The world's archives

1,249–1,296 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 La revolución de mayo (Mario Gallo, 1909) 1909 · Short · 4 min · Low resolution "La Revolución de Mayo" de Mario Gallo, realizada con motivo del centenario en 1909. Mario Gallo fue el primer realizador de ficción en la Argentina y su… Commons Ljubljana 1909 (Salvatore Spina) removed watermark 1909 · Short · 8 min · Low resolution Ljubljana 1909. Original title: Ljubljana. The oldest preserved video recordings of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. On the 25th anniversary of the Slavec… Commons Funeral of Hiram Cronk 1905 · Short · 3 min · Low resolution Funeral procession of Hiram Cronk, the last surviving veteran of the War of 1812, in Brooklyn in 1905 Commons Ljubljana 1909 (Salvatore Spina).theora 1909 · Short · 9 min · Low resolution Ljubljana 1909. Original title: Ljubljana. The oldest preserved video recordings of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. On the 25th anniversary of the… Commons 1908. Понизовая вольница 1908 · Short · 6 min · Low resolution «Понизовая вольница» — один из первых российских короткометражных игровых художественных немых фильмов Commons La vie et la passion de Jesus Christ (1903) 1903 · Feature · 43 min · Low resolution Production : Pathé Frères. Métrage : 600 m. Mise en scène : Ferdinand Zecca. Coloriage de certains tableaux : Segundo de Chomón. Commentaire du catalogue… Commons Departure of the Nimrod-Expedition from Lyttelton 1908 1908 · Short · 7 min · Low resolution Departure of the ship Nimrod from Lyttelton, New Zealand on the British Antarctic Expedition under the command of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton Commons Uncle Josh in a spooky hotel (1900) HD version 1900 · Short · 1 min Uncle Josh in a spooky hotel (1900) Commons The Book Witch (1905) 1905 · Short · 1 min 1905 short film directed by unknown. Commons La Table magique (1905) 1905 · Short · 1 min French silent short film. Commons The Sick Kitten (1903) 1903 · Short · 1 min The Sick Kitten (1903). Commons Accident d’automobile - Film 1905 1905 · Short · 1 min Court métrage produit par la société lumière Commons Le Coucher De La Mariée (1904) 1904 · Short · 1 min Le Coucher De La Mariée (1904) Commons The Airship Destroyer (1909) 1909 · Short · 6 min Tinted silent British short film. Commons Le Farfale (1907) 1907 · Short · 6 min Hand coloured Italian silent short film Commons Les Kiriki (1907) 1907 · Short · 2 min French silent short. Commons Fantaisies endiablées (1907) 1907 · Short · 3 min Silent short. Commons Игра слов (1909) 1909 · Short · 1 min Короткометражный фильм «Игра слов» Commons Le Traitement des os (1908) 1908 · Short · 2 min French silent documentary short. Commons La Préparation du cuir (1908) 1908 · Short · 2 min French silent documentary short. Commons The Teddy Bears (clip, 1907) 1907 · Short · 1 min American silent short. Commons 1904-Drtavert-Zvezdam 1904 · Short · 3 min Song with lyrics by Petr Dravert (AI Compilation, 2026) Commons Le Coucher De La Mariée (1907), Correct format and Better Picture Quailty 1907 · Short · 3 min Le Coucher De La Mariée (1907) Commons 1908. Москва. Петровский парк. Кинохроника. 1908 · Short · 1 min Winter entertainment in Petrovsky Park, Moscow, 1908 Commons Кинохроника. Наводнение в Москве весной 1908 года 1908 · Short · 1 min Flood in Moscow in the spring of 1908 Commons Uncle Josh's Nightmare (1900) HD version 1900 · Short · 2 min Uncle Josh's Nightmare (1900) Commons Les Ombres chinoises (1908) 1908 · Short · 2 min French silent short. Commons The Enchanted Glasses (1907) 1907 · Short · 4 min French silent trick film Commons The Faded Lilies (1909) 1909 · Short · 7 min The Faded Lilies (1909) Commons Le Rêve de Noël 1900 · Short · 4 min Le Rêve de Noël, 1900 French movie by Georges Méliès Commons L'homme à la tête en caoutchouc (1901) 1901 · Short · 2 min French trick film. Commons She Would Be an Actress (1909) 1909 · Short · 4 min American silent short. Commons Les Flammes diaboliques (1907) 1907 · Short · 4 min French tinted and stencil-colored short. Commons Le Charmeur (1906) 1907 · Short · 4 min French silent trick film Commons Chiffonniers et Caricaturistes (1908) 1908 · Short · 5 min French silent short. Commons Sköna Helena (1903) 1903 · Short · 2 min Sköna Helena Commons L'Extraction de la chaux (1909) 1909 · Short · 3 min French silent documentary short. Commons Il natale di Cretinetti (1909) 1909 · Short · 5 min Il natale di Cretinetti (1909) Commons Sculpteur moderne (1908) 1908 · Short · 6 min Sculpteur moderne is a 1908 French silent trick film by Segundo de Chomón. Commons Les Six Soeurs Daineff (1903) 1903 · Short · 2 min Hand coloured French short. Commons Pendlebury Colliery (1901) 1901 · Short · 5 min British short silent film. Coal miners at Pendlebury Colliery. Commons President McKinley and escort going to the Capitol (1901) 1901 · Short · 2 min President McKinley and escort going to the Capitol (1901) Commons L'Homme orchestre (1900) par Georges Méliès 1900 · Short · 1 min The One-Man Band (1900) by Georges Méliès. Commons Ringling Brothers Parade Film (1902) 1902 · Short · 3 min Ringling Brothers Parade Film (1902) Commons Fights of Nations (1907) 1907 · Short · 11 min American silent short. Commons Lifting the Lid (1905) 1905 · Short · 7 min American silent short. Commons Les affiches en goguette -George Méliès- 1906 1906 · Short · 3 min Les Affiches en goguette est un film réalisé par Georges Méliès, sorti en 1906. Commons L'Araignée d'or (1908) 1908 · Short · 8 min French tinted and stencil-colored short.