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9,025–9,072 of 609,142 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 Shoot First 1953 · Feature Title: Shoot First Summary: A retired U.S. Army Colonel living in England stumbles upon a spy ring when he shoots buckshot at a poacher during a hunt.… Internet Archive 1934 - Ich fuer dich - Du fuer mich (1h 24m, 512x384) Feature · 1 h 24 min · Subtitles 1934 - Ich fuer dich - Du fuer mich (1h 24m, 512x384) Internet Archive The Lawless (1950) (1080p) Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell, Johnny Sands 1950 · Feature The Lawless is a 1950 American FILM NOlR directed by Joseph Losey and features Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell and Johnny Sands. It is one example of film gris,… Internet Archive [Amateur film: Parade of Krewe of Rex, New Orleans, February 25, 1941] 1941 · Home movie · 9 min · Subtitles New Orleans festivities as they looked just before World War II. Internet Archive The Devilish Tenant Short · 6 min A Geroges Melies film from 1909 in which a new tenant moves in and fills the room with furniture taken from his suitcase. Internet Archive "Shattered" ["Scherben"] [1921] Feature · 1 h 1 min Criterion... One of the key films of the German kammerspiel movement, this silent work chronicles the tragic repercussions of a furtive love affair between a… Internet Archive Bring Me The Head Of Charlie Brown 1986 · Cartoon A parody of the Peanuts, made by CalArts student, and later Disney employee, Jim Reardon. When a bounty is placed on Charlie Brown's head, the other Peanuts… Internet Archive The Town That Dreaded Sundown 1976 1976 · Feature The story of a hooded serial killer who terrorized the town of Texarkana in 1946 and was never caught. Based on one of America's most baffling murder cases. Internet Archive "Two Daughters of Eve" (1912) director D. W. Griffith 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 The Avengers - Complete Season 4 (24 Episodes) (restored, colorized) (1966, TV series) TV The Avengers is a British espionage television series, created in 1961, that ran for 161 episodes until 1969. It initially focused on David Keel (Ian Hendry),… Internet Archive Black Friday (1940) Boris Karloff 1940 · Feature Black Friday (1940) Boris Karloff Internet Archive Mystery Broadcast 1943 · Feature Title: Mystery Broadcast Summary: A radio detective sets out to solve an old murder case, with the help of her sound man and another radio detective. They… Internet Archive What's It to You? 1955 · Film · Subtitles "The new film was designed to demonstrate dramatically the properties and suggested uses of the new product. A technician swings a baseball bat at a thin… Internet Archive Terrible Truth, The 1951 · Film · Subtitles CASE HISTORY TEENAGE GIRL'S INTRODUCTION TO USE OF NARCOTICS & PERSONAL & SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAT RESULT. BEGINNING W/OCCASIONAL MARIJUANA CIGARETTE, SHE… Internet Archive Post Office Investigator 1949 · Feature Title: Post Office Investigator Summary: A young postman becomes involved in the theft of rare stamps featuring inverted images of the Statue of Liberty.… Internet Archive The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977) 1977 · Feature Criminals hijack an airplane carrying five beauty contest finalists, but unknowingly they've also kidnapped a government agent carrying a dangerous virus that… Internet Archive Count Schlockula's Shock Show Volume 5 Feature · 1 h 36 min The count welcomes you to the next volume of Shock Show. Our feature is NIGHTMARE CASTLE Starring Barbara Steele in a dual performance. And the next to last… Internet Archive The Living Ghost 1942 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles A poverty-row mystery starring James Dunn. Also known as "A Walking Nightmare". Internet Archive The Giants of Thessaly 1960 · Feature · 1 h 27 min Title: The Giants of Thessaly Summary: In order to placate the angry gods, who have allowed Thessaly to be overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with… Internet Archive Red vs. Blue - Episode 03 - The Rookies Cartoon · 3 min While blue team discusses their new tank with their new rookie Caboose, red team sends rookie Pvt. Donut to blue base. Internet Archive Outsider, The 1951 · Film · Subtitles 00:00:43:00 The Outsider 35814 Susan Jane is fabulous as tormented young teen; other teen actors are pretty wooden. 00:01:34:00 camera zooms in slowly on… Internet Archive The Green Cockatoo 1937 · Feature Title: The Green Cockatoo Summary: A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a… Internet Archive The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) 1927 · Feature "The Lodger" is a silent horror-thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes. Set in London, the story revolves… Internet Archive Charlie Chan Films (restored, colorized) (1939-1942 period, suspense) Feature Charlie Chan is a fictional Honolulu police detective created by author Earl Derr Biggers for a series of mystery novels. Biggers loosely based Chan on… Internet Archive [Home Movies: New York City, 1936-1939] 1936 · Home movie · Subtitles Rowing in Central Park (color); Decoration Day parade 1939 (color); night exteriors of Times Square, including neon signs; Easter on Fifth Avenue; ride in… Internet Archive Ironside Season 7 1973 · TV · Subtitles The Complete series 7 of Ironside Internet Archive 1943 - Junker der Waffen-SS - Gestaltet nach Aufnahmen von SS Kriegs-Berichterstattern (14m 26s, 352x288) Short · 14 min 1943 - Junker der Waffen-SS - Gestaltet nach Aufnahmen von SS Kriegs-Berichterstattern (14m 26s, 352x288) Internet Archive Santos Dumont Explaining His Air Ship To The Hon. C. S. Rolls 1901 · Short Santos Dumont Explaining His Air Ship to the Hon. C.S. Rolls is a short film made using a sequence of frames that shows the inventor Santos Dumont explaining… Internet Archive Sinister Hands 1932 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles Murder at a seance. Internet Archive The Remarkable Mr. Kipps 1941 · Feature Title: The Remarkable Mr. Kipps Summary: Kipps the draper's apprentice falls in love with a girl above his station. When he unexpectedly inherits a fortune,… Internet Archive Trouble in Store 1953 · Feature Norman (Norman Wisdom) is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays.… Internet Archive Wonder World of Chemistry: A Film Story of Better Things for Better Living, The 1936 · Film · Subtitles Shots to be logged. Heavy use of opticals. Beautifully shot. Title: "Who changes the old and creates the new, serves Progress! This story of progress is the… Internet Archive "Rocky King Detective" - Murder, PH.D. 1953 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles Episode "Murder, PH.D." of the classic 50's TV series "Rocky King, Detective", which ran on the DuMont Television Network from 1950 to 1955. The series was… Internet Archive God's Horses 2012 Short · 1 min Synopsis Yachine is 10 years old, he lives with his family in the slum of Sidi Moumen in Casablanca. His mother, Yemma, leads the family as best as she can.… Internet Archive Four Boys And A Gun (1957) Frank Sutton, Tarry Green, James Franciscus, William Hinnant, Otto Hulett, Robert Dryden 1957 · Feature Four Boys and a Gun is a 1957 American film NOlR crime film directed by William Berke and written by Leo Townsend and Philip Yordan. The film stars Frank… Internet Archive Let's Go Bowling 1955 · Film · Subtitles Great shots in 1950s bowling alley. Great shots from one end of alley looking down rows of bowlers. Footage of famous professional bowler Marion Ladewig and… Internet Archive もっとご褒美♡【hololive/宝鐘マリン】 2021 · Cartoon Original: https://youtu.be/KSLgROP-WjA The description says: こういうのが好きなんだろ~ン??? 【MMD動画制作】 あさとし https://twitter.com/asatoshi1 SE:効果音ラボ様… Internet Archive 1941 - Venus vor Gericht (1h 22m, 544x400) Feature · 1 h 22 min · Subtitles 1941 - Venus vor Gericht (1h 22m, 544x400) Internet Archive American Revolution, The 1953 · Film · Subtitles Explains strategy, movement of forces and important battles of the revolutionary war. Geographical, social and political factors which brought victory. Internet Archive Parapsycho. Spektrum Der Angst 1975 Marisa Mell, Mascha Gonska, Mathieu Carrière, Peter Neusser, Alexandra Drewes, Debra Berger, Jane Tilden 1975 · Feature Austrian Horror film staring Marisa Mell, Leon Askin, Debra Berger. Not a lot of dialogue but I have not had a lot of luck with the English Subtitles. Looks… Internet Archive ["China Girl' Test Slate] 1970 · Short · Subtitles Test slate for color calibration featuring one of the anonymous female models known in the industry as "China Girl." Internet Archive The Mysterious Retort 1906 · Short · 3 min The original French title is L'alchimiste Parafaragaramus ou la cornue infernale . IMDb Page A color fragment of this can be found here . Internet Archive The Dark Past [1948] William Holden, Lee J Cobb, Nina Foch, Ellen Corby, Lo X 264 1948 · Feature The Dark Past is a 1948 American psychological thriller FILM NOlR directed by Rudolph Maté, and starring William Holden, Nina Foch, and Lee J. Cobb. The film… Internet Archive Life Is a Lark at Willow Grove Park 1956 · Film · Subtitles Features bands playing at music stand; plus 20 minute film of amusement park, rides and circus. Internet Archive Around the Corner 1937 · Film · Subtitles Dramatic and clear explanation of how a vehicle can turn a corner keeping the wheels from skidding because the differential is at work. 05:55:39:21… Internet Archive Yellow Canary 1943 · Feature Title: Yellow Canary Summary: A woman wrongfully accused of being a Nazi sympathizer is forced to move to Halifax, a city in the Canadian province of Nova… Internet Archive City Within a City, A 1964 · Film · Subtitles Film on the Pan Am Building in New York City. 04:04:20:18 VS men working on skyscraper construction site in New York City. Construction workers in hardhats;… Internet Archive Nothing to Argue About 1953 · Film · Subtitles Promoting the Raytheon television set. Salesman pays sales call on skeptical family and convinces each member in turn. Discussion of tuning, UHF, and picture…