The world's archives

5,857–5,904 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 Below the Surface (1920) 1920 · Feature · 1 h 24 min American drama film Below the Surface (1920). Commons The Man Who Had Everything (1920) 1920 · Feature · 1 h 5 min American silent film The Man Who Had Everything (1920). Commons "The Third Alarm" (1922) 1922 · Feature · 57 min American silent film The Third Alarm (1922). Commons Hegyek alján, Béla Balogh, 1920 1920 · Feature · 57 min Under the Mountains Commons "Let's go" (1923) 1923 · Feature · 1 h 6 min American silent film Let's Go (1923) by Truart Film Corporation. Commons Dangerous days (1920) 1920 · Feature · 1 h 17 min American silent film. Commons America (1924) 1924 · Feature · 2 h 19 min America (1924 film) Commons Enchantment (1921) 1921 · Feature · 1 h 29 min American silent film. Commons 勞工之愛情 1922 1922 · Short · 22 min 《勞工之愛情》 Commons The Temptress (1926) 1926 · Feature · 1 h 45 min American silent film. Commons Grass (1925) 1925 · Documentary · 1 h 10 min American silent documentary film. Commons Шанхайский документ (1928) 1928 · Feature · 51 min Soviet silent documentary The Shanghai Document (1928) Commons Sand (1920) 1920 · Feature · 1 h 27 min American silent film Sand (1920) Commons Два дні (1927) 1927 · Feature · 57 min Soviet silent film Two Days (1927) Commons Wine of Youth 1924 1924 · Feature · 1 h 13 min Full film "Wine of Youth" Commons The Clinging Vine (1926) 1926 · Feature · 1 h 10 min The American comedy film The Clinging Vine (1926). Commons Cat, Dog & Co. (1929) 1929 · Short · 20 min Cat, Dog & Co. Commons The Valiant (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 1 min The Valiant Commons Just Off Broadway (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h Just Off Broadway (1929) with Donald Keith Commons The Bridge (1929) 1929 · Short · 10 min The Bridge (1929 short film) with soundtrack muted. Commons «The Poet and the Tsar» 1927 · Feature · 1 h 25 min Поэт и царь 1926 Commons English as She Is Not Spoken (1928) 1928 · Short · 7 min English as She Is Not Spoken Commons The Ham What Am (1928) 1928 · Short · 6 min The Ham What Am Commons Thanksgiving Day (1928) 1928 · Short · 8 min Thanksgiving Day Commons Frank Whitman - That Surprising Fiddler (1929) 1929 · Short · 6 min Frank Whitman: That Surprising Fiddler Commons The Country Gentlemen (1929) 1929 · Short · 6 min The Country Gentlemen Commons Fishing Around (1929) 1929 · Short · 9 min Fishing Around Commons At the Party (1929) 1929 · Short · 6 min At the Party Commons Two Good Boys Gone Wrong (1929) 1929 · Short · 9 min Two Good Boys Gone Wrong Commons Nummisuutarit (1923) 1923 · Feature · 1 h 11 min Finnish silent film. Commons Die Bergkatze (1921) 1921 · Feature · 1 h 20 min German silent film. Commons Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1921) 1921 · Feature · 1 h 27 min American silent film. Commons Brillantino the Bullfighter (1922) 1922 · Short · 30 min Short American film Commons The Soul of Youth (1920) 1920 · Feature · 1 h 20 min American silent film The Soul of Youth Commons Markens Grøde (1921) 1921 · Feature · 1 h 36 min Norwegian silent film. Commons "Scaramouche" (1923) 1923 · Feature · 2 h 2 min American silent film. Commons Tiger Rose (1923) 1923 · Feature · 1 h American silent drama film Tiger Rose (1923). Commons Ashes of Vengeance (1923) 1923 · Feature · 1 h 45 min American silent film Commons Mulheres da Beira (1921) 1921 · Feature · 1 h 24 min Portuguese silent film. Commons Below the Surface (Dutch copy, 1920) 1920 · Feature · 1 h 17 min American drama film Below the Surface (1920). Commons The Red Lily (1924) 1924 · Feature · 1 h 20 min The Red Lily, the full film Commons Bobby Bumps Chicken Dressing (1923) 1923 · Short · 9 min American silent cartoon. Commons The Monster 1925.ia 1925 · Feature · 1 h 26 min The Monster Commons The Merry Widow (1925) 1925 · Feature · 2 h 17 min The Merry Widow, American silent film. Commons Wild Horse Mesa (1925) 1925 · Feature · 1 h 34 min American silent film. Commons Lorraine of the Lions (1925) 1925 · Feature · 1 h 8 min American silent film Lorraine of the Lions (1925) Commons The Captain's Daughter (1928) 1928 · Feature · 1 h 26 min The Captain's Daughter (1928) Commons Lo más sublime (1927) 1927 · Feature · 58 min Spanish silent film Lo más sublime (1927)