The world's archives

2,401–2,448 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 Romance Musical (1947) 1947 · Feature Romance musical es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Ernesto Arancibia según el guion de Sixto Pondal Ríos y Carlos Olivari que se… Internet Archive Behind Green Lights (1946) 1946 · Feature An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a mayoral… Internet Archive Why Play Leap Frog? 1949 · Cartoon · 9 min One of the animated series from the Extension Department of Harding College, and produced by John Sutherland, Why Play Leap Frog illustrates how the cost of… Internet Archive Twenty-Six Old Characters, The 1947 · Film · Subtitles "TRACES DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING & TOOLS OF WRITING. SHOWS VARIOUS PARTS OF A FOUNTAIN PEN & DISCUSSES ITS PROPER CARE & USE." Internet Archive Oil for Aladdin's Lamp (revised version) 1949 · Film · Subtitles The romance of the petroleum industry, showing how dependent our society is on oil and petrochemical products. Remake and update of the original (1933)… Internet Archive Diagogi... miden! 1949 · Feature · 41 min Title: Diagogi... miden! Summary: Fotis is in love with Bilio, a last-year student at a provincial high-school, and serenades her frequently. Bilio's teacher,… Internet Archive Moontide (1942) 1942 · Feature After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man. Watch on RetroFlix: https://archive.org/details/moontide-1942 Internet Archive Call Northside 777 (1948) 1948 · Feature In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look… Internet Archive Green Gold 1940 · Film · Subtitles Numerous stock shots to be logged. Billboard: "World's Largest Integrated Kraft Container Plant", Union Bag & Paper Corporation Forest fire sequence Internet Archive Jerky Turkey (1945) 1945 · Feature A dopey Pilgrim goes hunting a turkey who speaks in a Jimmy Durante impersonation and runs the local black market. War and rationing gags abound, as well as a… Internet Archive The Stolen Sun (Краденое солнце, Kradenoye solntse) 1944 · Cartoon A 1944 film by Soyuzmultfilm; made in the Soviet Union in the darkest days of World War 2. See its page at animator.ru for more info (though they got the year… Internet Archive Allies Sign Control Law For Germany,1945/06/14 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "The Allied Control Commission for the conduct of affairs in civil Germany is brought into being by the military signatories for hte four powers who will… Internet Archive Every Minute Counts 1944 · Film · Subtitles This film was produced to heighten productivity in civilian homefront industries during World War II. Aimed at employers and workers alike, it shows problems… Internet Archive Captain America: Chapter 13 - Skyscraper Plunge 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 Somewhere in the Night (1946) 1946 · Feature George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a… Internet Archive The Haunted Mouse (1941) 1941 · Feature The Haunted Mouse is a 1941 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Tex Avery. This film was the first cartoon written by Michael Maltese. The short was… Internet Archive Campaign in Burma, 1944/04/24 1944 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) Campaign in Burma "In Burma we see Admiral Lord Mountbatten, the late Major General Wingate and the ace air-director, Colonel 'Flip Corkan' watching… Internet Archive When You Are a Pedestrian 1948 · Film · Subtitles INCLUDES BOTH PEDESTRIAN'S & MOTORIST'S RESPONSIBILITIES TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS. FILMED IN OAKLAND, IN BROADWAY TERRACE AREA. GREAT SIMULATED ACCIDENTS, ALSO… Internet Archive Captain America: Chapter 7 - Wholesale Destruction 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 Captain America: Chapter 14 - The Scarab Strikes 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 1947 - Moss Rose - Gregory Ratoff - VOSE 1947 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com t.me/agendasociocultural Internet Archive Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) 1943 · Feature During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective… Internet Archive Sleep, My Love (1948) 1948 · Feature A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue. Watch on RetroFlix.org:… Internet Archive Japoteurs 1942 · Cartoon · 8 min You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Life Insurance Occupations 1948 · Film · Subtitles EXPLAINS SERVICES OF INSURANCE COMPANIES TO THE PUBLIC & DESCRIBES VARIOUS CAREERS WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES. INCLUDES ACTUARIAL WORK, LEGAL DEPT, CLAIMS… Internet Archive Jungle War In Burma, 1944/04/03 1944 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) Jungle War In Burma "Lord Louis Mountbatten, Commander-in-Chief of the Southeast Asia Armies, sends his forces down Burma's western shores in a master… Internet Archive Captain America: Chapter 10 - The Avenging Corpse 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 Road of Tomorrow, The (Reel I only) 1940 · Film · Subtitles Shows planning and construction of Pennsylvania Turnpike. 00:01:01:10 CU newspaper headline “Pennsylvania Turnpike Open” 00:01:55:19 1940s cars and trucks on… Internet Archive Alaska: A Modern Frontier (Revised) 1948 · Film · Subtitles PROVIDES SCENES OF ALASKA'S GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES, PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES & METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION. SHOWS FAIRBANKS, BUT NOT ANCHORAGE. MAPS SHOW STRATEGIC… Internet Archive Dark Alibi (1946) DVD MKV 1946 · Feature · 1 h 1 min DVD remux of the 1946 Monogram Pictures film "Dark Alibi." IMDb TMDB Wikipedia Dark Alibi is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Phil Karlson featuring… Internet Archive Captain America: Chapter 11 - The Dead Man Returns 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 Autobiography of a Jeep 1943 · Film · Subtitles Describes the designing of the Jeep to meet military needs of being compact, light weight and maneuverable over rough terrain. Skeletal Entry Internet Archive Point Rationing Of Foods (1943) 1943 · Feature Point Rationing of Foods is a 1943 animated propaganda film directed by Chuck Jones. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/point-rationing-of-foods-194… Internet Archive Reign of Terror (1949) 1949 · Feature The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacobin Party to overthrow Maximilian Robespierre, who, after… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Myself & My Folks & Friends (Part 1)] 1940 · Home movie · Subtitles Full title reads: My Trip to Maceday Lake & Pontiac & Detroit Michigan & Other Places I Stop At On My Trip. In Three Parts. Part I. Includes Detroit Zoo,… Internet Archive You and Your Family 1946 · Film · Subtitles Social guidance film depicting family conflict situations with actors staging a range of alternative approaches to conflict resolution. Film includes prompts… Internet Archive Not Wanted (1949) 1949 · Feature After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another… Internet Archive This Is the Army (1943) 1943 · Feature In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny… Internet Archive Soundie - Beyond The Blue Horizon 1944 · Film · Subtitles performed by The Three Suns Internet Archive West Point Graduation, 1947/06/05 1947 · Newsreel (1) "West Point NY: Colorful scenes of graduation exercises for 310 new 'Shavetails,' and full-dress review by the entire Cadet corps. Gen. Eisenhower and… Internet Archive Going Places 1945 · Cartoon · 8 min Animated short that tells the story of how progress is achieved through hard work, research, competition, and fair trade. Internet Archive Inner Sanctum (1948; smallest download) 1948 · Feature · 1 h 2 min Actors: Charles Russell; Mary Beth Hughes; Fritz Leiber, Sr.; Billy House; Dale Belding; Nana Bryant; Roscoe Ates; Lee Patrick; Eddie Parks; Eve Miller; Buck… Internet Archive Pipe of Plenty, The 1948 · Film · Subtitles SHOWS NEED FOR, AND CONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINE FROM BIG RAPIDS TO DETROIT, MICHIGAN. GOOD OUTDOOR CONSTRUCTION FOOTAGE, ALSO SHOTS OF GAS USERS. • 9:50:54:21-… Internet Archive Captain America: Chapter 8 - Cremation in the Clouds 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 Nazi Film Shows V-2 Rocket Test, 1946/05/02 1946 · Newsreel "Nazi Rocket Backfires - Germany: These amazing films, found in Germany, show V-2 rocket launchings against enemy targets. One of the giant missiles backfires… Internet Archive He Walked by Night (1948) 1948 · Feature This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Moonrise (1948) 1948 · Feature Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent… Internet Archive It's a Cat's Life 1940 · Film · Subtitles