The world's archives

145–192 of 21,877 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 The Hole 1962 · Cartoon · Subtitles This award winning animation accompanies improvised dialogue between Dizzy Gillespie and George Matthews, who play construction workers having a conversation… Internet Archive Viridiana 1961 · Feature Banned in Spain and denounced by the Vatican, Luis Buñuel’s irreverent vision of life as a beggar’s banquet is regarded by many as his masterpiece. In it,… Internet Archive Kwaidan 1965 · Feature After more than a decade of sober political dramas and socially minded period pieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically… Internet Archive Sword of Lancelot 1963 · Feature · 1 h 56 min http://imdb.com/title/tt0057547/ This was the loving...battling...lusty age of King Arthur...the Knights of the Round Table...the fabulous age of Camelot! All… Internet Archive Bloodlust! 1961 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles Title: Bloodlust! Summary: A crazed hunter kidnaps people and turns them loose on his private estate, where he hunts them for sport. Directed by: Ralph Brooke… Internet Archive The City of the Dead 1960 · Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles Title: The City of the Dead Summary: A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn,… Internet Archive Caesar the Conqueror 1962 · Feature An film account of Caesar's conquest of Gaul, focusing on his struggle with King Vercingetorix. Internet Archive Samurai Rebellion 1967 · Feature Toshiro Mifune stars as Isaburo Sasahara, an aging swordsman living a quiet life until his clan lord orders that his son marry the lord's mistress, who has… Internet Archive Red Beard 1965 · Feature A testament to the goodness of humankind, Akira Kurosawa's Red Beard ( Akahige ) chronicles the tumultuous relationship between an arrogant young doctor and a… Internet Archive The Phantom Planet 1961 · Feature · 1 h 22 min After an invisible asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere. - IMDB Description Internet Archive Hands Of A Stranger 1962 · Feature A concert pianist loses his hands in an accident and a surgeon replaces them with the hands of a corpse. Weird things begin to happen. Internet Archive Anatomy of a Psycho 1961 · Feature · 1 h 14 min Driven to the edge of insanity by the execution of his older brother, Chet (Darrell Howe) is boiling over with hatred. After getting his face slashed in a… Internet Archive The Longest Day (1962) 1962 · Feature "The Longest Day" is a historical war film that chronicles the events surrounding the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II on June 6, 1944. The film… Internet Archive Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb 1969 · Short · 18 min · Subtitles Interesting anti-drug film criticizing drug use as an inhibitor of necessary social change. Director: Alan Kishbaugh. Camera: Charles Sutton. Narrator: Chuck… Internet Archive Seduction of the Innocent 1966 · Film · Subtitles Sid's remake of The Terrible Truth is, in many ways, superior to it, if only because by the mid-sixties there were a lot more ways for kids to get themselves… Internet Archive Petticoat Junction "A Night at the Hooterville Hilton" 1963 · Short · 26 min · Subtitles This is Episode 13 Season 1 (17 December 1963) Music altered for copyright reasons. imdb page Internet Archive The Beverly Hillbillies TV Show 1962 · TV · Subtitles THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES did turn into television's number one show faster than any sitcom in history. A supreme television classic, this CBS-TV folklore… Internet Archive Evenings on the farm near Dikanka, the. 1961 · Feature · 1 h 6 min It is an immortal masterpiece of great Russian writer Nikolay Vasilevich Gogol (1809â1852). Action is developed on the eve of Christmas in Malorussia (so in… Internet Archive The Deadly Companions 1961 · Feature Title: The Deadly Companions Summary: An ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession… Internet Archive Tokyo Drifter 1966 · Feature In this jazzy gangster film, reformed killer Tetsu’s attempt to go straight is thwarted when his former cohorts call him back to Tokyo to help battle a rival… Internet Archive 1969 Soziale Plastik (Social Sculpture) 1969 · Feature · Subtitles With Joseph Beuys. Joseph Beuys accepts the challenge to expose himself to the anonymous audience. "Social Sculpture" was filmed in 1969 subsequently after… Internet Archive The Fall of the House of Usher 1960 · Feature Philip Winthrop calls upon his fiancée, Madeline Usher, at her family home. His presence is unwelcome, especially to Madeline's brother, Roderick. Roderick… Internet Archive The Curse of the Werewolf 1961 · Feature In eighteenth-century Spain, an adopted boy becomes a werewolf and terrorizes the inhabitants of his town. Internet Archive Santa Claus Conquers the Martians 1964 · Feature · Subtitles MPEG2 and AVI derived from http://www.archive.org/details/SantaClausConquersTheMartiansDVD ATTENTION – PLEASE READ BEFORE VIEWING OR DOWNLOADING THIS ITEM :… Internet Archive Django (1966) 1966 · Feature · Subtitles Django , directed by Sergio Corbucci , is a spaghetti western film that premiered in Italy on April 6, 1966 . It stars Franco Nero in a breakthrough role,… Internet Archive The Bat 1960 · Feature · 50 min · Subtitles Episode one of the series "The Dow Hour Of Great Mysteries" (31 Mar 1960) Kinescope recording of an elaborately staged television version of the often filmed… Internet Archive Petticoat Junction "Herbie Gets Drafted" 1963 · Short · 26 min · Subtitles Season 1 Episode 15 December 31 1963. Due to copyright concerns, the opening credits music has been replaced with a public domain recording of a traditional… Internet Archive Night of the Living Dead 1968 · Feature · 1 h 36 min A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse. - IMDB Description Internet Archive Beef Rings the Bell (Part I) 1960 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Beef's importance to American society and economy, and the Union Pacific Railroads's importance to the beef industry. Internet Archive Sam's Song 1969 · Feature · 1 h 28 min The original 1969 version of the film that was re-edited with new scenes in 1979 as "The Swap" and released again in 1989 as "Line of Fire". Internet Archive Gladiator of Rome 1962 · Feature · 1 h 39 min http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056026/ Spaghetti and sandal epic, dubbed in English. Gordon Scott, a warrior (no grapevines) protecting a slave girl, who is… Internet Archive Tormented 1960 · Feature · 1 h 16 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Terror Beneath the Sea 1966 · Feature · Subtitles Title: The Terror Beneath the Sea Summary: While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they saw what appeared to be a strange-looking… Internet Archive Stay Safe, Stay Strong: The Facts About Nuclear Weapons 1960 · Cartoon · 22 min · Subtitles Instructional film on nuclear weapons for U.S. Air Force personnel. This part-animated film includes an explanation of nuclear physics; footage of atmospheric… Internet Archive Red Chinese Battle Plan 1964 · Short · 25 min · Subtitles Cold War-era anti-Chinese propaganda film featuring footage of revolutionary activities and combat, 1921-64. Internet Archive The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1961 · Feature Title: The Day the Earth Caught Fire Summary: When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of… Internet Archive The Sadist 1963 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDb : Three people driving into Los Angeles for a Dodgers game have car trouble and pull off into an old wrecking yard where they are held at bay by a… Internet Archive This Is Hormel 1965 · Short · 30 min · Subtitles Perhaps one of the most disturbing films in the Prelinger collection. Do you really want to see your meat being prepared? Internet Archive Beef Rings the Bell (Part II) 1960 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Beef's importance to American society and economy, and the Union Pacific Railroads's importance to the beef industry. Internet Archive Incredible Machine, The 1968 · Film · Subtitles Informs viewer of the experimental advances in audiovisual communications techniques Bell Telephone Laboratories' researchers are experimenting with: computer… Internet Archive "The Wednesday Play" Cathy Come Home 1966 · Feature · 1 h 16 min Title: "The Wednesday Play" Cathy Come Home Summary: Cathy loses her home, husband and eventually her child through the inflexibility of the British welfare… Internet Archive Greenwich Village Sunday 1960 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles Exploration of the colorful counterculture of Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. Narrator: Jean Shepherd. Director, producer and screenwriter: Stewart… Internet Archive Booked for Safekeeping (Part I) 1960 · Short · 19 min · Subtitles Fascinating documentary made to train police officers in the assistance and management of mentally ill and confused persons, produced in New Orleans by… Internet Archive Challenge of Ideas, The (Part I) 1961 · Short · 25 min · Subtitles John Wayne, Edward R. Murrow and others discuss the ideological battle between U.S. and Soviet Union. Internet Archive The Devil's Hand 1961 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles Title: The Devil's Hand Summary: A man is haunted by visions of a beautiful woman. When he finally meets her, he winds up involved in a Satanic cult. Directed… Internet Archive UFO. (Complete Series) 1969 · TV UFO is a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth, created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill, and… Internet Archive Five Minutes To Love 1963 · Feature · 1 h 26 min Ben, Edna and their baby daughter (Will Gregory, Gaye Gordon, Geraldine Leder) are headed to California when their car breaks down. Ben ventures off to the… Internet Archive Alice of Wonderland in Paris 1966 · Feature · 52 min Young Alice, having become a celebrity for her adventures in Wonderland, is in her bedroom dreaming about visiting Paris and sharing adventures with story…