The world's archives

4,993–5,040 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 Facts About Film 1948 · Film · Subtitles The Atlanta Board of Education and the International Film Bureau present Facts about Film. Produced by Phototronics, Inc. Internet Archive Death to Weeds 1947 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles Shows new herbicides incorporating 2-4-D. Internet Archive Studio One : The Nativity 1952 · TV · Subtitles Studio One : The Nativity IMDB PAGE TV Series: "Studio One" (1948) Original Air Date: 22 December 1952 (Season 5, Episode 13) CAST : Thomas Chalmers, Hurd… Internet Archive "The Silent Command" (1923) featuring Martha Mansfield, Bela Lugosi 1923 · 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 Master Hands (4K) 1936 · Short · 31 min · Subtitles First 4K scan of Master Hands, made by Adrianne Finelli on March 5, 2019 at Internet Archive from a 35mm print. Classic "capitalist realist" drama showing the… Internet Archive Raffles 1939 colorized (David Niven) 1939 · Feature Raffles is a gentleman thief known as the Amateur Cracksman, with a penchant for art and jewelry. However, after re-uniting with his old school chum's sister… Internet Archive Developing Responsibility 1949 · Film · Subtitles TELLS STORY OF HOW FRANK ASSUMES HIS EVERYDAY RESPONSIBILITIES AT HOME, AT SCHOOL, & ON HIS PAPER ROUTE, & IS REWARDED BY BEING GIVEN A PEDIGREED DOG BY A MAN… Internet Archive Gift of Green 1946 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Explains through animation the process of photosynthesis, and discusses its importance to our daily lives. Internet Archive The King Murder 1932 1932 · Feature · Subtitles Based on the actual murder of gold-digging showgirl Dorothy 'Dot' King in 1923. Internet Archive Einstein Theory of Relativity, The 1923 · Film · Subtitles Some shots worth logging. Title: "Time is Relative. It STRETCHES and SHRINKS!" other great titles, some animation Title: "A subject requiring a life-time to… Internet Archive The Hatchet Man 1932 · Feature · 1 h 13 min Title: The Hatchet Man Summary: Hatchet man is ordered to kill his close friend for the sake of Tong. Directed by: William A. Wellman Actors: Production… Internet Archive "The Lure of the Gown" (1909) director D. W. Griffith starring Florence Lawrence 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 Benson (Complete TV Series) (CTV) 1979 · TV Benson is an American sitcom television series that originally aired on ABC from September 13, 1979, to April 19, 1986. The show stars Robert Guillaume in the… Internet Archive THE RIVERSIDE MURDER video quality upgrade Feature This version has much improved contrast and brightness compared to the existing IA copy, and it is in the standard MPEG4 (MP4) format. “Really good murder… Internet Archive Tread Softly 1952 · Feature · 1 h 27 min Title: Tread Softly Summary: The star of a London musical walks out before the curtain up, but the show must go on in a haunted theatre, The Regency. 40 years… Internet Archive Whity(1971) 1971 · Feature Rainer Werner Fassbinder's tale of a servant who finally fights back against his cruel oppressors. Internet Archive Grief Street Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles A woman-chasing Broadway star is found strangled in his dressing room, with all the doors and windows locked from the inside. Whodunit? Internet Archive All Out for Victory 1943 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles Contributions of handicapped and disabled workers to World War II industrial production. Internet Archive REVISED-Shocker Internet Drive In Week 7 REDO - Vampires Feature · 1 h 58 min · Subtitles Since it was decided that the "Incredible Two Headed Transplant" was copyrighted and my previous version of Week 7 was deleted, I took some advice and created… Internet Archive Final Justice(1984) 1984 · Feature Homicidal sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo is tasked with escorting a mobster to Malta. When the prisoner escapes, Geronimo goes to catch him. Internet Archive Gemini Man Season 1 1976 · TV · Subtitles The Gemini Man Season 1 A secret agent has a watch that makes him invisible when pressed. However, he can only remain invisible for 15 minutes or else he will… Internet Archive Freedom and Power (Part II) 1952 · Cartoon · 12 min · Subtitles This opulently produced film defines freedom as the abundance of electric power, and reviews U.S. history from an electrocentric viewpoint. With animation. Internet Archive 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Feature 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Internet Archive Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor Cartoon · 16 min Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor is a animated cartoon short subject in the Popeye Color Feature series, produced in Technicolor and released to… Internet Archive Donovan's Brain 1953 colorized (Lew Ayres) 1953 · Feature When a millionaire's plane crashes near his home laboratory, a scientist removes the man's brain shortly after his death, keeping it alive in a tank and using… Internet Archive You're Never Too Young (1955 Comedy Jerry Lewis Dean Martin) 1955 · Feature · 1 h 42 min TAGLINES : 01) Dino's the singing dean of a girl's school, Jerry - a wolf in kid's clothing - in a class by himself with 503 coeds. 02) BACK TOGETHER! The… Internet Archive Darkness Before the Dawn: The 1955 · Short · 21 min · Subtitles How the "Pride of Judea" organization, located in New York City, assists "at-risk" Jewish teenage boys. Producer: Arnold Panken. Associate Producer: Walter… Internet Archive Dropout, The (Part I) 1962 · Educational · 13 min · Subtitles Uses case studies to show why teenagers drop out of high school. Explains that some have problems in school, need money, are socially isolated and wish to… Internet Archive Beautiful Clothes (Make Beautiful Girls) 1942 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Harry Langdon lip syncs the title song and interacts with models. IMDb Page Internet Archive "The Saphead" (1920) starring Buster Keaton 1920 · 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 HORROR NIGHT 2 AT THE BIJOU (double feature) Feature The 2am Theater presents two horror cult classics in a simulated midnight double feature at an inner-city second-run theater. First up are the customary… Internet Archive [East Bay and Northern California, unedited footage] 1956 · Film · Subtitles Shot list could use improved locational specifics. 05:27:09:15 Night shot: illuminated multi-pane attraction feature panels with figures and landscapes,… Internet Archive "Something New" (1920) starring Nell Shipman 1920 · 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 Mason of the Mounted 1932 · Feature · 53 min Canadian Mountie Mason (Bill Cody) is sent south of the border to look for a horse thief with only a watch chain for evidence. He befriends young Andy (Andy… Internet Archive The Scarlet and the Black (1983) 1983 · Feature "The Scarlet and the Black" is a historical drama film directed by Jerry London, based on the true story of a Catholic priest during World War II. The film… Internet Archive American Girl, An - the Problems of Prejudice (Part I) 1958 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles An adolescent girl in a small town tests her democratic heritage when she pretends to be Jewish and encounters prejudice. She explores the problem of… Internet Archive The Curtain Falls 1934 · Feature · 58 min · Subtitles * Released: 1934-10-02 * Drama (Eng. US) * Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corp. * Made and released by Poverty Row Motion Picture Studio * Filmed at RKO Studios… Internet Archive War of the Satellites 1958 · Feature Title: War of the Satellites Summary: An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in… Internet Archive [Amateur Film: Wathen Collection: Niagara Falls and Austin, Texas] 1947 · Home movie · 8 min · Subtitles Excellent amateur footage of Niagara Falls and scenes in Austin, Texas, including the Texas State Capitol building. Internet Archive Triumph of America (Part I) 1933 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Auto manufacturing as an expression (and motivator) of America's economic success. Internet Archive 1980 Tango durch Deutschland (Trailer) 1980 · Feature Tango Through Germany: Eddie Constantine is given the chance to lead a new and better life but he fails. Musik: Astor Piazzolla / Kamera: Lutz Mommartz,… Internet Archive Dracula Prince Of Darkness 1966 1966 · Feature An entire decade after his demise, the blasphemous Count Dracula is resurrected by his servant and preys on four unsuspecting English tourists who have taken… Internet Archive As the Twig Is Bent... 1943 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles On the problem of youth crime during World War II and the fear that America would lose a generation of children to delinquency. Internet Archive Rusty Knife 1958 · Feature Rusty Knife was the first smash for director Toshio Masuda, who would go on to become one of Japanese cinema’s major hit makers. In the film, Yujiro Ishihara… Internet Archive elephants dream 2006 · Cartoon Elephants Dream (Sueño de los Elefantes) es el primer cortometraje de la historia de animación realizada prácticamente usando sólo software libre y que además… Internet Archive Federal Fugitives 1941 · Short · Subtitles WWII has just started, and Federal Agent Madison spots a man in Washington D.C. that might be a wanted saboteur. Internet Archive Apache Blood 1975 · Feature · 1 h 29 min Western IMDB Movie Information Internet Archive Native Land 1942 · Feature By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions.…