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5,281–5,328 of 563,643 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 Stolen Paradise Feature · Subtitles A coming of age drama about a young boy in Florida who is torn between love for his step-sister and a possible future as a priest. Internet Archive The Last Time I Saw Paris 1954 · Feature · 1 h 55 min Title: The Last Time I Saw Paris Summary: Charles returns to Paris to reminisce about the life he led in Paris after it was liberated. He worked on "Stars and… Internet Archive The Unknown 1927 colorized 1927 · Feature From IMDB: A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018528 Very… Internet Archive Great Train Robbery, The 1903 · Film · Subtitles 05:41:38 Man in office - two gunmen burst in to rob him 05:45:32 Gunmen stop train - everyone gets off with hands off 05:47:14 Robbers run to detached… Internet Archive 'Dead' A-Bomb Hits U.S. Town, 1958/03/13 1958 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) B-47 a-bomb fell on house in SC, first such accident (2) Los Angeles - automatic control of machine tool production line, using punched tape, developed by… Internet Archive The Perfect Clue Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles A spoiled rich girl runs away from home when her father announces that he is going to marry a lady that the girl does not like. She gets involved with an… Internet Archive Dancing On The Moon 1935 · Cartoon · 7 min A Fleischer cartoon in the Color Classics series. Plot taken from IMDb: Honeymooning couples of various animal species take a rocket ship excursion to the… Internet Archive Phantom from Space (1953) 1953 · Feature · Subtitles Phantom from Space (1953) is a science fiction film that revolves around a mysterious alien entity. The story begins when a UFO crashes near a remote location… Internet Archive Jacare 1942 · Feature Psudo-Documentary of the Amazon Jungle with many staged action sequences and hepitological herpetological errors. Internet Archive millie 1931 radio pictures Feature · 1 h 24 min · Subtitles helen twelvtrees is millie. millie is luren into the big city and married to a wealthy man.after a few years and a baby ,she leaves the husband and child to… Internet Archive Carnival Of Souls 720p 1962 Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival. - IMDB 720p version. Internet Archive Librarian, The 1947 · Film · Subtitles "SHOWS THE WORK OF A CATALOGUER, THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN, THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN, THE LIBRARIAN WHO WORKS WIITH CHILDREN & THE LIBRARIAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN A… Internet Archive Entre Hierba, Polvo Y Plomo(1984) 1984 · Feature Best available print I could find. PLOT: A Young boy takes after his father as a drug lord and rises to power ultimately resulting in a tragic feud between… Internet Archive Santa Claus (1959) 1959 · Feature IN WIDESCREEN AND IN ITS ORIGINAL SPANISH AUDIO! DISCRETION: THIS FILM MAY FRIGHTEN YOUNGER VIEWERS! PLOT: With the aid of Merlin, Santa Claus must defeat the… Internet Archive Unsewing Machine, The, La Machine Decoudre Patrcia Barzyk, Pierre Semmier, Sophie Moyse, Isabelle Strawa, Sophie Vanacker, Sylvie Mouttet + Jean Pierre Mocky 1986 · Feature An MKV version of Jean-Pierre Mocky's The Unsewing Machine (La Machine a Decoudre). Apparently the funding for this epic did not include wardrobes for the… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 2) 1939 · Home movie · Subtitles 4:00:47:29 - 04:02:39:24 color silent 1939-40 Can marked: "Electrical, Industrial, Food and State Buildings; night scenes" Electrical section, Industrial &… Internet Archive The Dark Tower 1943 · Feature · 1 h 33 min A British circus-drama. Read about it at the IMDb. Internet Archive Watch with Mother - Andy Pandy (The Cart) 1952 · TV · 16 min · Subtitles Watch with Mother - Andy Pandy: The Cart British show for young children first shown as part of the ‘Watch with Mother’ strand. First transmitted on the BBC… Internet Archive For Good Living (Brown Derby Beer Promo) 1937 · Short · 18 min · Subtitles Sales promotional film for Brown Derby beer, a house brand of Safeway Stores; shows the brewing process. Internet Archive Tuesday in November 1945 · Film · Subtitles "It is early morning of the first Tuesday in November. This is an American city. A city that is not very large, not very rich, not very old. It is situated in… Internet Archive The Real Miss America 1952 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles 1952 RKO Pathe recruiting newsreel for women, produced for the DOD. "' The Real Miss America is interesting, moving and highly effectual . . . Should prove… Internet Archive 1933 - Adolf Hitler - Rede an die SA und SS-Maenner im Berliner Sportpalast am 8. April (5m 03s, 640x480) Short · 5 min 1933 - Adolf Hitler - Rede an die SA und SS-Maenner im Berliner Sportpalast am 8. April (5m 03s, 640x480) Internet Archive Classic Doctor Who S01-26 (1963) 2022 · TV This is an archive of all of the serials from all 26 seasons in the highest quality I could find, compiled from various different sources. These serials have… Internet Archive The Story Of Heidi English Version Cartoon The Story Of Heidi English Version,download and keep,very rare show,not on tv anymore,enjoy. Internet Archive Combat Firing with Hand Guns 1944 · Short · 17 min A Film Bulletin outlining proper procedures for aiming, firing, etc... of hand guns. Internet Archive Spies of the Air Feature “Nothing new, but perfectly done” (IMDB review quote). Spies, counterspies and an illicit love affair in a fast-paced espionage thriller that foreshadowed the… Internet Archive Brooklyn Goes to San Francisco 1947 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Brooklyn native Phil Foster tours San Francisco and comments on many places of interest. Internet Archive Activity Group Therapy (Part II) 1950 · Short · 19 min · Subtitles Shows socially-maladjusted boys 10 to 11 years old being benefitted therapeutically by "acting out" their disturbances upon their environment and each other… Internet Archive HG Wells - The Shape Of Things To Come 1979 1979 · Feature . G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come is a 1979 Canadian science fiction film directed by George McCowan , and starring Jack Palance , Barry Morse ,… Internet Archive Babies and Breadwinners (Part I) Short · 13 min · Subtitles Presented by: U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service and Bureau State Services. Produced by the Communicable Disease Center… Internet Archive Fitting Faces 1940 · Film · Subtitles 00:21:41 Girl in robe in front of vanity, doing nails, lipstick etc. 00:22:40 CU Mary in mirror putting on glasses VO: "Uh-oh, now she's gone and ruined… Internet Archive Story of a City: New York 1946 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles Pictorial explanation of historic & economic causes for emergence of new york as one of world's largest cities & of its vital relation to rest of America.… Internet Archive Gen. Adolf Takes Over, 1942/01/07 1942 · Newsreel "The cleverest anti-Nazi propaganda yet! You will howl with glee when you see and hear what our London newsreel friends have cooked up for Hitler and his… Internet Archive Odd Man Out (1947) James Mason, Kathleen Ryan, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack 1947 · Feature Odd Man Out is a 1947 British film NOlR directed by Carol Reed, and starring James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, and Kathleen Ryan. Set in a Northern… Internet Archive Flight Overdue 1952 · TV · Subtitles Tales Of Tomorrow ep Flight Overdue * Season: 1 * Episode: 26 * First Aired: 3/28/1952 Internet Archive Trail of the Rocket (Part I) 1951 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Singers Lucille and Johnny, whose radio show is sponsored by Oldsmobile, are invited to visit the Olds factory to see why the product is superior. While… Internet Archive "Tannhauser" (1913) starring Florence La Badie 1913 · 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 "Children Who Labor" (1912) 1912 · 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 "Robin Hood" (1922) starring Douglas Fairbanks 1922 · 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 A Trip to Jupiter (1909) 1909 · Feature The King and his official astronomer are alone in the study viewing the heavenly bodies through the monstrous telescope. They go out on the balcony and the… Internet Archive Fatty Joins The Force 1913 · Short · 13 min Plot taken from IMDb: After rescuing the Police Commissioner's daughter from drowning, Fatty is rewarded with a position on the force, but soon finds that the… Internet Archive 1960 episode of 'Queen for a Day' 1960 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles One of the few surviving episodes of "Queen for a Day", from 1960. One of the strangest shows ever to air on TV. Please note that most shows of the 60's were… Internet Archive Quicksand (1950) [P&M] DVD Rip (1.4GB) 1950 · Feature When the Archive didn't have a copy of the film that met my standards for quality, I found this version on Bittorrent. Even then, it's not perfect -- but,… Internet Archive Trapped By Television 1936 Feature · 1 h 3 min Not to be confused with "Murder By Television" starring Bela Lugosi. This film is about a young inventor trying to get his television system financed. A gang… Internet Archive The Powers Girl (1943) Carole Landis Anne Shirley 1943 · Feature · Subtitles The 1943 modeling comedy The Powers Girl with Carole Landis, Anne Shirley, George Murphy, Dennis Day, and Benny Goodman You can learn more about Carole Landis… Internet Archive Modern Guide to Health 1947 · Cartoon · 8 min Animation short promoting general health awareness. NHS in 1947. Public health. Public Health Campaign Films. Post War era. Humorous cartoon treatment of… Internet Archive Riders of the Whistling Skull Feature · 52 min A lost city, a forbidden temple, an ancient curse, and the Three Mesquiteers make for one of the strangest westerns ever seen. Internet Archive [Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota 1938-39] (Part V) 1938 · Home movie · 16 min · Subtitles Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.