The world's archives

145–192 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 [Oakland Oaks Baseball Season Opens] 1918 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Baseball season opens in Oakland, California: April 2, 1918; auto parade through downtown streets and pregame warmup. Internet Archive Fatty's Magic Pants 1914 · Short · 12 min Plot taken from IMDb: 'Fatty' is looking forward to attending a formal occasion. But in order to go, he has to be properly dressed, and he encounters… Internet Archive "Ramona" (1910) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer 1910 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "A Night Out" (1915) 1915 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive "A Tale of Two Cities" (1911) starring Florence Turner 1911 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive "Broken Blossoms" (1919) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer 1919 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive [Completion of Northwestern Pacific Rail Road] (Part II) 1914 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Golden Spike ceremonies and celebration for the completion of the Northwestern Pacific Rail Road, October 23-25, 1914. Filmed in Willits, Cain Rock, Arcata… Internet Archive "An Arcadian Maid" (1910) director D. W. Griffith with Mary Pickford 1910 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "A Night In The Show" (1915) 1915 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "Behind the Screen" (1916) 1916 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive His Picture in the Papers 1916 · Feature · 1 h 1 min From IMDb : A young man can only get the woman he loves if he becomes famous, and manages to get his picture in the newspapers. He determines to let nothing… Internet Archive "Ingeborg Holm" (1913) director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) 1913 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive "True Heart Susie" (1919) director D. W. Griffith starring Lillian Gish and Robert Harron 1919 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive "As It Is in Life" (1910) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer 1910 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive "The Rocky Road" (1910) director D. W. Griffith 1910 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive "A Child of the Paris Streets" (1916) starring Mae Marsh and Robert Harron 1916 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive "Blue Blazes Rawden" (1918) 1918 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive [Redwood Empire Special and Lumber Mills] 1914 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Condensed version of Golden Spike Celebration on 10/23/14 for the completion of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, held at Cain Rock, Humboldt County,… Internet Archive Truth About the North Pole, The 1912 · Short · 16 min · Subtitles Film made by Dr. Frederick Cook to substantiate his claim as discoverer of the North Pole and document his treatment by opponents. Internet Archive "Judith Of Bethulia" (1914) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer 1914 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive "The Outlaw and His Wife" (1918) starring Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) 1918 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive "The Female of the Species" (1912) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer 1912 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "Police" (1916) 1916 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive "Back to God's Country" (1919) starring Nell Shipman 1919 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive "The Gown of Destiny" (1917) 1917 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin's "Work" (1915) 1915 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive "Stella Maris" (1918) starring Mary Pickford 1918 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive His New Profession 1914 · Short · 15 min An oddly enjoyable comedy full of violence & nasty behavior Internet Archive "The Unchanging Sea" (1910) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer 1910 · Feature · Subtitles This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Out of the Inkwell: The Tantalizing Fly 1919 · Cartoon · 3 min A Max Fleischer cartoon in the "Out of the Inkwell" series for Bray Studios. Listed as Public Domain by Wikipedia. Internet Archive "Tannhauser" (1913) starring Florence La Badie 1913 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive "Children Who Labor" (1912) 1912 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Fatty Joins The Force 1913 · Short · 13 min Plot taken from IMDb: After rescuing the Police Commissioner's daughter from drowning, Fatty is rewarded with a position on the force, but soon finds that the… Internet Archive The Tramp (1915) 1915 · Feature The Tramp is Charlie Chaplin’s sixth film for Essanay Studios and was released in 1915. Directed by Chaplin, it was the fifth and last film made at Essanay’s… Internet Archive [Gould can 5253: Dawson Mine Disaster] 1913 · Film · Subtitles Dawson City, New Mexico: Films taken immediately after the "Dawson Mine Disaster", the second worst mine disaster to take place in the US on October 22, 1913… Internet Archive Enoch Arden 1911 · Short · 33 min Seamen Enoch Arden (Alfred Paget) returns home after a long absence marooned on a desert island. At home he finds his wife (Lillian Gish) married to another… Internet Archive "Babes and Boobs" (1918) starring Larry Semon 1918 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive The Birth of a Nation 1915 · Feature 1080p HD print of The 1915 classic, Birth of a Nation Internet Archive "The Avenging Conscience" (1914) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer 1914 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin . Mabel's Strange Predicament ( 1914 Restored Short Silent Film Noir Comedy) 1914 · Short · 11 min Mabel's Strange Predicament is a 1914 American film starring Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin , notable for being the first film for which Chaplin donned the… Internet Archive Home, Sweet Home 1914 · Feature · 55 min Title: Home, Sweet Home Summary: John Howard Payne at his most miserable point in life, writes a song which becomes popular and inspires other people at some… Internet Archive [Kay Stinson, Aviator] 1917 · Short · 3 min · Subtitles Kay Stinson, noted woman aviatrix, breaks the speed record from San Diego to San Francisco with an average speed of 66 mph. Internet Archive Hearts in Exile 1915 · Feature · 58 min Silent film set in Russia, where a newly married woman's husband is sent to Siberia along wit one of her former suitors. She attempts to rescue her husband… Internet Archive "A Woman Scorned" (1911) director D. W. Griffith cinematographer Billy Bitzer 1911 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive One Too Many 1916 · Short · 14 min Long before teaming with Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy starred with Billy Ruge in a series of comedies as "Plump and Runt." It was relatively short-lived, as they… Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin . The Champion (1915 Classic, Silent, Film Noir, Dramady) 1915 · Feature STORYLINE : Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can… Internet Archive L'Iris Fantastique 1912 · Short · 3 min Fantastic Iris by Segundo de Chomón Internet Archive Flirting with Fate 1916 · Feature · 57 min From IMDb : In the midst of an emotional depression, a man hires a murderer to kill him. But the despair soon passes, and the man must now escape the killer…