The world's archives
3,937–3,984 of 170,864 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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Death Valley Days
Death Valley Days is an American Western anthology series featuring true accounts of the American Old West , particularly the Death Valley country of…
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Code Name Zebra (1987)
A group of Vietnam War veterans declare war on Los Angeles drug dealers and the Mafia. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/code-name-zebra-1987/
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Kansas City Confidential (1952)
A down-on-his-luck ex-GI finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he's finally released for lack of evidence--after having been beaten up and…
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Gas (1944)
Gas is an animated short, directed by Chuck Jones and first released in May 1944. It features Private Snafu learning the value of a gas mask in warfare. The…
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Tokyo Woes (1945)
Tokyo Woes is a 1945 Mr. Hook short directed by Robert Clampett. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/tokyo-woes-1945/
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Felix April Maze [1930]
Felix and his nephews run into obstacles while trying to have a picnic. This 1930 Felix the Cat cartoon was shot silent and had post-synchronized sound added…
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Street of Chance (1942)
In this Cornell Woolrich thriller, a man's memory is recovered after being injured by falling construction material. Discovering a year-long lapse, he returns…
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Dangerous Assignment 1952 ( Ep 13-22)
Dangerous Assignment 1952 Spy Series Uploaded By Youtube's Sam's Classic Tv & Sam's Retro TV Please checkout & subscribe to my Youtube Channels This is the…
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The Gilded Cage
Melodrama about a woman trapped in a loveless marriage, preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Archive and the Library of Congress.
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Almost Live! - Season 7
Almost Live! was a local sketch comedy television show in Seattle , Washington , USA, produced and broadcast by NBC affiliate KING-TV from 1984 to 1999. A…
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Customers Wanted (1939)
Popeye and Bluto are running competing penny arcades, trying to bring in customer Wimpy. Of course, he would gladly pay Tuesday for a penny today. And of…
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Give Me Liberty (1967)
Someone has stolen the Statue of Liberty, and James Hound is to find it. He finds a recorded message with a clue. Flying as the message suggests, he finds the…
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Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931)
Lady, Play Your Mandolin! is the first Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Rudolf Ising of Harman and Ising. The short was released in August…
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Decoy: "The First Arrest"
Casey Jones (Beverly Garland) recalls her first arrest, while working undercover in a carnival.
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Our Cities Must Fight
Civil defense film admonishing United States city dwellers to stay and fight in case of enemy invasion, rather than evacuate. Filmed in New York and other…
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''Bride and Groom'' - Misc episode 2
An episode of the late-1950s NBC revival of "Bride and Groom". This was a show in which a couple who had decided to get married, would get married on the air,…
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Beautiful Dresden before its destruction at the end of WWII in color: Watch and weep!
This film shows the beautiful German city of Dresden not long before World War II around 1936. Watching this film becomes extremely emotional if one realizes…
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Ruby Gentry (1952)
A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/ruby-gentry-1952/
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Sons and Lovers (1960)
The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the…
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The Forger 2012 Dvdrip
A teenager wanders into Carmel, California, where he is soon introduced to the art-forgery community.
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Sherlock Holmes Och Kvinnan I Grönt (1945)
Sherlock Holmes Och Kvinnan I Grönt (1945) https://www.svtplay.se/video/8YwYpvJ/sherlock-holmes-och-kvinnan-i-gront Jag äger ej filmen, anledning för jag…
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CSI: Ottawa
CSI: Ottawa - Parody of the classic CSI shows set in Ottawa Canada. Starring the Spanish/Indian Gas Huffer!
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Scream Of Fear (1961)
UM GRITO DE PAVOR ( Scream of Fear, 1961 - UK ) ( Filme Completo / Legendado em Português ) Data de Lançamento: 05 de Junho de 1961 » SOBRE O FILME: Depois de…
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Honey, I Shrunk The Kids TV show Season 2 Episode 15 Honey, You'll Always Be a Princess to Me
Diane is suffering a mid-life crisis in which she tries to look younger and after a trip to the museum with her husband and son, she finds out about a spell…
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Adventures Of Robin Hood ( Ep 30 The Wanderer) HQ
British television series that ran from 1955 to 1959 for a total of 143 episodes. The series starred Richard Greene as Robin Hood and Dennis Wheatley as the…
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Angel And The Badman 2009 Xvid
A notorious gunfighter renounces violence upon falling in love with a Quaker woman, but must pick up his guns again when an old foe returns.
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Adventures Of Robin Hood (HQ) Ep 6 Guest For The Gallows
Television series that ran from 1955-1960 for a total of 144 episodes. Stars Richard Greene, Archie Duncan, Alexander Gauge, Alan Wheatley, Bernadette…
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Jams3D Love Taste Collab
The Jams3D Collab Made by: Part 1: Xerial Part 2: Jams3D Part 3: TKOP Part 4: Goldii Part 5: FreddoFrappe Part 6: Smamuel Part 7: Travis Plush Productions…
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Sherlock Holmes i fara (1946)
Sherlock Holmes och doktor Watson får i uppdrag att leta reda på några stulna tryckplåtar som används till sedelpressning. Efterspaningarna leder detektiven…
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Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1933)
In a circus tent, Betty, Bimbo and Koko demonstrate some gadgets reminiscent of TV ads; an animated sewing machine gets out of hand. Watch on RetroFlix:…
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Devils Of War
Poland, 1944. Assembled for a top-secret rescue mission, a daring team of special forces soldiers quickly find themselves trapped deep behind enemy lines.
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Shaolin Temple (1982)
The Shaolin Temple (少林寺) is a 1982 martial arts film directed by Chang Hsin Yen and starring Jet Li in his debut role (credited as Jet Lee in the film) along…
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Une balle dans le canon (1958)
Back from Indochina, Tony and Dick, two French soldiers, are now in possession of more than 20 million, entrusted by a trafficker. They buy a nightclub in the…
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Tony Little Target Training: Abdominal Muscle Toning And Reduction System
"Tony Little is a Certified Physical Fitness Specialist, former National Body building Champion....His One-On-One training methods...are serious and concise....
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Frankenstein ( Colorized, 1931) 720p
Frankenstein (1931) colorized with HAVC
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Connections: 4 -- Faith in Numbers
Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Directors, Mick Jackson, David Kennard; writer, James Burke Host James Burke shows how such inventions…
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Honey I shrunk the kids TV Show Season 2 Episode 6 Honey, We're Young at Heart
He's invented a machine that will make old people feel and act younger. However, it takes Diane and Wayne's youth, giving it to an older couple; the effects…
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Dreamboat (1952)
Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero - is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been violated,…
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The Flying Ace Part 1. 1920 {All Black Cast Silent Film} 1:05:50
The Flying Ace is a 1926 black-and-white silent drama film directed by Richard E. Norman with an all-African-American cast. This six-reel film, made by Norman…
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The Great Gabbo (1929)
For the ventriloquist Gabbo his wooden dummy Otto is the only means of expression. When he starts relying more and more on Otto, he starts going mad. Watch on…
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The Greeks Had A Word For Them (1932)
I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, along with other pictures of the era that I find interesting, so I'm uploading the best…
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THE IRON FISTED MONK ☯ THE MAGNIFICENT BUTCHER (English dubbed & Subtitled)
The Magnificent Butcher ( Chinese : 林世榮 ) is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-ping , and starring Sammo Hung , Kwan Tak-hing ,…
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The Informer (1929)
. The Informer is a 1929 British sound part-talkie drama film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Lya De Putti, Lars Hanson, Warwick Ward and Carl…
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Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane (1999-2000) teen sitcom - Selma Blair
Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane (1999-2000) teen sitcom - Selma Blair an American teen sitcom created by Daniel and Sue Paige, starring Selma Blair , David Moscow ,…
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ROBIN'S NEST (1977-81)
Now a qualified chef, Robin from "Man About the House" (1973) sets up home with his girlfriend, and a business with his girlfriend's father.
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Hell-bound Train (1930)
I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, as well as getting a head start on some 1930 films, so I'm uploading the best possible…
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Contra versus Contra
In "Contra vs. Contra," Devin Monnens mixes Konami's Contra and historical footage related to the Iran-Contra affair to create a piece that mixes video art…
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No Hiding Place - The Widower
No Hiding Place followed the cases of Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart at Scotland Yard and was a sequel series to Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, both…