Film Archives & Classics

MIT Global Shakespeares archives video and performance materials from international Shakespeare productions.

Wikimedia Commons’ Videos category collects video files contributed to its free media repository.

Prelinger Archives shares historical ephemeral films and related material through Rick Prelinger’s archive site.

NZ On Screen showcases New Zealand television, film, music videos, and web series.

Atom Central offers authentic atomic footage, production services, and licensing information for its archive.

Asian cinema history is represented in Wu Tang Collection, a film archive dedicated to preserving and sharing distinctive films.

The Travel Film Archive presents historical travel footage from locations around the world.

The BFI National Archive preserves a large collection of film and television, with information about its work and holdings.

Silent Hall of Fame recognizes silent film personalities and shares information about its mission, documentary, and news.

The National Film Preservation Foundation supports film preservation and provides information about its programs and work.

The European Film Gateway provides access to European film heritage through materials from film archives and cinematheques.

Chicago Film Archives collects, preserves, and provides access to films representing the Midwest.

NGA Taonga’s collection search covers nearly 800,000 films, radio, television, and audio recordings from New Zealand history.

Filmportal.de provides a video catalog of films with titles and related details.

The Classic Movies collects classic films in an archive for visitors interested in older cinema.

Historic Films maintains a stock footage archive spanning 1895 to 2010, with more than 50,000 hours of footage.

Stiftung imai archives, distributes, preserves, and promotes video art.

The Austrian Film Museum lists current programs and screenings, including a program on early Chinese cinema.

Yorkshire Film Archive preserves and shares moving images connected to Yorkshire and its communities.

The IFI Archive Player is an online viewing room for collections from the Irish Film Archive.

Footage Farm offers a public domain film archive and historical stock footage library for filmmakers.

Centro Cultural La Moneda’s online Cineteca presents a national film collection through its cultural center site.

The National Film Archive of Japan presents historical footage of people, events, landscapes, and culture from the Meiji period.

The Texas Archive of the Moving Image presents films and videos from Texas across different decades, with educational material.