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3,457–3,504 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. |
|---|---|
| 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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Love Is Blind (1957)
A fat, ugly hippo with no friends is finally befriended by a nearsighted mole. Weasels go after the mole to eat him. The hippo saves the day. Watch on…
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End of an Outlaw (Trackdown)
DeForest Kelley has a small role in this episode about the outlaw Sam Bass. Aired 29 November 1957 (Season 1, Episode 9).
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Home Movie: 97474: St. Louis Area Family, Reel 6
Viewing notes state: backyard fun picnic Dad films himself drinking beer Halloween costumes Girl with broken arm Weiman Pheasant Farm Christmas / doll / books…
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Jet Record. Coast To Coast In 3 Hours, 23 Minutes, 1957/07/18
(1) Major John Glenn in Crusader jet leaves Alameda CA for coast-to-coast flight, 2460 mile in 3 hrs 23 mins, Glenn taxis in, waves from cockpit (2) Chicago…
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Casper Genie (1954)
Casper, the Friendly Ghost, who has a hard time making a friend, is in search of a friend and comes upon a young boy reading about Aladdin and his magic lamp.…
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1950 - The Lawless - Joseph Losey - VO - Versión Original
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1952 - Affair in Trinidad - La dama de Trinidad - Vincent Sherman - VO
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The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes 1954 (Subtitled)
Sherlock Holmes is an American detective television series syndicated in the autumn of 1954, based on the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle . The…
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''I Remember Mama'' - T.R.'s Glasses
An episode of the popular 1950s CBS-TV drama-comedy series "Mama". The series was set in the 1910s. Please forgive the dodgy picture quality, the original…
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1953 - The Blue Gardenia - Gardenia azul - Fritz Lang - VOSE
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''The Unexpected'' - Split Second
An episode of dramatic anthology series "The Unexpected". This episode originally aired 16 April 1952 in first-run syndication. In this episode, a messenger…
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''G.E. College Bowl'' - 29 March 1959
An episode of "G.E. College Bowl", featuring intelligent students answering tough questions. Hosted by Allen Ludden. This was among the first "hard quiz"…
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The St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)
Career criminals and a local youth carefully plan and rehearse the robbery of a Missouri bank. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-st-louis-bank-robb…
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1956 - Tiger in the Smoke - El tigre en la niebla - Roy Ward Baker - VOSE
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The Rebel TV 1959 colorized s01e01 Johnny Yuma
A former Confederate Army soldier roams the Old West, helping those he encounters. In this first episode, Johnny (Nick Adams) returns home one year after the…
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Death Valley National Monument
A beautifully shot trip through the Death Valley of the late 1940s, including visits to the ghost town of Ryan, Zabriskie Point, the Harmony Borax Works, and…
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1957 - The Shadow on The Window - William Asher - VOSE
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Personal Hygiene
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This is Korea (Parts 1 and 2)
Department of the Navy This is Korea (Parts 1 and 2) AVA18577VNB1, 1951 Covers the United States involvement with Korea and testing of Korean weapons. John…
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Blue Plate Symphony (1954)
Blue Plate Symphony is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Connie Rasinski. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/blue-plate-symphony-1954/
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Captains Outrageous (1952)
The near-sighted, and obviously rich, Mr. MaGoo and his nephew, Waldo, set sail on their well-rigged boat to catch Mighty Moe, the elusive giant marlin. Walso…
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Bat Masterson TV 1958 colorized s01e04 Stampede at Tent City
Bat Masterson - Stampede at Tent City (colorized) by Ziv Television Productions Bat Masterson was an American Western television series which showed a…
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''Life with Elizabeth'' - Misc episode No. 9
An episode of the 1952-1955 television sitcom "Life with Elizabeth", starring Betty White, who has been in over 1000 episodes of television programming over…
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''What's My Line'' - 22 August 1954
An episode of "What's My Line", a popular 1950s game show. Original commercials for Remington Rand and Stopette intact. Mystery guest is Johnnie Ray. Hosted…
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''The Silver Theatre'' - Close-up
This is an episode of dramatic anthology series "The Silver Theatre", originally broadcast 29 May 1950, later shown in 1951 as part of "The Bigelow Theatre".…
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The Larkins 1x 06 Ale And Farewell
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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Red China, 1959/06/04
Films made by communist cameraman in China, shows Mao and other candidates in election of National People's Congress, with massive show in Peking of dancers…
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The Lone Ranger TV 1950 colorized s01e44 White Man's Magic
The Lone Ranger and Tonto discover a plot by a developer to trick the local Indian tribe into rebellion, so that they will lose the rights to their land.
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Rosaura A Las Diez (1958)
Rosaura a las diez es una película argentina dramática y de misterio coescrita y dirigida por Mario Soffici y basada en la novela homónima de Marco Denevi .…
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Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders (1953)
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police try to foil a foreign agent's efforts to establish a secret Canadian base from which to launch atomic missiles at the U.S.…
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OUTPOST IN SPACE 1959
"Outpost in Space" is a 1959 pilot episode that aired as part of the anthology series "Flight." It features a crew on a distant planet who must respond to a…
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1950 - Where the Sidewalk Ends - Al borde del peligro - Otto Preminger - VOSE
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De Oldify Paris, PET 1153 R 2 Paris [ Audio] [ 1080p AI] ( 1950s)
This film consists of a montage of raw film footage that probably was intended for a movie or a documentary about Paris, about 70 years ago. It was shot on…
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Madcap Magoo (1955)
Expecting a visit from his practical joker friend Smiley, Mr. Magoo instead entertains an escaped mental patient. Watch on RetroFlix:…
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1958 - Hell's Five Hours - Jack L. Copeland - VOSE
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[Liberace Thanksgiving]
Liberace winks at the camera, reminisces about the past, and sends a turkey to its doom, performing 'Turkey In The Straw' and 'Shine On Harvest Moon.'
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''The Dinah Shore Chevy Show'' - 12 January 1958
A fun variety show with lots of singing, dancing, and comedy. Guests include Julie Andrews, Art Carney, Chita Rivera and Elliott Reid. Dinah Shore seems very…
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Go for Broke (1951)
A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission with Japanese-American volunteers. We follow the training of a…
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Spring Fever (1951)
A Paul Terry Terrytoon cartoon in which Gandy Goose gets spring fever and runs away from home, and promptly runs into a fox, proprietor of a roadside diner,…
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[Gay Garner in Vulture Mountains, Arizona]
In roughly 1950, Ray Garner filmed this silent footage home movie of wife Ginny and 5-year-old daughter Gay, probably taken in the Vulture Mountains…
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Law in Lampasas (Trackdown)
Aired 11 October 1957 (Season 1, Episode 2). [The "MPEG4" file is the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265 (HEVC).]
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Single-Handed (1953)
A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son. 20 years later the boy is on a ship under his…
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''People are Funny'' - Rolls Royce
This had been uploaded before, but with lower picture quality. In this 1958 episode of "People are Funny", two families compete to win a Rolls Royce by…
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Dialing Tips
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Decoy 1957
Decoy (also titled Policewoman Decoy ) [1] is an American crime drama television series created for syndication and initially broadcast from October 14, 1957,…
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''Four Star Playhouse'' - Once To Every Woman
An episode of the popular 1950s anthology series. This episode stars Teresa Wright and is about a very lonely woman who meets a man. Aired 1 March 1956 on CBS…
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''The Jimmy Durante Show''
With Barbara Whiting as the guest. This is a sitcom/variety show, with lots of jokes about Jimmy Durante's nose. Features the original commercials for Old…
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''The Rosemary Clooney Show'' - Buster Keaton as guest
A 1956 episode of Rosemary Clooney's variety series. This episode features Buster Keaton doing two comedy sketches, plus child Gail Stone doing two songs.…