The world's archives

2,737–2,784 of 42,480 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 The Red House (1947) 1947 · Feature An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the… Internet Archive Great Alaskan Mystery: Chapter 12 1944 · Short · 33 min Former marine flyer Jim Hudson (Milburn Stone), sidekick Bosun (Edgar Kennedy) and the lovely Ruth Miller (Marjorie Weaver) fight to retrieve a super-weapon… Internet Archive Mechanical Monsters 1941 · Cartoon · 10 min You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Time of Their Lives (1946) 1946 · Feature Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George… Internet Archive Pedestrian Crossing 1948 · Short · 8 min Humorous road safety trailer on the correct use of pedestrian crossings. Belisha beacons Internet Archive The Crooked Way (1949) 1949 · Feature A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.… Internet Archive The Green Hornet: Chapter 9 - The Hornet Trapped 1940 · Short · 19 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 The Amazing Mr. X (1948) 1948 · Feature On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man,… Internet Archive Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 3 1940 · Short · 18 min Flash, Dale, and Zarkov return to Planet Mongo to find an antidote for the Purple Death. Internet Archive Private Snafu - No Buddy Atoll 1945 · Cartoon · 3 min Private Snafu and a Japanese sailor simultaneously land on a deserted island, discover each other and fight it out until the private kills the sailor and… Internet Archive ''The Ed Wynn Show'' - 6 October 1949 1949 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of the early television comedy series "The Ed Wynn Show". His special guest in this episode is Mel Tormé. The episode also features Belita.… Internet Archive La Guitarra De Gardel (1949) 1949 · Feature La guitarra de Gardel es una película coproducción de España y Argentina filmada en blanco y negro dirigida por León Klimovsky sobre su propio guión según el… Internet Archive Johnny Learns His Manners 1946 · Film · Subtitles A moralizing tale for children in which a little boy turns into a pig because of his slovenly manners, which he has cultivated out of fear of being called a… Internet Archive Mi Cielo De Andalucia (1942) 1942 · Feature Mi cielo de Andalucía es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Ricardo Urgoiti según el guion de Salvador Valverde Calvo , Agustín Remón y… Internet Archive ''The Ed Wynn Show'' - 20 October 1949 1949 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of "The Ed Wynn Show", a series from the early years of television. His guest in this episode is Victor Moore, along with The Merry Macs. Internet Archive Gypsy Life (1945) 1945 · Feature A Gypsy caravan travels across the countrieside. One night, as the Gypsy princess performs a dance, a bat-cat spies on the camp, flies back to his cave, and… Internet Archive Close Harmony 1942 · Film · Subtitles Film sponsored by General Motors to educate the public as to why it was taking so long for factories to retool for wartime production. Contains racist scene… Internet Archive Great Alaskan Mystery: Chapter 4 1944 · Short · 17 min Former marine flyer Jim Hudson (Milburn Stone), sidekick Bosun (Edgar Kennedy) and the lovely Ruth Miller (Marjorie Weaver) fight to retrieve a super-weapon… Internet Archive 1944 Klein Aber Oho ( Hans Fischerkoesen) 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Klein aber Oho. Zeichentrick von Hans Fischerkoesen Internet Archive Pan American Bazaar 1940 · Film · Subtitles concerns special Macy's in-store promotion of Latin American products and artworks, in line with the U.S. Good Neighbor Policy of the 1940s people shopping,… Internet Archive Radar Secrets Revealed, 1945/08/20 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Miracle of radar revealed" - ground detectors and direction finders - animation - enemy spotted on oscilloscope - radar antenna on plane can find… Internet Archive Terror on the Midway (1942) 1942 · Feature When things go wrong at the circus, it's up to Superman to stop the escaped animals. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/terror-on-the-midway-1942/ 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 Big Da-Dit-Da Class Graduated At New Naval Radio School (exclusive), 1941/03/06 1941 · Newsreel "Noroton, CT: Several hundred enlisted men complete a course in radio engineering at the U.S. Navy school here and graduate as radio operators. Listen to them… Internet Archive Midnight Manhunt (1945; smallest download) 1945 · Feature · 1 h 2 min Actors: William Gargan; George Zucco; Leo Gorcey; Ann Savage; Don Beddoe; Charles Halton; Paul Hurst Writer: David Lang Runtime: 1:02:28 The Matroska (.mkv)… Internet Archive The Luck of the Irish (1948) 1948 · Feature Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience. Watch on… Internet Archive Adventures of Smilin' Jack - Chapter 10 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 Great Alaskan Mystery: Chapter 3 1944 · Short · 17 min Former marine flyer Jim Hudson (Milburn Stone), sidekick Bosun (Edgar Kennedy) and the lovely Ruth Miller (Marjorie Weaver) fight to retrieve a super-weapon… Internet Archive The Spider Woman (1943) 1943 · Feature Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a… Internet Archive Adventures of Smilin' Jack - Chapter 5 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 Captain America, Chapter 10 1944 · Short · 15 min From IMDb : Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable… Internet Archive Popeye Meets William Tell (1940) 1940 · Feature William Tell shoots an arrow, barely missing Popeye, then tells Popeye that he has just lost his son in an unfortunate arrow incident. Tell then defies the… Internet Archive Adventures of Smilin' Jack - Chapter 8 1943 · Short · 19 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 [Home Movies: Western US, Cuba, New York World's Fair] 1940 · Home movie · Subtitles Western Americana : worth logging Motor court: Close-Inn Court / Air Cooled Cottages Continental Divide marker VS Nebraska State Capitol ? Florida --… Internet Archive Första Gången Jag Såg Dig (1941) 1942 · Feature · Subtitles Första Gången Jag Såg Dig (1941) https://www.svtplay.se/video/KqWyoR6/forsta-gangen-jag-sag-dig Jag äger ej filmen, anledning för jag väljer att ladda upp den… Internet Archive The Green Hornet: Chapter 5 - The Time Bomb 1940 · Short · 19 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 Roosevelt Warns Of Danger To U.S. If Nazis Win War, 1940/12/31 1940 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Washington, DC: President Roosevelt tells the world that the U.S. is determined to aid Britain, that the Americas will be in constant danger if the Axis… Internet Archive Adventures of Smilin' Jack - Chapter 7 1943 · Short · 18 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 [Home Movies: "Our Stay in Texas: On a Picnic at Landa Park, New Braunfels, Tex., April 1946"] 1946 · Home movie · Subtitles Driving POVs, shaky but good, including scene shot through front windshield and a driveby of a Texaco service station; a small dose of other roadside culture… Internet Archive Great Alaskan Mystery: Chapter 5 1944 · Short · 17 min Former marine flyer Jim Hudson (Milburn Stone), sidekick Bosun (Edgar Kennedy) and the lovely Ruth Miller (Marjorie Weaver) fight to retrieve a super-weapon… Internet Archive This Land of Ours: Wyoming 1947 · Film · Subtitles American history narrative in service of colonial expansion, covering extraction of coal and oil, as well as timber, logging, mining, agriculture, farming,… Internet Archive A Man Betrayed (1941) 1941 · Feature Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician is actually a crook. The… Internet Archive Salome, Where She Danced (1945) 1945 · Feature During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she is accused of being a spy. She ends up in a lawless… Internet Archive Three Faces West (1940) 1940 · Feature Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the… Internet Archive Adventures of Smilin' Jack - Chapter 6 1943 · Short · 19 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 Halifax Says Hitler Invasion Will Fail, 1941/03/27 1941 · Newsreel · Subtitles "New York, NY: Britain's Ambassador, Lord Halifax, addressing the Pilgrim Society on the British war situation, says the British spirit is such that the… Internet Archive Great Alaskan Mystery: Chapter 9 1944 · Short · 17 min Former marine flyer Jim Hudson (Milburn Stone), sidekick Bosun (Edgar Kennedy) and the lovely Ruth Miller (Marjorie Weaver) fight to retrieve a super-weapon… Internet Archive FDR Asks Billion For Nat'l Defense And 50,000 Planes, 1940/05/20 1940 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Washington, DC: Pres.Roosevelt tells Congress that the U.S. must prepare to turn out a vast air fleet to safeguard America from hostile invasion. He requests…