The world's archives

2,641–2,688 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 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 1948 · Cartoon · 8 min Christmas Cartoon Rudolph helps Santa deliver toys You can read about this cartoon on it's IMDB page . Internet Archive Swamp Water (1941) 1941 · Feature A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and persuades the fugitive to return to town.… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Honeymoon Trip, June 1941] 1941 · Home movie · Subtitles horseshoes, quoits, outdoor meal with extended family, people lining up with trays for food tourists near glaciers High mountains, waterfalls Bryce Canyon… Internet Archive Big Convoy To Russia Beats Off Nazis, 1942/10/19 1942 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Huge United Nations convoy is attacked by Nazi's bombers off Scandinavian north capes. A terrific battle ensues, but the enemy is finally driven off."… Internet Archive Screen Notables Hear Roosevelt Praise Industry, 1941/03/04 1941 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Los Angeles, CA: Winners of Motion Picture Academy awards, including Ginger Rogers and James Stewart, hear President Roosevelt speak from the White House… Internet Archive The Battle of Russia (1943) 1943 · Feature The fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the… Internet Archive 40's TV: ''Howdy Doody'' - 16th March 1949 1949 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of "Howdy Doody" from 16th March 1949. Features comedy, puppetry,and some cute bunnies starting around 13:31. Also includes Network ID. Internet Archive Classic TV Promo: 1949 NBC-TV Promotional Spot 1949 · TV · 3 min · Subtitles A classic TV promo for NBC-TV, dating from 1949. The complete broadcast can be found elsewhere on IA. Internet Archive Work, For the Night Is Coming 1946 · Film · Subtitles Hymn showing farmer, farm, one-horse plow, engaging in agricultural work. Subtitles with lyrics as follows: Work, for the night is coming; Work through the… Internet Archive 1942 - Dr. Broadway - Anthony Mann - VO 1942 · Feature · Subtitles For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive Private Snafu - Gas 1944 · Cartoon · 3 min Snafu (Mel Blanc) learns the need of keeping his gas mask at hand when he is attacked by anthropomorphic gas cloud. Internet Archive [Home Movies: Elkins, West Virginia] 1940 · Home movie · Subtitles Color footage of local parade; B&W footage of blizzard (transferred out of focus). Transferred at Monaco. Internet Archive Odd Man Out (1947) 1947 · Feature Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/odd-man-out-1947/ Internet Archive TU HOGAR ES MI CORAZÓN – (1947) 1947 · Feature Título original: Ride the Pink Horse Estrenos: En Los Estados Unidos el 8 de octubre de 1947 (Premiere en New York City, Nueva York). En México: El 1 de… Internet Archive Captain Video and His Video Rangers - Episode 2 of 4 - MKV 1949 · TV · Subtitles Captain Video and His Video Rangers - Episode 2 of 4 - MKV Length: 28:28 Video Size: 720x480 -- Captain Video and His Video Rangers is an American science… Internet Archive Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) 1942 · Feature In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he shortly… Internet Archive Final Days of Struggle in Okinawa, 1945/07/05 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) a few prisoners taken on Okinawa (2) New Flames To Burn Japs - flamethrower with long-range extension, and 100 yards from tank, incindiary bombs (3)… Internet Archive Discipline: Part 2, Reprimanding 1943 · Film · Subtitles A white male office supervisor reprimands a young white male office worker. sarcastic and abusive management behavior Internet Archive Jungle Drums (1943) 1943 · Feature Superman discovers a secret Nazi base in the jungle. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/jungle-drums-1943/ Internet Archive Let Us Grow In - Human Understanding 1945 · Film · Subtitles Silent film documents the four weeks in midsummer, doctors, teachers, nutritionists, parents and others come to Vassar College. They study the family - its… Internet Archive The Nazis Strike (1943) 1943 · Feature The second film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series. It introduces Germany as a nation whose aggressive ambitions began in 1863 with Otto von… Internet Archive Oldsmobile Presents the B-44 (1942 Oldsmobile Playlets) 1941 · Film · Subtitles Theatrical screen ad for one of the last pre-World War II automobiles. Internet Archive Tomorrow Always Comes 1941 · Educational · Subtitles Promotes Bur-Mil Rayon Fabrics (at great length). Betty Furness who runs a fashion show Storyline: (1912) Two little girls fantasize about their clothes and… Internet Archive Operations Crossroads Underway, 1946/07/01 1946 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Events leading Up To The Epochal Blast - Last-minute preparations for the atom bomb test at Bikini Atoll! See the planes, the ships and the men who took part… Internet Archive Santa Fe Trail (1940) 1940 · Feature As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to… Internet Archive 1945 - The Lady Confesses - Sam Newfield - VOSE 1945 · Feature For Academic - Educational Use Only https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive The Phantom (1943) 1943 · Film A professor and his niece are searching Africa for the Lost City of Zoloz, reputed to contain a hidden treasure. But it is also sought by a local crook, as… Internet Archive Operation Crossroads 1949 · Film · Subtitles Documents the Able Day and Baker Day blasts of the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Island in the Pacific. Internet Archive December 7th (1943) 1943 · Feature "Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the… Internet Archive Thunderbolt (1947) 1947 · Feature Documentary about the U.S. Air Force's P-47 Thunderbolt bomber's role in the Italian Campaign during WW2. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive The Green Hornet: Chapter 3 - Flying Coffins 1940 · Short · 21 min Taken from IMDB : Faced with rising crime and increased racketeering activity, intrepid newspaper editor Britt Reid (The Lone Ranger's great-nephew.) becomes… Internet Archive Blonde Ice (1948) 1948 · Feature A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/blonde-ice-1948/ Internet Archive Inside Job (1946) 1946 · Feature A pair of married ex-convicts trying to go straight get jobs at a department store. A gangster who knows about their past threatens to expose it unless they… Internet Archive The Scarlet Claw (1944) 1944 · Feature When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from… Internet Archive Adventures of Smilin' Jack - Chapter 9 1943 · Short · 21 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 Bush Pilot 1947 · Feature · 57 min Set in the backwoods of Canada. Internet Archive The Green Hornet: Chapter 12 - Panic in the Zoo 1940 · Short · 20 min Taken from IMDB : Faced with rising crime and increased racketeering activity, intrepid newspaper editor Britt Reid (The Lone Ranger's great-nephew.) becomes… Internet Archive Report in Primary Colors 1948 · Film · Subtitles On art education in a Virginia primary school. Many shots to be logged. VS Children walking to school with their parents (good) VS Children making art in many… Internet Archive Longshoreman, The 1947 · Film · Subtitles PICTURES THE WORK & HOME LIFE, PERSONALITY & SOCIAL CONTACTS OF A LONGSHOREMAN, AL HUBER. TOUCHES UPON UNIONS & EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIPS. Internet Archive The Eyes and Their Care (An Introduction) 1941 · Film · Subtitles "Examines the eye in terms of structure, functions, disorders, and hygiene. Reveals, with animated drawings, the various parts of the eye and explains the… Internet Archive Arch of Triumph (1948) 1948 · Feature In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr.… Internet Archive Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944) 1944 · Feature The stories of "Goldilocks" and "Little Red Riding Hood" collide with the world of jazz, resulting in three jiving bears and a jitterbugging Big Bad Wolf.… Internet Archive Soundie - In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town 1940 · Film · Subtitles unknown orchestra Internet Archive The Sheepish Wolf (1942) 1942 · Feature The Sheepish Wolf is a 1942 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/the-sheepish-wolf-1942/ Internet Archive 1942 - Eyes of the Underworld - Roy William Neill - VO 1942 · Feature · Subtitles For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com 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 The Winged Scourge (1943) 1943 · Feature The Seven Dwarfs fight malaria. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-winged-scourge-1943/ Internet Archive Tobacco Road (1941) 1941 · Feature Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existence is…