The world's archives

3,025–3,072 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 Quatermass 2 (1957) colorized (Brian Donlevy) 1957 · Feature Rocketry expert Quatermass, trying to gain funding for his Moon colonization project, is intrigued by mysterious traces on the radar at his laboratory. He… Internet Archive Man and His Culture 1954 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Shows, in the imaginative form of a "report from outer space," how the ways of mankind might appear to visitors from another planet. Internet Archive Hare and the Tortoise, The 1947 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Dramatized version of Aesop's fable starring farm animals, including an owl, a fox, a goose, a rooster, a raccoon and a hare. Internet Archive DOUBLE FEATURE HELL 11 (Red-Scare Follies) Feature · 2 h 49 min · Subtitles The 2am Theater takes us back to those wonderful days of yesteryear when folks were digging bomb shelters in their back yards, "duck & cover" was all the rage… Internet Archive Wildcat_Trooper 1936 · Feature · 58 min · Subtitles See IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028508/ Writers: James Oliver Curwood (novel), Joseph O'Donnell (screenplay) Stars: Kermit Maynard, Hobart Bosworth and… Internet Archive Three_of_a_Kind 1936 · Feature · 1 h 13 min · Subtitles From IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028375/ Barbara "Babs" Penfield is trying to convince her father, laundry-magnate F. Thorndyke Penfield, to invest… Internet Archive "The double Lottie" ["Das Doppelte Lottchen"] [1950] Feature · 1 h 38 min This is a delightful film even if you cannot understand the language. Wikipedia's plot summary will provide the basic idea for this beautifully photographed… Internet Archive Fuzzy Settles Down 1944 · Feature · 59 min Wishing to settle down, Fuzzy (Al St. John) uses his reward money to buy a newspaper. He then raises money for the new telegraph line. When it is stolen,… Internet Archive Bells of San Fernando 1947 · Feature · 1 h 14 min Mendoza (Anthony Warde) ruthlessly controls the valley of San Fernando and his men guard the only entrance. When Mendoza announces he will marry Michael's… Internet Archive His First Flame 1927 · Feature · 46 min You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Stigma (1972) 1972 · Feature A black doctor ex-convict returns to the all-white town he knows as home and discovers a deadly disease threatening the citizens. He must fight prejudice and… Internet Archive Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness 1972 · Short · 22 min · Subtitles Traces the history of opium and how it has led to the present day usage of heroin. Examines the methods and procedures of organized crime in transporting the… Internet Archive Me Caí De La Nube ( 1974) 1974 · Feature Un pobre obrero esta profundamente enamorado de una mujer rica, pero ella no le pertenece. Mientras lucha por conquistarla, aprende una valiosa lección . Internet Archive City, The 1939 · Short · 32 min · Subtitles Contents. A plea for community planning, which contrasts the awesome conditions of human living in a modern industrial city with (1) the serenity of life in… Internet Archive 1937 - Gebt mir 4 Jahre Zeit - Des Fuehrers Kampf fuer Volk und Reich (16m 25s, 384x288) Short · 16 min · Subtitles 1937 - Gebt mir 4 Jahre Zeit - Des Fuehrers Kampf fuer Volk und Reich (16m 25s, 384x288) Internet Archive "People on Sunday" ["Menschen am Sonntag"] [1930] Feature · 1 h 13 min Before the Nazi regime, there was time for lazy Sundays and romance. This is a remarkable film made in 1930 by Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer. "People on… Internet Archive [Lindbergh's Flight and Return] 1927 · Short · 7 min · Subtitles Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh takes off from New York on his solo transatlantic flight between America and Europe and arrives in Paris; newsreels conclude with… Internet Archive Flying with Arthur Godfrey (Part I) 1953 · Commercial · 23 min · Subtitles TV host Arthur Godfrey takes controls of a passenger plane to demonstrate airline operations. Internet Archive Reg'lar Fellers 1941 · Feature · Subtitles The neighborhood kids build an amphibious tank and get involved with gangsters. Based on the comis strip of the same name. Internet Archive Room at the Top 1959 · Feature Title: Room at the Top Summary: An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older… Internet Archive Faces (1968) 1968 · Feature Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night… Internet Archive Dinner Party 1945 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Dramatized presentation of proper table etiquette for teenagers, heavy on criticism and guilt. Internet Archive Quatermass 2 1957 · Feature Professor Quatermass, trying to gather support for his project to colonize the Moon, is intrigued by the mysterious traces that have been showing up on his… Internet Archive The Gunfighter 1950 colorized (Gregory Peck) 1950 · Feature Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo (Gregory Peck) has reformed and is on his way to a sleepy town in the hope of a reunion with his estranged sweetheart (Helen… Internet Archive BloodSpell Episode 1 2006 · Cartoon The Blooded are cursed to carry magic in their blood - when their blood is spilled, the magic comes out, whether to heal, summon or destroy. They are hunted… Internet Archive Divide and Conquer (Part II) 1943 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles Shows the German invasion of Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium and France, including the evacuation of the British forces at Dunkirk. From the "Why We Fight"… Internet Archive Les Cinq Dernières Minutes - Sans en avoir l'air (1959) 1959 · Feature · Subtitles Sans en avoir l'air (première diffusion : 14 août 1959) Avec Raymond Souplex (l'inspecteur principal Antoine Bourrel) et Jean Daurand (l'inspecteur Dupuy) Les… Internet Archive Extra!! Scoop! - First Actual Pictures - Assassination, 1934/10/17 1934 · Newsreel · Subtitles King Alexander and Louis Barthou, Shot Down in Streets of Marseilles by Revolutionists. Furious Spectators Batter Killer to Death As His Victims Die.… Internet Archive Remember These Faces 1945 · Short · 17 min · Subtitles Intense view of American soldiers in combat, produced to sell World War II bonds. Internet Archive Up In Smoke 1960 · Short · 20 min · Subtitles Dramatized portrait of greedy tobacco company executives who put money over health concerns. Internet Archive The Crooked Circle 1932 · Feature · 59 min A group secret society of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists. Internet Archive The Tonto Kid 1934 · Feature · 57 min Rex Bell stars as a cowboy with a checkered reputation who is trying to foil a grasping lawyer who is intent on getting hold of a potentially valuable property. Internet Archive Three to Get Ready: A Progress Report from BART 1967 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Shows stages in the construction of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system. Internet Archive Steptoe and Son - 1x05 - The Holiday 1962 · TV · Subtitles For the first time in his life, Harold plans to go on holiday abroad, and not to Bognor with his dad. However, Albert fakes a heart attack to stop him going,… Internet Archive At the End of the Rainbow (Part II) 1946 · Short · 11 min · Subtitles Sponsored film promoting ultraviolet light: its history, physics and health-giving properties. Internet Archive Arizona Kid, The 1939 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Range Warfare 1935 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Bad Boy 1939 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Howl's Moving Castle 2004 · Feature Sophie Hatter , the eldest of three, is apprenticed to make hats for the people of Ingary , a place where spells, magic cloaks, and seven-league boots exist.… Internet Archive ...Almost Feature · 1 h 20 min · Subtitles A charming seriocomic romantic fantasy in which a neglected young wife (Rosanna Arquette) escapes her disappointments by loosing herself in lurid romantic… Internet Archive The Hitch-Hiker - Weirdness Bad Movie Feature · 1 h 37 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 Les Vampires (1915) directed by Louis Feuillade Feature Lensed in an eerily abandoned Paris in 1915, Louis Feuillade's stark chapterplay LES VAMPIRES is a grim and powerful work which is worlds apart from the later… Internet Archive The Frozen North 1922 · Short · 17 min William S. Hart's melodramatic film finds Buster in the frozen north, "last stop on the subway." He uses a wanted poster as his partner in robbing a gambling… Internet Archive ST. MARTINS LANE video & audio upgrade Feature · 1 h 25 min · Subtitles This print is sharper and with less shrill audio than the existing IA copies. A seriocomic tale of London buskers (street performers) costarring Charles… Internet Archive War We Are In, Part Two: Communism vs. Capitalism, The 1962 · Short · 23 min · Subtitles Lecture given by Dr. George S. Benson, President of Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas. Internet Archive Why Study Science? 1955 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Family discusses how the study of science can help son and daughter make intelligent decisions on problems they will confront in the world. Internet Archive Another [2012] 2012 · Feature Another ( Japanese : アナザー , Hepburn : Anazā ) is a 2012 Japanese school mystery horror film directed by Takeshi Furusawa , starring Kento Yamazaki , Ai… Internet Archive The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Devil's Foot 1921 · Feature Eille Norwood appears in this 1921 Episode of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series. Special contents of this edition copyright 2010 Shane I Sullivan.…