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Public Domain Movies

Explore the world of public domain movies through the sources provided in this lens. The links offer hundreds of movies, films, educational and industrial videos and much more that you can use for your own projects.

Public Domain Movies

This lens offers a variety of sources of public domain movies and films. Public domain movies and videos are items where the copyright has expired (or that have been donated to the public domain) and can be used in any way you want.

You can use public domain films to make new DVDs of the original films, build compilation DVDs, make parodies of the original films (great for those old sci fi flicks), build film clip collections and much more.

Many companies have build substantial businesses from public domain movies. Thousands of public domain DVDs are sold every week on eBay, Amazon, private websites and even brick and mortar stores - all making their owners a sizable income stream every year.

To learn more about how to build your very own public domain business, check out The Public Domain Income Plan.

Public Domain Movie Sources

Open Flix
OpenFlix provides a directory of movies commonly thought to be in the public domain and works their owners are willing to let be distributed.
Archive.org Movies
This archive contains thousands of movies, film clips, commercials, cartoons, industrial and educational films and much more... all in the public domain.
American Memory Film Collection
A collection of several hundred of the earliest films ever made.

Check out our public domain collections on eBay

We sell a variety of public domain based movies on DVD on eBay. Take a look and get an idea of what you can do with public domain film collections.
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Free Public Domain Movies
Watch online or download to your computer hundreds of FREE classic movies, cartoons, TV shows and videos.
Like TV Only Better
Hundreds of free movies, tv shows and shorts.
The Open Video Project
A variety of films covering many subjects - some of which are in the public domain

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