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2,977–3,024 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 1914. Таврида. Заповедник Аскания-Нова. 1914 год. Визит Николая II в заповедник в апреле 1917 · Short · 5 min Видео Commons 1914. Таврида. Заповедник Аскания-Нова. Визит Николая II в заповедник в апреле 1917 · Short · 5 min Видео Commons 1919. Генералы Жаннен, Сыровы, подготовка парада, кавалерии, военный парад 1919 · Short · 11 min Генералы Жаннен, Сыровы, подготовка парада, кавалерии, военный парад Commons Henry Ford clips 1916 · Short · 3 min · Low resolution Untitled Factory Tour and other clips Commons The Clown's Pup (1919) 1919 · Cartoon · 2 min · Low resolution American silent animated cartoon. Commons First footage of Korea circa 1901 by Burton Holmes 1912 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution First Footage Of Korea, 1901 by Burton Holmes Commons Дискотека 1920-х! Как отжигали наши предки ) 1918 · Short · 3 min · Low resolution Видео Commons Georgia 1919 1919 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution The government officials of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in Tiflis, 1919. Commons Ford Model T Assembly Line(1919) 1919 · Short · 6 min · Low resolution Ford Model T assembly line Commons Dud Leaves Home 1919 · Cartoon · 5 min · Low resolution Silent animated cartoon distributed by Bray Pictures Corporation Commons The Eternal Mother (1912) 1912 · Short · 11 min · Low resolution American short silent film The Eternal Mother (1912). Commons A Free Ride (1915) 1915 · Short · 9 min · Low resolution A Free Ride – American stag movie Commons San Sebastiano (1911) 1911 · Short · 8 min · Low resolution Italian silent short film. Commons Down the Old Potomac Part 3 of 3 1917 · Short · 3 min · Low resolution Film going down the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, part 3 of 3. Commons Judith of Bethulia (1913) 1913 · Feature · 48 min · Low resolution American silent drama film Commons 1915. Иван Грозный 1915 · Feature · 41 min · Low resolution Иван Грозный Commons Histoire d'un Pierrot (1913) 1913 · Feature · 57 min · Low resolution Italian silent film Commons Die Puppe(1919) 1919 · Feature · 1 h 4 min · Low resolution German silent film Commons Les Vampires - Le Spectre (1916) 1916 · Short · 29 min · Low resolution Fourth episode of the French silent serial Les Vampires Commons The Last of the Line (1914) 1914 · Short · 24 min · Low resolution American silent film The Last of the Line (1914). Commons Knight of the Trail (1915) 1915 · Short · 23 min · Low resolution American silent western film Commons The Heart of Texas Ryan (1917) 1917 · Feature · 45 min · Low resolution American silent romantic western film The Heart of Texas Ryan (1917). Commons Homunculus (1916) 1916 · Feature · 1 h 16 min · Low resolution German silent film Commons Les Vampires - Les Yeux qui fascinent (1916) 1916 · Feature · 53 min · Low resolution Sixth episode of the French silent serial Les Vampires. Commons Les Vampires - L'Homme des poisons (1916) 1916 · Feature · 48 min · Low resolution Ninth episode of the French silent serial Les Vampires Commons Daddy-Long-Legs (film, 1919) 1919 · Feature · 1 h 24 min · Low resolution American silent comedy-drama film starring Mary Pickford. Commons The Squaw Man (1914) 1914 · Feature · 1 h 12 min · Low resolution American silent film. First feature film produced in Hollywood. Commons The Greatest Question (1919) 1919 · Feature · 1 h 20 min · Low resolution American silent drama film The Greatest Question (1919). Commons Bucking Broadway (1917) 1917 · Feature · 53 min · Low resolution American silent western film Bucking Broadway (1917). Commons Carmen (1915) 1915 · Feature · 57 min · Low resolution American silent drama film. Commons Caius Julius Caesar (1914) 1914 · Feature · 1 h 51 min · Low resolution Italian silent film. Commons The Spoilers (1914) 1914 · Feature · 1 h 38 min · Low resolution American silent film. Commons Richthofen funeral 1918 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution The funeral of Manfred von Richthofen Commons Enterrement de Blanche Dufrène 1919 · Short · 1 min Lieu : Paris Lieu : Paris, France Thème : Personnalité Sous-thème : Funérailles de personnalité Sous-thème : Foule Sous-thème : Deuil Sous-thème : Procession… Library of Congress Fred Eliot Robb Collection 1914 · Interview · 15 min Private, Marine Corps, World War, 1914-1918 - Parris Island, South Carolina. Lieutenant Commander, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Theater; Midway. Library of Congress Kendall Jordan Fielder Collection 1917 · Interview · 1 h 22 min Brigadier General, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - France; Philippines. World War, 1939-1945 - Hawaii. Library of Congress Frank Woodruff Buckles Collection 1917 · Interview · 1 h 35 min Corporal, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - United States; England; France; Germany. World War, 1939-1945 - Philippines. Library of Congress Frank Woodruff Buckles Collection 1917 · Interview · 1 h 59 min Corporal, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - United States; England; France; Germany. World War, 1939-1945 - Philippines. Library of Congress Stanley S. Lane Collection 1917 · Interview · 1 h 15 min Sergeant, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - China Springs, Texas; Fort McClellan, Alabama. Staff Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Theater. Captain,… Library of Congress Frank Woodruff Buckles Collection 1917 · Interview · 3 h 39 min Corporal, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - United States; England; France; Germany. World War, 1939-1945 - Philippines. Library of Congress Lawrence Newell DeSpain Collection 1917 · Interview · 17 h 7 min Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1914-1918. Lieutenant Colonel, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii. Library of Congress George F. McKinney Collection 1917 · Interview · 37 min Captain, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - France. Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Virginia; Georgia; Mississippi; Texas. Library of Congress Epworth Graham Revare Collection 1917 · Interview · 33 min Private First Class, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Camp Sherman, Ohio; Baccarat, France; Avocourt, France; Meuse-Argonne, France; Pannes, France; Ypres-Lys,… Library of Congress Lawrence John Hartle Collection 1917 · Interview · 20 min Private, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Camp Hancock, Georgia; England; France; Germany. Library of Congress Max Ottenfeld Collection 1917 · Interview · 1 h 15 min Private, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; Camp MacArthur, Texas; Camp Merritt, New Jersey; England; France. Library of Congress Leo Joseph Bailey Collection 1917 · Interview · 1 h Sergeant, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Fort Slocum, New York; Syracuse, New York; France. Library of Congress Robert A. Burns Collection 1918 · Interview · 32 min Private First Class, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Camp Custer, Michigan; England; Bakaritza, Russia; Arkhangelsk (Archangel), Russia; Tulgas, Russia. Library of Congress Oscar Maurice Polhemus Collection 1918 · Interview · 1 h 26 min Captain, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Indiana. Captain, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Pacific Theater.