The world's archives

6,001–6,048 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 Tide of Empire (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 12 min Tide of Empire Commons Wise Girls (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 37 min Wise Girls Commons Big News (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 6 min Big News (1929) Commons Devil-May-Care (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 37 min Devil-May-Care (1929) Commons Navy Blues (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 15 min Navy Blues (1929 film) Commons Marianne (1929 musical) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 50 min Marianne (1929 musical film) Commons Медвежья свадьба (1925) 1925 · Feature · 1 h 7 min The Marriage of the Bear, with Russian intertitles Commons Gossip (1929) 1929 · Short · 20 min Gossip Commons The Beloved Rogue 1927 · Feature · 1 h 38 min The American romantic adventure film The Beloved Rogue (1927). Commons Chang A Drama of the Wilderness (1927) 1927 · Documentary · 1 h 7 min American silent documentary film. Commons 3 Bad Men (1926) 1926 · Feature · 1 h 32 min This is a silent western directed by John Ford and released by Fox Film Commons Tarzan the Tiger (1929) 1929 · Feature · 4 h 25 min American serial film Tarzan the Tiger (1929) Commons Show People (1928) 1928 · Feature · 1 h 18 min Show People Commons Hell's Heroes (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 7 min The American film Hell's Heroes (1929). Commons Finis Terræ (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 19 min Finis Terræ, with French intertitles. Commons Eternal Love (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 10 min Eternal Love, with English intertitles. Commons Sweetie (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 32 min The American musical film Sweetie (1929). Commons The Locked Door (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 13 min The American drama film The Locked Door (1929). Commons Our Modern Maidens (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 15 min The film Our Modern Maidens (1929). Commons Salute (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 24 min The American drama film Salute (1929). Commons Syncopation (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 20 min Syncopation (1929) Commons The Lady Lies (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 13 min The Lady Lies (1929 film) Commons The Thirteenth Chair (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 12 min The American mystery film The Thirteenth Chair (1929). Commons So This Is College (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 37 min So This Is College Commons West Point (1927) 1927 · Feature · 1 h 34 min West Point, with English intertitles Commons Sunnyside Up (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 57 min Sunnyside Up Commons West of Zanzibar (1928) 1928 · Feature · 1 h 4 min West of Zanzibar, with English intertitles Internet Archive Autogenous Rib Cartilage Implant into the Capsule of Tenon 1926 · Educational Autogenous Rib Cartilage Implant into the Capsule of Tenon Produced: 1926 Description This film chronicles a surgical procedure by Dr. W. T. Garretson,… Internet Archive Strike 1925 · Commercial Internet Archive Strike 1925 · Commercial Internet Archive The General 1926 · Commercial Internet Archive Wings 1927 · Commercial Internet Archive Shiraz: A Romance of India 1928 · Commercial Open Images Afscheid van prof. v. IJsendoorn uit het politieke leven 1923 · Short Bijna alle gegevens bij dit filmfragment zijn niet bekend. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Juristenconferentie in het Vredespaleis 1921 · Short Juristenconferentie in het Vredespaleis Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Worst van Van Buren 1920 · Short Korte filmimpressie over het maken van worsten in de fabriek van Van Buren. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Bolsward 1922 · Short Filmbeelden van enige markante punten uit het Friese stadje Bolsward. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Brabantse schapenkar (HD) 1921 · Short Kort fragment uit de jaren ´20 over de schapenkar in Brabant. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Luchtopnamen van Scheveningen (HD) 1925 · Short Luchtopnamen van Scheveningen, waaronder het Kurhaus en de oude pier. Open Images is not answering just now Internet Archive Wings 1927 · Commercial Internet Archive The General 1926 · Commercial Internet Archive The General 1926 · Commercial Internet Archive Our Hospitality 1923 · Commercial Internet Archive The General 1926 · Commercial Internet Archive Nosferatu 1922 · Commercial Internet Archive The General 1926 · Commercial Internet Archive Nosferatu 1922 · Commercial Internet Archive The General 1926 · Commercial