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49–96 of 18,884 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 Unknown World 1951 · Feature · 1 h 14 min Dr. Morley (dubbed the Prophet of Doom by at least one newspaper reporter) is an obsessive opponent of all things nuclear. Fearing that atomic weapons will… Internet Archive Swamp Women 1955 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles Swamp Women, produced in 1955, was the first film ever directed by Roger Corman. The film follows undercover police officer Lee Hampton after she infiltrates… Internet Archive Quicksand 1950 · Feature · 1 h 19 min · Subtitles After borrowing $20 from his employer's cash register, an auto mechanic is plunged into a series of increasingly disastrous circumstances which rapidly spiral… Internet Archive Mesa of Lost Women 1953 · Feature · 1 h 7 min A mad scientist named Aranya (Jackie Coogan) is creating giant spiders and dwarves in his lab on Zarpa Mesa in Mexico Internet Archive Private Eye Popeye 1954 · Cartoon · 6 min Olive Oyl is the femme fatale with a valuable, green, glowing jewel in need of protection. Popeye plays private eye and saves the day. Animation by Tom… Internet Archive Shuteye Popeye 1952 · Cartoon · 8 min Popeye the Sailor snores while he sleeps, which disturbs Mouse, who is also trying to sleep. A war breaks out between Popeye and Mouse which Mouse eventually… Internet Archive The Snow Queen (Animation) 1959 · Feature · 1 h 8 min 1959 US dubbed version of the classic 1957 animated Russian film Snezhnaya koroleva. This version features the very sentimental Christmas introduction by Art… Internet Archive Beneath the 12-Mile Reef 1953 · Feature · 1 h 40 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . This film contributed courtesy of SabuCat Productions . Internet Archive Sniffles and Sneezes 1955 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Children as carriers and victims of infections. Internet Archive Popeye for President 1956 · Cartoon · 6 min Popeye and Bluto are both running for president. They are tied with exactly the same number of votes, but Miss Olive Oyl has yet to cast her ballot. Which… Internet Archive The Second Woman 1951 · Feature · 1 h 31 min Robert Young plays Jeff Cohalan, a young man whose wife was murdered while they were on their honeymoon, and who is plagued by strange accidents and visions… Internet Archive The File On Thelma Jordan 1950 · Feature · 1 h 39 min http://imdb.com/title/tt0041368/ Thelma Jordon (Barbara Stanwyck), late one night, shows up in the office of married Assistant DA Cleve Marshall (Wendell… Internet Archive The Big Lift 1950 · Feature · 2 h · Subtitles Filmed on location, The Big Lift is a reenactment of the Berlin airlift of 1948. Flexing their postwar muscles, the Russians blockade the Western sector,… Internet Archive Stamp Day For Superman 1954 · Short · 18 min · Subtitles The Superman production company donated this special 18 minute episode to the US Treasury to help promote school stamp day savings plans to children. This is… Internet Archive Attack From Space 1959 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDb: Benevolent aliens from the planet Emerald send superhero Starman to protect Earth from invasion by an evil alien race called the Spherions. When… Internet Archive Vengeance Valley 1951 · Feature · 1 h 23 min A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and… Internet Archive Kid Monk Baroni 1952 · Feature · 1 h 19 min · Subtitles From IMDb : Leonard Nimoy is "Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang who becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in "Little Italy" New York.… Internet Archive Popeye: I Don't Scare 1956 · Cartoon · 6 min Bluto bullies Popeye and attempts to sabotage Popeye's date with Olive. Animation by Tom Johnson and Frank Endres. Music by Winston Sharples. Produced in 1956. Internet Archive Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer 1956 · Feature · 1 h 16 min Daniel Boone leads settlers into Kentucky, but must battle Shawnee Indians who have been persuaded by a French renegade that Boone and the settlers are there… Internet Archive Teenage Zombies 1959 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDb : Teenagers Reg, Skip, Julie and Pam go out for an afternoon of water skiing on a nice day. They come ashore on an island that is being used as a… Internet Archive Please Murder Me 1956 · Feature · 1 h 14 min · Subtitles A lawyer wins an a acquittal for his client, a woman accused of murder. After the verdict, he finds out that she indeed did commit the murder and manipulated… Internet Archive Captain Scarface 1953 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDB : A man desperate to leave South America books passage on a freighter, and learns that the captain has made plans to force a scientist to… Internet Archive Liane, das Mädchen aus dem Urwald(Liane Jungle Goddess) 1956 · Feature · 1 h 28 min · Subtitles From IMDB : Researchers in the African jungle find a young white woman living with a tribe, that adores her as goddess. They carry her off and proudly report… Internet Archive The Bigamist 1953 · Feature · 1 h 19 min · Subtitles Taken form IMDB : Harry and Eve Graham are trying to adopt a baby. The head of the agency senses Harry is keeping a secret and does some investigating. He… Internet Archive The Bat 1959 · Feature · 1 h 19 min · Subtitles A mystery writer starts being menaced by a serial killer known as "The Bat" after renting a house with a million dollars hidden in its walls. You can find out… Internet Archive The Killer Shrews 1959 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : On an isolated island, a small group of people is terrorised by giant, voracious shrews in the midst of a hurricane. Internet Archive Borderline 1950 · Feature · 1 h 28 min · Subtitles Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor are caught in Mexican dope-smuggling ring, fearing each other is involved, but both undercover agents. Cast includes Raymond… Internet Archive Flesh and the Spur 1957 · Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles A young cowboy searches for the killer of his twin brother. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Go for Broke! 1951 · Feature · 1 h 32 min The film dramatizes the real-life story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was composed of Nisei, second-generation Americans born of Japanese… Internet Archive The Limping Man 1953 · Feature · 1 h 16 min World War II vet Frank Pryor (Lloyd Bridges) returns to London from America after six years to look up an old flame, Pauline French (Moira Lister), now a… Internet Archive Woman on the Run 1950 · Feature · 1 h 16 min · Subtitles In San Francisco, a woman tries to track down her husband, who is hiding from a killer and from the police. The IMDB entry is here . Internet Archive Jack and the Beanstalk 1952 · Feature · 1 h 21 min Abbott and Costello's musical version of the classic fairytale. More information can be found on this IMDB page . Internet Archive The Young Land 1959 · Feature · 1 h 26 min An American gunslinger (Dennis Hopper) kills a Mexican man in California immediately after the Mexican-American war. The killer is arrested and put on trial… Internet Archive Attack of the Giant Leeches 1959 · Feature · 1 h 2 min Read about this movie on it's IMDb page Watch classic movies on line free at www.classiccinemaonline.com Internet Archive Capture, The 1950 · Feature · 1 h 30 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : An American working for an oil company in Mexico shoots a man suspected of stealing the payroll; later, he fears that the man was innocent. Internet Archive Home Town Story 1951 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : Blake Washburn blames manufacturer MacFarland for his defeat in the race for re-election to the state legislature. He takes over his uncle's… Internet Archive Sabaka 1954 · Feature · 1 h 16 min · Subtitles In India, a young elephant trainer vows revenge against the cult that killed his family and, when the local Maharajah refuses to help, sets out alone to… Internet Archive Tarzan and the Trappers 1958 · Feature · 1 h 10 min Tarzan (Gordon Scott) deals with the villainous Schroeder (Leslie Bradley), who is illegally collecting animals for zoos, only to be menaced by Schroeder's… Internet Archive The Painted Hills 1951 · Feature · 1 h 8 min A prospector named Jonathan Harvey (Paul Kelly), whose faithful companion is a rough collie named Shep, looks after the family of his late partner, Martha… Internet Archive Drums in the Deep South 1951 · Feature · 1 h 26 min · Subtitles A small Confederate unit is ordered to prevent the passage of Federal trains for as long as possible. The IMDB entry is here . (The video is interlaced in the… Internet Archive Design for Dreaming 1956 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Set at the 1956 General Motors Motorama, this is one of the key Populuxe films of the 1950s, showing futuristic dream cars and Frigidaire's "Kitchen of the… Internet Archive Peter Gunn - The Fuse 1959 · Short · 25 min · Subtitles Season One Episode 16 (5 January 1959) An honest union leader is killed with a car bomb and suspicion falls on his chief rival, who hires Gunn to clear his… Internet Archive The Admiral Was A Lady 1950 · Feature · 1 h 26 min http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042182/ Really enjoyable movie set just after WWII about a woman ensign (nicknamed the admiral) who falls in with a gang of… Internet Archive The Adventures of Ellery Queen - The Hanging Acrobat - DuMont Network 1951 · Short · 24 min · Subtitles This is an episode of the DuMont Network's "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" (1950-54). This ran on the DuMont Network before moving to the ABC. The series was… Internet Archive Three Came Home 1950 · Feature · 1 h 40 min http://imdb.com/title/tt0043041/ The true story of Agnes Newton Keith's imprisonment in several Japanese prisoner-of-war camps from 1941 to the end of WWII,… Internet Archive The Wild Women of Wongo 1958 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles Mother Nature and Father Time, as an experiment, put all the beautiful women on one island and all the beautiful men on another. You can find out more about… Internet Archive Napoleon 1955 · Feature · 1 h 59 min Napoléon is a 1955 French historical epic film directed by Sacha Guitry that depicts major events in the life of Napoleon I of France. Yves Montand appears as… Internet Archive The Screaming Skull (HD) 1958 · Feature · Subtitles HD version of the 1958 "B" horror feature. A newlywed couple move into the man's old home, which was previously inhabited by him and his previous wife.…