The world's archives

6,145–6,192 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 Sidney Olcott's BEN-HUR (1907) Short · 10 min Very first film version of Lew Wallace's best seller. An unauthorised one too which was successfully sued by the right owners. A notorious precedent for… Internet Archive La Chaise à Porteurs Enchantée 1905 · Short · 3 min A man stands in front of a backdrop painted with a nature scene. From a fan, he conjures a costume, then a woman appears inside it. An assistant carries in a… Internet Archive The Space Adventures of Flash Gordon 1955 · TV · Subtitles This is episode number 17 of the one and only season of the original Flash Gordon television series from the 1950's. In this episode The evil Queen Credentia… Internet Archive Unlock Your Heart (2021) 2021 · Feature Ai is a 3rd grade high school student. She is popular among students and she is also a honor student. She has a crush on her classmate Tatoe, who seems… Internet Archive [Amateur Skating Champs] 1950 · Newsreel · 1 min · Subtitles National Rollerskating Championships get under way in Oakland Auditorium. Newsreel story. Internet Archive The Sleeping Tiger 1954 ★★★ (CC) British Film-noir [1:28:32] 1954 · Feature · 1 h 29 min · Subtitles he Sleeping Tiger is a 1954 British film noir directed by Joseph Losey and starring Alexis Smith, Dirk Bogarde and Alexander Knox. It was Losey's first… Internet Archive Insaciable (1979) 1979 · Feature Insaciable es una película de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Armando Bó sobre su propio guion que fue producida entre 1976 y 1979 y se estrenó… Internet Archive Old Bones of the River 1938 · Feature · 1 h 26 min Title: Old Bones of the River Summary: In this British comedy, a professor travels up river in Africa to open schools. But his new pupils are not receptive… Internet Archive Chapaev Feature · 1 h 30 min «Chapaev» â the Soviet feature film of 1934. On I International Moscow film festival in 1935 Sergey Eisenstein was which chairman of jury, founders of… Internet Archive They Met in the Dark 1943 colorized (James Mason) 1943 · Feature A Royal Navy Commander (James Mason) is court-martialed after losing some secret documents and vows to track down those responsible. He meets a Canadian woman… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Hudson River Streamliner] 1985 · Home movie · Subtitles Record of a railway excursion in 1985 organized by the Tri-State Railway Historical Society, Inc., in cooperation with New Jersey Transit and Conrail. Leaves… Internet Archive Friday the Thirteenth 1933 · Feature · 1 h 22 min Flashbacks tell the stories of the 13 passengers on a bus that crashes. Internet Archive Telegram for America 1956 · Short · 19 min · Subtitles History, technology and 1950s-era practice of the telegraphy business. Internet Archive Corsair 1931 Colorized 1931 · Feature Entertaining comedy-drama about a bored young stockbroker who decides to give it up and become a pirate. Stars a great cast for those who love early movies:… Internet Archive Way of the Mantis 2006 · Cartoon · 6 min Here is our thesis animation completed at RIT. It is the story of an impetuous Chinese monk who finds he has a thing or two to learn from an unlikely source.… Internet Archive Good Against Evil 1977 · TV · Subtitles This is a movie length pilot for a series that never materialised. Blatantly influenced by 'The Exorcist' it stars Dack Rambo (who later appeared in 'Dallas'… Internet Archive The Other Love 1947 · Feature Title: The Other Love Summary: Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she… Internet Archive Mutiny Ahead Feature · 59 min · Subtitles Neil Hamilton plays a wealthy man-about-town who gets mixed up with gangsters and a search for hidden treasure. Internet Archive The Tingler (1959) 1959 · Feature The Tingler is a 1959 American horror film produced and directed by William Castle. It is the third of five collaborations between Castle and writer Robb… Internet Archive The Spy in Black 1939 · Feature · 1 h 18 min Title: The Spy in Black Summary: A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet. Directed by: Michael Powell Actors: Conrad… Internet Archive Traverser la rue sous un drap noir 2005 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Notre 5eme Kino. (avril 2005) Tres-court metrage artistique sur un sujet percutant. Inspire d'une oeuvre de l'artiste francais Ben Vautier. www.kino640.org Internet Archive The Locked Door 1929 · Feature Title: The Locked Door Summary: On her first anniversary Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character from her own past, and… Internet Archive The Glass Key 1942 colorized (Brian Donlevy, Alan Ladd) 1942 · Feature When his sister's gambler boyfriend is killed, a crooked politician finds himself being framed for the murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during… Internet Archive Quiet Please: Murder 1942 · Feature Title: Quiet Please: Murder Summary: Book thief/forger sells a fake book to a Nazi through a female agent. A detective tries to uncover who the forger is and… Internet Archive Boulder Dam Film · Subtitles Government-sponsored film about the building of the Boulder dam. Internet Archive Robinson Crusoe C 1927 · Film · Subtitles Silent film version of Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe, directed and produced (and starring) M.A. Wetherell. In three parts. Internet Archive Chicago Syndicate 1955 · Feature Title: Chicago Syndicate Summary: An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets.… Internet Archive Tales of the Unexpected (1979 - 88) Complete Series 1979 · TV British anthology series created by Roald Dahl and produced by Anglia Television for ITV. Internet Archive Hands Of A Stranger Feature · 1 h 25 min [1962]starring Paul Lukather ,James Stapleton A concert pianist loses his hands in a car crash, but a surgeon gives him new ones. The experimental medical… Internet Archive Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937) Feature · 53 min Hanvey is a detective who's hired by an insurance company to find a missing emerald. He finds it, when he tries to turn it in, serious complications arise. Internet Archive Asking for Trouble Feature “Miller is a unique chap in this delightful romp” (IMDB review quote). A hodgepodge of a screwball comedy starring British film and music hall comic Max… Internet Archive Guest in the House (1944) Feature · 1 h 36 min Story of a young woman's obsessive love. Evelyn (Anne Baxter), an emotionally unstable woman, stays at the home of her doctor Dan Proctor (Scott McKay). She… Internet Archive Jake And The Fatman Season 1 1987 · TV The Complete Season 1 Former cop J.L. McCabe -- aka "The Fatman" -- has built a remarkable record of convictions in his new career as a district attorney,… Internet Archive Supercar "complete" 1961 · TV Supercar was a children's TV show produced by Gerry Anderson and Arthur Provis's AP Films for ATV and ITC Entertainment. Supercar is a vertical takeoff and… Internet Archive Jack's the Boy Feature “Diverting entertainment” “Creaky fun” (IMDB reviews quotes). Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge costarr in this fast-talking comedy of the London… Internet Archive Who Shall Reap? 1969 · Film · Subtitles Insects or humans? Weeds, diseases, and other pestilence that confound farmers and threaten the worlds food supply. Shotlist CU fossilized insect CU… Internet Archive Erich von Stroheim's THE WEDDING MARCH (1928) Feature · 1 h 49 min Co-starring Zasu Pitts and Fay Wray whose career was pricesely launched by this film. Apparently, the sequel "The Honneymoon" was definitively lost during the… Internet Archive Le Thaumaturge Chinois 1904 · Short · 3 min A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol… Internet Archive Howdy Doody - 1 November 1951 1951 · TV · 29 min · Subtitles An episode of the popular children's TV series. Includes original commercials for Kellogg's Rice Krispies and Halo Shampoo. Also includes the classic network… Internet Archive Ladies In Retirement (1941) Ida Lupino, Louis Hayward - Film Noir Full Movie 1941 · Feature Ladies in Retirement is an American 1941 film noir directed by Charles Vidor, and starring Ida Lupino, Louis Hayward, Evelyn Keyes. It is based on a 1940… Internet Archive Roads To Romance Film · Subtitles Travelogue, made for theatrical showing and commissioned by Cheverolet, promoting tourism by car in several areas, including Oak Creek Canyon in Arizona, San… Internet Archive The American Revolution 1994 · Feature Title: The American Revolution Summary: Thorough documentary of how the American Colonies rebelled against England and the personalities involved in the… Internet Archive Incredible Machine, The 1968 · Film · Subtitles Informs viewer of the experimental advances in audiovisual communications techniques Bell Telephone Laboratories' researchers are experimenting with: computer… Internet Archive Pearls Of The Deep 1966 · Feature A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s directors.… Internet Archive Home Economics Story, The 1951 · Film · Subtitles This idealized story of four years in the life of Kay, Jean, Helen, and Louise evokes the lost world of Iowa State's Home Economics Division in the fifties.… Internet Archive Jap Films of Hiroshima, 1946/08/05 1946 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) Japanese Films of atomic bomb blast at Hiroshima, released one year later (2) Underwater atom blast rocks Bikini (line down middle of film frames) Admiral… Internet Archive 1944 - Junge Adler (1h 41m, 368x272) Feature · 1 h 41 min · Subtitles 1944 - Junge Adler (1h 41m, 368x272) Internet Archive Library Organization 1951 · Film · Subtitles "Explains the card cataloguing and the Dewey Decimal systems in use in a library and shows how detailed understanding of library organization assists in…