The world's archives

1,777–1,824 of 6,223 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 All for Money 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Dinky Doodle in the Hunt 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Jewish Luck 1925 · Feature Internet Archive The Salesman: A Film Lesson in Vocational Guidance 1928 · Film Jim, a hardware and appliances storeowner, learns how to become an effective salesperson and is able to grow his modest store into a successful department… Internet Archive Poor Papa 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Bubbles 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Cud nad Wisla 1921 · Feature Internet Archive Film 13 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Der Sieger AKA The Winner 1921 · Feature Internet Archive The Gaucho 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Neighbors 1920 · Feature Internet Archive The Automobile Ride 1921 · Feature Internet Archive The Dutch province of Friesland in 1921 in color! [AI enhanced & colorized] 1921 · Feature This film shows beautiful scenes in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands a century ago. Friesland is one of the 12 Dutch provinces in the North of the… Internet Archive Tkies khaf 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Rhythmus 21 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Little Old New York 1923 · Feature Internet Archive The Bomb Idea 1920 · Feature Internet Archive The Lady of the Lake 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Her Bridal Night-Mare 1920 · Feature Internet Archive Fièvre 1921 · Feature Internet Archive Polizeibericht Überfall 1928 · Short A short film by Ernö Metzner, which can be considered avantgarde cinema. The life of a man is documented for one day. His life gets out of control after he… Internet Archive Their Purple Moment 1928 · Feature Internet Archive A Dutch peasant wedding in 1927 in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized] 1927 · Feature Highly interesing images of a peasant wedding in The Netherlands nearly a century ago. Everyone is dressed in traditional costume of the province of… Internet Archive Symphonie diagonale AKA Symphonie diaganale 1924 · Feature Internet Archive The Pace That Kills 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Lunch Hound 1927 · Feature Internet Archive The Freshman — Part 2 1925 · Educational · 40 min · Subtitles CLICK HERE to view part 1 (link). A comedy about the misadventures of a country boy who goes to college and, after many tribulations, saves the day when he… Internet Archive Kino-pravda no. 5 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Broadway 1929 · Feature Internet Archive St. Louis Blues 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Flip's Circus 1921 · Feature Internet Archive The Puzzle 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Traffic Regulations 1929 · Feature Internet Archive The White Sin 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Be My Wife 1921 · Feature Internet Archive The city of Delft in colour in the 1920's 1920 · Feature Extremely interesting old film footage about the city of Delft in the Netherlands, about a century ago. This film is a collection of many old film fragments.… Internet Archive [Gould can 5127.3: Grauman's Chinese Theatre] 1929 · Film · Subtitles Aerial shots of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood (Los Angeles), California Internet Archive Calorie Counter: A Lesson in Nutrition, The 1920 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive The General 1927 · Educational · 24 min The General Follows the lives of workers, many of them women, in the garment and electronics industries in special export processing zones in Mexico and the… Internet Archive Roughest Africa / Ralph Ceder / DVD / XviD / AVI 1923 · Feature No description Internet Archive The first Dutch Helicoptère, built between 1925 and 1930 in color! [A.I. enhanced & Colorized] 1925 · Feature Remarkable footage of very early attemps to construct a Helicopter in The Netherlands. This Helicopter was designed by A.G. von Baumhauer. He engaged on this… Internet Archive Sailor's Holiday (Part 1) 1929 · Film Part 1 of an early romantic comedy starring Sally Eilers and Alan Hale. Advertised as "the story of a lovelorn sailor on leave." Exhibitors Herald-World, 6… Internet Archive Broke in China 1927 · Feature Internet Archive West of Hot Dog 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Cagliostro - Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Saturday's Lesson 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Paris Bound 1929 · Feature Internet Archive My Wife's Relations 1922 · Feature