The world's archives
7,729–7,776 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. |
Internet Archive
Frankenstein 1970 [1958] - Trailer
The baron's grandson rents the family castle to a TV crew to fund his atomic revival of the family monster.
Internet Archive
The Killer Shrews [1959] - Trailer
Trapped on a remote island by a hurricane, a group discover a doctor has been experimenting on creating half sized humans. Unfortunately, his experiments have…
Internet Archive
Enemy from Space [1957] - Trailer
In England, a group of space scientists, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of…
Internet Archive
The Quatermass Xperiment [1956] - Trailer
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and is found…
Internet Archive
12 Angry Men
Internet Archive
Return Of The Fly (1959) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1959 sci-fi horror film Return Of The Fly, directed by…
Internet Archive
Peter Lorre Commercial Speidel Watches (circa 1950)
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Internet Archive
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Baron Frankenstein, working under the protective pseudonym Dr. Victor Stein, together with his assistant Dr. Kleve, transplants a dwarf's brain into another…
Internet Archive
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness trailer
IMDb Page
Internet Archive
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) [Trailer]
Aspect Ratio: 1080p Genre: Drama/Action/Adventure/War MPAA Rating: PG Academy Awards: 7
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
The Man with the Golden Arm
A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
Internet Archive
The Caine Mutiny (1954) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. VHS trailer for the 1954 military court drama The Caine Mutiny, directed…
Internet Archive
Mr. Imperium
Internet Archive
The Undead
Two psychics send a woman back in time to find out about her past-life experiences. She goes back as Helene, a woman from the Middle Ages who is to die at…
Internet Archive
The Giant Claw (1957) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1957 sci-fi giant monster movie The Giant Claw, directed…
Internet Archive
Jack the Ripper [1959] - Trailer
A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.
Internet Archive
A METHOD OF TEACHING COMBAT SURGERY
Department of Defense PIN 25898 A METHOD OF TEACHING COMBAT SURGERY THE NEW METHOD IS DEMONSTRATED AS APPLIED TO DEBRIDEMENT - ACTUAL COMBAT CONDITIONS ARE…
Internet Archive
The Seventh Commandment [1957] - Trailer
Princesse Nadia Vronskaïa is a veteran con artist who uses her feminine wiles to bilk wealthy, susceptible old men. Inevitably, she outsmarts herself when she…
Internet Archive
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake [1959] - Trailer
Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a…
Internet Archive
Santa Claus
Pitch, the mean-spirited devil, is trying to ruin Christmas. Santa Claus teams up with Merlin the Magician and the children of the world in order to save the…
Internet Archive
Member Of The Family (1954) Coca-Cola in the Philippines - Short Film
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Coke / Coca-Cola short film looking at the soft drink in the Philippines…
Internet Archive
The Trollenberg Terror [1958] - Trailer
Alien creatures invade a remote mountain resort in Switzerland.
Internet Archive
Corridors of Blood trailer
IMDb Page
Internet Archive
Carnival Story
Internet Archive
AIR SHOW
AIR SHOW Produced: November 22, 1953 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78927
Internet Archive
It Came From Outer Space (1953) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1953 sci-fi horror film It Came From Outer Space,…
Internet Archive
An American in Paris (1951) [Trailer]
Aspect Ratio: 1080p Genre: Comedy/Drama/Musical/Romance/Music/War MPAA Rating: NR Academy Awards: 6
Internet Archive
Theatrical trailer for Flight to Mars
Theatrical trailer for the 1951 film Flight to Mars.
Internet Archive
1952 Ajax Cleaner Commercial
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Internet Archive
Invaders From Mars (1953) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1953 sci-fi invasion classic Invaders From Mars, directed…
Internet Archive
Invasion of the Saucer-Men
A teenage couple making out in the woods accidentally runs over an alien creature with their car. The creature's hand falls off, but it comes alive, and, with…
Internet Archive
The Young Lions trailer
IMDb Page
Internet Archive
Waiting for Godot (1956)
Samuel Beckett's two-act play performed by Burt Lahr as Estrogon, E.G. Marshall as Vladimir, Kurt Kasznar as Pozzo, Alvin Epstein as Lucky, and Luchino Solito…
Internet Archive
Liane, Jungle Goddess (1956) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1956 adventure film Liane, Jungle Goddess, directed by…
Internet Archive
First Man Into Space trailer
IMDb Page
Internet Archive
Secrets Of Women aka Kvinnors väntan (1952) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1952 comedy drama Secrets Of Women aka Kvinnors väntan,…
Internet Archive
The Bat trailer
IMDb Page
Commons
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1956)
Once Upon a Honeymoon is a 1956 American short musical fantasy film sponsored by Bell Telephone
Commons
12 Angry Men (1957) - Trailer
Original release trailer of the film 12 Angry Men (1957), directed by Sidney Lumet.
Commons
Fear and Desire (1953)
Full restored film of Fear and Desire, Stanley Kubrick's 1953 debut film. Kubrick attempted to destroy all copies, but was unsuccessful.
Commons
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959 film)
Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1957 American independent science fiction-horror film produced, written, directed, and edited by Ed Wood.
Commons
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1950 American film directed by Michael Gordon, based on Brian Hooker's translation of Edmond Rostand's play, with José Ferrer in the…
Commons
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Jack and the Beanstalk. Audio of its five copyrighted musical numbers, along with their reprisal in the opening and closing of the film, has been removed.
Commons
The Big Combo 1955
The Big Combo, American noir film directed by Joseph H. Lewis from a screenplay by Philip Yordan.
Commons
Piggy Bank Robbery
This is the first episode of The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican, "Piggy Bank Robbery." Sorry for the top-right label, but this is the best encode currently…
Commons
Rear Window (1954) - Trailer
Original trailer for the 1968 re-release for the film Rear Window, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. It includes…
Commons
Effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) on Troops Marching
Effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) on Troops Marching National Archives Identifier: 2123707 Local Identifier: 175.19 Series: Motion Picture Films on…