The world's archives

1,345–1,392 of 563,905 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 No Man's Range 1935 · Feature · 55 min Summoned by Ed Oliver (Charles K. French), Jim Hale (Bob Steele) and sidekick Fuzz (Buck Connors) arrive at Oliver's ranch to find a range war in progress.… Internet Archive The Fashioned In, Les Branches A Saint Tropez 1983 Olivia Dutron, Xavier Deluc, Yves Thuillier, Alexandra Lorska, Ticky Holgado, Annemieke Verdoorn, Nathalie Sintes, Mahalia Dalmasso 1983 · Feature · Subtitles Young people running around in Saint-Tropez. Probably there is a plot in there somewhere, but it is really not the main draw of the movie. In Italian,… Internet Archive Pool Sharks 1915 · Short · Subtitles W.C. Fields first comedy short. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Phantom Of The Opera (Original Soundtrack) 2016 · Feature · Subtitles 1925 directed by Rupert Julian starring Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry and Arthur Edmund Carewe with Gibson Gowland, John st. Polis, Snitz Edwards,… Internet Archive Bulldog Drummond's Revenge 1937 · Feature · 54 min · Subtitles While driving to Rockford Manor with Algy and Tenny to join others in the wedding party before they leave for Switzerland, Hugh (Bulldog) Drummond comes… Internet Archive 1933 - Die Nuernberger Reichsparteitage der NSDAP aus den Jahren 1927, 1929 und 1933 Feature · 1 h 26 min · Subtitles 1933 - Die Nuernberger Reichsparteitage der NSDAP aus den Jahren 1927, 1929 und 1933 Internet Archive Fighting Caravans ( Gary Cooper) 2015 · Feature · Subtitles 1931 directed by Otto Brower and David Burton starring Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Tully Marshall, Ernest Torrance, Eve Southern and Fred Kohler. Gary Cooper is… Internet Archive St. Benny the Dip 1951 · Feature · 1 h 21 min St. Benny the Dip is blessed with a marvelous cast. Dick Haymes, Lionel Stander, and Cosmo Topper himself, Roland Young, play a trio of small time hoodlums… Internet Archive The Squaw Man 1914 · Feature · 1 h 14 min · Subtitles Cecil B Demille's first feature film as a director and producer From Wikipedia: Directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille and produced by DeMille and Jesse… Internet Archive Fatal Hour, The 1940 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : When Captain Street's best friend Dan O'Grady is murdered, Street enlists the help of Chinese detective James Lee Wong. Mr. Wong uncovers a… Internet Archive Cowboy And The Indians (Gene Autry) Feature · Subtitles 1949 directed by John English starring Gene Autry and Champion, Sheila Ryan, Frank Richards, Hank Patterson and Jay Silverheels. Gene gets angry when he… Internet Archive Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (Henry Fonda TV Special) 1962 · Feature · 52 min · Subtitles This one hour TV special tells the story of Hollywood from the advent of sound up to the modern day. Originally Aired 28 November 1962. Hosted by Henry Fonda. Internet Archive Signal 30 (Part I) 1959 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Legendary "shock" driving safety film featuring numerous scenes of mutilated cars and injured/dead people and a voiceover lacking in compassion. Produced in… Internet Archive Planet Outlaws 1953 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles Buck Rogers and his pal Buddy (Jackie Moran) are released from suspended animation after 500 years. They discover that the world is under the thumb of… Internet Archive This Charming Couple 1950 · Short · 18 min · Subtitles Marriage training film dramatizing a partnership too fraught with conflicts to survive. Produced as part of a post-World War II initiative to make marriages… Internet Archive Once Upon a Honeymoon 1956 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Delightful musical made to promote color telephones as a decorator accessory in the home. Internet Archive The Story of the Kelly Gang 1906 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles An attempt to create a coherent narrative out of all surviving fragments of Australia's first feature length film. Sections from the final reel are heavily… Internet Archive [Knife-Thrower and Children] 1950 · Newsreel · 1 min · Subtitles Texas: Knife-thrower Louella Gallagher throws knives at her daughters Connie Ann, 5, and Colleena Sue, 2-1/2, missing them skillfully as the knives enter a… Internet Archive The Light Of Faith 1922 · Short · 32 min This is the condensed version of the mostly lost feature film "A Light In The Dark" (1922). This film was re-cut in the 1930s to be used as an inspirational… Internet Archive Streamline Express 1935 · Feature · 1 h 10 min · Subtitles As of 202 there is now a better restored copy of this movie from Grapevinevideo.com, but it still has some missing video that had to be filled in with stills… Internet Archive Brand of the Devil 1944 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Sita_Sings_the_Blues 2008 · Feature · 1 h 21 min Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious… Internet Archive Symptoms in Schizophrenia 1940 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Shows masked mental patients enacting various schizophrenic symptoms as they were understood at the time. A disturbing film that raises questions about the… Internet Archive The Racketeer 1929 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles From IMDb : Tough mobster Mahlon Keane practically runs crime in New York City. He meets broke ex-society girl Rhoda Philbrooke at a society fundraiser and… Internet Archive Wrong Road 1936 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles Spoiled young lovers rob bank and hide the loot. Lionell Atwill tries to find it. With Richard Cromwell and Helen Mack. Internet Archive The Scarlet Letter 1934 · Feature An early sound adaptation of Hawthorne's novel about social mores, intolerance, and ostracism in 17th Century Massachussetts. Internet Archive Around the Corner 1937 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles How the automobile differential allows a vehicle to turn a corner while keeping the wheels from skidding. Internet Archive AELITA: QUEEN OF MARS (original version). Feature · 1 h 51 min · Subtitles This film is in the public domain. The copyright notice in the opening credits refers to a musical background track which has been removed. This is the… Internet Archive Prisoners Of The Lost Universe (1983) Feature · 1 h 34 min A scientist, a reporter and a repairman are accidentally transported to a prehistoric world in a parallel universe when they fall into the beam of the… Internet Archive The Sin of Nora Moran 1933 · Feature · 1 h 4 min Nora Moran (Zita Johann), a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal… Internet Archive Detroit: City on the Move 1965 · Short · 18 min · Subtitles Promotional film made for the City of Detroit, an unsuccessful bidder for the Olympic Games. With views of city highways, automobile manufacturing, a diverse… Internet Archive THE CITY OF THE DEAD video quality upgrade Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles This print is much sharper and cleaner than the existing IA copies, and it's in the correct aspect ratio. Known for its highly atmospheric settings and… Internet Archive Boy! What a Girl! 1946 · Feature · 1 h 10 min Two musical producers are trying to scrape enough money together to finance their show. When one of their backers doesn't show. They convince female… Internet Archive Calendar Girl 1948 · Feature · 1 h 28 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Betty Boop: Snow White 1933 · Cartoon Memorable rendition of "St James Infirmary" by Cab Calloway Internet Archive Caesar_And_Cleopatra_ 1945 · Feature · 2 h 7 min · Subtitles From IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038390/ Cleopatra hasn't been on the throne of the pharoahs of Egypt very long when Julius Caesar pays a visit. Caesar… Internet Archive Grapes Of Death, The, Les Raisins De La Mort W Extras 1978 Brigitte Lahaie, Marie Georges Pascal, Mirella Rancelot, Patrice Valota, Patricia Cartier, Evelyne Thomas, Olivier Rollin + Jean Rollin 1978 · Feature · Subtitles Jean Rollin movie with some sort of disease being caused by grapes. It gets the local farmers first and then others. Brigitte Lahaie appears briefly. Internet Archive Hot Rod Girl 1956 · Feature · 1 h 19 min When his younger brother, Steve (Del Erickson), is killed racing a hot-rod, Jeff Northup (John Smith) blames himself for the accident since he had built the… Internet Archive 10 Smart Alecks 2015 · Feature · Subtitles Smart Alecks is a black and white 1942 American film directed by Wallace Fox and produced by Sam Katzman for Monogram Pictues. It features an early… Internet Archive Classic Television Commercials (Part III) 1948 · Commercial · 9 min · Subtitles Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium. Internet Archive Silent Night, Bloody Night 1974 · Feature · 1 h 25 min A man inherits a mansion, which once was a mental home. He visits the place and begins to investigate some crimes that happened in old times, scaring the… Internet Archive Beast of Yucca Flats 1961 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles Tor Johnson is a defecting Russian scientist who is transformed into a deranged caveman by the detonation of an atomic bomb. The IMDB entry is here . Internet Archive The Bashful Bachelor 1942 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles The second film in the movie adaptation of Lum and Abner radio program. Internet Archive Bloody Pit of Horror 1965 · Feature · 1 h 22 min · Subtitles A group of models and cameramen go to a castle to shoot covers for horror novels where they're captured and tortured by the castle's owner, the Crimson… Internet Archive The Fall of the House of Usher 1928 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles A cleaned up version of this . I removed the logo and most of the Spanish subtitles. You can load the mpeg2 file into DVDAuthorGUI (a free program) and create… Internet Archive The Yesterday Machine (1963) Feature · 1 h 18 min From IMDB: A Nazi scientist invents a time machine enabling him to alter the events of WWII. Internet Archive Girl o' My Dreams 1934 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1921 · Feature This is the movie that made Rudolph Valentino a star. Written by June Mathis it was released in 1921 and was the best selling movie of that year. It went on…