The world's archives

961–1,008 of 7,264 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 Madame X (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 tragedy about an… Internet Archive Double Love 1925 · Feature Internet Archive The General Line (Staroye I Novoye) 1929 · Feature The last silent film of Sergei Esenstein Internet Archive Mr. Wu 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Outsidethelaw 1920 · Feature 1920 crime film directed by Tod Browning. Internet Archive The Way of Lost Souls 1929 · Feature Internet Archive National Institution, A 1920 · Film · Subtitles manufacturing of corrugated boxes. Hinde and Dauch Paper Company Corrugated Fibre Shipping Boxes and Packing Materials. Film on making cardboard boxes, ca.… Internet Archive Easy Virtue 1928 · Feature Internet Archive The Sporting Venus 1925 · Feature Internet Archive The Haunted Castle (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. One of the earliest… Internet Archive Across To Singapore (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. Joan Crawford and Ramon… Internet Archive His First Flame (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 The Blacksmith (1922) 1922 · Feature Buster clowns around in a blacksmith's shop until he and the smithy get in a fight which sends the smithy to jail. Buster helps several customers with horses,… Internet Archive Capital Stirred by Biggest Hooch Raid / DVD / x264 / MKV / 658x460 1923 · Feature Several prohibition agents display cans and bottles of seized liquor for the camera. They are then shown dumping the goods at a junk yard, smashing up the… Internet Archive Going to Town (aka The Checkered Flag) 1920 · Film · Subtitles Animated cartoon. Presents early long-distance flights using Pennzoil products. Internet Archive The Locked Door (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. Pre-code crime-drama The… Internet Archive [Gould can 5127.8] 1928 · Film · Subtitles Edna Covey, the "Greatest Dancer in the World," leaps over 12 women lying in a row. She is star of Fanchon and Marco's "Hi-Hatters." Internet Archive Master of the House 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Street Angel (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. Nominee of three Academy… Internet Archive Wilhelm Tell 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Junior Chamber of Commerce (Working with Civic Organizations): A Film Lesson in Citizenship, The 1928 · Film · Subtitles on urban beautification, excellent shots of purported immigrant neighborhoods. Apparently filmed in Oakland, California Internet Archive Sundown Limited 1924 · Short Silent classic 'Our Gang' 2-reel short with music accompaniment. The gang creates their own railroad after being chased from a local railyard, and competes… Internet Archive The Primrose Path 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Champagne 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Evangeline (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. Dolores del Rio stars in… Internet Archive The Toll Of The Sea (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. The second Technicolor film… Internet Archive [Gould can 5123.4] 1922 · Film · Subtitles Arroyo Sanitarium, Livermore, California. CU boys in swimming pool; girls on swings, etc. Internet Archive Madame X 1929 · Feature Internet Archive The Saturday Night Kid 1929 · Feature Internet Archive The Prisoner of Zenda 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Foolish Wives 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Disraeli 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Scorching Sands 1923 · Feature 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 Jewish Prudence 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Alice Picks the Champ (1925) 1925 · Feature It's mayhem in the house as Julius the cat squares off against a pugilistic bear while Alice looks on adoringly. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive The Trail Of '98 (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. This period piece stars… Internet Archive Little Brothers and Sisters: A Film Lesson in Health and Hygiene 1928 · Film · Subtitles Film for children showing how to take care of babies. Importance of exposing babies to sunlight Internet Archive Modern Commerce: A Film Lesson in "World Geography" 1928 · Film · Subtitles New York Harbor Panama Canal Internet Archive Old San Francisco (1927) DVD MKV 1927 · Feature DVD remux of the 1927 Warner Bros. film "Old San Francisco." IMDb TMDB Wikipedia Old San Francisco is a 1927 American synchronized sound historical drama film… Internet Archive It's a Gift 1923 · Feature Internet Archive The Studio Murder Mystery (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 little remembered… Internet Archive West Point (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. An egotistical football… Internet Archive Don Juan 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Alice's Spooky Adventure (1924) 1924 · Feature When a ball is accidentally knocked through the window of a neighbourhood haunted house, Alice is the only one brave enough to go inside to retrieve it. While… Internet Archive Mother 1925 · Feature Internet Archive My Friend from India 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Clouds 1920 · Film · Subtitles