious - Encadenados - Alfred Hitchcock - VOSE 1946 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive Report From The Aleutians 1943 · Short · 46 min Director John Huston, while a member of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1943, creates an Academy Award winning documentary, which he narrates with assistance… Internet Archive Rivers of the Pacific Slope 1947 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles The Columbia, Sacramento, San Joaquin and Colorado river systems. Internet Archive The Gardens of Victory 1943 · Film · Subtitles "Slogan "food for freedom" expresses the theme of this film, that ties domestic gardening with large scale agriculture, with U.S. overseas wartime… Internet Archive La Paz 1943 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Tour of old and new in Bolivian capital. Internet Archive Oldsmobile Presents Motoring's Magic Carpet Hydra-Matic B-44 (1942 Oldsmobile Playlets) 1941 · Film · Subtitles Advertising Image of woman driver (as if she was seated in driver's seat) dressed in white against dark background Internet Archive Guest in the House (1944) 1944 · Feature Evelyn, an emotionally vulnerable and unstable woman, stays at the home of her doctor Dan Proctor. There she meets and falls in love with his brother,… Internet Archive The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) 1940 · Feature A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/the-case-of-the-fright… Internet Archive Captain America: Chapter 6 - Vault of Vengeance 1944 · Short · 15 min Taken from IMDB : Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the arch-villain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device… Internet Archive Billion Dollar Limited 1942 · Cartoon · 8 min You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive U-Boat Menace Ended, 1945/05/17 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "With the downfall of Germany, members of her underseas flet rise to the survace and on radio instructions from Berlin, procede to surrender to Allied… Internet Archive Ärret (1948) 1948 · Feature · Subtitles Ärret https://www.svtplay.se/video/jLdZM1r/arret https://www.svtplay.se/video/KyVEdzB/arret Jag äger ej filmen, anledning för jag väljer att ladda upp den är… Internet Archive Kumo to chûrippu (1943) 1943 · Feature Kumo to Tulip (くもとちゅうりっぷ, Kumo to Chūrippu, lit. “Spider and Tulip”) is a short animated Japanese film made in 1943 by Kenzo Masaoka. It is a story about a… Internet Archive Captain America: Chapter 12 - Horror on the Highway 1944 · Short · 15 min Taken from IMDB : Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the arch-villain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device… Internet Archive Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) 1945 · Feature Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Boss Tito Morell, goes… Internet Archive The Battery, Ignition and Electrical Systems 1945 · Film · Subtitles Subtitle: Automotive Operation & Maintenance Preventive Maintenance No. 2. Discusses the importance of taking good care of automotive electrical systems.… Internet Archive Churchill Home-Coming, 1941/08/29 1941 · Newsreel · Subtitles Britain's Prime Minister reviews U.S. and British troops at Iceland on way home from historic meeting - " Iceland: Prime Minister Churchill gets warm welcome… Internet Archive How Do You Do? 1946 · Film · Subtitles Presents the problems of social introductions, designed to help build social poise and self-assurance. Internet Archive Bill Garman, 12-Year-Old Businessman 1946 · Film · Subtitles BILL, A TYPICAL AMERICAN BOY, RAISES RABBITS AND HOGS AND PLANS HOW HE WILL SELL THEM. HE FIGURES HIS ACCOUNTS, BANKS HIS MONEY AND PLANS WITH HIS FATHER TO… Internet Archive ''Texaco Star Theater'' - 29 November 1949 1949 · TV · 56 min · Subtitles An episode of the hugely popular comedy-variety series "Texaco Star Theater". Hosted by Milton Berle, this was one of the first "hit" television series.…