The world's archives

1,825–1,872 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 STABLE FLIES AND THEIR CONTROL 1919 · Educational STABLE FLIES AND THEIR CONTROL Produced: 1919 Description Shows the life cycle of the stable fly and the effect of its bite on live stock. Prescribes methods… Internet Archive Aquarium 1919 · Educational Aquarium Produced: 1919 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Girl standing by large tank with sea… Internet Archive [PAPER MAKING] 1919 · Educational [PAPER MAKING] Produced: 1919 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Rocky stream - forests - paper… Internet Archive Seminole Indians of Florida / Farm Animals 1919 · Educational Seminole Indians of Florida / Farm Animals Produced: 1919 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a,… Internet Archive The "Four" Runners of Joy (Manufacturing Wheels for Ford Automobiles) / "Home" Made (Prefabricated Homes) / "Meat" Again (Meat Canning) / "Home" Made (Prefabricated Homes) / "Meat" Again (Meat… 1919 · Educational The "Four" Runners of Joy (Manufacturing Wheels for Ford Automobiles) / "Home" Made (Prefabricated Homes) / "Meat" Again (Meat Canning) / "Home" Made… Internet Archive Toledo Children Honor John Burroughs / Theodore Roosevelt at Fourth Liberty Loan Rally, Detroit, Michigan / Snow Storm / Yosemite Valley, California 1918 · Educational Toledo Children Honor John Burroughs / Theodore Roosevelt at Fourth Liberty Loan Rally, Detroit, Michigan / Snow Storm / Yosemite Valley, California Produced:… Internet Archive National Broadcasting Company (NBC) Newsreel Excerpts 1916 · Newsreel National Broadcasting Company (NBC) Newsreel Excerpts Produced: 1916 Description This newsreel film begins with footage of a political rally, presidential… Internet Archive Ford Eagle Boat 1918 · Educational Ford Eagle Boat Produced: 1918 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Hull of Eagle boat on… Internet Archive [FORD ANIMATED WEEKLY] 1917 · Educational [FORD ANIMATED WEEKLY] Produced: 1917 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: 1. Liberty Bell at… Internet Archive Henry Ford and John Burroughs / Edsel B. Ford Unveiling Historical Tablet at Michigan Theater / Ford Children 1916 · Educational Henry Ford and John Burroughs / Edsel B. Ford Unveiling Historical Tablet at Michigan Theater / Ford Children Produced: 1916 Description The original catalog… Internet Archive KEEP THE BOY ON THE FARM. [ADVERTISEMENT FOR FORDSON TRACTORS] 1919 · Commercial KEEP THE BOY ON THE FARM. [ADVERTISEMENT FOR FORDSON TRACTORS] Produced: 1919 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company… Internet Archive Ford Eagle Boats / Scrapping a Ship 1918 · Educational Ford Eagle Boats / Scrapping a Ship Produced: 1918 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Eagle… Internet Archive The Making of a Man-O-Warsman 1917 · Educational The Making of a Man-O-Warsman Produced: 1917 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: View of men in… Internet Archive Liberty Motor Production / U.S. Troops and Sailors / Liberty Motor Production 1918 · Educational Liberty Motor Production / U.S. Troops and Sailors / Liberty Motor Production Produced: 1918 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford… Internet Archive [TEXAS FARM BOYS TOUR], ca. 1920 / [MAKING FOUNTAIN PENS], ca. 1919 1919 · Educational [TEXAS FARM BOYS TOUR], ca. 1920 / [MAKING FOUNTAIN PENS], ca. 1919 Produced: ca. 1919–ca. 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the… Internet Archive Sailors Eating / A Study in Ford Safety / Amusement Park / Navy Bunks / Safety Education 1918 · Educational Sailors Eating / A Study in Ford Safety / Amusement Park / Navy Bunks / Safety Education Produced: 1918 Description The original catalog description provided… Internet Archive America At Play: Coney Island / Airplane Production 1918 · Educational America At Play: Coney Island / Airplane Production Produced: 1918 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive OUR VACATION DAYS OF 1918 1918 · Educational OUR VACATION DAYS OF 1918 Produced: 1918 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Our vacation days… Internet Archive JUST KIDS, A STORY OF GLOVES 1919 · Educational JUST KIDS, A STORY OF GLOVES Produced: 1919 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Gloves are one… Internet Archive [FORD ANIMATED WEEKLY, 1916]. [COMEDY] 1916 · Educational [FORD ANIMATED WEEKLY, 1916]. [COMEDY] Produced: 1916 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: River… Internet Archive PANAMA CANAL ACTIVITIES 1910 · Educational PANAMA CANAL ACTIVITIES Produced: 1910 Description Shows the battleship Arkansas and sailboats at sea. Electric cars pull small boats through locks. A dredge… Internet Archive American War Review 1918 · Educational American War Review Produced: 1918 Description This film contains unedited footage of miscellaneous U.S. activities in World War I. Reel 1 is missing. Reel 2,… Internet Archive U.S. Army General Hospital No. 36, Detroit, Michigan / Industrial School, Lansing, Michigan / Boxing Exhibition and Pole Vaulting / San Diego, California 1919 · Educational U.S. Army General Hospital No. 36, Detroit, Michigan / Industrial School, Lansing, Michigan / Boxing Exhibition and Pole Vaulting / San Diego, California 1919… Internet Archive SIBERIAN WAR REVIEWS [1918-1919] 1918 · Educational SIBERIAN WAR REVIEWS [1918-1919] Covers: 1918–1919 Description On the Allied occupation of Vladivostok. Shows the naval barracks and the harbor; U.S. Consul… Internet Archive The Truth About the Liberty Motor 1918 · Educational The Truth About the Liberty Motor Produced: 1918 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Machinery… Internet Archive Henry Ford Camping Party / Ford Patriotic Rally / Testing Military Tanks / Henry Ford Camping Party / Ford Construction Activities / Henry Ford Greets Naval Inspection Board / Fordson-Drawn Hay Wagon 1919 · Educational Henry Ford Camping Party / Ford Patriotic Rally / Testing Military Tanks / Henry Ford Camping Party / Ford Construction Activities / Henry Ford Greets Naval… Internet Archive WILL ROGERS SAYS--[LASSO DEMONSTRATION] 1918 · Educational WILL ROGERS SAYS--[LASSO DEMONSTRATION] Produced: 1918 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Will… Internet Archive Boy Scouts / Automobile Races / Men Entering Dining Room 1919 · Educational Boy Scouts / Automobile Races / Men Entering Dining Room 1919 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive A Burlesque on Carmen 1915 · Feature Commons New York 1911 1911 · Short · 8 min New York 1911. Documentary travelogue of New York City by a team of cameramen with the Swedish company Svenska Biografteatern. MoMA's restoration of New York… Internet Archive Infantry Training 1918 · Educational Infantry Training Covers: 1918–1919 Dates , This item was produced or created in 1937. The creator compiled or maintained the parent series, Historical Films,… Internet Archive Tractor Demonstrations / Tractor Manufacturing 1919 · Educational Tractor Demonstrations / Tractor Manufacturing Produced: 1919 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive Henry Ford and Others On Ship / President Wilson in Detroit / Henry Ford With Naval Inspection Board at Eagle Boat Plant / What Uncle Sam Had Up His Sleeve: Testing World War I Tanks / Rouge Plant… 1918 · Educational Henry Ford and Others On Ship / President Wilson in Detroit / Henry Ford With Naval Inspection Board at Eagle Boat Plant / What Uncle Sam Had Up His Sleeve:… Internet Archive [FORD CAMPING TRIP] 1918 · Educational [FORD CAMPING TRIP] Produced: 1918 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Panoramic view of camping… Internet Archive Testing Military Tanks / Liberty Bond Parade, Detroit, Michigan 1918 · Educational Testing Military Tanks / Liberty Bond Parade, Detroit, Michigan Produced: 1918 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company… Internet Archive Beaver / Rough Stuff (Carborundum Wheels) / Trout Fishing / U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D.C. 1918 · Educational Beaver / Rough Stuff (Carborundum Wheels) / Trout Fishing / U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D.C. Produced: 1918 Description The original… Internet Archive The Making of a Man-O-Warsman 1917 · Educational The Making of a Man-O-Warsman Produced: 1917 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Every… Internet Archive Curtiss JN-4D In Flight and Aerial Views of a Military Air Base / Japanese Eating Customs / Wire Making / Violinist / American Flag / Winter Sports 1919 · Educational Curtiss JN-4D In Flight and Aerial Views of a Military Air Base / Japanese Eating Customs / Wire Making / Violinist / American Flag / Winter Sports Produced:… Internet Archive A Story of Zinc / Red Cross: World War I Activities 1918 · Educational A Story of Zinc / Red Cross: World War I Activities Produced: 1918 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA, COPPER AND SULPHUR MINES 1919 · Educational NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA, COPPER AND SULPHUR MINES Produced: 1919 Description On daily activities in the mining town of Nitro, W. Va. Reel 1 shows panoramic views… Internet Archive Fishing on the Au Sable River / Boat Racing 1919 · Educational Fishing on the Au Sable River / Boat Racing 1919 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Men… Internet Archive Henry Ford and People / Casting and Milling at the Rouge 1918 · Educational Henry Ford and People / Casting and Milling at the Rouge 1918 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive The Town of Up and Down: Eureka Springs, Arkansas 1919 · Educational The Town of Up and Down: Eureka Springs, Arkansas Produced: 1919 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive Pheasant Farm / Red Cross Training Center Activities / Steam Ship and Rowboat / Women Office Workers and Woman Knitting 1917 · Educational Pheasant Farm / Red Cross Training Center Activities / Steam Ship and Rowboat / Women Office Workers and Woman Knitting Produced: 1917 Description The… Internet Archive Rainbow Island (1917) Directed By Billy Gilbert 1917 · Feature Rainbow Island Directed by Billy Gilbert Written by H.M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Cinematography Walter Lundin Edited by Della… Internet Archive HELPING THE FARMER OF TOMORROW 1913 · Educational HELPING THE FARMER OF TOMORROW Produced: 1913 Description Shows the visit of state agricultural club prize winners to Washington, D.C. Reel 1, the group… Internet Archive Finishing and Testing Liberty Engine Parts / Lumber Yard / Liberty Airplane Fuselage Construction 1917 · Educational Finishing and Testing Liberty Engine Parts / Lumber Yard / Liberty Airplane Fuselage Construction Produced: 1917 Description The original catalog description… Internet Archive [FORD FAMILY AND FRIENDS] 1916 · Educational [FORD FAMILY AND FRIENDS] Covers: ca. 1916–ca. 1922 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Several…