The world's archives

769–816 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 Across the Mexican Line 1911 · Feature Internet Archive Madame Guillotine 1916 · Feature Internet Archive George Eliot 1910 · Film · Subtitles Consists mostly of scenes from Silas Marner. Internet Archive A Busy Day (1914) Directed By Mack Sennett 1914 · Feature A Busy Day film scene Directed by Charlie Chaplin Produced by Mack Sennett Starring Charlie Chaplin Cinematography Frank D. Williams Production company… Internet Archive His Favorite Pastime (1914) Directed By George Nichols 1914 · Feature His Favourite Pastime Film still Directed by George Nichols Written by Craig Hutchinson Produced by Mack Sennett Starring Charlie Chaplin Roscoe 'Fatty'… Internet Archive Homunculus, 1. Teil 1917 · Feature Internet Archive Joan the Woman 1916 · Feature Internet Archive Kitchener's Great Army in the Battle of the Somme 1916 · Feature Internet Archive Beautiful Zürich, Switzerland in 1914 in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized] 1914 · Feature Zürich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. The city is located in North-central Switzerland near Lake Zürich. There… Internet Archive Twilight of a Woman's Soul 1913 · Feature Internet Archive Good Night, Nurse! 1918 · Feature Internet Archive His New Profession (1914) 1914 · Feature Charlie takes care of a man in a wheelchair. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/his-new-profession-1914/ Internet Archive Pinched (1917) Directed By Harold Lloyd, Gilbert Pratt 1917 · Feature Pinched Directed by Harold Lloyd Gilbert Pratt Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Cinematography Walter Lundin Edited by Della Mullady Release date… Internet Archive Cenere 1917 · Feature Internet Archive The Dumb Girl of Portici 1916 · Feature Internet Archive From Hand To Mouth (1919) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach 1919 · Feature From Hand to Mouth Film poster Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Hal Roach Written by Harold Lloyd (uncredited) H.M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold… Internet Archive Traffic in Souls 1913 · Feature Internet Archive Are Crooks Dishonest？(1918) Directed By Gilbert Pratt 1918 · Feature Are Crooks Dishonest? Directed by Gilbert Pratt (as Gil Pratt) Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Release date June 23, 1918 Running time 13 minutes… Internet Archive Back To The Woods (1919) Directed By Hal Roach 1919 · Feature Back to the Woods Film poster Directed by Hal Roach Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Distributed by Pathé Exchange Release date June 1, 1919… Internet Archive The Mystery of the Leaping Fish 1916 · Feature Internet Archive The Butcher Boy 1917 · Feature Internet Archive How a Mosquito Operates 1912 · Feature Internet Archive Cycling to the Fair 1915 · Film silent footage of a mass bike ride in Golden Gate Park in 1915 which was headed to the Panama-Pacific Int'l. Exposition. Internet Archive The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 1910 · Feature Internet Archive Preparedness Day cartoon 1916 · Cartoon Animation dramatizing the choice between "prosperity" and "anarchy, sedition, and lawlessness" in 1916 Internet Archive A Gasoline Wedding (1918) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding 1918 · Feature A Gasoline Wedding Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Written by H. M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Cinematography Walter Lundin Release… Internet Archive Look Out Below (1919) Directed By Hal Roach 1919 · Feature Look Out Below Directed by Hal Roach Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Release date March 16, 1919 Country United States Languages Silent film… Internet Archive Off The Trolley (1919) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding 1919 · Feature Off the Trolley Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Release date June 22, 1919 Country United States Language Silent… Internet Archive Homunculus, 4. Teil - Die Rache des Homunculus 1917 · Feature Internet Archive A Girl's Folly 1917 · Feature Internet Archive Homer's Odyssey 1912 · Feature Internet Archive Romeo and Juliet 1911 · Feature Internet Archive Chop Suey & Co. (1919) Directed By Hal Roach 1919 · Feature Chop Suey & Co. Directed by Hal Roach Written by H. M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Cinematography Walter Lundin Distributed by Pathé… Internet Archive Their Social Splash (1915) Directed By Charles Avery, Arvid E. Gillstrom 1915 · Feature Their Social Splash Directed by Charles Avery Arvid E. Gillstrom Produced by Mack Sennett Starring Slim Summerville Music by Richard Heuberger Release date… Internet Archive Anna Karenina 1918 · Feature Internet Archive Streetcar Strike 1917 · Film Silent footage of picketers marching through the streets and attacking a scab-driven streetcar at Haight and Buchanan during violent 1917 streetcar strike. Internet Archive Hanasaka-jijii 1917 · Feature Internet Archive A House Divided 1913 · Feature Internet Archive Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1913 · Feature Internet Archive The Life and Death of King Richard III 1912 · Feature Internet Archive Wizard Of Oz 1910 Bebe Daniels, Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer, Robert Z Leonard, Winifred Greenwood, Lillian Leighton, Olvie Cox, Marcia Moore + Otis Turner 1910 · Feature An early Wizard of Oz adaption from 1910 Silent movie Internet Archive When Paris Loves 1913 · Feature Internet Archive Têtes de femmes, femmes de tête 1916 · Feature Internet Archive The Merry Jail 1917 · Feature Internet Archive Incredible and emotional footage of French refugees towards the end of WW-I in 1918 in color! 1918 · Feature Many will be aware that after the outbreak of the First World War, the Netherlands was flooded with almost a million refugees from occupied Belgium. It is… Internet Archive After Death 1916 · Feature Internet Archive Den hvide slavehandel AKA The White Slave Trade 1910 · Feature Internet Archive The Inside of the White Slave Traffic 1913 · Feature