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3,985–4,032 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 A Soapy Opera (1952) 1952 · Feature A Terrytoons cartoon released 27 September 1952. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/a-soapy-opera-1952/ Internet Archive WINTER WAR 1959 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 30119 WINTER WAR SECOND FILM COVERING KOREAN WAR HISTORY - NARRATED BY WILLIAM H. LAWRENCE, NEW YORK TIMES CORRESPONDENT. Internet Archive Los Tallos Amargos(1956) 1956 · Feature Los tallos amargos es una película argentina de 1956, dirigida por Fernando Ayala , protagonizada por Carlos Cores y Aída Luz , con música de Astor Piazzolla… Internet Archive ''The Dinah Shore Show'' - Possibly 15 January 1952 1952 · TV · 14 min · Subtitles 1950s Pop music show aired in a 15-minute time-slot. Songs include "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)", "The Memphis Blues"… Internet Archive ''The Inner Flame'' - Misc 1955 episode (upgrade) 1955 · TV · 14 min · Subtitles This has been uploaded before, but this is an upgraded copy. This is an episode of "The Inner Flame", a soap opera of the 1950s. Complete with the original,… Internet Archive The Perry Como Show - 9 March 1955 1955 · TV · 14 min · Subtitles Como was on vacation, so Julius La Rosa guest-hosts this episode of the 15-minute series. Songs include: "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" (sung by La Rosa), "You'll… Internet Archive ''Four Star Playhouse'' - Henry And The Psychopathic Horse 1955 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles An episode of the popular 1950s half-hour anthology series. This episode, a comedy, stars David Niven (who was also the producer) and was originally telecast… Internet Archive Kraft Television Theatre: Keep Our Honor Bright 1953 · TV · 52 min · Subtitles Aired 14 Oct. 1953. (Season 7, Episode 7) James Dean plays a college student who is accused of cheating. Written by George Roy Hill. Internet Archive Family Portrait - A Film on the Theme of the Festival of Britain 1951 1950 · Short · 23 min Family Portrait - A Film on the Theme of the Festival of Britain 1951 Documentary short directed by Humphrey Jennings. Jennings is often cited as the ‘father’… Internet Archive Colorful Mexico City and its surroundings around 1950 [A.I. enhanced & colorized] 1950 · Feature Stunning film footage of Mexico City and nearby places, filmed towards the end of the 1940s or at the beginning of the 1950s. The film shows great views of… Internet Archive Hooky Spooky (1957) 1957 · Feature On their way to Night School, Casper the Friendly Ghost and his pal, Spooky Ghost, pass a zoo, and Spooky has a good time scaring the animals until Casper,… Internet Archive The Mysterious Cowboy (1952) 1952 · Feature The Mysterious Cowboy is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Mannie Davis. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-mysterious-cowboy-1952/ Internet Archive The Oompahs (1952) 1952 · Feature A family of musical instruments, the Oompahs. Conflict strikes when the son wants to hang out with his rebellious friends, going against his… Internet Archive Wide Open Spaces (1950) 1950 · Feature A duck becomes sheriff in a Western town ruled by Dead Eye Dick. Dead Eye warns: "This town ain't big enough few two of us and I ain't leaving!" Watch on… Internet Archive ''The Kate Smith Hour'' - 11 February 1954 1954 · Interview · 59 min · Subtitles Daytime variety/talk show. Kate Smith sings a few songs, plus there is an interview with T. Coleman Andrews (Commissioner of Internal Revenue), some guest… Internet Archive ''The Rosemary Clooney Show'' - Tennessee Ernie Ford 1956 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles A 1956 episode of Rosemary Clooney's half-hour pop music series. This episode features her and Tennessee Ernie Ford lip-syncing songs, mostly standards.… Internet Archive Dining Together 1951 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive The Sun's Family 1950 · Educational Introduces solar system basics: stars, planets, the profession and practice of astronomy. Contains stock footage of airplanes, observatories, and sunsets and… Internet Archive Kremlin Visit. Macmillan Talks With Khrushchev - A Fizzle, 1959/02/26 1959 · Newsreel · Subtitles Macmillan visit to Kremlin in Moscow, meets with Khrushchev, sit at table (partial newsreel) Internet Archive Hypnotized (1952) 1952 · Feature Little Rocquefort and the resident-cat are engaged in their usual cat-versus-mouse activities when the cat finds and reads a book on hypnotism. He soon has… Internet Archive Log Rollers (1953) 1953 · Feature Heckle and Jeckle, the talking magpies, are in need of upgraded-housing and decide to help themselves to the logs and lumber laying unused in Big Pierre's… Internet Archive Howdy Doody - 29 December 1953 1953 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of the popular children's TV series. Includes original commercials for Kellogg's Rice Krispies. Also includes the classic network ID. Internet Archive Far East parley. U.S. and Red China Confer in Geneva, 1955/08/04 1955 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) Geneva Conference in Far East with China, and Red China announced11 fliers released by China, young interpreter reads statement (2) 12th Marines train in… Internet Archive The Towers 1957 · Educational · 12 min · Subtitles Director-Photographer, William Hale ; Producer, Antonio M. Vellani ; Music, Thomas Cutkomp Simon Rodilla, an Italian-American tile setter, wanted to leave his… Internet Archive Communist Blueprint for Conquest 1955 · Film Anti-communist film, partly animated, with memorable sequences including a typewriter typing hammer and sickles, a piano player playing a score of hammer and… Internet Archive ''Four Star Playhouse'' - Here Comes The Suit 1955 · TV · 24 min · Subtitles An episode of the popular 1950s half-hour anthology TV series "Four Star Playhouse". This episode is a comedy, and stars David Niven. In this episode, a man… Internet Archive Law and Order (1950) 1950 · Feature A radio program tells the story: Cats lure mice with a peep show, then drop them into ice cube trays. The semi-frozen mice are then sold to cats for 5 cents… Internet Archive Magoo's Cruise (1958) 1958 · Feature Magoo is mistaken for a foreign spy. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/magoos-cruise-1958/ Internet Archive Willie the Kid (1952) 1952 · Feature Little Willie's large imagination turns his family-home in the suburbs into the old Wild West when he puts on his cowboy suit, guns, holsters and hat, and… Internet Archive The Frightened Witness (Cavalcade of America) 1957 · TV · 24 min · Subtitles A witness to a homicide is intimidated into silence. aired 19 February 1957 Season 5; Episode 21 [The "MPEG4" file is the source file. Download it if your… Internet Archive Answering the Child's Why 1951 · Short · 11 min A cautionary film for parents and teachers that dramatizes actual situations in which youngsters meet both positive and negative attitudes toward their… Internet Archive Howdy Doody - 7 June 1954 1954 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of the popular children's TV series. Includes original commercials for Blue Bonnet margarine, and Royal Instant Pudding. Also includes the classic… Internet Archive Bull Fright (1955) 1955 · Feature Casper, the Friendly Ghost, travels south of the border down Mexico way. He comes upon a baby bull, who is attempting to imitate his father, a hero of the… Internet Archive Injun Trouble (1951) 1951 · Feature Injun Trouble is a Terrytoons cartoon directed by Eddie Donnelly. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/injun-trouble-1951/ Internet Archive Rival Romeos (1950) 1950 · Feature Heckle and Jeckle, despite the animals falling in love all around, swear they won't. Of course, immediately after they say this, a pretty girl drops a hanky,… Internet Archive The Bushwhackers (1951) 1951 · Feature Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arrives in Independence, Missouri shortly after the Civil War, intending never again to use a gun. He finds that rancher… Internet Archive Trees and Jamaica Daddy (1957) 1957 · Feature Trees and Jamaica Daddy is a Jolly Frolics cartoon directed by Fred Crippen, Lew Keller. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/trees-and-jamaica-daddy-1957/ Internet Archive Llevame Contigo(1951) 1951 · Feature Llévame contigo es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Juan Sires según el guion de Eduardo Borrás que se estrenó el 20 de abril de 1951… Internet Archive Albert in Blunderland 1950 · Film Animated critique of New Deal–type liberalism. In a dream “Albert,” a worker in a statist economy, is forced to watch a state-sponsored “free movie” on… Internet Archive [Home movie: 098992: Home movie from an Arkansas family in the 1950s that had a large farm (Ullrich Recreation Place and Fun Farm) and traveled regionally] 1956 · Home movie Home movie from a white Arkansas family in the 1940s that had a large farm (Ullrich Recreation Place and Fun Farm) and traveled regionally; this reel features… Internet Archive Reds Back Down Release 26 From Hijacked Airlines, 1958/03/10 1958 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) Panmunjon Korea hostages Hijacked Airlines from released, and another crisis due to shooting down of an American patrol jet (2) California USS Grayback… Internet Archive I Married Joan: Lateness 1953 · TV · 21 min Season 1, Episode 26 Aired 8 Apr. 1953. Actors: Geraldine Carr; Bob Jellison; George Perroni Runtime: 21:27 Internet Archive House Busters (1952) 1952 · Feature The Talking Magpies, Heckle and Jeckle, are working as professional house-wreckers, and they run up against an escapee, wanted-criminal bulldog who is hiding… Internet Archive Magoo's Homecoming (1959) 1959 · Feature Magoo ends up at the zoo instead of his college homecoming. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/magoos-homecoming-1959/ Internet Archive The Perry Como Show - 7 March 1955 1955 · TV · 14 min · Subtitles Como was on vacation, so Julius La Rosa is the guest-host for this 15-minute episode. Songs include: "Mr Sandman" (sung by La Rosa), "But Not For Me" (La… Internet Archive 1955 - Dementia - John Parker 1955 · Feature For Academic / Educational Use Only Internet Archive What About Prejudice? 1959 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive The Loretta Young Show: Forest Ranger 1954 · TV · 23 min · Subtitles Season 1, Episode 30 Aired 18 April 1954. Actors: Robert Foulk; Bruce Cowling; Christopher Dark