The world's archives

5,857–5,904 of 18,896 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 Meet Mr. Lincoln 1959 · Educational You will meet Mr. Lincoln in a way you have never met him before - in the places where he lived and worked among people who knew him and reacted to him with… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97079: Erie 1957, Christmas 1957 1957 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10704: Betty Louise & Martha Jeannine, Oct '53 - Dec '54] 1953 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive Nightmare in Red 1958 · Educational A dramatic reconstruction of the history of communism in Russia. Beginning with the last years of the Czarist order, the film covers the Revolution of 1905… Internet Archive A Definition of Language 1957 · Educational Reviews the definition of language, and explains the relationship between language and culture. Discusses whether one language is older, better, or more… Internet Archive The Adventures of Long John Silver - Episode 19: 'Dragon Slayer' 1954 · TV Internet Archive 1959 - The Trap - La trampa - Norman Panama - VOSE 1959 · Feature https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive El Muerto Es Un Vivo (1953) 1953 · Feature El muerto es un vivo es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Yago Blass sobre el guion de César Tiempo , Abel Santa Cruz y Julio Porter… Internet Archive La Melodia Perdida (1952) 1952 · Feature La melodía perdida es una película argentina dirigida por Tulio Demicheli según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Francisco Bolla sobre la obra El… Internet Archive Manic State 1952 · Educational Describes typical symptoms of the hypomanic state, demonstrating the triad of symptoms which reflect exaggeration of otherwise normal moods of… Internet Archive Starting Nursery School: Patterns of Beginning 1959 · Educational · 22 min Starting Nursery School: Patterns of Beginning SummaryDiscusses the variations found in steel rules, the types of scales found on them and their proper usage,… Internet Archive Home Movie: 98893: New England and Quebec Trip 1956 · Home movie Niagara Falls, Plymouth, Harvard, Boston, Franconia Notch etc., Aug 9 – 1956 Internet Archive Ohio Power Company Vets Party 1950 · Home movie A silent 16mm reel documenting a party. Written on the can "Ohio Power Company Vet Party 1950". Internet Archive Ocean Voyage 1955 · Film An apprentice officer describes life aboard the S S Olympia, including activities on the bridge and in the passengers' and crew's quarters, galleys, engine… Internet Archive The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: Carnation Perfume 1955 · TV · 24 min Season 4, Episode 5 Aired 21 Oct. 1955. Actors: Don DeFore Runtime: 24:17 Internet Archive La Mejor Del Colegio (1953) 1953 · Feature La mejor del colegio es una película argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Julio Saraceni sobre guion de Abel Santa Cruz según la obra de Tito Insausti y… Internet Archive Siete Gritos En El Mar (1954) 1954 · Feature Siete gritos en el mar es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Enrique Carreras sobre el guion de Alejandro Casona basado en su obra… Internet Archive Un Centavo De Mujer (1958) 1958 · Feature Un centavo de mujer es una película de Argentina dirigida por Román Viñoly Barreto sobre guion de Hugo Moser que se estrenó el 6 de febrero de 1958 y que tuvo… Internet Archive Robbery (Sheriff of Cochise) 1957 · TV · 24 min · Subtitles Shops are being robbed by a masked man. aired 12 July 1957 Season 2; Episode 1 Internet Archive Home Movie: 98203: Milwaukee Transport 1957 · Home movie Can label states: "Milw. Transport 11-57 (1st 50 ft.)" Internet Archive 56 03 25 The Jack Benny Program S 06e 14 Jack Opens Beverly Hills Office 1956 · TV Jack opens a swanky business office in Beverly Hills, but does it on the cheap. To cut expenses, he shares the suite with an interior decorator and hires a… Internet Archive 11 The Key 1959 · TV Classic TV Series Internet Archive Africa Rie ( 1956) 1956 · Feature pelicula Internet Archive TODAY's First Broadcast: Jan. 14, 1952 | Archives | TODAY 1952 · TV News Internet Archive Dr. Pinel Unchains the Insane 1955 · Educational Reduction print of the 35 mm. motion picture made for the CBS television program You are there With film users' guide Reconstructs events of May 24, 1793,… Internet Archive 009. Estampes Montserratines (1957) 1957 · Short Imatges quotidianes d'un diumenge qualsevol al monestir, arribada d'autocars amb peregrins, visitants, venda de productes naturals i matons, visites dels… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97077: Florida Vacation, 1957 1957 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive 24 Hours of Progress 1950 · Film Wide-ranging film explaining the role of oil companies in advancing America and securing the nation’s high standard of living. Linking free enterprise with… Internet Archive Borodine's Prince Igor (Tatar Camp Scene) 1952 · Educational · 13 min Alexander Borodin's Camp Scene, danced by Ballet of the Rome Opera's Mimi Dugini and Guido Lauri, choreographed by Guglielmo Morresi. The Grand Symphony of… Internet Archive Surcos En El Mar(1956) 1956 · Feature Surcos en el mar es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Kurt Land sobre el guion de Pedro Miguel Obligado según el argumento de Olga… Internet Archive Trompada 45 (1953) 1953 · Feature Trompada 45 es una película en blanco y negro de Argentina dirigida por Leo Fleider sobre el guion de Máximo Aguirre que se estrenó el 11 de agosto de 1953 y… Internet Archive Dating the Past 1954 · Educational Presents techniques for determining the age of fossils and prehistoric relics by carbon 14 and uranium techniques. From the Great Plains trilogy series Internet Archive Flame Grooving 1955 · Educational Presents instructions for finishing castings, preparing plate and casting for welding, cutting out old welds, and gouging out surface defects and other… Internet Archive Rocky King, Detective: Return for Death 1954 · TV Season 5, Episode 36 Aired 23 May 1954. Actors: Roscoe Karns; Todd Karns; Helen Seamon; Sy Travers; Joe Locke Runtime: 24:41 Aired on the DuMont network. Internet Archive Treadle and Bobbin 1954 · Educational Looks at precision and rhythmic movements of a foot-pedal-driven sewing machine and at its ornate decoration Internet Archive William Tell: The Manhunt 1959 · TV Season 1, Episode 21 Aired 2 Feb. 1959. Runtime: 25:28 Actors: Conrad Phillips; Christopher Lee; Kevin Stoney Internet Archive [Home Movies: San Diego, Calif. Parade, ca. 1951] 1951 · Home movie · Subtitles Description to be added from log sheet. Internet Archive 1958 - Lonelyhearts - Corazones solitarios - Vincent J. Donehue - VE 1958 · Feature For Academic - Educational Use Only https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/ Internet Archive Front Page Detective: You Kill Me (1951) 1951 · TV · 26 min Season 1, Episode 35 Aired in 1951 on the DuMont network. Actors: Edmund Lowe; Betty Ball; Dayton Lummis; Doris Merrick; Burt Mustin; Mike Ragan; Sandra… Internet Archive Home Movie: 98600: New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Canada, Michigan 1958 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie: 97403: Family Activities, Bridge and Knitting 1952 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive Chaucer's England 1957 · Educational Dramatizes Chaucer's The pardoner's tale, using the locations trod by Chaucer's pilgrims, with scenes of Canterbury and the Tabard Inn in London Internet Archive Home Movie: 98928: Vacation in Canada 1954 · Home movie Can label states: 1954 Vacation Canada - Ma & Pa Internet Archive Feelings of Depression 1950 · Educational "Privately printed by Alfred and Ellen Harcourt, and copies are not for sale"--P. [5] Internet Archive 1959 Dezembro 31 1959 · Feature Cala a Boca Etelvina Estréia 31.12.1959 Internet Archive BATTLE OF THE BULGE 1958 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30112 BATTLE OF THE BULGE STORY OF AMERICA'S WINTER SOLDIER THROUGHOUT THEHISTORY OF THE COUNTRY FROM VALLEY FORGE TO THE BATTLE OF… Internet Archive One Day's Poison 1958 · Educational Credits: Producer, David Bairstow; director, Donald Wilder; scenario, George E. Salverson; photographer, John Foster; film editor, Tony Lower French version… Internet Archive 56 01 01 The Jack Benny Program S 06e 08 New Year's Day Show 1956 · TV Jack reads phony telegrams wishing him a Happy New Year, then chats with the coaches from tomorrow's Rose Bowl game, Red Sanders of UCLA and Duffy Daugherty…