Library of Congress

1,265 movies.

Public-domain films from the Library of Congress National Screening Room.

• 1 minS.S. "Queen" loading1897 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minS.S. "Williamette" leaving for Klondike1897 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 2 minSan Francisco Chinese funeral1904 · 2 min · Library of Congress
• 2 minSan Francisco disaster1906 · 2 min · Library of Congress
• 13 minSan Francisco earthquake and fire, April 18, 19061906 · 13 min · Library of Congress
• 6 minSan Francisco's future1916 · 6 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minSandow1896 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minSandow1894 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• Sarah Bernhardt addresses crowd in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 19171917 · Library of Congress
• 2 minScene from the elevator ascending Eiffel Tower1900 · 2 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minScene in Chinatown1900 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 2 minScene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition1900 · 2 min · Library of Congress
• 9 minScenes and incidents, Russo-Japanese peace conference, Portsmouth, N.H.1905 · 9 min · Library of Congress
• 2 minScenes in San Francisco. [No. 1]1906 · 2 min · Library of Congress
• 5 minScenes in San Francisco. [No. 2]1906 · 5 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minScenes of Roosevelt Dam1911 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minScenes of the British royal family1918 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minScenes of TR and his sons Quentin and Archie, 1917-1918 [2]1917 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 2 minScenes of TR at Sagamore Hill, 19121912 · 2 min · Library of Congress
• 3 minSchoenberg and Kolisch Quartet playing handball; Group walking in the Hills — Ira Gershwin — home movies1936 · 3 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minScrambling for eggs1902 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minSearching ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for dead bodies1900 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minSecretary Long and Captain Sigsbee1898 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 23 minSelling America1938 · 23 min · Library of Congress
• 3 minShall we prepare?1916 · 3 min · Library of Congress
• 5 minSham battle at the Pan-American Exposition1901 · 5 min · Library of Congress
• 2 minShamrock" and "Erin" sailing1899 · 2 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minSheep run, Chicago stockyards1897 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minShooting captured insurgents1898 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minShooting the chutes1896 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 2 minShooting the Chutes, Luna Park, Coney Island1903 · 2 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minSingle harness horses1897 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minSkating on lake, Central Park1902 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 11 minSkirmish between Russian and Japanese advance guards1904 · 11 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minSkirmish of Rough Riders1899 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 4 minSky scrapers of New York City, from the North River1903 · 4 min · Library of Congress
• 2 minSleighing in Central Park, New York1904 · 2 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minSleighing scene1898 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 8 minSociety ballooning, Pittsfield, Mass1906 · 8 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minSoldiers washing dishes1898 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 2 minSorting refuse at incinerating plant, New York City1903 · 2 min · Library of Congress
• 11 minSouth American medley — Brazil1941 · 11 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minSouth Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal1898 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 2 minSpanish dancers at the Pan-American Exposition1901 · 2 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minSpecial delivery messenger, U.S.P.O.1903 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minSpirit of '761905 · 1 min · Library of Congress
• 4 minSt. Patrick's Day parade, Lowell, Mass1904 · 4 min · Library of Congress
• 1 minStanford University, California1897 · 1 min · Library of Congress

Films come from the Library of Congress National Screening Room, Wikimedia Commons, the Blender Foundation and NASA. They are in the public domain or released under Creative Commons; each film page names its source and licence. Video is streamed straight from those archives. Rights questions: takedown.