The world's archives
7,825–7,872 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
Jungle Hell (1956) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1956 jungle adventure Jungle Hell, directed by Norman A.…
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LUKE AFB, ARIZONA
LUKE AFB, ARIZONA Produced: March 3, 1953 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/61940
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Quemoy Island
Quemoy Island Produced: April 24, 1955 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79375
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Operation, "Reclaim"
Operation, "Reclaim" Produced: 1954 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78712
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One's as Good as the Other trailer
Original Spanish title: Tan bueno el Giro como el Colorado IMDb Page
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Father's Little Dividend
In this sequel to Father of the Bride, newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are going to have a baby, leaving her father having to…
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters! trailer
IMDb Page
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The Angry Red Planet [1959] - Trailer
The first manned flight to Mars returns after having been out of communications since it had arrived on Mars. What would it reveal?
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The Atomic Submarine [1959] - Trailer
Ships disappear on route across the Arctic Sea, and a special submarine is sent to investigate.
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Theatrical trailer for The Tunnel of Love
Theatrical trailer for a 1958 film starring Doris Day. This film was not a success, and I have read that Day didn't particularly like it. Unfortunately, the…
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Trailer for How To Marry a Millionaire
A slightly unusual trailer for the 1953 U.S. film. Though the film was in colour and widescreen, this particular trailer is in black and white and not…
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Clever Clover Cartoon - ''BubbleVision'' (1950) Opening Titles
Taken from Bluerboom Cartoons ''Kaw Ride Crash'' VHS 1998
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The Mole People [1956] - Trailer
A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a mutant five millennia-old Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in Mesopatamia.
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CEASE FIRE TALKS
CEASE FIRE TALKS Produced: July 17, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22812
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Selected newsreel scenes
Selected newsreel scenes Produced: 1959 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28332
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CRASH AND LIVE
CRASH AND LIVE Produced: 1954 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93882
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It Conquered The World (1956) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1956 sci-fi horror creature film It Conquered The World,…
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Terror In The Haunted House (1958) Trailer
Trailer for the 1958 horror mystery Terror In The Haunted House aka My World Dies Screaming directed by Harold Daniels, starring Gerald Mohr.
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Warning From Space (1956) Japanese Language Trailer 2
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Japanese language trailer with no English subtitles. Trailer for the 1956…
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) TV Spot Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. TV spot trailer for the 1956 sci-fi film Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,…
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The Real McCoys
The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' Marterto Productions, in association with Walter Brennan and Irving Pincus'…
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12 Angry Men
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Radar Men From the Moon: Episodes 1–6
Radar Men from the Moon is a 1952 Republic Pictures serial starring George Wallace as Commando Cody, a rocket-suited hero battling an invasion force from the…
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The Giant Behemoth [1959] - Trailer
Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which…
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HILL K-14
HILL K-14 Produced: October 18, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23059
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The Cosmic Man [1959] - Trailer
A strange sphere settles down in a California canyon, causing both the scientific and military communities to gather around to investigate.
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The Jackie Robinson Story
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.
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1951 A Place In The Sun (1988 Showtime) 720p
Showtime broadcast recorded to VHS in 1988
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Mesa of Lost Women
A mad scientist, Dr. Aranya (Jackie Coogan), has created giant spiders in his Mexican lab in Zarpa Mesa to create a race of superwomen by injecting spiders…
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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1953 children's fantasy classic The 5,000 Fingers of Dr.…
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The Bloody Brood
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The Ninth Bullet aka O Cangaceiro (1953) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1953 Brazilian action drama The Ninth Bullet aka O…
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Curse Of The Undead
Mysterious gunslinger for hire Drake Robey is really a vampire, and it's up to Preacher Dan to save the town and girlfriend Dolores Carter.
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The Werewolf (1956) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1956 horror sci-fi film The Werewolf, directed by Fred F.…
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Heroes And Sinners aka Les héros sont fatigués (1955) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1955 adventure drama Heroes And Sinners aka Les héros…
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The Wasp Woman
The head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects…
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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart's existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure under the…
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The Flying Saucer (1950) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1950 sci-fi film The Flying Saucer, directed by and…
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Reform School Girl (1957) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1957 juvenile delinquent drama Reform School Girl,…
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WAC STORY
WAC STORY Produced: January 12, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23259
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LTA OPERATIONS
LTA OPERATIONS Produced: 1955 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/80425
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Operation, "Reclaim"
Operation, "Reclaim" Produced: 1954 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78714
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Trailer for Invitation To The Dance (Upgrade)
Theatrical trailer for the 1956 film starring Gene Kelly. George Fenneman narrates the trailer.
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The Monster That Changed The World (1957) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1957 sci-fi horror film The Monster That Changed The…
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20 Million Miles To Earth (1957) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1957 sci-fi giant monster thriller 20 Million Miles To…
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The 27th Day
Five individuals from five nations, including the USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves on an alien saucer, where an alien gives each a container…
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The Harlem Globetrotters (1951) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1951 basketball drama The Harlem Globetrotters, directed…
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Walt Disney Speaks On Disneyland's Opening Day Hawaiian On July 17, ( 1955)
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