The world's archives

1,057–1,104 of 1,669 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.
Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act1 Sc2 No 03-Who Makes the Finest Ginger Bread-complete-play 1905 · Short · 1 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York in 1905. Converted the Harvard/Google PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act2 Sc1 No 14-Entrance of Submarine Fire Fighters-play 1905 · Short · 1 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. Converted Harvard/Google PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act1 Sc2 No 05-Jack O'Lantern Joe-no chorus-play 1905 · Short · 1 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York in 1905. Converted the Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Sur la mer jaune 1909 · Short · 6 min Lieu : Mer jaune Lieu : Chine Mission : 1908-1909 - Voyage d'Albert Kahn et d'Alfred Dutertre autour du Monde (VAM) - (13 novembre-11 mars) Thème : Nature /… Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act1 Sc4 No 08-When the Moon Is in the Sky-play 1905 · Short · 1 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. Converted Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act2 Sc1 No 13-String of Pearls-play 1905 · Short · 1 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. Converted Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons La Marseillaise (1907) 1907 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles French "phono-cinéthéâtre" silent film synchronized with gramophone interpretation of La Marseillaise by Jean Noté. Commons Sorting refuse at incinerating plant, New York City - 1903 · Short · 2 min Sorting refuse at incinerating plant, New York City / Summary The subject is a group of about thirty men and boys who are sorting combustible refuse, mostly… Commons Coil winding machines, Westinghouse works 1904 · Short · 2 min Silent short Summary: Numerous women stand in rows at winding machines, taking material from large spools behind them. A male supervisor walks down the… Commons President McKinley's speech at the Pan-American Exposition 1901 · Short · 1 min "In this picture we present a wonderful and life-like likeness of President McKinley. He first walks upon the platform, escorting Mrs. McKinley, whom he very… Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act1 Sc3 No 07a-Come My True Love-play 1905 · Short · 1 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York in 1905. Converted the Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score--The Mermaid and the Man-play 1905 · Short · 1 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. This song was not included Witmark's book of scores from the musical. Converted Library of… Commons Valse excentrique (1903) - yt 1903 · Short · 2 min Stencil coloured film produced by Pathé Frères in 1903, featuring the dancers Bodoni and Solinski from the Eldorado of Paris Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act1 Sc2 No 03-Who Makes the Finest Ginger Bread-2 verses no chorus-play 1905 · Short · 2 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York in 1905. One of two versions of this sheet music series at the Library of Congress. This version includes… Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act2 Sc1 No 15-Fire Fighters We-play 1905 · Short · 1 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. Converted Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act3 Sc3 No 26-It is the English-play 1905 · Short · 1 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. Converted Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act3 Sc3 No 27-Finale III-play 1905 · Short · 1 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. Converted Harvard/Google PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-On a Desert Island With the Only One You Love-play 1905 · Short · 2 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. This song was not included Witmark's book of scores from the musical. Converted Library of… Commons Congress of nations - 1900 · Short · 2 min Congress of nations / Summary from Edison films catalog: A new and sensational film, which deals in a highly up-to-date manner with the international… Commons Exploded gas tanks, U.S. Mint, Emporium and Spreckels Bld'g - 1906 · Short · 2 min Exploded gas tanks, U.S. Mint, Emporium and Spreckels Bld'g / Title Exploded gas tanks, U.S. Mint, Emporium and Spreckels Bld'g Other Title Exploded gas… Commons Old London Street Scenes (1903) 1903 · Short · 4 min Traffic congestion in Edwardian London. Made over 100 years ago, this footage shows a number of scenes shot around central London, taking in locations such… Commons Aankomst Circus Carre (1904 - Arrival of the Circus Carré) 1904 · Short · 2 min Reportage about the arrival of Circus Carré at Amsterdam’s Weesperpoort Station. Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act2 Sc1 No 11-Opening-Chorus of Pirates-play 1905 · Short · 1 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. Converted Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Elfin Lullaby-play 1905 · Short · 2 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. This song was not included Witmark's book of scores from the musical. Converted Library of… Commons Mark Twain at Stormfield (1909) 1909 · Short · 3 min Mark Twain filmed at his house in Redding, Connecticut, by Thomas Edison in 1909. Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act1 Sc2 No 06-Sitting on the Starboard Tack-play 1905 · Short · 2 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York in 1905. Converted the Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act1 Sc2 No 04-My Party-play 1905 · Short · 2 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York in 1905. Converted the Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons The Return of Ulysses (1908) 1908 · Short · 13 min Silent French film. Pathé Baby version. "Adapted by Mr. Jules Lemaitre of the Academie Francaise from Homer's Odyssey. Members of the Comedie Francaise: Mme… Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act3 Sc1 No 23- Can Can to the Canny Canner-play 1905 · Short · 2 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. Converted Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Lucia di Lammermoor (1908) 1908 · Short · 4 min Lucia di Lammermoor, a French 1908 early form of sound fim, produced by the synchronization of a silent film with a gramophone recording. Here, an aria from… Commons J'ai perdu mon lorgnon (1906) 1906 · Short · 3 min French silent short. Produced by Pathé Frères (n° 1359), directed by Charles-Lucien Lépine. Cinematography and special effects by Segundo de Chomon Commons Voyages 1909 · Short · 12 min Lieu : Japon Lieu : Chine Lieu : Mongolie Lieu : Japon et Chine Mission : 1908-1909 - Voyage d'Albert Kahn et d'Alfred Dutertre autour du Monde (VAM) - (13… Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act2 Sc1 No 12-The Daughter of Annie Rooney-play 1905 · Short · 2 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. Converted Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act2 Sc2 No 19-Honeymoon Hall-complete-play 1905 · Short · 2 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. Converted Harvard/Google PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Le cake-walk au nouveau cirque 1903 · Short · 5 min Le Cake-Walk au Nouveau Cirque — compilation of five short films featuring the company of Les Joyeux Nègres, a revue at Nouveau Cirque in Paris 1. Nègres [I]… Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act3 Sc2 No 24- Lily White-play 1905 · Short · 3 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. Converted Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Galveston Hurricane 1900 - Film - Thomas A Edison 1900 · Short · 5 min On September 8, 1900, the deadliest hurricane in US history made landfall at Galveston, Texas. Winds reached a speed of 145 miles per hour, killing between… Commons Cleveland Fire Department, 1900 1900 · Short · 1 min Fire department in Cleveland, Ohio. The subject is the activities of a fire department that can be seen coming out of the fire engine house located across the… Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act1 Sc2 No 05-Jack O'Lantern Joe-with chorus-play 1905 · Short · 3 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York in 1905. Converted the Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act2 Sc3 No 21-Finale II-The Phantom Ship-full-play 1905 · Short · 3 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. Converted Harvard/Google PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Scrooge or Marley's Ghost (1901) - yt 1901 · Short · 5 min British 1901 silent film directed by Walter R. Booth and produced by Robert W. Paul Commons Afraid of microbes - 1908 · Short · 3 min A man who fears the influenza microbe buys an antiseptic spray from a pharmacist. On his way home, he insists on spraying everyone he encounters, including… Commons L'Homme mouche (1902) 1902 · Short · 1 min The Human Fly is a 1902 French silent hand-colored trick film by Georges Méliès. Commons Les verres enchantés-Segundo de Chomón-1907 1907 · Short · 3 min Un diablotin, une magicienne, six danseuses, 5 verres, 5 reflets de danseuse, et quelques flamèches Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act1 Sc3 No 07a-Opening-play 1905 · Short · 4 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York in 1905. Converted Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act1 Sc4 No 09-Hang Together-Trio-play 1905 · Short · 4 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. Converted Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6. Commons Боярин Орша. (1909) 1909 · Short · 9 min «Боя́рин О́рша» (1909) — немой художественный короткометражный фильм Петра Чардынина по мотивам одноимённой поэмы М. Ю. Лермонтова. Commons Pearl and Pumpkin-score-Act1 Sc4 No 10-Finale-A Pumpkinhead-play 1905 · Short · 4 min Sheet music published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York, in 1905. Converted Library of Congress sheet-music PDF file to a playable score with MuseScore 4.6.