The world's archives

2,017–2,064 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 Die Würghand 1920 · Feature Internet Archive Sunshine Gatherers 1921 · Feature Internet Archive The Shock 1923 · Feature Internet Archive The New Babylon 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Den Haag: Gevangenpoort en sloop panden langs Hofvijver in 1925 in kleur! The Hague in 1925 in color 1925 · Feature The "Gevangenpoort" is a medievil jail near the Dutch Houses of Parliament in The Hague, The Netherlands. In 1925 the city council decided to demolish a row… Internet Archive Leiden in 1920 in kleur! The city of Leiden in 1920 in Color! [HD] 1920 · Feature Interesting colorized and enhanced footage of the old city of Leiden in The Netherlands, a century ago. Leiden een eeuw geleden in kleur! De film is m.b.v.… Internet Archive Caucasian Love 1928 · Feature Internet Archive C-V News: Filming Greed 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Samoedskii malchik 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Koko Nuts 1925 · Feature Internet Archive The Sin Woman Trailer 1922 · Film Australian preview for a now-lost American film from 1917, preserved with the collaboration of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia and the… Internet Archive Felix Win's Out / Otto Messmer / DVD / XviD / AVI 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Mothers of Men 1920 · Feature Internet Archive Promthe... banquier AKA Prometheus... Banker 1921 · Feature Internet Archive Red Lily 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Jungle Rhythm 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Bismillah 1925 · Feature Internet Archive The Racing Fool (R2) 1927 · Film Reel 2 of The Racing Fool (1927). "The Racing Fool is a 1927 American silent action film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Reed Howes, Ruth Dwyer and… Internet Archive Kino-pravda no. 23 - Radio pravda 1925 · Feature Internet Archive [Home Movie: Can 10521: Clawson, MI] 1928 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive Among Those Present 1921 · Feature Internet Archive Tischlein deck dich, Eselein streck dich, Knüppel aus dem Sack 1921 · Feature Internet Archive [Home Movies: Ransohoff Collection: Can 1-4, 1928] 1928 · Home movie · Subtitles "A Morning in the Garden with Momo and Poppo 1928" Internet Archive The building of the locks at IJmuiden in 1928 [AI enhanced & colorized]] 1928 · Feature The building of the locks at IJmuiden in The Netherlands nearly a century ago in 1928 Not an elaborate project such as the building of the Panama Canal, but… Internet Archive Cityviews of Zaandam in 1921 in color! [AI enhanced & colorized] 1921 · Feature A beautiful short film about the town of Zaandam in The Netherlands in 1921. Zaandam lies in the province of Noord Holland and is part of the community of… Internet Archive Kino-pravda no. 17 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Home Movie: 98619: Family Activities 1920 · Home movie Probably filmed in Maryland or Pennsylvania. Internet Archive Felix Revolts 1923 · Feature Internet Archive The Soul of the Cypress 1921 · Feature Internet Archive The Chechahcos 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Drums of Love 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Looney Lens: Anamorphic People 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Three Ages 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Looney Lens: Pas de deux 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Mary, Queen of Tots 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Kino-pravda no. 4 1922 · Feature Internet Archive The Boy Friend 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Oranges and Lemons_ 1923 · Short · 16 min See the IMDb page http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011545/ Stan Laurel before teaming with Oliver Hardy Stars: Stan Laurel, Katherine Grant and Eddie Baker Internet Archive The Midnight Taxi 1929 · Feature Internet Archive De Oldify Alkmaar, Mooi Nederland, ALLES [ 1080p# S AI P 3]Beautiful Alkmaar (NL) and its Cheese Market over 100 years ago in 1922 (A.I. enhanced & colorized) 1922 · Feature In our series about The Netherlands we take a trip back in time in our time machine to the beautiful Dutch town of Alkmaar as it was in 1922. Alkmaar was and… Internet Archive Cityviews of Winterswijk In 1920 in color [AI enhanced & colorized] 1920 · Feature Cityviews of Winterswijk in The Netherlands in 1920 in color [AI enhanced & colorized] Internet Archive The picturesq Dutch town of Zaltbommel in 1921 in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized] 1921 · Feature Zaltbommel is a town in te province of Gelderland in The Netherlands. It lies in the 'Bommelerwaard', a fertile (river clay) agricultural area between the… Internet Archive Henry's Busted Romance 1922 · Film Animated tale, inspired by Aesop, in which a tomcat falls for Mademoiselle Kittie. Preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Archive and the… Internet Archive The Eagle 1925 · Feature Internet Archive At the Seashore 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Hands 1928 · Feature Internet Archive V bolshom gorode 1928 · Feature Internet Archive Evas Töchter 1928 · Feature