The world's archives

5,809–5,856 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.
Commons Bits & Pieces - BP52 - Man trains chicken - 1920 - EYE FLM7669 - OB104760 1920 · Short · 1 min Title: Man trains chicken Genre: Documentary Running time: 1:57 Synopsis: Commons If I Had My Way - Marie Prevost 1929 · Short · 1 min Marie Prevost singing "If I Had My Way" in the film "The Flying Fool" Commons Jungle Jingles (1929) 1929 · Cartoon · 6 min This is Jungle Jingles, a 1929 cartoon featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Commons La Coquille et le Clergyman (1928) 1928 · Short · 31 min Silent French film Commons Shanghaied Lovers (1924) 1924 · Short · 19 min American silent comedy film. Commons The Cat And The Kit (1925) 1925 · Cartoon · 10 min The Cat and the Kit, a 1925 Felix the Cat cartoon made by General Electric. Commons Folketog (1920) 1920 · Short · 5 min Civic parade Commons Akekonkurranse i Korketrekkeren (1920) 1920 · Short · 5 min Akekonkurranse i Korketrekkeren Commons Gjøvik, 1920 1920 · Short · 5 min Gjøvik, 1920 Commons Paramountjournalen 23 - 1926-02-01 1926 · Short · 9 min jornalfilm från Paramount Commons Paramountjournalen 47 - 1928-10 1928 · Short · 9 min jornalfilm från Paramount Commons Paramountjournalen 67 - 1929-04 1929 · Short · 8 min jornalfilm från Paramount Commons The Broncho Buster (1928) 1928 · Cartoon · 5 min Missing Scenes. Commons Land O' Cotton (1929) 1929 · Cartoon · 6 min With Original Opening. Commons Tuning In (1929) 1929 · Cartoon · 7 min With Original Titles. Commons St Louis Blues (1929) 1929 · Short · 15 min American musical short film featuring Bessie Smith. Commons 1925. Шахматная горячка 1925 · Short · 19 min фильм «Шахматная горячка» Commons A Bashful Bigamist (1920) 1920 · Short · 14 min Short American film Commons The Original Movie Sarg 1922 · Short · 7 min The Original Movie (1922) – a short silent animated film by Tony Sarg. Commons Mutt and Jeff On Strike 1920 · Cartoon · 7 min American silent cartoon Commons The Cat and the Canary (1927) 1927 · Feature · 1 h 23 min American silent horror film The Cat and the Canary (1927). Commons The Leopard Woman (1920) 1920 · Feature · 1 h 11 min American silent film. Commons The pride of Palomar (1922) 1922 · Feature · 1 h 24 min The American silent drama film The Pride of Palomar (1922). Commons Aïn el Ghazal ou La Fille de Carthage. Drame de la vie arabe 1924 · Short · 18 min Film d'Albert Samama-Chikli Commons A Husband in Haste (1921) 1921 · Short · 10 min American short film A Husband in Haste. Commons His own law (1920) 1920 · Feature · 1 h 20 min American silent film. Commons The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) 1922 · Feature · 1 h 53 min American silent film. Commons Where the North Begins (1923) 1923 · Feature · 1 h 14 min American silent film. Commons The Old Swimming Hole (1921) 1921 · Feature · 59 min American silent film. Commons Monsieur Beaucaire (1924) 1924 · Feature · 1 h 45 min Monsieur Beaucaire (1924) Commons The Fighting Coward (1924) 1924 · Feature · 1 h 6 min The Fighting Coward (1924 film) Commons Visby 1921 1921 · Short · 11 min The city Visby in Gotland, Sweden 1921 Commons Bobby Bumps Fresh Fish (1922) 1922 · Short · 7 min American silent cartoon. Commons The Unholy Three 1925 · Feature · 1 h 26 min The American crime film The Unholy Three (1925). Commons Is Money Eveything? (1923) 1923 · Feature · 59 min American silent film. Commons Haldane of the Secret Service (1923) 1923 · Feature · 1 h 22 min American silent film. Commons Torrent (1926) 1926 · Feature · 1 h 27 min The American romantic drama film Torrent (1926). Commons Flesh and the Devil (1926) 1926 · Feature · 1 h 52 min American silent drama film. Commons The Pony Express (1925 film) 1925 · Feature · 1 h 6 min copy of the film Commons Winsor McCay (1921) Flip's Circus 1921 · Cartoon · 5 min Animated film by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. Commons The Trap (1922) 1922 · Feature · 1 h 1 min The American drama film The Trap (1922). Commons The Love Expert (1920) 1920 · Feature · 56 min American silent American comedy romance film The Love Expert (1920). Commons Шагай, Совет (1926) 1926 · Feature · 1 h 9 min Russian silent film Commons Flesh and Blood (1922) 1922 · Feature · 1 h 13 min American silent drama filmFlesh and Blood (1922) featuring Lon Chaney. Commons The Confession (1920) 1920 · Feature · 1 h 16 min American silent film The Confession (1920). Commons The Primitive Lover (1922) 1922 · Feature · 1 h 9 min American silent film. Commons Run'Em Ragged (1920) 1920 · Short · 14 min American silent short. Commons Tale of Two Worlds (1921) 1921 · Feature · 1 h 13 min American silent film