The world's archives

3,073–3,120 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 Safety Is Its Own Reward / What Is the Answer? 1923 · Educational Safety Is Its Own Reward / What Is the Answer? Produced: 1923 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive POWER THOUGHT BUILT, THE 1922 · Educational POWER THOUGHT BUILT, THE Produced: 1922 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The first operation… Internet Archive [COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE RELIABILITY TOUR] 1929 · Commercial [COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE RELIABILITY TOUR] 1929 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Panorama of Ford… Internet Archive [LUMBER CAMP, IRON MOUNTAIN] 1926 · Educational [LUMBER CAMP, IRON MOUNTAIN] Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Snow covered… Internet Archive Swedish Crown Prince Visits Ford Plants / Industrial Plant 1926 · Educational Swedish Crown Prince Visits Ford Plants / Industrial Plant Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company… Internet Archive THE 33RD DIVISION [WORLD WAR I] 1921 · Educational THE 33RD DIVISION [WORLD WAR I] Produced: 1921 Description Reel 1, 129th Inf. troops debark at Brest, Fr. Shows Gens. Bell and Wolf. 132nd Inf. troops march… Internet Archive FIRST DIVISION CIRCUS AT CHICAGO 1925 · Educational FIRST DIVISION CIRCUS AT CHICAGO Produced: 1925 Description Division personnel stage a circus to raise money for a division memorial to be erected in… Internet Archive SHOULD I BUY A TRACTOR? 1923 · Educational SHOULD I BUY A TRACTOR? Produced: 1923 Description Compares the advantages and disadvantages of a tractor in agriculture with the use of horses, mules, or… Internet Archive POISON 1922 · Educational POISON Produced: 1922 Description Shows how poison is used to combat agricultural pests and how insecticides are tested for safety and strength. Cotton fields… Internet Archive COOPERATIVE MARKETING--COTTON 1925 · Educational COOPERATIVE MARKETING--COTTON Produced: 1925 Description Shows cooperative cotton marketing practices. Reel 1, cotton is ginned, baled, and delivered to a… Internet Archive HOME 1926 · Educational HOME Produced: 1926 Description Shows examples of good and bad architecture in homes, emphasizing the beauty and permanence of colonial houses. Shows homes of… Internet Archive Balloon Race 1927 · Educational Balloon Race Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Balloons on field, spectators… Internet Archive Wool Processing 1926 · Educational Wool Processing Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Carding machinery in… Internet Archive Ford Family and Friends 1920 · Educational Ford Family and Friends Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Group of children… Internet Archive TO `SUIT' MAN 1920 · Educational TO `SUIT' MAN Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Be it said that Adam was a… Internet Archive Golden Rule of Safety 1925 · Educational Golden Rule of Safety Produced: 1925 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Worker operating… Internet Archive The Food Stream: How Jamaica's Cities are Supplied with Food 1921 · Educational The Food Stream: How Jamaica's Cities are Supplied with Food Produced: 1921 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company… Internet Archive Thomas A. Edison at General Electric / Harry Bennett On Yacht and Playing Baseball 1923 · Educational Thomas A. Edison at General Electric / Harry Bennett On Yacht and Playing Baseball Produced: 1923 Description The original catalog description provided by the… Internet Archive [THOMAS A. EDISON] 1926 · Educational [THOMAS A. EDISON] Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Thomas A. and Mrs. Edison… Internet Archive [YOSEMITE VALLEY] 1924 · Educational [YOSEMITE VALLEY] Produced: 1924 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “In compliance with the law… Internet Archive Visitors at Industrial Plant / Fordson Tractor and Mule-Drawn Plow Demonstration 1925 · Educational Visitors at Industrial Plant / Fordson Tractor and Mule-Drawn Plow Demonstration Produced: 1925 Description The original catalog description provided by the… Internet Archive U.S. Army Rehabilitation Center / Scenery: Small Animals and Birds / Seminole Indians of Florida 1920 · Educational U.S. Army Rehabilitation Center / Scenery: Small Animals and Birds / Seminole Indians of Florida Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description… Internet Archive Golf / The Detroit News Pictorial 1925 · Educational Golf / The Detroit News Pictorial Produced: 1925 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Men… Internet Archive Wild Geese / A Trip to Santa Catalina Island 1920 · Educational Wild Geese / A Trip to Santa Catalina Island Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows:… Internet Archive The Three Stooges - Tape 2_2 (VHS Rip From The Family Channel) 1922 · Film 00:00 "Grips, Grunts, And Groans" 14:57 "Scrambled Brains" 29:37 "Pals And Gals" 45:15 "Baby Sitters Jitters" 58:17 "A Gem Of A Jam" 1:13:20 "Booby Dupes"… Internet Archive FOREST RANGER'S JOB, THE 1928 · Educational FOREST RANGER'S JOB, THE Produced: 1928 Description Describes a composite day in the life of a ranger. He patrols; repairs a telephone line; inspects… Internet Archive Red Enemy 1922 · Educational Red Enemy Produced: 1922 Description On the danger of forest fires. Reel 1, trees in the Pacific Northwest are felled and taken to saw mills and paper mills.… Internet Archive GRANITE BLOCK PAVEMENT 1920 · Educational GRANITE BLOCK PAVEMENT Produced: 1920 Description A map shows the location of granite deposits in the U.S. Pneumatic drills and derricks are used to mine the… Internet Archive TO MARKET! TO MARKET! 1924 · Educational TO MARKET! TO MARKET! Produced: 1924 Description Consumers buy farm produce from farmers at a public produce market. Grocers, hucksters, and street peddlers… Internet Archive [SELLING FORD SERVICE] 1928 · Educational [SELLING FORD SERVICE] 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [part 2] “Mrs. Burt is invited… Internet Archive Scrapping a Ship 1926 · Educational Scrapping a Ship Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Tugboat pushing ship - crane… Internet Archive [STEAM ENGINE AND THRESHING MACHINE] 1923 · Educational [STEAM ENGINE AND THRESHING MACHINE] Produced: 1923 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Man in… Internet Archive `CHU CHU' [MAKING CHEWING GUM] 1920 · Educational `CHU CHU' [MAKING CHEWING GUM] Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Chicle is a… Internet Archive [FORD HIGHLAND PARK PLANT], 1923? - 1927? / [FORD ANIMATED WEEKLY], ca. 1916 1923 · Educational [FORD HIGHLAND PARK PLANT], 1923? - 1927? / [FORD ANIMATED WEEKLY], ca. 1916 Covers: 1923 ?–1927 ? Description The original catalog description provided by… Internet Archive [AIRPLANE PRODUCTION AND AIRSHOW] 1927 · Educational [AIRPLANE PRODUCTION AND AIRSHOW] Produced: ca. 1927–ca. 1931 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive Open Pit Mining / Trip on the Benson Ford Freighter 1927 · Educational Open Pit Mining / Trip on the Benson Ford Freighter Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive Mine Town / Freighter / Child Playing 1920 · Educational Mine Town / Freighter / Child Playing Produced: 1920 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a.… Internet Archive Will Rogers' The Ropin' Fool (Mark Allen Productions VHS Tape) (Full Tape) 1922 · Film Will Rogers' in The Ropin' Fool is A 20 Minute 1922 Silent Film. I Bought This Tape on My 14th Birthday Back in 2016. Internet Archive OLD JAKE WAKES UP 1927 · Educational OLD JAKE WAKES UP Produced: 1927 Description Dramatizes a farmer's refusal and then acceptance of the advice to eliminate corn borers by burning corn stubble.… Internet Archive Ford Plants 1926 · Educational Ford Plants Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Testing laboratory - workers… Internet Archive HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL,THE [PART 16-20] 1924 · Educational HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL,THE [PART 16-20] Covers: ca. 1924–ca. 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as… Internet Archive Scrapping a Ship 1927 · Educational Scrapping a Ship Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Crates inside hull of… Internet Archive Wool Processing 1926 · Educational Wool Processing Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Machinery, woolen yarn on… Internet Archive We're for Safety…Are You? 1926 · Educational We're for Safety…Are You? Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: We're For Safety!… Internet Archive INDIAN LURE [CANADIAN WOODCRAFT CAMP] 1927 · Educational INDIAN LURE [CANADIAN WOODCRAFT CAMP] Produced: 1927 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The… Internet Archive [FLIWEB PLANE] 1926 · Educational [FLIWEB PLANE] Produced: 1926 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Flivver Plane. The Ford… Internet Archive The Wards of a Nation (Indian Camp Meeting) / Ocean Tears: Salt Industry of the Bahama Islands / Timberlust (Lumbering) 1920 · Educational The Wards of a Nation (Indian Camp Meeting) / Ocean Tears: Salt Industry of the Bahama Islands / Timberlust (Lumbering) Produced: 1920 Description The… Internet Archive Lumbering 1925 · Educational Lumbering Produced: 1925 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Snowy woods scene -…