The world's archives

3,745–3,792 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 The Age Of Medici ( Part 1 Of 3) 1973 · Feature Roberto Rossellini’s three-part The Age of the Medici is like a Renaissance painting come to life: a portrait of fifteenth-century Florence, ruled by the… Internet Archive Law and Social Controls 1949 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Uses the story of teens trying to extend the hours of their "Teen Canteen" as a vehicle for explaining customs, moral codes, and laws. Internet Archive Invisible Agent 1942 · Feature Frank Raymond, grandson of the original Invisible Man, still has the old formula but considers it too dangerous to use, even when Axis agents try to get it.… Internet Archive Stingray. (Complete Series) 1964 · TV Stingray is a British children's Supermarionation television series, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by AP Films for ATV and ITC… Internet Archive Castle in the Desert 1942 colorized =Charlie Chan= 1942 · Feature An eccentric historian and his wife live in an isolated castle-like mansion in the Mojave Desert. When a guest suddenly collapses, Charlie Chan is invited to… Internet Archive Leave It to Beaver (The Complete Series) [1957 - 1963] 1957 · TV The 1984 Revival Show: The New Leave It to Beaver / Still the Beaver Leave It to Beaver is an American television sitcom that follows the misadventures of a… Internet Archive Exile Express (upgraded) Feature · 1 h 10 min This version has better image quality than the copy that's already at IA which was a tape transfer, probably VHS. However this new upload comes from the same… Internet Archive DOUBLE FEATURE HELL (an evening with Phil Tucker) Feature · 2 h 10 min · Subtitles The odyssey begins with coming attractions and a newsreel, followed by Phil Tucker's daring expose of taxi dance joints, "Dance Hall Racket." Then after a… Internet Archive Old Chinese Proverb: One Picture Is Worth Ten Thousand Words, An 1946 · Short · 22 min · Subtitles A tour through the Jerry Fairbanks studios in Hollywood, showing the production of animation, TV films, industrial and advertising films. Internet Archive The Blue Dahlia [1946] Dir. George Marshall, Starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard da Silva (Screenplay: Raymond Chandler) 1945 · Feature You can find out more about this movie from Wikipedia and Film Nolr of the Week . The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 American Film Noir , directed by George Marshall,… Internet Archive The Reckoning 1932 · Feature · 1 h 1 min · Subtitles * Released: 1932-02-15 * (Eng US) * Crime Thriller 1930s Pre-Code B&W Film * J.H. Hoffberg Company Inc. * PRODUCER: J.H. Hoffberg * DIRECTOR: Harry Fraser *… Internet Archive Show 'Em the Road (Part II) 1954 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles Southern California teenagers join the Mobilgas "Safety and Economy" competition, driving from the Los Angeles area to the Inland Empire, the desert, to Las… Internet Archive Arranging The Tea Table Short · 5 min · Subtitles Explains the reasoning behind attractive and correct tea-table arranging. One of the satellite films that accompanied Let's Give a Tea. See also Arranging a… Internet Archive Airport America 1954 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Advocates increased airport construction, especially in rural America. Describes the centrality of general aviation to the U.S. economy. With many images of… Internet Archive Silent Hall Of Fame Documentary (2015) 2015 · Feature This documentary is copyrighted by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of… Internet Archive Old man Hottabych 1956 · Feature · 1 h 20 min The fantastic comedy is removed on the fairy tale of Lazar Lagin with the same name. 12-year-old Moscow schoolboy Volka, bathing in the Moskva River, finds… Internet Archive Outer Gate 1937 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Holiday from Rules? 1959 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles "Lord of the Flies" from an adult's point of view, starring four willful and confused children. Internet Archive Decision At Sundown (1957 Color Western Romance) 1957 · Feature · 1 h 13 min MOVIE TAGLINES: 01) At last the search was over ... now he was face-to-face with the killers who had dishonored his wife ! 02) Somebody will die for this !… Internet Archive Prison Shadows 1936 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Secret Evidence 1941 · Feature · 1 h · Subtitles Title: Secret Evidence Summary: PRC - Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Quigley, Ward McTaggart, Kenneth Harlan, Donald Curtis. When Reynolds becomes engaged to the… Internet Archive Going Spanish 1934 · Short · 20 min Bob Hope, his fiancée (Vicki Cummings) and prospective mother-in-law (Frances Halliday) pass through Los Pochos Eggos, South America. In which, on a certain… Internet Archive Das eitle Stubenmdchen AKA The Vain Housemaid 1908 · Feature Internet Archive Scott of the Antarctic 1948 · Feature The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole, only to find… Internet Archive The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) Feature · 1 h 30 min The private life of King Henry VIII and his many wives. PD In UK At GATT Date. Not Eligible For GATT U.S. copyright not renewed Mystic Nights Videos Internet Archive The Giant of Marathon 1959 · Feature A Greek Warrior engages in battle against the Persian Army Internet Archive Ghosts of Hanley House Feature · 1 h 25 min Low-budget Haunted House Horror Movie about 5 people who spend the night at old house where two people were murdererd. Its a little amateurish, but is fairly… Internet Archive Harmony Lane 1935 · Feature · 1 h 22 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Jalisco Nunca Pierde ( 1974) 1974 · Feature A poor commoner falls in love with a wealthy man's daughter and must contend with a jealous nobleman. Internet Archive The Wooden Horse 1950 · Feature In a POW camp, the Nazis have placed the huts far from the boundary so that any escape tunnel would have to be a long one. One British officer has the idea of… Internet Archive What Makes a Fine Watch Fine? 1947 · Short · 19 min · Subtitles History and practice of precision watchmaking at the Hamilton factory in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Internet Archive Human birth. 1973 · Educational · 17 min · Subtitles Also issued as loop films in super 8 mm. on reel; in super 8 mm. in cartridge; in super 8 mm. on reel with magnetic sound; in super 8 mm. in cartridge with… Internet Archive The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy (La Momia Azteca Contro El Robot Humano) 1958 - English Feature · 1 h 4 min · Subtitles The walking Aztec mummy Popoca has returned, and this time he is pitted against a mad scientist and his creation, the Human Robot, a cyborg with a mechanical… Internet Archive They Never Come Back 1932 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive The Pirates of Penzance 2022 · Feature · Subtitles The McGill Savoy Society presents THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, or, The Slave of Duty Composed by Arthur Sullivan Libretto by W. S. Gilbert CREATIVE TEAM AND CREW… Internet Archive [Panama Canal] 1912 · Film · Subtitles Narration describes the construction of and history behind the Panama Canal. Footage primarily of trains, construction machinery and workers. Includes Gatun… Internet Archive 1964 New York World's Fair Report 1961 · Short · 25 min · Subtitles Preparation, planning and construction for the Fair, under the imperious direction of Robert Moses. Internet Archive Encounter With The Unknown Feature · 1 h 30 min [1973] VHS Rip Narrator Rod Serling...Three story's "based on actual events" actually they are urban legends. First, three college students play a prank on a… Internet Archive [Chevrolet Sales Convention Musical] 1954 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Rare record of song-and-dance at a Chevrolet sales convention, designed to motivate the sales force. Internet Archive The Joyless Street 1926 · Feature The film that brought international fame to both Pabst and Greta Garbo, THE JOYLESS STREET is a stinging indictment of the soullessness of Weimar-era Vienna.… Internet Archive A Stranger In Town Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles A Supreme Court Justice goes fishing in a small town and gets involved with a country lawyer in cleaning up the corrupt town leaders. Internet Archive "Scaramouche" (1923) director Rex Ingram starring Ramon Novarro 1923 · Feature 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 Le criminel Feature · Subtitles Synopsis Un ancien officier nazi, relâché pour des raisons stratégiques, trouve refuge dans une petite cité américaine. Il est suivi par un inspecteur qui… Internet Archive The Strange World of Planet X 1958 · Feature Title: The Strange World of Planet X Summary: A friendly visitor from outer space warns against conducting experiments with the Earth's magnetic field, that… Internet Archive Sherlock Holmes - The Case of the Texas Cowgirl 1954 · TV · 27 min · Subtitles The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes "The Case of the Texas Cowgirl" Originally aired November 8, 1954. Minnie O'Malley, a cowgirl in a travelling rodeo,… Internet Archive News Magazine of the Screen: Atomic Energy 1950 · Short · 21 min · Subtitles Compilation of 1950s newsreel stories on atomic weapons testing, civil defense and nuclear energy. Internet Archive The Bat (1926) with soundtrack 1926 · Feature · 1 h 25 min 1926 directed by Roland West starring George Beranger, Charles Herzinger and Emily Fitzroy. Sets designed by William Cameron Menzies. A criminal who dresses… Internet Archive The Andy Griffith Show: S3 E23, Andy Discovers America 1963 · TV · 25 min · Subtitles (DVD Quality) Original Air Date: March 4, 1963 (Season 3, Episode 23). Opie's had it with his history homework, and misinterprets Andy's empathy as an excuse…