The world's archives

865–912 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 Cause For Alarm! 1951 · Feature · 1 h 14 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Journey to Italy 1954 · Feature Title: Journey to Italy Summary: An unhappily married couple attempts to find direction and insight while vacationing in Naples. Directed by: Roberto… Internet Archive The Magic Wheel 1952 · Short · 29 min · Subtitles Imginative and expansive telling of the history of the National Cash Register company told through a 25 year veteran of it's chemical engineering division. Internet Archive The Hitch-Hiker 1953: Film/Noir HD BluRay [1:11:00] 1953 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles The Hitch-Hiker is a 1953 American film noir thriller co-written and directed by Ida Lupino, and starring Edmond O'Brien, William Talman and Frank Lovejoy.… Internet Archive Big City, The 1950 · Film · Subtitles 05:36:40:18 Great shot 1950s St. Louis traffic police car pulls up to curb, number 72 on side of car; police officer in passenger seat looks up; enormous… Internet Archive Test Flight 1951 · TV · Subtitles Tales Of Tomorrow ep Test Flight * Season: 1 * Episode: 10 * First Aired: 10/26/1951 Internet Archive Miracle on the Delaware 1953 · Film · Subtitles PA-0807 shotlist: 07:10:56:15 Philadelphia as seen across Delaware River. 07:11:07:23 Great shot from car on Delaware Bridge. 07:11:13:10 Pan up industrial… Internet Archive Singing Wires 1951 · Short · 22 min · Subtitles Sings the praises of rural electrification. Story of a farm family whose work and play are transformed when their place is hooked up to the grid. Internet Archive Date With Your Family, A 1950 · Film · Subtitles A Date With Your Family, a true suburban horror story, outdoes all other social guidance films by advising kids to do whatever is necessary — even lie — to… Internet Archive Big Trains Rolling 1955 · Short · 23 min · Subtitles Railroads and how they keep the U.S. economy rolling. Internet Archive Lost, Lonely, and Vicious 1958 · Feature · 1 h 12 min A young man's acting career takes off, but he becomes obsessed with death. Internet Archive The Cosmic Man 1959 · Feature · 1 h 12 min Title: The Cosmic Man Summary: A spherical UFO proves to contain one alien visitor. How to deal with him? Investigators disagree... Directed by: Herbert S.… Internet Archive Aluminum on the March 1956 · Film · Subtitles Live location photography, stop-motion and special effects chronicle an industry that contributes to everyday living and national defense. The documentary… Internet Archive Mr. Imperium 1951 · Feature Drama Musical Romance Information about this film can be found on it's IMDB page Internet Archive [International Frog Jump at Angels Camp, California] 1950 · Newsreel · 1 min · Subtitles Famous frog-jumping contest memorialized in Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." Newsreel story presenting the 100th… Internet Archive Read to Me Herr Doktor 1953 · TV · Subtitles Tales Of Tomorrow ep Read to Me Herr Doktor * Season: 2 * Episode: 31 * First Aired: 3/20/1953 Internet Archive California Is Climate 1958 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Promotional film for the eastern San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda and part of Contra Costa counties) emphasizing its excellent weather, advanced… Internet Archive Captain Video 1951 colorized cliffhanger serial 1951 · Feature Captain Video (Judd Holdren), the leader of a group of crime fighters known as the Video Rangers, battles an evil interplanetary menace, the dictator Vultura… Internet Archive Driving Tips, Part 1 1958 · Film · Subtitles This safety film warns against following too closely in traffic and the hazards of litterbugs, provides meanings attached to the shapes of traffic signs,… Internet Archive The Twonky 1953 colorized (Hans Conried) 1953 · Feature The last thing wanted by a tweedy literature professor (Hans Conried) while is wife is out of town, is the TV she bought to keep him company. But he discovers… Internet Archive Desert Venture (Part II) 1958 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles "This is a story of a venture by American capital in a strange and ancient land," says the narrator. Shows the search and extraction of oil in Saudi Arabia,… Internet Archive Night Riders of Montana 1951 · Feature Title: Night Riders of Montana Summary: State Ranger Rocky Lane becomes involved in a mystery surrounding a gang of horse rustlers and a young rancher who is… Internet Archive The Evil Within 1953 · TV · Subtitles Tales Of Tomorrow ep The Evil Within * Season: 2 * Episode: 37 * First Aired: 5/1/1953 Internet Archive Miracle of the Can (Part I) 1956 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles Panoramic exploration of cans and canning in the United States, with excellent imagery of mass production and agribusiness. Internet Archive Hanford Science Forum 1957 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Television program (one of a series) sponsored by General Electric Company for telecasting to residents of the Richland, Washington area. This interview with… Internet Archive The Curse Of Frankenstein 1957 1957 · Feature While awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life, only for it to behave not as he… Internet Archive Dementia/Daughter Of Horror 1955 ★★★½ CC: Film-Noir/Mystery/Thriller [00:55:18] 1955 · Feature · 58 min · Subtitles Dementia is a 1955 American black-and-white experimental horror film produced, written, and directed by John Parker, and starring Adrienne Barrett and Bruno… Internet Archive 5 Fingers 1952 colorized (James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie) 1952 · Feature In neutral Turkey during WWII, the ambitious valet for the British ambassador tires of being the efficient servant and decides to makes lots of money by… Internet Archive Trader Thorne 1956 · Short · 22 min · Subtitles Auto dealer sales film explaining why trade-ins are necessary -- because almost all customers already have cars. Director: Jack Tilles. Writer: George… Internet Archive [First Private Atom Power Plant Opens] 1957 · Newsreel · Subtitles Vallecitos Atomic Electric Power Plant, the first licensed nuclear power plant, opens at Pleasanton, Calif. on November 25, 1957. Newsreel story. Internet Archive Science in Action: Submarines (Part I) 1956 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. This episode is devoted to submarines, their design and operation, the… Internet Archive Murder By Contract (1958, USA) Vince Edwards, Herschel Bernardi - Film Noir Full Movie 1958 · Feature Murder by Contract is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Irving Lerner. Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Ben Maddow did uncredited work on… Internet Archive Programmer with Magic Memory: Another Newsmaker 1959 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Presents a special device that automatically tunes in your favorite preselected TV shows. This is a silent film. Internet Archive A is for Atom 1953 · Cartoon · 14 min Animated classic presenting what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses of atomic energy and the byproducts of… Internet Archive The Clouded Yellow 1950 colorized (Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard) 1950 · Feature A former British secret agent, who has gotten a quiet job cataloguing butterfies for the Fentons at their country estate, falls in love with their niece. So… Internet Archive Cult of the Cobra 1955 · Feature American G.I.s who trespass on a Hindu ceremony are hunted down by a beautiful woman who has the power to transform herself into a cobra. Internet Archive Holiday for Bill (Part I) 1951 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Cliche-ridden rural/urban improbable romance concocted to promote Ford tractors. Internet Archive Mr. Denning Drives North 1951 · Feature Title: Mr. Denning Drives North Summary: A British aircraft engineer accidentally kills his daughter's nasty foreign boyfriend and then tries to cover up his… Internet Archive Beautiful Days 1955 · Feature BEAUTIFUL DAYS (1955, aka Uruwashiki Saigetsu) was one of a series of mainstream dramas and romances made by Kobayashi after his flirtation with independent… Internet Archive Upstairs and Downstairs 1959 · Feature Title: Upstairs and Downstairs Summary: On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds… Internet Archive I Am Waiting 1957 · Feature In Koreyoshi Kurahara’s directorial debut, rebel matinee idol Yujiro Ishihara (fresh off the sensational Crazed Fruit ) stars as a restaurant manager and… Internet Archive M (1951) |Joseph Losey| David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Raymond Burr - Film Noir Full Movie 1951 · Feature M is a 1951 American film noir directed by Joseph Lose y. It is a remake of Fritz Lang's 1931 German film of the same name about a child murderer. This… Internet Archive The Strange Door (1951) 1951 · Feature he Strange Door is a 1951 American horror film directed by Joseph Pevney . It is based on the short story "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" by Robert Louis… Internet Archive It Takes All Kinds 1950 · Short · 19 min · Subtitles Choose your marriage partner with care and accept him or her for what he or she is. Internet Archive Adelante Cubanos (Part II) 1959 · Short · 7 min · Subtitles Exhorts the Cuban people to support industrialization on the island and the production of consumer goods. Internet Archive Home Economics Story, The (Part I) 1951 · Short · 12 min Four years in the lives of four home economics students at Iowa State University. Internet Archive Is This Love? 1957 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles 2 couples are getting married - one couple rush to tie the knot, while the other's courtship lasts a lot longer. The two relationships are compared. Internet Archive Crashout 1955 · Feature · 1 h 28 min Title: Crashout Summary: The survivors of a prison break set out on an arduous journey to retrieve some loot. Directed by: Lewis R. Foster Actors: Production…