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3,025–3,072 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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
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| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage. |
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"Medic" Break Through the Bars
"Medic" Break Through the Bars Original Air Date: 14 March 1955 (Season 1, Episode 20)
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Time Without Pity (1957)
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his…
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''DuPont Cavalcade Theater'' - A Chain of Hearts
A dated episode of "DuPont Cavalcade Theater", titled "A Chain of Hearts". This episode of the filmed US anthology series originally aired 1 November 1955 on…
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The Larkins 1x 07 Christmas With The Larkins
Early British sitcom from the 1950s, starring David Kossoff and Peggy Mount as Alf and Ada Larkins, living in disorder with their son, daughter, and her…
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The President. 1st Pictures of ike Since His Illness, 1955/10/27
1) Ike poses for 1st pictures in Denver since Sept 24 heart attack (2) antitank T-101 vehicle with 90mm gun (3) fall fashions by Paul Gillette (partial…
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Mama - Madame Zodiak
An episode of the "live TV" dramedy "Mama" (which is often referred "I Remember Mama") from 1950. What amazes me is that, we are in the 2010s, with this 1950s…
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''Take a Good Look'' - episode
An episode of "Take a Good Look", a panel game hosted by Ernie Kovacs. Panelists are Edie Adams, Hans Conried and Cesar Romero. Complete with original cigar…
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"Medic" The Wild Intruder
"Medic" The Wild Intruder Original Air Date: 6 December 1954 (Season 1, Episode 11)
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''Range Rider'' - Treasure Of Santa Dolores
An episode of early 1950s western TV series "Range Rider'.
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''The Dennis Day Show'' - The Old Friend
An episode of "The Dennis Day Show", a 1950s sitcom starring the popular singer. He sings (or rather lip-syncs) a song in this episode. This was a fortnightly…
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Palle Alone in the World
Palle Alone in the World Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film SummaryA story of a little boy who dreams that…
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1959 Classic Television Commercial for ''Brownie Starflash Camera''
A classic 1959 Television commercial for the Kodak Brownie Starflash camera, with the ever popular Harriet Nelson. Taken from uncopyright TV episode "Jealous…
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''Westinghouse Summer Theatre'' - The Rabbit
A 1951 episode of "Studio One" (actually the summer replacement version, "Westinghouse Summer Theatre") titled "The Rabbit". This episode is about a guy who…
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Woman Obsessed (1959)
After her husband dies in a fire, a woman (Susan Hayward) is left to tend for her young son and the family farm on her own. Soon, she takes in a drifting…
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Decoy: To Trap A Thief
A businessman alleges that $10,000 was missing from money recovered from robbers. Suspicion falls on a patrolmen near retirement. Casey (Beverly Garland) goes…
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''The Arthur Godfrey Show''
Guests include Rosina da Rimini and Roberta Sherwood, plus there are glimpses of Jackie Gleason.
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"Medic" A Time to Be Alive
"Medic" A Time to Be Alive Original Air Date: 31 January 1955 (Season 1, Episode 16)
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Redstone Missile In production, 1957/02/14
Chrysler plant in Detroit where Redstone missile assembled, launch (partial newsreel).
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The Adventures of William Tell - 1x04
The Gauntlet of St. Gerhardt is a religious relic that the Swiss rally round and carry into battle. Gessler plans to steal the relic by killing the abbot that…
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[Home Movies: "Our Trip of U.S.A., Part Two"]
Notes in logbook. roadsigns US Route 66
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"Medic" General Practitioner
"Medic" General Practitioner Original Air Date: 13 June 1955 (Season 1, Episode 28)
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All New Car for All America, The
Promotional film for the 1955 Pontiac automobile.
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"Medic" Never Comes Sunday
"Medic" Never Comes Sunday Original Air Date: 23 May 1955 (Season 1, Episode 27)
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1957 - The Tijuana Story - László Kardos - VOSE
For Academic - Educational Use Only https://derechonoir.wordpress.com/
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''Dollar a Second'' - Misc 1955 episode (re-upload)
This had been uploaded before, but with a watermark. This copy doesn't have a watermark. 1950s game show which switched networks several times. This episode…
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''Four Star Playhouse'' - The Island
An episode of Four Star Playhouse titled The Island. Originally broadcast 4 December 1952 on CBS.
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''Four Star Playhouse'' - Trudy
An unusual episode of the half-hour 1950s anthology series. Cast includes Joan Fontaine, Hans Conried, Steven Geray, James Flaven, Otto Waldis, with a rather…
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''Studio One'' - Wintertime
An episode of dramatic anthology series "Studio One" titled "Wintertime". This episode aired *live* on 2 April 1951 on CBS, and this copy is complete with the…
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Japanese calligraphy.
Examines Japanese language symbols in art, rediscovered by the painter Pierre Alechinsky. Abstract Western art is compared to Japanese art, which has been…
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Η ζαβολιάρα (1959)
Η κόρη του καπεταν-Κωσταντή, η Λενιώ, αγαπάει τον Λάμπρο, έναν ψαρά που δουλεύει για τον πατέρα της κι έτσι απορρίπτει τις προτάσεις ενός άλλου ψαρά, του…
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''To Tell the Truth'' - 5 November 1957
An episode of "To Tell the Truth", a popular panel game show of the 1950s. Hosted by Bud Collyer, with panelists Ralph Bellamy, Polly Bergen, Kitty Carlisle…
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Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo (1956)
While meeting a new friend, Gerald is abducted by aliens and whisked to the planet Moo. The king of Moo mistakenly thinks that all Earthlings - like Gerald -…
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"The Buccaneers" Dead Man's Rock
"The Buccaneers" Dead Man's Rock Original Air Date: 16 January 1957 (Season 1, Episode 18)
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City That Never Sleeps (1953) [ 720p High Res.] William Talman, Gig Young, Mala Powers, Marie Windsor
City That Never Sleeps is a 1953 American FILM NOlR crime film directed by John H. Auer and starring Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold,…
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Time for Coffee
Shows coffee production and processing.
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The Square Jungle (1955)
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing. Watch on…
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Tic-Tac-Dough (April 3, 1958?)
I think this is the April 3 1958 episode of the series "Tic-Tac-Dough". Missing titles and commercials, but gameplay is intact. This was one of several rigged…
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The Big Trees (1952)
In 1900, unscrupulous timber baron Jim Fallon plans to take advantage of a new law and make millions off California redwood. Much of the land he hopes to grab…
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The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/the-case-against-brooklyn-1958/
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Cattle Empire (1958)
After serving a five year prison sentence for allowing his men to destroy a town in a drunken spree, a trail boss is hired by the same town's leading citizen…
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'Meet Corliss Archer' - The Best Policy
1954 episode of "Meet Corliss Archer" called 'The Best Policy'. Originally aired either 1954 or 1955. This is an episode where Corliss tries to be honest,…
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Soapy The Germ Fighter
Young Billy Martin has to learn that being clean isnt the same as being a sissy. One night, a giant, talking cake of soap wearing tights and a puffy-sleeved…
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''Four Star Playhouse'' - The House Always Wins
An episode of Four Star Playhouse, one of several starring Dick Powell as the character "Dante", a nightclub owner. In this episode, Dante is informed by an…
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The Sundowners (1950)
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down…
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The Christmas Visitor
Christmas Cartoon Based on the Night Before Christmas, you can read about this cartoon on it's IMDB page .
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''Four Star Playhouse'' - The Girl on the Park Bench
Popular entertainment from the 1950s. A humorous episode of "Four Star Playhouse" titled "The Girl on the Park Bench". Starring Joan Fontaine. Originally…
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"Judge Roy Bean" Letty Leaves Home
"Judge Roy Bean" Letty Leaves Home Original Air Date: 1956 (Season 1, Episode 13)
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The Big Picture: Summer Storm
In this episode The Big Picture tells the story of the beginning of the Korean War on 25 June 1950.