The world's archives

2,833–2,880 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 Cameramen Ready For Invasion, 1944/05/25 1944 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Heroes with the Camera In England, Universal Newsreel pays its respects to the heroes who risk their lives to film the war. We see groups of the Navy camera… Internet Archive 1948 - So Evil My Love - Lewis Allen - VO 1948 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive The Fighting Seabees ( Colorized, 1944) 720p 1944 · Feature The Fighting Seabees (1944) colorized with HAVC Internet Archive Holt of the Secret Service Part 3: Illicit Wealth 1941 · Short · 18 min In this 15 part serial Secret Service agent Jack Holt, along with his partner, agent R49, are sent to stop a gang of counterfeiters that have kidnapped the… Internet Archive America Not Secure Against Brute Force Says Cordell Hull, 1940/05/15 1940 · Newsreel · Subtitles "Washington, DC: Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, warns Americans to re-arm, to prepare against the threat of 'brute force'! Meanwhile, Gen. John J.… Internet Archive Dick Tracy (1945) 1945 · Feature Detective Tracy (Morgan Conway) rescues Tess Trueheart (Anne Jeffreys) and Junior from a killer called Splitface (Mike Mazurki). Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Beautiful Cuba and especially Havana around 1950 in color! [AI enhanced & Colorized] 1945 · Feature Very special and wonderful film footage of the beautiful island of Cuba and its capital Havana. This raw 35mm footage was probably shot for the purpose of… Internet Archive Unid. Soundie "Surrender"? (Juvenile Jubilee) 1940 · Film · Subtitles Beach scene. 00:16:16:26 - 00:18:47:12 B/W Sound 1940s Male crooner sings "Surrender" ballad (love songs) to woman in swimsuit sitting on beach cabana set.… Internet Archive Udayer Pathey (1944) 1944 · Feature Anup writes for a newspaper, and his sister is invited to a girl's birthday party by her rich friend Gopa. After she leaves the party, accused of being a… Internet Archive Terror by Night (1946) 1946 · Feature Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an… Internet Archive The Forbidden Street (1949) 1949 · Feature In Victorian London, wealthy Adelaide defies her family to marry her art teacher, only to find herself trapped in poverty, betrayal, and blackmail after his… Internet Archive Superman: The Underground World 1943 · Cartoon · 7 min June 18, 1943 Internet Archive [Home Movies: Captain Johnson Collection: Coney Island and Manhattan] 1940 · Home movie · Subtitles Add description from log sheets. Coney Island boardwalk Couple, man getting shoes shined (underexposed, would need new transfer to be usable) driving along… Internet Archive The Spirit Of '43 (1943) 1943 · Feature Donald Duck deals with income taxes and their benefit to the American war effort in this inspirational documentary short animated film. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Great Alaskan Mystery: Chapter 7 1944 · Short · 15 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 Life in turbulent Ukraine between 1900 and 1950 in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized] 1945 · Feature This film gives a glimpse into what life was like in Ukraine in the first half of the 20th century, to be precise between 1917 and 1954. By no means does it… Internet Archive Topper Returns (1941) 1941 · Feature Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy… Internet Archive Port of New York (1949) 1949 · Feature Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband. Watch on… Internet Archive London Airport 1949 · Short · 9 min The story of a great engineering feat - the building, at Heathrow, of one of the largest airports in the world.April 1944 Great Western Aerodrome started its… Internet Archive First Pictures Manila Conquest, 1945/02/26 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "The Capture of Manila (First pictures of the final stages of General MacArthur's masterful Luzon campaign) - As the U.S. 6th Army approaches from the… Internet Archive The Japanese Surrender aboard the USS Missouri in 1945 in color! [HD restored & AI colorized] 1945 · Feature On 2 September 1945 Japan signs the surrender papers on board of the USS Missouri in the presence of General McArthur. The surrender of Imperial Japan was… Internet Archive How Do You Zoo? 1948 · Film · Subtitles From Library of Congress Catalog: "Released by Sterling Films, 1948. Summary: Depicts special exhibitions and animal shows that are arranged by the St Louis… Internet Archive Holt of the Secret Service Part 13: Prison of Jeopardy 1941 · Short · 17 min In this 15 part serial Secret Service agent Jack Holt, along with his partner, agent R49, are sent to stop a gang of counterfeiters that have kidnapped the… Internet Archive Electric Earthquake (1942) 1942 · Feature A scientist uses an earthquake machine to threaten the city, and only Superman can stop his extortion plan! Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive The Dark Past (1948) 1948 · Feature A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to… Internet Archive Spectacular colorized film of the beginning of the German occupation of The Netherlands during WW-II 1940 · Feature Preceeding the remembrance day of the liberation of the Netherlands on the 5th of May, this film shows spectacularly colorized footage of the beginning of the… Internet Archive 1949 - The Man on the Eiffel Tower - Burgess Meredith - VO 1949 · Feature For Academic - Educational Use Only https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive Holt of the Secret Service Part 8: Escape to Peril 1941 · Short · 17 min In this 15 part serial Secret Service agent Jack Holt, along with his partner, agent R49, are sent to stop a gang of counterfeiters that have kidnapped the… Internet Archive Holt of the Secret Service Part 14: Afire Afloat 1941 · Short · 18 min In this 15 part serial Secret Service agent Jack Holt, along with his partner, agent R49, are sent to stop a gang of counterfeiters that have kidnapped the… Internet Archive 1943 Die Keusche Sünderin ( Joe Stöckel, Josef Eichheim) 1943 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1943. Die keusche Sünderin. U.a mit Joe Stöckel und Josef Eichheim Internet Archive Great Alaskan Mystery: Chapter 8 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 Nazi War Criminal Sentenced, 1945/10/22 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) Dachau trial of Strasser; (2) Belgians Riot Over Politics (3) De Gaulle Visits Belgium - drives through Brussels with Prince Regent to royal palace.… Internet Archive Holt of the Secret Service Part 9: Sealed in Silence 1941 · Short · 16 min In this 15 part serial Secret Service agent Jack Holt, along with his partner, agent R49, are sent to stop a gang of counterfeiters that have kidnapped the… Internet Archive Trapped (1949) 1949 · Feature U.S. Treasury Department agents go after a ring of counterfeiters. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/trapped-1949/ Internet Archive [Home movie: 098670: Florida, 1941, F. W. Heyl] 1941 · Home movie A 51-minute reel of a wide-ranging road trip with extensive sequences of the built environment and the human cultural and social environments of 1941 Florida… Internet Archive Japoteurs (1942) 1942 · Feature Superman vs. Japanese spies hijacking a new super-bomber. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/japoteurs-1942/ Internet Archive Manhandled (1949) 1949 · Feature Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merle mentions in passing that one… Internet Archive Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943) 1943 · Feature Yankee Doodle Daffy is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released on June 5, 1943, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Tedd Pierce. The… Internet Archive Roosevelt Warns Axis, 1943/08/26 1943 · Newsreel The momentous Ottawa conferences are brought to a stirring clase as President Roosevelt advises the Fuehrer to surrender now or face the calamitous ruin which… Internet Archive Holt of the Secret Service Part 12: The Stolen Signal 1941 · Short · 17 min In this 15 part serial Secret Service agent Jack Holt, along with his partner, agent R49, are sent to stop a gang of counterfeiters that have kidnapped the… Internet Archive Nazis War On Russia, 1941/06/23 1941 · Newsreel (1) German Invasion of Russia - "The war's most amazing about-face! Nazi Germany and Red Russia, partners in crime for the Polish campaign, are engaged in a… Internet Archive The Phantom 1946 · Feature This film introduces the McDonnell (XFD-1) FH-1 Phantom Internet Archive 1942 Der Verkaufte Großvater ( Josef Eichheim, Oscar Sima) 1942 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1942. Der verkaufte Großvater. U.a mit Josef Eichheim und Oscar Sima Internet Archive 1947 - Repeat Performance - Alfred L. Werker - VOSE 1947 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive Flykten Till Havanna (1946) 1947 · Feature · Subtitles Flykten Till Havanna (1946) Jag äger ej filmen, anledning för jag väljer att ladda upp den är att bevara svenska äldre filmer. All musik, ljud och bild går… Internet Archive Sherlock Holmes och kvinnan i grönt (1945) 1945 · Feature · Subtitles Alla i London är uppskrämda av en härjande seriemördare och Scotland Yard vänder sig till Sherlock Holmes för att få hjälp. Morden på unga kvinnor tycks sakna… Internet Archive BATTLE OF MIDWAY 1942 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration BATTLE OF MIDWAY Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory. (1942 -… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Michigan 1949] (Can 10033) 1949 · Home movie · Subtitles Screening notes: Dearborn Inn / VS Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Mich. / Children playing on sand dunes / Kids on slide / Great Lakes port and pierside,…