The world's archives

2,449–2,496 of 563,903 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 Ape 720p 1940 Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly mad scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs spinal fluid from a human to complete the formula for his… Internet Archive Niagara Falls 1941 · Feature · 43 min · Subtitles A man and a woman who just met are mistaken for newlyweds and are forced to stay together in a hotel's bridal suite. Internet Archive Battleship Potemkin 1925 Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles Montage, which was not just Eistenstein's knack but also his life's blood early in his career, is often misused in the present cinema, or if not misused then… Internet Archive Sunset on the Desert 1942 · Feature · 53 min Roy is mistaken for a bad guy expected by the local outlaw gang. He goes undercover to pin the goods on the bad guys. Just as he is about to do so, the real… Internet Archive Gambler's Choice 1944 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Betty Boop: The Scared Crows 1939 · Cartoon · 5 min Betty Boop withdraw in 1939. This cartoon might be her best from that year. Her house is invaded by lively crows and she finds ways to handle the problem. Internet Archive Oh, Susanna! 1936 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair 1939 · Feature · 55 min · Subtitles 1939, sound, 55 min, Technicolor, 35mm. Transferred from a 35mm nitrate print. See: Andrew Wood, "The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair,"… Internet Archive Have You Got Any Castles? 1938 · Cartoon · 7 min A night in a small library. The characters of famous books come to life, referring to movie versions of these books. Internet Archive Harakiri (1962) 1962 · Feature Harakiri is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The story takes place between 1619 and 1630 during the Edo period and the rule of the… Internet Archive Sheriff of Sage Valley 1942 · Feature · 52 min Billy (Buster Crabbe) and his pals, on the run from the law again, travel to Sage Valley where Billy is made Sheriff. The local outlaw gang is run by Kansas… Internet Archive [Amateur film: Dog Cart] 1947 · Home movie · Subtitles Two unhappy-looking dogs, sporting an American flag, pull a dog cart and its juvenile cargo. Internet Archive Pit and the Pendulum 1961 · Feature Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the brutest torturer of the Spanish… Internet Archive The Invisible Killer 1939 · Feature · 59 min Reporter Sue Walker (Grace Bradley) has too much inside information on the local gambling rackets to suit her sweetheart, Detective Lieutenant Jerry Brown… Internet Archive Shocker Internet Drive In Week 5 - Driller Killer (70's Drive In Fun) Feature · 1 h 51 min · Subtitles It's that time again kids! Grab your girl and load a few friends up into the trunk of your Chevy because we are going back to the Shocker Internet Drive In.… Internet Archive Karavan smerti (The caravan of death) 1991 · Feature · 1 h 14 min Karavan smerti The fight of group of frontier guards with a gang which has got for terrorism on southern border of Russia. A life and death, love and… Internet Archive Rich and Strange Feature · 1 h 23 min · Subtitles An inheritance sends a bored British couple off on an adventure that leads to a ship wreck and a seriocomic romantic odyssey that includes infidelity. An… Internet Archive 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea 1916 · Feature · Subtitles Internet Archive El Diablo, El Santo Y El Tonto( 1987) 1987 · Feature ntes de morir, un viejo hacendado le revela a su hijo que tiene otros dos hijos, a quienes deberá buscar para dividirse la herencia entre los tres. Internet Archive The Mummy's Ghost (1944) 1944 · Feature An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning that… Internet Archive 23 Studio One Sentence Of Death August 17, 1953 1953 · Feature Studio One Sentence Of Death August 17, 1953 Uploaded By Sam's Classic TV & Sam's Retro TV Please Checkout My Free Youtube Channel & subscribe Were it not for… Internet Archive Look to Lockheed for Leadership (Part I) 1940 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Innovations in aviation history and technology. Producer and director: Shirley Burden. Photography: Floyd Crosby, Al Wetzel. Internet Archive Door to Heaven, The 1941 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Visionary representation of the actual door to heaven, explaining how it is necessary to take Jesus as one's savior in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. Internet Archive The Phantom Express 1932 · Feature · 55 min · Subtitles A railroad is plagued by a mystery train, which on dark nights seems to be headed on a collision course with train number 101, stopping or derailing the 101,… Internet Archive Lost Horizon (1937) 1937 · Feature · Subtitles Lost Horizon is a fantasy film directed by Frank Capra, released on March 2, 1937. It is based on the 1933 novel by James Hilton. The film features a group of… Internet Archive Batman and Robin 1949 colorized cliffhanger serial (Robert Lowery) 1949 · Feature In this sequel to the original Batman serial, Commissioner Gordon (Lyle Talbot) requests help from the caped crusaders (Robert Lowery & Johnny Duncan) to find… Internet Archive City Without Men 1943 · Feature · 1 h 15 min A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she moves… Internet Archive 1975 Mambo 1975 · Feature · Subtitles First Community film after establishing the film class at the Art Academy Münster / Germany. with Wolfgang Braden, Bernd Rickfelder, Harald Balke, Herbert… Internet Archive The Eagle 1925 · Feature · Subtitles Internet Archive Shōgun (miniseries) 1980 · TV Shōgun is an American television miniseries based on the 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell, who also was the executive producer of the miniseries.… Internet Archive Typesetting: Linotype (Part I) 1960 · Short · 17 min · Subtitles How mechanical typesetting works. The film explores the intricate workings of mechanical typesetting machines, particularly the linotype and intertype… Internet Archive Story of a Star, The 1956 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles Chemistry gives birth to new synthetics benefitting women, in this case sheer stockings. Internet Archive Girls Beware 1961 · Film · Subtitles Like its precursor Name Unknown (1951), Girls Beware is a trilogy of tragedies brought about by teenage girls' attempts at independent behavior. The first, a… Internet Archive Popeye the Sailor meets Sinbad the Sailor 1936 · Cartoon · 16 min The classic tale of Sinbad the Sailor, adapted for Popeye and Olive. Featuring memorable appearances by Wimpy, Olive, and the singing two-headed monster. You… Internet Archive The Spirit of '43 1943 · Cartoon Fell in the public domain because it was made for the American government and all films made for or by the government of the U.S.A. are in the public domain.… Internet Archive The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird 1952 · Cartoon · 1 h 3 min Based on a story by Hans Christian Anderson (The Sheperdess & the chimney-Sweep), Mr. Wonderbird (Sir Peter Ustinov) tells the story of two lovers who flee… Internet Archive Follow Your Heart 1936 · Feature · 1 h 18 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive F For Fake 1975 · Feature Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In F for Fake, a free-form sort-of documentary by Orson Welles, the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully… Internet Archive THE PALEFACE ( 1922) Buster Keaton Feature THE PALEFACE (1922) Starring: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts Directed by Keaton Produced by Joseph M. Schenck First National Pictures William Thomas… Internet Archive Curse of the Swamp Creature 1966 · Feature · 1 h 20 min One of Larry Buchanan's notorious "Azalea" pictures -- made-for-TV color remakes of American International Pictures black and white drive-in creature… Internet Archive Lucky Terror 1936 · Feature · 1 h A sharpshooter (Hoot Gibson) in a traveling sideshow is falsely accused of murdering a local miner. Internet Archive Schleiertanz AKA The Veil Dance 1906 · Feature Internet Archive Man of Action 1955 · Cartoon · 13 min · Subtitles Animated plea for urban renewal connected with 1950s efforts to "redevelop" American city centers. Internet Archive Western Cyclone 1943 · Feature · 1 h Randall (Glenn Strange) is trying to get the Governor (Karl Hackett) impeached so he can take over control of the state. Knowing the Governor and Billy… Internet Archive And Then There Were None (1945) 1945 · Feature Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to appear, a recording levels serious accusations at each of… Internet Archive Go Get'em Haines 1936 · Feature · 56 min · Subtitles A reporter gets tangled in a web of murder and deception when he follows a business tycoon aboard an ocean liner, looking for a scoop. You can find more… Internet Archive Rolling Home 1946 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive RCA 16mm Sound Projector, The 1958 · Short · 5 min · Subtitles Invisible white-gloved hands demonstrate the operation of the RCA 16mm sound projector. The film showcases the RCA 16mm sound projector, highlighting its…