COMMENT "ARCHIVE"
17M free films + 14M free sounds for your videos
The Internet Archive (archive.org) holds over 17 million free films and 14 million free audio clips. Tell Claude what b-roll or music you need and it pulls the clips from the archive's free public feed, no account and no card. Perfect free footage and sound for faceless content you can monetize.
01Quick steps
- 1The library is archive.org: 17M+ free films, 14M+ free audio clips.
- 2Open Claude and tell it exactly what you want (example prompt below).
- 3Claude searches the archive's free public feed (no key needed) and hands you the clips and sound.
- 4Drop them into your video and post.
02Your ready to use prompt
03Full tutorial
Over 17 million free films and 14 million free audio clips, no account or card needed.
Decide what your video needs, for example 1950s city b-roll and some old jazz, so you can ask for it precisely.
Open Claude and tell it exactly what footage and sound you want, being specific about era, mood, and type (b-roll, music, or sound effects); use the prompt below as a model.
Let Claude search archive.org's free public feed and hand you the clips and audio with download links.
Download the clips and sound to your computer.
Open the rights line on each item's archive.org page and check it is free to reuse, especially for anything you earn money from (most of it is).
Drop the clips and audio into your video editor and cut your video.
Post the finished video to your channel; this is an endless free source of footage and music for faceless content you can monetize.
If you make faceless or edited content, b-roll and music usually cost money or get you copyright strikes. The Internet Archive has over 17 million films and 14 million audio clips that are free, and a lot of it is free to reuse, including for videos you monetize.
Open Claude and describe exactly what you need, like the example prompt above. Be specific about era, mood, and type (b-roll, music, sound effects) so it finds the right clips.
Claude searches archive.org's free public feed (no key, no account) and hands you the actual clips and sound with download links. You are not browsing by hand, it does the digging.
Pull the clips and audio into your editor, cut your video, and post. This is an endless free source of footage and music for a content channel.
One rule: each item shows its own rights/license line on its archive.org page. Glance at it before using a clip in anything you earn from. Most is free to reuse, but a few have limits, so just check.
Each clip shows its own rights line on archive.org. Check that line before using a clip in anything you make money from. Most of it is free to reuse.