The world's archives

385–432 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 Cougar Hunt, The 1928 · Film · Subtitles On predator control in Mountain states. Many shots to be logged. 08:01:08:24 Cougar spotting prey from a tree limb. 08:02:07:01 Flock of sheep scattered all… Internet Archive Modern Centaurs 1920 · Film · Subtitles "Centaurs -- Half horse and half man, the Centaurs of ancient Greek Mythology have become the symbol of the modern cavalryman." About cavalry soldiers. Internet Archive The Jazz Singer 1927 · Feature Internet Archive Interference 1928 · Feature Title: Interference Summary: Paramount's 1st ALL TALKIE Reported killed in action, Philip Voaze(William Powell) lives under an assumed name in London. Deborah… Internet Archive The Love Nest / Blu-ray / x264 / MKV / 720p / Buster Keaton Short Films Collection (2011) 1923 · Feature Buster bids goodbye to Virginia and all women, sailing away in his "Cupid." Later, without food or water, he is taken on board "The Love Nest" which has a… Internet Archive Development of a Salamander 1920 · Short · 14 min · Subtitles Early biological film. Internet Archive The Scarecrow 1920 · Feature Two inventive farmhands compete for the hand of the same girl. But she's not impressed with either of them. Internet Archive Spring Fever 1927 Colorized 1927 · Feature Young shipping clerk turns out to have extraordinary golfing skills that impress his boss so much that he gets the clerk admitted to the local ritzy country… Internet Archive Mister Antonio 1929 Leo Carrillo, Virginia Valli, Gareth Hughes, Frank Reicher 1929 · Feature Mister Antonio 1929 Leo Carrillo, Virginia Valli, Gareth Hughes, Frank Reicher Internet Archive Fruits and Flowers 1920 · Film · Subtitles Great botanical footage from around the 1920s. Great cartoon with comic book-like caption boxes outlining the phases in plant development. Great ear… Internet Archive [Gould can 1028: Lawn Dancing] 1920 · Film · Subtitles Freestyle (Isadora Duncan-type) dancing; also society wedding with formalized lawn dancing. [Bert Gould indicates in his list that this may come from a… Internet Archive [San Francisco Scenes] 1929 · Film · Subtitles San Francisco scenes. Aerials; Pacific Telephone Building; looking down Market Street, shot from around 8th Street; Ferry Building; Goat Island, ferry in… Internet Archive "Black Oxfords" (1924) with Marceline Day 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 Nathan der Weise / DVD / XviD / AVI / 688x528 1923 · Feature · Subtitles Internet Archive Anna Christie / John Griffith Wray / Thomas H. Ince / DVD / DVD5 / VOB IFO 1923 · Feature No description Internet Archive "Beau Revel" (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 [Gould can 5115: San Francisco Bay Area Newsreel Stories] 1922 · Newsreel · Subtitles Assembly of newsreel stories relating to the San Francisco Bay Area, as follows: Slide at Selby, California misses passenger train (1928); Santa Claus wishes… Internet Archive "The Mating Call" (1928) 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 Healing of the Hills: "The Happy, Home-Like Way": A True Story of Sanatorium Life at Stony Wold 1920 · Film · Subtitles Shots to be logged. From http://www.hsl.wikispot.org/Stony_Wold_Sanatorium : In 1901, Elizabeth Newcomb founded Stony Wold Sanatorium on 1800 acres of a… Internet Archive The King of Kings 1927 · Feature Internet Archive The Playhouse 1921 · Feature The film is set up as a series of humorous tricks on the audience, with constant doubling, and in which things are rarely what they at first seem to be. It… Internet Archive The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) 1927 · Feature "The Lodger" is a silent horror-thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes. Set in London, the story revolves… Internet Archive "Go West" (1925) starring Buster Keaton 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 Turksib 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Safety at Sea 1928 · Film · Subtitles great model ship tossing on huge waves lighthouses Coast Guard lifesaving and rescues Internet Archive [Chinese Lion Dance: Marysville, California] 1925 · Film · Subtitles MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA: Chinese Lion Dance: Views of the crowds and stores in Marysville, parade / fireworks / Chinese Ring game / CU dragon as city… Internet Archive Man: A Film Lesson in "General Science" 1928 · Film · Subtitles Good shots to be logged. animated amoeba animation of respiration and circulation human physiology Internet Archive Woman to Woman 1929 · Feature Internet Archive The Blizzard / VHS / XviD / AVI / 608x464 1923 · Feature Gunnar Hede, a young Swedish man, wants to become a professional musician, but when his father suddenly dies he is pressured by his family to take over the… Internet Archive The Forty First (1927) 1927 · Feature · Subtitles I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, along with other pictures of the era that I find interesting, so I'm uploading the best… Internet Archive Duck Farming 1920 · Film · Subtitles "A Tendor Milk-fed Duck, done to a turn", feather pluckers (funny!), 34 pounds of feed will raise a duck of 5 pounds dressed! ducks to the right of me, ducks… Internet Archive Broken Hearts of Broadway / Irving Cummings / DVD / XviD / AVI 1923 · Feature No description Internet Archive Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid (1929) 1929 · Feature Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid is a 1929 short directed by Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising. Original short that introduced Bosko, never released. Producer-directors Hugh… Internet Archive The Pilgrim (1923) Directed By Charlie Chaplin 1923 · Feature The Pilgrim Theatrical release poster Directed by Charlie Chaplin Written by Charlie Chaplin Starring Charlie Chaplin Edna Purviance Production company… Internet Archive "Secrets" (1924) director Frank Borzage with Norma Talmadge, Eugene O'Brien 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 Buster Keaton's "The Electric House" (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 Haunted Castle 1921 · Feature Internet Archive Wild Orchids 1929 · Feature Internet Archive The Love Parade 1929 · Feature https://web.archive.org/web/20230321145703/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Parade Internet Archive Wings 1929 · Feature Internet Archive [Home Movies: 1927 Home Movies] 1927 · Home movie · Subtitles CITIES, Washington, D.C., RAILROAD TRAVEL, OCEAN LINER BON VOYAGE. Belmont Park Racetrack, New York, N.Y., first race (Meet of 1927) VS track and spectators;… Internet Archive How to Use the Dial Phone 1927 · Film · Subtitles Gould can 1095. HOW TO USE THE DIAL PHONE. Instructional film on use of the dial telephone, produced for showing in the Fresno, California market. Internet Archive Maintenance of Roads 1920 · Film · Subtitles Some shots to be logged. Boy lies down on mother's lap while she sews up a tear in his pants. 08:15:24:15 Woman sits on coach sewing. Boy in with… Internet Archive Lights Of New York 1928 Crime/Drama ★★★ (CC) First All-Talkie Feature Film [00:59:12] 1928 · Feature · 59 min · Subtitles Lights of New York is a 1928 American crime drama film starring Helene Costello , Cullen Landis , Wheeler Oakman and Eugene Pallette , and directed by Bryan… Internet Archive The Last Warning (1928) 1928 · Feature "The Last Warning" (1928) is a horror film directed by Paul Leni . The film is notable for being an early example of the horror genre during the silent… Internet Archive "Annie Laurie" (1927) director John S. Robertson starring Lillian Gish 1927 · 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 High Sign 1921 · Feature A drifter cons his way into working at an amusement park. But he soon finds himself hired as a hit man by both a criminal gang and the man they want to kill. Internet Archive "All Dolled Up" (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…