The world's archives

625–672 of 8,179 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.
Internet Archive The Virginian 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Scientific Expedition Into the Great Arctic 1920 · Film · Subtitles "Canada's Northern Islands are the object of watchful care by the Dominion Government...In the summer of 1922 an expedition was sent into these Arctic regions… Internet Archive Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) 1920 · Feature A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-1920/ Internet Archive Sensation Seekers 1927 · Feature A free-spirited flapper falls in love with a staid minister, but fear of ruining his reputation causes her to marry another man. Internet Archive [Home Movies: Virginia 1929] 1929 · Home movie · Subtitles Women on road trip: two-level concrete bridge / sign: Havre de Grace mileage sign to Aldino, Churchville and Belair / preparations for trip, loading up car… Internet Archive The Unchastened Woman 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Seduction 1929 · Feature Internet Archive [Gould can 5230.3] 1926 · Film · Subtitles KINOGRAMS NEWSREEL: Lakehurst, New Jersey: The Graf Zeppelin reaches the United States after 93 hours aloft / several views of the zep in the air / flying… Internet Archive "The Desert Rider" (1923) starring Jack Hoxie 1923 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive [Fox Hour Promotional Film] 1927 · Film · Subtitles Silent film missing the title but it looks to be a promotional for the Fox Hour educational film series Internet Archive Bill Sprague Collection: Felix Crosses The Crooks:9.5mm 1926 · Cartoon Felix Crosses The Crooks A 9.5mm film. The Bill Sprague Collection does not tolerate bad reviews or complaints. If you wish to complain you will be shipped… Internet Archive The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) 1923 · Feature In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save… Internet Archive Plane Crazy (1928) 1928 · Feature Inspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Zanjin zanbaken 1929 · Feature Internet Archive He Who Gets Slapped (1924) 1924 · Feature I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. This tragedy stars Lon… Internet Archive Hamlet: The Drama Of Vengeance (1921) 1921 · Feature I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. In this early German film… Internet Archive "White Water" (1924) starring Nell Shipman 1924 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive The Battle of the Sexes 1928 · Feature https://web.archive.org/web/20230321120350/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_the_Sexes_%281928_film%29 Internet Archive Riders of the Purple Sage 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Sunshine - A Romance Of A Ray 1929 · Film · Subtitles Silent film looks at the health benefits of sunlight and Vitamin D. A Rothacker Production. Internet Archive "Human Hearts" (1922) 1922 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive The Wild Party 1929 · Feature Internet Archive The Wild Party (1929) 1929 · Feature I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. Director Dorothy Arzner was… Internet Archive [Reno Flood] 1927 · Short · 2 min · Subtitles Raging floods cut a wide swath through Reno, Nevada. Internet Archive A Kiss for Cinderella 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Zaza 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Don Q Son of Zorro 1925 · Feature Internet Archive [Gould can 5113.2] 1928 · Film · Subtitles First section of Posey Tube (automobile tunnel) between Oakland and Alameda, California floated into place.Oakland Tribune �Camera News� newsreel .… Internet Archive Thunderbolt (1929) 1929 · Feature I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. Thunderbolt was director… Internet Archive Spirit Of The USA [Excerpt] 1924 · Film · Subtitles Silent. drama. Actors: Carl Stockdale, Cuyler Supplee, David Kirby, Dick Brandon, Gloria Grey, Johnnie Walker, Mark Fenton, Mary Carr, Newton House, Richard… Internet Archive Behind That Curtain (1929) DVD MKV 1929 · Feature · 1 h 31 min DVD remux of the 1929 Fox film "Behind That Curtain," the earliest surviving film to feature the character Charlie Chan. IMDb TMDB Wikipedia Behind That… Internet Archive The Last of the Mohicans (1920) 1920 · Feature As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts,… Internet Archive Manhatta 1921 · Short · 9 min A portrait of New York by painter Charles Sheeler and photographer Paul Strand. The title cards show quotes from Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass". Listed as… Internet Archive Where East Is East 1929 · Feature Internet Archive A Sports Calendar 1924 · Film · Subtitles Silent film looks at a variety of sports and outdoor activities that are done throughout the seasons. Internet Archive Wonderful Berlin in 1927 in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized] 1927 · Feature The original title of this film is "Symphony Of A Great City" or "Symphony of a Metropolis" (in German: Die "Sinfonie der Großstadt"), by director Walter… Internet Archive Hot Water 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Early Experimental Sound Film 1923 · Feature This very early sound film premiered at the Rivoli Theater , New York City on April 15, 1923 along with other films produced using the Phonofilm sound-on-film… Internet Archive "The Trail of the North Wind" (1924) starring Nell Shipman 1924 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive The Freshman 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Man: A Film Lesson in "General Science" 1928 · Film · Subtitles Good shots to be logged. animated amoeba animation of respiration and circulation human physiology Internet Archive When a Man Loves 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Journalist: A Film Lesson in "Vocational Guidance", The 1928 · Film · Subtitles Some interesting shots to be logged. MS newsboy standing on corner as "Third Avenue Railway System" open streetcar passes by in background. Internet Archive Sally (1929) 1929 · Feature I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. This romance comedy was one… Internet Archive Girl Shy 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Felix in Hollywood / Otto Messmer / DVD / DivX / AVI 1923 · Feature Runtime: 9 min | 8 min Country: USA Language: English Plot: A starving actor, reduced to trying his luck in the movies, travels to Hollywood. His cat, Felix,… Internet Archive The Cocoanuts 1929 · Feature Internet Archive 3 Bad Men (1926) 1926 · Feature I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, along with other pictures of the era that I find interesting, so I'm uploading the best…