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The world's archives

2,689–2,736 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 L'AGONIE DE BYZANCE (Extrait 4) 1913 · Short · 3 min Film muet. Commons ERREUR TRAGIQUE (Extrait) 1912 · Short · 3 min Film muet. Commons Excerto do filme- «Villa of the Bougainvilliers» (Chronochrome), 1912. 1912 · Documentary · 1 min Excerto do filme: «Villa of the Bougainvilliers» (Chronochrome), 1912. Commons Le roman de Max - Film 1912 1912 · Short · 3 min court métrage muet français réalisé par Max Linder Commons The Yaqui Cur (1913) 1913 · Short · 2 min The Yaqui Cur (1913) Fragment. Commons The Great Coronation of Delhi Durbar, 1911 1912 · Short · 4 min The Great Coronation of Delhi Durbar, 1911. British documentary. Commons 1915 Дядя Пуд в Луна парке 1915 · Short · 3 min Дядя Пуд в Луна парке Commons L'AGONIE DE BYZANCE (Extrait 3) 1913 · Short · 3 min Film muet. Commons Krazy Kat, bugologist - 1916 · Short · 3 min Krazy Kat, bugologist / Commons Le Trust Fragment 2 (1911) 1911 · Short · 5 min Film muet. Commons Policy and Pie (1918) 1918 · Short · 7 min American silent cartoon. Commons Willis O'Brien - R.F.D. 10,0009 BC 1919 · Cartoon · 12 min rfd10000bc Commons The Snows of Many Years (1917) 1917 · Short · 12 min American silent documentary. Commons Two Gun Gussie (1918) 1918 · Short · 8 min American silent short. Commons Under forvandlingens lov (1911) 1911 · Short · 26 min Norwegian silent film. Commons HOT STUFF (1912) -- Biograph, Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, Dell Henderson 1912 · Short · 8 min Complete movie of 1912 Hot Stuff Commons The Mothering Heart (1913) 1913 · Short · 23 min American silent short film The Mothering Heart (1913). Commons 1913. Ярославль. Посещение Николаем II города 21 мая 1917 · Short · 10 min Видео Commons Процесс Бейлиса. (1917) 1917 · Short · 24 min The Beilis Case (1917) Commons 1912 Разборчивая невеста 1912 · Short · 8 min Разборчивая невеста Commons 1915 Тысяча вторая хитрость 1915 · Short · 17 min Тысяча вторая хитрость Commons 1910 Княжна Тараканова 1910 · Short · 18 min Княжна Тараканова Commons 1910 Л'хаим 1910 · Short · 14 min Л'хаим Commons Madame Tallien (1916) 1916 · Short · 13 min Italian silent film Commons Min Svigerinde fra Amerika (1917) 1917 · Short · 6 min Danish short silent film. Commons The Iron Claw. Chapter 7 - Part 1 (1916) 1916 · Short · 15 min Episode of an American silent serial. Commons I'm Insured (1916) 1916 · Short · 3 min Short silent American animated cartoon. Commons His Neglected Wife (1919) 1919 · Short · 13 min Silent short American comedy Commons The Woman Hater (1910) 1910 · Short · 13 min American silent short. Commons A Smash Up in China (1919) 1919 · Cartoon · 7 min American silent cartoon. Commons Why Husbands Flirt (1918) 1918 · Short · 13 min American silent short Commons When Ciderville Went Dry 1915 · Short · 11 min American silent short Commons The stenographers friend or What was accomplished by an Edison business phonograph 1910 · Short · 8 min American silent short Commons Il biglietto da mille (1912) 1912 · Short · 15 min Italian silent short Commons 1919. Поезд чешских легионеров. Кинохроника 1919 · Short · 10 min Поезд чешских легионеров. Кинохроника Commons Un matrimonio interplanetario (1910) 1910 · Short · 13 min Italian silent film Commons Dansegalskab (1917) 1917 · Short · 7 min Danish short silent film Commons The Portrait of Lady Anne (1912) 1912 · Short · 14 min American silent short film. Commons An Easter Lily (1914) 1914 · Short · 10 min Short American film. Commons The Good Sport (1918) 1918 · Short · 14 min American silent short. Commons Winsor McCay - The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) 1918 · Short · 9 min Animated film The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) by Winsor McCay. Commons Spartaco, Il gladiatore della Tracia (1913) 1913 · Short · 34 min Italian silent film Commons L'emigrante (1915) 1913 · Short · 23 min Italian silent short film. Commons Cenere (1916) 1916 · Short · 31 min Italian silent film Commons Hjertetyven (1919) 1919 · Short · 21 min Danish short silent film. Commons Jean the Matchmaker (1910) 1910 · Short · 13 min American silent film. Commons China and the Chinese (1917) 1917 · Short · 16 min American documentary film. Commons Children Who Labor (1912) 1912 · Short · 13 min American silent short sponsored by the National Child Labor Committee.