The world's archives

529–576 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 Welcome Danger 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Helena (1924) 1924 · 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 The Lost World (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. The film that started the… Internet Archive "Is Money Everything?" (1923) 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 General Motors Export (Antwerp, Alexandria) 1927 · Film · Subtitles EARLY MODEL CAR DOWN BEAUTIFUL STREET. MULE CART PASSES BY CARS PARKED ON STREET. SEVERAL CHEVROLETS DRIVING AROUND PYRAMIDS AND SPHINX. CHEVROLET SALES ROOM… Internet Archive [Kinograms Newsreel, 1924] 1924 · Newsreel · 11 min · Subtitles Typical newsreel of the silent film era. Internet Archive "The Luck o' the Foolish" (1924) starring Harry Langdon and Marceline 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 The Lost World (1925) 1925 · Feature The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive "The First 100 Years" (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 Tumbleweeds (1925) 1925 · 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 Waterloo 1929 · Feature Internet Archive "Picking Peaches" (1924) starring Harry Langdon 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 Conductor 1492 1924 · Film · Subtitles from IMDB: "A young Irish immigrant gets a job as a conductor on a streetcar and fights off an attempt by crooks to take over the company, all the while… Internet Archive Go West 1925 · Feature Internet Archive "Shore Leave" (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 Crowd (1928) 1928 · 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. While The Crowd was a modest… Internet Archive With Buffalo Bill on the U.P. Trail 1926 · Film · Subtitles Director: Frank S. Mattison. Producer: Anthony J. Xydias. Cinematography: Bert Longenecker. Film Editing: Al Martin. Technical Director: Al Pierce. With Roy… Internet Archive [Schoolchildren Demonstrate Dances of the World] 1920 · Film · Subtitles Probably produced by Fred W. Orth. Children demonstrate folk dances of the world on lawn outside school building, ca. 1920s-1930s. Internet Archive Woman Trap 1929 · Feature Internet Archive President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Ground 1924 · Short · 4 min The first presidential film with sound recording. Preserved by the Library of Congress from the AFI/Maurice Zouary Collection. Internet Archive "The Cruise of the Jasper B" (1926) 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 Little Friend of the Wild 1920 · Film · Subtitles On a little boy who follows his friend Bunny, a rabbit, who finds food in the snow; feeds a deer; feeds Mr. Squirrel; visits Mr. Racoon (sic); a little bear;… Internet Archive Broadway 1929 · Feature https://web.archive.org/web/20230327134012/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_%281929_film%29 Internet Archive A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor 1923 · Short · 6 min Early sound film featuring comedian Eddie Cantor. From the AFI/Maurice Zouary Collection at the Library of Congress. Copied at 24 fps from a 35mm print. Internet Archive Some Fruits We Like 1920 · Film · Subtitles Some excellent shots to be logged. Fruits at market. African American children picking berries in field. Young White women (teenagers) packing strawberries in… Internet Archive Black Bottom 1927 · Feature https://web.archive.org/web/20230113111425/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Bottom_(dance) I created a soundtrack for this film and uploaded a revised… Internet Archive Sherlock Jr. (1924) 1924 · 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. Buster Keaton's third film… Internet Archive "His Wonderful Chance" (1920) starring Eugene O'Brien and Martha Mansfield 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 Shore Lines And Shore Development 1923 · Film · Subtitles Silent science film looks at how geological and climate factors contribute to the development of shores. Internet Archive Peter Pan 1924 · Feature Internet Archive The Three Musketeers (1921) 1921 · 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. The first adaptation of The… Internet Archive Buster Keaton's "The Love Nest" (1923) 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 Iron Horse 1925 · Feature Internet Archive "The Hell Ship" (1923) director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) 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 Pelican Island 1920 · Film · Subtitles On a Florida island inhabited by pelicans. Florida logging. Eating dinner outside. Wild ducks Outdoor camp cooking. Silver Springs reached by railroad cars… Internet Archive "Dorothy Vernon Of Haddon Hall" (1924) starring Mary Pickford 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 A Chapter In Her Life 1923 · Feature Jewel stays with her grizzled, angry grandfather while her parents are overseas on business. Family squabbling is brought to heel through love and… Internet Archive Little Red Riding Hood (1922) 1922 · Feature Little Red Riding Hood is an Alice cartoon directed by Walt Disney. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/little-red-riding-hood-1922/ Internet Archive Pretty Ladies 1925 · Feature Internet Archive [Home Movies: Medicus Collection: "Holiday Activities 1929"] 1929 · Home movie · Subtitles Kids playing around, small children performing in blackface, Christmas 1929 events, kids playing around in park on West Side of New York City (Manhattan). Internet Archive 1927 - Underworld - La ley del hampa - Josef von Sternberg - Intertítulos en inglés 1927 · Feature · Subtitles For Academic / Educational Use Only derechonoir.wordpress.com Internet Archive "Janice Meredith" (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 The Unknown 1927 · Feature Internet Archive [Home Movies: Ransohoff Collection: Lake Norconian Club and Golden Gate International Exposition] 1929 · Home movie · Subtitles THIS TAPE CONTAINS GOOD SHOTS OF GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION (1939-1940) title: "We week-end at Lake Norconian Club --- and like it! February - 1929"… Internet Archive East Bay Cities (Where Air, Rail and Water Meet), The 1928 · Film · Subtitles Real Estate promotional film on Oakland, California and her sister cities made by Wickham Havens, a local airport / estuary / downtown businesses /… Internet Archive Napoleon 1929 · Feature Internet Archive [Home Movies: Medicus Collection: Manhattan and Picnic] 1929 · Home movie · Subtitles Amateur Cinema League leader Various CUs of young boys, ages approx. 9-12, one in sailor suit, talking to each other against paper background (this may be… Internet Archive The House of Mystery (1923) 1923 · 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…