Space from the world's archives

1–48 of 17,316 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 Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women 1967 · Feature · 1 h 19 min · Subtitles A team of astronauts crashes on the surface of Venus. Accompanied by their robot, they explore the surface and end up destroying the Venusian God. This film… Internet Archive Cosmos: War of the Planets 1977 · Feature · 1 h 29 min · Subtitles A spaceship intercepts a mysterious message and then crashes on the planet the message is being sent from. There they uncover a force that threatens to take… Internet Archive Teenagers from Outer Space 1959 · Feature · 1 h 25 min · Subtitles A young alien (David Love) falls for a pretty teenage Earth girl (Dawn Anderson) and they team up to try to stop the plans of his invading cohorts. Internet Archive Assignment Outer Space 1960 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDb: In the 21st century Ray Peterson, reporter for the Interplanetary News, is assigned to write a story aboard a space station. Tension mounts between… Internet Archive The Phantom Planet 1961 · Feature · 1 h 22 min · Subtitles A spaceship is drawn towards a planet populated by tiny people where the atmosphere shrinks the astronauts as well. This film was featured on the television… Internet Archive First Spaceship on Venus 1960 · Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles A spaceship on a mission to Venus uncovers an increasingly sinister secret. You can find out more about this film on its IMDB page . Internet Archive Destroy All Planets 1968 · Feature · 1 h 29 min · Subtitles Aliens try to take over the world by seizing control of Gamera's brain. You can find out more about this film on its IMDB page . Internet Archive Phantom From Space 1953 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDb: An alien being lands in Santa Monica. Killing two people who attacked him due to the menacing appearance of his spacesuit, the creature takes it… Internet Archive Planet Outlaws 1953 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles Buck Rogers (1939) re-edited from serial to feature format and re-released for theatrical distribution in 1953; an American soldier suspended in time wakes up… Internet Archive The Phantom Planet 1961 · Feature · 1 h 22 min · Subtitles Classic sci-fi from 1961. A rocket crashes on an invisible planet during an investigation. The surviving astronaut encounters a race of miniature people: the… Internet Archive Fantastic Planet 1973 · Feature · Subtitles https://web.archive.org/web/20230203200854/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Planet Internet Archive Attack From Space 1959 · Feature · Subtitles From IMDb: Benevolent aliens from the planet Emerald send superhero Starman to protect Earth from invasion by an evil alien race called the Spherions. When… Internet Archive Phantom Planet 1961 · Feature · 1 h 22 min · Subtitles After an invisible asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere. Internet Archive Warning From Space 1956 · Feature · 1 h 27 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : UFO's are seen around Tokyo. Because they look like giant starfish the aliens cannot approach us without creating panic. Hence one of them… Internet Archive Evil Brain From Outer Space 1964 · Feature · Subtitles This Modified American version is in the public domain. From IMDB: A monstrous evil brain from outer space leads his minions on a crusade to conquer the… Internet Archive Teenagers From Outer Space 1959 · Feature · 1 h 25 min · Subtitles A young alien (David Love) falls for a pretty teenage Earth girl (Dawn Anderson) and they team up to try to stop the plans of his invading cohorts. NOTE: This… Internet Archive Rocky Jones, Space Ranger - Crash of the Moons 1954 · Feature · 1 h 12 min Cruising the galaxy in his space ship "The Orbit Jet" Space Ranger, Rocky Jones (Richard Crane), Vena Ray (Sally Mansfield), Winky (Scotty Beckett) and 10… Internet Archive Attack from Space 1964 · Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles Benevolent aliens from the planet Emerald send superhero Starman to protect Earth from invasion by an evil alien race called the Spherions. Internet Archive Captain Z-ro 1955 · Short · 25 min · Subtitles Captain Z-ro (starring and created by Roy Steffens) was a children's television space opera featuring the eponimous time traveller and his companion, Jet… Internet Archive Killers From Space 1954 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles Attack by monsters from another planet! IMDB page Internet Archive Star Odyssey (Italian Star Wars) 1979 Feature · 1 h 28 min · Subtitles Third in a series of Italian science fiction films clearly inspired by Star Wars. This entry features a couple of comical robots. Three other films in the… Internet Archive Rocky Jones, Space Ranger - Menace from Outer Space 1956 · Feature · 1 h 15 min Cruising the galaxy in his space ship "The Orbit Jet" Space Ranger, Rocky Jones (Richard Crane), Vena Ray (Sally Mansfield), and 10 year-old Bobby (Robert… Internet Archive The Phantom Planet 1961 · Feature · 1 h 22 min Title: The Phantom Planet Summary: After an invisible asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's… Internet Archive Warning from Space 1956 · Feature · 1 h 27 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : UFO's are seen around Tokyo. Because they look like giant starfish the aliens cannot approach us without creating panic. Hence one of them… Internet Archive Assignment Outer Space 1960 · Feature In the 21st century Ray Peterson, reporter for the Interplanetary News, is assigned to write a story aboard a space station. - IMDB Description Internet Archive Killers from Space 1954 · Feature · 1 h 10 min A scientist monitoring atomic tests, killed in a plane crash, is revived by aliens so he can spy on the tests and help them conquer the world. - IMDB… Internet Archive Horrors of the Red Planet Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles "Buzzard of Mars" "Possibly the most pointless movie ever made" "No doubt the worst Mars movie" "Horse of a different color" "Morons mess up Mars" (IMDB… Internet Archive Purple Death From Outer Space Feature · Subtitles Feature Length complication movie of the "Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe" Cliffhanger Serial. Internet Archive Planet Outlaws 1953 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles Buck Rogers and his pal Buddy (Jackie Moran) are released from suspended animation after 500 years. They discover that the world is under the thumb of… Internet Archive Destroy All Planets (1968) Feature · 1 h 21 min · Subtitles widescreen version and quality color. Gamera falls under the control of evil aliens, but two captured boy scouts help free him . Upon he freedom he returns to… Internet Archive Teenagers From Outer Space (1959) Feature · 1 h 28 min Teenagers from Outer Space (1959) A young alien (David Love) falls for a pretty teenage Earth girl (Dawn Anderson) and they team up to try to stop the plans… Internet Archive Voyage To The Planet Of Prehistoric Women Feature "Voyage to the Planet of the Prehistoric Women" (1968) is the second of two reworkings of "Planeta Bur," a Soviet sci-fi film from 1959. The first was the… Internet Archive Passage De Venus (1874) 1874 · Feature · Subtitles The 1874 passage of Venus over the face of the sun was very popular with scientists. Many expeditions to the best viewing points in the world were organized;… 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 Killers from Space 1954 · Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles From IMDb : Atomic scientist Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on a reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Miraculously appearing unhurt at… Internet Archive Warning From Space 1956 · Feature · 1 h 26 min · Subtitles Aliens come to Earth to warn humanity about a planetoid that'll destroy both Earth and the aliens' world. The fate of both planets rests in the hands of one… Internet Archive It The Terror from Beyond Space 1958 colorized (Marshall Thompson) 1958 · Feature IA rescue mission to Mars finds only one survivor of the first expedition, who claims that the rest of them were killed by something unknown. On the way back… Internet Archive Teenagers in the Universe (Otroki vo vselennoj) 1974 · Feature · 1 h 19 min The best Soviet fantastic film for children. Film continuation "From Moscow To Cassiopeia" (Moskva-Kassiopeya) Director: Richard Viktorov Cast: Misha Ershov,… Internet Archive From Moscow To Cassiopeia (Moskva-Kassiopeya) 1973 · Feature · 1 h 19 min The best Soviet fantastic film for children. The second part of a film is called "Teenagers in the Universe" (Otroki vo vselennoj) Director: Richard Viktorov… Internet Archive Invaders From Space (1965) Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles The last of the STARMAN (SUPERGIANT in Japan) features from USA producer Walter Manley, edited together from the 1950s Japanese TV advetures. This MPEG2 file… Internet Archive Space 1999 (Complete Series 1) 1975 · TV Space 1999 is a British science-fiction television series that ran for two seasons and originally aired from 1975 to 1977. The series was the last production… Internet Archive Battle Beyond The Sun Feature The space race is on between two countries. Who's going to land on mars first? Look for the scene with two goofy looking monsters battling on an asteroid. Internet Archive PHANTOM FROM SPACE video quality upgrade Feature · Subtitles This print is much sharper and cleaner than the previously available IA copies. “A little gem” “Better than you’d expect” “Phantom is good fun” “Underrated… Internet Archive Monster From A Prehistoric Planet Feature An improved version of "Monster from a Prehistoric Planet" from AIP-TV aka "Gappa, the Triphibian Monster" (1967). The story bears a strong resemblance to… Internet Archive Evil Brain From Outer Space Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles More adventures of Super Hero StarMan (aka Super Giant in Japan.) The film is already on IA, but now there is a Mpeg2 available. Simply use a program like… Internet Archive I Married a Monster from Outer Space 1958 colorized (Gloria Talbott) 1958 · Feature One by one, the people in a small town start behaving oddly. The new wife (Gloria Talbott) of one of them (Tom Tryon) follows her husband one night and… Internet Archive Highlights 1965: A Progress Report (Part I) 1965 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles 1965 NASA Progress Report, from the Office of Space Science and Application. Produced by Norwood Studios, Inc. for the National Aeronautics and Space… Internet Archive Warning From Space (AIP-TV version 1963) Feature This is the AIP-TV version of "Warning from Space" with the Titra soundtrack and greatly improved color and detail, plus no annoying frameline as seen in…