The world's archives

2,161–2,208 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 I LIve In Fear 1967 · Feature Both the final film of this period in which Akira Kurosawa would directly wrestle with the demons of the Second World War and his most literal representation… Internet Archive Unknown World 1951 2015 · Feature Unknown World an independent , black and white science fiction film from 1951 directed by Terry Morse and starring Victor Killian, Marilyn Nash , Jim Bannon… Internet Archive Niemandsland -- Hell on Earth 1931 · Feature The film takes place in a WWI trench, where five diverse individuals have been unwillingly thrust together. Despising one another at first, the five… Internet Archive The Woman in Green 1945 · Feature · 1 h 7 min · Subtitles Title: The Woman in Green Summary: Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed off. Scotland Yard… Internet Archive Marriage Is a Partnership 1951 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Flashback on the problems, adjustments and transformations occurring in the first year of a couple's married life. Internet Archive In the Park [tinted] 1915 · Short · 14 min In the Park (1915) is a silent movie written, directed and starring Charlie Chaplin. Resolution : 718x576 pixels Version: This is a tinted print. For highest… Internet Archive Paradise Island 1930 1930 · Feature · Subtitles When a young girl visits a South Seas island to reunite with her finace she discovers that he is a no-good drunk and she is the object of everyone else's… Internet Archive Werewolf of Washington 1973 · Feature · 1 h 29 min A reporter who has had an affair with the daughter of the U.S. President is sent to Hungary. There he is bitten by a werewolf, and then gets transferred back… Internet Archive Warhead-1977 Feature · 1 h 27 min · Subtitles Aka: "Prisoner In The Middle" A weapons expert is reluctantly sent on a mission to a middle-east warzone to locate a lost nuclear warhead and dismantle it… Internet Archive Six Gun Rhythm iPod 1939 · Feature · 57 min · Subtitles When football player Tex Fletcher arrives home he finds his father missing. Jim Davis has killed the father and learning of Tex's identity, sends his men to… Internet Archive The Phantom Empire 1940 · Feature · 1 h 9 min · Subtitles This movie is based on the movie serial . From IMDb : Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon a civilization buried beneath his own Radio Ranch. The Muranians… Internet Archive Frankenstein (restored) (1931, pre-code horror, expressionist cinema, imdb score: 7.8) Feature Frankenstein is a 1931 American pre-Code science fiction horror film directed by James Whale , produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. , and adapted from a 1927 play by… Internet Archive Town and the Telephone, The 1950 · Short · 27 min · Subtitles Employee orientation film for telephone company workers explaining structure and corporate values of the Bell System. With excellent footage of communications… Internet Archive Submarine Base 1943 · Feature · 1 h 4 min Ship engineer Jim Taggert (John Litel) is rescued from a torpedoed tramp steamer by Joe Morgan (Alan Baxter), an American gangster that found New York too hot… Internet Archive The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 1935 · Feature · Subtitles Bride of Frankenstein is a 1935 American Gothic science fiction horror film, and the first sequel to Universal Pictures' 1931 film Frankenstein. In the film,… Internet Archive Operation Correction (Part II) 1961 · Short · 22 min · Subtitles In May 1960, students and progressive activists opposed to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) demonstrated when HUAC held hearings in San… Internet Archive Cavalry 1936 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive L'antique Tolède 1912 · Short · 3 min A compilation of views of Toledo showing bridges, walls and other architectural highlights that appear to date from as early as the 8th century by Segundo de… Internet Archive The Apache Kid's Escape Feature · 45 min · Subtitles A hilariously inept poverty row western starring Jack Perrin. The plot and dialog are worse than comic-book juvenile. The acting wouldn't pass muster for the… Internet Archive Haunted House Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles A murder mystery/adventure costarring Marcia Mae Jones and Jackie Moran who were paired in a number of Monogram youth films including "The Gang's All Here"… Internet Archive Valmont (1989) Short · 4 min Synopsis Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he… Internet Archive Double Cross 1941 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles Internet Archive Green Eyes 1934 · Feature · 1 h A charming Chesterfield mystery starring 1930s/40s hero Charles Starrett. The owner of a large mansion in the country throws a costume party for some of his… Internet Archive La Bonne 1986 1986 · Feature A beautiful wife, neglected by her husband, her sensual maid, who holds the reigns. La Bonne is an affair , an exploration, of desire, of force, and control.. Internet Archive Space 1999 (Complete Series 1) 1975 · TV Space 1999 is a British science-fiction television series that ran for two seasons and originally aired from 1975 to 1977. The series was the last production… Internet Archive Elephant_Boy_ 1937 · Feature · 1 h 21 min · Subtitles Already on archive...this copy, I believe, is complete with better audio and video. From IMDb; This black and white movie is based on Rudyard Kipling's… Internet Archive Panther Panchali ( Apu Trilogy Pt. 1) 1955 · Feature With the release in 1955 of Satyajit Ray’s debut, Pather Panchali, an eloquent and important new cinematic voice made itself heard all over the world. A… Internet Archive BY APPOINTMENT ONLY ( 1933) Lew Cody Feature BY APPOINTMENT ONLY (1933) Starring: Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle, Sally O'Neil, Edward Morgan, Edward Martindel, Claire McDowell Invincible Pictures Corp William… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "Twenty Minutes Of Love" 1914 · Short Charlie Chaplins 11th Film Released April 20 1914 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004736/ Charlie Chaplin In The Internet Archive… Internet Archive The Trail Beyond (1934) Feature · 54 min Rod is searching for a missing miner and his daughter. His friend Wabi is helping him and they find a map to a mine. But LaRocque finds out and he wants the… Internet Archive THE CASE OF THE FRIGHTENED LADY video & audio upgrade Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles This print is sharper and with cleaner audio than the existing IA copy. All is not well on young Lord Lebanon's ancestral estate, what with his mother's… Internet Archive Round-Up Time in Texas 1937 · Feature · 55 min Gene Autry and Frog (Smiley Burnette) head for South Africa where Gene's brother Tex (Ken Cooper) has found diamonds. Arriving they find Tex missing. Heading… Internet Archive Pride and Prejudice (1995 miniseries) 1995 · TV The iconic six-episode BBC1 adaptation of Jane Austen's 1813 romance novel, starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth as Elizabeth and Mr Darcy. Internet Archive Radio and Television 1940 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles View of the radio industry as it existed in 1940, showing potential occupations at every level. Introduces the new industry of television, emphasizing its… Internet Archive PIMPERNEL SMITH video quality upgrade Feature · 2 h 1 min · Subtitles This glitch-free print is sharper than the low-resolution copy in this collection. Leslie Howard again has the title role in this seriocomic world war 2… Internet Archive Soundie - Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens 1940 · Film · Subtitles An amazing short by an "orchestra" of vibraphone players. Some viewers have noted that this film seems to be a mirror image of how things are supposed to be.… Internet Archive World On A Wire (1973) 1973 · Feature A cybernetics engineer (Klaus Lowitsch) begins observing odd phenomena in the computer generated virtual reality program that he oversees. Internet Archive Conquer by the Clock 1943 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Encourages American workers to make the best possible use of their time in a war where industrial production and combat are synchronized on an international… Internet Archive THE ADMIRAL WAS A LADY video quality upgrade Feature · 1 h 26 min · Subtitles This glitch-free print isn't perfect, however it is a noticable improvement over the existing IA copy. A screwball romantic comedy set among recently… Internet Archive Tormented 1960 · Feature · 1 h 14 min A man lets a former flame fall to her death rather than let her interfere with his new relationship, but her ghost returns to disrupt his impending nuptials.… Internet Archive More Power to You 1930 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles How oil is drilled, transported, refined, reformulated, and consumed. Narrator: Lowell Thomas. Internet Archive The Masque of the Red Death 1964 · Feature The evil Prince Prospero is riding through the Catania village when he sees that the peasants are dying of Red Death plague. Prospero asks to burn down the… Internet Archive This Is My Railroad (Part I) 1940 · Short · 17 min · Subtitles Operations of the Southern Pacific Railroad, with many images of the territory that it serves. With excellent footage of snow management and removal… Internet Archive SPOOK SHOW episode 9 King of the Non-Alcoholic Zombies 2011 · Feature · Subtitles The show inspired by Joe Riley and his Hypnotic Eye and Rockula and his Theatre for the Insane is back! This time Her Majesty's best secret agent, a real… Internet Archive Battle Beyond The Sun Feature The space race is on between two countries. Who's going to land on mars first? Look for the scene with two goofy looking monsters battling on an asteroid. Internet Archive Mr ED "Wilbur Gets The Message... About Payroll Savings!" 1964 · Short · Subtitles Rare lost episode of Mr Ed. One of only two episodes that are in the Public Domain. This episode is, essentially, an episode length public service… Internet Archive Television Commercials (1950s-1960s) 1950 · Commercial · 24 min · Subtitles Examples of broadcast advertising from the 1950s and 1960s. Internet Archive The Abominable Snowman 1957 colorized (Peter Cushing) 1957 · Feature An English botanist (Peter Cushing) studying rare herbs at a remote lamasery in the Himalayas joins an expedition to find the legendary Yeti, against the…