The world's archives

2,017–2,064 of 563,904 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 The Devil's Hand 1961 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles Title: The Devil's Hand Summary: A man is haunted by visions of a beautiful woman. When he finally meets her, he winds up involved in a Satanic cult. Directed… Internet Archive How Do You Know It's Love? 1950 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles Gives students a basis for thinking clearly about real love and shows that mere conviction of love is not enough to insure lasting happiness. A drama. Internet Archive Mad Monster, The 1942 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Report on Puerto Rico, U.S.A. 1955 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Promotes the social and economic benefits of commonwealth status for Puerto Rico. Internet Archive Beginning to Date 1953 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles An insecure young teen boy who has just reached dating age learns how to plan and enjoy a date (with a girl at least one foot taller than him). With Studs… Internet Archive Evergreen 1934 · Feature · 1 h 33 min Jessie Matthews reprises her celebrated role as Harriet Green in this rendition of the Rodgers and Hart musical. Three songs by the American composer Harry… Internet Archive Le Voleur Invisible 1909 · Short · 7 min How do you deal with an invisible thief? ORIGINAL TITLE Le voleur invisible YEAR 1909 DIRECTOR Segundo de Chomón SCREENWRITER Segundo de Chomón… Internet Archive UFO. (Complete Series) 1969 · TV UFO is a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth, created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill, and… Internet Archive You Asked For It - BelaLugosi 1952 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles This is a rare episode of "You Asked For It", a program that originated in 1950 on the Du Mont Network, moved to the ABC network in the mid 50s, where it was… Internet Archive What Becomes Of The Children? 1936 · Feature · 56 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Cockeyed: Gems from the Memory of a Nutty Cameraman 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Kansas City Confidential (iPod) Feature · 1 h 39 min · Subtitles An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits. Internet Archive Road Runners 1952 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Outlaw hotrodders become law-abiding gearheads after a community organizes supervised racing clubs and timing associations. Internet Archive Prelude to War 1942 · Feature · 52 min · Subtitles Title: Prelude to War Summary: The official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.… Internet Archive Five Minutes To Love 1963 · Feature · 1 h 26 min Ben, Edna and their baby daughter (Will Gregory, Gaye Gordon, Geraldine Leder) are headed to California when their car breaks down. Ben ventures off to the… Internet Archive Strangers On A Train 720p Feature The story concerns two strangers who meet on a train, a young tennis player and a charming psychopath. The psychopath suggests that because they each want to… Internet Archive Invaders From Space (1965) Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles The last of the STARMAN (SUPERGIANT in Japan) features from USA producer Walter Manley, edited together from the 1950s Japanese TV advetures. This MPEG2 file… Internet Archive Battle of Greed 1937 · Feature · 56 min When silver is found in Virginia City, Lawyer John Storm (Tom Keene) leads a group from Indiana west. He soon has to defend them all in court against a… Internet Archive Immigration 1946 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Reviews the history of immigration to the United States up to the restrictive law passed in 1924. A dramatized scene in a European steamship office is used to… Internet Archive Malta Story 1953 · Feature Title: Malta Story Summary: In World War II, the island of Malta, strategically located and vital to supply lines in the Mediterranean Sea, is fiercely… Internet Archive Girl From Monterey 1943 · Feature · 57 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Quai Des Orfevres 1947 · Feature Blacklisted for his daring "anti-French" masterpiece Le corbeau, Henri-Georges Clouzot returned to cinema four years later with the 1947 crime-fiction… Internet Archive They Made Me a Criminal (1939) Feature · Subtitles Directed by Busby Berkeley and starring John Garfield, Claude Rains, and The Dead End Kids. It is a remake of the 1933 film The Life of Jimmy Dolan. Internet Archive The Penalty 1920 · Feature · 1 h 31 min Lon Chaney plays Blizzard, a deranged psychopath scarred by the childhood operation where a young doctor mistakingly amputated both of his legs. Hellbent on… Internet Archive 1992 Die Tänzerin (The Dancer) 1992 · Feature · Subtitles A few frames of a wind turbine are mounted in many changing variations so that the movement recoils right before completion. (Lutz Mommartz) Internet Archive The Browning Version 1951 · Feature · Subtitles Title: The Browning Version Summary: Forced to retire from an English public school, an unpopular professor must confront his failure as a teacher and… Internet Archive [Amateur film: Summers collection: San Francisco, California, 1941] (Part I) 1941 · Home movie · 13 min · Subtitles Evocative silent Kodachrome compendium of San Francisco scenes just before the U.S. entered World War II, concentrating on aerials, Chinatown, Market Street,… Internet Archive Ben 10 Secret of the Omnitrix + Race Against Time Pop Up Trivia Edition 2010 · Cartoon A couple of days ago I posted Vol. 2 of the Ben 10 Pop-Up Trivia DVD that was exclusively made in Australia, these enhanced episodes would introduce pop-up… Internet Archive Bees in Paradise 1944 · Feature · 1 h 12 min A WW2 bomber crashes on an island that turns out to be inhabited by an all-female society, whose mating rituals entail the death of the male. The bomber crew… Internet Archive Quando Le Donne Avevano La Coda(1970) 1970 · Feature AKA When Women Had Tails ORIGINAL ITALIAN AUDIO Seven orphan cavemen grow up on a little island all by themselves. After a fire burns all vegetation they set… Internet Archive Alice of Wonderland in Paris 1966 · Feature · 52 min Young Alice, having become a celebrity for her adventures in Wonderland, is in her bedroom dreaming about visiting Paris and sharing adventures with story… Internet Archive "Joyless Street" ["Die Freudlose Gasse"] [1925] Feature · 1 h Plot [Wikipedia]... In 1921 in the poor part of an Austrian town called Melchiorgasse there are only two wealthy people: the butcher Josef Geiringer and his… Internet Archive Martin Luther (1953) 1953 · Feature In 1505, Martin Luther (Niall MacGinnis) abandons his law studies to become a monk. After being ordained a priest, Luther grows increasingly troubled by the… Internet Archive The Battle of Midway 1942 · Short · Subtitles The Battle of Midway chronicles a significant moment in U.S. History, as have other Ford films like Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) and My Darling Clementine (1946),… Internet Archive Going Steady? 1951 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Attempts to provoke teens into discussion on the complex issue of going steady. Provides little support for the practice. Internet Archive The Leopard (1963) 1963 · Feature The Leopard is a 1963 epic historical drama film directed by Luchino Visconti. Written by Visconti, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Enrico Medioli, Pasquale Festa… Internet Archive The Creeping Terror Feature · 1 h 16 min · Subtitles Here is another drive-in sci fi catastrophy that by comparison makes Ed Wood look like Cecil B DeMille. In case you're interested (and I can't imagine why you… Internet Archive Paradise Isle 1937 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Queen of the Yukon 1940 · Feature · 1 h 12 min Sadie (Irene Rich) owns a riverboat that gold-miners are using to travel to their claims, while gambling and drinking on the way. The Yukon Mining Company… Internet Archive The Third Man (1949) 1943 · Feature The Third Man is a 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, and starring Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, Alida Valli as Anna Schmidt,… Internet Archive Down the Wyoming Trail 1939 · Feature · 1 h 2 min Tex Yancey (Tex Ritter) arrives on the Parker ranch on Christmas eve and is given the job of being Santa Claus. Also dressed as Santa Claus, Blackie (Bob… Internet Archive They Made a Criminal iPod 1939 · Feature · 1 h 31 min Boxer Johnny Bradfield (John Garfield) knocks out a rival in a postfight brawl. Thinking he committed murder, he flees to an Arizona ranch run by… Internet Archive Touki bouki 1973 · Feature With a stunning mix of the surreal and the naturalistic, Djibril Diop Mambéty paints a fractured portrait of the disenchantment of postindependence Senegal in… Internet Archive Night of the Living Dead (1968) - restored Feature · 1 h 35 min · Subtitles The classic original but with the editing mistakes and jump cuts fixed. A superior cut to any other. Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "His Favorite Pasttime" 1914 · Short Charlie Chaplin's 7th Film Released March 16 1914. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004091/ Charlie Chaplin In The Internet Archive… Internet Archive 03 That Gang Of Mine 2015 · Feature · Subtitles That Gang of Mine is a 1940 film and the third film in the East Side Kids series. Still no Huntz Hall, but Bobby Jordan is an asset. The familiar faces of Leo… Internet Archive Nature of Sound, The 1948 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Boy uses his radio equipment to demonstrate how sound is produced and transmitted. Internet Archive Gilda 1946 colorized (Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford) 1946 · Feature Small-time gambler Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford), hired to manage Ballin Mundson's casino in Buenos Aires, is startled to learn that Mundson's new wife (Rita…