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961–1,008 of 18,388 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 City That Never Sleeps (1953) Gig Young, William Talman - Film Noir 1953 · Feature City That Never Sleeps is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by John H. Auer and starring Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold,… Internet Archive Science in Action: Drilling for Oil (Part I) 1956 · Film · Subtitles Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. In this episode, host Earl Herald interviews Howard G. Vesper, VP of… Internet Archive The Cosmic Man 1959 · Feature 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 Scandal Sheet (1952) Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, John Derek - Film Noir 1952 · Feature Scandal Sheet is a 1952 film noir directed by Phil Karlson. The film is based on the novel The Dark Page by Samuel Fuller, who himself was a newspaper… Internet Archive Wicked As They Come (1954, UK) Arlene Dahl, Philip Carey, Herbert Marshall - Film Noir Full Movie 1956 · Feature Wicked as They Come (Portrait in Smoke in the United States) is a 1956 British film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Arlene Dahl, Philip Carey and Herbert… Internet Archive Battles of Chief Pontiac 1952 colorized (Lex Barker) 1952 · Feature In the Great lakes region of pre-Revolutionary America, a Colonial officer and scout (Lex Barker) tries to broker a peace deal between Indian chief Pontiac… Internet Archive Four Star Playhouse 48 episodes 1952 · TV · Subtitles Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company;… Internet Archive Activity Group Therapy (Part IV) 1950 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Shows socially-maladjusted boys 10 to 11 years old being benefitted therapeutically by "acting out" their disturbances upon their environment and each other… Internet Archive Obligations 1950 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Members of two families illustrate correct and incorrect manner of taking care of their obligations to one another. Internet Archive Cry Danger 1951 · Feature Title: Cry Danger Summary: Ex-con Rocky Mulloy seeks the real culprit in the crime he was framed for, in a night world of deceptive dames and double crosses.… Internet Archive The Fatal Flower 1952 · TV · Subtitles Tales Of Tomorrow ep The Fatal Flower * Season: 2 * Episode: 17 * First Aired: 12/12/1952 Internet Archive Appointment With Venus 1951 colorized (David Niven) 1951 · Feature At the outbreak of WWII, the British realize they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands, where there is a prize cow that the Nazis mustn't be… Internet Archive This Is the Dairy Industry 1957 · Short · 22 min · Subtitles Kodachrome epic showing the manufacture and processing of dairy products, together with the American middle-class lifestyle they enrich. Internet Archive New Orleans Uncensored (1955) Arthur Franz, Beverly Garland - Film Noir 1955 · Feature New Orleans Uncensored is a 1955 film noir crime film directed by William Castle starring Arthur Franz and Beverly Garland. Wikipedia:… Internet Archive Meet Mr. Lucifer 1953 · Feature Knocked unconscious while playing the Devil, an actor finds himself somewhere considerably hotter – where his host has something to say about television. Internet Archive How to Listen To... New Dimensions in Sound 1957 · Short · 17 min · Subtitles Demonstration of the latest audio technology: stereo sound. Internet Archive The Horn 1952 · TV · Subtitles Tales Of Tomorrow ep The Horn * Season: 2 * Episode: 8 * First Aired: 10/10/1952 Internet Archive Understanding Others 1959 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Argues that a person should be judged by his/her true worth and ability, rather than by economic background or social skills. Drama filmed in Lawrence, Kansas. Internet Archive Creature With The Atomic Brain 1955 ★★★ CC: Zombie/Horror [1:09:10] 1955 · Feature · 1 h 9 min · Subtitles Creature with the Atom Brain is a 1955 American zombie horror science fiction film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Richard Denning. It was released as… Internet Archive Our Changing Family Life 1957 · Film · Subtitles CONTRASTS THE CLOSELY-INTEGRATED FAMILY OF THE 1880'S WITH THE FAMILY OF TODAY. EXPLAINS HOW INDUSTRIALIZATION, URBANIZATION & THE POLITICAL & ECONOMIC… Internet Archive The Search For The Flying Saucer 1951 · TV · Subtitles Tales Of Tomorrow ep The Search For The Flying Saucer * Season: 1 * Episode: 11 * First Aired: 11/9/1951 Internet Archive Little Smokey: The True Story of America's Forest Fire Preventin' Bear 1953 · Film · Subtitles A bear cub found after a forest fire is taken to the zoo and becomes Smokey Bear. Stresses the importance of fire prevention. 01:47:38:07 Deer in the woods.… Internet Archive Women's Prison (1955) Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Cleo Moore, Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter, Howard Duff 1955 · Feature Women's Prison is a 1955 American FILM NOlR (ish) crime film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Cleo Moore, Audrey Totter,… Internet Archive Once and Forever 1956 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles On the importance of specifying long-life cast-iron soil pipes when you build your new home. Internet Archive America for Me (Part I) 1950 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Two young women take a Greyhound Bus tour across America. Includes a love story and a great song at the end - the whole bus breaks into song. Internet Archive Ramsbottom Rides Again 1956 · Feature · 1 h 22 min Cast Arthur Askey ... Bill Ramsbottom Glenn Melvyn ... Charlie Sid James ... Black Jake Shani Wallis ... Joan Ramsbottom Frankie Vaughan ... Elmer Betty… Internet Archive Murder Is My Beat 1955 · Feature Title: Murder Is My Beat Summary: A police detective helps a singer heading to prison for the murder of a man she claims is still alive. Directed by: Edgar G.… Internet Archive City Of Fear (1959) Vince Edwards, Lyle Talbot, Patricia Blair - Film Noir 1959 · Feature City of Fear (1959) is a black-and-white film noir directed by Irving Lerner. It stars Vince Edwards, Lyle Talbot and Patricia Blair. Wikipedia:… Internet Archive About Fallout (1955) 1955 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles Attempt to dispel many common myths and fallacies about radioactive fallout. Internet Archive The Space Adventures of Flash Gordon 1954 · TV · 26 min · Subtitles This is episode number 5 of the one and only season of the original Flash Gordon television series from the 1950's. In this episode King Akim rules over a… Internet Archive The Secret Life of Adolf Hitler (1958) 1958 · Feature 1950's television documentary special that includes interviews with Hitler's sister Paula Wolf and a fellow prisoner who was incarcerated with Hitler, actual… Internet Archive The Hideous Sun Demon (1958) 1958 · Feature The Hideous Sun Demon is a 1958 American science fiction horror film. It was produced, directed, and co-written by Robert Clarke, who also stars in the lead… Internet Archive Hell's Island (1955) Dir: Phil Karlson Starring John Payne, Mary Murphy - Film Noir 1955 · Feature Hell's Island is a 1955 American Technicolor film noir directed by Phil Karlson starring John Payne and Mary Murphy. The film is told as a flashback with… Internet Archive The Invader 1951 · TV · Subtitles Tales Of Tomorrow ep The Invader * Season: 1 * Episode: 14 * First Aired: 12/21/1951 Internet Archive Inner City, The 1958 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles How the United Fund supports the care of emotionally disturbed and severely disabled children. Internet Archive Day Called X, A (Part I) 1955 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Dramatized atomic evacuation of Portland, Oregon. Internet Archive The Sea Shall Not Have Them 1954 · Feature · 1 h 31 min Title: The Sea Shall Not Have Them Summary: In the North Sea in 1944, passengers of a downed RAF transport aircraft talk about their lives while awaiting… Internet Archive Androcles And The Lion 1952 · Feature George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion's paw and is spared from… Internet Archive Baltimore Plan 1953 · Film · Subtitles Documents a plan in which municipal agencies and citizen groups cooperated in a neighborhood renewal plan to raise housing standards. Internet Archive Pharaoh's Curse 1957 · Feature Title: Pharaoh's Curse Summary: Archaeologists in Egypt find one of their crew has been turned into a blood sucking mummy after they have unleashed a three… Internet Archive Let's Talk Turkey 1951 · Talk · 21 min · Subtitles Tells of the 'JUNIOR' turkey which can be used yearround by the small and average-size family. Shows the Marie Gifford Kitchens where turkey dishes, such as… Internet Archive It's All in Knowing How 1954 · Film · Subtitles USES THE COMBINATION OF A STORY & ANIMATED CHART TECHNIQUE TO POINT OUT THE RELATIONSHIP OF GOOD EATING & HEALTH HABITS TO THE VARIOUS AREAS OF LIFE. Bob,… Internet Archive Dunkirk (1958) 1958 · Feature Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II, and starring John Mills, Richard… Internet Archive Helicopter, The 1953 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Theory, operation and utility of helicopters. Internet Archive Youth on Tap (aka: Young Blood) 1952 · TV · Subtitles (uploaders note; This is a very bad encode. I thought about not posting it but decided to do so in hopes that someone has a better print. I will delete this… Internet Archive Pueblo Heritage 1950 · Short · 19 min · Subtitles Traces the history of the Pueblo peoples from the Mesa Verde to the present pueblos -- with emphasis on Taos, Acoma, and Zuni. Concludes with scenes of the… Internet Archive Sherlock Holmes in The Case of the Split Ticket 1954 · TV · 26 min · Subtitles Part of the 1954 TV series. An Irishman partners with two other persons to purchase a lottery ticket, but then is unable to collect his winnings. Internet Archive Account Rendered (1957, UK) Honor Blackman, Ursula Howells - Film Noir Full Movie 1957 · Feature Account Rendered is a 1957 British film dire cted by Peter Graham Scott and starring Griffith Jones, Ursula Howells and Honor Blackm an. Wikipedia:…