The world's archives

1,969–2,016 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 Beauties on the Beach 1950 · Film · Subtitles SHOWS BREEDING HABITS, HATCHING & DEFENSE FROM ATTACK OF BIRDS WHICH BREED EXCLUSIVELY NEAR WATER. Internet Archive Nation at Your Fingertips, The 1951 · Film · Subtitles Visible lines of transportation -- rivers, roads and rails -- traverse the landscape and enable the movement of people, freight and information in its… Internet Archive 50 Years of Powered Flight 1953 · Film · Subtitles 06:51:13:06 Old-fashioned Wright Brothers-style biplane with “Billy Parker” written on its tail is pushed on runway. 06:51:59:19 Old-fashioned plane based on… Internet Archive The Golden Ingot 1952 · TV · Subtitles Tales Of Tomorrow ep The Golden Ingot * Season: 1 * Episode: 32 * First Aired: 5/9/1952 Internet Archive Dedication. Warren, Hoover, Hail New Truman Library, 1957/07/08 1957 · Newsreel Truman Library dedicated in Independence MO, with Chief Justic Earl Warren, in Masonic ritual, also Eleanor Roosevelt and Sen. Knowland, Hoover and Truman… Internet Archive Sudden Fear (1952) 1952 · Feature Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man.… Internet Archive Kermesse (1959) 1959 · Feature A truck driver and the queen of the local festival fall in love, while her fiancée is romanced by an attractive singer. Internet Archive Mutiny (1952) 1952 · Feature 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 He Ran All the Way (1951) John Garfield, Shelley Winters 1957 · Feature He Ran All the Way is a 1951 American FILM NOlR crime drama directed by John Berry, starring John Garfield and Shelley Winters. Though John Garfield denied… Internet Archive Atomic Energy as a Force for Good 1955 · Film · Subtitles Describes the reactions of citizens of a small town to the construction of an atomic energy plant in their community. Explains that an understanding by the… Internet Archive Our Prisons 1956 · Film · Subtitles Footage of state prisons ca. 1956 in Kansas. PA-2003 ìOur Prisonsî 00:00:02:19 - 00:29:59:18 B/W Silent 1956 "Our Prisons" (A & B Rolls) Documentary of… Internet Archive Pilgrims, The 1955 · Film · Subtitles Follows the Pilgrims from England to Holland and to New England. Discusses the Mayflower compact and the hardships in the New World. Internet Archive Accident Behavior 1950 · Film · Subtitles Teaches procedures to follow when involved in an accident. Discusses the care of the injured, hazards of fire, keeping the accident from getting worse and… Internet Archive Climax! - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1955 · TV · 59 min · Subtitles This adaptation of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was the opener for the second season of William Lundigan's CLIMAX! TV Series Internet Archive Chilly Willy Filmography 1953 · Short Chilly Willy is a penguin cartoon character who was starred in a series set of 50 theatrical shorts from 1953 to 1972. He became the second most popular… Internet Archive The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) 1950 · Feature A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case. Watch on… 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 Rustlers on Horseback 1950 · Feature Title: Rustlers on Horseback Summary: The people around the town of Sloan Junction think that George Parradine is just a harmless book salesman, but he heads… Internet Archive House on Haunted Hill (1959) 1959 · Feature Frederick Loren has invited five strangers to a party of a lifetime. He is offering each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in a house. But the house… Internet Archive Pantomime Quiz (misc 1955 episode) 1955 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of the light-hearted game show "Pantomime Quiz" from 1955. In this show, eight celebrities play a variantion on the popular "Charades" game.… Internet Archive As Others See Us 1953 · Film · Subtitles Discusses manners for young people mentioning etiquette at formal and informal teenage gatherings, and eating manners at home and school. Internet Archive ''Truth or Consequences'' - Circa March 1956 1956 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of "Truth or Consequences", a long-running and popular game show. Jack Bailey hosts this episode, which contains the original *live* advertising… Internet Archive Our Prisons 1956 · Film · Subtitles Footage of state prisons ca. 1956 in Kansas. PA-2003 ìOur Prisonsî 00:00:02:19 - 00:29:59:18 B/W Silent 1956 "Our Prisons" (A & B Rolls) Documentary of… Internet Archive AMBUSH AT CIMMARRON PASS 1958 colorized 1958 · Feature In 1867, a Yankee patrol joins forces with a group of ex-Confederate soldiers in order to cross Apache territory and reach the nearest fort. colorized colorized Internet Archive The Burmese Harp (1956) 1956 · Feature The Burmese Harp is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. Based on a children's novel of the same name written by Michio Takeyama. It follows… Internet Archive Ozzie & Harriet: Be on Time 1954 · TV · 19 min · Subtitles Ozzie is scheduled to give a speech on the importance of being on time. Will he be late? Originally aired April 16, 1954 (season 2, episode 31). Don't bother… Internet Archive Snob, The 1958 · Film · Subtitles USES STORY OF HIGH SCHOOL GIRL, WHOSE ATTITUDE TOWARD HER SCHOOLMATES CAUSES HER TO BE LABELED A SNOB, TO EXPLORE BASIC PROBLEM OF SNOBBERY & REASONS FOR IT. Internet Archive Red Colonel. Top-Ranking Russian Spy Chief Captured, 1957/08/12 1957 · Newsreel · Subtitles 1) Col. Rudolf Abel is returned to Brooklyn for arraignment, faces charges, after 9 years of spying (2) passenger liner SS President Hoover visited by Hoover… Internet Archive Holiday for Bill 1951 · Film · Subtitles Includes close-up of 78 rpm record spinning. 21:39:31:05 Great shot woman in driver’s seat of tractor starts up tractor as man in 1940s suit climbs into cart… Internet Archive Working Together: A Case History in Labor-Management Cooperation 1951 · Short · 22 min · Subtitles Union and management cooperate in a Hoboken, N.J. pencil factory. Internet Archive Spanish Revolution Anniversary, 1957/04/08 1957 · Newsreel · Subtitles (21) 18th anniversary of end of Spanish revolution in Spain, Franco and daughter watch soldiers, "the caudillo looks on with pride, 18 years of peace and… 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 Coke Time with Eddie Fisher (9/29/1954) 1954 · TV · 15 min · Subtitles An episode of the classic 50's musical TV series "Coke Time with Eddie Fisher", complete with original commercials. The show ran from 1953 to 1957 and… Internet Archive 'The Eve Arden Show' - It Gives Me Great Pleasure 1957 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles Episode "It Gives Me Great Pleasure" of the short-lived 50's sitcom "The Eve Arden Show". The show aired from 1957-1958. Complete with original commercials. Internet Archive Failed TV Pilot: "Let's Join Joanie" (1950) 1950 · TV · 33 min · Subtitles Failed TV pilot from 1950 called "Let's Join Joanie". Two years before she starred in the semi-popular 50's sitcom "I Married Joan", Joan Davis did this… Internet Archive ''My Hero'' - El Toro 1953 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles An episode of "My Hero", a short-lived US sitcom which aired from 1952 to 1953. Starring Bob Cummings. It has been said that this is the pilot episode.… Internet Archive Copper: Mining and Smelting 1950 · Film · Subtitles ACCOUNT OF AN OPEN-PIT COPPER MINE IN OPERATION. ILLUSTRATES THE MAIN STEPS IN EXTRACTING PURE COPPER FROM ORE. PICTURES THE PROCESSES OF BLASTING, LOADING… Internet Archive 'Your Hit Parade' - June 9, 1956 1956 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles Episode of 'Your Hit Parade', featuring covers of songs like "Beyond The Blue Horizon", "Wayward Wind", "Moonglow", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Hot Diggity",… Internet Archive ''Beat the Clock'' - 13 October 1951 1951 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of "Beat the Clock", a popular game show. This aired over 70 years ago! This copy contains original commercials and network ID. Internet Archive Ring Of Fear (1954) Clyde Beatty, Mickey Spillane, Pat O' Brien, Sean Mc Clory, Marian Carr 1954 · Feature Ring of Fear is a 1954 American FILM NOlR directed by James Edward Grant and starring Clyde Beatty and Mickey Spillane as themselves. The cast also featured… 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 Tuberculosis (Third Edition) 1955 · Film · Subtitles Asking the question why so many people still get tuberculosis, the narrator answers in part, "Industrialization has spread faster than industrial health… Internet Archive ''The Milton Berle Show'' - 3 April 1956 1956 · TV · 59 min · Subtitles An episode of the comedy-variety series "The Milton Berle Show". Milton's guests in this episode are: Esther Williams, Harry James, Buddy Rich, and Elvis… Internet Archive [Amateur film: Night Rodeo, Gallup, New Mexico, 1951] 1951 · Home movie · 7 min · Subtitles Nighttime action at an outdoor rodeo, shot on a cross-country road trip. Internet Archive ''My Hero'' - The Big Crush 1953 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of the short-lived comedy series "My Hero", starring Bob Cummings. This episode was originally shown on NBC on 4 April 1953. Interestingly enough,… Internet Archive ''What's My Line'' - 18 October 1953 1953 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of "What's My Line" from 1953, featuring Eleanor Roosevelt as the mystery guest (her voice was considered so recognisable that John Daly answers… Internet Archive The Road to Hangtown 1955 · Film · Subtitles History and profile of Placerville, California From Reno Gazette: "Filmed during the 1952 caravan program, and [features] interviews by TV star Del Courtney… Internet Archive ''Telephone Time'' - Pit-a-Pit And the Dragon 1957 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles Half-hour anthology hosted by John Nesbitt. This episode stars Robert Cabal, Lawrence Dobkin, and Bart Braverman. The episode is set during the 1900s, and is…