The world's archives

1,009–1,056 of 18,881 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 "Robert Montgomery Presents" The Ringmaster 1952 · Feature · 50 min Title: "Robert Montgomery Presents" The Ringmaster Summary: A one-time actor suffered a crippling injury early in his career. Now managing a inn, he takes… Internet Archive Science in Action: Aero Medicine (Part II) 1956 · Film · Subtitles Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. This episode is dedicated to the study of the effects of space travel on… Internet Archive Choosing for Happiness 1950 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles Premarital advice for young women. Internet Archive The Caine Mutiny (1954) 1954 · Feature "The Caine Mutiny" is a film adaptation of Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, released in 1954 . The film is a psychological drama… Internet Archive Convicted (1950) Glenn Ford And Broderick Crawford - Film Noir Full Movie 1950 · Feature Convicted is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Henry Levin and starring Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford. It was the third Columbia Pictures film… Internet Archive Activity Group Therapy (Part III) 1950 · Short · 12 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 The Hitch Hiker ( 1953) [ Film Noir] 1953 · Feature The Hitch-Hiker (1953) D - Ida Lupino Edmond O'Brien Frank Lovejoy William Talman An escaped psychotic is picked up by a couple of fishermen whom, he informs,… Internet Archive Run Silent Run Deep (1958) 1958 · Feature Run Silent, Run Deep is a 1958 American black-and-white war film directed by Robert Wise . The movie stars Clark Gable as Commander P.J. "Rich" Richardson and… Internet Archive The Space Adventures of Flash Gordon 1955 · TV · Subtitles This is episode number 17 of the one and only season of the original Flash Gordon television series from the 1950's. In this episode The evil Queen Credentia… Internet Archive [Amateur Skating Champs] 1950 · Newsreel · 1 min · Subtitles National Rollerskating Championships get under way in Oakland Auditorium. Newsreel story. Internet Archive The Sleeping Tiger 1954 ★★★ (CC) British Film-noir [1:28:32] 1954 · Feature · 1 h 29 min · Subtitles he Sleeping Tiger is a 1954 British film noir directed by Joseph Losey and starring Alexis Smith, Dirk Bogarde and Alexander Knox. It was Losey's first… Internet Archive Telegram for America 1956 · Short · 19 min · Subtitles History, technology and 1950s-era practice of the telegraphy business. Internet Archive The Tingler (1959) 1959 · Feature The Tingler is a 1959 American horror film produced and directed by William Castle. It is the third of five collaborations between Castle and writer Robb… Internet Archive Chicago Syndicate 1955 · Feature Title: Chicago Syndicate Summary: An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets.… Internet Archive Howdy Doody - 1 November 1951 1951 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of the popular children's TV series. Includes original commercials for Kellogg's Rice Krispies and Halo Shampoo. Also includes the classic network… Internet Archive Home Economics Story, The 1951 · Film · Subtitles This idealized story of four years in the life of Kay, Jean, Helen, and Louise evokes the lost world of Iowa State's Home Economics Division in the fifties.… Internet Archive Library Organization 1951 · Film · Subtitles "Explains the card cataloguing and the Dewey Decimal systems in use in a library and shows how detailed understanding of library organization assists in… Internet Archive Plague from Space 1952 · TV · Subtitles Tales Of Tomorrow ep Plague from Space * Season: 1 * Episode: 30 * First Aired: 4/25/1952 Internet Archive The Magnet 1950 · Feature A mixture of a psychological study of a ten-year-old boy, an English domestic comedy and a satire on psychologists finds young Johnny Brent, the only child of… Internet Archive Man In The Dark (1953) Edmond O' Brien, Ted De Corsia - Film Noir 1953 · Feature Man in the Dark is a 1953 film noir drama 3-D film directed by Lew Landers and starring Edmond O'Brien, Audrey Totter and Ted de Corsia. It is a remake of the… Internet Archive New Orleans Uncensored ★★★ CC: 1955 Crime/Film-noir [1:15:03] HD 1955 · Feature · Subtitles New Orleans Uncensored is a 1955 American Film-Noir Crime film directed by William Castle and starring Arthur Franz and Beverly Garland. Plot... The docks of… Internet Archive In Our Hands, Part 2: What We Have 1950 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Strengths of the American free enterprise system and how it meets the needs of its citizens. Internet Archive The Rebel Set 1959 · Feature · 1 h 7 min Three beatniks are brought together to rob an armored car, only to face betrayal from amongst their ranks. Internet Archive [Largest Radio Transmitter Is Dedicated] 1950 · Newsreel · Subtitles U.S. Navy opens 1 megawatt transmitter in Cascade Mountains of Washington, known as 'Radio Jim Creek.' Newsreel story. Internet Archive Look at Capitalism, A 1955 · Film · Subtitles Defines capitalism and shows that the keystone in American capitalism is the principle of ownership of the means of production and distribution. Internet Archive Diplomatic Courier (1952) Directed By Henry Hathaway, Featuring Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal, Stephen McNally 1952 · Feature Diplomatic Courier is a 1952 crime film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal and Stephen McNally. Internet Archive The Egyptian (1954) 1954 · Feature The Egyptian is a 1954 American historical drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck . The film is an adaptation of Mika… Internet Archive The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959) 1959 · Feature The Monster of Piedras Blancas is a 1959 American horror film directed by Irvin Berwick. The story is set in a small California town where a lighthouse… Internet Archive American Road, The (Part I) 1953 · Short · 17 min · Subtitles Shows development of transportation in the United States during the first half of the 20th century, emphasizing growth of automobile industry, roads and… Internet Archive Greater Goal: Human Dividends from American Industry, The 1953 · Film · Subtitles The Greater Goal pulls out all the stops and repeats the extravagant view of business to which we, as seasoned ephemeral film spectators, have become well… Internet Archive Magic Bond, The (Part I) 1955 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles The Veterans of Foreign Wars as a fraternal and social organization, with emphasis on their projects that benefit community life and cohesion. Directed by… Internet Archive Big Train, The 1950 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Guilty Bystander 1950 · Feature · 1 h 23 min Title: Guilty Bystander Summary: An alcoholic ex-cop, now the house detective at a scuzzy hotel in an even scuzzier part of town, stumbles through New York… Internet Archive [Guide Dogs for the Blind] 1950 · Newsreel · 1 min · Subtitles Visit to Guide Dogs for the Blind, San Rafael, California: a school for training seeing-eye dogs to assist blind people. Newsreel story. Internet Archive Operation Amsterdam 1959 · Feature When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants… Internet Archive Colgate Comedy Hour: S6E1, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host 1955 · TV · 59 min · Subtitles (DVD Quality) Aired: September 18, 1955 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host the season premiere of the series now titled The Colgate Variety Hour. The show opens… Internet Archive Golden Harvest...Fifty Years of Calpak Progress 1950 · Short · 18 min · Subtitles History of a company involved in the California canning industry, with excellent footage of agribusiness and cannery operations dating back to the turn of the… Internet Archive Speaking of Rubber (Part I) 1951 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Narrated by a retired "rubber man," this classic industrial film shows the uses and manufacturing of rubber products. With excellent images of making boots,… Internet Archive Don't Talk to Strangers 1950 · Talk · 13 min · Subtitles Dramatized film warning children of the dangers of strangers. Internet Archive Damaging Effects of the Atomic Bomb Compared to Conventional Bombs, The 1954 · Film · Subtitles rolls Picture A and B no audio track Made by the military picture showing exactly what the title says in great detail. Juxtaposes animation of convention and… Internet Archive Not As A Stranger [1955] Dir. Stanley Kramer, Starring Robert Mitchum, Olivia De Havilland, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Lee Marvin 1955 · Feature You can find out more about this movie from Wikipedia . Not as a Stranger is a 1955 American Film Noir produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, starring… Internet Archive Sailor Beware! 1955 · Feature · 1 h 17 min Title: Sailor Beware! Summary: Sailor Beware. is a 1956 British romantic comedy film directed by Gordon Parry. It was released as Panic in the Parlor in the… Internet Archive LA NOCHE AVANZA - (1952) VOE 1952 · Feature Título original: La noche avanza País de origen: México Filmada a partir del 16 de julio de 1951 en los estudios Churubusco y se estrenó el 24 de abril de… Internet Archive The Atomic Submarine (1959) 1959 · Feature "The Atomic Submarine" is a 1959 American black-and-white science fiction film about an alien invasion that disrupts shipping in the Arctic. The story follows… Internet Archive Broken Appointment (Part I) 1955 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Story of a young public health nurse who comes to realize the importance of psychology in her work. This humanistic film was made by a team of famous… Internet Archive Good Health Practices (Part 1) 1953 · Film · Subtitles Judy and Jim enjoy everyday living because they keep healthy. Includes good health practices related to eating, going to the toilet, cleanliness, rest, and… Internet Archive Look at Communism, A 1955 · Film · Subtitles This lesson warns its viewers to resist Communism after explaining how it is actively trying to destroy all Capitalist nations, succeeding through the… Internet Archive News Magazine of the Screen, The (Vol. 4, Issue 3) 1953 · Film · Subtitles 0:25:00 - PROBLEMS OF THE FREE WORLD Aerial of Trieste, Italy / Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia looks through binoculars as soldiers invade / flag goes up pole and…