The world's archives
6,433–6,480 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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
|---|---|
| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage. |
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Long Live the Bull! (1926)
American silent animation film
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The penwiper (1926)
American silent animation film The Penwiper (1926).
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The Clown's Little Brother (1920)
American silent animated short film
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Felix in Hollywood Audio
Felix in Hollywood, a 1923 short featuring Felix the Cat, music added
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Кино-Правда №15 (1923)
Russian silent newsreel
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North of Hudson Bay (1923)
American silent film
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1925. Что сказал XIII съезд партии о кооперации
Results of the 13th Party Congress (of Cooperation)
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Felix Finds Out
The animated short film Felix Finds Out
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Felix Outdoor Indore (1928)
The animated short film Outdoor Indore
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Felix the Cat in "Sure-Locked Homes" (1928)
Felix has numerous adventures with things that go bump in the night.
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Соловки (Соловецкие лагеря особого назначения) (1928) документальный фильм
Соловки (Соловецкие лагеря особого назначения) (1928) документальный фильм
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Человек с киноаппаратом - Man with a Movie Camera (1929) фильм смотреть онлайн
Человек с киноаппаратом / Man with a Movie Camera (1929) фильм смотреть онлайн
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Bioscoopjournaal28-27
Levee breach caused flooded farmland near Ridderkerk and Barendrecht.
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Leon-Theremin-playing-Theremin
Léon Thérémine jouant du Thérémine.
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Hook, Line, and Sinker (1927)
With TV Titles.
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Alice Solves the Puzzle
The 1925 short film Alice Solves the Puzzle
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The star of bethlehem
Fragment de "L'estrella de Betlem", pel·lícula de Lotte Reiniger.
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ICRC Propaganda film (1923)
Propaganda film produced by the International Committee of the Red Cross [1].
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Fiery Firemen (1928)
The full film
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Annette Kellerman - selection - Venus of the South Seas 1924
Short clip from the full film "Venus of the South Seas"
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Winsor McCay - Flip's Circus (1921)
Animated film Flip's Circus by Winsor McCay
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Modeling (1921)
American silent animated short film
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Koko in 1999
Koko in 1999
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The Einstein Theory of Relativity (1923)
American silent animated film The Einstein Theory of Relativity (1923).
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Chinezen in Nederland vieren de overwinning Weeknummer 45-37 - Open Beelden - 21432
The dragon dances for Chinese New Year 1928 in Netherlands.
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Yanky Clippers (1929)
37 - Yanky Clippers (Winkler, 1929)
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Felix the Cat - Felix Minds the Kid (1922)
Felix babysits a kid, and hilarity ensues.
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Scrambled Eggs (1926)
From European Airing.
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Hårda viljor (1923)
Swedish silent film
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Soul of the Beast (1923)
An American silent film
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Barbed Wire (1927)
American romance film Barbed Wire (1927)
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Москва (Совкино, Кауфман & Копалин, 1926 or 1927), noaudio
Москва
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Sati Savitri (1927)
Indian silent film.
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Goketsu Jiraiya (1921)
Japanese silent film.
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Within Our Gates (1920)
American silent race film Within Our Gates (1920).
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Why Change Your Wife ? (1920)
American silent comedy film Why Change Your Wife? (1920).
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Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)
Silent era Western
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The Wolf Song (1929)
The Wolf Song is a 1929 silent film starring Gary Cooper, Lupe Vélez.
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51 - Weary Willies (Winkler, 1929) (SILENT)
1929 oswald cartoon.
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Felix the Cat - Felix in Hollywood (1923)
Felix in Hollywood, a 1923 short featuring Felix the Cat
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Alice's Balloon Race title QS:P1476,en:"Alice's Balloon Race " label QS:Len,"Alice's Balloon Race " label QS:Lpt,"Alice's Balloon Race" label QS:Luk,"Перегони Аліси на повітряній кулі" label…
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The Travel-Hog (1927)
The Educational Pictures Felix the Cat film 'The Travel-Hog' truncated
Library of Congress
Stillman Hiram Munger Collection
Electrician's Mate Third Class, Navy, World War, 1914-1918 - Norfolk Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia.
Library of Congress
Frank C. O'Donnel Collection
Major, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Chanute Field, Illinois; Keesler Field, Mississippi; Fayetteville, Arkansas; Little Rock Air Force Base,…
Library of Congress
Hurbert A. Osburn Collection
Corporal, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Little Rock, Arkansas; Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Fort Meade, Maryland; Camp Kilmer, New Jersey; Italy.
Library of Congress
David Richard Potter Collection
First Lieutenant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - European Theater.
Library of Congress
Egbert M. Brady Collection
Captain, Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - California; Asia. Marine Corps, Korean War, 1950-1953. Marine Corps, Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Library of Congress
Robert Charles Day Collection
Electronics Technician's Mate First Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Washington, DC.