The world's archives

2,017–2,064 of 3,051 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.
Commons Cruel, Cruel Love (1914) 1914 · Short · 9 min Cruel, Cruel Love| is a 1914 American short comedy silent film starring Charlie Chaplin. Commons Chauncey Depew, Senator Perkins, and Governor Whitman of New York, at GOP Convention, 1916, Chicago, Ill. 4115 1916 · Short · 1 min Title Chauncey Depew, Senator Perkins, and Governor Whitman of New York, at GOP Convention, 1916, Chicago, Ill. Summary Scenes from the 16th Republican… Commons Two of a Kind 1910 · Short · 1 min Not much is known about this short, nor about its studios or actors. It was probably made in the 1910s, but could have been 1920s. The film was MOST likely… Commons Mihály Károlyi distributing his lands among the peasants 1919 · Short · 1 min President Mihály Károlyi distributing his lands among the peasants in Kápolna on 23 february, 1919 Commons Street Scenes in San Sebastián, Spain, 1913 1913 · Short · 2 min Old film of San Sebastián, Spain in the year 1913. Slowed down footage to a natural rate and added in sound for ambiance (sound removed on upload to Commons).… Commons Austro-Daimler artillery tractor 1919 · Short · 1 min Austro-Daimler artillery tractor . Hungarian Red Army's march to Kassa (Košice) on 4 june, 1919 Commons The Face on the Bar Room Floor (1914) 1914 · Short · 11 min American silent short comedy film The Face on the Bar Room Floor (1914) with Charlie Chaplin. Commons The Acrobatic Fly (1910) 1910 · Short · 2 min British silent short featuring a housefly secured to the head of a match and juggling objects with its feet. Commons The Extra Quick Lunch 1918 Mutt and Jeff cartoon Charles R Bowers Bud Fisher 1918 · Cartoon · 5 min A restaurant customer wants oxtail soup with an actual tail. Mutt is the waiter and Jeff is the cook. Charley Bowers directed this animation based upon the… Commons 1913. Первая всероссийская олимпиада. Август. Киев. Olympic Games 1917 · Short · 3 min Перша всеросійська олімпіада 1913 року, Київ. Фрагменти із кінохроніки братів Пате. Commons Ruins of Delhi (1910) 1910 · Short · 3 min Part of India on Film: 1899 – 1947 This collection of newly digitised films is part of the BFI's contribution to the UK-India Year of Culture 2017, in… Commons Pinocchio 1911 World s 1st Film Version of The Adventures of Pinnochio Giulio Antamoro 1911 · Short · 5 min The first adaptation of Carlo Collodi's novel, "The Adventures of Pinocchio". The mischievous animated marionette (played by Italian star, Polidor) and his… Commons Swords and Hearts 1911 D W Griffith G W Bitzer 1911 · Short · 16 min A poor girl is secretly in love with a wealthy young Confederate planter. During the American Civil War she helps him escape capture by Union soldiers.… Commons One Too Many 1916 OLIVER BABE HARDY Willard Louis 1916 · Short · 14 min 1 of the 35 "Plump and Runt" films made by Oliver Hardy with Billy Ruge before the former teamed with Stan Laurel. Plump enlists the help of Runt to quickly… Commons Gentlemen of Nerve 1914 CHARLIE CHAPLIN MABEL NORMAND Mack Sennett 1914 · Short · 14 min CAST Charles Chaplin - Mr. Wow-Woe Mabel Normand - Mabel Chester Conklin - Ambrose Mack Swain - Mr. Walrus Phyllis Allen - Flirty woman Edgar Kennedy -… Commons The Adventure of the Hasty Elopement 1914 Octavius Amateur Detective Thomas Edison 1914 · Short · 15 min The Adventure of the Hasty Elopement (1914). An automobile is stolen by a young woman (Viola Dana) who is determined to elope, leading to a complicated chase… Commons A Hash House Fraud 1915 Charley Chase Mack Sennett 1915 · Short · 11 min A post-Chaplin Keystone Comedy, directed by Charley Chase. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0005443 Commons Mabel and Fatty s Wash Day 1915 MABEL NORMAND FATTY ARBUCKLE Mack Sennett 1915 · Short · 12 min Starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (who also directed), Mabel Normand, Harry McCoy, and Alice Davenport. Released on January 14, 1915 by Mack Sennett's Keystone… Commons The House with Closed Shutters 1910 Henry B Walthall D W Griffith G W Bitzer 1910 · Short · 16 min The American film The House with Closed Shutters (1910). During the American Civil War, a young Confederate soldier loses his nerve in battle and runs away to… Commons The Rounders (1914) - CHARLIE CHAPLIN & FATTY ARBUCKLE - Mack Sennett 1914 · Short · 12 min The slapstick comedy film involves two drunks (Charles Chaplin and Roscoe Arbuckle) who fight with their wives (Minta Durfee & Phyllis Allen) and then drink… Commons Burstup Homes' Murder Case (1913) - ALICE GUY BLACHE 1913 · Short · 18 min One of many detective movies capitalizing on the success of Sherlock Holmes. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1342179 Commons Rapsodia Satanica (Nino Oxilia, 1917) 1917 · Feature · 44 min Rapsodia satanica is a 1917 silent Italian film by Nino Oxilia featuring Lyda Borelli in a female version of Faust. Commons The Western Spirit ( USA 1918) 1918 · Short · 10 min The Western Spirit, (USA, 1918) - propaganda film by Wilbur Durborough for the U.S. Signal Corps Commons Passing Of The Oklahoma Outlaws - 1915 1915 · Short · 12 min Фильм The Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws (1915), поставленный законником Биллом Тилманом и снятый Бенни Кентом, пионером кинофотографии Commons Their One Love 1915 The Fairbanks Twins Madeline Marion Jack Harvey Gertrude Thanhouser 1915 · Short · 15 min Their One Love (1915) with The Fairbanks Twins - Madeline and Marion Fairbanks - and Jack Harvey. Twin girls fall in love with the same young man and struggle… Commons Getting Acquainted 1914 CHARLIE CHAPLIN MABEL NORMAND Mack Sennett 1914 · Short · 13 min Starring Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, and Phyllis Allen. Released on December 5th, 1914 by Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios.… Commons His Trysting Place 1914 CHARLIE CHAPLIN MABEL NORMAND Mack Sennett 1914 · Short · 20 min Starring Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, and Phyllis Allen. Released on November 9th, 1914 by Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios.… Commons Gas Alarm (c.1918) 1918 · Short · 8 min British troops conduct an anti-gas drill. Warnings are sounded by strombos horns to troops in trenches. Gas masks are donned. Gassed men are carried from… Commons Filming the Great War - Reports by Lt. Edwin H. Cooper, U.S. Signal Corps (1918) 1918 · Short · 17 min Filming the Great War - Reports by Lt. Edwin H. Cooper, U.S. Signal Corps (1918) Commons Out West 1918, Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton 1918 · Short · 19 min A satire on contemporary westerns, starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, and Al St. John. It was the first of Arbuckle's "Comique" films to be… Commons New York 1911 cut 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… Commons Straight Shooting (1917) - Short version 1917 · Feature · 1 h 1 min American silent western silent feature film. Copy from Czechoslovak Film Archives. Commons Chicago Photographed from Ray Knabenshue's Dirigible Air Ship 1914 · Short · 8 min (This film is silent) National Archives Identifier: 95608 Local Identifier: KNAB-KNAB-201 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/95608 From: Series: Motion Picture… Commons The Girl Detective 1915 · Short · 29 min "The Mystery of the Tea-Dansant", an episode in a series of two-act films from The Girl Detective (1915) in which a “society girl”, played by Ruth Roland, is… Commons Horthy enters Budapest 1919 · Short · 20 min Admiral Miklós Horthy enters Budapest at the head of the National Army, 16 November 1919(1080p video). Commons If We Only Knew (1913) 1913 · Short · 9 min If We Only Knew, with English intertitles. Restored from a tinted positive print in the Will Day film collection. Commons Oh, What a Knight! (1910) 1910 · Short · 10 min Oh, What a Knight!, with English intertitles. From a print preserved at Eye Filmmuseum. Commons Austin Flood (1911) 1911 · Short · 9 min Austin Flood, with English intertitles. From a print preserved at U.S. Library of Congress. Commons Twelfth Night (1910) 1910 · Short · 10 min Twelfth Night, with English intertitles. An estimated 3½ minutes of the original film are missing. Commons Драма на Волге. (Дочь купца Башкирова). (1913) 1913 · Feature · 42 min “Drama on the Volga” (“Merchant Bashkirov's Daughter”). Russian 1913 film directed by Nikolai Larin. Commons Behind the screen (1916) 1916 · Short · 24 min Behind the Screen is a 1916 short silent film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, with Edna Purviance. Commons Patsy's Elopement (1915) 1915 · Short · 14 min Patsy's Elopement (1915) is an episode of the American silent serial Patsy Bolivar. Commons The Glorious Lady (1919) 1919 · Feature · 55 min The Glorious Lady is a 1919 American silent love drama about the romance between the Duke of Loame and the farmer’s daughter Ivis Benson. With others after… Commons The Twin Pawns (1919) 1919 · Feature · 1 h 11 min The Twin Pawns (1919) is an American drama film about twins who grow up separately, one with their wealthy father and the other with their poor mother; the… Commons Iola's promise (1912) 1912 · Short · 15 min Iola’s Promise is a 1912 American silent short by D. W. Griffith starring Mary Pickford as a young Indian girl. Commons An Indian summer (1912) 1912 · Short · 17 min American silent film distributed by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Commons All on account of the milk (1910) 1910 · Short · 16 min American silent film distributed by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.. Commons Fatty Joins the Force (1913) 1913 · Short · 12 min Fatty Joins the Force is a 1913 American silent short by George Nichols featuring Roscoe Arbuckle and the Keystone Kops.