The world's archives

2,689–2,736 of 563,648 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 Gamblers Choice 1944 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles Taken from IMDB : The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York. Hadley's main antagonist is his… Internet Archive Seven Were Saved 1947 · Feature · 1 h 11 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Boys' Reformatory 1939 · Feature · 1 h A tough street kid (Frankie Darro) takes the rap for a burglary committed by the son (Frank Coghlan Jr.) of his foster family and is sent to a boys… Internet Archive Miracle in Harlem 1948 · Feature · Subtitles There's Danger! Terror! Mystery! With a Killer on the Loose! Julie Weston and her aunt, Hattie, own and operate a candy-store in Harlem. A wealthy business… Internet Archive Breakfast in Hollywood 1946 · Feature · 1 h 27 min · Subtitles Visit the IMDB for more information. Internet Archive The Lost Weekend (1945) Billy Wilder (Dir.), Ray Milland, Jane Wyman 1945 · Feature The Lost Weekend is a 1945 American FILM NOlR drama film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. It was based on Charles R.… Internet Archive It Conquered the World 1956 · Feature · 1 h 9 min Title: It Conquered the World Summary: A well meaning scientist guides an alien monster to Earth from Venus, so that he can rid mankind of feelings and… Internet Archive The Test 1935 · Feature · 55 min A fur trapper catches another trapper trying to steal his furs. He stops the thief, but later on the furs are stolen anyway. Rin Tin Tin Jr. tracks down the… Internet Archive Bulldog Drummond's Peril 1938 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles Title: Bulldog Drummond's Peril Summary: In this episode captain Drummond tries to find the killer of various people. All assassinations were provoked by a… Internet Archive The Adventures of Dr Fu Manchu S1E1 Short · 26 min · Subtitles An Episode of the Fu Manchu TV Series "Prisoner of Fu Manchu" (air date - Sept 3 1956) Starring Glen Gordon as Fu Manchu and Lester Matthews as Nayland Smith Internet Archive The Rider of the Law 1935 · Feature · 52 min Bob Marlow (Bob Steele) is sent undercover to an Arizona town where an outlaw gang, comprised of the six Tolliver brothers, have taken over the town and… Internet Archive Little Shop Of Horrors-HD Feature · Subtitles a boy who works in a flower shop creates a talking man eating plant. very silly movie. Internet Archive Christmas Comes But Once A Year 1936 · Cartoon · 8 min From The Public Domain Movie Database: A group of lonely orphans are given broken toys for Christmas which is seen by Professor Grampy. The thoughtful… Internet Archive Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women - Weirdness Bad Movie Feature · 1 h 59 min · Subtitles Public Access TV show "Weirdness Really Bad Movie" hosts public domain movies and ads clean comedy sketches enjoyable for the whole family. Today's film is… Internet Archive Border Phantom 1937 · Feature · 59 min Cowboy Larry O'Day (Bob Steele) and his sidekick Lucky Smith (Don Barclay) happen upon a distraught Barbara Hartwell (Harley Wood), who is about to be… Internet Archive Devil Girl From Mars 1954 colorized 1954 · Feature In a Scottish inn, staff and guests (Hugh McDermott, Hazel Court, Peter Reynolds, Adrienne Corri) are gathered in the bar when a flying saucer lands nearby… Internet Archive Dishonored Lady 1947 · Feature · 1 h 24 min Hedy Lamar play fashion editor Madeleine Damien who's social life has given her a quetionalbe reputation. Envitably she succumbs to the pressures of work and… Internet Archive The Last of the Mohicans 1936 colorized (Randolph Scott) 1936 · Feature During the brutal French and Indian War, the famed scout Hawkeye (Randolph Scott) agrees to provide safe escort for an army commander's two daughters (Binnie… Internet Archive Get That Man 1935 1935 · Feature · Subtitles imdb: Life gets complicated for a taxi driver when it's discovered that he's the spitting image of the murdered heir to a fortune. Internet Archive 1975 Der Gerechte Krieg 1525 (the fair war 1525) 1975 · Feature · Subtitles Special two projector synchronization. A summary of the farmer's war in Germany. Filmgruppe Düsseldorf Doppelprojektion Naht an Naht nebeneinander -… Internet Archive Creatures The World Forgot 1971 · Feature In prehistoric times, two brothers fight each other for the leadership of their tribe. Internet Archive South of Santa Fe 1942 · Feature · 52 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Making of a Shooter 1946 · Short · 24 min · Subtitles This Kodachrome film shows how a teenage boy learns to become a safe and accurate shooter. Famous riflemen appearing include Ned Lilly, Dick Shaughnessy,… Internet Archive Fatal Hour 1940 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Silver Horde 1930 · Feature · 1 h 14 min Title: The Silver Horde Summary: A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll. Directed by: George Archainbaud Actors: Evelyn Brent,… Internet Archive Attack in the Pacific 1944 · Feature · 52 min A documentary made in 1944 The cartoon arrows take us from Guadalcanal through Midway to Iwo Jima, without spending any particular time on any of these… Internet Archive Come On, Rangers 1938 · Feature · 57 min Disbanded Texas Rangers are gathered together to help the U.S. Cavalry put an end to marauding outlaws. Internet Archive A Flawed Family Flick - The Big Storm 2006 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles This is the fifth "Flawed Family Video" we have added to the collection. We hope that it will give a new life to a great old movie. Buster is caught in "The… Internet Archive The Night Before Christmas Short · 8 min The Night Before Christmas. Here, just in time for Christmas is the Clement Wood poem as produced by the Edison Studios in 1908. It is backed mostly by old… Internet Archive Shocker Internet Drive In - Week 17: "Maniac Mayhem" Feature · 2 h 58 min · Subtitles What better way to enjoy a cold crisp January evening then to pack up the loved one and speed off to the drive in for a "bloody" good time. We here at the old… Internet Archive The Night Stalker ( 1972) 1972 · Feature An abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire. Internet Archive American Harvest (Part II) 1955 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles This institutional film was designed to promote Chevrolet's corporate citizenship rather than any specific model of automobile. While it forcefully… Internet Archive Salome 1923 · Feature · 1 h 12 min Avant-garde adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play. Rumors at the time of its production that the cast was all gay doomed its success with the mainstream public.… Internet Archive Just Neighbors 1919 · Short · 13 min From IMDb : Suburban neighbors (Lloyd and Pollard) join together to build a garden shed, but through carelessness, wind up ruining the garden, as well as the… Internet Archive His Private Secretary (1933) Feature · 1 h Dick Wallace wants to marry a minister's grand-daughter but his father, who wants him to get work on his company's business, is opposed. Mystic Nights Videos Internet Archive The Mistress of Atlantis Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles A surreal fantasy adventure adapted from Pierre Benot's novel, "L'Atlantide," which has a superficial resemblance to H Rider Haggard's "She." Directed by… Internet Archive Mysterious Mr. Wong, The 1934 · Feature · 50 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive ALIENS ATTACK AT THE BIJOU (double feature) Feature · Subtitles Whether They’re from Mars or Planet X those dastardly aliens are out to get us. The proof is in this simulated double feature program at an inner-city… Internet Archive Law Commands, The 1937 · Feature · 55 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Goryachaya tochka (Flashpoint) 1998 · Feature · 1 h 9 min Goryachaya tochka The fighting officer, the veteran of war in Afghanistan, major Larin, should receive, at last, holiday after long service on frontier.… Internet Archive Hands Across the Border 1944 · Feature · 52 min Horse breeders Adams (Joseph Crehan) and Brock (Onslow Stevens) are vying for the Army contract. When Adams is killed trying to ride his horse Trigger, Roy… Internet Archive Pardon My Gun 1930 · Feature · 1 h 2 min Ranch hand Ted Duncan (Tom Keene) is in love with the ranch owners daughter, Mary Martin (Sally Starr). Cooper (Harry Woods), neighboring rancher has his eye… Internet Archive Trocadero 1944 · Feature · 1 h 8 min Judy (Rosemary Lane) and Johnny (Johnny Downs) are orphaned siblings being raised by Tony Rocadero (Charles Calvert), a Hollywood restaurateur who knows no… Internet Archive Shanghai Express (1932) 1932 · Feature A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey. Internet Archive Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome 1947 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles Title: Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome Summary: Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas. Directed by: John Rawlins Actors: Boris… Internet Archive Plantation System in Southern Life, The 1950 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Eurocentric view of the plantation system and its effect on Southern U.S. culture. Internet Archive Olds Minute Movies [Futuramic 1948] 1948 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Theater advertisements for the first all-new automobile to be placed on the market after World War II, the Oldsmobile Futuramic. Internet Archive RCA Presentation: Television, An 1939 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Early promotional film introducing TV to the American public, probably coordinated with the rollout of scheduled broadcasting at the 1939 New York World's…