The world's archives

1,585–1,632 of 3,191 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 By Might of His Right 1915 · Film Sidney Drew comedy in which an overtaxed host hatches a plot to rid his household of an obnoxious guest. Preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film… Internet Archive Captain Jinks, the Cobbler 1916 · Film Comedy in which the put-upon Jinks pretends to enlist in order to avoid his wife. Preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Archive and the Library… Internet Archive L'antique Tolde 1912 · Feature Internet Archive The Magic Cloak 1914 · Feature Internet Archive Don Leandro, el inefable AKA Don Leandro, the Ineffable 1915 · Feature Internet Archive h, i morron kvll 1919 · Feature Internet Archive Hope, a Red Cross Seal Story 1912 · Feature Internet Archive La mort de Sal AKA The Death of Saul 1912 · Feature Internet Archive Kino-nedelya 4 AKA Kino-Week 4 1918 · Feature Internet Archive Msterkatten i stvlar 1918 · Feature Internet Archive A Window on Washington Park 1913 · Film Touching melodrama in which a generations-old family rift is finally healed. Preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Archive and UCLA Film &… Internet Archive Robinet vuol fare il jockey AKA Tweedledum Wants to Be a Jockey 1910 · Feature Internet Archive A 300 éves ember 1914 · Feature Internet Archive Katchem Kate 1912 · Feature Internet Archive Love, Loot and Crash 1915 · Feature Internet Archive Ministerpresidenten 1916 · Feature Internet Archive Benitez quiere ser torero aka Benitez wants to be a bullfighter 1910 · Feature Internet Archive Lonce aime les morilles 1913 · Feature Internet Archive Richard the Lion-Hearted 1912 · Feature Internet Archive The United Snakes of America 1917 · Feature Internet Archive By the Sun's Rays 1914 · Feature Internet Archive Ironworkers Strike 1917 · Film A strike begins at the Union Iron Works at the foot of Potrero Hill in 1917. Internet Archive The Usurer's Grip 1912 · Feature Internet Archive Uncle Sam Donates for Liberty Loans 1919 · Feature Internet Archive Barcelone et son Parc 1911 · Feature Internet Archive Mirazhi 1916 · Feature Internet Archive Romanska delegacija vo poseta na Gopes 1911 · Feature Internet Archive Kærlighed og venskab 1912 · Feature Internet Archive Charlie's White Elephant 1916 · Feature Internet Archive Frankenstein 1910 · Short Part of the original film from 1910 Internet Archive Kino-nedelya 23 AKA Kino-Week 23 1918 · Feature Internet Archive L'iris fantastique 1912 · Feature Internet Archive The Fickle Spaniard 1912 · Feature Internet Archive The Wonders of Magnetism 1915 · Feature Internet Archive From Mud to Mug 1919 · Film Episode from Ford Educational Weekly , a documentary series showcasing American industries, cities, and tourist destinations. Internet Archive L'khaim 1911 · Feature Internet Archive Lysyi priglashen na uzhin AKA Baldy invited to Dinner 1916 · Feature Internet Archive New York of Today 1910 · Feature Internet Archive Chamber Of Commerce Preparedness Day Film LLSF 2015 20151208 30p 7 MBps 1916 · Film San Francisco Chamber of Commerce propaganda film from 1916 dramatizing the terrorist bombing on July 22, Preparedness Day, blaming it on anarchists. New… Internet Archive The Garibaldi Boy 1910 · Feature Internet Archive A Day's Pleasure 1919 · Feature Internet Archive The Little American 1917 · Feature · 1 h 2 min · Subtitles During the first world war, a young American woman's boat is torpedoed by a German U-Boat. When she manages to return to her ancestral country of France, she… Internet Archive Picturesque Colorado 1911 · Feature Internet Archive Aeroplane Flight and Wreck (Piloted by M. Cody) 1910 · Feature Internet Archive Az utolsó éjszaka 1917 · Feature Internet Archive The Heart of a Hero (Reel 2) 1916 · Film Part two of a historical colonial drama centering on the figure of Nathan Hale in the American Revolution. Includes images of a valet or manservant played by… Internet Archive Mary and Gretel 1916 · Feature Internet Archive Medium Wanted as Son-in-Law 1910 · Feature