The world's archives

4,849–4,896 of 609,158 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 Stormy Weather Feature “Screamingly funny!” “Don’t miss it” (IMDB reviews quotes). Tom Walls starrs in this risque comedy of British upper-middle-class morals. Yvonne Arnaud is a… Internet Archive A Hen In The Wind 1948 · Feature When a soldier returns home at the end of World War II, he refuses to forgive his wife for prostituting herself one night in order to pay off medical bills… Internet Archive La chauve-souris du diable 1940 · Feature · Subtitles Synopsis Le docteur Carruthers, inventeur de parfums, voue une rancune tenace à ses employeurs devenus riches grâce à ses assemblages. Pour se venger, il crée… Internet Archive Star Reporter 1939 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Nevada Buckaroo 1931 · Feature · 52 min When the Nevada Kid (Bob Steele) gets caught in a stage robbery, the gang leader Cherokee (George Hayes) gets him released by forging a petition to the… Internet Archive Opportunities Unlimited Cartoon · Subtitles Presented by LIFE and Fortune Magazines, an animated economic overview of the rise of the "middle income consumer." Directed by Steve Muffatti,animated by Ben… Internet Archive Drums of Africa 1941 · Feature · 1 h 2 min An expedition sets out to darkest Africa to find the fabled City of the Dead, and must battle thick jungle, hostile natives, wild animals and a deadly epidemic. Internet Archive CONEY ISLAND (1917) -- Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John Feature CONEY ISLAND (1917) Starring: Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Mann, Alice Lake, Joe Bordeaux, Jimmy Bryant Written and Directed by Arbuckle… Internet Archive Wreckless 1935 · Short · 17 min In her film debut, Patricia Morison plays the doe eyed daughter (Mary Jane) who yearned for a young car salesman (Martin Griffith) that was regularly getting… Internet Archive "The Rocky Road" (1910) director D. W. Griffith 1910 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive DRÁCULA. 1931. HD. Español. 1931 · Feature El conde Drácula abandona los Cárpatos y se traslada a Occidente, llevándose como sirviente a un contable. Una vez instalado, se enamora de una joven que ya… Internet Archive "A Child of the Paris Streets" (1916) starring Mae Marsh and Robert Harron 1916 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Where the Mountains Meet the Sea (Part I) 1959 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Introduces the city of Santa Monica, showing its amenities and the lives of its residents. A great snapshot of life in coastal California at the end of the… Internet Archive You're Out of Luck Feature · 56 min · Subtitles Frankie Darro and Mantan Moreland are back as amateur sleuths in this sequel to "Irish Luck." Happily Mantan has more screen time in this one. Directed by… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Medicus Collection: Paris International Exposition, 1937] 1937 · Home movie · Subtitles Extensive coverage of the Exposition, including buildings and exhibits; fireworks; the amusement area; and the "French Colonial Section" The Paris… Internet Archive Mr. Celebrity Feature · 1 h 7 min · Subtitles An orphan boy with his little dog, and a crisis that needs a miracle. Good stuff. Internet Archive Champagne for Caesar 1950 · Feature Title: Champagne for Caesar Summary: In order to get even with the pompous president of a soap company, an eccentric genius goes on his quiz show in order to… Internet Archive Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 1942 · Feature When a Nazi saboteur jeeringly predicts to the nation new depredations via the radio 'Voice of Terror', the Homeland Security Inner Council summons Sherlock… Internet Archive A Woman's Face 1938 · Feature In this dramatic thriller, Ingrid Bergman takes on an uncharacteristically vicious role as Anna, a bitter, nefarious blackmailer with a disfigured face.… Internet Archive The Cat's-Paw Feature · 1 h 41 min · Subtitles A naive young man who's lived almost all of his life in China returns to the US to find a bride, but instead is coerced into running for mayor. George Barbier… Internet Archive Ruthless (1948) Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer, Starring Louis Hayward, Raymond Burr, Zachary Scott 1948 · Feature Ruthless is a 1948 American drama Film Noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Raymond Burr, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn.… Internet Archive Seeing London 1920 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Tour through central parts of London. Internet Archive Escape By Night 1937 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive "Blue Blazes Rawden" (1918) 1918 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive King of the Damned Feature “Earnest political allegory” “One of the best” “Charismatic Conrad steals the show” (IMDB reviews quotes). A prison drama with political overtones in which… Internet Archive THE VILLAIN STILL PURSUED HER (1940) Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles Buster Keaton, Margret Hamilton, Billy Gilbert and Alan Mowbray star in this parody of melodrama. Internet Archive "A Drunkard's Reformation" (1909) director D. W. Griffith starring Arthur V. Johnson 1909 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Twin Husbands 1933 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles * Released: 1933-11-30 BW (Eng USA) * Comedy Thriller * Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corp.; Invincible Picture * Summary: "DUPLICITY" * STARRING: John Miljan… Internet Archive General Motors Around the World (Part I) 1927 · Film · Subtitles How one of the first multinational corporations organized itself to sell to the world under the leadership of Alfred R. Sloan. With excellent images of… Internet Archive Dr. Cyclops 1940 · Feature A mad scientist working in the South American jungle miniaturizes his colleagues when he feels his megalomania is threatened. Internet Archive Big Business 1929 · Feature Title: Big Business Summary: Ollie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual destruction fights with a homeowner.… Internet Archive The Gun Ranger 1937 · Feature · 54 min Ranger Dan Larsen (Bob Steele), after Wally Smeed (Ernie Adams) goes unconvicted of killing the father of Molly Pearson (Eleanor Stewart), resigning from the… Internet Archive School for Husbands 1937 · Feature Title: School for Husbands Summary: A couple of lonesome wives, Marion Carter and Diana Cheswick fall for philanderer Leonard Drummon, and arrange to get… Internet Archive Cool Hot Rod A 1953 · Film · Subtitles Uses narration by a teen-ager to show how a hot-rod club contributes to safe driving through its strict membership rules and restriction of speed runs to… Internet Archive The Marianas Operation 1949 · Feature This U.S. Marine Corps documentary shows the operation in the Marianas Islands group during World War 2 in detail. Phase 1. Saipan: The Invation of Saipan in… Internet Archive Show 'Em the Road (Part I) 1954 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Southern California teenagers join the Mobilgas "Safety and Economy" competition, driving from the Los Angeles area to the Inland Empire, the desert, to Las… Internet Archive Robert Wiene's "GENUINE A Tale of a Vampire" (1920) Feature · 44 min Rare silent film by the maker of "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari", released the same year. Unfornately, this is a 45 minutes condensed copy of the film. more info… Internet Archive The Barber of Seville Cartoon · 6 min While Tony Figaro is out to get his physical, Woody Woodpecker heckles the customers in the Seville Barbershop. Woody stands outside the shop looking at the… Internet Archive Captain Midnight 1942 colorized cliffhanger serial (Dave O'Brien) 1942 · Feature Captain Midnight (Dave O'Brien), a daring masked aviator who fights gangsters and the enemies of America, is asked for help by Major Steel (Joe Girard) of the… Internet Archive Look at Capitalism, A 1955 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Economic lecture on the merits and workings of capitalism. With Prof. Clifton L. Ganus of Harding College, Searcy, Ark. Internet Archive Venus Meets The Son Of Hercules Feature "Venus Meets the Son of Hercules" (1962) is another of the 14 peplum (sword and sandal) films included in the syndicated television package, the "Sons of… Internet Archive "The White Outlaw" (1925) starring Jack Hoxie and Marceline Day 1925 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Procrastinator, The 1952 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles When Jean becomes chairman of the social committee, she habitually fails to plan and use time wisely in carrying out her responsibilities. When she is unable… Internet Archive Night of the Living Dead 1968 · Feature Title: Night of the Living Dead Summary: A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a bloodthirsty,… Internet Archive Hill Street Blues Season 1 1981 · TV A gritty, realistic look at the life of cops in a large (and unnamed) metropolitan city. Led by Capt. Frank Furillo, the cops of the Hill Street Station kept… Internet Archive China Under Communism 1962 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles Foreign correspondent John Stroehm conducts a tour through the People's Republic of China. Internet Archive 1967 Selbstschüsse (Self Shots) 1967 · Feature I threw the camera in the air and in this way I was able to express my aversion to conventional film show and skip my own limits. (LUTZ MOMMARTZ) "Selfshots"… Internet Archive Adam 12 Season 1 1968 · TV The Complete First Season of Adam 12 Veteran police officer Pete Malloy and his rookie partner Jim Reed patrol the streets and encounter several incidents and…