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The world's archives

2,497–2,544 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 Sage Brush Tom (1915) 1915 · Short · 14 min American silent short. Commons The Man with the Glass Eye (1916) 1916 · Short · 25 min British silent short. Commons From Hand to Mouth (1919) 1919 · Short · 21 min 1919 American silent short comedy film Hand to Mouth, starring Harold Lloyd. Commons The Comeback of Barnacle Bill (1918) 1918 · Short · 17 min American silent comedy short. Commons The Mysterious Club (1913) 1913 · Short · 39 min German silent short. Commons La hantise (1912) 1912 · Short · 23 min · Subtitles La hantise, French silent short film by Louis Feuillade. Commons Double Trouble (1915) 1915 · Feature · 52 min Double Trouble (1915) Commons Brutality (1912) 1912 · Short · 7 min Brutality (1912) Commons The Americano (1916) 1916 · Feature · 49 min The Americano (1916) Commons The Mender Of Nets (1912) HD version 1912 · Short · 13 min The Mender Of Nets (1912) HD version. Commons The Squaw's Love (1911) Better Picture Quality 1911 · Short · 12 min The Squaw's Love (1911) Commons Wagon Tracks (1919) 1919 · Feature · 1 h 8 min American silent western film Commons 1912. День венчания 1912 · Short · 11 min Фильм-спектакль по пьесе Я.М.Гордина в исполнении еврейской передвижной труппы. Commons One A.M. (1916) 1916 · Short · 26 min American silent short comedy film. Commons A Trip through Lassen Volcanic National Park 1918 · Short · 12 min American silent documentary. Commons Les douze travaux d'Hercule (1910) 1910 · Cartoon · 6 min · Subtitles Les douze Travaux d'Hercule is a 1910 French animated short by Émile Cohl. Commons Filmhíradók - 100 éve ezen a héten 38. (2019. november 11-17.) 1919 · Short · 20 min Horthy enters Budapest on 16 November 1919 Commons Traffic in Souls (1913) 1913 · Feature · 56 min American silent film Traffic in Souls. Commons Next Aisle Over (1919) 1919 · Short · 9 min Next Aisle Over Commons The Immigrant (1917) by Charlie Chaplin 1917 · Short · 24 min The Immigrant (1917) by Charlie Chaplin. Commons Blind Husbands (1919) 1919 · Feature · 1 h 32 min American silent drama film. Commons 1910. Княжна Тараканова 1910 · Short · 18 min Knyazhna Tarakanova (1910) Commons Немые свидетели. (1914) 1914 · Feature · 1 h 4 min Nemyye svideteli (1914) Commons Дети века. (1915) 1915 · Short · 39 min “Children of the Age” (film, 1915). Commons The Floorwalker (1916) 1916 · Short · 28 min American silent short comedy film. Commons The Cure (1917) 1917 · Short · 25 min American silent short comedy film. Commons The Count (1916) 1916 · Short · 23 min American silent short comedy film. Commons The Adventurer (1917) 1917 · Short · 25 min The Adventurer is a 1917 silent short comedy film by Charlie Chaplin. Commons A Movie Star (1916) 1916 · Short · 24 min American silent short comedy film. Commons Regeneration (1915) 1915 · Feature · 1 h 11 min Regeneration (1915 film), an American silent biographical crime drama film. Commons The Floor Below (1918) 1918 · Feature · 1 h 17 min American silent film. Commons The Coward (1915) 1915 · Feature · 1 h 8 min American silent film. Commons Schuhpalast Pinkus (1916) 1916 · Feature · 59 min German silent film Commons Die Gespensternstunde (1917) 1917 · Feature · 56 min Danish silent film. Commons The ABC of Love (1919) 1919 · Feature · 1 h 4 min American silent film The A.B.C. of Love (1919). Commons A Beast at bay (1912) 1912 · Short · 17 min American silent short. Commons When the Clouds Roll By (1919) 1919 · Feature · 1 h 24 min American silent film. Commons Heroic France USA 1917 1917 · Short · 38 min "Heroic France" (USA, 1917) filmed by Merl LaVoy Commons Mobilizing Movies - The U.S. Signal Corps Goes To War, 1917-1919 1918 · Short · 24 min Mobilizing Movies - The U.S. Signal Corps Goes To War, 1917-1919 Commons The Cheat (1915) by Cecil B. DeMille 1915 · Feature · 58 min The Cheat (1915) by Cecil B. DeMille. Commons Views of Tokyo, Japan, 1913-1915 1913 · Short · 4 min Views of Tokyo, Japan, 1913-1915. Commons Hell Bent (1918) 1918 · Feature · 53 min American silent film Hell Bent (1918). Commons The Innocence of Ruth (1916) by John H. Collins 1916 · Feature · 58 min The Innocence of Ruth (1916) by John H. Collins. Commons La Cigarette (1919) 1919 · Feature · 49 min French drama silent film. Commons Two Knights of Vaudeville (1915) cropped 1915 · Short · 10 min Two Knights of Vaudeville Commons One A.M. (1916) by Charlie Chaplin 1916 · Short · 26 min One A.M. (1916) by Charlie Chaplin. Commons The Candy Trail (1916) 1916 · Short · 7 min The Candy Trail Commons Elverhøj (1910) 1910 · Short · 21 min Dansk stumfilm Elverhøj (1910).