The world's archives

5,761–5,808 of 6,221 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.
Open Images Demonstration for the eight-hour working day 1924 · Short Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images The Magere Brug is going to be replaced 1925 · Short Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd. Open Images is not answering just now Internet Archive Blackmail 1929 · Commercial Internet Archive The Ring 1927 · Commercial Internet Archive Seven Chances 1925 · Commercial Internet Archive Within Our Gates 1920 · Commercial Internet Archive (R.O.T.C. MEDICAL DETACHMENT, CARLISLE, PA.) 1924 · Educational (R.O.T.C. MEDICAL DETACHMENT, CARLISLE, PA.) Produced: 1924 Description Reel 1 shows Gens. Ireland and McCaw; views of Carlisle Barracks; cadets in… Commons Felix The Cat in The Cold Rush (1925) 1925 · Cartoon · 6 min Felix The Cat in The Cold Rush (1925) cartoon. Felix ends up in Iceland after hiding in a freezer. Internet Archive The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog 1927 · Commercial Internet Archive Our Hospitality 1923 · Commercial Internet Archive Downhill 1927 · Commercial Internet Archive The Ring 1927 · Commercial Internet Archive One Week 1920 · Commercial Internet Archive Shiraz: A Romance of India 1928 · Commercial Internet Archive The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog 1927 · Commercial Internet Archive Autogenous Rib Cartilage Implant into the Capsule of Tenon by Dr. W.T. Garretson, Maryland, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), Henry… 1926 · Educational Autogenous Rib Cartilage Implant into the Capsule of Tenon by Dr. W.T. Garretson, Maryland, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), Fellow of the… Open Images Leeuwarden 1920 · Short · 2 min Filmbeelden van enige markante punten in de stad Leeuwarden. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Rag Doll Romance, A 1921 · Short · 10 min A short film with all kinds of comic complications between poor Mr. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Bezoek van binnen- en buitenlandsche journalisten als gasten van den anti-trekhondenbond a 1927 · Short · 8 min Promotional film for the anti-draught-dog association. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Zijne excellentie minister Ko Botje in de hoofdstad 1927 · Short · 11 min Promotional film for the Scala Theater in Amsterdam. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Koninklijk bezoek aan Groningen ter gelegenheid van de lustrumfeesten der universiteit 1 j 1928 · Short · 6 min Reportage about the visit of the royal family to Groningen. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Als het vacantie wordt ... 1925 · Short · 5 min Promotional film to convince people to go on holiday in their own country. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Mooi Nederland Zeist 1921 · Short · 9 min Documentary about Zeist. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Heerlen 1921 · Short · 21 min Documentary about the municipality of Heerlen and its surroundings. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Otto en machine 1921 · Short · 10 min Corporate film in which a cigar machine is demonstrated. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Door Walcheren 1920 · Short · 22 min Compilation film about Walcheren. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Three jumping Tommies 1920 · Short · 2 min Film from the AFI/Peters (S.E.) Collection of the Library of Congress. Open Images is not answering just now Internet Archive The General 1926 · Commercial Commons Téhéran , Perse La vieille ville - AI13172 1927 · Short · 1 min Téhéran , Perse La vieille ville Commons Fop smit & Co Dordrecht 1926 · Short · 2 min Fop smit & Co Dordrecht Commons Das Wunder (1922) 1922 · Short · 2 min Hand-coloured German short. Commons Panorama de la ville, Kerbéla, Irak 1927 · Short · 1 min Panorama de la ville, Kerbéla, Irak Commons 1927. Детство в СССР. Ясли и детские дома. Москва 1927 · Short · 1 min Видео Commons Moni Varlaam (extract, 1923) 1923 · Short · 1 min Extract of a silent short documentary film on the Meteora, Greece. Commons Aspects de la vie rurale, Tigre Mossoul Environs de Mossoul, Irak 1927 1927 · Short · 1 min Aspects de la vie rurale, Tigre Mossoul Environs de Mossoul, Irak 1927 Commons MODEL T ASSEMBLY AND LAUNCHING OF THE HENRY FORD II 1924 · Short · 4 min Ford assembly line Commons There He Goes (1925, fragment) 1925 · Short · 2 min Fragment of an American silent comedy film. Commons Paramountjournalen 8 - 1925-10-19 1925 · Short · 3 min jornalfilm från Paramount Commons Base Orcadas en 1922 1922 · Short · 1 min Base en las Islas Orcadas. Año, 1922. Tambor 360. Commons The Non-Stop Fright (1927) 1927 · Cartoon · 7 min A Felix the Cat cartoon Commons Frolics at the Circus (1920) 1920 · Short · 5 min An early Felix the Cat cartoon Commons Почта (1929, немой) 1929 · Cartoon · 14 min Post office - Soviet animated silent film, full version Commons Dibutades scene of Robin Hood (1922) 1922 · Short · 1 min "Dibutades scene" of "Robin Hood" (1922) with Enid Bennett & Douglas Fairbanks Commons Chairman Mao-2 1920 · Short · 1 min Mao Zedong'un da yer aldığı propaganda amaçlı çekilmiş görüntüler, 1920'ler Commons 1926 - Paris - Luna Park 1926 · Short · 1 min Luna Park, Paris Commons Dordrecht 1926 · Short · 2 min Documentaire over Dordrecht met stads- en havenbeelden, van Haghefilm. Commons Les Pyrénées - Ariège pittoresque (1922) 1922 · Short · 3 min Les Pyrénées is a French 1922 silent Pathécolor documentary film on Ariège. Commons Winsor McCay - The Flying House (1921) 1921 · Cartoon · 6 min Animated film The Flying House (1921) by Winsor McCay.