The world's archives
7,873–7,920 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. |
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Trailer for Cheaper By The Dozen
A trailer for the 1950 U.S. period film. Though the film is in colour, this trailer is in B&W, and I really don't understand why (I ripped this from a DVD of…
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CEASE-FIRE TALKS
CEASE-FIRE TALKS Produced: July 10, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22797
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POLICE ANNIVERSARY
POLICE ANNIVERSARY Produced: July 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22912
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Phantom from Space
After a UFO sighting, a mysterious phantom in a bizarre outfit starts attacking people in San Fernando Valley.
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Three Guys Named Mike
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The Giant Gila Monster
A small town in Texas finds itself under attack from a hungry, fifty-foot-long gila monster. No longer content to forage in the desert, the giant lizard…
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The Gunfight At Dodge City (1959) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1959 Western adventure The Gunfight At Dodge City,…
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Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
A young woman discovers she is the daughter of the infamous Dr. Jekyll, and begins to believe that she may also have a split personality, one of whom is a…
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The Spider (1958) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Teaser trailer or TV spot for the 1958 sci-f creature film The Spider,…
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Dragstrip Riot [1958] - Trailer
An adolescent arrives in a new town where he tries to join the drag-racing crowd.
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The Invisible Boy (1957) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1957 sci-fi adventure The Invisible Boy, directed by…
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Tentations aka Un mundo para mí (1959) French Language Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. French language trailer with no English subtitles for the 1959 drama…
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Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) Trailer
Trailer for the 1959 horror film Horrors of the Black Museum, directed by Arthur Crabtree, starring Michael Gough.
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PEACE TALKS
PEACE TALKS Produced: November 28, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23162
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CEASE-FIRE TALKS
CEASE-FIRE TALKS Produced: July 3, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23290
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PORTS OF JAPAN
PORTS OF JAPAN Produced: May 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75637
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Quemoy Island
Quemoy Island Produced: April 2, 1955 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/79381
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The Angry Red Planet (1959) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1959 sci-fi film The Angry Red Planet, directed by Ib…
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The Maze (1953) Trailer HD 1080p
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. HD 1080p trailer for the horror drama The Maze, originally filmed in 3D,…
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Night Of The Blood Beast (1958) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1958 sci-fi horror film Night Of The Blood Beast,…
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The Headless Ghost [1959] - Trailer
Three teenagers encounter a ghost who is in limbo until he retrieves his lost head. They do their bit to help him find it.
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D.O.A.
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to…
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Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
Academic researchers are chased by a nuclear-hot specimen of ancient Mayan blob.
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The Giant Behemoth (1959) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1959 sci-fi giant monster thriller The Giant Behemoth,…
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Hansel And Gretel (1954) TV Spot
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. TV spot trailer for the 1954 stop motion version of the classic tale:…
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O.S.S. 117 Is Not Dead (1957) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1957 Eurospy thriller O.S.S. 117 Is Not Dead aka O.S.S.…
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The Incredible Shrinking Man trailer
IMDb Page
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Trailer for King of the Coral Sea
Theatrical trailer for a 1954 Australian film; from around 1940 to around 1969 there was usually one or two feature films produced each year in Australia.…
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Radar Men From The Moon: Episodes 7–12
Radar Men from the Moon is a 1952 Republic Pictures serial starring George Wallace as Commando Cody, a rocket-suited government agent battling a lunar…
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CANADIAN BRIGADE
CANADIAN BRIGADE Produced: July 26, 1951 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22890
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KOREAN GROUND ACTIVITY
KOREAN GROUND ACTIVITY Produced: 1950 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/65640
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Horrors of the Black Museum [1959] - Trailer
A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.
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The Capitol Film Collection Wanna Buy A Record [1951]
1951 documentary about making records hosted by Mel Blanc.
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Circa 1957 Commercial Florida Citrus Canned Grapefruit Juice,
Circa 1957
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I Was A Teenage Frankenstein (1957) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1957 sci-fi horror film I Was A Teenage Frankenstein,…
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Hot Spell (1958) Do You Look Like A Movie Star? Promo Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Promo trailer for the 1958 film drama Hot Spell promoting a Do You Look…
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Attack Of The 50ft. Woman (1958) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1958 sci-fi thriller Attack Of The 50ft. Woman, directed…
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The Giant Gila Monster (1959) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1959 sci-fi giant monster movie The Giant Gila Monster,…
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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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A Bucket of Blood
Nerdy Walter Paisley (Dick Miller), a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful…
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The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1956 horror film The Creature Walks Among Us, directed by…
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Road to Bali
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic…
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South Seas Adventure
Cinerama takes you on a South Seas Adventure to tropical islands set like sparkling jewels in dreamy cerulean waters. Thrill to the lure of sunbrowned,…
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23 Paces to Baker Street (1956) - Trailer DVD DE
German DVD Trailer for 23 Paces to Baker Street ( 23 Schritte zum Abgrund ) Full item here .
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The Deadly Mantis (1957) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1957 sci-fi horror film The Deadly Mantis, directed by…
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Rocketship X-M (1950) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. TRailer for the 1950 sci-fi adventure Rocketship X-M, directed by Kurt…
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The Defiant Ones (1958) TV Spot Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. TV spot trailer for the 1958 drama thriller The Defiant Ones, directed by…
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Beast from Haunted Cave
In a skiing station in Dakota, a gang of criminals leaded by Alexander "Alex" Ward plans the heist of golden bars from a small bank. While the lover of Alex,…