The world's archives

385–432 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 The Last Three - ipod version 1943 · Feature · 43 min · Subtitles Frank Faylen and his buddies are merchant marines who's boat is sunk by a nazi sub. They later get there revenge by capturing the heads or the "new order".… Internet Archive The Secret Weapon 1942 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles In the fourth film of the series, Sherlock Holmes assists the inventor of a revolutionary bomb sight, Dr Tobel, to smuggle his work out of Switzerland and… Internet Archive 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge 1942 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles The East Side Kids protect a young girl from being framed for murder. Internet Archive Adventures of Gallant Bess 1948 · Feature · 1 h 11 min Ted Daniels, a ranch hand working for a rodeo, captures a magnificent wild horse that he tames and trains Internet Archive House Of Frankenstein 1944 1944 · Feature A deranged scientist escapes from prison and recruits Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolf Man to get revenge on his behalf. Internet Archive Act Your Age 1949 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles Jim, an emotionally immature teen, learns to evaluate his personality and to better work out his problems. Internet Archive Parole Inc. 1948 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB: When several notorious criminals are unjustifiably released on parole, the Federal Government smells a rat and sends ace agent Richard… Internet Archive Baby Face Morgan 1942 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles From IMDb : A young man's father, who lives in the big city, dies and his business associates bring his son to the city to take over his father's business.… Internet Archive The Ranger and the Lady 1940 · Feature · 54 min Texas Ranger Captain Roy Colt (Roy Rogers) disapproves of the tactics of his superior, General Augustus LaRue (Henry Brandon), who is governing the Republic… Internet Archive Let's Get Tough 1942 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles The East Side Kids take on Japanese and German saboteurs. Internet Archive Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It 1941 · Feature · 1 h 23 min · Subtitles Inspector Hornleigh and Sgt. Bingham join the military to go undercover to catch 5th columnists. Internet Archive Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man - 1943 1943 · Feature The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal… Internet Archive Meet John Doe (1941) GARY COOPER 1941 · Feature A reporter (Barbara Stanwyck) writes a fictitious column about someone named "John Doe," who is distraught at America's neglect of the little people and plans… Internet Archive Bowery Blitzkrieg 1941 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles The East Side Kids discover that one of their own, Danny, is torn between staying and school and becoming a boxer, and is getting mixed up with gangsters. Internet Archive Cheers for Miss Bishop 1941 · Feature · 1 h 34 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Hector's Hectic Life 1948 · Cartoon · 6 min A messy family dog is told by its owner that it will be thrown out in the cold, after three puppies show up on the doorstep, complicating the dog's life. The… Internet Archive Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1942 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles Title: Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Summary: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling… Internet Archive Panther's Claw, The 1942 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Too Many Women 1942 · Feature · 1 h 6 min Richard Sutton (Neil Hamilton) and Linda Pearson (Barbara Read) are secretly engaged but unable to marry because of financial problems. Crooked promoter… Internet Archive Our Enemy: The Japanese 1943 · Short · 19 min · Subtitles Stridently anti-Japanese film that attempts to convey an understanding of Japanese life and philosophy so that the U.S. may more readily defeat its enemy.… Internet Archive Baby Face Morgan 1942 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles When crime boss Big Mike Morgan is killed, his lieutenant, "Doc" Rogers, learns that Morgan has a son named Edward living it the country with his mother.… Internet Archive City of Missing Girls 1941 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Flying Blind 1941 · Feature · 1 h 9 min A spy steals a secret military device, then hijacks an airliner to get away. The airliner crashes in the wilderness & the survivors are threatened by a raging… Internet Archive Land of Hunted Men 1943 · Feature · 57 min The Range Busters arrive to see if they can find out who has been robbing the stage of the mine payrolls. Internet Archive Silver Spurs 1943 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946 · Feature · 1 h 55 min A ruthless, domineering woman is married to an alcoholic D.A., a childhood companion and the only living witness to her murder of her rich aunt seventeen… Internet Archive Lumberjack 1944 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Raiders of Ghost City 1944 · Feature · 3 h 45 min During the latter stages of the Civil War, a gang of supposed Confederates, headed by Alex Morel (Lionel Atwill), raid all gold shipments destined for… Internet Archive Captain America 1944 · Feature · Subtitles Title: Captain America Summary: Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a… Internet Archive Missing Corpse 1945 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Million Dollar Weekend 1948 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles I downloaded the 2.4GB file from here and reduced it. In addition, I cropped the black from the sides and increased the aspect ratio while boosting the… Internet Archive He Walked by Night 1948 · Feature · 1 h 18 min Richard Basehart becomes the target of an intense manhunt. You'll find that this copy is sharper than the version that was already here at the Archive. Internet Archive Wildfire 1945 · Feature · 59 min Pete Fanning (John Miljan) has his men rustle horses and then blame it on a wild horse named Wildfire. Happy (Bob Steele) and Alkali (Sterling Holloway)… Internet Archive Desirable Lady 1944 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles Also known as "A Fig Leaf for Eve". You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Mark of Zorro 1940 colorized (Tyrone Power) 1940 · Feature A young Spanish aristocrat must masquerade as a fop in order to maintain his secret identity of Zorro as he restores justice to early California. Tyrone Power… Internet Archive In Old Cheyenne 1941 · Feature · 53 min Roy is a newspaper reporter. He goes to Cheyenne to cover the activities of supposed bad guy Arapahoe Brown (George 'Gabby' Hayes). Roy, of course, discovers… Internet Archive Delightfully Dangerous 1945 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Nazi Plan 1945 · Feature · 2 h 7 min "The Nazi Plan" was shown as evidence at the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in Nuremberg on December 11, 1945. It was compiled by Budd Schulberg and… Internet Archive World at War (Part II) 1942 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Portrayal of the steps that led up to Pearl Harbor and total mobilization of World War II. Internet Archive The Red House 1947 · Feature · 1 h 40 min Pete and Ellen have reared Meg as their own, ever since she was a baby and her parents took off. Now a teen, Meg convinces her friend Nath to come help with… Internet Archive Jour de fête 1949 · Feature In his enchanting debut feature Jour de fête (Celebration Day), Jacques Tati stars as a fussbudget of a postman who is thrown for a loop when a traveling fair… Internet Archive Utah 1945 · Feature · 53 min Roy Rogers has been managing the Bar X ranch for Dorothy (Dale Evans), with the Sons of the Pioneers as ranchhands, and the well-equipped, profitable Bar X is… Internet Archive The Law Rides Again 1943 · Feature · 56 min US government agents Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson, aka "The Trail Blazers", make a deal with captured outlaw Duke Dillon (Jack La Rue) to catch crooked Indian… Internet Archive Colorado 1940 · Feature · 56 min U. S. Army Intelligence Service Lieutenant Jerry Burke (Roy Rogers) is sent to Denver to investigate Indian uprisings and internal trouble which threaten the… Internet Archive Parachute Battalion 1941 · Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive X Marks The Spot 1942 · Feature · 52 min · Subtitles Internet Archive Yanks Are Coming 1942 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Classic Television Commercials (Part IV) 1948 · Commercial · 10 min · Subtitles Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.