The world's archives

1,825–1,872 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 The Conquering Power 1921 · Feature Internet Archive The 'High Sign' 1921 · Feature Internet Archive There It Is 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Roaring Rails 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Stadsgezichten van Zwolle in 1925 in kleur! Zwolle (NL) in 1925 [AI enhanced & colorized] 1925 · Feature Prachtige beelden van Zwolle in 1925 in kleur! Wonderful, artificially colorized footage of the town of Zwolle in The Netherlands almost a century ago.… Internet Archive The Ace of Hearts 1924 · Feature Internet Archive The Wakefield Case (Reel 5) 1921 · Film "Playwright William Wakefield, Jr., turns detective when his father is killed after nearly capturing James and Richard Krogan, who were in possession of four… Internet Archive Lady of the Pavements 1929 · Feature Internet Archive China At The Front 1927 · Film · Subtitles Combat in the Chinese civil wars, 1920s. Internet Archive The Bell Hop 1921 · Feature Internet Archive Finlandia 1922 · Feature Internet Archive The Average Woman 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Homecoming 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Dream Street 1921 · Feature Internet Archive The Log of the U-35 1920 · Feature Internet Archive Koko Trains 'Em 1925 · Feature Internet Archive The Barn Dance 1929 · Feature Internet Archive The Sawmill 1922 · Educational · 20 min The Sawmill Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Associates the journey of Ulysses as told in the Odyssey… Internet Archive Walt Roesner and the Capitolians 1928 · Feature Internet Archive The Man from Beyond 1922 · Feature Internet Archive The Campus Vamp 1928 · Feature Internet Archive The Valiant 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Berth Marks 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Hard Luck 1921 · Feature Internet Archive Beautiful Steenwijk (NL) in 1921 in color [A.I. enhanced & colorized] 1921 · Feature Great footage of the town of Steenwijk in the Dutch province of Overijssel, including scenes of its cattle market, rope makers and the townhall. Enhanced and… Internet Archive Tommy Tucker's Tooth 1922 · Feature Internet Archive The Hidden Way 1926 · Film Feature-length drama, written by Ida May Park, in which convicts befriend a poor family and struggle to go straight. Preserved in collaboration with the New… Internet Archive Film 29 1927 · Feature Internet Archive The Young Rajah 1922 · Feature Internet Archive In The Land Of Giants And Pygmies 1925 · Feature Internet Archive The Bear's Wedding 1928 · Feature Internet Archive [Martinez, California Scenes] 1927 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive The Informer 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Stoomgemalen in Nederland in 1933 in kleur! Steam Pumping Stations in Holland in 1933 in color! [HD] 1923 · Feature Great enhanced and colorized film footage about Steam Pumping Stations in The Netherlands nearly a century ago. These pumping stations were in fact the… Internet Archive The Jazz Fool 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Everyday 1929 · Feature Internet Archive The Extra Girl 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Devil-May-Care 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Kino-Pravda No. 13: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. A Film Poem Dedicated to the October Revolution 1922 · Feature Internet Archive The Paleface 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Sailor's Holiday (Reel 3) 1929 · Film Reel 3 of a silent comedy. The film was broken into reels approximately 15 minutes in length for the rental market. "Sailors Pike and Shorty are on leave when… Internet Archive Asahi wa kagayaku AKA The Morning Sun Shines 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Flying Elephants 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Tropical Nights 1920 · Film Travelogue capturing the romantic landscapes of the tropics. Preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Archive and George Eastman Museum. Internet Archive Alice's Tin Pony 1925 · Feature Internet Archive A Trip to Paramountown 1922 · Feature Internet Archive World Beneath the Sea 1920 · Film · Subtitles Undersea animals (coelenterates). Internet Archive Nice and Friendly 1922 · Feature