The world's archives

1,201–1,248 of 609,162 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 Devil Times Five 1974 · Feature · 1 h 27 min Three adult couples are terrorized by a group of murderous recently escaped mental patients at a snowbound lodge. The twist is that the five psychos are… Internet Archive The Wrong Road 1937 · Feature · 52 min Title: The Wrong Road Summary: A young unmarried couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the… Internet Archive Invisible Strangler 1976 · Feature · 1 h 35 min A convicted strangler, studying the paranormal in his jail cell, learns to make himself invisible. As an invisible man, he escapes from prison to stalk the… Internet Archive Police Station 1959 · Short · 29 min · Subtitles This is a 1959 episode of a police drama called "Police Station". This show dealt with the day-to-day goings on in the Precinct 11 Station. 39 episodes were… Internet Archive Betty Boop for President 1932 · Cartoon · 6 min Betty runs for the office of President against Mr. Nobody. Both candidates state their platform through song and dance, referring to political issues of the… Internet Archive Cottage to Let 1941 · Feature · 1 h 26 min AKA: Bombsight Stolen A wartime evacuee (George Cole) from London arrives in a small Scottish village to stay in Mrs Barrington's (Jeanne De Casalis) cottage.… Internet Archive 1967 Oben / Unten (Up / Down) 1967 · Feature With the Rockband "The Iceni" and NN Five men in white clothing floating against a black background. And in the split screen above the torso of a man. Below… Internet Archive Slick Sleuths 1926 · Short · 7 min · Subtitles Mutt and Jeff play Sherlock Holmes style detectives on the trail of the mysterious "Phantom". Originally release in 1926, this film was hand coloured in the… Internet Archive Murder on the Campus 1933 · Feature · 1 h 9 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : A popular young student finds herself accused of a series of murders that have occurred on the college campus. Her boyfriend, a reporter for… Internet Archive Frolics On Ice 1939 · Feature · Subtitles Also known as "Everything's on Ice." You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive TEXAS, BROOKLYN AND HEAVEN video quality upgrade Feature · 1 h 16 min · Subtitles This is a sharper and cleaner print with a smaller download file than the existing IA copy. A cute and quirky romantic comedy with a large supporting cast… Internet Archive Confessions of a Vice Baron 1943 · Feature · 59 min On the eve of his execution, a vice-rackets bigshot (Willy Castello) recalls his various exploits in crimes such as abortion and white slavery, in which he… Internet Archive All Over Town 1937 · Feature · Subtitles Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson star as vaudevillians who attempt to stage a cursed show. Internet Archive The Hanged Man 1974 · Feature · 1 h 8 min Title: The Hanged Man Summary: Miraculously still alive after his hanging, gunfighter James Devlin defends a young widow's farm from a vicious land grabber.… Internet Archive Home Town Story 1951 · Feature · 1 h 1 min Blake Washburn (Jeffrey Lynn) blames manufacturer MacFarland (Donald Crisp) for his defeat in the race for re-election to the state legislature. He takes over… Internet Archive I Prosseneti, Panderers 1976 1976 · Feature Italian movie with a host of soft core stars. Italian language with English Subtitles Internet Archive Sons of Steel 1934 · Feature · 1 h 4 min Chadburne Steel is run by two brothers, old men. They each have different plans for their sons. Curtis (Holmes Herbert) has put Ronald (William Blakewell)… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's Triple Trouble 1918 · Short Charlie Chaplin's 50th Film released In 1918. (put together by Essanay from unfinished Chaplin films two years after he had left the company) Triple Trouble… Internet Archive Take Me Back To Oklahoma 1940 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Below the Deadline 1936 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles A young jewelry store employee and her policeman boyfriend get entangled with jewel thieves. Internet Archive My Man Godfrey (1936) Feature · 1 h 34 min A ditzy socialite finds a homeless man for a scavenger hunt and then hires him as their butler. Internet Archive Hittin' the Trail 1937 · Feature · 58 min Tex Randall (Tex Ritter) gets arrested for murder and horse rustling but it's all a case of mistaken identity. The town's big-shot gets him off the hook and… Internet Archive Rawhide 1938 · Feature · 58 min Baseball superstar Gehrig (Lou Gehrig) is one of several ranchers being coerced by a bunch of bandits. His sister (Evalyn Knapp) and her lawyer/lover (Smith… Internet Archive Mr. Wise Guy 1942 · Feature · 1 h 9 min · Subtitles The number eight in the East SIde Kids series. The kids are sent to reform school after being falsely accused of stealing a truck. Internet Archive [Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire, A] 1906 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles PLEASE NOTE: A much higher-quality DV version (2.3 GB) now available at http://www.archive.org/details/TripDownMarketStreetrBeforeTheFire Pictures San… Internet Archive Blake of Scotland Yard 1937 · Feature · 1 h 13 min Sir James Blake has retired from Scotland Yard so that he can assist his niece Hope and her friend Jerry in developing an apparatus they have invented. Sir… Internet Archive Bulldog Drummond's Peril 1938 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles Another trip to the altar for Hugh (Bulldog) Drummond and Phyllis Clavering is averted when, at a pre-wedding gathering at the Clavering estate in… Internet Archive Boothill Brigade 1937 · Feature · 52 min Rancher Reynolds (Frank LaRue) has fired his men and hired killers and is now using a crooked land deal to put the other ranchers off their land. Calico… Internet Archive Mysterious Mr. Wong, The 1934 · Feature · 50 min · Subtitles Taken form IMDB : Investigating a series of murders in Chinatown, wise-guy reporter Jason Barton is captured by the megalomaniacal Mr. Wong, desperately… Internet Archive With Words and Music 1937 · Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles A gangster revives the careers of a faded Gilbert and Sullivan troupe in an elaborate scheme to get back at the girl who rejected him. The plot is farfetched,… Internet Archive The Adventures of Tartu 1943 · Feature · Subtitles AKA "Sabotage Agent" A beautiful girl! A dangerous mission! A Brit (Robert Donat) who happens to be fluent in both Rumanian and German -- and a top-notch… Internet Archive Air Force Special Film Project 416,"Power of Decision" 1958 · Feature · Subtitles This item was obtained and uploaded by the National Security Archive - http://www.nsarchive.org - an independent non-governmental research institute and… Internet Archive The Three Musketeers 1921 · Feature · 1 h 59 min The young Gascon D'Artagnan (Douglas Fairbanks) arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the… Internet Archive The Iron Mask 1929 · Feature · 1 h 12 min King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the… Internet Archive People Are Funny 1946 · Feature · 1 h 26 min Two rivaling radio producers try to get the same sponsor. So they try to overtop each other with new ideas. Internet Archive The Chinese Room Feature · 1 h 40 min · Subtitles The Chinese Room is an award-winning 2009 independent feature. It was shot on location in Washington, DC with an all-local cast and crew. It is a… Internet Archive THE MAGIC SWORD widescreen & quality upgrade Feature · 1 h 20 min · Subtitles This is the original, true widescreen print which is considerably brighter with better color and contrast than the existing copy here at IA. Produced and… Internet Archive The Case of The Screaming Bishop 1944 · Cartoon · 6 min · Subtitles A 1944 Columbia Phantasy cartoon parodying Sherlock Holmes. Originally released in Black and White. Hairlock Combs and his assitant Gotsome, of 223 Baker St,… Internet Archive Klondike 1932 · Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : Dr. Robert Cromwell performs a delicate operation, that has never been done before, and the patient dies. Charged with malpractice and… Internet Archive Doomsday Machine (1972) Feature · 1 h 22 min The Chinese have developed a doomsday device and the U.S. fears the will use it. A manned mission to Venus is stepped up. At the last minute three of the male… Internet Archive The Devil Bat 1940 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles By means of electrical stimulation, Bela Lugosi is making his bats grow larger than you ever thought possible. He offers you a sample of a new shaving lotion… Internet Archive Angel on My Shoulder 1946 · Feature · 1 h 41 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Killer Dill 1947 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Subtitles Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil. Internet Archive Prison Nurse Feature · 51 min · Subtitles Three young nurses volunteer to help in a state prison that has an outbreak of typhoid fever and get caught in an prison riot and break out. Internet Archive Manfish 1956 · Feature · 1 h 27 min Three deep sea divers get involved in murder while searching for a lost treasure. Internet Archive Build Your Vocabulary 1948 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Dramatizes the story of a father, who, after finding himself at a loss for words at a public meeting, follows his son's lead and starts a campaign of… Internet Archive Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police 1939 · Feature · 54 min · Subtitles Captain Hugh (Bulldog) Drummond and his fiancée, Phyllis Clavering, are at his ancestral home preparing it for their wedding when a historian arrives to… Internet Archive How a Watch Works 1949 · Cartoon · 18 min · Subtitles A simple demonstration of the basic design and operation of a watch, including stop-motion animation showing a watch being assembled from many parts.