The world's archives

145–192 of 949 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 A Slave's Love 1907 · Feature Internet Archive The House of Ghosts 1908 · Feature Internet Archive Fantômas: The False Magistrate 1914 · Feature Internet Archive 'Groovin' by Young Rascals • American Bandstand Top Ten #1 May 27 1967 1967 · TV Classic song with classic clip. May 27 1967 Top Ten segment. #1, 'Groovin' by Young Rascals plus as a 'B' Side, 'Sunshine Girl' by The Parade. 'Sunshine… Internet Archive The Spring Fairy 1906 · Feature Internet Archive Pierrot, Pierrette 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Le Haricot 1962 · Educational · 17 min · Subtitles Musical soundtrack with no dialogue [Director, Edmond Sechan] ; photography, Guy Delattre, Georges Goudard ; music, Francis Seyrig ; editor, A. Werlin Search… Internet Archive Cinderella 1907 · Feature Internet Archive At 3:25 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Vendémiaire 1919 · Feature Internet Archive Le mystère de la tour Eiffel 1928 · Feature Internet Archive The Red Spectre 1907 · Feature Internet Archive Pasteur 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Une Journée a la Comedie-Francaise. 1964 · Educational · 19 min · Subtitles Offers a brief history of the Comedie-Francaise, founded in 1680 by Louis XIV. Includes an interview with General Administrator Maurice Escande and points out… Internet Archive Emile Zola 1964 · Educational · 21 min · Subtitles Discusses the life and works of Emile Zola and his influence on events in his time. Provides practice in aural comprehension Summary A French language film.… Internet Archive When Paris Loves 1913 · Feature Internet Archive 'Somebody To Love' by Jefferson Airplane + Interview w Grace Slick • AB May 13 1967 720p 1967 · TV May 13 1967 'Make Me Smile' by 'Somebody to Love' by Jefferson Airplane . Plus interview with Grace Slick on the band and songwriting. Opens with 'Shake A… Internet Archive Têtes de femmes, femmes de tête 1916 · Feature Internet Archive Balzac à Paris. 1964 · Educational · 21 min · Subtitles Visits Le Musee Balzac and highlights the life and works of French author Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), who deplored social injustice and satirized the… Internet Archive The Tenth Symphony 1918 · Feature Internet Archive Le brasier ardent 1923 · Feature Internet Archive Monte Cristo 1929 · Feature Internet Archive Two Sisters 1907 · Feature Internet Archive Pas de deux (Motion picture) 1969 · Educational · 13 min Illuminates the grace, beauty, and movement of the classical ballet form through the use of strobe-like or multi-image patterns. Features Margaret Mercier and… Internet Archive Corpus Christi III - Temple - Arte - 1998 1998 · TV · 53 min Corpus Christi III - Temple - Arte - 1998 Corpus Christi est une série documentaire en douze parties réalisées par Jérôme Prieur et Gérard Mordillat qui… Internet Archive The Adventures of Robert Macaire 1925 · Feature Internet Archive François Villon 1964 · Educational · 19 min · Subtitles Describes the life and work of François Villon. Provides practice in aural comprehension Summary A French language film. Describes the double career of… Internet Archive pope_alexis 1965 · Cartoon Dessin animé de Michel Roudakoff Le Pope Alexis se promène avec une croix qui n'est pas la sienne, elle est trop grande. Il se fatigue dans d'interminables… Internet Archive Une femme a passé 1928 · Feature Internet Archive L’Abbaye 1961 · Educational · 8 min Lesson 51 in Encyclopaedia Britannica's 'Je Parle Français' French languauge instruction series of 1961. Here, Mont Saint-Michel is visited and architectural… Internet Archive A Panicky Picnic 1910 · Feature Internet Archive A Funny Shave 1906 · Feature Internet Archive Anne Boleyn 1912 · Feature Internet Archive L'Arlésienne 1908 · Feature Internet Archive Anna, qu'est-ce que t'attends? 1906 · Feature Internet Archive Narayana 1920 · Feature Internet Archive Le Camping 1961 · Educational · 9 min Lesson 117 in Encyclopaedia Britannica's 'Je Parle Français' French languauge instruction series of 1961. Here, young women ride their bicycles to a… Internet Archive The Sad Sack 1928 · Feature Internet Archive The City Struck by Lightning 1924 · Feature Internet Archive Under the Roofs of Paris 1930 · Feature Internet Archive Le pain des petits oiseaux 1911 · Feature Internet Archive Le Pardon 1961 · Educational · 8 min Lesson 64 in Encyclopaedia Britannica's 'Je Parle Français' French language instruction series of 1961. Here, we witness the "Benediction of the Sea"… Internet Archive Haunted Kitchen 1907 · Feature Internet Archive Johnny Appleseed: A Legend of Frontier Life 1954 · Educational · 14 min · Subtitles Johnny Appleseed: A Legend of Frontier Life SummaryDiscusses the life of Johnny Appleseed who./anted to improve the world for all living creatures. A story… Internet Archive Insomnie (Insomnia) 1963 · Educational Lydia Binaghi, Laurence Gallimard, Gabriel Blonde, [Pierre Etaix] Photography, Jean Boffety, Pierre Levent ; editor, Andrée Werlin ; music, Jean Paillaud… Internet Archive The Strong Arm of the Law 1906 · Feature Internet Archive Jocelyn 1922 · Feature Internet Archive Two Timid Souls 1928 · Feature