The world's archives

1,105–1,152 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 Barnyard Flappers 1922 · Film · Subtitles Silent comedy short featuring costumed ducks. Internet Archive The Covered Wagon 1924 · Feature Internet Archive All Wet (1927) 1927 · Feature Oswald takes a job as a lifeguard to keep an eye on Miss Rabbit, who in turn stages a boating accident hoping Oswald will come to save her. Watch on… Internet Archive Coquette (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. Mary Pickford won the second… Internet Archive Story of Standard, The 1926 · Film · Subtitles History of the Standard Oil Co. Shows packaging of Standard Oil products. Internet Archive The Gaucho (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 Douglas Fairbanks crime… Internet Archive The City Without Jews 1924 · Feature Internet Archive [Gould can 5123.1] 1922 · Film · Subtitles "A MOMENT WITH JACK DEMPSEY" at his Oakland, California home. Jack poses on the stairs; house interiors; Dempsey waves at cameraman. Internet Archive Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam AKA The Golem 1920 · Feature Internet Archive The Flying Ace (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 airplane mystery was… Internet Archive Butter Fingers 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Kyoiku senga: Ubasute yama 1925 · Feature Internet Archive The Power of the Press 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Hollywood Sand Witches 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Carmen 1921 · Feature Internet Archive Alice's Wild West Show (1924) 1924 · Feature Alice and her friends put on a show. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/alices-wild-west-show-1924/ Internet Archive Amsterdam Jewish quartes in 1925 in color! 1925 · Feature The old Amsterdam Jewish quarter in 1925 in color! A.I. enhanced and colorized footage. Time line 00:00 De Uilenburgerstraat 00:18 Locatie?? 00:43 Voormalig… Internet Archive When a Man Loves (1927) DVD MKV 1927 · Feature DVD remux of the 1927 Warner Bros. film "When a Man Loves." IMDB TMDB Wikipedia When a Man Loves is a 1927 American synchronized sound historical drama film… Internet Archive Today 1929 · Feature Internet Archive West Point 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Paris: Impressive footage of how The Rich and the Poor lived in the 1920s [AI enhanced & colorized] 1928 · Feature In the summers of 1928 and 1929 two wealthy American families visited Paris, France. In this film we try to depict the sharp contrasts between their rich… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Aviators Land in Indianapolis) 1920 · Home movie · Subtitles Aviators land and are greeted by reception party Talking to press (evidently famous flyers) Internet Archive Le retour la raison AKA Return to Reason / Man Ray / DVD / x264 / MKV 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Zvenigora 1928 · Feature Internet Archive [Home Movies: Ransohoff Collection: "Last Scenes of '225 Post'"] 1929 · Home movie · Subtitles Front of Ransohoff's store, 225 Post Street, San Francisco front of store and sidewalk with pedestrians shot from nearby building "Glimpses of the Floors" --… Internet Archive Woman Trap (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. Two brothers, one a police… Internet Archive Bulldog Drummond 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Alice Gets in Dutch (1924) 1924 · Feature Alice misbehaves in school and is forced to sit in the corner. She falls asleep and dreams, but schoolwork intrudes even into her dreams. Alice dreams of… Internet Archive Mysterien eines Frisiersalons AKA The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop / Bertolt Brecht / Erich Engel / TV / DivX / AVI 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Their Own Desire 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Get Your Man 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Lonesome ( 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 part-talkie romantic… Internet Archive The Paleface (1922) 1922 · Feature A butterfly collector unwittingly wanders into an Indian encampment while chasing a butterfly, but the tribe has resolved to kill the first white man who… Internet Archive Street Angel 1928 · Feature Internet Archive The Four Feathers 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Ten Nights In A Barroom (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 anti-alcohol film is… Internet Archive The Last Command 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Great Guns! (1927) 1927 · Feature Oswald's country is at war, like many other volunters he joins the army and finds himself soon in the trenches. A short battle leaves him wounded, but at… Internet Archive Skyscraper (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. While this film was… Internet Archive Alice Wins the Derby (1925) 1925 · Feature Alice, Julius, and one other character are in a combined auto/horse race. Julius gets off to a bad start when his car takes off, without him, in the wrong… Internet Archive Navy Blues (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. Navy Blues is a rarely… Internet Archive Big Game 1928 · Feature Internet Archive The Fair Co-Ed 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Barging through Old London over the Regents Canal in 1924 in colour! [A.I. enhanced & Colorized] 1924 · Feature Take a trip on a horse-drawn towing barge from Limehouse into old Central London! The trip goes over the Regents Canal from Limehouse, via the Wharves of East… Internet Archive The Unholy Night (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 Unholy Night is mostly… Internet Archive Alice's Fishy Story (1924) 1924 · Feature Alice wants desperately to get out of practicing her piano so she can go have fun with her friends. She tricks her mother into thinking she's still playing by… Internet Archive The Flying Fleet (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. While reviews were mixed for… Internet Archive The Iron Mask (1929) 1929 · Feature King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the…