The world's archives

1,249–1,296 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 Gretchen the Greenhorn 1916 · Feature Internet Archive Mabel's Busy Day 1914 · Feature Internet Archive Mellan liv och dd AKA Between Life and Death 1917 · Feature Internet Archive Stella Maris 1918 · Feature Internet Archive Love, Speed and Thrills 1915 · Feature Internet Archive The False Faces 1919 · Feature Internet Archive Fatty's Faithful Fido 1915 · Feature Internet Archive L'agonie de Byzance 1913 · Feature Internet Archive Die schwarze Natter 1913 · Feature Internet Archive The Evidence of the Film 1913 · Feature Internet Archive Hands Up! 1918 · Feature Internet Archive His Grace's Last Testament 1919 · Feature Internet Archive The Ruse 1915 · Feature Internet Archive Canned Harmony 1912 · Feature Internet Archive His Regeneration 1915 · Feature Internet Archive Madame de Thbes AKA The Son of Fate 1915 · Feature Internet Archive Onesime, Clockmaker 1912 · Feature Internet Archive The Totville Eye 1912 · Feature Internet Archive Tough Luck and Tin Lizzies 1917 · Feature Internet Archive Freedom of the Seas 1918 · Educational · 7 min While the Battle of the Atlantic that took place during WWII is well known, the struggle to get troops, man and supplies to Europe from the USA during World… Internet Archive Their Social Splash 1915 · Feature Internet Archive Walk,—You, Walk! 1912 · Film Short in which a woman turns the tables on an overly amorous date by stealing his car. Preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Archive and the… Internet Archive Betta, the Gipsy 1918 · Feature Internet Archive The Scarlet Car 1917 · Feature Internet Archive The Old Actor 1912 · Feature Internet Archive Hot Stuff 1912 · Feature Internet Archive Utrecht, Rijksmunt, The Dutch Mint in 1916 in color [AI enhanced & colorized] 1916 · Feature A detailed view of how the Dutch national Mint produces Dutch currency coins: Guiders, Rijksdaalder a.o. in color. This film is from 1916 and has been A.I.… Internet Archive A Dog's Love 1914 · Feature Internet Archive The Girl and Her Trust 1912 · Feature Internet Archive The Matrimaniac 1916 · Feature Internet Archive Her Sister's Rival 1917 · Feature Internet Archive Wife and Auto Trouble 1916 · Feature Internet Archive His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz 1914 · Feature Internet Archive Station Content 1918 · Feature Internet Archive Frankenstein 1910 · Feature Internet Archive Hawthorne of the U.S.A. 1919 · Feature Internet Archive The Wrath of the Gods AKA The Destruction of Sakura-Jima 1914 · Feature Internet Archive Fatty's Tintype Tangle 1915 · Feature Internet Archive Poor Little Peppina 1916 · Feature Internet Archive Tilly and the Fire Engines 1911 · Feature Internet Archive Jean the Match-maker 1910 · Film Charming one-reeler in which the family dog steps in to serve as matchmaker for two shy brothers. Preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Archive… Internet Archive His Bitter Pill 1916 · Feature Internet Archive De Oldify Stadsgezichten Van Haarlem In 1913 Deel 1, 2, 3 [ 1080p# S AI P 3] 1913 · Feature This is a colorized and restored film about the Dutch city of Haarlem in The Netherlands more than a century ago in 1913. Note: The district of "Harlem" in… Internet Archive A Dangerous Wooing 1919 · Feature Internet Archive Mabel's Wilful Way 1915 · Feature Internet Archive The Victoria Cross 1912 · Feature Internet Archive Fordson Tractors 1917 · Film Promotional film for the all-purpose tractor introduced by Henry Ford & Son in 1917. Preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Archive and the… Internet Archive The Last Drop of Water 1911 · Feature