The world's archives

4,849–4,896 of 18,267 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 I've Got A Secret - 8 February 1956 [Upgrade] 1956 · TV · 29 min A episode of a hit U.S. game show which aired on CBS and was hosted by Garry Moore. Panel consists of Bill Cullen, Jayne Meadows, Henry Morgan, and Lucille… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Upshot-Knothole, 5.2 1953 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800016 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Upshot-Knothole, 5.2 1953 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with… Internet Archive [Rehabilitation Shipments to Korea] 1950 · Film · Subtitles Oakland, California: Rehabilitation shipments to Korea Internet Archive Music Appreciation (Ozzie & Harriet) 1955 · TV · 22 min · Subtitles Aired 18 November 1955 (Season 4, Episode 8). [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265… Internet Archive Safe Crackers (Ozzie & Harriet) 1953 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles Aired 13 March 1953 (Season 1, Episode 24). [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Croft Collection: Can 56: Flying in Small Plane] 1957 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive Turn The Other Cheek 1958 · Film Molly's upset now her best friends Carol and Sue can't play together. Molly's dad suggests that the catty squabble can be solved by following Jesus's advice… Internet Archive A La Habana Me Voy(1950) 1950 · Feature A La Habana me voy es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Luis Bayón Herrera según el guion de Carlos A. Petit y Rodolfo Sciammarella que… Internet Archive La Delatora (1955) 1955 · Feature La delatora es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Kurt Land sobre el guion de Ariel Cortazzo que se estrenó el 28 de junio de 1955 y que… Internet Archive 1953 - 99 River Street - Calle River 99 - Phil Karlson - VOSE 1953 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only Internet Archive The Loretta Young Show: Act of Faith 1954 · TV · 22 min · Subtitles Season 1, Episode 22 Aired 14 Feb. 1954. Actors: Eddie Albert; Charles Herbert; Robert Foulk; Danny Mummert; Frieda Ines cort Runtime: 22:41 Internet Archive A Surprise for Clara (Ozzie & Harriet) 1958 · TV · 24 min · Subtitles Aired 15 October 1958 (Season 7, Episode 3). [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265… Internet Archive The Goldbergs misc ep 03 1955 · TV · Subtitles The Goldbergs misc ep 03 Internet Archive I Married Joan: The Stamp 1953 · TV · 22 min · Subtitles Season 1, Episode 22 Aired 11 Mar. 1953. Joan uses a collectible stamp that was just purchased by her husband to mail a letter. Internet Archive Ozzie's Night Out (Ozzie & Harriet) 1954 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles Aired 8 January 1954 (Season 2, Episode 17). [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265… Internet Archive It’s Everybody’s Business 1954 · Film Animated history of the American economic system told from a pro–free enterprise perspective. Free enterprise, the narrator argues, can be traced to the Bill… Internet Archive Clinical Types of Mental Deficiency 1957 · Educational · 36 min Clinical Types of Mental Deficiency SummarySummarizes the environmental and genetic causes of mental deficiency. Cites typical cases of the eight major… Internet Archive Sherlock Holmes 1955 S01E27 The Case Of The Perfect Husband (1955 05 20 Color, Mys Susp) 1955 · TV · 26 min PLOT : Russell Partridge announces to his wife Janet one day that he is in fact a killer who has murdered his six previous wives, and notifies her that she… Internet Archive ''Chesterfield Sound Off'' - 6 January 1952 1952 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles 1950s television program with Fred Allen. Internet Archive Home Movie: 98901: Family and Travel, Florida, Washington, D.C. 1952 · Home movie Cardboard sleeve around can (not retained) states: Our house, Ray's house, Florida trip, Aug 1952, Change of the guards at cemetery Washington Label on can… Internet Archive The Martha Raye Show - The Concert 1956 · TV · 7 min A comedy sketch with Buster Keaton and Martha Raye. Aired 1956. This sketch is based on a scene which appears in the film "Limelight". Note: I only have this… Internet Archive ''Love Of Life'' - 8 February 1955 (improved copy) 1955 · TV · 14 min · Subtitles Re-uploaded with slightly improved picture quality. A daytime soap opera which aired in a 15-minute time-slot (12:15PM to 12:30PM). At about the 4:09 mark in… Internet Archive Gorilla At Large 3D - 1954 1954 · Feature In 3D!!! Internet Archive Be-ta-ta-kin (House Under the Rim) 1955 · Educational 'Be-ta-ta-kin (House Under the Rim)' (1955) 11m, dir. Ray Garner. This film depicts the early life of the Anasazi via a tour through the cliff dwellings of… Internet Archive Trouble With Father - Stu's Holiday 1950 · TV · 26 min U.S. sitcom. Very light hearted. Stu decides to spend Admission Day in bed. Hilarity ensues. Useless information: $22.50 (the bill paid towards the end),… Internet Archive Annie Oakley TV 1954 colorized s01e02 Annie Trusts a Convict 1954 · TV Early adventures of the famous western sharpshooter. Gail Davis as Annie Oakley Jimmy Hawkins as Tagg Oakley Brad Johnson as Deputy Sheriff Lofty Craig In… Internet Archive GE Theater: The Crime of Daphne Rutledge 1954 · TV · 24 min · Subtitles Season 2, Episode 23 Aired 13 June 1954. Featuring Angela Lansbury and Hugh Marlowe. (The file that was available to me for transcoding had a problem.… Internet Archive 1950 - Convicted - Drama en presidio - Henry Levin - VOSE 1950 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only Internet Archive Food That Builds Good Health 1951 · Film Shows how eating the right amounts of the right foods is related to good health. Illustrates how poor, unbalanced diets may cause irritability, lack of… Internet Archive The Big Picture: Wars End 1955 · TV · 27 min · Subtitles In this episode The Big Picture tries to analyse the Korean war Internet Archive Stories of the Century TV 1954 colorized s01e02 Billy the Kid 1954 · TV Railroad detective Matt Clark (Jim Davis) and his assistant (Mary Castle) go after a gang of cattle rustlers led by the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid… Internet Archive Sherlock Holmes 1954 S01E14 The Case Of The French Interpreter 1954 · TV Remastered and Upscaled episode of 1954 sherlock holmes, its not Quite HD and still has some artifacting because the source lacked too much to get it perfect.… Internet Archive 1950 - Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye - Corazón de hielo - Gordon Douglas - VOSE 1950 · Feature For Academic - Educational Use Only Internet Archive Earthquakes 1954 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive ''The Chevy Show'' - State Fair U.S.A. 1959 · TV A U.S. variety show with Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Jimmy Dean, Molly Bee, and Carl Reiner. Broadcast on NBC in 'Living Color', but unfortunately this copy is a… Internet Archive Your Hit Parade - 3 April 1954 1954 · TV · 29 min An episode of the NBC pop music series. Performers include: Dorothy Collins, Snooky Lanson, Russell Arms, and Gisele MacKenzie. Songs are: "I Get So Lonely",… Internet Archive Musica, Alegria Y Amor (1956) 1956 · Feature Música, alegría y amor es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Enrique Carreras sobre su guion según la obra Loute , de Pierre Veber que… Internet Archive Unsold television pilot - ''Counterspy'' 1958 · TV · 26 min · Subtitles An unsold television pilot called "Counterspy''. Internet Archive News Review of 1958 1958 · Newsreel · Subtitles Internet Archive The Loretta Young Show: Friends at a Distance 1957 · TV · Subtitles Season 5, Episode 7 Aired 8 Dec. 1957. Actors: Charles Korvin; Anne O'Neal Runtime: 23:27 Internet Archive El Extraño Caso Del Hombre Y La Bestia(1951) 1951 · Feature El extraño caso del hombre y la bestia es una película argentina del director Mario Soffici estrenada en 1951 (Wikipedia) Sinopsis Un científico inventa un… Internet Archive Ritmo Amor Y Picardia(1955) 1955 · Feature Ritmo, amor y picardía es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Enrique Carreras sobre el guion de Manuel Barberá que se estrenó el 2 de… Internet Archive Tales of Tomorrow: The Spider's Web 1953 · TV Aired 22 May 1953. Season 2, Episode 40 Actors: Henry Jones; Nancy Coleman; Don Hanmer Runtime: 26:22 Internet Archive Gene Autry Show TV 1950 colorized s01e09 The Posse 1950 · TV In this colorized episode, an outlaw gang try to convince a former crook to help them rob Gene's safe. Internet Archive 1955 - The Big Combo - Agente especial - Joseph H. Lewis 1955 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only Internet Archive 1957 - Hit and Run - Hugo Haas - VOSE 1957 · Feature For Academic - Educational Use Only Internet Archive Trouble With Father - Father Picks a Queen 1951 · TV · 29 min A U.S. sitcom episode. Very light-hearted. Contains classic commercials for Betty Crocker, Gold Medal, Cheerios, and a General Mills iron offer. It aired at… Internet Archive Trouble With Father - Jackie's First Date 1954 · TV · 26 min U.S. sitcom episode. This aired 8:30PM on 20 October 1954 on the ABC network. It was preceded by Soldier Parade (a variety show) and followed by Masquerade…