The world's archives

1,921–1,968 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 Oh What a Knight 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Crazy House 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Get Out and Get Under 1920 · Feature Internet Archive Home Movie: 98541: Easter 1929 · Home movie To come. Internet Archive A Man There Was 1920 · Feature Internet Archive The College Hero 1927 · Feature Internet Archive The Telltale Heart 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Film 25 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Il padrone delle ferriere 1920 · Feature Internet Archive The Dome Doctor 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Cikáni 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Perpetual Motion 1920 · Feature Internet Archive Humorous Flights 1929 · Feature Internet Archive The Soul of Youth 1920 · Feature Internet Archive Butter Fingers 1925 · Short Mack Sennett Comedy starring Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde, Ruth Taylor, Kewpie Morgan, Madeline Hurlock, George Harris Internet Archive Ants: Nature's Craftsmen 1920 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Historia De Un Gaucho Viejo (1924) 1924 · Feature Historia de un gaucho viejo Localidades de procedencia Regiones: CENTRO Provincias: Santa Fe Localidades (origen de la producción): San Lorenzo, Carcarañá… Internet Archive Introduce Me! 1925 · Film From IMDB: "Jimmy Clark and Algy Baker, two Americans in Paris, see John Perry and his daughter, Betty, at the train station. Jimmy, falling in love with… Internet Archive Opus II 1921 · Feature Internet Archive A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Cobra 1925 · Feature Internet Archive The Eccentric Entertainer 1929 · Short · 7 min A U.S. 1929 short film starring Sol Violinsky, who performs several selections on the piano, and for his finale plays both the piano and violin at the same… Internet Archive Black and Tan 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Oranges and Lemons / George Jeske / DVD / XviD / AVI 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Kino-pravda no. 2 1922 · Feature Internet Archive The Seventh Day 1922 · Feature Internet Archive A boat trip from Harderwijk to Urk (NL) in 1926 in color! 1926 · Feature Restored and colorized film about a boat trip across the Zuiderzee in The Netherlands from the fishing towns of Harderwijk to Urk almost a century ago in 1926. Internet Archive Stories in Song 1928 · Short · 9 min A U.S. short film from 1928, in which Adele Rowland performs four songs accompanied by Mildred Brown on piano. Unfortunately there is some film deterioration… Internet Archive America 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Kitay v ogne (Ruki proch ot Kitaya!) 1925 · Feature Internet Archive The Cossacks 1928 · Feature Internet Archive The Police Quartette 1927 · Short · 8 min A charming 1927 U.S. short film featuring several songs performed by a barbershop quartet dressed as policemen. Internet Archive Flashing Oars 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Rnin-gai - Dai-ichi-wa: Utsukushiki emono AKA Jobless Samurai 1928 · Feature Internet Archive The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding House 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Den Haag Hotel Des Indes & Paleis Noordeinde; Bezoek Japanse Kroonprins Hirohito in 1921 in kleur! 1921 · Feature Deze film begint met beelden van het statige Hotel Des Indes aan het Lange Voorhout in Den Haag. In het volgende fragment is het vertrek van de Japanse… Internet Archive Rotterdam en de Havens in kleur! Rotterdam and its Harbors in 1925 in color [A.I. colorized] 1925 · Feature Boeiende beelden van Rotterdam en de havens bijna een eeuw geleden in 1925! Tijdens de eerste wereldoorlog was Nederland neutraal vandaar dat de haven 7 jaar… Internet Archive Alkmaar in 1923 in color! [HD enhanced & AI colorized] 1923 · Feature Wonderful views of the picturesq city of Alkmaar in The Netherlands almost a century ago. Alkmaar is especially known for its cheese market and the cheese… Internet Archive Cops 1922 · Educational · 15 min Buster's girl won't marry him until he's successful in business. Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Internet Archive Kino-pravda no. 20 - Pionerskaia pravda 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Secrets of the Night 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Soul of the Beast 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Kino-pravda no. 22 - Krestianskaia Kino-pravda 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Polikushka 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Beauty's Worth 1922 · Feature Internet Archive His Wooden Wedding 1925 · Feature Internet Archive [United States] 1920 · Film · Subtitles Geography film with some animated maps and diagrams. Internet Archive Little Church Around the Corner 1923 · Feature