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2,305–2,352 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 Kinonedelja No. 32 (1919) 1919 · Documentary · 6 min Soviet silent newsreel. Description at the Austrian Film Museum: Comrade Lenin addresses the masses with a fiery speech in front of the Soviet of Workers'… Commons Кино-Неделя № 22 (1918) документальный фильм 1918 · Documentary · 9 min Журнал "Кино-неделя" был хроникой текущих событий недели. Данный выпуск от 29-го октября 1918 года состоит из следующих сюжетов: - Ленин на прогулке после… Commons Tangled Tangoist (1914) 1914 · Short · 15 min Tangled Tangoist (1914) is an American silent short film directed by George D. Baker with John Bunny and Flora Finch. Commons On Shima Center (1914) 1914 · Short · 15 min Produced in 1914, this 15-minute, black-and-white film captures the California estate of George Shima (born Kinji Ushijima, 1864-1924), one of the wealthiest… Commons Kinonedelja No. 1 (1918) 1918 · Documentary · 7 min Soviet silent newsreel. Description at the Austrian Film Museum: The Moscow Union of Metal Workers celebrates the centenary of Karl Marx's birth. / A speech… Commons Kinonedelja No. 21 (1918) 1918 · Documentary · 7 min Soviet silent newsreel. Description at the Austrian Film Museum: Moscow, October 13: The Workers' Club named after V.I. Lenin is opened. The “Jar”, a palace… Commons Kinonedelja No. 29 (1918) 1918 · Documentary · 7 min Soviet silent newsreel. Description at the Austrian Film Museum: Moscow: Arrival of the body of war commissar, Comrade Bezsonov, who was killed in battle… Commons Kinonedelja No. 33 (1919) 1919 · Documentary · 8 min Soviet silent newsreel. Description at the Austrian Film Museum: With due pomp, Moscow buries its heroes, Comrade Kikividze and Comrade Vedernikov. The… Commons Le trust, ou les batailles de l'argent (1911) 1911 · Short · 24 min The Trust or the Battles for Money – a 1911 French silent short by Louis Feuillade with René Navarre. Commons Gertie the Dinosaur 1914 · Short · 13 min Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 American animated short film by Winsor McCay. Although not the first animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first… Commons A Fool There Was 1915 · Feature · 1 h 6 min The American drama film A Fool There Was (1915) directed by Frank Powell. Cinematography by George Schneiderman. Produced by William Fox. Commons The Curse of Quon Gwon (1916) 1916 · Short · 36 min The Curse of Quon Gwon, a 1916 film by Marion E. Wong, is believed to be the earliest subsisting Chinese American film. Commons Sherlock Holmes i Bondefangerklør - fragment (1910) 1910 · Short · 12 min Surviving fragment of a Sherlock Holmes Danish silent film also known as Sherlock Holmes und die Bauernfänger. Commons Coal mines in Limburg The Netherlands (1917) 1917 · Feature · 43 min Coal mines in Limburg (1917). Assignment documentary on the coal industry. In 1917, Filmfabriek Hollandia was commissioned to make a film about the state… Commons A Trip through Japan with the YWCA 1919 · Documentary · 9 min A Trip through Japan with the YWCA – a 1919 documentary film on Japan by Benjamin Brodsky. Commons The Sergeant (1910) preserved 1910 · Short · 16 min Production Company: Selig Polyscope Co. Producer/Director: Francis Boggs Writer: Hobart Bosworth Photographer: John Dored Cast: Hobart Bosworth (Sergeant… Commons Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917) 1917 · Feature · 1 h 5 min Seven Keys to Baldpate is a 1917 American silent mystery/thriller film produced by George M. Cohan and distributed by Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of… Commons Manden med de ni Fingre I (1915) 1915 · Short · 27 min The man with the missing finger 1., The murder in the Villa Falcon, first episode of a Danish silent serial film. Commons THE PERILS OF PAULINE (1914) - ch.2 Pearl White 2 1914 · Short · 24 min "The Goddess of the Far West". Second episode of the American silent serial The Perils of Pauline. Commons Australia Prepared (1916) 1916 · Documentary · 57 min Australia Prepared is a 1916 Australian documentary film to show the country's preparation for World War I. Unlike many Australian silent movies, a copy of it… Commons Mormonens offer (1911) 1911 · Feature · 51 min The Danish film Mormonens offer (in Danish), known in English as A Victim of the Mormons. Director August Blom died in 1947, which + 70 = 2017, so this work… Commons The Red Lantern (1919) 1919 · Feature · 1 h 20 min The Red Lantern is a 1919 American silent film by Albert Capellani starring Alla Nazimova in a dual role. Commons Tess of the Storm Country (1914) 1914 · Feature · 1 h 19 min Tess of the Storm Country is a 1914 silent drama directed by Edwin S. Porter. It is based on the 1909 novel of the same name by Grace Miller White. It stars… Commons "The Martyrs of the Alamo" (1915) - Silent movie about TEXAS independence fighters (1-11-54) 1915 · Feature · 1 h 11 min "The Martyrs of the Alamo" is a silent historical drama film released in 1915, directed by Christy Cabanne and produced by D.W. Griffith. The film dramatizes… Commons The Fires of Youth (1917) 1917 · Short · 31 min The Fires of Youth, with English intertitles. This version is the shortened re-release by Imperial Film Company, from a print preserved at the Em Gee Film… Commons Winsor McCay (1918) The Sinking of the Lusitania 1918 · Short · 12 min Animated film The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. Two submarines torpedo the RMS Lusitania in 1915, killing… Commons Winsor McCay (1912) How a Mosquito Operates 1912 · Short · 6 min Animated film How a Mosquito Operates by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. McCay's second film, and one of the earliest animated films in… Commons Mod lyset (1919) 1919 · Feature · 55 min Towards the Light (Danish: Mod Lyset)) is a 1919 Danish silent film by Holger-Madsen starring Asta Nielsen. Commons Manden med de ni Fingre IV (1916) 1916 · Short · 36 min The man with the missing finger 4., The lonely House, fourth episode of a Danish silent serial film. Commons Le petit Chantecler (1910) 1910 · Cartoon · 7 min Le Petit Chantecler is a French silent 1910 stop motion film by Émile Cohl, based on Edmond Rostand's Chantecler. Commons Onésime et le drame de famille (1914) 1914 · Short · 6 min Onésime et le drame de famille is a 1914 French silent short comedy film by Jean Durand with all characters of the family members played by Ernest Bourbon. Commons Silas Marner (1916) 1916 · Feature · 43 min Silas Marner, with English intertitles. From a print preserved at the Thanhouser Collection. Commons White Fawn's Devotion (1910) 1910 · Short · 10 min White Fawn's Devotion, a 1910 silent film directed by James Young Deer, is the earliest surviving film directed by a Native American. Commons Stella Maris (1918) 1918 · Feature · 1 h 23 min Stella Maris is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Mary Pickford, based on William John Locke's 1913 novel of the same… Commons Feuerwehr-Perchtoldsdorf-50-Jahre 1919 · Short · 16 min Übung am Marktplatz in Perchtoldsdorf im Jahr 1919 anlässlich des 50 jährigen Jubiläums der Feuerwehr-Perchtoldsdorf Commons El automóvil gris (1919) 1919 · Feature · 1 h 45 min El automóvil gris, Mexican silent film directed and photographed by Enrique Rosas. 1956 abridged version released by Azteca Films. Syncronized soundtrack… Commons Lena and the geese (1912) 1912 · Short · 23 min American silent film distributed by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.. Commons Hell's Hinges - 1916 1916 · Feature · 1 h 3 min Hell's Hinges, directed in 1916 by Charles Swickard and starring William S. Hart, is considered to be one the finest silent Westerns. Commons The Lonedale Operator 1911 · Short · 16 min American silent film distributed by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Commons The Squaw Man (1914) Better Picture Quality 1914 · Feature · 1 h 13 min The Squaw Man (1914). (I noticed that the picture quality on this upload is noticeably clearer than the one currently on the page, so I´m thinking, not of… Commons Snow White (1916) 1916 · Feature · 1 h 2 min American silent film directed by J. Searle Dawley. Filmed and produced by H. Lyman Broening. Open Images Dr. Abraham Kuyper 1918 · Short Opnamen van Abraham Kuyper die de perstentoonstelling in Pulchri studio in Den Haag bezoekt. Hij is o.a. in gesprek met burgemeester Van Karnebeek. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Stadsgezichten van Haarlem - Acte 1 (HD) 1912 · Short · 9 min Eerste deel van een tweedelige film met stadsgezichten van Haarlem in 1913. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Afgravingen Sint-Pietersberg (HD) 1919 · Short · 1 min Beelden van afgravingen in de Sint Pietersberg en van een zandsteenfabriek. Open Images is not answering just now Internet Archive Charlie Chaplin . The Tramp (1915 Restored Silent Short Film Noir Comedy) 1915 · Short · 26 min PLOT : The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. _IMDb STORYLINE : Charlie is a tramp on the road. A hobo manages to exchange… Library of Congress The newlyweds 1910 · Short · 17 min After being jilted by their respective sweethearts, Dick Harcourt and Dora Dean have both become disenchanted with the opposite sex. Unknown to each other,… Library of Congress Tristan and Isolda 1911 · Short · 22 min Accompanied by his slave Rosen, Tristan journeys to Ireland to bring Isolda back to be the bride of his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall. Rosen, however, is… Library of Congress Ghosts 1915 · Feature · 58 min A tragedy in which the sins of a father are visited upon his children as revealed in the story of a young man who unknowingly falls in love with his…