The world's archives
8,785–8,832 of 18,898 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
The War of the Worlds
Internet Archive
Trailer for Father of the Bride
Theatrical trailer for a 1950 U.S. film.
Internet Archive
High School Big Shot
Marv needs money. His unemployed dad is so poor that he makes Marv give up half his last six bucks so they can both go on three-dollar dates; he's just lost…
Internet Archive
Paths of Glory
Internet Archive
Date With Death (1959) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1959 crime film Date With Death, directed by Harold…
Internet Archive
LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH ARTHUR BLISS LANE
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95967 / Local Identifier LW-LW-413 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH ARTHUR BLISS LANE - TELEVISION…
Internet Archive
Sunset Boulevard
Internet Archive
Have Rocket, Will Travel
The Stooges are janitors working at a space center who accidentally blast off to Venus. They encounter a talking unicorn, a giant fire breathing tarantula,…
Internet Archive
In a Lonely Place
Internet Archive
DENTOALVEOLAR SURGERY - EXCISION OF GINGIVAL HYPERTROPHY
Department of Defense PIN 25883 DENTOALVEOLAR SURGERY - EXCISION OF GINGIVAL HYPERTROPHY SURGICAL PROCEDURES TO CORRECT A DENTAL RIDGE HYPER- TROPHIED AND…
Internet Archive
Ice Cold in Alex
Internet Archive
The Final Test
Legendary England cricketer Sam Palmer (Jack Warner) is due to bat in his final test match against Australia. He is desperate for his son Reggie (Ray Jackson)…
Internet Archive
I Bury the Living
A newly appointed cemetery chairman believes that, merely by inserting a black plot-marking pin into a wall-sized map of the cemetery, he can cause the deaths…
Internet Archive
The Court Jester
Internet Archive
Corn's-A-Poppin' (1955) Trailer
http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. Trailer for the 1955 country and western musical Corn's-A-Poppin',…
Internet Archive
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Internet Archive
Some Like It Hot
Internet Archive
Animal Farm
Internet Archive
Invaders from Mars
Internet Archive
711 Ocean Drive
The Horatio Alger parable gets the film noir treatment with the redoubtable Edmund O’Brien as a whip-smart telephone technician who moves up the ladder of a…
Internet Archive
The Black Scorpion [1957] - Trailer
Giant scorpions wreck havoc after being released due to volcanic activity.
Internet Archive
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Internet Archive
Miss Sadie Thompson
Sadie Thompson winds up stranded on an island and while her boat is being quarantined, she manages to stir up the blood of every marine on the base.
Internet Archive
Trailer for Love Me Tender [Upgrade]
Theatrical trailer for the 1956 U.S. film starring Elvis Presley.
Internet Archive
Attack of the Puppet People [1958] - Trailer
A deranged scientist creates a ray that can shrink people down to doll size.
Internet Archive
The Last Hurrah
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank…
Internet Archive
Trailer for Calamity Jane
Theatrical trailer for the 1953 U.S. film starring Doris Day.
Internet Archive
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Internet Archive
Witness for the Prosecution
Internet Archive
The True Story of Jesse James
Having fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, Jesse James and his brother Frank dream of a farm life in Missouri. Harassed by Union sympathizers,…
Internet Archive
5 Against the House
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
Internet Archive
Bride of the Gorilla
The owner of a plantation in the jungle marries a beautiful woman. Shortly afterward, he is plagued by a strange voodoo curse which transforms him into a…
Internet Archive
To Catch a Thief
Internet Archive
The Night of the Hunter
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
Internet Archive
The Donna Reed Show
Internet Archive
Leave It to Beaver
Internet Archive
Sudden Fear
Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man.…
Internet Archive
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Internet Archive
All About Eve (1950) [Trailer]
Aspect Ratio: 1080p Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: NR Academy Awards: 6
Internet Archive
Sunset Boulevard
Internet Archive
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Commons
PAFWorldRecordLoop1958
Air Marshal Asghar Khan selected Wing Commander Zafar ‘Mitty’ Masud to lead the air display. Mitty’s team consisted of six squadron leaders (Bill) Latif, SU…
Commons
1951-02-16 Matrimonio dello Scià di Persia a Teheran
La settimana Incom 00556 del 16/02/1951 Matrimonio dello Scià di Persia a Teheran Descrizione sequenze:corteo di soldati sfila per le strade della città ;…
Commons
Adali Stevenson 1956 Presidential Campaign ad
Adlai Stevenson 1956 presidential campaign ad. Cut for C-SPAN's "The Contenders" series. @kurtagardinier
Commons
1951-06-21 Commissione del petrolio a Teheran
La settimana Incom 00610 del 21/06/1951 Commissione del petrolio a Teheran Descrizione sequenze:il palazzo della Anglo Iranian Oil Company ; scrivani…
Commons
1950-01-05 Roma ospiti d'eccezione (Ernest Bevin) Lo Scià di Persia
La settimana Incom 00386 del 05/01/1950 Roma: ospiti d'eccezione. [Ernest Bevin]. Lo Scià di Persia. Descrizione sequenze:Stazione Termini: rappresentanza…
Commons
1951-08-03 Disordini a Teheran per l'arrivo di Harriman
La settimana Incom 00629 del 03/08/1951 Disordini a Teheran per l'arrivo di Harriman. Descrizione sequenze:Harriman scende dall'aereo atterrato…