The world's archives

1,585–1,632 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 Invisible Protectors, The 1956 · Film · Subtitles 21:45:00:15 1Man wearing suit walks out of flower shop carrying a bouquet of flowers, pauses in front of camera to inspect his bouquet, then walks out of… Internet Archive Communication and Interaction in Three Families 1951 · Film · Subtitles Panorama POV of San Francisco in 1951. Driving POVs of expressway. Hand picks up Norbert Wiener's Cybernetics Hand picks up Bateson and Kees' book Hand sets… Internet Archive Reasons Why, The (Part II) 1959 · Short · 17 min · 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 Heart, The 1950 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Quirky science film on the heart and its diseases. Internet Archive Shadow of Fear 1955 · Feature Title: Shadow of Fear Summary: A woman travels to England to attend her parents' funeral. She is told by officials that they died of natural causes together,… Internet Archive Overcoming Fear 1950 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles How Bill overcomes his fear of the water through understanding its sources. Internet Archive Why Braceros? 1959 · Film · Subtitles This film was produced to justify the bracero program to the general public, especially American citizens in California who were threatened by the influx of… Internet Archive The Strange Case of Dr. Manning 1957 · Feature Title: The Strange Case of Dr. Manning Summary: Directed by: Arthur Crabtree Actors: Greta Gynt, Ron Randell, Garard Green Production Company: Republic… Internet Archive News Magazine of the Screen, The (Vol. 7, Issue 2) 1956 · Film · Subtitles 1:21:00 - KEEPING UP WITH THE CANDIDATES - USA EISENHOWER AND NIXON President Dwight Eisenhower strolls garden at Gettysburg, Penna. home, with wife, Mamie… Internet Archive ROR - Rocket on Rotor 1955 · Film Internet Archive How Honest Are You? 1950 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles For teenagers, honesty can come easy or hard, depending on the stakes. Internet Archive Belíssima (1951) 1951 · Feature Madalena Cecconi faz de tudo para que sua filha, a pequena Maria, torne-se estrela de cinema. Assim, acaba levando a menina para disputar concurso que… Internet Archive Shoot First 1953 · Feature Title: Shoot First Summary: A retired U.S. Army Colonel living in England stumbles upon a spy ring when he shoots buckshot at a poacher during a hunt.… Internet Archive The Lawless (1950) (1080p) Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell, Johnny Sands 1950 · Feature The Lawless is a 1950 American FILM NOlR directed by Joseph Losey and features Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell and Johnny Sands. It is one example of film gris,… Internet Archive What's It to You? 1955 · Film · Subtitles "The new film was designed to demonstrate dramatically the properties and suggested uses of the new product. A technician swings a baseball bat at a thin… Internet Archive Terrible Truth, The 1951 · Film · Subtitles CASE HISTORY TEENAGE GIRL'S INTRODUCTION TO USE OF NARCOTICS & PERSONAL & SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAT RESULT. BEGINNING W/OCCASIONAL MARIJUANA CIGARETTE, SHE… Internet Archive Outsider, The 1951 · Film · Subtitles 00:00:43:00 The Outsider 35814 Susan Jane is fabulous as tormented young teen; other teen actors are pretty wooden. 00:01:34:00 camera zooms in slowly on… Internet Archive Trouble in Store 1953 · Feature Norman (Norman Wisdom) is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays.… Internet Archive "Rocky King Detective" - Murder, PH.D. 1953 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles Episode "Murder, PH.D." of the classic 50's TV series "Rocky King, Detective", which ran on the DuMont Television Network from 1950 to 1955. The series was… Internet Archive Four Boys And A Gun (1957) Frank Sutton, Tarry Green, James Franciscus, William Hinnant, Otto Hulett, Robert Dryden 1957 · Feature Four Boys and a Gun is a 1957 American film NOlR crime film directed by William Berke and written by Leo Townsend and Philip Yordan. The film stars Frank… Internet Archive Let's Go Bowling 1955 · Film · Subtitles Great shots in 1950s bowling alley. Great shots from one end of alley looking down rows of bowlers. Footage of famous professional bowler Marion Ladewig and… Internet Archive American Revolution, The 1953 · Film · Subtitles Explains strategy, movement of forces and important battles of the revolutionary war. Geographical, social and political factors which brought victory. Internet Archive Life Is a Lark at Willow Grove Park 1956 · Film · Subtitles Features bands playing at music stand; plus 20 minute film of amusement park, rides and circus. Internet Archive Nothing to Argue About 1953 · Film · Subtitles Promoting the Raytheon television set. Salesman pays sales call on skeptical family and convinces each member in turn. Discussion of tuning, UHF, and picture… Internet Archive Attack! (1956) 1956 · Feature Attack!" is a 1956 war film set during World War II, focusing on a U.S. front-line combat infantry unit led by the cowardly Captain Erskine Cooney. The story… Internet Archive Shakedown (1950) Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett, Anne Vernon 1950 · Feature Shakedown is a 1950 American crime FILM NOlR directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett and… Internet Archive Espaldas Mojadas ( 1955) WIDESCREEN VERSION 1955 · Feature Plot: Mexican worker Rafael Améndola runs from the police and cross the Mexican-American border, helped by Frank Mendoza, a partner of an American called Mr.… 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 Shield for Murder 1954 · Feature Title: Shield for Murder Summary: When a brutal police detective Lt. murders a bookmaker's runner for $25,000 in cash, a deaf mute sees him do it and now he… Internet Archive Egg and Us, The 1952 · Film · Subtitles This part-animated, part-live-action film assures us, the American viewer, that we have confidence in the economy and that "the nation's nest egg is growing"… Internet Archive Communist Blueprint For Conquest 1955 · Film · Subtitles A detailed exploration of the machinations of the Communist Party during the twentieth century, narrated from an anticommunist point of view. Armed Forces… Internet Archive Airport America 1954 · Film · Subtitles Advocates increased airport construction, especially in rural America. Describes the centrality of general aviation to the U.S. economy. Many aerials of… Internet Archive Way You Want It, The 1950 · Film · Subtitles Promotional film aimed at car customers. The film focuses on the toughness of Chevrolet cars and the pleasantness and excellent quality of the repair staff at… Internet Archive ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'' - Thanksgiving 1951 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles Re-upload with better picture quality. This is the thanksgiving episode of "Burns & Allen", originally aired 22 November 1951 on CBS. Classic comedy. Features… Internet Archive American Cowboy (Part II) 1950 · Film · Subtitles Visits the Roberson Hereford Ranch in Gunnison, Colorado. Includes scenes of a rodeo, the drive to summer pastures and winter feeding in raging blizzards. Internet Archive "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" - Rick's Riding Lesson 1958 · TV · 30 min · Subtitles Episode of the TV series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" called "Rick's Riding Lesson". The 2nd longest running American sitcom of all time, "Ozzie and… Internet Archive Health: Your Cleanliness 1953 · Film · Subtitles IMPORTANCE OF CLEANLINESS IN FIELDS OF SCIENCE & MEDICINE AS PROTECTION AGAINST DISEASE. WASHING HANDS, BATHING, SHOWERS, BRUSHING TEETH & HAIR, CARE OF SKIN,… Internet Archive The Hitch Hiker (1953) 1953 · Feature The Hitch-Hiker is a 1953 American independent film noir thriller directed by Ida Lupino, who co-wrote it with her former husband Collier Young, and starring… Internet Archive They Can't Hang Me 1955 · Feature Title: They Can't Hang Me Summary: A senior civil servant is condemned to hang for murder but he claims to have top secret security information... Directed… Internet Archive Screen Writer, The 1951 · Film · Subtitles DEPICTS IMPORTANCE OF SCREEN WRITER TO SUCCESS OF MOTION PICTURE. Zero = first title Includes many clips from feature films that must be cleared separately.… Internet Archive Man on a Tightrope [1953] Dir. Elia Kazan, Starring Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame 1953 · Feature You can find out more about this movie from Wikipedia.This article from the New York Times may also still be active. Man on a Tightrope is a 1953 American… Internet Archive Turn the Key Softly 1953 · Feature Title: Turn the Key Softly Summary: After three women are released from prison, we follow them for their first day of freedom. Directed by: Jack Lee Actors:… Internet Archive Outsider, The 1951 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles The tale of "Susan Jane," the perennial outcast. Internet Archive The White Angel 1955 · Feature In The White Angel, , Raffaello Matarazzo’s sequel to his blockbuster Nobody’s Children, the perpetually put-upon Guido and Luisa (Amedeo Nazzari and Yvonne… Internet Archive The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957) 1957 · Feature "The Man Who Turned to Stone" is a 1957 American black-and-white horror-science fiction film directed by László Kardos . The film stars Victor Jory , Ann… Internet Archive Chevrolet Advertising Rings the Bell 1950 · Film · Subtitles 11:22:13:21 VS Hand cut out of cardboard rips through newspaper and rings doorbell Door opens, there stands sticklike figure with SATURDAY EVENING POST cover… Internet Archive Watch with Mother - Rag, Tag and Bobtail (Snowballs) 1954 · TV · 14 min · Subtitles Watch with Mother - Rag, Tag and Bobtail: Snowballs British show for young children first shown as part of the ‘Watch with Mother’ strand. First transmitted… Internet Archive Apples: From Seedling to Market 1950 · Film · Subtitles This film shows the activities at an apple orchard in the Pacific Northwest. Although the orchard specializes in Delicious apples, a man is shown planting…