The world's archives

1,297–1,344 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 Flight 1929 · Feature Internet Archive She 1925 · Feature Internet Archive L'toile de mer AKA The Starfish 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Bill Sprague Collection-Alice In The Wooly West-1926 Walt Disney Public domain 1926 · Cartoon Alice In The Wooly West -Another Public Domain Walt Disney cartoon Internet Archive The House On Trubnaya (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 Russian comedy follows… Internet Archive Rambles 'Round Rio 1921 · Film Screen magazine or travelogue newsreel film of U.S. Marines on a sightseeing tour of sites around Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Features extended sequences filmed… Internet Archive Merry-Go-Round 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Fazil 1928 · Feature Internet Archive The Boat 1921 · Feature Internet Archive Alice's Egg Plant (1925) 1925 · Feature Julius, the boss of Alice's chicken farm, has to find a way to deliver 5000 eggs to Sinkem and Soakem when the hens go on strike. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Danse macabre 1922 · Feature Internet Archive His First Command (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. His First Command is a… Internet Archive Moose Country 1927 · Film · Subtitles A silent travelogue to the Canadian wilderness. Internet Archive Mickey's Follies 1929 · Feature Internet Archive The Village Blacksmith 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Alice Helps the Romance (1926) 1926 · Feature Julius the Cat tries to woo Alice but fails, so he gets the help of Alice in this long standing series of Alice movies. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Border Romance (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. Border Romance is an early… Internet Archive Just Pals 1920 · Feature Internet Archive The Very Idea 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Oh What a Knight (1928) 1928 · Feature Oswald is riding along on his horse having a merry old time when the two of them fall down a hill, right up to a castle. Oswald whistles for the princess, who… Internet Archive Coast to Coast in 48 Hours 1929 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Hangman's House 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Zoku Mito Kmon AKA Mito Komon II 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Riley the Cop 1928 · Feature Internet Archive They Go Boom! 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Alice in the Big League (1927) 1927 · Feature Alice attempts to umpire a big league baseball game where the animals begin to take exception to her bad calls. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Sensation Seekers, The 1926 · Film · Subtitles great shipwreck sequence Internet Archive Scaramouche 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Finis terrae 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Le mystère de la tour Eiffel 1928 · Feature Internet Archive [Gould can 5483.5: Kinograms Newsreel] 1927 · Newsreel · Subtitles Foals at New York horse breeding farm for future champions / "Zev" turf hero of 1923 Internet Archive The Texan 1920 · Feature Internet Archive General Personal Hygiene (Science of Life series, Reel 12) 1924 · Film Part of a longer series; The Science of Life. Reel XII describes personal hygiene routines such as drinking water, bathing, brushing teeth and hair, exercise,… Internet Archive Kit Carson Over the Great Divide 1925 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Pasteur 1922 · Feature Internet Archive The Phantom In The House (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. In this drama, a man is… Internet Archive Mother Machree 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Two Tars 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Enemies of the Southern Pine 1928 · Film · Subtitles Production by C.W. Barrell. Photography by Walter Pritchard. Internet Archive Holding His Own 1920 · Film · Subtitles One of the "Jerry" series of comedy shorts. Some good shots to be logged. Internet Archive Posture 1928 · Film Educational film promoting proper foot, standing, and sitting posture. Demonstrates exercises to strengthen good posture habits. "A Film Lesson in Health and… Internet Archive High Voltage (1929) 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 early survival… Internet Archive Little Red Riding Hood (1922) 1922 · Feature While Julius is milking his cow, Pete kidnaps Alice. Julius gives chase, and winds up in a duel with Pete. Internet Archive Rival Romeos (1928) 1928 · Feature Oswald is off to see his sweetheart when he is passed by a rival in a faster car. He takes the lead, though, when both drivers encounter a mud puddle; Oswald… Internet Archive Somewhere In Europe - Immigration Pt 1 1921 · Film · Subtitles Silent. Fictionalized account of a family immigrating to the United States. Internet Archive Interplanetary Revolution 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Home Movie: 97264: Spring, Summer and Fall 1927 1927 · Home movie Reel marked Spring, Summer and Fall 1927; Yale-Princeton Game; Tennis; Wilmington. Internet Archive Shônen bidan: Kiyoki kokoro 1925 · Feature