The world's archives

1,009–1,056 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 Fast and Furious 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Show Boat 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Isn't Life Wonderful (1924) 1924 · Feature A family from Poland has been left homeless in the wake of World War I. They move to Germany and struggle to survive the conditions there, during the Great… Internet Archive The Merry-Go-Round 1920 · Feature Internet Archive A Wild Roomer 1927 · Feature Internet Archive [Gould can 5208: California Cotton Mills] 1924 · Film · Subtitles California Cotton Mills in Oakland, California / exterior and interior shots of loading bales / cotton machinery in operation spinning thread and weaving /… Internet Archive Greed 1925 · Feature Internet Archive The Flapper (1920) 1920 · 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 film in the United… Internet Archive The Four Musicians of Bremen (1922) 1922 · Feature Four animal musicians consisting of a Horse, Cat, Dog, & Rooster set out on their own quest to try to find some fame by playing their own music. Unfortunately… Internet Archive Mockery 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Empty Socks (1927) 1927 · Feature The Christmas celebration of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/empty-socks-1927/ Internet Archive Within Our Gates (1920) 1920 · 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 oldest surviving film… Internet Archive Unaccustomed As We Are 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Os Lobos 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Isn't Life Terrible? 1925 · Feature Internet Archive "The Prologue" from The Passaic Textile Strike 1926 · Short · 18 min This film was part of an effort by striking immigrant wool mill workers. Two of the seven reels from their efforts have been lost, however, "The Prologue", a… Internet Archive White Shadows in the South Seas (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. Clyde De Vinna won an… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Ransohoff Collection: "Miscellaneous Scenes Along the Overland Route, 1927"] 1926 · Home movie · Subtitles Title: Miscellaneous Scenes Along the Overland Route, 1927 Scenes shot from moving train VS tracks receding into distance, shot from back platform of… Internet Archive The Trail of '98 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Hangmans House (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 romantic drama takes… Internet Archive The Docks 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. Josef von Sternberg's… Internet Archive The Woman from Nowhere 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Three Loves 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Big Business 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Sky High 1922 · Feature Internet Archive The Loves of Carmen 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Alice's Day at Sea (1924) 1924 · Feature Alice's trip to the sea inspires her to dream of a visit to an animated underwater world. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/alices-day-at-sea-1924/ Internet Archive The Squall 1929 · Feature Internet Archive The Mark of Zorro 1920 · Feature Internet Archive A Girl Revue: First Edition 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Stillman Fires Collection: FDNY Chief Kenlons Ride 1927 · Film · Subtitles From Stillman Fires Collection. Internet Archive The Wedding March 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Coquette 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Dangerous Curves 1929 · Feature Internet Archive [Gould can 5230.2] 1928 · Film · Subtitles KINOGRAMS NEWSREEL: Westwood, California: Special railroad train developed to fight forest fires / train on way to fire / attacking the fire with special high… Internet Archive The Thirteenth Chair 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Ramona (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. Dolores Del Rio stars in… Internet Archive Alice's Egg Plant 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Annie Laurie (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 He Who Gets Slapped 1924 · Feature Internet Archive The Doll 1920 · Feature Internet Archive Haunted House 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Grandma's Boy 1922 · Feature Internet Archive [Canning: Cold Pack Method] 1920 · Film · Subtitles "For the benefit of those unfamiliar with the simplicity of the One Period Cold Pack Method (as approved by the U.S. Government) we present the following… Internet Archive The Matinee Idol 1928 · Feature Internet Archive The Golem 1921 · Feature Internet Archive HIs Royal Slyness (1920) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach 1920 · Feature His Royal Slyness Lobby card Directed by Hal Roach Written by H.M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Mildred Davis Snub Pollard Production… Internet Archive [California State Highway 101 Opening] 1929 · Film · Subtitles Opening of California State Highway 101 at San Francisco: 50,000 people attend ceremony; parade of automobiles from San Francisco Civic Center; Mayor James…