The world's archives

1,681–1,728 of 18,145 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 500,000 to One 1954 · Film · Subtitles Did you know that if a pair of flies was left to breed unhindered for six months, the contiguous U.S. would be buried beneath a stratum of files 4 1/2 feet… Internet Archive Nobody's Children 1952 · Feature Nobody’s Children is the first half of an overflowing diptych of melodramas chronicling the labyrinthine misfortunes of a couple torn cruelly apart by fate… Internet Archive Threading the RCA Projector 1950 · Film · Subtitles The film provides a detailed guide on how to thread an RCA 400 projector. It explains the steps to properly place the film on the feed arm, check the winding,… Internet Archive Lux Video Theatre - Holiday Affair 1955 · TV · 53 min · Subtitles A holiday episode (Season 6, Episode 13) of the “Lux Video Theatre.” Connie Ennis (Phyllis Thaxter), widowed mother to young son Timmy (Christopher Olsen),… Internet Archive 'Beulah' - The New Arrival (50's Sitcom) (Classic Television) 1952 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles Episode 'The New Arrival' of the popular though controversal 50's sitcom "Beulah". Louise Beavers played Beulah. Cast: Louise Beavers: Beulah David Bruce:… Internet Archive Day of Thanksgiving, A 1951 · Film · Subtitles [Educational Screen, Oct 1951] This film relates the experiences of a middle-class American family when they are stimulated to review the things for which… Internet Archive Man and His Culture 1954 · Film · Subtitles Shows, in the imaginative form of a 'REPORT FROM OUTER SPACE,' how the ways of mankind might appear to visitors from another planet. Considers the things most… Internet Archive Angry Boy 1950 · Film · Subtitles This simple and affecting story tells how Tommy Randall comes to understand the anger that has led him to steal money from his teacher's purse. It shows how… Internet Archive Vision in the Forest 1957 · Film · Subtitles A family camps in a beautiful forest, and Smokey Bear teaches them to prevent forest fires. Internet Archive Introduction to Foreign Trade 1951 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Cold War-era treatise on globalization. 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 The Halliday Brand 1957 · Feature Title: The Halliday Brand Summary: Sheriff Halliday doesn't approve of his children dating or marrying half-breeds and his blind hate threatens to alienate… Internet Archive Witness To Murder (1954) Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill 1954 · Feature Witness to Murder is a 1954 American FILM NOlR crime drama directed by Roy Rowland and starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, and Gary Merrill. While the… Internet Archive Self Preservation In An Atomic Attack 1950 · Short · 17 min · Subtitles Soldiers prepare themselves, just in case the big one hits. Internet Archive The Promoter 1952 · Feature Title: The Promoter Summary: A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing, some… Internet Archive ''Stage 7'' - The Time of Day 1955 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles An episode of dramatic anthology series "Stage 7". This episode stars Peggy Ann Garner, Charles Bronson, Irene Hervey and Grandon Rhodes. Originally broadcast… Internet Archive Waves of Green 1950 · Film · Subtitles TRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S LAND-GRANT COLLEGES. GOOD AGRICULTURE and FARM MATERIAL. SHIPS, MARINE, SEA SHOTS. SAILORS DISCUSS GREATNESS OF AMERICA. Internet Archive Studio One - The Nativity 1952 · TV · 59 min · Subtitles Season 5, Episode 13 of the Westinghouse Studio One staging a medieval mystery play about the Nativity. Internet Archive Fifties Advertising: UNIVAC Computer Commercial (5 February 1956) (Ad 2 of 2) 1956 · Commercial Another curious example of 1950's advertising, in this case a promo for the UNIVAC computer, produced by Remington Rand. This commercial interestingly aired… Internet Archive Five Mile Dream, The 1958 · Film · Subtitles building of the Mackinac Bridge, Michigan Internet Archive One Way Out 1955 · Feature Title: One Way Out Summary: As he is about to retire, a police officer discovers that his daughter is mixed up with a criminal gang and is about to go to… Internet Archive Midwest Holiday 1952 · Film · Subtitles PRESENTS THE MICHIGAN DUNES TO THE GRAND TETONS OF WYOMING. SHOWS MOUNT RUSHMORE IN S. DAK'S BLACK HILLS, MINNESOTA'S IRON RANGE, LINCOLN'S HOME, TOM SAWYER'S… Internet Archive America for Me (Part II) 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 1950 Episode of ''The Buster Keaton Show'' 1950 · TV · 27 min · Subtitles An episode of the live television series "The Buster Keaton Show", complete with commercials for Studebaker. This is said to be the sole surviving episode of… Internet Archive Flash Gordon Series 54-55 1954 · TV Diverging from the storyline of the comics, the series set Flash, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov in the year 3203. As agents of the Galactic Bureau of… Internet Archive Freedom to Learn 1954 · Short · 26 min · Subtitles When, due to the well-meaning fears of parents, a high school social studies teacher is charged with teaching communism, she explains why she teaches about… Internet Archive Navajo Canyon Country 1954 · Film · Subtitles Shows Navajo people in their native country and gives a brief description of their way of life today. Internet Archive Day Called X, The 1955 · Film · Subtitles Documents the well-oiled atomic evacuation plan of Portland, Oregon, in the heyday of nuclear preparedness. Nothing to fear here! Internet Archive I Am a Doctor 1959 · Film · Subtitles This film is a reflective and didactic exploration of the medical profession, presented through a series of recorded introspective monologues by a doctor.… Internet Archive Quacks and Nostrums 1959 · Film · Subtitles Shows the ways in which medical quacks dupe the consumer and the steps taken by local and federal agencies to protect the public. A young man grows concerned… Internet Archive Royal Wedding (1951) 1951 · Feature Tom and Ellen are asked to perform as a dance team in England at the time of Princess Elizabeth's wedding. As brother and sister, each develops a British love… Internet Archive El Cebo ( 1958) 1958 · Feature The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession. Internet Archive Golden Horizons 1955 · Film · Subtitles Sponsored film about the industry and infrastructure of Northern and Central California. Features footage filmed in many San Francisco Bay Area cities, with… Internet Archive Ways to Settle Disputes 1950 · Film · Subtitles ALICE, JERRY & EDDIE LEARN THRU EVERYDAY INCIDENTS AT PLAY & AT SCHOOL HOW DISPUTES CAN BE SETTLED BY COMPROMISE, BY OBEYING RULES, BY FINDING FACTS, OR BY… Internet Archive Episode of the Classic 50's TV series "Coke Time" 1953 · Commercial · 15 min · Subtitles Rare episode of the 1950s TV show "Coke Time", which starred pop-crooner Eddie Fisher. Each episode featured him performing popular songs of the time, and… Internet Archive Watch with Mother - Rag, Tag and Bobtail 1957 · TV · 13 min · Subtitles British show for young children first shown as part of the ‘Watch with Mother’ strand. First transmitted on the BBC on the 18th July 1957. Written by Louise… Internet Archive Patterns (1956) 1956 · Feature · Subtitles Patterns (1956) https://www.svtplay.se/video/j16gDGd/patterns Jag äger ej filmen, anledning för jag väljer att ladda upp den är att bevara svenska äldre… Internet Archive Let's Go Bowling (Part I) 1955 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Culture and practice of bowling in 1950s America. Internet Archive The Story of Television 1956 · Film · Subtitles Narrative and graphic description of the birth of television by RCA, featuring David Sarnoff. Shows efforts of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in the… Internet Archive Space Patrol 1950 TV Series 1950 · TV The stories followed the 30th-century adventures of Commander-in-Chief Buzz Corry ( Ed Kemmer ) of the United Planets Space Patrol and his young sidekick… Internet Archive Frank and his Dog 1952 · Film · Subtitles Tells the story of how Penny, Frank's dog, feels neglected when his master is too busy to play with him. Penny chases a cat up a tree, but Frank forgives him… Internet Archive Twenty-Four Hours of Progress (Part II) 1950 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles How the oil industry is central to the American economy. Internet Archive Ugetsu (1953) 1953 · Feature Ugetsu is a 1953 Japanese period fantasy film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō. It is based on the stories "The House in the… Internet Archive The $64,000 Question - 18 September 1956 1956 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of the infamous rigged 1950s game show "The $64,000 Question". When the scandal broke that several very popular quiz shows were "fixed", the… Internet Archive DEATH Of A SALESMAN 1951 - FREDRIC MARCH 1951 · Feature Death of a Salesman is a 1951 American drama film adapted from the 1949 play of the same name by Arthur Miller. It was directed by László Benedek and written… Internet Archive Roads to Romance 1951 · Film · Subtitles Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island; Pennsylvania Turnpike: Highway of Tomorrow; By Cayuga's Waters, Finger Lakes, New York; Lakes of the Twin Cities, Northern… Internet Archive Follow A Star 1959 · Feature Norman Truscott is a store worker who dreams of stardom. Vernon Carew is a singer who's star is fading. Vernon manages to get a recording of Norman singing… Internet Archive Wiretapper 1955 · Feature Title: Wiretapper Summary: An army ex-con electronics engineer, sells his skills to a violent crime boss for big money, as his loving Christian wife begs him…