The world's archives

1,345–1,392 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 Mexicali Rose 1929 · Feature Internet Archive The Ol' Swimmin' Hole (1928) 1928 · Feature A pastoral outing as Oswald and his friends take in the delights on a swimming hole. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/the-ol-swimmin-hole-1928/ Internet Archive Manhandled 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Bright Lights (1928) 1928 · Feature Oswald would like to see Mlle. Zulu the Shimmy Queen but he's short on cash. Seeing the more stately gentlemen being admitted without tickets, he tries to… Internet Archive Homeless Homer (1929) 1929 · Feature Oswald takes in Homer, a small kitten, and attempts to teach him table manners and to give him a bath, but Homer retaliates using a clothesline and a player… Internet Archive L'horloge magique ou La petite fille qui voulait tre princesse 1928 · Feature Internet Archive From Morn to Midnight 1920 · Feature Internet Archive Sensation Seekers, The 1926 · Film · Subtitles great shipwreck sequence Internet Archive Shadows 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Seeing London 1920 · Film · Subtitles Burton Holmes Film Reels of Travel Internet Archive The Little Knight 1923 · Film "A story of how a tiny boy under the spell of a wicked witch conquers a kingdom."(https://archive.org/details/catalogof16mmsil00mogu/page/32/mode/2up?q=knight.… Internet Archive The White Shadow AKA White Shadows 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Blood and Sand 1922 · Feature Internet Archive The Hands of Orlac 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Cracked Ice (1927) 1927 · Feature Cartoon animals frolic in a winter wonderland. Meanwhile, their keeper tries to make things safe and orderly. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive Show of Shows 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Moran of the Lady Letty 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Alice the Fire Fighter (1926) 1926 · Feature When the local hotel is found to be on fire, the firemen (all of them Julius the cat lookalikes), led by Fire Chief Alice, are called in. The residents are… Internet Archive Alice's Auto Race (1927) 1927 · Feature Alice, Julius and Peter enter a road race. Pete, of course, tries to cheat by pulling such stunts as switching road signs, but Julius is on to Pete's tricks.… Internet Archive Yanky Clippers (1929) 1929 · Feature A puppy is forced into a barber shop run by Oswald the Rabbit. Oswald can't shave the dog's back at first, as the hair keeps growing back. He eventually… Internet Archive We Faw Down 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Code of the Sea, Reel 5 1924 · Film Feature excerpt: Code of the Sea, Part 5. "Bruce McDow, son of a skipper, believes he has inherited the cowardice of his father and loses the respect of his… Internet Archive Puss in Boots 1922 · Feature Internet Archive [Unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture film] 1920 · Film · Subtitles On fire prevention and the problems caused by forest fires. Internet Archive Body and Soul 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Alice in the Wooly West (1926) 1926 · Feature Julius is out for a ride on his horse; he does some rope tricks. Some bad guys rob a stagecoach; one of the passengers is Alice, who finds herself stuck… Internet Archive Alice the Toreador (1925) 1925 · Feature Alice is in a bullfight where she thinks she will win since she is matched against a peaceful bull. But the tables are turned when her bull is switched with… Internet Archive The Eagle (1925) 1925 · Feature Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He spurns her advances and flees, and she puts out a warrant… Internet Archive Gentlemen of the Press 1929 · Feature Internet Archive The Circus 1920 · Feature Internet Archive Two Good Boys Gone Wrong 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Karl Valentin and Liesl Karlstadt at the Oktoberfest 1921 · Feature Internet Archive The splendid 'Pipes' town of Gouda in 1927 in color! [AI enhanced] 1927 · Feature Gouda is a Dutch town that is located in the province of Zuid Holland in The Netherlands. Gouda is well known for its cheese and also for manufacturing pipes… Internet Archive The Racketeer (1929) 1929 · Feature A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite. Watch on RetroFlix:… Internet Archive [Home Movies: Ransohoff Collection: Yosemite and Santa Barbara, 1928] 1928 · Home movie · Subtitles Title: "Yosemite Valley June 1928" title: "Edith and the Children Spend a Lovely Summer with the Proud Grandparents" VS family VS family visiting major sights… Internet Archive Modern Commerce 1928 · Film Survey of 1920s-era transport of goods including use of sail ships, navigation with sextants, and major routes and ports. From title screen: A Film Lesson in… Internet Archive Furusato no uta 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Martin Luther: His Life and Time 1924 · Film · Subtitles Some good images to be logged. Very title-heavy. Internet Archive The Flying Scotsman 1929 · Feature Internet Archive High Up (1928) 1928 · Feature High Up is a 1928 Disney cartoon directed by Rollin Hamilton and Rudolf Ising. Watch on RetroFlix: https://retroflix.org/high-up-1928/ Internet Archive Seeing London 1920 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Syncopation 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Häxan 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Hell's Bells 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Wild Waves 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Yellow Pass 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Gyakuryû 1924 · Feature Internet Archive The Signal Tower 1924 · Feature