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2,353–2,400 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 Krazy Kat goes a-wooing 1916 silent 1916 · Cartoon · 2 min · Low resolution This animation short is based on George Herriman's comic strip Krazy Kat. This derivative of The Internet Archive's video has the audio removed using… Commons Courtship rituals of the heath hen 1918 · Short · 2 min · Low resolution An excerpt from a film showing the courtship rituals of the Heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido), which has been extinct since 1932. Commons OnToWashington1913 1913 · Cartoon · 1 min · Low resolution Fourteen suffragettes leave Newark, New Jersey, to protest for the women's right to vote in Washington. (1913) Commons Die geheimnisvolle Streichholzdose (1910) 1910 · Short · 3 min Die geheimnisvolle Streichholzdose is a 1910 German silent short stop motion film by Guido Seeber. Commons Otto von Habsburg Coronation film, Budapest, 1916 1916 · Short · 1 min 4-year-old Crown Prince Otto of Hungary attending his parents' coronation as King and Queen of Hungary in Budapest on 30 December, 1916 Commons Barcelone et son parc (1911) 1911 · Short · 2 min · Low resolution Produced by Segundo de Chomón for Pathé Frères. Directed and filmed by Segundo de Chomón. Length : 65 m. Commons 1918 Oakland Oaks baseball season opens 1918 · Short · 2 min · Low resolution Baseball season opens in Oakland, California: April 2, 1918; auto parade through downtown streets and pregame warmup. Commons With Our King and Queen Through India 1912 · Short · 2 min With Our King and Queen Through India (1912) is a British documentary. The film is silent and made in the Kinemacolor additive color process. Commons Scenes at Seoul, circa 1899–1912, filmed by Burton Holmes 1912 · Short · 5 min This 3-minutes film footage was made by Burton Holmes, An American explorer and writer who visited in Korea in 1901 (and 1912). This is the oldest surviving… Commons The signing of the peace treaty of Versailles 1919 · Short · 8 min American silent film. "Shows views of the Palace of Versailles and of the gardens; the arrival of Fr. For. Min. Pichon, Premier Clemenceau, Robert Lansing,… Commons 1913. Открытие памятника герою войны 1812 года И.С. Дорохову 1917 · Short · 1 min Открытие памятника герою войны 1812 года И.С. Дорохову в городе Верея (ныне Московская область). Был уничтожен, затем восстановлен Commons The Battle Royal 1916 OLIVER BABE HARDY Plump and Runt Willard Louis 1916 · Short · 10 min Plump (Hardy, pre-Stan Laurel) & Runt (Billy Ruge) are on opposite sides of a mountain feud (ala Hatfields and McCoys) in The Battle Royal (1916). Then… Commons Прогулка по Москва реке и окрестностям в 20-х годах XX века 1918 · Short · 2 min The archival video about the life and peoples actvities around the Moskva River in Moscow, Russia from the 20th years of the 20th century. Commons RGAKFD 745 1914 · Short · 4 min Commissioning the Tabriz Railway built by Russian workers: the movement of the first train by rail; the arrival of a Russian military delegation led by… Commons Лысый влюблен в танцовщицу. (1916) 1916 · Short · 4 min “Lysyi vliublen v tantsovshchitsu” [Baldy in Love with a Dancer]. Russian silent film, 1916. Lysyi — Robert Reinols. Commons Barão do Rio Branco, a nação em luto 1912 · Short · 4 min A data de 20 de abril comemora o nascimento, em 1845, do patrono da diplomacia brasileira, José Maria da Silva Paranhos Junior (1845-1912), Barão do Rio… Commons Кино-Неделя № 34 (1919) документальный фильм 1919 · Documentary · 5 min Журнал "Кино-неделя" был хроникой текущих событий недели. Данный выпуск от 14-го февраля 1919 года состоит из следующих сюжетов: - «Революция требует жертв».… Commons La chenille de la carotte (1911) 1911 · Short · 10 min La Chenille de la carotte is a 1911 French stencil-colored short film on the Papilio machaon caterpillar. Commons 1910. Жизнь и смерть Пушкина 1910 · Short · 5 min «Жизнь и смерть Пушкина» — немой художественный короткометражный фильм Василия Гончарова Commons The Champion 1915 CHARLIE CHAPLIN EDNA PURVIANCE 1915 · Short · 30 min Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose,… Commons Cupids Rival 1917 OLIVER BABE HARDY BILLY WEST Arvid E Gillstrom 1917 · Short · 27 min A bumbling janitor (Billy West, as a Charlie Chaplin imitation) in a fleabag hotel drives the residents crazy, and a poor artist (Oliver Hardy) believes that… Commons The Cry of the Children 1912 George Nichols Elizabeth Barrett Browning Edwin Thanhouser 1912 · Short · 25 min To see 56 Thanhouser silent films, as well as a treasure of information and history about the Thanhouser film enterprise, please visit… Commons Amateur film ice harvest pocono manor 1919 1919 · Short · 10 min · Low resolution Amateur film of the commercial harvesting of ice, using horse and man powered equipment, at Pocono Manor (in the Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania) in 1919. Commons Little Nemo (1911) 1911 · Short · 10 min · Low resolution Little Nemo (1911). Animated movie by Windsor McCay (1911). Partly hand painted. Commons The Dinosaur and the Missing Link 1917 · Cartoon · 6 min The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy is a 1917 American comedy silent film animated by Willis O'Brien that premiered in 1917, and is one… Commons Ladislas Starevich - The Cameraman's Revenge 1911 · Short · 12 min A stop motion animation in which Ladislas Starevich, the producer, animates real beetles and other insects. Commons Life of an American Fireman (original uncut version) 1913 · Short · 6 min Life of an American Fireman is a short, silent film Edwin S. Porter made for the Edison Manufacturing Company. It was shot late in 1902 and distributed early… Commons The Musketeers of Pig Alley 1912 · Short · 16 min «Мушкетери з алеї Піґ» — американський німий короткометражний фільм 1912 року режисера Д. В. Ґріффіта, сценарій Гріффіта та Аніти Лус, який вважається одним… Commons The New York Hat 1912 · Short · 16 min Silent film The New York Hat (1912) distributed by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Commons Making a Living 1914 · Short · 12 min First movie appearance by Chaplin. Silent film distributed by Mutual Film. Directed by Henry Lehrman, produced by Mack Sennett, written by Reed Heustis and… Commons The Candy Kid (1917) 1917 · Short · 13 min American silent comedy film The Candy Kid (1917) featuring Billy West and Oliver Hardy. Commons Charlie in Turkey Pat Sullivan Keen Cartoon Corporation 1916 685703 FLM11263 1919 · Cartoon · 9 min Cartoon movie (animated film) starring the tramp Charlie (known from the Chaplin movies). After visiting a second-hand bookstore Charlie dreams that he… Commons Lord and the Peasant - Die Heimkehr des Reisenden - J. Searle Dawley, 1912, Edison Manufacturing Company 1912 · Short · 8 min Title: Lord and the Peasant Duration of this copy: 00:08:52 Synopsis1: Melodrama about a couple who are in love, but who are driven apart by poverty. Mary… Commons The Master Mystery (trailer) - Burton King - 1919, B.A. Rolfe Photoplays - EYE FLM41533 - OB 685697 1919 · Short · 9 min Title: The Master Mystery (1919) Running time: 09:39 Synopsis: Episode of a serial in fifteen episodes with magician and escape artist Houdini in the lead.… Commons The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus (1914) 1914 · Short · 14 min American 1914 silent Christmas film The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus, starring Barry O'Moore (real name Herbert Yost). Commons La barrera nº 13 (1912) 1912 · Short · 8 min Melodrama de ambiente taurino producido por la productora valenciana Casa Cuesta. Se trata de la primera restauración digital llevada a cabo por CulturArts… Commons Charlie Chaplin's "The Rink" 1916 · Short · 19 min · Low resolution The Rink was Charlie Chaplin's 8th film for Mutual Films. It co-starred Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman and Albert Austin. It is best known for… Commons An Unseen Enemy (1912) 1912 · Short · 15 min American short silent film An Unseen Enemy (1912). First film appearance of the Dorothy Gish, Lillian Gish and Erich von Stroheim. Commons Good in the Worst of Us - William J. Humphrey - 1915, Vitagraph Company of America - EYE FLM26592 - OB 685559 1915 · Short · 13 min Titel: Good in the Worst of Us Duration: 13:06 Genre: crime fiction Minnie packs and leaves a note for someone. She flees from her partner in crime Jim… Commons Biography of a Stag - Raymond L. Ditmars - 1918, Educational Films - EYE FLM27912 - OB 687121 1918 · Educational · 9 min Title: Biography of a Stag Running time: 9:28 "An excellent nature study is listed in the ‘Living Book of Nature’ catalog (Raymond Ditmars series,… Commons Down The Old Potomac 1917 1917 · Short · 11 min Follows a week-long, 180-mile trip on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal through the Potomac Valley from Cumberland, Md., to Washington, D.C. Includes scenes of… Commons Perils of Pauline Episode 1 (1914) 1914 · Short · 29 min "Trial by Fire". First episode of the American silent serial The Perils of Pauline Commons Love, Speed and Thrills - Walter Wright - 1915, Keystone Film - EYE FLM39508 - OB 685625 1915 · Short · 14 min Title: Love, Speed and Thrills Running time: 14:12 A chase film in which a man (named Walrus) kidnaps the wife of his benefactor (Ambrose); a wild chase… Commons The Student of Prague (1913) 1913 · Feature · 41 min Silent German film considered to be the first independent film and the first feature film. Commons The Cheat (1915) 1915 · Feature · 58 min American silent drama film The Cheat (1915) directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, and Jack Dean. Commons The Unfortunate Marriage (1917) 1917 · Feature · 1 h 8 min American silent film The Unfortunate Marriage (1917) also known as The Woman in White. Commons Man from Egypt-Larry Semon-Vitagraph Company of America-1916-De Egyptenaar-Intertitles in Dutch-720 x 404 1916 · Short · 14 min A comic one-act film in which a bellhop finds a stolen diamond and gets into an argument with the Egyptian thief. Commons Napoleon and Sally? - Uit het leven van twee chimpansees - 1916 - EYE FLM148080 - OB 685667 1916 · Short · 13 min Title: Napoleon and Sally (?) Genre: comedy Running time:13:46 Synopsis: Short animal comedy starring the chimpanzees Napoleon and Sally. Napoleon is…