The world's archives

5,809–5,856 of 563,640 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 Bell from Hell 1973 · Feature · 1 h 32 min Title: Bell from Hell Summary: A young man is released from an asylum and returns home for revenge on his aunt and her three daughters, who had him declared… Internet Archive Miracles From Agriculture 1960 · Film · Subtitles Presents today's supermarkets as the showplaces of agriculture. Discusses methods of improvement in the growing, handling, processing, and shipping of food… Internet Archive L'homme Mouche 1903 · Short · 1 min Long before Fred Astaire or Lionel Richie danced on the ceiling, there was Georges Méliès as "The Human Fly" in L'homme Mouche. 'Nuff said. L'homme Mouche,… Internet Archive Classic Commercial for Du Mont Laboratories Television Sets 1949 · Commercial · 1 min A classic commercial for Du Mont Laboratories Television Sets. I took this from an episode of "School House" that somebody uploaded. Note: While the TV… Internet Archive Beware of Mental-itis! 1937 · Film · Subtitles 06:01:15:21 Salesman dressed in turn of twentieth century fashion on circus-like stage in front of large anatomical drawings; calls forward audience with his… Internet Archive Kismet (1943) Feature · 1 h 58 min Indian cinema's first real blockbuster film. Released in 1943, the movie is therefore now out of copyright according to Indian and other international… Internet Archive Jerky Turkey 1945 · Cartoon · 7 min A Home Front cartoon by Tex Avery. Release date: 7 April 1945. Downloaded from Public Domain Movie Torrents. Plot taken from IMDb: The Pilgrims land at… Internet Archive A Woman's Devotion 1956 · Feature Title: A Woman's Devotion Summary: A newly married American couple vacationing in Mexico is prevented by the police from leaving Acapulco when the husband… Internet Archive I Will Buy You 1956 · Feature Masaki Kobayashi’s pitiless take on Japan’s professional baseball industry is unlike any other sports film ever made. A condemnation of the inhumanity bred by… Internet Archive Abilene Town 1946 colorized (Randolph Scott) 1946 · Feature Abilene, Kansas, in the years following the Civil War, is a town divided in two, with the cattlemen who want an open prairie on one side and the homesteaders… Internet Archive The Black Widow 1947 colorized clifhanger serial 1947 · Feature The Daily Clarion hires detective story writer Steve Colt (Bruce Edwards) to investigate the deaths of a group of scientists working on an atomic rocket… Internet Archive Paroled - To Die 1938 · Feature · 54 min · Subtitles Title: Paroled - To Die Summary: Meline is taking money from his own bank to drill an oil well. When he finds Doug Redfern's bandana, he has his gang rob his… Internet Archive City That Never Sleeps (1953) Gig Young, William Talman - Film Noir 1953 · Feature City That Never Sleeps is a 1953 American film noir crime film directed by John H. Auer and starring Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold,… Internet Archive Scarecrow 1920 · Short · 19 min http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011656/ nota: 8.3 in IMDB ^^ Is a great film!!! Internet Archive David and Goliath Cartoon · 5 min Mel-O-Toons sometimes erroneously called "Mello Toons", was a series of animated cartoons produced in 1960 by New World Productions and syndicated by United… Internet Archive Science in Action: Drilling for Oil (Part I) 1956 · Film · Subtitles Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. In this episode, host Earl Herald interviews Howard G. Vesper, VP of… Internet Archive True Experience of Officer Harold Sewell, The 1938 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Dramatized screen ad showing how a flashlight powered by Eveready batteries prevents a train wreck. Internet Archive Big Calibre Feature · 58 min · Subtitles A Bob Steele western with elements of mad science and horror. The climactic chase scene is not to be missed. Filmed in Lone Pine, California. Directed by… Internet Archive The Persuaders! (1971 - 72) Complete Series 1971 · TV British action comedy series starring Tony Curtis and Roger Moore as a mismatched pair of millionaire playboys who reluctantly team up to solve cases which… Internet Archive Becky Sharp 1935 · Feature A novel by William Makepeace Thackeray inspired this tale of a ruthless woman's rise and fall in English society. Internet Archive The Cosmic Man 1959 · Feature Title: The Cosmic Man Summary: A spherical UFO proves to contain one alien visitor. How to deal with him? Investigators disagree... Directed by: Herbert S.… Internet Archive Scandal Sheet (1952) Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, John Derek - Film Noir 1952 · Feature Scandal Sheet is a 1952 film noir directed by Phil Karlson. The film is based on the novel The Dark Page by Samuel Fuller, who himself was a newspaper… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Vacation 1966, Reel 2] 1966 · Home movie · Subtitles driving POVs New Mexico (town, probably Santa Fe) pixillated highway strip sequence along US 66 (great) Chicago in distance Chicago freeways Lake Shore Drive… Internet Archive Extra (Esso Screen Ad) 1938 · Cartoon · 1 min · Subtitles Part-animated screen ad for Esso "Extra" gasoline. Internet Archive Wicked As They Come (1954, UK) Arlene Dahl, Philip Carey, Herbert Marshall - Film Noir Full Movie 1956 · Feature Wicked as They Come (Portrait in Smoke in the United States) is a 1956 British film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Arlene Dahl, Philip Carey and Herbert… Internet Archive Battles of Chief Pontiac 1952 colorized (Lex Barker) 1952 · Feature In the Great lakes region of pre-Revolutionary America, a Colonial officer and scout (Lex Barker) tries to broker a peace deal between Indian chief Pontiac… Internet Archive 16mm Motion Picture Projector: Care and Maintenance, The 1961 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles Training film for military projectionists. Internet Archive The Inventor Crazybrains and his Wonderful Airship 1905 · Short · 2 min The original French title is Le dirigeable fantastique ou le cauchemar d’un inventeur . Internet Archive Sudden Birth (Outs) 1966 · Film · Subtitles Filmed in Berkeley, Calif., with Berkeley police officers and emergency personnel. Childbirth outtakes Internet Archive Romance of a Lemon 1927 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Elegy to the sour fruit: how it's farmed and how it's used, with some unusual applications. Internet Archive What pretending to be crazy looks like 2021 · Feature Original: https://youtu.be/Mwt35SEeR9w https://web.archive.org/web/20210526185751/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwt35SEeR9w The description says: Does the… Internet Archive The Long Night (1947) Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price, Ann Dvorak 1947 · Feature The Long Night is a 1947 American film noir crime-drama directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by RKO Pictures. It is a remake of Le Jour Se Lève (1939) by… Internet Archive Bride of Frankenstein (restored, colorized) (1935, horror, imdb score: 7.8) Feature Bride of Frankenstein is a 1935 American science fiction horror film , and the first sequel to Universal Pictures ' 1931 film Frankenstein . As with the first… Internet Archive Four Star Playhouse 48 episodes 1952 · TV · Subtitles Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company;… Internet Archive Sweepstake Annie Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles Annie Foster works in the movie business, and we get to see behind the scenes of a movie shoot in the 1930's as we meet Annie and her universe. She wins a… Internet Archive City of Hope Short · 16 min · Subtitles Los Angeles Sanitarium and Expatients Home presents City of Hope, operated by the Jewish Consumptive and Expatients Relief Association. 0572 PA8041 City of Hope Internet Archive Black Knight 2003 · Cartoon · 3 min Stop motion animated film juxtaposing the Star Wars universe with Monty Python humor. Internet Archive White Zombie 1932 · Feature · 1 h 6 min No more uploads I was very satisfied with FTP uploading at archive.org. I was able to see exactly how much of the upload had been completed. I was able to see… Internet Archive Magic Bricks 1908 · Short · 3 min A conjurer in Chinese garb jumps out of a box that's about two feet wide and six inches high. He conjures an assistant from the same box plus a young woman,… Internet Archive A Super Máquina - Knight Rider (1982) - 2º Temporada 1982 · TV Knight Rider (pt: O Justiceiro e br: A Super Máquina) é uma série de televisão produzida por Glen A. Larson (que também fez outras séries como Galactica, Duro… Internet Archive Midnight Intruder 1938 · Feature Title: Midnight Intruder Summary: A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is a suspect. Directed… Internet Archive Now You're Talking 1927 · Cartoon · 8 min An instructional film for the telephone using a combination of animation and live action. Produced by Max and Dave Fleischer. Copied at 24fps from a 35mm… Internet Archive Duffy the Mascot 1934 · Cartoon Fétiche Mascotte (Duffy the Mascot, aka The Mascot, aka Puppet Love, aka The Devil's Ball) (1934), a strange story about a loving dog puppet who practically… Internet Archive The Monster 1925 · Feature · 1 h 35 min Title: The Monster Summary: A meek clerk who doubles as an amateur detective investigates some very strange goings-on at a remote mental sanitarium. Directed… Internet Archive Caravan Feature “Hollywood hooey from Gainsborough” “Mad, bad and wonderful” “Amiable tosh” “What a hoot!” (IMDB reviews quotes). A dashing young Englishman with amnesia… Internet Archive Activity Group Therapy (Part IV) 1950 · Short · 10 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 Missing Girls Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles Gangsters grab a Senator's daughter and her friend after shooting the Senator, but an intrepid newspaper reporter saves the day. Internet Archive Galveston Hurricane and Tidal Wave of 1900 Short · 7 min At the first news of the disaster by cyclone and tidal wave that devastated Galveston on Saturday, Sept. 8th, 1900, we (Thomas Edison Films) equipped a party…