Old Timey Clips

over 15,000 video clips

FAQ’s

How to search and download video clips

From the Home page, you can Search for specific movie dialogue words. Assuming you’ve used a word(s) that are in the video clip catalog, just select one of the clips in the search results list. You’ll be sent to the page that shows the clip along with other movie / show information that describes the clip (e.g. movie title, actor, etc).

Click the download button shown to the upper right of the video player.

How to upload the video clips into social media

You can use the video clips to either create a new post or in a reply/comment on someone else’s post.

After you’ve searched and found the video clip you’d like to use in a social media post, click the “Download Clip” button to download the video file to your computer or mobile device. On a PC and Android device, the files will typically be downloaded to the “Downloads” folder (unless you set it up to do otherwise).

If you want to create a new post on your Social Media account, just initiate the Post and add your text. Then, upload the clip you just downloaded by clicking on the “Attach a photo or video” icon within the post selections. Navigate to the Download folder (or wherever you moved the file to), select the video clip, then submit your Post.

Where are these video clips from

Public Domain movies and shows.

Is it legal to use clips from this site

All of the clips found on this site are from Public Domain media and are free of copyright law.

What can you do with these clips

You can use video clips from this site for social media posts/comments and/or to integrate into videos you want to produce.

Why donate

Any donations you make will help make it possible to continue to curate additional video clips from the many Public Domain movies and pay for the services involved with making this website available to people that enjoy this type of content.

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