The world's archives

9,553–9,600 of 18,896 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 Carve Her Name with Pride 1958 · Commercial Internet Archive War and Peace 1956 · Commercial Internet Archive Marty (1955) [Trailer] 1955 · Commercial · 1 h 31 min Aspect Ratio: 1080p Genre: Drama/Romance MPAA Rating: NR Academy Awards: 4 Internet Archive Reach for the Sky 1956 · Commercial Internet Archive Sweet Smell of Success 1957 · Commercial Internet Archive Romeo and Juliet 1954 · Commercial Internet Archive Fear and Desire 1953 · Commercial Internet Archive Salt of the Earth 1954 · Commercial Internet Archive Mr. Arkadin 1955 · Commercial Internet Archive Man of the West 1958 · Commercial Internet Archive House on Haunted Hill 1959 · Commercial Internet Archive High Noon 1952 · Commercial Internet Archive Apache 1954 · Commercial Internet Archive Terror in the Midnight Sun 1959 · Commercial Internet Archive The Mystery of Picasso 1956 · Commercial Commons Unedited atomic bomb explosion w sound 1953 · Short · 3 min Actual sound of an atomic bomb explosion as recorded by a camera with sound on film. The sound is delayed because of the distance traveled from seeing it to… Commons 1952 For the nation's health 1952 · Short · 16 min This film describes the Public Health Service. It gives a brief history of the Public Health Service and describes and shows the missions, duties, and… Internet Archive Campo Arado (1959) 1959 · Feature Película Internet Archive Canario Rojo (1955) 1955 · Feature Película Internet Archive El Heroico Bonifacio (1951) 1951 · Feature Película Internet Archive El Vampiro Negro (1953) 1953 · Feature Película Internet Archive En Carne Viva (1954) 1954 · Feature Película Internet Archive Los Maridos De Mama (1956) 1956 · Feature Película Internet Archive Rio Grande 1950 · Commercial Internet Archive Salt of the Earth 1954 · Commercial Internet Archive Giant from the Unknown 1958 · Commercial Internet Archive The King and I 1956 · Commercial Internet Archive The Gunfighter 1950 · Commercial Internet Archive The Brave One 1956 · Commercial Internet Archive Solomon and Sheba 1959 · Commercial Internet Archive Dial M for Murder 1954 · Commercial Internet Archive The Tingler 1959 · Commercial Internet Archive Red Planet Mars 1952 · Commercial Internet Archive Apache 1954 · Commercial Internet Archive Sunset Boulevard 1950 · Commercial Internet Archive The Vampire 1957 · Commercial Internet Archive The Million Pound Note 1954 · Commercial Internet Archive Island in the Sky 1953 · Commercial Internet Archive She Demons 1958 · Commercial Internet Archive The Proud Rebel 1958 · Commercial Internet Archive Rage at Dawn 1955 · Commercial Internet Archive Mr. Arkadin 1955 · Commercial Internet Archive The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues 1955 · Commercial Internet Archive The Brave One 1956 · Commercial Internet Archive House on Haunted Hill 1959 · Commercial Internet Archive The Girl in Black Stockings 1957 · Commercial Internet Archive The Gunfighter 1950 · Commercial Internet Archive The Cry Baby Killer 1958 · Commercial A teenage boy panics and takes hostages when he thinks he's committed murder.