The world's archives

3,937–3,984 of 6,020 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.
Open Images De Garde Republicaine in ons land 1923 · Short · 8 min Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Huldiging kampioen voetbal RHC 1923 · Short · 3 min Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Strandwedstrijden de Telegraaf 1922 · Short · 3 min Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Voetbalwedstrijd Holland - Zwitserland 1923 · Short · 2 min Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Koninginnedag 1921 · Short · 3 min Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Noordhollandse boerenbruiloft uit het jaar 1850 1922 · Short · 3 min Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Collecte voor de stormramp 1927 · Short · 1 min Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd. Open Images is not answering just now Open Images Nieuw cinema orgel 1928 · Short · 1 min Bioscoopjournaals waarin Nederlandse onderwerpen van een bepaalde week worden gepresenteerd. Open Images is not answering just now Internet Archive Nosferatu 1922 · Commercial Vampire Count Orlok is interested in a new residence and in his real estate agent’s young wife. F. W. Murnau’s unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s… Internet Archive 51ST REGIMENT, COAST ARTILLERY, (HEAVY TRACTOR) THE FIELD IN VIRGINIA. . . 1925 1925 · Educational 51ST REGIMENT, COAST ARTILLERY, (HEAVY TRACTOR) THE FIELD IN VIRGINIA. . . 1925 Produced: 1925 Description Reel 1, tractor-drawn coast artillery is towed from… Internet Archive The Phantom of the Opera 1925 · Commercial A grotesquely disfigured composer known as "The Phantom" haunts Paris' opera house, where he's secretly grooming Christine Daae to be an opera diva. Luring… Internet Archive Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1920 · Commercial A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend. Internet Archive The Gold Rush 1925 · Commercial A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He soon gets mixed up with some burly characters, falls in love with the beautiful Georgia, and tries… Internet Archive The Lost World 1925 · Commercial The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam. Internet Archive Sally of the Sawdust trailer 1925 · Commercial · 1 min IMDb Page Internet Archive Opening To Dr Jeckyl & Mr Hyde Dvd 2003 1920 · Film There A Opening To Dr Jeckyl & Mr Hyde Dvd 2003 Made By Front Row Entertainment Back in 2003 1. DVD menu 2. Movie Starred Internet Archive HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, THE 1924 · Educational HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, THE Produced: 1924 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91174 Internet Archive The Kid 1921 · Commercial A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son. Internet Archive The American Venus - Trailer 1926 · Commercial · 2 min Theatrical trailer for the 1926 silent film The American Venus. Although this trailer still exists, the film itself is lost. Internet Archive The Patriot - Trailer 1928 · Commercial · 3 min A theatrical trailer for the 1928 American film The Patriot. Although this trailer and several other bits of footage exist (including a reel of the film held… Internet Archive CHMHOF 076 1926 1926 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Internet Archive HOF 095 1926 1926 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Commons Otto Messmer - Felix the Cat - Felix All Puzzled (1925) (without audio variant) (raw version) 1925 · Cartoon · 2 min · Subtitles "Felix All Puzzled" is an American traditional animated short film part of the Felix the Cat series directed by Otto Messmer and produced from the Pat… Commons An Eastern Westerner (1920) 1920 · Short · 26 min · Subtitles An Eastern Westerner is a 1920 silent Western comedy directed by Hal Roach and featuring Harold Lloyd. Internet Archive Columbia Pictures 1928 1928 · Film 1928 Columbia Pictures logo. There are 4 versions. Internet Archive The General 1926 · Commercial During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnnie Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and… Internet Archive [TESTING AUTO GLASS] 1920 · Educational [TESTING AUTO GLASS] Produced: 1920 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91147 Internet Archive In The Days Of Daniel Boone - Trailer 1923 · Commercial · 1 min Theatrical trailer for the 1923 silent film serial In the Days of Daniel Boone. Although this trailer still exists, the film itself is lost. Internet Archive COLORADO PLATEAU 1920 · Educational COLORADO PLATEAU Produced: 1920 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93620 Internet Archive The Silent Flyer - Trailer 1926 · Commercial · 1 min Theatrical trailer for the 1926 American film serial The Silent Flyer, starring canine actor Silver Streak. Although this trailer exists, the film itself is… Internet Archive HOF 023 1928 1928 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Internet Archive The Kid 1921 · Commercial A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son. Internet Archive CHMHOF 165 1928 1928 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Internet Archive The Gold Rush (1925) DEU Trailer 1925 · Commercial German trailer for the movie The Gold Rush (1925) (Goldrausch) Internet Archive [FIFTEEN MILLIONTH FORD] 1927 · Educational [FIFTEEN MILLIONTH FORD] Produced: 1927 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93529 Internet Archive HOF 014 1928 1928 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Internet Archive Columbia Pictures 1924 1924 · Film 1924 Columbia Pictures Logo. Internet Archive HOF 114 1928 1928 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Internet Archive HOF 030 1928 1928 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Commons Clock 1920 · Short · 1 min Wall clock from the 1920s. The materials consists mostly out of wood, aside from the clockworks in metal. The clock was a usual sight in most Swedish homes… Commons Gus Visser and His Singing Duck 1925 · Short · 1 min · Subtitles Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and his Singing Duck, also known as Gus Visser and His Singing Duck, is a 1925 American short musical comedy film… Commons Emperor Karl I of Austria and Empress Zita in exile in Madeira Island, Portugal. ...HD Stock Footage 1921 · Documentary · 1 min CriticalPast is an archive of historic footage. The vintage footage in this video has been uploaded for research purposes, and is presented in unedited form.... Commons 경성소식 (1920년대 추정) - Gyeongseong News (1920s) 1929 · Short · 3 min 상영시간 3분 2019년 교토 토이필름박물관으로부터 기증받은 35밀리 마스터 프린트 필름을 4K 해상도로 디지털 작업했습니다. 1920년대 말에서 1930년대 초경의 서울의 풍경을 담은 것으로 추정됩니다. Commons Mechanical doll (1922) 1922 · Cartoon · 3 min Mechanical Doll (1922) is an American silent animated cartoon by Max and Dave Fleischer from the Out of the Inkwell series. Commons High Society Party in Paris, France (real sound), Nov 25, 1928 1928 · Short · 5 min Old film of a St. Catherine's Day gathering for the well-to-do in Paris France, November 25, 1928. This was taken with an early Movietone sound camera. The… Commons The Last Of The Hapsburgs (1921) 1921 · Documentary · 1 min Title reads - Madeira / The Last of the Hapsburgs. Shorn of all pomp and circumstance, Ex-King Charles of Austria and his Consort attend Mass. / Pathé Gazette Commons A Trip to Paramountown (1922) 1922 · Documentary · 10 min A Trip to Paramountown is a 1922 American documentary film featuring famous actors from the Paramount studio. Commons Weesp 1928 · Short · 1 min 00.00 De Vecht bij de Lange Vechtbrug, rechts de brugwachterswoning aan de Ossenmarkt 00.12 Fietsers op de Lange Vechtbrug. Links weer de brugwachterswoning…