The world's archives

2,593–2,640 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 Japanese Surrender, 1945/08/23 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) First Pictures of Japanese Surrender, delegates carried by Japanes planes to and then on to Manila; MacArthur ; Halsey on USS Missouri with special cake… Internet Archive Homes for Veterans (Part II) 1946 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Promotes solutions to post-World War II housing crisis. Internet Archive Saipan Is Ours,1944/06/30 1944 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "The War on Two Fronts - Saipan Island: An American task force moves in on this strategic Jap island base within near bomber range of Tokyo's front yard.… Internet Archive The Reckless Moment (1949) 1949 · Feature After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Soundie - Zig Me Baby with a Gentle Zag 1941 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles features... Gai Moran, Danny Hocktor Internet Archive [Dead Fair] 1940 · Film · Subtitles DEAD FAIR: Treasure Island, in San Francisco Bay, shown after the closure of the World's Fair (Golden Gate International Exposition) Internet Archive Pigs in a Polka (1943) 1943 · Feature Pigs in a Polka is a 1942 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon series directed by Friz Freleng.The short was released on February 2, 1943. Watch on… Internet Archive Since You Went Away (1944) 1944 · Feature In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife… Internet Archive Adventures of Smilin' Jack - Chapter 2 1943 · Short · 20 min American Flyer Smilin' Jack Martin, works with Chinese government to stop the Black Samurai, a Japanese covert spy ring, lead by the German operative Fraulein… Internet Archive LOS ASESINOS – (1946) [ VOSE] 1946 · Feature Título original: The Killers (conocida en español por los títulos de Los asesinos , Asesinos y Forajidos ) Fecha de estreno en los Estados Unidos: 30 de… Internet Archive Home Movies: Wathen Collection: Southern United States (1947) 1947 · Home movie · Subtitles "1947 Heading South April to June 6500 Miles." Moravian Graveyard; houses and trees, Charleston, Old Slave mart (slave market), swamp Internet Archive Lima 1944 · Film · Subtitles Shows the beauties of the 'city of kings,' the historical background and buildings, and the modern life of the city. Internet Archive The Face Behind The Mask (1941) Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes 1941 · Feature The Face Behind the Mask is a 1941 American FILM NOlR crime film. It stars Peter Lorre and Evelyn Keyes and was directed by Robert Florey. You can find out… Internet Archive Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) 1942 · Feature England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in… Internet Archive Voting for Service Men Overseas (1944) 1944 · Feature Voting for Service Men Overseas is a 1944 animated short directed by Mel Blanc and Frank Graham. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/voting-for-service-m… Internet Archive Place to Live, A 1948 · Short · 24 min · Subtitles Problem of housing for senior citizens. Internet Archive Beyond Tomorrow (1940) 1940 · Feature The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought together.… Internet Archive 1945 - The Lost Weekend - Días sin huella - Billy Wilder - VOSE 1945 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only Internet Archive Thunderbolt 1947 · Short · 44 min A documentary about the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter bomber and its use in missions over Italy during the 2nd World War. Internet Archive Flickan Från Tredje Raden (1949) 1949 · Feature · Subtitles Jag äger ej filmen, anledning för jag väljer att ladda upp den är att bevara svenska äldre filmer. All musik, ljud och bild går till dess rätta ägare. Svensk… Internet Archive Monster Flying Wing, 1946/06/27 1946 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Inglewood CA: A new chapter in aviation development is written as the twenty-five-ton Northrup flying wing takes to the air. The tailless craft has a… Internet Archive Chants Populaires No. 3 1943 · Film · Subtitles Hand-drawn still and moving images depict scenes from popular songs with text of the lyrics on-screen, accompanied by sound recordings of French songs. Songs… Internet Archive Cruiser Bow Ripped Off By Typhoon, 1945/07/23 1945 · Newsreel (1) 21 ships of Admiral Halsey's 3rd fleet damaged off Japan, USS Pittsburgh lost 100 feet of bow, but survived; (2) 44th Division Comes Home, on passenger… Internet Archive Unid. Soundie "Shanty Town"? (Juvenile Jubilee) 1940 · Film · Subtitles 00:21:12:08 - 00:23:37:27 B/W Sound 1940s Male bandleader conducts formally dressed jazz band on bandstand. Saxophone section solos, then other horns.… Internet Archive 1949 DuMont Network PSA (Number 2 of 2) 1949 · TV · 1 min · Subtitles A 1949 DuMont Television Network-Public Service Announcement, Number 2 of 2. This PSA tells the young viewers of "Captain Video" to give everybody a fair… Internet Archive Pantry Panic (1941) 1941 · Feature Woody's friends warn him that the groundhog has predicted a blizzard. Unconcerned, Woody decides not to go South with his pals. Soon enough, the blizzard… Internet Archive Popeye Presents Eugene, the Jeep (1940) 1940 · Feature Olive sends Popeye a puppy, Eugene the Jeep, for his birthday, but despite Popeye's best efforts to make it sleep outside, it keeps finding its way back into… Internet Archive The Black Arrow (1948) 1948 · Feature A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is now an… Internet Archive Attack in the Pacific (1944) 1944 · Feature Part of a a video series that documents the fighting between the United States and Imperial Japan during and immediately after World War II. Internet Archive Private Snafu - It's Murder She Says... 1945 · Cartoon · 3 min A haggard mosquito complains how tough life is with the military taking the proper precautions against malaria infection. Internet Archive 1944 Das Dumme Gänslein ( Hans Fischerkoesen) 1944 · Feature Film(Zeichentrick) aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944 Das dumme Gänslein. Von Hans Fischerkoesen... Passend zu Ostern.… Internet Archive THE SAXON CHARM 1948 · Feature Egotistic theatrical producer Matt Saxon (Robert Montgomery) decides to produce a play by novelist Eric Busch (John Payne) with backing by a millionaire. When… Internet Archive Oldsmobile Presents the "Custom 8 Cruiser" B-44 (1942 Oldsmobile Playlets) 1941 · Film · Subtitles Theatrical screen ad for one of the last pre-World War II automobiles. Internet Archive Rail Strike Paralyzes Entire U.S., 1946/05/23 1946 · Newsreel (1) "Faced with the most serious strike in its history, the U. S. is hard hit by a strike of railroad men, Delayed for five days, the strike finally does… Internet Archive Chinook's Children 1940 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Champion sled dogs raised and trained in New Hampshire. Internet Archive Landstormens lilla argbigga (1941) 1941 · Feature · Subtitles En beredskapskomedi om den bortskämda och högfärdiga stockholmstösen Marianne. Hennes beundrare Viktor bor på landet men att bo där skulle aldrig falla henne… Internet Archive Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 2 1941 · Short · 18 min Flash, Dale, and Zarkov return to Planet Mongo to find an antidote for the Purple Death. Internet Archive Live and Let Live 1947 · Film · Subtitles Demonstrates causes and effects of such unsafe driving practices as passing on a curve, driving after drinking, following too closely, and speeding. Lots of… Internet Archive Exposed (1947) 1947 · Feature A private eye and her sidekick solve the case of a dead client. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/exposed-1947/ Internet Archive Gabby (1940) LD Rips 1940 · Cartoon [Individual episodes extracted from https://archive.org/details/LV27106 using MKVToolnix.] Gabby is a short-lived Max Fleischer animated cartoon series… Internet Archive Santo Tomas Prisoners Liberated, 1945/03/01 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Since their conquest of the Philippines in 1941, the Japs have been holding 3,700 prisoners on the campus of Santo Tomas University. As the American… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Richmond, Virginia and Cape May, New Jersey] 1941 · Home movie · Subtitles container: "1941 Richmond, Virginia-Cape May 1941 / Richmond, Va. Memorial Day 1941 / Cape May July 4, 1941" Int. tour bus / main street in downtown Richmond,… Internet Archive Oss Svindlare Emellan (1943) 1944 · Feature · Subtitles Oss Svindlare Emellan (1943) https://www.svtplay.se/video/jGLNmo2/oss-svindlare-emellan Jag äger ej filmen, anledning för jag väljer att ladda upp den är att… Internet Archive Unid. Soundie Yodeling Number "Chime Bells are Ringing"? (Juvenile Jubilee) 1940 · Film · Subtitles She yodels, he doesn't (she yodels very well!), sailor & girl at home. 00:42:50:17 - 00:45:21:29 B/W Sound 1940s Church bell tower. WS Young woman holds hands… Internet Archive PACTO DE SANGRE – (1944) [VOSE] 1944 · Feature Double Indemnity (Titulada en Latinoamérica, Pacto de sangre ; en España, Perdición ) es una película estadounidense de cine negro estrenada en 1944 ,… Internet Archive Rope Of Sand (1949) 1949 · Feature Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers. Watch on RetroFlix.org:… Internet Archive The Great Alaskan Mystery 1944 · Short · 16 min 13 Part Universal Serial - Former marine flyer Jim Hudson (Milburn Stone), sidekick Bosun (Edgar Kennedy), and the lovely Ruth Miller (Marjorie Weaver) fight… Internet Archive Brief Encounter (1945) 1945 · Feature Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous…