The world's archives

145–192 of 18,883 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 Topper - Henrietta Sells The House 1953 · Feature · Subtitles Rare original network print of a Topper episode. Contains original sponsor opening and closing credits and original commercials. Internet Archive The Fast and the Furious 1955 · Feature · Subtitles NOTE: THIS FILM IS SEPARATED INTO FOUR FILES The Fast and the Furious, DVD quality here, available in lower resolution here:… Internet Archive Hill Number One 1951 · Feature · 56 min This is one of four relatively short films (Family Theatre) made by powerful American religious groups, it tells the story of the Ressurection and Christ's… Internet Archive What Makes Us Tick 1952 · Film · Subtitles The animated film explores the life of a typical American family, focusing on John Q Public, who manages his finances through investments and savings. It… Internet Archive Earth vs the Flying Saucers 1956 colorized (Hugh Marlowe) 1956 · Feature A scientist (Hugh Marlowe) is contacted by alien invaders who want the leaders of Earth to surrender, but he develops a weapon to de-stabilize their flying… Internet Archive Hell Ship Mutiny 1957 · Feature · 1 h 5 min http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050497/ AN EXCITING STORY!.. Of Passionate Love...and High-Adventure in the South Pacific! Jon Hall, who starred in several… Internet Archive Mon Oncle (1958) O Meu Tio 1958 · Feature · Subtitles O Meu Tio (1958) Gerard vive em uma mansão futurista. Sua vida é excessivamente organizada e aborrecida. Com a chegada de seu tio, Monsieur Hulot, que é… Internet Archive The Joe Louis Story 1953 · Feature · 1 h 28 min The life and career of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who held the title for 12 years--longer than any other boxer in history--and who had to not only battle… Internet Archive Guerrilla Girl 1953 · Feature · 1 h 20 min Demetri Alexander (Helmut Dantine), is posing as a Nazi officer in the Greek capitol Athenes while working for the underground, and falls in love with Zaira… Internet Archive The Human Condition ( Parts 1 & 2) 1959 · Feature Masaki Kobayashi’s mammoth humanist drama is one of the most staggering achievements of Japanese cinema. Originally filmed and released in three parts, the… Internet Archive High Lonesome 1950 · Feature · 1 h 20 min When there is a sudden outbreak of mysterious murders in the Texas Big Bend country, a young drifter new to the area, played by John Barrymore, is the prime… Internet Archive A is for Atom 1953 · Film · Subtitles Presents in lay terms what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peace-time uses of atomic energy and the by-products of nuclear… Internet Archive Rocky Jones, Space Ranger - Menace from Outer Space 1956 · Feature · 1 h 15 min Cruising the galaxy in his space ship "The Orbit Jet" Space Ranger, Rocky Jones (Richard Crane), Vena Ray (Sally Mansfield), and 10 year-old Bobby (Robert… Internet Archive Warning from Space 1956 · Feature · 1 h 27 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : UFO's are seen around Tokyo. Because they look like giant starfish the aliens cannot approach us without creating panic. Hence one of them… Internet Archive Big Bluff 1955 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive D.O.A. 1955 · Feature · 1 h 23 min Acclaimed film noir story of man trying desperately to find who has given him a slow-acting fatal dose of radium. Internet Archive The Bloody Brood 1959 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles Peter Falk, a drug-dealer who consorts with beatniks, decides that it would be a thrill to murder. The IMDB entry is here . Internet Archive Carnival Story 1957 · Feature · 1 h 35 min A young girl (Anne Baxter) runs away and joins with a travelling carnival troupe in Colonia (Germany),the American-owned circus in all its beautiful sadness… Internet Archive Tokyo Story 1953 · Feature A profoundly stirring evocation of elemental humanity and universal heartbreak, Tokyo Story is the crowning achievement of the unparalleled Yasujiro Ozu. The… Internet Archive T-Bird Gang 1959 · Feature · 1 h 5 min After Frank's father, a night watchman, was murdered in the robbery of the warehouse that he was guarding, with the police knowing that it was the Hendricks… Internet Archive Fresh From Paris 1955 · Feature · Subtitles Also known as "Paris Follies of 1956" You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Killers from Space 1954 · Feature · 1 h 10 min A scientist monitoring atomic tests, killed in a plane crash, is revived by aliens so he can spy on the tests and help them conquer the world. - IMDB… Internet Archive Popeye: Cooking With Gags 1954 · Cartoon · 6 min From The Public Domain Movie Database: Bluto plays all sorts of gags on Popeye and Olive on April Fool's Day. Internet Archive Johnny One-Eye 1950 · Feature · 1 h 17 min Story of a gangster (Pat O'Brien) who isn't quite the tough guy everybody thinks he is. Internet Archive Man In The Attic (with spanish subtitles) 1953 · Feature · 1 h 22 min · Subtitles The Life...The Loves...The Crimes of Jack the Ripper!. Audio: English, Subtitles: Spanish Internet Archive Mutiny 1952 · Feature · 1 h 16 min Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. As first mate,… Internet Archive Cyrano DeBergerac 1950 · Feature From: IMDb : France, 1640: Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to… Internet Archive Out of This World 1954 · Short · 22 min · Subtitles Sales training film for duPont Film Division (cellophane), featuring an angel and devil monitoring the activities of bakery salesmen on earth, and explaining… Internet Archive Relaxed Wife, The 1957 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Remarkable, surreal industrial film promoting "Atarax," a tranquilizer, and asserting how "ataraxic medicines" can help us all to achieve the relaxed state we… Internet Archive Teenage Thunder 1957 · Feature · 1 h 18 min A teenage gas station attendant (Chuck Courtney) is obsessed with hot rods and racing. His Dad (Tyler McVey) objects to hot rod racing and thinks his son is a… Internet Archive Good Table Manners 1951 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles A bad-mannered 14-year-old meets himself as a young man of 21, and learns the fundamentals of good table manners. Internet Archive The man who cheated himself 1950 · Feature · 1 h 19 min Shot on location in San Francisco and starring Lee J. Cobb, John Dall and Jane Wyatt, The man who cheated himself tells the story of a policeman who pushes… Internet Archive The Day the Earth Stood Still -1951 1951 · Feature An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. Internet Archive Killer's Kiss (1955) 1955 · Feature Killer's Kiss is a 1955 American crime film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and written by Kubrick and Howard Sackler. It is the second feature film directed… Internet Archive Jesse James' Women 1954 · Feature · 1 h 24 min Jesse James (Don 'Red' Barry) proves irresistible to women in a Mississippi town....this spells trouble. Internet Archive Police Station 1959 · Short · 29 min · Subtitles This is a 1959 episode of a police drama called "Police Station". This show dealt with the day-to-day goings on in the Precinct 11 Station. 39 episodes were… Internet Archive Home Town Story 1951 · Feature · 1 h 1 min Blake Washburn (Jeffrey Lynn) blames manufacturer MacFarland (Donald Crisp) for his defeat in the race for re-election to the state legislature. He takes over… Internet Archive Air Force Special Film Project 416,"Power of Decision" 1958 · Feature · Subtitles This item was obtained and uploaded by the National Security Archive - http://www.nsarchive.org - an independent non-governmental research institute and… Internet Archive Manfish 1956 · Feature · 1 h 27 min Three deep sea divers get involved in murder while searching for a lost treasure. Internet Archive It's Everybody's Business 1954 · Cartoon · 19 min · Subtitles Corporate Cold War-era cartoon linking Bill of Rights to free-enterprise ideology. Internet Archive Salt of the Earth 1954 · Feature · 1 h 32 min Title: Salt of the Earth Summary: Mexican workers at a Zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the… Internet Archive Colorado Sundown 1952 · Feature · 1 h 7 min Rancher helps a friend claim a spread he's inherited, only to get involved in his murder. Internet Archive Kansas Pacific 1953 · Feature · 1 h 13 min With the Civil War about to begin, Southern sympathizers attempt to sabotage the railroad construction efforts so Army Captain John Nelson (Sterling Hayden)… Internet Archive The Big Combo 1955 · Feature · 1 h 27 min A high-quality p.d. noir. Don't bother downloading the h.264 file or the Ogg Video file; the Cinepack file from which they are derived is smaller. Internet Archive Wonderful World 1959 · Film · Subtitles PA-2177 ìWonderful Worldî 08:01:14:28 - 08:45:06:23 Color Sound 1959 "Wonderful World" Broad documentary surveying global cultures, lifestyles, emphasizing… Internet Archive American Look (Part I) 1958 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles The definitive Populuxe film on 1950s automotive, industrial, interior and architectural design. (6383_American_Look_M04199_01_22_19_00) Internet Archive Tarantula 1955 colorized (John Agar) 1955 · Feature Strange deaths in the Arizona desert intrigue a local doctor (John Agar), who gets help from the new assistant (Mara Corday) to a professor (Leo G. Carroll)… Internet Archive Captain Scarlett 1953 · Feature · 1 h 15 min In the years following the fall of Napoleon, Captain Scarlett (Richard Greene) returns to France to discover that his lands have been seized by an…