The world's archives
7,633–7,680 of 18,638 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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
|---|---|
| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage. |
Open Images
Reconstruction of a shopping centre in Eindhoven
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
De Hoge Commissaris van Indonesië, Mr Mohammed Roem in Nederland aangekomen
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
De ''Pasteur'' brengt vierduizend militairen uit Indonesië
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
Schepen gaan scheep patrouillevaartuigen voor Indonesië
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
Polikliniekboten voor Indonesië
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
Opkomstoefening van militairen der 7 December Divisie
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
De ''Modjokerto'', moederschip voor schepen
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
Herdenking van Raden Adjeng Kartini
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
The 10th Elfstedentocht
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
Opening Henriette Roland Holst-Oord
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
Verkeerstunnel onder het IJ
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
Vlootschouw van de Koninklijke Marine
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
Bouw van IJ-tunnel vordert
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
Rally van 45 sleepboten
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
Plechtige onthulling van monument voor de mijnwerkers in Kerkrade
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
Van Speeldoos tot Pierement
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Open Images
Dozen vol muziek
Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.
Internet Archive
The Hound of the Baskervilles [1959] - Trailer
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Internet Archive
The Tall T
Having lost his horse in a bet, Pat Brennan hitches a ride with a stagecoach carrying newlyweds, Willard and Doretta Mims. At the next station the coach and…
Internet Archive
Glen or Glenda [1953] - Trailer
A psychiatrist tells two stories: one of a transvestite (Glen or Glenda), the other of a pseudohermaphrodite (Alan or Anne).
Internet Archive
SYNGMAN RHEE
SYNGMAN RHEE Produced: December 24, 1950 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23216
Internet Archive
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman [1958] - Trailer
When an abused wife grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her…
Internet Archive
Anatomy of a Murder
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the…
Internet Archive
The Scavengers (1959) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1959 noir thriller The Scavengers, directed by John…
Internet Archive
Paths of Glory trailer
Kirk Douglas and Adolphe Menjou star in this great anti-war film. IMDb Page
Internet Archive
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.
Internet Archive
All About Eve trailer
IMDb Page
Internet Archive
Gojira trailer
IMDb Page
Internet Archive
East of Eden trailer
IMDb Page
Internet Archive
The Amazing Colossal Man [1957] - Trailer
Lt. Col. Glenn Manning is inadvertently exposed to a plutonium bomb blast and although he sustains burns over 90% of his body, he survives. Then he begins to…
Internet Archive
Warlock
A band of murderous cowboys have imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. When the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town the residents hire the…
Internet Archive
Selected newsreel scenes on Russian satellite countries, Europe
Selected newsreel scenes on Russian satellite countries, Europe Produced: 1955 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28592
Internet Archive
Robot Monster (1953) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1953 infamous sci-fi monster movie Robot Monster,…
Internet Archive
The War Of The Worlds (1953) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1953 sci-fi classic The War Of The Worlds, directed by…
Internet Archive
Tarantula trailer
IMDb Page
Internet Archive
THE HUNGNAM STORY
THE HUNGNAM STORY Produced: 1950 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24050
Internet Archive
The Creature Walks Among Us [1956] - Trailer
The third film in The "Creature From The Black Lagoon" franchise sees the Gill Man turned into an air-breather by a mad scientist.
Internet Archive
Invasion of the Body Snatchers trailer
IMDb Page
Internet Archive
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958) Japanese Language Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Japanese language trailer with no English subtitles. Trailer for the 1958…
Internet Archive
20th Century FOX 1953 B
The 1953 20th Century FOX logo in CinemaScope.
Internet Archive
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Test space rockets exploding at liftoff and increased reporting of UFO sightings culminate in a direct attempt by alien survivors of a dead, extra-galactic…
Internet Archive
Rio Grande
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by…
Internet Archive
12 Angry Men
Internet Archive
House of Wax [1953] - Trailer
A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who demands…
Internet Archive
Fiend Without a Face trailer
IMDb Page
Internet Archive
But Not for Me
The Broadway theatre world provides the background for Walter Lang's 1959 comedy about a veteran producer (Clark Gable) falling in love with his…
Internet Archive
REFUGEES
REFUGEES Produced: April 3, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22804
Internet Archive
IT! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1958 sci-fi horror film IT! The Terror From Beyond Space…