The library has a number of Silent Films or documentaries about Silent Film on Blu-ray and DVD in the Media Collection (2nd Floor, Ocean Side).
Start by searching the library catalog for subject "silent films" and material type "Video/Film"
DVD drives are available on library computers and viewings stations are available behind the Media Collection.
African American Carnival Films (Amistad Research Center & Tulane University)
The Great Migration Home Movie Project (National Museum of African American History and Culture)
Israel Film Archive / Jerusalem Cinematheque
Memories to Light (Center for Asian American Media)
Memoryscapes (The National Family Film Archive, Home Movies Association)
National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF)
National Cinema of Chile includes a collection of home movies from multiple families (1920-1980)
Okinawa Archives Laboratory includes a collection of 8mm home movies from Okinawa on their website and Vimeo.
Prelinger Archives (Internet Archive)
Pyrénées-Méditerranée Film Memory (The Jean Vigo Institute)
The South Side Home Movie Project (The University of Chicago)
Texas Archive of the Moving Image (category: "home movies")
Cinémathèque française - Search "Henri" the free streaming platform for archival materials with English subtitles
Filmoteca Espanola - Their digital materials include the Sagarminaga Collection
Filmoteca UNAM, UNAM Film Library - Their digital collection includes silent films preserved by UNAM
Library of Congress National Screening Room
San Francisco Silent Film Festival - films and flip books restored by SFSFF Preservation
The Sulphur Springs Collection of Pre-Nickelodeon Films (G. William Jones Film & Video Collection)
Tyler, Texas Black Film Collection (G. William Jones Film & Video Collection)
Nitrato Argentino (Museo Del Cine, Argentina)
Museo Nazionale Del Cinema (Torino, Italy)
EYE Filmmuseum (Netherlands) - a selection of films are viewable on their YouTube channel or you can search their database for the "silent movie" sub-collection
Cineteca Universidad de Chile includes a selection of silent films in the "Feature Films" category of its audiovisual archives.
All-American News (Library of Congress): Newsreels produced in the 1940s-1950s specifically for black audiences to encourage participation in and support the war effort and to reflect the African American perspective on world and national events. Read more about the collection and the production.
British Pathé: Includes Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930) British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959)
Cineteca Nacional Mexico: Their collection on YouTube includes a selection of the newsreel "Noticiero Mexicano"
Filmoteca Espanola Online Collections: Includes newsreels from the Spanish Civil War in their Civil War Collection and Historical Archive Collection
Fox Movietone News Collection (University of South Carolina Moving Image Research Collection): Includes Fox News (1919-1930) and Fox Movietone News (1927-1963
Hearst Metrotone Newsreels (UCLA Film & Television Archive): Includes a small selection of digitized material (1914-1968) from their larger collection.
Israel Film Archive / Jerusalem Cinematheque
Library of Congress National Screening Room
Paramount Newsreels and American Pathé (1895-1956) from the Sherman Grinberg Film Library
National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF)
National Cinema of Chile includes newscasts, documentaries, and films about the government in its online collections.
Hungarian National Film Archive - A selection of Hungarian World newsreels (1931-1924)
EYE Filmmuseum (Netherlands) - A selection of newsreels are on their YouTube page and Mirror of the Netherlands (1958-1960) is available in the "Journal" subcollection