The world's archives

193–240 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 Beloved Rogue 1927 · Feature · 1 h 38 min The Beloved Rogue showcases one of Barrymore's better performances. The great German actor Conrad Veidt (Casablanca) co-stars as the king. Also of note is the… Internet Archive "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1920) director John S. Robertson 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 [Gould can 5185.4] 1925 · Film · Subtitles Arthur Edward Pillsbury footage of roses (all in color). Check to see whether this is an old natural color process, or whether film is artifically colored as… Internet Archive Coffee 1923 · Film · Subtitles 10:16:50:14 MS 1920s young female teacher waves ruler over map of Brazil on wall; great shot classroom of boys about 13 years old wearing white shirts and… Internet Archive Lady of the Night 1925 · Feature Internet Archive Buster Keaton's "Hard Luck" (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 [Martinez, California Scenes] 1927 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Scenes shot in Martinez, Contra Costa County, California, on San Pablo Bay, apparently in the late 1920s. Images include: pans over the waterfront; workers at… Internet Archive Robinson Kruse - svensk text 1927 · Feature · 45 min En svartvit stumfilm om Robinson Kruse från 1927 av regissören M.A. Wethrell. Svensk text. Filmen är öppet innehåll och får fritt användas icke-kommersiellt.… Internet Archive "The Sea Hawk" (1924) 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 Collectie Filmcollectief - Felix the Cat - All balled up 1924 · Cartoon · 3 min This is a silent cartoon from Felix the Cat and it is about golf-balls. THE MOVIE HISTORY OF FELIX THE CAT: Felix the Cat first appeared on screen as "Master… Internet Archive "The Penalty" (1920) starring Lon Chaney 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 Der Hund Von Baskerville (1929) 1929 · Feature · Subtitles Der Hund von Baskerville is a 1929 silent mystery film directed by Richard Oswald , based on Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic novel The Hound of the Baskervilles .… Internet Archive Buster Keaton's "The Paleface" (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 "The Phantom of the Opera" (1925) starring Lon Chaney 1925 · 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 "Orphans of the Storm" (1921) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer 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 Robinson Crusoe A 1927 · Film · Subtitles Silent film version of Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe, directed and produced (and starring) M.A. Wetherell. In three parts. Internet Archive Day at the River: A Film Lesson in Nature Study, A 1928 · Short · 8 min · Subtitles Shows a fish hatchery and fish lifecycle, complete with microcinematography of fish eggs. Internet Archive The Golem (1920) 1920 · Feature · Subtitles he Golem is a silent horror film directed by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen, based on the Jewish legend of the Golem. The film is set in 16th-century Prague… Internet Archive Buster Keaton's "The Frozen North" (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 Sherlock Jr. (1924) HD with Score 1924 · Feature A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's… Internet Archive "The White Rose" (1923), director D. W. Griffith 1923 · 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 [Oakland, California Real Estate Promotional Film] 1928 · Short · 15 min · Subtitles Real estate promotional film on Oakland, California and her sister cities made by Wickham Havens, a local developer. Internet Archive "Made for Love" (1926) 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 Buster Keaton's "Day Dreams" (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 Nosferatu (1922) 1922 · Feature The mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his… Internet Archive "Monte Cristo" (1922) starring John Gilbert 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 Buster Keaton's "The High Sign" (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 Seeing London 1920 · Short · 13 min · Subtitles Tour through central parts of London. Internet Archive General Motors Around the World (Part I) 1927 · Film · Subtitles How one of the first multinational corporations organized itself to sell to the world under the leadership of Alfred R. Sloan. With excellent images of… Internet Archive Big Business 1929 · Feature Title: Big Business Summary: Ollie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual destruction fights with a homeowner.… Internet Archive "The White Outlaw" (1925) starring Jack Hoxie and Marceline Day 1925 · 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 Girl Who Found Herself, The 1920 · Film · Subtitles Filmed at Hawthorne Works, Cicero, Illinois. Written and Directed by Charles Barrell and Carlyle Ellis. Photographed by Robert Duggan. Approved by Maryland… Internet Archive "Three Ages" (1923) starring Buster Keaton and Joe Roberts 1923 · 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 Buster Keaton's "The Balloonatic" (1923) 1923 · 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 "Ghost of the Canyon" (1920) starring Helen Gibson 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 Cameraman" (1928) starring Buster Keaton and Marceline Day 1928 · 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 Silent Command" (1923) featuring Martha Mansfield, Bela Lugosi 1923 · 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 Einstein Theory of Relativity, The 1923 · Film · Subtitles Some shots worth logging. Title: "Time is Relative. It STRETCHES and SHRINKS!" other great titles, some animation Title: "A subject requiring a life-time to… Internet Archive "The Saphead" (1920) starring Buster Keaton 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 "Something New" (1920) starring Nell Shipman 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 Seven Chances (1925) HD with Score 1925 · Feature Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an… Internet Archive An Orphan - 雪中孤雏 1929 · Short · 1 min A 1929 Shanghai Movie, about a woman's hard life and subsequent heroic rescue. Silent, B&W, with original Chinese and English intertitles (!!!). Internet Archive Safety Last (1923 Silent, B/W, Short, Comedy) 1923 · Feature This is an amusing excerpt of the 'clock scene,' from Hal Roach full length film, ''Safety Last,'' found at archive.org web address:… Internet Archive The Racketeer 1929 · Feature · 1 h 5 min · Subtitles Title: The Racketeer Summary: A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite. Directed by:… Internet Archive Underworld 1927 · Feature Josef von Sternberg’s riveting breakthrough is widely considered the film that launched the American gangster genre as we know it. George Bancroft plays heavy… Internet Archive "The Idol Dancer" (1920) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer 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 West Of Zanzibar (Original Soundtrack) 1928 · Feature 1928 directed by Tod Browning starring Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Warner Baxter and Jacqueline Gadsden with Mary Nolan, Tiny Ward, Kalla Pasha and Curtis… Internet Archive "Spanking Breezes" (1926) starring Alice Day 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…