The world's archives

721–768 of 3,392 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 Tillie's Punctured Romance 1914 · Feature Internet Archive Charlott Et Le Mannequin (1914) 1914 · Feature Mabel’s Married Life (1914) is an American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring and co-written by Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand, and… Internet Archive Martyrs of the Alamo (1915) 1915 · Feature The story of the defense of the mission-turned-fortress by 185 Texans against an overwhelming Mexican army in 1836. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Romance with a Double Bass 1911 · Feature Internet Archive The Hazards of Helen: Episode 26, "The Wild Engine" 1915 · Short · 13 min The spunky Helen (Helen Holmes) is our hero as a telegraph operator at a remote location along a railroad. She dashes to the rescue when a train engine goes… Internet Archive Look Pleasant, Please (1918) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding 1918 · Feature Look Pleasant, Please Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Written by H.M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Cinematography Walter Lundin… Internet Archive Steam Shovel 1917 · Film Before occupational health and safety, this is how excavation was done. A steam shovel is digging a tunnel for the SF Muni, c. 1917. Internet Archive Blue Blood 1914 · Feature Internet Archive The Star Boarder (1914) Directed By George Nichols 1914 · Feature The Star Boarder Chaplin as the "star" boarder and Durfee as his attentive landlady Directed by George Nichols Written by Craig Hutchinson Produced by Mack… Internet Archive Barbary Coast 1914 From Lost Landscapes No 1 1914 · Film from "Lost Landscapes #1, 2007" courtesy Prelinger Archives Russian sailors visit various establishments along Pacific Avenue in the Barbary Coast or… Internet Archive The Fatal Mallet (1914) Directed By Mack Sennett 1914 · Feature The Fatal Mallet Mabel Normand , Mack Sennett , and Charlie Chaplin Directed by Mack Sennett Written by Mack Sennett Produced by Mack Sennett Starring Charlie… Internet Archive The Dying Swan 1917 · Feature Internet Archive Her Painted Hero (1915) Directed By F. Richard Jones 1915 · Feature Her Painted Hero Directed by F. Richard Jones Written by Mack Sennett Starring Hale Hamilton , Charles Murray , Harold Lloyd Her Painted Hero is a 1915… Internet Archive A Film Johnnie (1914) Directed By George Nichols 1914 · Feature A Film Johnnie Directed by George Nichols Written by Craig Hutchinson Produced by Mack Sennett Starring Charles Chaplin Roscoe Arbuckle Virginia Kirtley Mabel… Internet Archive Two Gun Gussie (1918) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding 1918 · Feature Two-Gun Gussie Duration: 8 minutes and 31 seconds. 8:31 Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Written by H. M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd… Internet Archive From the Manger to the Cross; or, Jesus of Nazareth 1912 · Feature Internet Archive Blind Husbands 1919 · Feature Internet Archive Bliss (1917) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding 1917 · Feature Bliss Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Cinematography Walter Lundin Edited by Della Mullady Music by Borodin and… Internet Archive Sage Brush Tom 1915 · Film · Subtitles Silent western featuring Tom Mix Internet Archive When the Clouds Roll by 1919 · Feature Internet Archive Temple of Moloch, The 1914 · Educational · 13 min From Journal of the Outdoor Life By National Tuberculosis Association February 1914: The plot of this year's picture, "The Temple of Moloch," is laid in a… Internet Archive By The Sad Sea Waves (1917) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding 1917 · Feature By the Sad Sea Waves Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Written by H. M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Cinematography Walter Lundin Release… Internet Archive Fantômas: The False Magistrate 1914 · Feature Internet Archive Love, Loot And Crash (1915) Directed By Mack Sennett 1915 · Feature Love, Loot and Crash Directed by Mack Sennett Produced by Mack Sennett Starring Josef Swickard Fontaine La Rue Charley Chase The Keystone Cops Distributed by… Internet Archive [Gould can 5199.3] 1915 · Film · Subtitles Tamalpais Railroad dressed in bunting, railroad engine (Marin County, California) Internet Archive The Fall of Troy 1911 · Feature Internet Archive Tarzan of the Apes 1918 · Feature Internet Archive Le retapeur de cervelles 1911 · Cartoon Émile Cohl (produced by Pathé Frères?) Internet Archive The Wrath of the Gods 1914 · Feature Internet Archive The Perils of Pauline 1914 · Feature Internet Archive The Bell Boy 1918 · Feature Internet Archive Hearts of the World 1918 · Feature Internet Archive The Rajah (1919) Directed By Hal Roach 1919 · Feature The Rajah Directed by Hal Roach Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Release date September 14, 1919 Country United States Languages Silent English… Internet Archive Shadow of Nazareth, The (Part I) 1913 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Heart of a Hero, The 1916 · Film · Subtitles Biography of Revolutionary War patriot Nathan Hale. Internet Archive The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy 1915 · Feature Internet Archive All Aboard (1917) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding 1917 · Feature All Aboard Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Written by H. M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Cinematography Walter Lundin Release date… Internet Archive Just Neighbors (1919) Directed By Harold Lloyd, Frank Terry 1919 · Feature Just Neighbors Directed by Harold Lloyd Frank Terry Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Cinematography Fred Guiol Release date July 13, 1919 Running… Internet Archive Mabel’s Busy Day (1914) Directed By Mabel Normand 1914 · Feature Mabel's Busy Day Mabel Normand in film Directed by Mabel Normand Written by Mabel Normand Produced by Mack Sennett Starring Mabel Normand Charlie Chaplin… Internet Archive Captain Kidd's Kids (1919) Directed By Hal Roach 1919 · Feature Captain Kidd's Kids Theatrical poster to Captain Kidd's Kids Directed by Hal Roach Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Distributed by Rolin Films… Internet Archive Vendémiaire 1919 · Feature Internet Archive Fantmas contre Fantmas AKA Fantomas Against Fantomas 1914 · Feature Internet Archive The Vagabond 1916 · Feature Internet Archive A Trip through China 1917 · Film A 970-foot fragment, from Benjamin Brodsky’s ten-reel documentary, showing Peking in the 1910s. Preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Archive… Internet Archive De wigwam 1911 · Feature Internet Archive In Nacht und Eis 1912 · Feature Internet Archive Clubs Are Trump (1917) Directed By Hal Roach 1917 · Feature Clubs Are Trump Directed by Hal Roach Written by H.M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Release date November 18, 1917 Country United States… Internet Archive Over The Fence (1917) Directed By J. Farrell Mac Donald, Harold Lloyd 1917 · Feature Over the Fence Directed by Harold Lloyd J. Farrell MacDonald Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Release date September 9, 1917 Country United States…