The world's archives

481–528 of 8,179 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.
Internet Archive Sightseeing in Newark, N.J. 1926 · Film · Subtitles Some shots to be logged. Hudson Terminal (or Penn Station), Newark. Pan over city as seen from tall downtown building Historical landmarks Branch Brook Park… Internet Archive Thunderbolt 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Hollywood Models 1928 · Feature Internet Archive "His New Mamma" (1924) starring Harry Langdon and Alice Day 1924 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive St. Louis Blues, 1929, Film 1929 · Feature St. Louis Blues is a 1929 American negro movie film in black and white, colorized, using google colab and GitHub deoldify. Appendix: St. Louis Blues is a 1929… Internet Archive "The Average Woman" (1924) starring Pauline Garon, Harrison Ford 1924 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive How We Hear 1924 · Film · Subtitles Hearing, ears, sound. Compares structure and function of the ears to the telephone. Animation of soundwaves and their perception. Internet Archive [Dole Air Race, 1927] 1927 · Newsreel · 9 min · Subtitles Aviation's elite converges on Oakland for the Dole race to Hawaii. Internet Archive Blackmail Hitchcock 1929 1929 · Feature England’s first “talkie” feature film, starring Anny Ondra, John Longden, and Cyril Ritchard. (1929) Hitchcock. (By the way: for those fans of "The Sweeney"… Internet Archive The Goat 1921 · Feature A series of misadventures begin when a man is inadvertently mistaken for notorious outlaw Dead Shot Dan. Internet Archive [Kinograms Newsreel, 1924] 1924 · Newsreel · Subtitles Washinqton DC - President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge stage a White House reception / Chief Justice Taft and Andrew S. Mellon in attendance. Placerville,… Internet Archive [Berkeley, California Fire] 1923 · Short · 5 min · Subtitles Coverage of the 1923 citywide conflagration. Internet Archive The General (1926) 1926 · Feature The General is a 1926 American silent comedy film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that… Internet Archive The Beloved Rogue 1927 · Feature · 1 h 38 min Title: The Beloved Rogue Summary: François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an… Internet Archive [Chinese Lion Dance: Marysville, California] 1925 · Short · 9 min · Subtitles Bok Kai Festival crowds, games, parade and fireworks. Internet Archive "The Broken Brake" (1920) starring Helen Gibson 1920 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Oh, Yeah? 1929 · Feature Title: Oh, Yeah? Summary: A couple of roving vagabonds hitch a freight to the railroad town of Linda, and between bouts with the fright-yard bulls and other… Internet Archive "Karin, Daughter Of Ingmar" (1920) director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) 1920 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Ashes of Vengeance 1923 · Feature Title: Ashes of Vengeance Summary: When Empress Catherine of France launches an attack on French Protestants known as Huguenots, the Comte de la Roche saves… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Grand Canyon in the 1920s] 1920 · Home movie · Subtitles Summary: Train trip through the Tehachapis, lots of train window POVs and rear-of-train receding track and tunnel POVs. Train travels through arid mountains,… Internet Archive The Club Of The Big Deed (1927) 1927 · Feature · Subtitles I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, along with other pictures of the era that I find interesting, so I'm uploading the best… Internet Archive The Wind 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Parturition in a Rhesus Monkey 1920 · Film · Subtitles 12:29:28:21 CU rhesus macaque pregnant female monkey in cage. 12:30:37:04 Female monkey licking cleaning newborn monkey while baby is still attached by… Internet Archive Trees 1920 · Film · Subtitles Some shots to be logged Forests World War I combat title: "Civilization stands on the firm foundation of wood" Man and woman reading in front of fireplace, 2… Internet Archive "The Misfit" (1924) 1924 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive 1929 1929 · Cartoon Public domain cartoons of 1929. Work in progress. Corrections on copyright status welcome. Work in progress. Internet Archive Battleship Potemkin (1925) 1925 · Feature I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. Battleship Potemkin is a… Internet Archive "Battling Butler" (1926) starring Buster Keaton 1926 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Maintenance of Roads 1920 · Film · Subtitles Some shots to be logged. Boy lies down on mother's lap while she sews up a tear in his pants. 08:15:24:15 Woman sits on coach sewing. Boy in with… Internet Archive The Unknown (1927) 1927 · Feature I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, along with other pictures of the era that I find interesting, so I'm uploading the best… Internet Archive Felling Forest Giants 1920 · Short · 12 min · Subtitles Early documentation of the American forest industry. Internet Archive Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 1927 · Feature I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. F.W. Murnau's first American… Internet Archive "The Grub-Stake" (1923) starring Nell Shipman 1923 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive The Night Raiders 1924 · Film · Subtitles The Liberty Boys of '76 in a romantic picturization of Revolutionary War days with an authentic historical background. Internet Archive "Tol'able David" (1921) starring Richard Barthelmess 1921 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive London After Midnight 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Speedy 1928 · Feature Internet Archive The Champeen / Unknown / XviD / AVI / 640x480 1923 · Feature Mickey and Jackie feud over Mary, so Sammy schedules a championship bout between the two rivals. Internet Archive The Show 1922 · Feature Title: The Show Summary: A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang… Internet Archive Forbidden Paradise 1924 · Feature Internet Archive The Thief of Bagdad (1924) 1924 · Feature When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well… Internet Archive General Health Habits 1928 · Film · Subtitles A film on personal hygiene. 00:31:49 General Health Habits black and white/silent 29443 00:32:03 Aerial view of tall tenement buildings [very grainy] 00:32:11… Internet Archive The Unholy Three (1925) 1925 · Feature Lon Chaney stars in a Tod Browning film Internet Archive Paris qui dort AKA Paris Asleep 1925 · Feature Internet Archive The Canary Murder Case (1929) 1929 · Feature The Canary Murder Case is a 1929 American pre-Code crime-mystery film based on the 1927 novel of the same name by S. S. Van Dine. It follows detective Philo… Internet Archive "Soul-Fire" (1925) director John S. Robertson 1925 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive The Toll of the Sea 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Crucifix Of Destiny 1920 · Film · Subtitles Silent film. Paul Drummond is adopted into a Franciscan Mission in California. Becoming of age, he believes he has a call to the priesthood. While at…