The world's archives
7,777–7,824 of 18,889 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. Nothing is left out for being sexual: sexual content and nudity are for adults, placed by what the archive files a film as, never by a word of its title alone (The Naked City is a police film). A film filed as pornography is listed for adults without its picture and plays nowhere yet, as the law where it would play asks for a proof of age this site does not have. A sexual depiction of a child, drawn ones too, is listed nowhere.
| 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 content, pornography, nudity and nudism, striptease, sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, beheadings, atrocity footage. |
Internet Archive
Conquest Of Space (1955) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1955 sci-fi adventure film Conquest Of Space, directed by…
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Attack of the Crab Monsters
A group of scientists travel to a remote island to study the effects of nuclear weapons tests, only to get stranded when their airplane mysteriously explodes.…
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Oldsmobile 1955 Commercial
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Anastasia trailer
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The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
In one of his rare performances without Bud Abbott, Lou Costello plays a delivery boy who invents a machine which turns his girlfriend into a giantess.
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The Tingler
After much hard work, a pathologist discovers and captures a creature that lives in every vertebrate and grows when fear grips its host. "Scream for your…
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Blackbeard, the Pirate
Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
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The Vendo Company presents: Refreshing Look (1958) Coca-Cola Short Film
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. The Vendo Company, the world's largest manufacturer of automatic…
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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1958 fantasy adventure The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad, directed…
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The Brain From Planet Arous (1957) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1957 sci-f film The Brain From Planet Arous, directed by…
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1956 sci-fi classic Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,…
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Caged [1950] - Trailer
Caged tells the story of a teenage newlywed, who is sent to prison for being an accessory to a robbery. Her experiences while incarcerated, along with the…
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When Worlds Collide (1951) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1951 sci-fi adventure When Worlds Collide, directed by…
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UN FORCES IN KOREA
UN FORCES IN KOREA Covers: 1950–1959 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22888
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VARIOUS SUBJECTS
VARIOUS SUBJECTS 1953 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/26612
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PROGRESS REPORT-1951
PROGRESS REPORT-1951 Produced: 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93875
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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…
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I Am Not Alone
National Archives - I Am Not Alone - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film documents the personal…
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House Of Wax (1953) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Teaser trailer for the 1953 horror classic House Of Wax, directed by…
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The Land Unknown (1957) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1957 sci-fi fantasy adventure The Land Unknown, directed…
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Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1953 sci-fi comedy Abbott and Costello Go to Mars,…
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The Gamma People [1956] - Trailer
An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into…
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The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1959) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1959 Hammer Films version of the classic Sherlock Holmes…
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King Solomon's Mines (1950) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1950 classic adventure film King Solomon's Mines,…
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The Manster
A reporter is sent to interview a scientist working in his mountain laboratory.
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In Raw Flesh trailer
Original Spanish title: En Carne Viva IMDb Page
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20 Million Miles to Earth [1957] - Trailer
When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to…
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The Alligator People [1959] - Trailer
A newly wed couple are sitting on a train when the husband receives an urgent telegram. When he gets off at a station to make a phone call the train pulls…
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Go, Johnny, Go! [1959] - Trailer
Rock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find the elusive, mystery contestant (Jimmy Clanton) who doesn't…
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House of Bamboo trailer
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Attack of the Crab Monsters [1957] - Trailer
A group of scientists travel to a remote island to study the effects of nuclear weapons tests, only to get stranded when their airplane mysteriously explodes.…
Internet Archive
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1953 sci-fi horror monster film The Beast from 20,000…
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The Astounding She-Monster [1958] - Trailer
When a meteor crashes to earth, out of it emerges a glowing, female creature who terrorizes a group of people living in the California mountains.
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The Maze [1953] - Trailer
A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a…
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Warning From Space (1956) Japanese Language Trailer 1
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Japanese language trailer with no English subtitle. Trailer for the 1956…
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Phffft trailer
IMDb Page
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HAIPHONG EVACUATION
HAIPHONG EVACUATION Produced: May 1955 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79421
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Beat the Devil
The script, which was written on a day-to-day basis as the film was being shot, concerns the adventures of a motley crew of swindlers and ne'er-do-wells…
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The Return of Dracula [1958] - Trailer
After a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man's American cousins.
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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
A dreamy, timeless romance based on the legend of the Flying Dutchman features sumptuous color cinematography by Jack Cardiff. Ava Gardner plays Pandora…
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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
A dreamy, timeless romance based on the legend of the Flying Dutchman features sumptuous color cinematography by Jack Cardiff. Ava Gardner plays Pandora…
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The Last Hurrah trailer
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Internet Archive
The Magician aka Ansiktet (1958) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1958 comedy drama The Magician aka Ansiktet, directed by…
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The Brain Eaters [1958] - Trailer
A huge, alien structure resembling an inverted cone, appears in the woods outside a small rural town. Sent from Washington to investigate the origin of the…
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Goliath And The Barbarians (1959) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. VHS trailer for the 1959 sword and sandal adventure Goliath And The…
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The Black Scorpion (1957) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1957 sci-fi horror film The Black Scorpion, directed by…
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
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The Screaming Skull
Newlyweds Eric and Jenni Whitlock retire to his desolate mansion, where Eric's first wife Marianne died from a mysterious freak accident. Jenni, who has a…