The world's archives

769–816 of 18,596 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 The Monster of Piedras Blancas 1959 · Feature Title: The Monster of Piedras Blancas Summary: The monster, which looks like a snarling "Creature from the Black Lagoon," invades a sleepy seaside town. The… Internet Archive The Big Trees 1952 · Feature · 1 h 29 min A Quaker colony tries to save the giant sequoias from a timber baron. Internet Archive On Guard! The Story of SAGE 1956 · Film · Subtitles "Protection comes high...sky high. Today we must be on guard in the sky when it comes to protecting our resources...the national resources that are so… Internet Archive Watch with Mother - Bill and Ben: The Flowerpot Men (The Potato Man) 1953 · TV · 15 min · Subtitles Bill and Ben: The Flowerpot Men - The Potato Man British show for young children first shown as part of the ‘Watch with Mother’ strand. First transmitted on… Internet Archive Sudden Fear 1952 · Feature Title: Sudden Fear Summary: After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his… Internet Archive La Jungla De Asfalto 1950 · Feature La meticulosa planificación de un atraco a una joyería por parte de una banda de delincuentes le sirve a Huston para ofrecer un poderoso relato lleno de… Internet Archive Hidden Homicide 1959 · Feature Title: Hidden Homicide Summary: A man wakes up in a strange location with a gun in his hand and a dead body, not knowing how the whole thing happened. He… Internet Archive The Big Knife (1955) Dir: Robert Aldrich Starring Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Shelley Winters - Film Noir 1955 · Feature The Big Knife is a 1955 film noir directed and produced by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by James Poe based on the 1949 play by Clifford Odets. The film… Internet Archive Machine-Gun Kelly 1958 · Feature Title: Machine-Gun Kelly Summary: The criminal exploits of Public Enemy number 1, George 'Machine-Gun' Kelly, during the 1930s. Directed by: Roger Corman… Internet Archive Fire! Patty Learns What to Do 1951 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Fire safety film filmed in and around the Chatsworth fire of 1947 in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, at a time when many parts of the Valley were… Internet Archive Sneak Attack 1951 · TV · Subtitles Tales Of Tomorrow ep Sneak Attack * Season: 1 * Episode: 13 * First Aired: 12/7/1951 Internet Archive Devil Girl From Mars ( 1954) 1954 · Short · 1 min From IMDb: An uptight, leather-clad female alien, armed with a ray gun and accompanied by a menacing robot, comes to Earth to collect Earth's men as breeding… Internet Archive Where the Mountains Meet the Sea (Part I) 1959 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Introduces the city of Santa Monica, showing its amenities and the lives of its residents. A great snapshot of life in coastal California at the end of the… Internet Archive Champagne for Caesar 1950 · Feature Title: Champagne for Caesar Summary: In order to get even with the pompous president of a soap company, an eccentric genius goes on his quiz show in order to… Internet Archive Cool Hot Rod A 1953 · Film · Subtitles Uses narration by a teen-ager to show how a hot-rod club contributes to safe driving through its strict membership rules and restriction of speed runs to… Internet Archive Show 'Em the Road (Part I) 1954 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Southern California teenagers join the Mobilgas "Safety and Economy" competition, driving from the Los Angeles area to the Inland Empire, the desert, to Las… Internet Archive Look at Capitalism, A 1955 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Economic lecture on the merits and workings of capitalism. With Prof. Clifton L. Ganus of Harding College, Searcy, Ark. Internet Archive Procrastinator, The 1952 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles When Jean becomes chairman of the social committee, she habitually fails to plan and use time wisely in carrying out her responsibilities. When she is unable… Internet Archive Coney Island, USA 1952 · Short · 21 min · Subtitles An impressionistic view of a day in the life of Coney Island from the desertion in the early morning to the hysteria at midnight. Commentary by Henry Morgan. Internet Archive In The Suburbs 1957 · Film · Subtitles Shows typical facets of the family life of young couples living in the suburbs. Points out how Redbook Magazine, aimed exclusively at young adults, is of… Internet Archive Our Home Town: Doylestown, PA. 1954 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Advertising film presenting landmarks, businesses and people of a Philadelphia suburb. Internet Archive Man of Conflict (1953) 1953 · Feature · 1 h 10 min · Subtitles Featuring Edward Arnold and John Agar. [The "MPEG4" file is the smallest file, and it's the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265 (HEVC).] Internet Archive Big House, U. S. A. ( 1955) 1955 · Feature 5 KILLER CONVICTS BREAK OUT!A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands ransom paid against a young… Internet Archive The Devils Caveliers 1959 · Feature · 1 h 32 min The Devil's Cavaliers is the story of Captain Richard Stiller, a war weary man who may be a rogue, a rake, or an honorable hero (even at the end of the story,… Internet Archive Private Hell 36 (1954) Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff Film Noir Full Movie 1954 · Feature Private Hell 36 is a 1954 crime film noir directed by Don Siegel starring Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff, Dean Jagger and Dorothy Malone. Wikipedia:… Internet Archive The Turning Point 1952 · Feature · 1 h 25 min Title: The Turning Point Summary: Jerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials… Internet Archive It's All in Knowing How 1954 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles A teenage boy discovers how good nutrition (i.e. milk products) improves his habits, social life and bowling score. Internet Archive Last Clear Chance, The 1959 · Film · Subtitles This engaging Kodachrome drama (formatted for television broadcast) from the Union Pacific ostensibly deals with safety at railroad grade crossings, but it's… Internet Archive Ghost Writer 1953 · TV · Subtitles Tales Of Tomorrow ep Ghost Writer * 75. * Season: 2 * Episode: 32 * First Aired: 3/27/1953 Internet Archive Woman on the Run 1950 colorized (Ann Sheridan) 1950 · Feature When a painter (Ross Elliott) goes on the run after witnessing a gangland murder, his wife (Ann Sheridan) suspects that he may really be running away from… Internet Archive Watch With Mother - The Woodentops (Horseshoe) 1958 · TV · 14 min · Subtitles British show for young children first shown as part of the ‘Watch with Mother’ strand. First transmitted on the BBC on the 14th March 1958. Puppet voices… Internet Archive My Gun Is Quick 1957 · Feature Title: My Gun Is Quick Summary: A private detective helps a prostitute being assaulted, and notices that she is wearing a very unique ring. She is later found… Internet Archive Studio One : The Nativity 1952 · TV · Subtitles Studio One : The Nativity IMDB PAGE TV Series: "Studio One" (1948) Original Air Date: 22 December 1952 (Season 5, Episode 13) CAST : Thomas Chalmers, Hurd… Internet Archive Tread Softly 1952 · Feature · 1 h 27 min Title: Tread Softly Summary: The star of a London musical walks out before the curtain up, but the show must go on in a haunted theatre, The Regency. 40 years… Internet Archive Freedom and Power (Part II) 1952 · Cartoon · 12 min · Subtitles This opulently produced film defines freedom as the abundance of electric power, and reviews U.S. history from an electrocentric viewpoint. With animation. Internet Archive Donovan's Brain 1953 colorized (Lew Ayres) 1953 · Feature When a millionaire's plane crashes near his home laboratory, a scientist removes the man's brain shortly after his death, keeping it alive in a tank and using… Internet Archive You're Never Too Young (1955 Comedy Jerry Lewis Dean Martin) 1955 · Feature · 1 h 42 min TAGLINES : 01) Dino's the singing dean of a girl's school, Jerry - a wolf in kid's clothing - in a class by himself with 503 coeds. 02) BACK TOGETHER! The… Internet Archive Darkness Before the Dawn: The 1955 · Short · 21 min · Subtitles How the "Pride of Judea" organization, located in New York City, assists "at-risk" Jewish teenage boys. Producer: Arnold Panken. Associate Producer: Walter… Internet Archive [East Bay and Northern California, unedited footage] 1956 · Film · Subtitles Shot list could use improved locational specifics. 05:27:09:15 Night shot: illuminated multi-pane attraction feature panels with figures and landscapes,… Internet Archive American Girl, An - the Problems of Prejudice (Part I) 1958 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles An adolescent girl in a small town tests her democratic heritage when she pretends to be Jewish and encounters prejudice. She explores the problem of… Internet Archive War of the Satellites 1958 · Feature Title: War of the Satellites Summary: An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in… Internet Archive Rusty Knife 1958 · Feature Rusty Knife was the first smash for director Toshio Masuda, who would go on to become one of Japanese cinema’s major hit makers. In the film, Yujiro Ishihara… Internet Archive World of Water 1952 · TV · Subtitles Tales Of Tomorrow ep World of Water * Season: 1 * Episode: 34 * First Aired: 5/23/1952 Internet Archive Snake River Desperadoes 1951 colorized (Charles Starrett) 1951 · Feature Hatching a scheme to sell rifles to the Indians as a protection against the white settlers, Jim Haverly (Monte Blue) works both sides against the middle by… Internet Archive Roads to Romance (Northern Horizons / Land of Everlasting Hills) 1951 · Film · Subtitles Adirondack National Park & Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Colorful "See America First" Chevrolet travelogues. PA-2353: 17:53:15:11 (0:53:28): OAK CREEK… Internet Archive The Girl Can't Help It 1956 · Feature "The Girl Can't Help It" is a 1956 musical comedy film directed by Frank Tashlin and features Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell, and Edmond O'Brien in leading roles.… Internet Archive Three Stops to Murder 1953 · Feature Title: Three Stops to Murder Summary: Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is… Internet Archive American Frontier (Part II) 1953 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Humanistic film showing the effects of an oil discovery on Williston, North Dakota and the surrounding region. The beginning of this movie is missing.