The world's archives

289–336 of 43,559 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 Eyes in the Night 1942 · Feature · 1 h 19 min · Subtitles Title: Eyes in the Night Summary: A blind detective and his seeing-eye dog investigate a murder and discover a Nazi plot. Directed by: Fred Zinnemann Actors:… Internet Archive Sahara 1943 colorized (Humphrey Bogart) 1943 · Feature Adventures of an American tank crew in the North African desert in World War II during the Allied retreat after the fall of Tobruk. Humphrey Bogart as Sgt.… Internet Archive The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 · Feature Title: The Best Years of Our Lives Summary: Three World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been… Internet Archive Billy the Kid Wanted 1941 · Feature · 1 h The first movie in which Buster Crabbe plays Billy the Kid. Don't bother downloading the h.264 file. The Cinepack file from which it is derived is smaller. Internet Archive His Girl Friday 1940 · Feature · 1 h 28 min A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. - IMDB Description Internet Archive Broken Stings 1940 · Feature · Subtitles Taken from IMDB: Arthur Williams is a well-known violinist but he has an accident that injures his left-hand fingers and he can no longer play. Being a… Internet Archive Detour 1945 · Feature · 1 h 7 min · Subtitles In a classic poverty-row noir, the protagonist struggles helplessly in the grip of inexorable fate. Currently rated 7.4 at the IMDB . This was the first… Internet Archive Nevada City 1941 · Feature Stagecoach drivers Roy and Gabby go up against the evil Black Bart who is trying to pit the stage and train lines against each other. Internet Archive Noveltoon: Caspar The Friendly Ghost in There's Good Boos Tonight 1948 · Cartoon · 8 min Caspar makes friends with a little fox. Animation by Myron Waldman, Morey Reden and Nick Tafuri. Scenics by Anto Loeb. Story by Bill Turner and Larry Reilly.… Internet Archive It's A Joke, Son 1947 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive I Love Trouble 1948 · Feature · 1 h 34 min A noirish detective yarn. The script is by Roy Huggins. Please be aware that the video quality is poor. Internet Archive The Fabulous Dorseys 1947 · Feature · 1 h 28 min http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039365/ The rise and rise of the Fabulous Dorsey brothers is charted in this delightful whymsical step down memory lane. Lots of… Internet Archive Midnight Manhunt 1945 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles Reporter Sue Gallagher (Ann Savage from Detour) finds an infamous gangster's corpse in a wax museum. Her desire for a scoop is hindered by a meddling rival… Internet Archive King Arthur Was a Gentleman 1942 · Feature · 1 h 35 min World War II, the plot involves the diminutive Arthur (Arthur Askey) joining the army to prove himself to his girlfriend Susan (Evelyn Dall), who is in the… Internet Archive Reign of Terror 1949 · Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles Also known as "The Black Book". A movie of the French Revolution, starring Robert Cummings and Richard Basehart. At the time this was written, the film had a… Internet Archive Sundown 1941 · Feature · 1 h 30 min Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans. Internet Archive Border Patrol 1943 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Spring in a Small Town (小城之春) 1948 · Feature · 1 h 33 min · Subtitles Seen by many as the greatest Chinese film ever, Spring in a Small Town is different from other films of the era. In a time when most films were colored by the… Internet Archive War Comes to America 1945 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles Part VII of the "Why We Fight" series of wartime documentaries. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Bad Man of Deadwood 1941 · Feature · 52 min Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, and Sally Payne are members of "Professor Blackstone's Medicine Show". Their offering of tuneful entertainment and elixir… Internet Archive Corregidor 1943 · Feature · 1 h 13 min A doctor and his staff in a hospital on the Philippine island of Corregidor shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor try to treat the sick, injured… Internet Archive Cottage to Let 1941 · Feature · 1 h 26 min AKA: Bombsight Stolen A wartime evacuee (George Cole) from London arrives in a small Scottish village to stay in Mrs Barrington's (Jeanne De Casalis) cottage.… Internet Archive Confessions of a Vice Baron 1943 · Feature · 59 min On the eve of his execution, a vice-rackets bigshot (Willy Castello) recalls his various exploits in crimes such as abortion and white slavery, in which he… Internet Archive Take Me Back To Oklahoma 1940 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Mr. Wise Guy 1942 · Feature · 1 h 9 min · Subtitles The number eight in the East SIde Kids series. The kids are sent to reform school after being falsely accused of stealing a truck. Internet Archive The Adventures of Tartu 1943 · Feature · Subtitles AKA "Sabotage Agent" A beautiful girl! A dangerous mission! A Brit (Robert Donat) who happens to be fluent in both Rumanian and German -- and a top-notch… Internet Archive People Are Funny 1946 · Feature · 1 h 26 min Two rivaling radio producers try to get the same sponsor. So they try to overtop each other with new ideas. Internet Archive The Case of The Screaming Bishop 1944 · Cartoon · 6 min · Subtitles A 1944 Columbia Phantasy cartoon parodying Sherlock Holmes. Originally released in Black and White. Hairlock Combs and his assitant Gotsome, of 223 Baker St,… Internet Archive The Devil Bat 1940 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles By means of electrical stimulation, Bela Lugosi is making his bats grow larger than you ever thought possible. He offers you a sample of a new shaving lotion… Internet Archive Angel on My Shoulder 1946 · Feature · 1 h 41 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Killer Dill 1947 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil. Internet Archive Build Your Vocabulary 1948 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Dramatizes the story of a father, who, after finding himself at a loss for words at a public meeting, follows his son's lead and starts a campaign of… Internet Archive How a Watch Works 1949 · Cartoon · 18 min · Subtitles A simple demonstration of the basic design and operation of a watch, including stop-motion animation showing a watch being assembled from many parts. Internet Archive Detour (iPod) 1945 · Feature "Man is involved in two freakish accidents that make him look like a murderer. Poverty row masterwork that is the most precise elucidation of the noir theme… Internet Archive He Walked by Night 1948 · Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles Title: He Walked by Night Summary: This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and… Internet Archive Lucky Strike Cigarette Commercial: Marching Cigarettes 1948 · Commercial · 1 min · Subtitles Lucky Strike cigarette commercial with stop-motion animation of marching cigarettes. Internet Archive The House I Live In 1945 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Frank Sinatra teaches some young boys a lesson about tolerance. Internet Archive Let's Go Collegiate 1941 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles Frankie Darro, Mantan Moreland and Keye Luke in the tale of a college rowing team. It seems that the new guy and hope for the team to win the state… Internet Archive Detour 1945 Colorized 1945 · Feature A NYC piano player hitchhikes to California and gets into trouble along the way. A cult Film Noir movie directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. Internet Archive Preventing the Spread of Disease 1940 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Health film using unusual imagery and metaphors to impart lessons in hygiene. Internet Archive Omoo-Omoo the Shark God 1949 · Feature · 58 min When a sacred jungle idol is violated, the curse of a shark god follows a group of people. After a sea captain (Trevor Bardette) removes black pearls from a… Internet Archive The Man on the Eiffel Tower 1949 · Feature · 1 h 27 min · Subtitles Title: The Man on the Eiffel Tower Summary: French police inspector Maigret investigates the murder of a rich Paris widow and ends up chasing the killer up… Internet Archive So's Your Aunt Emma 1942 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles Also known as "Meet the Mob". You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Tale of Two Cities, A 1946 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles How the atomic bomb destroyed the people and cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Internet Archive Young Buffalo Bill 1940 · Feature · 54 min Bill Cody (Roy Rogers) and friend Gabby Whitaker (George Hayes) are called on by the US Army to survey the New Mexico territory. Don Regas (Hugh Sothern) is… Internet Archive Horace Takes Over 1942 · Feature · Subtitles Also known as "One Thrilling Night." You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive A Close Call for Boston Blackie 1946 · Feature · 1 h A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946) is the tenth of fourteen Columbia Pictures crime films starring Chester Morris as Boston Blackie. Cast Chester Morris… Internet Archive Carson City Kid 1940 · Feature · 53 min Roy Rogers, posing as The Carson City Kid, is seeking vengeance on Morgan Reynolds (Bob Steele), the man who killed his brother. To find Reynolds in the gold…