The world's archives

3,793–3,840 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 Public Cowboy No. 1 1937 · Feature · 53 min Shannon (Arthur Loft) is running a modern rustling operation using an airplane to spot the cattle, short wave radio to alert the rustlers, and trucks to haul… Internet Archive Beginning Responsibility: Taking Care of Things 1951 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Instructs children how to care for toys, clothing and other property; to have a definite place to keep belongings, and how to store and handle possessions… Internet Archive Cheerios/V-8 1960 · Commercial · 1 min · Subtitles Cereal commercial targeted at children of the space age. Internet Archive American Frontier 1953 · Film · Subtitles Title Card: "American Frontier" and opening credits superimposed over U.S. map. Film describes events taking place after discovery of oil in Williston Basin,… Internet Archive The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen 1937 · Feature · 1 h Tex is up against a group of hooded outlaws. When he shoots one, he uses the hood to infiltrate the gang. Almost caught by them, he escapes only to be… Internet Archive Pride of the Bowery 1940 · Feature · 1 h 17 min Title: Pride of the Bowery Summary: New York City street principles get an East Side Kid in trouble at a Civilian Conservation Corps camp. Directed by: Joseph… Internet Archive The Guy from Harlem 1977 · Feature · 1 h 28 min AKA The worst movie in the history of mankind Tough streetwise private investigator Al Connors (Loye Hawkins), who works in Florida but originally hails from… Internet Archive Kentucky Blue Streak 1935 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Roads to Romance: Coral Gables 1950 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Travelogue, made for theatrical showing, promoting tourism in Coral Gables, Florida. Shows colorful parrots, the University of Miami, and a visit to the beach. Internet Archive Seance on a Wet Afternoon 1964 · Feature Title: Seance on a Wet Afternoon Summary: A medium and her husband stage a kidnapping in order for her to pretend to solve the crime and achieve fame.… Internet Archive Three Guys Named Mike (1951) Feature · 1 h 30 min A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman, all of whom are named Mike. When the… Internet Archive Ishtar (1987) 1987 · Feature Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of… Internet Archive Understanding Your Ideals 1950 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles A high school boy primarily concerned with automobiles, dates, and parties learns from his father's example that ideals are really based on honesty,… Internet Archive Enter the Lone Ranger 1949 · TV · 1 h 8 min · Subtitles Pilot for the Lone Ranger TV Series. September 15th 1949. Internet Archive Tough To Handle 1937 · Feature · 58 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Flatland: A Film by Ladd Ehlinger Jr. 2007 · Feature IMDb Page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0972374/ Synopsis from IMDb: Flatland is a two-dimensional universe occupied by living geometric figures - squares,… Internet Archive Waterloo (1970) 1970 · Feature A large-scale historical war film directed by Sergey Bondarchuk that dramatizes Napoleon Bonaparte’s final campaign and the Battle of Waterloo (June 18,… Internet Archive Germany: A Family of the Industrial Ruhr 1958 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Examines the varied activities in the life of an average working man's family in a German industrial city after World War II. Internet Archive Woman On The Run 1950 ★★★★ (CC) Film/Noir [1:18:34] Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe 1950 · Feature · 1 h 17 min · Subtitles Woman on the Run is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Norman Foster and starring Ann Sheridan and Dennis O'Keefe. The film was based on the April… Internet Archive Office Courtesy: Meeting the Public 1952 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Assisted by an instructive dream, a secretary learns how to be more personable and thus render her job more enjoyable. Internet Archive The Inspector General 1949 · Feature · 1 h 41 min Title: The Inspector General Summary: A town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise. Directed by: Henry Koster Actors: Danny… Internet Archive Berlin Alexanderplatz Pt. I ( The Punishment Begins) 1980 · Feature Berlin, 1928. Franz Biberkopf is released after serving four years in Tegal prison for killing his girlfriend Ida. After settling into his old apartment he… Internet Archive Betty Boop: Betty in Blunderland 1933 · Cartoon Internet Archive Case of the Frightened Lady 1940 · Feature · 1 h 20 min · Subtitles A mystery from England. Internet Archive The Early Films of Peter Jackson 1987 · Feature Before the Oscars, before the acclaim, before Middle Earth, Peter Jackson was making some of the sickest, goofiest and most audacious films to come out of New… Internet Archive Spider baby [videorecording] 1990 · Feature A caretaker devotes himself to three children after the death of their father. Relatives arrive to lay claim to the estate but the caretaker suspects that… Internet Archive Make Mine Freedom 1948 · Film · Subtitles The end of World War II did not bring peace at home. Nuclear anxiety, anti-Communism and international political realignments fueled the Cold War and turned… Internet Archive Golpe De Estadio 1998 · Feature «Golpe De Estadio» es una película colombiana. «Dirigida por Sergio Cabrera, producida por Tomás Zapata y estrenada en 1998 . Trata el tema del conflicto… Internet Archive Law Rides, The 1936 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive THE GIANT OF METROPOLIS (1961) Feature · 1 h 29 min A very imaginative Scifi sword and sandales movie by Umberto Scarpelli starring Gordon Mitchel in maybe his best film shot in Cine Citta. more info on… Internet Archive Robo Vampire (1988) 1988 · Feature Narcotics agent Tom Wilde is given a second chance at life after being shot and killed. In a futuristic experiment, agent Wilde is returned to life as an… Internet Archive Planeta Bur (1961) 1962 · Feature · Subtitles Planeta Bur ( Planet of Storms ) is a Soviet science fiction film directed by Pavel Klushantsev . The narrative follows a crew of Soviet cosmonauts aboard two… Internet Archive Tih-Minh 1918 · Feature · 6 h 58 min French silent movie serial in 12 parts directed by Louis Feuillade in 1918. As the single episodes are not identified by intertitles, the video file has been… Internet Archive The Wabbit Who Came to Supper 1942 · Cartoon · 8 min Title: The Wabbit Who Came to Supper Summary: Bugs Bunny exploits the situation when an uncle leaves Elmer Fudd three million dollars on the condition that he… Internet Archive Angry Boy (Part II) 1950 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Alexander Hammid's sensitive narrative of how a pre-adolescent boy is helped by a psychiatrist to come to terms with his feelings. Internet Archive #Bfl O {ggGX = STwWcfl x 2s4 (Calvin Workshop) 1963 · Short · 6 min · Subtitles Spoofy look at the motion-picture production process, made to encourage discussion among filmmakers. Internet Archive Country Gentlemen 1936 · Feature · 55 min Title: Country Gentlemen Summary: McAllister ( Ole Olsen and Hamilton ( Chic Johnson )are a couple of con-men who travel about the country selling worthless… Internet Archive Spaceways 1953 colorized (Howard Duff) 1953 · Feature The chief engineer (Howard Duff) on a project to send the first artificial satellite into high orbit is concerned that his wife (Cecile Chevreau) is having an… Internet Archive Power Dive 1941 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Fantasmagori Short · 1 min This is probably the first animated film, produced by Emil Cohl, considered the "father of animation" in 1908 Internet Archive Coney Island 1940 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles The great amusement zone in its heyday. Internet Archive Inside Information 1934 · Feature · 48 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Tuberculosis (Third Edition) 1955 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Causes of treatment of tubercular infection, and tuberculosis as a social phenomenon. Internet Archive Green Acres Complete Series TV Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm. Produced by Filmways as a… Internet Archive Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome 1947 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas. Internet Archive Psychogenic Disease in Infancy 1952 · Short · 19 min · Subtitles Illustrates a series of psychogenic diseases and attempts to relate them to the infants' relationships with their mothers. Internet Archive "The Mark of Zorro" (1920) starring Douglas Fairbanks 1920 · 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 College 1927 · Feature · 1 h 4 min Buster Keaton goes to college and trys to master sports ... all or any of them.