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The world's archives

7,681–7,728 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 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 Creature from the Black Lagoon [1954] - Trailer 1954 · Commercial A scientific expedition searching for fossils along the Amazon River discover a prehistoric Gill-Man in the legendary Black Lagoon. The explorers capture the… Internet Archive The Beast with a Million Eyes [1955] - Trailer 1955 · Commercial An alien space craft lands in the desert. The alien takes over the minds of some of the local humans and animals and is able to see through them. The animals… Internet Archive The Colossus of New York [1958] - Trailer 1958 · Commercial A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results... Internet Archive Cruisin' Thru The 50s 1957 · Film OOP VHS I found for $1! Great for a hour of 50s stuff! Going through some new stuff and old poorly indexed rips from my 300/month tape rippin' days during… Internet Archive SIGNAL CORPS 1950 · Educational SIGNAL CORPS Covers: 1950–1959 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23202 Internet Archive The Curse of Frankenstein trailer 1957 · Commercial · 2 min IMDb Page Wikipedia Page Internet Archive Giant trailer 1956 · Commercial · 3 min IMDb Page Internet Archive It Came from Outer Space (1953) Trailer HD 1953 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. HD trailer for the 1953 sci-fi thriller It Came From Outer Space,… Internet Archive Awarding of Distinguished Service Medal to Maj. Gen. Holger N. Toftoy, CG, Redstone Arsenal, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 1958 · Educational Awarding of Distinguished Service Medal to Maj. Gen. Holger N. Toftoy, CG, Redstone Arsenal, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Produced: July 30, 1958… Internet Archive Dragnet 1951 · Commercial Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term dragnet,… Internet Archive New York Jehovah's Witnesses Convention 1953 1953 · Home movie New York Jehovah's Witnesses Convention 1953 Internet Archive The Wild One (1953) Trailer 1953 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1953 classic biker film The Wild One, directed by Laslo… Internet Archive Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) Trailer 1956 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1956 sci-fi horror film Invasion Of The Body Snatchers,… Internet Archive Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow [1959] - Trailer 1959 · Commercial A group of drag-racing fanatics, members of a Los Angeles club, move into an old deserted mansion and set up shop, making it their headquarters. They hold a… Internet Archive I Was a Teenage Frankenstein [1957] - Trailer 1957 · Commercial Professor Frankenstein (Whit Bissell) creates a teenager from an accident victim, who gets angry when he learns he is going to be taken apart. Internet Archive Mystery Street (1950) Trailer 1950 · Commercial Trailer for the 1950 film-noir Mystery Street, directed by John Sturges, starring Ricardo Montalban. Internet Archive The Werewolf 1956 · Commercial The arrival in a small mountain town of a dissheveled stranger launches a series of murders committed by some sort of animal. As the town doctor and his… Internet Archive From Hell It Came [1957] - Trailer 1957 · Commercial A wrongfully accused South Seas prince is executed, and returns as a walking tree stump. Internet Archive Selected newsreel scenes 1956 · Newsreel Selected newsreel scenes Produced: 1956 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28327 Internet Archive Monster on the Campus trailer 1958 · Commercial · 1 min IMDb Page Internet Archive Cult of the Cobra trailer 1955 · Commercial · 2 min IMDb Page Internet Archive The Abominable Snowman [1957] - Trailer 1957 · Commercial A kindly English botanist and a gruff American promoter lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti. Internet Archive The Black Scorpion trailer 1957 · Commercial · 2 min IMDb Page Internet Archive Othello 1951 · Commercial When a secret marriage is planned between Othello, a Moorish general, and Desdemona, the daughter of Senator Brabantio, her old suitor Roderigo takes it hard.… Internet Archive Pearl Of The Orient (1955) Coca-Cola in the Philippines - Short Film 1955 · Film http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Short film from 1955 looking at Coke / Coca-Cola in the Philippines. Internet Archive Hell and High Water trailer 1954 · Commercial · 2 min IMDb Page Internet Archive It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) Trailer HD 1080p 1955 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. HD 1080p trailer for the 1955 sci-fi monster movie It Came from Beneath… Internet Archive The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms [1953] - Trailer 1953 · Commercial An atomic bomb test in the Arctic Circle unfreezes a hibernating fictional dinosaur, a Rhedosaurus, that begins to wreak havoc in New York City. Internet Archive Cult Of The Cobra (1955) Trailer 1955 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1955 horror film Cult Of The Cobra, directed by Francis… Internet Archive The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Trailer 1957 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1957 sci-fi film The Incredible Shrinking Man, directed… Internet Archive Panic in the Streets trailer 1950 · Commercial · 2 min IMDb Page Internet Archive Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954) Trailer 1954 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1954 horror creature classic film Creature From The Black… Internet Archive The Land Unknown trailer 1957 · Commercial · 2 min IMDb Page Internet Archive The Thing From Another World (1951) Trailer 1951 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1951 sci-fi horror classic The Thing From Another World,… Internet Archive The Haunted Strangler trailer 1958 · Commercial · 1 min Also known as Grip of the Strangler IMDb Page Internet Archive Trailer for Designing Woman [Upgrade?] 1957 · Commercial · 3 min Theatrical trailer for a 1957 American film starring Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall. Note: I am hoping this has better picture quality than the previous… Internet Archive Commercial For Carnation Milk 1950 1950 · Commercial Ad Internet Archive 4D Man [1959] - Trailer 1959 · Commercial Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to enter a 4th dimensional state, allowing him to pass through any… Internet Archive The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) Trailer 1957 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1957 Hammer Films horror classic The Curse Of… Internet Archive Trailer for Pillow Talk 1959 · Commercial · 2 min Theatrical trailer for a popular 1959 film starring Doris Day, Rock Hudson and Tony Randall. Internet Archive The Mysterians [1959] - Trailer 1959 · Commercial In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the… Internet Archive Ashes And Diamonds aka Popiól i diament (1958) Trailer 1958 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1958 Polish war drama Ashes And Diamonds aka Popiól i… Internet Archive Sweet Smell of Success 1957 · Commercial New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his… Internet Archive The Mysterians (1957) Trailer 1957 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. USA English language trailer for 1957 Japanese sci-fi thriller The… Internet Archive Hondo 1953 · Commercial Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector. Internet Archive Fiend Without a Face [1958] - Trailer 1958 · Commercial An American airbase in Canada provokes resentment from the nearby residents after fallout from nuclear experiments at the base are blamed for a recent spate… Internet Archive Destination Moon (1950) Trailer 1950 · Commercial http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1950 sci-fi adventure Destination Moon, directed by… Internet Archive Hondo 1953 · Commercial Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.