The world's archives

817–864 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 Malombra 1917 · Feature Internet Archive The Tenth Symphony 1918 · Feature Internet Archive San Francisco: Twin Peaks Tunnel Construction & Opening in 1918 in color! [AI enhanced & colorized] 1918 · Feature he Twin Peaks Tunnel is a 2.27 Mile (3.65 km) long light rail and streetcar tunnel in San Francisco, California. The tunnel runs under Twin Peaks, a hilly… Internet Archive Take a Chance 1918 · Feature Internet Archive [Panama-Pacific International Exposition] 1915 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Mabel at the Wheel 1914 · Feature Internet Archive 1917 Horseless Farming Ford Fordson Tractor Ad 1917 · Short · 10 min Dramatized tractor advertisement for Fordson Tractor circa 1917. 200-fc-1562 "Horseless Farming Shown Through Courtesy Of Ford Motor Co ca1917" National… Internet Archive Count Your Change (1919) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding 1919 · Feature Count Your Change Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Written by H.M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Cinematography Walter Lundin Release date… Internet Archive Don't Shove (1919) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding 1919 · Feature Don't Shove Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Written by H.M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Cinematography Walter Lundin Production company… Internet Archive China and the Chinese, Part 2 1917 · Film 1,000 feet from an educational documentary showing everyday life in China. Preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Archive and The Museum of… Internet Archive Marvelous Maciste 1915 · Feature Internet Archive Song of the Scarlet Flower 1919 · Feature Internet Archive Ask Father (1919) 1919 · Feature Ask Father Written by H.M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Release date February 9, 1919 Running time 13 minutes Country United States… Internet Archive Satan Triumphant 1917 · Feature Internet Archive The Big Idea (1917) Directed By Gilbert Pratt 1917 · Feature The Big Idea Directed by Gilbert Pratt Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Cinematography Hal Mohr Production company Rolin Films Distributed by Pathé… Internet Archive The Egyptian Mummy 1914 · Feature Internet Archive [Completion of Northwestern Pacific Rail Road] (Part III) 1914 · Film · Subtitles Skeletal Entry Internet Archive Mabel's Dramatic Career 1913 · Feature Internet Archive Civilization 1916 · Feature Internet Archive A Christmas Carol 1910 · Feature Internet Archive Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 1917 · Feature Internet Archive Gertie the Dinosaur 1915 · Feature Internet Archive Kid Auto Races at Venice 1914 · Feature Internet Archive Fatty Arbuckle 1915 · Film Fatty Arbuckle and one of his adoring dames, posing for the publicity cameras of the PPIE in 1915. Internet Archive The Dragon Painter 1919 · Feature Internet Archive La folie du Docteur Tube AKA The Madness of Doctor Tube 1915 · Feature Internet Archive The Confederate Ironclad 1912 · Feature Internet Archive Hell's Hinges 1916 · Feature Internet Archive Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919) Directed By Hal Roach 1919 · Feature Billy Blazes, Esq. Directed by Hal Roach Written by H.M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Cinematography Walter Lundin Distributed by Pathé… Internet Archive A Rosa do Adro 1919 · Feature Internet Archive The Artist's Dreams 1913 · Feature Internet Archive Wilful Peggy 1910 · Feature Internet Archive The Tramp 1915 · Feature Internet Archive The Mysterious X 1914 · Feature Internet Archive The Villain 1917 · Feature Internet Archive Fireman, Save My Child (1918) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding 1918 · Feature Fireman Save My Child Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Written by H.M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Cinematography Walter Lundin… Internet Archive The Marathon (1919) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding 1919 · Feature The Marathon Theatrical poster to The Marathon Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Release date May 25, 1919 Running… Internet Archive Over the Fence 1917 · Feature Internet Archive True Heart Susie 1919 · Feature Internet Archive [Panama-Pacific International Exposition] 1915 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Follow The Crowd (1918) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding 1918 · Feature Follow the Crowd Poster for the film. Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Production company Rolin Film Company… Internet Archive West Portal 1917 · Film West Portal tunnel under construction, Portola Drive cutting through empty surrounding hillsides. Internet Archive Don't Change Your Husband 1919 · Feature Internet Archive Suspense. 1913 · Feature Internet Archive Blind Justice 1917 · Feature Internet Archive A Modern Musketeer 1917 · Feature Internet Archive Das Liebes-ABC 1916 · Feature Internet Archive Jubilo 1919 · Feature