The world's archives

913–960 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 Ten Commandments 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Pathé News, No. 15? 1922 · Newsreel Early complete issue of the American newsreel, with stories on the veterans' bonus and election of Pope Pius XI. P reserved with the collaboration of the… Internet Archive Curses 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Haunted Spooks (1920) Directed by Hal Roach, Alfred J. Goulding 1920 · Feature Haunted Spooks Promotional advertisement Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Hal Roach Written by H. M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Mildred… Internet Archive Jack the Giant Killer (1922) 1922 · Feature Jack is trying to impress Susie with his ambition to visit the Land of the Giants. She watches as he demonstrates the strength with which he will conquer the… Internet Archive Marked Money 1928 Frank Coghlan Jr., Tom Keene, Tom Kennedy, Bert Woodruff 1928 · Feature Marked Money 1928 Frank Coghlan Jr., Tom Keene, Tom Kennedy, Bert Woodruff Internet Archive Crossroads 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Free to Love 1925 · Feature Internet Archive The Kid Brother 1927 · Feature Internet Archive In Old Arizona (1928) 1928 · 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. Nominated for five Academy… Internet Archive Port Whines (1929) 1929 · Feature Krazy Kat is a sailor on a ship. The captain gets tossed off of his ship and starts a song and dance with the rest of the crew members. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Tarzan the Tiger, Chapters 1-7 1929 · Short This is the first seven chapters of a 15-Chapter chapterpay featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' jungle hero in a serialized film adaptation of TARZAN AND THE… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Minnesota, Picnic] 1920 · Home movie · Subtitles some good shots to be logged very early suburbia man chopping wood many picnics Drawbridge with sign on it: Duluth Water Sports Center Vacations Overturned car Internet Archive A trip to Cairo and the Pyramids in 1926 in color! [HD] 1926 · Feature Restored and colorized film of a visit to Egypt by Holland America Line cruise passengers in 1926. The film fragments of the Continental Savoy hotel in Cairo… Internet Archive Foolish Wives (1922) 1922 · 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. Erich Von Stroheim's third… Internet Archive London as it used to be in 1928 in color! (A.I. enhanced and colorized) 1921 · Feature This is another great film about London nearly a century ago in 1928. Nearly all London´s famous hotspots come into view like Trafalgar Square, Buckingham… Internet Archive Strange Cargo (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 mystery picture was the… Internet Archive The Last Command (1928) 1928 · 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. Emil Jannings won the very… Internet Archive Untamed (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. Joan Crawford's first… Internet Archive Street of Forgotten Women 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Mysteries of India, Part I: Truth 1921 · Feature Internet Archive The Hole In The Wall (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. A remake of a 1921 lost… Internet Archive October (Ten Days that Shook the World) 1928 · Feature Internet Archive The Great White Silence 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Underworld (1927) 1927 · 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 gangster drama launched… Internet Archive Lilac Time (1928) 1928 · 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. Colleen Moore's first… Internet Archive The Beloved Rogue (1927) 1927 · Feature François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive [Gould can 5230.4] 1928 · Film · Subtitles KINOGRAMS NEWSREEL: Sacramento, CA: Antique side-wheeler steamboats and rear paddle-wheeler race on the Sacramento River / steamboats San Joaquin No. 4, Red… Internet Archive Anna Boleyn (1920) 1920 · 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… Internet Archive The Trial Of Mary Dugan (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. The Trial of Mary Dugan was… Internet Archive The Black Pirate (1926) 1926 · 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 technicolor adventure… Internet Archive Vormittagsspuk AKA Ghosts Before Breakfast 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Sherlock Holmes 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Making Coal Gas and Coke 1920 · Film · Subtitles Hunt's Point plant of Consolidated Gas Co. at New York City (Bronx) Internet Archive Aschenputtel AKA Cinderella 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Structure of the Earth: Volcanoes, The 1923 · Film · Subtitles Great boiling bubbling lava shots. Internet Archive Salesman: A Film Lesson in Vocational Guidance, The 1920 · Film · Subtitles Careers of male and female salespersons. Some good shots to be logged. Possibly shot in Oakland, California. Internet Archive Beyond the Rocks 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Why Be Good (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. Lost for multiple decades, a… Internet Archive My Best Girl 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Spring Fever (1927) 1927 · 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… Internet Archive Lights Of New York (1928) 1928 · 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. The first full-length… Internet Archive Little Brothers and Sisters: A Film Lesson in Health and Hygiene 1928 · Film Educational film about how to care for a baby, including how to bathe, dress, feed, prevent rickets, and monitor growth. Begins with a classroom scene where… Internet Archive [Gould can 5113.5] 1926 · Film · Subtitles Oakland, California: Fourth of July (Independence Day) parade; scenes of Oakland City Hall; Mayor Davie; marching teams. Oakland Tribune Camera News newsreel… Internet Archive A Plantation Act (1926) BD MKV 1926 · Feature Blu-ray remux of the 1926 Vitaphone short "A Plantation Act." (Full title: Al Jolson in A Plantation Act) IMDb TMDB Wikipedia A Plantation Act (1926) is an… Internet Archive [Gould can 5113.3] 1928 · Film · Subtitles First traffic light installed in Oakland, California.Oakland Tribune Camera News newsreel. News reel title card �New Traffic Control System Put Into… Internet Archive The Iron Mule 1925 · Feature Internet Archive [Home Movies: Ransohoff Collection: Arrowhead, La Quinta, Feather River] 1927 · Home movie · Subtitles Title: A Trip to Lake Arrowhead Where We Met Myna & Lewis, August 1927 Feather River Inn