The world's archives

2,881–2,928 of 609,158 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 [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 5) (Part III) 1939 · Home movie · 15 min · Subtitles Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome. From 0165_HM_Medicus_collection_New_York_Worlds_Fair_1939-40_Reel_4_06_00_39_00 Internet Archive Popeye: The Paneless Window Washer 1937 · Cartoon · 6 min Popeye and Bluto are again competing against one another. Only this time, it's not for Olive Oyl's love, but for the privilege of being able to wash her… Internet Archive The White Sister / DVD / x264 / MKV / 716x480 / Warner Archive Collection 1923 · Feature Lillian Gish is the daughter of a rich Italian count who is killed in a fall from his horse. Though Lillian stands to inherit a large estate, her older… Internet Archive Carry On Behind 1975 · Feature A Russian beauty helps a British professor on a Roman dig during the holiday season. Internet Archive The Unholy Three 1925 · Feature Three sideshow performers leave their lives of captivity and form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a sideshow ventriloquist, midget, and strongman… Internet Archive Home in Oklahoma 1946 · Feature · 53 min Flying U ranch owner Sam Talbot is killed by a fall from a horse. St. Louis reporter Connie Edwards (Dale Evans) comes to check a rumor that he might have… Internet Archive Behind the Lens 1940 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles Scientific and special-purpose cinematography helps reveal what would otherwise be invisible. Internet Archive Frigidaire Finale 1957 1957 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Couple dances through an array of new "Sheer Look" washers, dryers, ranges and refrigerators. Internet Archive A Colt Is My Passport 1967 · Feature One of Japanese cinema’s supreme emulations of American noir, Takashi Nomura’s A Colt Is My Passport is a down-and-dirty but gorgeously photographed yakuza… Internet Archive Beyond The Door 1974 Feature Juliet Mills plays a young pregnant woman in San Francisco who is going to have the devil's baby during her strange possession. A man shows up to help her...… Internet Archive The Nativity (Westinghouse Studio One) 1952 · Feature · 59 min Live teleplay from CBS's "Studio One" program. Season 5 Episode 13 (22 December 1952) Features original Westinghouse promotions presented by Betty Furness. Internet Archive Threads of Technology 1970 · Film · Subtitles 09:12:30:04 CU parabolic lines morphing in and out of each other on an oscilloscope screen, lines begin to accelerate and morph into a sine-wave-like pattern;… Internet Archive Aparajito ( Apu Trilogy Pt. 2) 1956 · Feature Satyajit Ray had not planned to make a sequel to Pather Panchali, but after the film’s international success, he decided to continue Apu’s narrative.… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "The Bank" (1915) 1915 · Feature · Subtitles This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive The Paradine Case (1947 Film Noir, Drama) 1947 · Feature · 1 h 54 min PLOT: A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending. TRIVIA : 01) When Alfred Hitchcock delivered the completed… Internet Archive Steptoe and Son - 1x01 - The Bird 1962 · TV · Subtitles Harold is going out every night, so Albert suspects that he must being seeing a girl. Determined to put a stop to the romance, he gets Harold to invite the… Internet Archive The Snake Pit (1948) 1948 · Feature A COVA DA SERPENTE (The Snake Pit, 1948) (Filme Completo / Legendado em Português) Data de Lançamento: 4 November 1948 » SINOPSE: Uma crônica detalhada da… Internet Archive This Is My Railroad (Part II) 1940 · Short · 11 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 Vos Gueules Les Mouettes (1974) 1974 · Feature Vos gueules, les mouettes ! Film français Réalisation : Robert Dhéry Scénario : Colette Brosset, d'après une idée de Robert Dhéry Genre : Comédie Date de… Internet Archive Betty Boop's Ker-Choo 1932 · Cartoon · 6 min From The Public Domain Movie Database: Betty, her dog Bimbo, & Koko The Clown are in a car race where Betty wins even though she is under the weather. Internet Archive The Gambler from Natchez 1954 · Feature Title: The Gambler from Natchez Summary: In New Orleans, discharged army Captain Vance Colby learns of his father's killing done by three local Creole gents… Internet Archive In Our Hands, Part 3: How To Lose What We Have 1950 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Drama of an authoritarian (probably Communist-type) coup in the U.S., assisted by apathy, an indifference to federal intervention in community affairs, and… Internet Archive Teddy 1971 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Presents the experiences of a teenage African American, who relates his views of the System, war, revolution, the Watts community of Los Angeles, the Black… Internet Archive [Petaluma Chicken Promotional Film] 1932 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Early promotional film for Sonoma County poultry industry featuring young women making an extremely large omelet. Internet Archive The Land Unknown 1957 · Feature Three men and a woman crash-land in a deep crater in Antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world. Internet Archive Auto-Lite on Parade 1940 · Cartoon · 22 min · Subtitles Tour of an auto parts and accessories factory climaxing with a stop-motion product parade. Internet Archive St Louis Woman 1934 1934 · Feature · Subtitles imdb: Johnny Mack Brown stars as a college football star who's expelled after a night club brawl. The fight is over St. Louis Lou (Jeanette Loff) aka "The… Internet Archive Bonanza - Silent Thunder TV · 49 min · Subtitles Set in Nevada in the 1860's, Bonanza chronicled the adventures of the Cartwright family who owned a large ranch called The Ponderosa. Ben Cartwright and his… Internet Archive Hair Dress Through the Ages 1950 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Tongue-in-cheek survey of the evolution of hair design, using footage from an old German novelty short subject. Internet Archive The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 1957 · Feature The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British-American war film directed by David Lean, based on the novel by Pierre Boulle. It tells the story of British… Internet Archive Whisky Galore 1949 · Feature Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for… Internet Archive Adventures of Don Quixote 1933 · Feature · 55 min · Subtitles The classic film "Don Quixote" starring famous Russian singer Feodor Chaliapin. Internet Archive Brand of the Outlaws 1936 · Feature · 55 min Gary Gray (Bob Steele) arrives only to be caught up in the rustling activities of Ben Holt (Jack Rockwell) and his gang. First Holt brands him for rustling… Internet Archive Le Testament d'Orphée ☆ Jean Cocteau ☆ 1960 1960 · Feature Le Testament d'Orphée ☆ Jean Cocteau ☆ 1960 Le Testament d’Orphée ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi est un film français réalisé par Jean Cocteau en 1959 et… Internet Archive War Dogs 1942 · Feature · 1 h 3 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Vampyr (English intertiles and subtitles) 1932 · Feature With Vampyr, Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer channeled his genius for creating mesmerizing atmosphere and austere, unsettling imagery into the horror… Internet Archive Scared Stiff (Treasure of Fear) 1945 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles Jack Haley (the Tin Man of Oz) in a low-budget comedy. He's a chess-columnist who gets mixed up with hoodlums. Internet Archive The Human Condition ( Parts 5 & 6) 1959 · Feature Masaki Kobayashi’s mammoth humanist drama is one of the most staggering achievements of Japanese cinema. Originally filmed and released in three parts, the… Internet Archive Law and Lead 1936 · Feature · 1 h 1 min Rex Bell plays Jimmy Sawyer, a Cattleman's Association operative, and goes on the trail of his friend Pancho Gonzales (Donald Reed), known as the Juarez Kid.… Internet Archive Betty Boop: The Candid Candidate 1937 · Cartoon · 6 min Plot taken from IMDb: Betty Boop campaigns for Grampy for Mayor. He wins by one vote, but finds politics is no picnic. Urban renewal is parodied. Internet Archive L'école des facteurs 1947 · Feature L'école des facteurs (School for Postmen) is a 1947 short film directed and starring Jacques Tati, playing a French postman adamant to prove he can be just as… Internet Archive Reefer Madness 1936 · Feature · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles Overly dramatized cautionary tale of marijuana usage. Internet Archive Journey to Banana Land 1950 · Film · Subtitles This film shows through animated diagrams and photography the more important phases of banana culture. The journey begins by leaving the United States and… Internet Archive The Shadow Strikes 1937 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles Title: The Shadow Strikes Summary: Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When… Internet Archive The Royal Bed 1931 · Feature · 1 h 12 min Title: The Royal Bed Summary: The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her… Internet Archive How the Eye Functions 1941 · Cartoon · 11 min · Subtitles Beautifully animated explication of human eye and eyesight. Internet Archive The Monolith Monsters 1957 colorized (Grant Williams) 1957 · Feature When a strange black meteor crashes near the sleepy desert town of San Angelo, it litters the countryside with rock fragments. When a storm exposes these… Internet Archive War of The Monsters 1966 Feature · 1 h 28 min · Subtitles The 2nd entry in the Giant Monster Gamera film series from Japanese movie company Daei and the first in color. Engish Language Version produced and released…