The world's archives

4,033–4,080 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 Panama Patrol Feature · 1 h 6 min · Subtitles For some unfathomable reason the Chinese want to sabotage the Panama Canal. (Considering this film's release date its producers picked the wrong yellow… Internet Archive The Turning Point 1952 ★★★★ CC: Crime Film-Noir [1:25:25] 1952 · Feature · 1 h 25 min · Subtitles The Turning Point is a 1952 American film noir crime film directed by William Dieterle and starring William Holden, Edmond O'Brien and Alexis Smith. It was… Internet Archive Spooks Run Wild_Weirdness bad Movie Feature · 1 h 38 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 Tombstone Canyon Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Big City, The 2026 · Film · Subtitles 05:36:40:18 Great shot 1950s St. Louis traffic police car pulls up to curb, number 72 on side of car; police officer in passenger seat looks up; enormous… Internet Archive The Giant of Marathon 1959 · Feature A Greek Warrior engages in battle against the Persian Army See the IMDB page at http://imdb.com/title/tt0052604/ Watch this and other classic movies on line… Internet Archive Father Came Too! 1964 · Feature Title: Father Came Too! Summary: A young married couple experience difficulties doing up a cottage, and are hindered by the wife's father. Directed by: Peter… Internet Archive La baby sitter 1975 · Feature Title: La baby sitter Summary: A naive young girl is forcefully kidnapped while babysitting the son of a wealthy food mogul. Her and the boy are held hostage… Internet Archive Fourth Kingdom, The 1942 · Film · Subtitles Tells the story of development of Bakelite materials and rapid expansion of uses for these man-made products since 1909 when discovery was first made. Film… Internet Archive Who's Right? 1954 · Short · 17 min · Subtitles Dramatization of the experience of a young married couple whose quarrels undermine their happiness and prevent the development of adult love based on mutual… Internet Archive Here's Looking 1939 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles Visual perception in animals, humans, and from the driver's seat of a Chevrolet. Internet Archive Another Man's Poison 1951 · Feature · 1 h 30 min Title: Another Man's Poison Summary: In an isolated house, mystery writer Janet Frobisher is involved in potentially murderous relationships. Directed by:… Internet Archive John Parker's DAUGHTER OF HORROR (1955) Feature · 54 min aka "Dementia". Could have been called "Alice in Film-noirland" A very dreamlike story indeed. Not so far from "Carnival of Souls" or Orson Welles' "Trial".… Internet Archive "The Jack Benny Program" Christmas Shopping Show 1957 · Feature Title: "The Jack Benny Program" Christmas Shopping Show Summary: Jack is determined to finish his Christmas shopping in one visit and tortures a wallet… Internet Archive 1967 Die Treppe (The Stairs) 1967 · Feature The author uses the camera as the eye, moves so one-handed through home and welcomes after peeing with his free hand, people at a party. I've seen "The… Internet Archive The Strange World of Planet X (1958) colorized AKA Cosmic Monsters (Forrest Tucker) 1958 · Feature At a small, rural British lab, Dr. Laird (Alec Mango) and his assistants (Forrest Tucker, Gaby André) experiment with ultra-intense magnetic fields that can… Internet Archive The Silent Enemy 1958 · Feature · 1 h 47 min Title: The Silent Enemy Summary: In the Mediterranean in 1941 the Italians start using underwater chariots to mine the undersides of allied ships. Explosives… Internet Archive Steel Claw, The 1961 Feature · 1 h 36 min · Subtitles From IMDb; A Marine stationed in the Philippines loses a hand in an accident and is discharged from the Corps. When the Japanese invade the Philippines, he is… Internet Archive Flatboatmen of the Frontier 1941 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Presents a phase of pioneer agricultural economy in the early nineteenth century. Portrays Ohio Valley farmers as they fell trees, prepare the lumber, and… Internet Archive The Sundowners (1950) Robert Preston 1950 · Feature Texans Tom (Robert Sterling) and Jeff Cloud (John Barrymore Jr.) find a corpse on their ranch. Earl Boyce (Jack Elam) saw who killed the man, but he's too… Internet Archive Liberty Short · 10 min · Subtitles The film presents Liberty as a powerful symbol of hope and opportunity for all immigrants and oppressed individuals. It highlights the contributions of… Internet Archive Lewis and Clark 1950 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Dramatization of the expedition made by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the land from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast. Internet Archive To Market, To Market (Part II) 1942 · Short · 4 min · Subtitles Proliferation of outdoor advertising billboards through Chicago and the methods of analyzing potential advertising sites. This part, shot in Kodachrome,… Internet Archive Les Cinq Dernières Minutes - La clé de l'énigme (1958) 1958 · Feature · Subtitles La Clé de l'énigme (première diffusion : 1er janvier 1958) Avec Raymond Souplex (l'inspecteur principal Antoine Bourrel) et Jean Daurand (l'inspecteur Dupuy)… Internet Archive Great Mike, The 1944 · Feature · 1 h 10 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Pitfall (1948) Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Raymond Burr, Jane Wyatt - Film Noir 1948 · Feature Pitfall is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by Andre DeToth. The film is based on the novel The Pitfall by Jay Dratler and stars Dick Powell,… Internet Archive DOULGLAS FAIRBANKS JR presents Bulldog Drummond Short · 25 min · Subtitles "Douglas Fairbanks Jr Presents Bulldog Drummond and 'The Ludlow Affair'" Series 5 Episode 13 (28 January 1957) This was made as a pilot for a possible series.… Internet Archive Fingers ( 1978) 1978 · Feature Keitel plays the lead in this schizophrenic movie in which he is continually pulled by the two conflicting sides of his personality, on the one hand that of a… Internet Archive A Blueprint For Murder (1953) Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill 1953 · Feature A Blueprint for Murder is a 1953 thriller film noir starring Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, and Gary Merrill. Andrew L. Stone wrote and directed the film. Find… Internet Archive The Fallen Idol (1948) 1948 · Feature The Fallen Idol is a British mystery thriller film directed by Carol ReedThe film is based on Graham Greene's short story "The Basement Room" and features a… Internet Archive Non Stop New York 1937 Feature · 1 h 11 min Anna Lee is a stowaway on a futuristic airliner. The plane looks like it just flew off the cover of a vintage scifi magazine. It even has outdoor observation… Internet Archive Phantom Cowboy 1935 · Feature · 50 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Cruel Gun Story 1964 · Feature Fresh out of the slammer, Togawa ( Branded to Kill ’s rough-and-ready Joe Shishido) has no chance to go straight because he is immediately coerced by a… Internet Archive Popular (1999-2001) WB dramedy - all 43 eps 1999 · TV Popular ('99-'01) - all 43 eps American teenage comedy-drama television series that aired on The WB, created by Ryan Murphy and Gina Matthews Leslie Bibb,… Internet Archive Crazy House ( 1943) 1943 · Feature Crazy House is a 1943 comedy film starring Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson as Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere… Internet Archive L'Homme Orchestre 1900 · Short · 1 min L'Homme Orchestre, 1900, 1m21s Star Film Catalogue Nos. 262-263 In many ways a sequel to The Four Troublesome Heads (Un Homme de têtes, 1898), The One-Man… Internet Archive Black Angel 1946 ★★★½ CC: Crime/Film-Noir [1:20:33] Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre 1946 · Feature · 1 h 21 min · Subtitles Black Angel is a 1946 American film noir starring Dan Duryea, June Vincent and Peter Lorre. Directed by Roy William Neill, it was the last film of director… Internet Archive Victory through Air Power Cartoon · 1 h 5 min This one is a World War II banned cartoon. I checked throughout the film for any evidence a copyright and none was found on it Internet Archive Brideless Groom 1947 · Short · 16 min Title: Brideless Groom Summary: To inherit a fortune, voice teacher Shemp must marry before six o'clock, but no girl will accept his proposal. Finally one of… Internet Archive Hearts of Humanity Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles An amazing peek at the melting pot of New York City as immigrants from around the globe struggle to create a new life in America. Great performance by Jean… Internet Archive Night of the Blood Beast (1958) Feature · 1 h 2 min Classic low budget sci-fi complete with a reanimated dead astronaut impregnated with alien embryos and a blood-sucking space monster produced by Gene Corman.… Internet Archive Texas Legionnaires 1943 · Feature · 53 min AKA The Man from Music Mountain Roy returns home to fine a range feud between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. When his friend is killed he finds the rifle had… Internet Archive The Dead Are Alive!(1972) 1972 · Feature A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead… Internet Archive Betty Boop: Happy You And Merry Me 1936 · Cartoon Internet Archive THE HOUSE OF FEAR video quality upgrade Feature This print is much less than perfect. However the heavy blue cast has been removed and the excessive contrast reduced. Also now it is in the standard MPEG4… Internet Archive The Great Dan Patch 1949 · Feature · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive [Completion of Northwestern Pacific Rail Road] (Part I) 1914 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Golden Spike ceremonies and celebration for the completion of the Northwestern Pacific Rail Road, October 23-25, 1914. Filmed in Willits, Cain Rock, Arcata… Internet Archive Special Delivery 1963 · Short · 25 min · Subtitles How Superior Coach Co. school buses move children safely to and from school, told through the experience of Mickey Miller, who is just a bit too young to ride…