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6,385–6,432 of 6,512 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 The Donovan Affair (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 17 min · Low resolution The Donovan Affair (1929). Soundtrack discs are lost. Commons Condemned! (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 25 min A film Commons 1925. Вздувайте горны (Кузнецы, Богатыри, Первые ласточки) 1925 · Feature · 41 min Вздувайте горны (Кузнецы, Богатыри, Первые ласточки) Commons Moran of the Lady Letty (1922) 1922 · Feature · 1 h 7 min Moran of the Lady Letty, with English intertitles. Commons Hamlet (1921) by Svend Gade and Heinz Schall 1921 · Feature · 2 h 10 min Hamlet: The Drama of Vengeance (1921) by Svend Gade and Heinz Schall. Commons The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929) 1929 · Feature · 1 h 53 min The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929 film) Commons Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926, Harry Edwards) 1926 · Feature · 1 h 1 min Harry is a ne'er-do-well who falls in love with Betty, a girl on a billboard. Commons Alice the Toreador (1925) 1925 · Cartoon · 7 min · Low resolution A short released as part of the Alice Comedies. Commons Nevada (1927) 1927 · Feature · 1 h 7 min The 1927 film Nevada Commons Flim Flam Films (1927) 1927 · Cartoon · 7 min · Low resolution Flim Flam Films (1927), a Felix the Cat film Commons Souls For Sale (1923) 1923 · Feature · 1 h 29 min A 1923 silent film with a cameo by Raymond Griffith, King Vido, and more! Commons Alice's Balloon Race (1926) silent 1926 · Cartoon · 7 min This version has been deinterlaced. Commons Alice's Orphan (1926) 1926 · Cartoon · 6 min This short was produced in the 1920s by Walt Disney. Commons Alice In the Wooly West (1926) 1926 · Cartoon · 6 min This short was produced in the 1920s by Walt Disney. Commons Alice's Wonderland (1923) 02 1923 · Cartoon · 12 min This is a higher quality version of the Disney short from 1923. Commons Alice's Wild West Show (1924) 1924 · Cartoon · 12 min From the Walt Disney Treasures DVD. Commons The Fox Chase (1928) 1928 · Cartoon · 5 min This work entered the American public domain on January 1, 2024. Commons Bright Lights (1928) 1928 · Cartoon · 7 min This entered the American public domain on January 1, 2024. Commons Tall Timber (1928) 1928 · Cartoon · 7 min This entered the American public domain on January 1, 2024. Commons Oh What A Knight (1928) 1928 · Cartoon · 5 min This work entered the American public domain on January 1, 2024. Commons Ozzie Of The Mounted (1928) 1928 · Cartoon · 5 min This work entered the American public domain on January 1, 2024. Commons Sky Scrappers (1928) 1928 · Cartoon · 5 min This work entered the American public domain on January 1, 2024. Commons Rival Romeos (1928) 1928 · Cartoon · 6 min This work entered the American public domain on January 1, 2024. Commons El Terrible Toreador (1929) 1929 · Cartoon · 6 min This is the 2nd in the series. It features music by Carl Stalling. Commons Hell's Bells (1929) 1929 · Cartoon · 5 min This short features classical music. Commons The Plowboy (1929) 1929 · Cartoon · 6 min This features the first appearance of Horace Horsecollar. Commons Krazy Kat - Farm Relief (1929) 1929 · Cartoon · 7 min Krazy Kat - Farm Relief Commons Snow Use (1929) 1929 · Cartoon · 6 min This short was produced with sound. Commons Thundering Thompson (1929) 1929 · Feature · 46 min · Low resolution Thundering Thompson Commons The Stork Exchange (1927) 1927 · Cartoon · 7 min The Stork Exchange, a 1927 Krazy Kat cartoon. Commons Little Mother (1929) 1929 · Short · 20 min Little Mother (1929 Our Gang film). Commons The Draw Back (1927) 1927 · Short · 26 min The Draw Back (1927) Commons More Mice Than Brains (1925) 1925 · Cartoon · 6 min With TV Titles. Commons Felix The Cat Uncle Tom's Crabbin (1927) 1927 · Cartoon · 6 min Felix the Cat Cartoon "Uncle Tom's Crabbin" (1927) Sound reissue from 1929 Commons The Big Retreat (1926) 1926 · Cartoon · 8 min With TV Titles. Commons Where Friendship Ceases (1926) 1926 · Cartoon · 7 min With TV Titles. Commons Stage Struck (1928) 1928 · Cartoon · 7 min Rare Sound Film. Commons Sunday on the Farm (1928) 1928 · Cartoon · 6 min With TV Titles. Commons The Big Tent (1927) 1927 · Cartoon · 8 min With TV Titles. Commons The Honor Man (1927) 1927 · Cartoon · 8 min With TV Titles. Commons The Mouse's Bride (1928) 1928 · Cartoon · 7 min With TV Titles. Commons The Big Burg (1929) 1929 · Cartoon · 5 min · Low resolution With Original Titles. Commons The Water Cure (1929) 1929 · Cartoon · 6 min · Low resolution With TV Titles. Commons 1927. Каток 1927 · Cartoon · 7 min Советский мультфильм 1927 года «Каток» Commons Bobby Bumps in Their Master's Voice (1921) 1921 · Cartoon · 3 min · Low resolution Silent animated cartoon with Bobby Bumps distributed by Paramount Commons Chinatown My Chinatown(1929) 1929 · Cartoon · 5 min American animated cartoon. Commons Soviet Toys (1924) 1924 · Cartoon · 10 min Russian: Советские игрушки - Sovietskiye igrushki. English subtitles. Commons 1922. Kino Pravda 07 1922 · Documentary · 19 min Кино-правда №7.