The world's archives

1,297–1,344 of 18,886 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 Two-Ford Freedom 1956 · Film · Subtitles A Ford advertising film or television commercial. A suburban housewife talks to CAM in her clean kitchen about the benefits of owning two cars; man pulls out… Internet Archive The Shiralee 1957 · Feature When Jim Macauley finds his wife with another man, he takes their young daughter and they hit the road. With a young child as his responsibility, he finds he… Internet Archive Gossip 1953 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Quirky social guidance film on the negative effects of gossip. (from PA-2323) Internet Archive The Fighter (1952) Richard Conte, Lee J Cobb 1952 · Feature The Fighter is a 1952 American film noir boxing film starring Richard Conte and Lee J Cobb. It is based on the short story "The Mexican" by Jack London. The… Internet Archive Letter to A Pilot 1950 · Film · Subtitles Great footage of airline operations circa 1950. Stock shots to be logged. 21:27:55:28 VS, CU disembodied hands shuffle through mail; cuts to same letters in… Internet Archive Better Use of Leisure Time 1950 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles How to make the most of your free time. Internet Archive The Violent Men (1955) 1955 · Feature The Violent Men is a 1955 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Dianne… Internet Archive Chance to Play, A 1950 · Film · Subtitles Film about the need for Americans to have more places to participate in sports, recreation, and other leisure activities. Considers the special needs of young… 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 Quatermass and the Pit - Episode 4 1958 · TV · 32 min · Subtitles The fourth episode of Nigel Kneale's third Quatermass serial from 1959. Other episodes can be viewed at the following links. Episode 1 (start) Episode 2… Internet Archive Heart, The 1950 · Film · Subtitles Another in the astonishing series of science and nature films narrated by writer/naturalist John Kieran, The Heart achieves a surreal effect from the… Internet Archive [Kidnapping in San Francisco] 1950 · Newsreel · 1 min · Subtitles Captive for 64 Hours, Wealthy Realtor Saved. Realtor Leonard Moskowitz kidnapped; journalists are in on the story but keep it out of the press to lessen the… Internet Archive Um Preço para Cada Crime (1951) 1951 · Feature · Subtitles Um Preço para Cada Crime é um filme noir americano de 1951 co-dirigido por Bretaigne Windust e um Raoul Walsh não creditado, que filmou a maioria dos momentos… Internet Archive American Look 1958 · Film · Subtitles A "tribute to the American stylist," American Look shows families at leisure, children dressed in cowboy and cowgirl outfits watching television, a father… Internet Archive And Then There Were Four 1950 · Film · Subtitles 05:19:16:13 Carnation Ice Cream truck drives down suburban neighborhood street in the City of Los Angeles; VS Los Angeles residential neighborhoods.… Internet Archive Atomic Power at Shippingport (Part I) 1958 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Tour of the first commercial nuclear power plant. Internet Archive La morte viene dallo spazio 1958 · Feature · 1 h 19 min Title: La morte viene dallo spazio Summary: Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the… Internet Archive Children Galore (1955) 1955 · Feature Children Galore is a 1955 comedy film directed by Terence Fisher . It stars Eddie Byrne and June Thorburn . A village squire offers to give away a cottage to… Internet Archive Kansas City Confidential 1952 colorized (John Payne) 1952 · Feature An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico and make his way past a web of hired thugs and a… Internet Archive The Runaway Bus 1954 · Feature Title: The Runaway Bus Summary: When heavy fog prevents all aircraft from leaving London airport, a group of passengers take an airline bus to get them to an… Internet Archive And Then There Were Four 1950 · Film · Subtitles 05:19:16:13 Carnation Ice Cream truck drives down suburban neighborhood street in the City of Los Angeles; VS Los Angeles residential neighborhoods.… Internet Archive The Adventures of Jim Bowie 1951 · TV · Subtitles Birth of the Blade (1951). The show opens with Jim Bowie riding home. He stops to drink at a pond and his horse suddenly becomes jittery. Jim soon discovers… Internet Archive Town That Came Back, The 1954 · Film · Subtitles A nameless midwestern town rediscovers its pre-war community spirit through 4-H. Enacted by the people of a small Missouri town, this film shows how citizens… Internet Archive Mechanical Engineering at duPont 1950 · Film · Subtitles Recruiting film for mechanical engineers to work for duPont; film surveys all job opportunities for mechanical engineers at duPont. 17:01:15:09 CU sign for… Internet Archive Pearl of the Orient 1955 · Film · Subtitles Astonishing film on Coca-Cola and the Philippines: Stock shots: dancing in costumes; dancing between sticks on the ground; cartoonish like map of the… Internet Archive City of Neighbors: Give Once for All 1950 · Film · Subtitles Portrays the United Foundation as "the businesslike method" of giving and notes that it offers "freedom from constant appeals". Aerial shots of Detroit… Internet Archive Sea Fury 1958 · Feature Title: Sea Fury Summary: Off the Spanish coast, two tug-boat captains are caught in a violent feud over a woman but their rivalry is set aside when a sinking… Internet Archive Thus Another Day 1959 · Feature A young wife loses patience with her career-minded husband and returns to her parents' home while an unpaid mortgage force the couple to rent their home for… Internet Archive Destination Space TV 1959 colorized (Harry Townes) 1959 · Feature In this pilot for a proposed TV series about our early attempts to explore outer space, the U.S. attempts to launch a mission to the Moon from its orbiting… Internet Archive 1957 - Time without Pity - Tiempo sin piedad - Joseph Losey - VOSE 1957 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com t.me/agendasociocultural Internet Archive "I Married Joan" - Talent Scout (Classic TV) 1953 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles An Episode of the classic 50's sitcom "I Married Joan", starring Joan Davis and Jim Backus. Running for 3 seasons, "I Married Joan" is a fondly remembered TV… Internet Archive Quatermass and the Pit - Episode Five 1958 · TV · 35 min · Subtitles The fifth episode of Nigel Kneale's third Quatermass serial from 1959. Other episodes can be viewed at the following links. Episode 1 (start) Episode 2… Internet Archive Popeye - Toreadorable (1953) 1953 · Cartoon Popeye's 196th theatrical short released in 1953. Ripped from the Thunderbean "Special sets Disc 25: Cartoons to the Rescue" Blu-Ray. Internet Archive 'The Beulah Show' - Beulah Goes Gardening 1952 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles Rare episode of the forgotten 50's sitcom "The Beulah Show", The first sitcom to feature an African American woman in the lead role. Starring Hattie McDaniel,… Internet Archive Jealousy 1954 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Dramatizes the origin and nature of a wife's jealousy. Internet Archive Cast a Dark Shadow 1955 · Feature Title: Cast a Dark Shadow Summary: A clever fortune-hunter with a penchant for murder does in his elderly, supposedly rich, wife and manages to get away with… Internet Archive Living Past (Part 3) 1953 · Newsreel · 12 min · Subtitles The Living Past, produced by Charles H. Tarbox, written and edited by Monroe Manning. 0634 PA8733 Living Past (Part 3) Internet Archive The Hitch-Hiker 1953 colorized (Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy) 1953 · Feature Two friends on a fishing trip in Mexico pick up a stranded motorist who turns out to be an escaped psychopath who sadistically taunts and threates them as he… Internet Archive Long Way Home, The 1956 · Film · Subtitles 1950s documentary in the neorealist style. Film reminiscent of Vittorio De Sica’s Umberto D. Old man is evicted from his apartment, tired and alone, visits… Internet Archive Snob, The 1958 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Why is a high-school girl such a snob? Internet Archive Mainline U.S.A. 1957 · Film · Subtitles Railroad film with many images with shots of the American landscape. Internet Archive Developing Self-Reliance 1951 · Film · Subtitles SHOWS HOW DEPENDENCY GROWS & YET HOW NECESSARY SELF-RELIANCE IS TO ALL SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVOR & HAPPINESS. ANALYZES THE STEPS IN DEVELOPING SELF-RELIANCE-ASSUME… Internet Archive Fears of Children 1951 · Film · Subtitles FEARS OF CHILDREN, the third in a series of mental health films entitled "Emotions of Everyday Living," is a film about Paul, a normal five-year-old, and his… Internet Archive American Girl, An - the Problems of Prejudice (Part II) 1958 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles An adolescent girl in a small town tests her democratic heritage when she pretends to be Jewish and encounters prejudice. She explores the problem of… Internet Archive Something to Be Proud Of 1951 · Film · Subtitles Great weird shot of man opening door.Color wedding scene at the end.18:23:08:06 Camera slowly moves in on businessman behind desk passing beneath sign for… Internet Archive "A Máscara do Mágico" (1954), com Vincent Price, com legendas em português 1954 · Feature "The Mad Magician" - filme de terror americano originalmente produzido em 3D, dirigido por John Brahm, estrelado por Vincent Price, Mary Murphy e Eva Gabor. Internet Archive Anyone at All: Safety in the Community 1954 · Film · Subtitles 01:35:13:26 CU shadow of kid on tricycle; boy on tricycle rides past camera; POV shot from tricycle, car enters frame with headlight at eye level; cuts to… Internet Archive Just My Luck 1957 · Feature Sebahattin is known around town as a magnet for misfortune. But to win over the woman of his dreams, he changes his ways to change his luck.