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3,073–3,120 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 Big Town After Dark (1947) 1947 · Feature A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/big-town-after-dark-1947/ Internet Archive Rout Jap Naval Force, 1944/04/10 1944 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) Rout Jap Naval Force "Rabaul Harbor: Marvelous air pictures of a trim Jap cruiser getting the 'setting sun' bombed out of it. Our attacking plane knocks… Internet Archive 80th Congress Convenes, 1947/01/06 1947 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Hears Truman Address - Washington, DC: For the first time in fourteen years, a Republican-dominated congress assembles to hear the presidential message… Internet Archive Life-Line To China Re-Opened, 1945/02/12 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Ledo Road ('Pick's Pike') Opens - After many had failed on the Ledo Road project, the task was assigned to Brig. Gen. L. A. Pike, Corps of Engineers,… Internet Archive Kit Carson (1940) 1940 · Feature Frontiersman Kit Carson fights off Indian attacks on the trail to California. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/kit-carson-1940/ Internet Archive Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 4 1941 · Short · 19 min Flash, Dale, and Zarkov return to Planet Mongo to find an antidote for the Purple Death. Internet Archive Calendar Girl (1947) 1947 · Feature Around the turn of the century, two young men, Johnnie Bennett, a composer and Steve Adams, an artist, go to New York City to make their fortune. They both… Internet Archive Johnny Allegro (1949) 1949 · Feature Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the hunted.… Internet Archive La Tia De Carlos (1946) 1946 · Feature La tía de Carlos es un filme argentino dirigido por Leopoldo Torres Ríos , estrenado comercialmente el 16 de agosto de 1946. El guion, basado en la obra de… Internet Archive A Bell for Adano (1945) 1945 · Feature Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering… Internet Archive Emotional film about the sad Hunger Winter (1944/1945) in The Netherlands during WWII in color 1945 · Feature This Part-3 of my series about The Netherlands during WWII focusses on a very sad period towards the end of the war during which the Northern half of the… Internet Archive Mr. Soft Touch (1949) 1949 · Feature When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe… Internet Archive The Lone Ranger 1949 (S01E01) Enter The Lone Ranger 1949 · TV (1949-09-15 S01 E01 ) Enter the Lone Ranger - Ranger Reid, the sole surviving Texas Ranger of a murderous ambush, becomes the great masked hero with his… Internet Archive Billy the Kid Trapped (1942) 1942 · Feature Stanton breaks Billy and his two friends Fuzzy and Jeff out of jail. He wants them free so three of his men can impersonate them for the robberies and murders… Internet Archive Philippine's Independence Proclaimed, 1946/07/15 1946 · Newsreel Transfer of sovereignty for independent republic of Philippines on July 4, Manuel Rojas new president, ambassador McNutt looks on, MacArthur speaks. Internet Archive Big Timers 1945 · Short · 36 min When a poor girl falls in love with an army officer her mother pretends to be the owner of the hotel where she works as a chambermaid. Boasting an "all… Internet Archive Soundie - Got To Be This or That 1945 · Film · Subtitles Emil Coleman and His Orchestra vocal by June Barton Internet Archive [Home Movie: Props, Parade, Rodeo, Boat Race, House Fire] 1941 · Home movie · Subtitles "Studio Props", Armistice Parade, Rodeo, Boat Race, "House on Fire, Inglewood, CA 1942", Golf practice Internet Archive 1944 Das Konzert ( Käthe Haack, Mady Rahl, Fritz Kampers, Guastav Fröhlich, Liesl Karlstadt) Paul Verhoeven 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Das Konzert. U.a mit Käthe Haack und Gustav Fröhlich Internet Archive Flop Goes the Weasel (1943) 1943 · Feature While Mammy is gone to catch a worm for her about-to-hatch egg, a weasel steals the egg for his breakfast. When the egg hatches, the blabbermouth chick… Internet Archive Voodoo Man (1944) 1944 · Feature A mad doctor (Bela Lugosi) and his helpers (John Carradine, George Zucco) lure girls to his lab for brain work, to help his wife. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive The Green Hornet - Chapter 1 - The Tunnel Of Terror 1940 · Short · 21 min "Britt Reid," the millionaire publisher, dons a mask and goes out to fight crime in his famous automobile, "The Black Beauty." "Kato," the Korean science… Internet Archive The Great Moment (1944) 1944 · Feature The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the… Internet Archive Winter Push To Knock Out German Reich,1944/12/14 1944 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) "Pushing Back the Nazis - Allied ships enter the port of Antwerp carrying valuable war materiel...Gen. Eisenhower visits Gen. Montgomery and inspects the… Internet Archive Great Alaskan Mystery: Chapter 2 1944 · Short · 18 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 Patty Garman 1946 · Film · Subtitles Patty, self-reliant, five-year-old girl, helps with the animals on a farm. Family relationships, responsibilities, and cooperation are emphasized. Internet Archive A Bout with a Trout (1947) 1947 · Feature Little Lulu, torn between playing hookey and going fishing, or going to school, chooses to go fishing...where she encounters the Fish from Cartoon Hades.… Internet Archive The Good Egg (1945) 1945 · Feature The Good Egg is a 1945 Mr. Hook short directed by Charles M. Jones. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/the-good-egg-1945/ Internet Archive Up in the Air (1940) 1940 · Feature A none-too-popular (nor good) radio singer, Rita Wilson is murdered while singing on the air in a radio studio. Radio page boy, Frankie Ryan, and his janitor… Internet Archive Adventures of Smilin' Jack - Chapter 13 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 Hell-Bent for Election (1944) 1944 · Feature A full-blown re-election piece for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the expense of Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey. Roosevelt is depicted… Internet Archive Maho no pen (1946) 1946 · Feature A western occupation propaganda film in which a boy repairs a western style doll that comes to life and uses a magic pen to rebuild his bleak and war torn… Internet Archive San Pietro (1945) 1945 · Feature This documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Over 1,100 US soldiers were killed while trying to take this location,… Internet Archive Scared to Death (1946) 1946 · Feature A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor… Internet Archive 1944 Es Tut Sich Was Um Mitternacht Susi Macht Alles ( Dolly Haas, Oscar Sima, Ralph Arthur Roberts) Robert A. Stemmle 1944 · Feature Film aus dem deutschen dritten Reich von 1944. Es tut sich was um Mitternacht - Susi macht alles. U.a mit Ralph Arthur Roberts und Oscar Sima Internet Archive Angel on My Shoulder (1946) 1946 · Feature The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll and Hyde Cat (1944) 1944 · Feature Mice, seeking shelter from a storm, enter Dr. Jekyll's house. His cat chases them, ultimately crashing into the lab, where he mixes up some of the potion. He… Internet Archive Ragtime Bear (1949) 1949 · Feature At the Hodge Podge Lodge, a crotchety, near-sighted Mister Magoo takes a banjo-playing bear to be his nephew, Waldo. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive 1944 - Ministry of Fear - El ministerio del miedo - Fritz Lang - VOSE 1944 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only Internet Archive Roses Are Red (1947) 1947 · Feature A crooked crime boss tries to put a crony into office. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/roses-are-red-1947/ Internet Archive The Power of Thought (1948) 1948 · Feature Heckle and Jeckle know something other animated toilers don't: they're cartoons. That means unlimited power, which they use to outwit a bulldog cop. Watch on… Internet Archive Cry of the City (1948) 1948 · Feature Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by… Internet Archive Destruction Inc. (1942) 1942 · Feature Superman has to thwart wartime saboteurs tampering with things at the Metropolis Munitions Plant...who have captured Lois Lane and loaded her into a torpedo!… Internet Archive Fleets of Stren'th (1942) 1942 · Feature When enemy planes attack the battleship he's serving on, Popeye fights back. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/fleets-of-strenth-1942/ Internet Archive 1947 - Ride the Pink Horse - Persecución en la noche - Robert Montgomery 1947 · Feature 1947 - Ride the Pink Horse - Persecución en la noche - Robert Montgomery Internet Archive Japs Surrender Castle Films 1945 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles edited newsreel footage of Japan's surrender in World War 2. Internet Archive The Mighty Navy (1941) 1941 · Feature Popeye joins the US Navy and routs the enemy in a one-man battle, but not before he causes his commanding officer plenty of aggravation. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Pittsburgh Paralyzed By Strikes, 1946/10/03 1946 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) city crippled by strikes (2) Harriman Here For New Post, to be new Secretary of Commerce, Averill Harriman speaks (3) San Marino Decorates U.S. Admiral,…