The world's archives

1,393–1,440 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 The River's Edge (1957) Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn & Debra Paget 1957 · Feature The River's Edge is a 1957 FILM NOlR adventure, crime, and drama DeLuxe CinemaScope film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn and… Internet Archive Reasons Why, The 1959 · Film · Subtitles Television manufacturing at RCA's New Jersey plant. Includes scenes of design, engineering and quality control. Great scenes of TVs with flickering test… Internet Archive Teenage Road-e-o 1957 · Film · Subtitles 03:39:17:09 Title credit high-angle shot of 1950s car weaving between barrels in car handling test. 03:39:39:17 VS Great moving camera shot through 1950s soda… Internet Archive [News Magazine of the Screen, December 1950] (Part II) 1950 · Newsreel · 5 min · Subtitles Newsreel stories reformatted for educational presentation, including the assassination attempt on President Harry S. Truman. Internet Archive You're Only Young Twice 1952 · Feature Title: You're Only Young Twice Summary: Ada Shore is mistaken for a new secretary, she brings a breath of fresh air to the traditional university. Directed… Internet Archive Ingenuity in Action 1959 · Film · Subtitles This informative film made for hot rod fans explains the process involved in preparing and entering a car show, but at times comes across as an ethnographic… Internet Archive Day Called X, A (Part II) 1958 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Dramatized atomic evacuation of Portland, Oregon. Internet Archive Woman on the Run 1950 · Feature · 1 h 16 min Title: Woman on the Run Summary: Frank Johnson flees police after becoming an eyewitness to murder. He is pursued around scenic San Francisco by his wife, a… Internet Archive Woman On The Run 1950 ★★★½ (CC) Crime/Film-noir [1:18:31] 1950 · Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles Woman on the Run is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Norman Foster and starring Ann Sheridan and Dennis O'Keefe. The film was based on the April… Internet Archive "What's My Line" with Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz (Classic TV) 1955 · TV · 30 min · Subtitles Episode of the popular 50's TV game show "What's My Line" with guest stars Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz. Complete with original commercials for Remington Rand… Internet Archive Passenger Car Screen Ads 1952 · Film · Subtitles Star Bright 00:23:00:09 Quick pan down from clear blue sky to red 1953 Chevrolet convertible parked on road in front of row of green trees. 00:23:07:27 VS of… Internet Archive All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story 1951 · Film · Subtitles George Stoney's film about a rural midwife in the American South. Story of a midwife in rural Albany, Georgia. 15:02:52:16 MS large heavyset African American… Internet Archive News Magazine of the Screen, The (Vol. 7, Issue 3) 1956 · Film · Subtitles 0:37:00 - VS Typhoon hits Kyushu, Japan; wrecked houses / flood damage / fires rage at night / school children in classroom, widespread destruction from… Internet Archive New Tools for Learning 1951 · Film · Subtitles "So much must be learned by so many in so little time. This is the question we must address to every aspect of the problem. School buildings; equipment;… Internet Archive Affair in Monte Carlo 1952 · Feature · 1 h 3 min Title: Affair in Monte Carlo Summary: A writer tells a crowd in a café about a woman he knows, who once feel deeply in love with a desperate, compulsive… Internet Archive Freedom and Power 1952 · Film · Subtitles Depicts the development and importance of electric power from Benjamin Franklin's experiment with a kite to the contributions of Thomas Edison. First… Internet Archive Kill or Be Killed 1950 · Feature Title: Kill or Be Killed Summary: Man accused of a murder he didn't commit hides out in the South American jungle. Directed by: Max Nosseck Actors: Lawrence… Internet Archive Meet Mr. Callaghan 1954 · Feature Title: Meet Mr. Callaghan Summary: Direputable Private Detective Slim Callaghan is hired to investigate a murder and a will change in London. Directed by:… Internet Archive La Doncella De Piedra(1956) 1956 · Feature PLOT: A young woman returns to Venezuela after studying in the United States and helps a tribe that thinks she is the damsel of a myth. Internet Archive Classic TV Commercial for a UNIVAC computer 1956 · Commercial · 2 min A classic Television commercial for a UNIVAC computer. This commercial is from a 5 February 1956 CBS-TV telecast. It also promotes CBS-TV's weather service.… Internet Archive Jean and Her Dolls 1952 · Film · Subtitles Jean confides to a friend that her doll is catching the measles. Jean's brother overhears the remark and paints red spots on her doll's face. In return for… Internet Archive Electronic Computers Improve Management Control 1957 · Film · Subtitles Shows how a solution to a specific management control problem may be provided by electronic data processing methods. Describes a variety of new business… Internet Archive Santo Contra El Cerebro Del Mal ( 1958) 1958 · Feature Un agente de la policía encubierta es secuestrado por el Dr. Campos quien le lava el cerebro para convertirlo en miembro de su pandilla. Campos, haciéndose… Internet Archive Magic in the Air (1955) 1955 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles Introduces television and explains the workings of early television technology. Internet Archive The Conceited General (骄傲的将军) 1956 · Cartoon · 24 min · Subtitles A successful general returns home from battle to live in luxury. He drinks, stops practicing his skills and leaves his weapons to rust. He is arrogant and… Internet Archive News Magazine of the Screen, The (Vol. 2, Issue 6) 1952 · Film · Subtitles 0:56:00 - THE WORLD IN THE CAMERA Volunteer political workers walk through entrance marked Eisenhower headquarters / Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. enters… 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 Science in Action: Drilling for Oil (Part II) 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 This Is the City 1958 · Film · Subtitles VS downtown Los Angeles. Pan overlooking downtown LA on smoggy (overcast) day, panning from gas tanks over industrial district east of Civic Center to Los… Internet Archive Tormento 1950 · Feature Anna (Yvonne Sanson) flees her home, where she has been victimized for years by her spineless father’s mean-spirited second wife, to be with her lover (Amedeo… Internet Archive Tobacco and the Human Body 1954 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Early film on tobacco's physical effects. Internet Archive Selling as a Career 1953 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles TYPICAL DAY OF WORK OF ART WILLIAMS, SALESMAN OF SPORTING GOODS. PREPARATIONS AT HOME FOR NEXT DAY'S WORK, FILLS OUT REPORTS, ESTIMATES SALES PROSPECTS,… Internet Archive Fun That Builds Good Health, The 1950 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Presents a variety of choices of recreation in terms of good times and good health. Director: Gil Altschul. Cameraman: Bruce Colling. Writers: George Tychsen,… Internet Archive Story of Light, The 1954 · Film · Subtitles HISTORY OR VARIOUS WAYS IN WHICH MAN HAS OBTAINED LIGHT, FROM EARLY USE OF FIRE TO ELECTRIC LIGHTING. FEATURES STRINGLESS PUPPETS PRODUCED BY JOOP GEESINK. A… Internet Archive Harbor of Missing Men 1950 · Feature Title: Harbor of Missing Men Summary: A fishing-boat owner, Jim "Brooklyn" Gannon, cuts a deal with a gangster syndicate to deliver a load of contraband… Internet Archive Roads to Romance (Northern Horizons / Land of Everlasting Hills) 1951 · Film · Subtitles Adirondack National Park & Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Colorful "See America First" Chevrolet travelogues. PA-2353: 17:53:15:11 (0:53:28): OAK CREEK… Internet Archive Waters of the Commonwealth 1950 · Film · Subtitles Shows the need for abatement of pollution of the streams and the accomplishments being attained by the Sanitary Water Board, Pennsylvania Department of… Internet Archive 1953 - Niagara - Henry Hathaway 1953 · Feature 1953 - Niagara - Henry Hathaway Internet Archive What You Should Know About Biological Warfare 1951 · Film · Subtitles Film about the threat of biological warfare in Cold War-era America. Describes three types of biological warfare (germs, toxins, and plant growth regulators)… Internet Archive Miss Robin Hood 1952 · Feature Title: Miss Robin Hood Summary: Henry Wrigley is happy writing stories for a children's' comic. Then he meets Miss Honey, who encourages him to go into minor… Internet Archive West Of Zanzibar 1954 · Feature The story of native tribesmen who move towards Mombasa, getting drawn info the world of ivory smuggling. 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 Man of Action 1955 · Film · Subtitles Animated. 02:25:10 VO: "This is the story of an average sort of fellow who lives in a nice average home, in a nice average town. Every night he comes home to… Internet Archive Fire: What Makes it Burn 1952 · Film · Subtitles Uses simple laboratory demonstrations to show what is needed to make a fire, what a flame is, how combustion takes place and how a fire can be extinguished.… Internet Archive Kit Carson Coca-Cola Spots 1950 · Film · Subtitles Coca-cola ad spots from The Adventures of Kit Carson. Hank Peterson is the Coca-cola spokesman. Internet Archive How To Make A Monster 1958 ★★★ Horror/Drama [1:13:28] 1958 · Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles How to Make a Monster is a 1958 American horror film drama. It was produced and written by Herman Cohen, directed by Herbert L. Strock, and starring Gary… Internet Archive Bee City 1951 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Humorous exploration of the life of the bee. Internet Archive Chain Reaction 1958 · Film · Subtitles Man comes home, puts on treasured record, machine destroys record. Leads into discussion of importance of quality control in U.S. industry.