The world's archives

4,561–4,608 of 563,647 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 Buster Keaton's "The Paleface" (1922) 1922 · 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 "The Phantom of the Opera" (1925) starring Lon Chaney 1925 · 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 BOOTLEGGER'S DRIVE-IN SATURDAY NIGHT: ATOM AGE VAMPIRE & HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND Feature A COMPLETE DVD. Features a custom menu with poster art from one of the movies overlayed with drive-in style audio. Burning the DVD is easy: Download the… Internet Archive [Oakland Oaks Baseball Season Opens] 1918 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Baseball season opens in Oakland, California: April 2, 1918; auto parade through downtown streets and pregame warmup. Internet Archive Folks! (1992) Tom Selleck, Don Ameche 1992 · Feature A slightly self absorbed yuppie takes in his parents including his senile father, after their home burns down. But his personal and professional life fall… Internet Archive Emma Goldman - An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman Feature · 1 h 26 min Hayatini anarsizm mücadelesine ve kadinin özgürlesmesine adayan, düsünceleri, sözleri ve yaptiklariyla “fevkalade tehlikeli bir kadin” in, Emma Goldman’ in… Internet Archive Dragnet - Episode # 18 The Big Seventeen w/commercials 1952 · Commercial · 31 min · Subtitles Sergeant Friday investigates the destruction of a movie theater by a gang a teenagers! The cops find a small box containing marijuana and put two-and-two… Internet Archive Space Movie. Camera Records Missile In Flight, 1963/11/14 1963 · Newsreel · Subtitles Titan II launch in South Atlantic, with camera on 2nd stage - makes film of stage separation above earth, "The curvature of the earth is plainly visible.… Internet Archive Killer's Romance ( 1990) 480p DVDRip 1990 · Feature LOOSELY BASED ON THE CRYING FREEMAN MANGA ORIGINAL MANDARIN TITLE: Lang man sha shou zi you ren PLOT: A triad assassin is sent to kill a female witness to a… Internet Archive Easier Way, The 1946 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles Presents the case for motion study in the workplace and advises supervisors on how to convince skeptics that it is a good thing. Internet Archive "Orphans of the Storm" (1921) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer 1921 · 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 Fatty's Magic Pants 1914 · Short · 12 min Plot taken from IMDb: 'Fatty' is looking forward to attending a formal occasion. But in order to go, he has to be properly dressed, and he encounters… Internet Archive You Were Never Lovelier (1942) Bonita como Nunca 1942 · Feature · Subtitles Bonita como Nunca (You Were Never Lovelier - 1942) ELENCO: Rita Hayworth, Fred Astaire Internet Archive Basic Typing, Part I: Methods (Part II) 1944 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Demonstrates correct posture for typing; proper fingering of the keys; use of the shift key, back spacer, tabulator, carriage return lever, etc.; and… Internet Archive The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant 1972 · Feature A successful fashion designer abandons a sado-masochistic relationship with her female assistant in favor of a love affair with a beautiful young woman. Internet Archive Secret Mission Feature “Wartime action, drama, comedy and romance” “A bit less than routine” “Complete twaddle” (IMDB reviews quotes). A far-fetched and haphazard espionage thriller… Internet Archive The Gamma People 1956 colorized (Paul Douglas) 1956 · Feature When a train mishap strands an American reporter (Paul Douglas) and an English photographer (Leslie Phillips) in a small Eastern European kingdom, they… Internet Archive I Am a Camera 1955 · Feature Title: I Am a Camera Summary: In Weimar-era Berlin, an aspiring writer strikes up a friendship with a vivacious, penniless singer. Directed by: Henry… Internet Archive On the Beat 1962 · Feature · 1 h 41 min Title: On the Beat Summary: Norman wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his… Internet Archive Little Swee' Pea 1936 · Cartoon · 7 min You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive DELUGE image quality upgrade Feature This print has improved contrast and luminosity. Also it is an undivided MPEG4 (MP4) file for convenient downloading. “Disturbing” “Quite good” “Remarkable”… Internet Archive Private SNAFU - Booby Traps 1943 · Cartoon · 4 min Private SNAFU WWII training film on booby traps. Because this was originally aimed at US soldiers. Expect there to be a visual pun related to the films title.… Internet Archive Shocker Internet Drive In - Week 38: "Sexy Summer Sin" Double Feature Feature · 3 h 27 min · Subtitles Well, after a bit of renovations (as well as a much deserved summer break), your favorite Shocker Internet Drive In is back open for business with a double… Internet Archive Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (Dr. Mabuse der Spieler) 1922, Part 1 Feature · 1 h 42 min A film about the dastardly doings of Norbert Jacques's title villian, directed by Fritz Lang. Rudolf Klein-Rogge stars in a role he later repeated in "The… Internet Archive Cross of Iron (1977) 1977 · Feature Cross of Iron is a 1977 war film directed by Sam Peckinpah, featuring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, and David Warner. Set during World War II… Internet Archive Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoé 1903 · Short · 1 min Sadly the only thing available are just a few fragments running just over a minute. Since there aren't any title cards it's going to be important for the… Internet Archive Il conformista (1970) O Conformista 1970 · Feature Depois de se casar e de assumir um cargo no governo de Mussolini em 1938, rapaz vai de lua de mel a Paris com uma missão a cumprir. Ele deve procurar um… Internet Archive Quatermass and the Pit - Episode One 1958 · TV · 35 min · Subtitles This is the first episode of Nigel Kneale's third Quatermass serial from 1958. Other episodes can be viewed via these links: Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4… Internet Archive How the Eye Functions 1941 · Film · Subtitles EXPLAINS GROSS & DETAILED STRUCTURE OF HUMAN EYE. BRIEFLY DESCRIBES HOW LIGHT WAVES ARE REFRACTED BY LENS OF EYE & FOCUSED ON THE RETINA. EMPHASIZES LENS, ITS… Internet Archive Movie Trailers: "Doomsday" Horror Animation 1950 · Cartoon · Subtitles Tongue-in-cheek horror movie trailer. Internet Archive Fiend Without a Face 1958 colorized (Marshall Thompson) 1958 · Feature An American airbase in Canada provokes resentment among the locals concerned about fallout from its nuclear power plant. After a man's mysterious death, his… Internet Archive Jurassic Park 1993 Feature Jurassic Park 1993 Internet Archive Romance on the Run 1938 · Feature · 53 min · Subtitles You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive Tower Of London (1939) 1939 · Feature · Subtitles Tower of London is a 1939 black-and-white historical film directed and produced by Rowland V. Lee. It stars Basil Rathbone as the future King Richard III of… Internet Archive Shield for Murder (1954) 1954 · Feature · 1 h 21 min · Subtitles Featuring Edmond O'Brien, Marla English, John Agar, Emile Meyer, William Schallert, Claude Akins, and Herbert Butterfield. The movie is split into two parts:… Internet Archive Service and Citizenship 1951 · Short · 10 min · Subtitles Korean War-era film points out that military service should be understood as part of citizenship and that training in the everyday duties of citizenship is a… Internet Archive "Ramona" (1910) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer 1910 · 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 The Bat Whispers 1930 · Feature Title: The Bat Whispers Summary: A master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion. Directed by: Roland West Actors: Chance Ward,… Internet Archive Night Tide (1961) Feature · 1 h 25 min Dennis Hopper as a sailor who falls for a girl who works as a mermaid in a sideshow. Is she human or really a sea creature? Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "A Night Out" (1915) 1915 · 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 ONE: A Space Odyssey 2001 · Cartoon · 1 min ONE: A Space Odyssey is a minute-long animated LEGO parody of Stanley Kubrick's Sci-Fi masterpiece. The film was made in 2000, by Tim Drage and Tony Mines of… Internet Archive "A Tale of Two Cities" (1911) starring Florence Turner 1911 · 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 News Magazine of the Screen, The (Vol. 1, Issue 6) 1951 · Newsreel · 21 min · Subtitles Newsreel stories reformatted for classroom use. Segments include: United Nations Condemns Red China (on the Korean War); General Eisenhower Surveys Atlantic… Internet Archive The Riverside Murder 1935 · Feature · 1 h 3 min A British mystery. Alastair Sim: No, no, no, now stay out! Judy Gunn: Oh, you monster! Alastair Sim: Aye, from Loch Ness. Internet Archive 1936 All-American Soap Box Derby, The 1936 · Film · Subtitles "The great American boy is hard at work...inventing, creating, building something. The energy that is forever behind both the competitive sports of youth and… Internet Archive Dr. Cyclops (1940) 1940 · Feature "Dr. Cyclops" is a 1940 American science fiction horror film directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, known for being the first horror film made in full three-strip… Internet Archive Nazis Face War Crime Evidence, 1945/12/06 1945 · Newsreel · Subtitles (1) Nuremberg trials continue, covered by cameras and press, chart shown of "entire Hitler dynasty" (2) German War Plant Razed - Gen. Truscott oversees… Internet Archive Camera Thrills of the War 2026 · Film · Subtitles 07:01:06:29 Still of World War II US soldier wearing helmet with bayonet resting on shoulder beside text “Camera Thrills of the War!”; intertitle “Tearing Up…