The world's archives

577–624 of 3,981 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 Getting Acquainted (1914) Directed By Charlie Chaplin 1914 · Feature Getting Acquainted Clockwise from top: Phyllis Allen , Mack Swain , Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand Directed by Charlie Chaplin Written by Charlie Chaplin… Internet Archive One A. M. (1916) Directed By Charlie Chaplin 1916 · Feature Directed by Charlie Chaplin Edward Brewer (technical director) Written by Charlie Chaplin (scenario) Vincent Bryan (scenario) Maverick Terrell (scenario)… Internet Archive [Gould can 5352-2: Presidio School Fire] 1912 · Film · Subtitles Presidio School (San Francisco) fire / horsedrawn firetruck arrives / ladders placed to windows on third floor / firemen on ladders / firefighters climb down… Internet Archive [Gould can 5199.4] 1916 · Film · Subtitles San Mateo (California) Harvest Festival / crowds / girls dancing / girls holding sheaves of wheat Internet Archive The Magic Cloak Of Oz (1914) Directed By J. Farrell Mac Donald 1914 · Feature The Magic Cloak of Oz Directed by J. Farrell MacDonald Written by L. Frank Baum Based on Queen Zixi of Ix by L. Frank Baum Produced by L. Frank Baum Louis F.… Internet Archive [Gould can 5314] 1919 · Film · Subtitles San Francisco's own 363rd Regiment returns to the city / Ferry pulling into the pier / dignitaries on hand including Mayor Rolph / parade up Market Street… Internet Archive Cleopatra 1910 · Feature Internet Archive Yankee Doodle in Berlin 1919 · Feature Internet Archive His New Job (1915) 1915 · Feature His New Job is a 1915 American short silent comedy film written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. Gloria Swanson appears as an uncredited extra.… Internet Archive L'orgie romaine AKA A Roman Orgy 1911 · Feature Internet Archive Tango Tangle (1914) Directed By Mack Sennett 1914 · Feature Tango Tangles Theatrical release poster Directed by Mack Sennett Written by Mack Sennett Produced by Mack Sennett Starring Charles Chaplin Ford Sterling… Internet Archive Mabel’s Married Life (1914) Directed By Charlie Chaplin 1914 · Feature Mabel's Married Life Normand, Chaplin, and Mack Swain Directed by Charlie Chaplin Written by Charlie Chaplin Mabel Normand Produced by Mack Sennett Starring… Internet Archive Woman of Tomorrow 1914 · Feature Internet Archive Cruel Cruel Love (1914) 1914 · Feature Cruel, Cruel Love is a 1914 American comedy silent film made at the Keystone Studios and starring Charlie Chaplin. Watch on RetroFlix.org:… Internet Archive [Gould can 5161.4] 1915 · Film · Subtitles New York City: Army defeats Navy at Polo Grounds before crowd of 50,000. VS Army-Navy football game Internet Archive Zhizn i smert A.S. Pushkina AKA Life and Death of Pushkin 1910 · Feature Internet Archive Behind the Door 1919 · Feature Internet Archive Dough And Dynamite (1914) 1914 · Feature Dough and Dynamite is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin. Watch on RetroFlix.org:… Internet Archive The Invaders 1912 · Short · 40 min A relatively sensitive story of a broken treaty between Native American tribes and the US by encroaching railroad men. The film was restored by the Library of… Internet Archive Bobby Bumps Starts for School 1917 · Film · Subtitles Early cartoon. Internet Archive The Fireman (1916) 1916 · Feature The Fireman is the second film Charlie Chaplin distributed by the Mutual Film Corporation in 1916. Released on June 12, it starred Chaplin as the fireman and… Internet Archive L'Epée du Spirite 1910 · Short 1910 Segundo de Chomón L'Epée du Spirite (The Sword of Spirit) Internet Archive His Trysting Places (1914) Directed By Charles Chaplin 1914 · Feature His Trysting Place Directed by Charlie Chaplin Written by Charlie Chaplin Produced by Mack Sennett Starring Charlie Chaplin Mabel Normand Mack Swain Phyllis… Internet Archive Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine 1913 · Feature Internet Archive Satan's Rhapsody 1917 · Feature Internet Archive Snow White 1916 · Feature Internet Archive His New Profession (1914) Directed By Charlie Chaplin 1914 · Feature His New Profession Theatrical poster Directed by Charlie Chaplin Produced by Mack Sennett Starring Charlie Chaplin Charley Chase Cecile Arnold Harry McCoy… Internet Archive Cabiria 1914 · Feature Internet Archive One A.M. (1916) 1916 · Feature One A.M. is a unique Charlie Chaplin silent film created for Mutual Film in 1916. It was the first film he starred in alone, and also one of the very few… Internet Archive Zigoto as a Station Master 1912 · Feature Internet Archive [Gould Can 5376 Mayor Rolph] 1915 · Film · Subtitles Panama-Pacific International Exposition - Mayor Rolph in Market Street Opening Day Parade San Francisco, California: Mayor Rolph throws out first ball to open… Internet Archive RMS Lusitania in 1915 in color! [AI enhanced & colorized] 1915 · Feature RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles (18 km) off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198… Internet Archive [Gould can 5161.8] 1915 · Film · Subtitles Chicago, Illinois. Chrysanthemum show opens. 09:46:42:09 Chicago, Illinois chrysanthemum show opens at Garfield Park around 1916. Men and women smelling… Internet Archive Broken Blossoms 1919 · Feature Internet Archive Zakop na mitropolitot Emilijanos od Grevena 1911 · Feature Internet Archive The Bangville Police 1913 · Short · 7 min "The Bangville Police" is a 1913 comedy short starring Mabel Normand and the Keystone Cops (Fred Mace, Raymond Hatton, Edgar Kennedy, Ford Sterling, and Al… Internet Archive A Night In The Show (1915) Directed By Charlie Chaplin 1915 · Feature A Night in the Show Theatrical poster to A Night in the Show Directed by Charlie Chaplin Written by Charlie Chaplin Produced by Jess Robbins Starring Charlie… Internet Archive [Gould can 5161.7] 1915 · Film · Subtitles New York City: City's crack 7th Army Regiment returns home in parade up Fifth Avenue. 09:45:10:13 Intertitle “New York City; Boys From the Border Back Home;… Internet Archive Everett True Breaks Into the Movies 1916 · Feature Internet Archive In The Park (1915) Directed By Charlie Chaplin 1915 · Feature In the Park Theatrical poster to In the Park Directed by Charlie Chaplin Written by Charlie Chaplin Produced by Jess Robbins Starring Leo White Edna Purviance… Internet Archive [Gould can 5423.3] 1914 · Film · Subtitles Black couples dance on the street. Internet Archive Bumping Into Broadway (1919) Directed By Hal Roach 1919 · Feature Bumping into Broadway Directed by Hal Roach Written by Hal Roach (screenplay) Harold Lloyd (screenplay) H. M. Walker (titles) Produced by Hal Roach Starring… Internet Archive Mabel’s Strange Predicament (1914) Directed By Mabel Normand 1914 · Feature Mabel’s Strange Predicament (1914) Directeor: Mabel Normand Mabel's Strange Predicament is a 1914 American film starring Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin,… Internet Archive Il fuoco (la favilla - la vampa - la cenere) AKA The Fire 1916 · Feature Internet Archive A Thief Catcher (1914) Directed By Ford Sterling 1914 · Feature A Thief Catcher Directed by Ford Sterling Produced by Mack Sennett Starring Ford Sterling Mack Swain Edgar Kennedy Charles Chaplin Distributed by Keystone… Internet Archive Amazing enhanced and colorized footage of British, French, German & American tanks during WW-I [HD] 1916 · Feature This is amazingly enhanced and colorized footage of British, French, German and American tanks during WW-I. Tanks during WWI had four purposes: fire power,… Internet Archive Shanghaied (1915) 1915 · Feature Shanghaied is a 1915 American comedy silent film made by Essanay Studios starring Charlie Chaplin. Watch on RetroFlix.org:… Internet Archive [Gould can 5423.7: Lewis Chinatown outtakes] 1912 · Film · Subtitles Lewis outtakes, including Chinese barber, Chinese stage raid [?], and a short additional scene with the Chinese apothecary. (Lewis shot footage of Chinatown,…