The world's archives

97–144 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 "The Flapper" (1920) starring Olive Thomas 1920 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Terror Island 1920 · Short · Subtitles A man is held captive by island natives who believe that his daughter has stolen a pearl belonging to their idol. This is a five reel truncated 1922 Realart… Internet Archive Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Cockeyed: Gems from the Memory of a Nutty Cameraman 1925 · Feature Internet Archive The Penalty 1920 · Feature · 1 h 31 min Lon Chaney plays Blizzard, a deranged psychopath scarred by the childhood operation where a young doctor mistakingly amputated both of his legs. Hellbent on… Internet Archive Buster Keaton's "The Play House" (1921) 1921 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive The Sensation Seekers 1927 · Feature · Subtitles A rarity. Surviving extant fragments of the 1926 production based on Ernest Pascal's story "Egypt". Roughly 1/3 of the film missing. Most of the beginning… Internet Archive "The Beloved Rogue" (1927) starring John Barrymore and Marceline Day 1927 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive The Canary Murder Case 1929 · Feature · 1 h 16 min Title: The Canary Murder Case Summary: A beautiful showgirl, nicknamed 'the Canary', is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and soon ends up… Internet Archive The Lost World 1925 · Feature · 1 h 8 min The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam. Internet Archive Buster Keaton's "Convict 13" (1920) 1920 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive The Barn Dance 1929 · Cartoon This is the third Mickey Mouse cartoon to be released, and it is the fourth one produced. Internet Archive The Haunted House 1921 · Short · 21 min Buster at his place of work, a bank. After being falsely accused of being a bank robber he escapes to the local 'haunted' which is really a cover for a gang… Internet Archive The Kid Stakes 1927 · Feature · 1 h 8 min Australian Silent film based on the Fatty Finn comic strips. This was the last silent film made in Australia. It was shot in the Sydney streets in 1927. The… Internet Archive Buster Keaton's "My Wife's Relations" (1922) 1922 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Plane Crazy 1929 · Cartoon The first Mickey Mouse cartoon ever produced, and the fourth one published. It was originally silent, but like "The Gallopin' Gaucho," it failed to impress… Internet Archive The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Dying Detective 1921 · Feature Eille Norwood appears as Sherlock Holmes in this episode from the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Series (1921) Special contents of this edition copyright 2010… Internet Archive Suds 1920 · Feature · 1 h 5 min From IMDb : A London laundry woman tries to rise above her station in order to capture the love of a wealthy young man, and thus misses out on the truer love… Internet Archive The Lost Zeppelin 1929 Conway Tearle, Virginia Valli, Ricardo Cortez, Duke Martin 1929 · Feature The Lost Zeppelin 1929 Conway Tearle, Virginia Valli, Ricardo Cortez, Duke Martin Internet Archive Dr. Pyckle And Mr. Pride 1925 · Short · 20 min Comedy masterpiece starring Stan Laurel as the dashing Dr. Pyckle, who transforms into the fiendish Mr. Pride. This hilarious movie from 1925 shows the true… Internet Archive The Gallopin' Gaucho 1928 · Cartoon This is the second Mickey Mouse cartoon to be produced, and it was also the second to be published. Internet Archive Miss Lulu Bett 1921 · Feature · 1 h 10 min Spinster Lulu Bett lives with her sister, Diana, and is a servant in Diana's household. Diana's brother-in-law, Ninian, visits, and smitten with Lulu,… Internet Archive The Eagle 1925 · Feature · Subtitles Internet Archive Pandoras Box (1929) 1929 · Feature · Subtitles Pandora's Box is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, and starring Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Francis Lederer. The film… Internet Archive Robbery Under Arms 1920 · Feature · 55 min This 1920 silent film was made by Kenneth Brampton, who wrote, produced, directed and starred in it. The story concerns a real life bushranger (outlaw) named… Internet Archive Buster Keaton's "One Week" (1920) 1920 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Salome 1923 · Feature · 1 h 12 min Avant-garde adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play. Rumors at the time of its production that the cast was all gay doomed its success with the mainstream public.… Internet Archive Number, Please? 1920 · Short · 25 min From IMDb : While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the girl with her new boyfriend. When her dog gets… Internet Archive Headin Home 1920 · Feature · Subtitles Heading Home is a 1920 Silent feature starring Babe Ruth. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011267/ Internet Archive Tribune-American Dream Picture 1924 · Short · 7 min · Subtitles Astonishing film sponsored by a newspaper which held a contest for the most unusual dream and then made it into a short film. A woman dreams of losing her… Internet Archive The General (1926) HD with Score 1926 · Feature During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnnie Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and… Internet Archive 1921 Camille 1921 · Feature · Subtitles Camille is a 1921 silent film starring Rudolph Valentino and Alla Nazimova. It is one of numerous screen adaptations of La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre… Internet Archive The White Sister / DVD / x264 / MKV / 716x480 / Warner Archive Collection 1923 · Feature Lillian Gish is the daughter of a rich Italian count who is killed in a fall from his horse. Though Lillian stands to inherit a large estate, her older… Internet Archive The Unholy Three 1925 · Feature Three sideshow performers leave their lives of captivity and form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a sideshow ventriloquist, midget, and strongman… Internet Archive "The General" (1926) starring Buster Keaton 1926 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive How to Use the Dial Phone 1927 · Short · 7 min · Subtitles Training film for users of the new dial telephones. Internet Archive Tanned Legs 1929 Colorized 1929 · Feature This movie became Public Domain on 1 January 2025. Endearing comedy with some musical numbers, about a group of vacationers at a beach resort and their… Internet Archive Growing Things: A Film Lesson in "Nature Study" 1928 · Film · Subtitles How to plant and maintain a small garden. Timelapse cinematography of bean sprouting and growing upward; shoots growing and other plant growth. Internet Archive His First Flame 1927 · Feature · 46 min You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page . Internet Archive [Lindbergh's Flight and Return] 1927 · Short · 7 min · Subtitles Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh takes off from New York on his solo transatlantic flight between America and Europe and arrives in Paris; newsreels conclude with… Internet Archive The Frozen North 1922 · Short · 17 min William S. Hart's melodramatic film finds Buster in the frozen north, "last stop on the subway." He uses a wanted poster as his partner in robbing a gambling… Internet Archive The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Devil's Foot 1921 · Feature Eille Norwood appears in this 1921 Episode of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series. Special contents of this edition copyright 2010 Shane I Sullivan.… Internet Archive "The Phantom Carriage" (1921) director Victor Sjöström (Seastrom) 1921 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Seeing Paris: Part One: On the Boulevards 1920 · Film · Subtitles Burton Holmes looking out over Paris square. VS square and traffic Avenue de l'Opera Sidewalk Cafe de la Paix Scenes on Boulevard; pedestrians Porte St. Denis… Internet Archive Love Nest 1923 · Short · 22 min Love Nest, The / Frigo kapitánem (1923) info: CSFD IMDB Directed by: Edward F. Cline ; Buster Keaton Cast: Buster Keaton ; Joe Roberts ; Virginia Fox Internet Archive "Sherlock Jr." (1924) starring Buster Keaton 1924 · Feature This gem is presented by Silent Hall of Fame. Please visit https://silent-hall-of-fame.org/ to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie… Internet Archive Coster Bill of Paris / DVD / XviD / AVI / 640x480 1923 · Feature A poor vegetable peddler in Paris runs afoul of the law and finds himself ground up in the cogs of the corrupt French judicial system. Internet Archive The Eagle (Rudolph Valentino) 1925 · Feature · Subtitles 1925 directed by Clarence Brown starring Rudolph Valentino as Drubovsky, Vilma Banky as Mascha, Louise Dresser as the Czarina, Albert Conti as Kuschka and…