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5,233–5,280 of 6,223 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 Die Bergkatze (Ernst Lubitsch, 1921) 1921 · Feature · 1 h 24 min · Subtitles The Wildcat, with German intertitles Commons The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) 1920 · Feature · 1 h 15 min · Subtitles The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, silent film with German intertitles. Internet Archive The Kid 1921 · Commercial Internet Archive Faust 1926 · Commercial Internet Archive The Hands of Orlac 1924 · Commercial Internet Archive Nosferatu 1922 · Commercial Internet Archive Sherlock Jr. 1924 · Commercial Internet Archive The Hands of Orlac 1924 · Commercial Internet Archive The Phantom of the Opera 1925 · Commercial Internet Archive The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog 1927 · Commercial Internet Archive Seven Chances 1925 · Commercial Internet Archive Piccadilly 1929 · Commercial Internet Archive The Gold Rush 1925 · Commercial Commons The Goat 1921 · Short · 22 min Dumb luck sets some policemen on his trail -- after a series of innovative escapes, he gets mistaken for a murderer with a price on his head, which means the… Internet Archive The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog 1927 · Commercial Internet Archive The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923 · Commercial Internet Archive Battleship Potemkin 1925 · Commercial Internet Archive Wings 1927 · Commercial Internet Archive The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 · Commercial Internet Archive Sherlock Jr. 1924 · Commercial Internet Archive Blood and Sand 1922 · Commercial Open Images De thee, van plantage tot het pakje (acte 1) 1928 · Film Eerste acte van driedelige film over de productie van thee begin 20e eeuw. In dit deel wordt een bezoek gebracht aan theeplantage in de Preanger op West-Java.… Internet Archive Don Q Son of Zorro 1925 · Commercial Library of Congress [Sigmund Freud, original film--home movies. No. 2] 1929 · Home movie Compilation of various films. The montage begins with Sigmund and Martha Freud's fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration in Grinzing, Vienna, Austria, in… Internet Archive The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 · Commercial Internet Archive Robin Hood 1922 · Commercial Internet Archive Nosferatu 1922 · Commercial Internet Archive MARKETING LIVE POULTRY 1929 · Educational MARKETING LIVE POULTRY Produced: 1929 Description A farmer sorts, grades, and delivers chickens to a dealer. Special railroad cars carry the chickens to New… Internet Archive Sparrows 1926 · Commercial Commons "Hot Piano", by Jean Paques (1928) 1928 · Short · 2 min · Low resolution A great novelty piece from Europe by Belgian composer-pianist Jean Paques (1901-1974), one of a number of novelty scores he wrote. He also recorded it on… Commons IJspret Weeknummer 29-05 - Open Beelden - 27414 1929 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented. Fun on the ice for the inhabitants of the island Marken on a frozen Zuiderzee. Shots:… Commons Proefnemingen met de Flettner rotor; Weeknummer 25-05 1925 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.; De Flettner rotor bestaat uit een verticale draaiende cilinder,… Commons Petroleumbrand Weeknummer, 24-29 - Open Beelden - 28526 1924 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented. Fire at the Petroleum and Asphalt Factory in Vlissingen. The first 5 seconds shows a group… Commons Nieuwe verkeersbel Weeknummer 28-29 - Open Beelden - 55430 1928 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented. The traffic police in The Hague tries out a new method to control the traffic at a… Commons Miss Holland Weeknummer 29-02 - Open Beelden - 70893 1929 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd. Jo Koopman wordt in Zaandam gekozen tot miss Holland 1929. SHOTS:… Commons Kinderen bij het spel; Weeknummer 26-32 1926 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.; Div. shots spelende kinderen van ca 10 jaar, spelend met… Commons Endurance race for women; Week number 28-26 1928 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.; Equestrian sports club "Eemlandt" organises and endurance race for women in Amersfoort.… Commons 1923 Dutch protest against dismissal married civil servant 1923 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Silent clip from 1923 Polygoon newsreel. Polygoon news was broadcast in movie theatres weekly, featuring Dutch subjects of a certain week. This clip is from… Commons Felix the Cat Trifles with Time 1925 · Cartoon · 7 min · Low resolution The short animated film Felix the Cat Trifles with Time, starring Felix the Cat. Commons Staking in het houtbedrijf Weeknummer 29-13 - Open Beelden - 45038 1929 · Short · 3 min · Low resolution Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd. Beelden van het verlaten terrein van een door een staking… Commons Kermis op het ijs Weeknummer 29-05 - Open Beelden - 51047 1926 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented. Different funfair activities on the ice near Nieuwe Niedorp. SHOTS: - People dacing on the… Commons Wat men tegen de koude doet Weeknummer 29-05 - Open Beelden - 50991 1929 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented. In the hard winter people in the streets of Haarlem try in different ways to keep warm.… Commons Luchtopnamen sluiswerken Weeknummer 27-18 - Open Beelden - 45192 1927 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd. Luchtshot, vliegshot, boven de haven van IJmuiden en de… Commons Paardenmarkt Weeknummer 27-25 - Open Beelden - 62260 1927 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented. Business at the horse fair in hedel. - high total pan across the market filled with farmers… Commons Bouw van het stadion Weeknummer 27-08 - Open Beelden - 57296 1927 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented. Construction activities in the new Olympic Stadium. - total pan across the stadium under… Commons Relay race at the Vondelpark; Week number 26-12 1926 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.; Relay race at the Vondelpark, the public standing aside the circuit, policemenkeeping the… Commons Verbrande spoorwegloods; Weeknummer 26-23 1926 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd.; Verbrande en ingestorte spoorwegloods met daarin volledig… Commons First tug in new lock; Week number 29-24 1929 · Short · 1 min · Low resolution Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.; The new sea locks in IJmuiden. - Pan along the locks complex with quay walls and lock…