# free-films-1890s

> free-films-1890s is a paid API for AI agents from intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a paginated, most-downloaded-first catalogue of free and public-domain films from the 1890s sourced from Internet Archive, with year, creator, rights status, and download directory per entry.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://intel.rallylive.ca/library/films/1890s
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/free-films-1890s-06137eba
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_uWDNv3OxSeF5tV2mBjan_

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability free-films-1890s-06137eba
```

Example prompt: Can you show me the most downloaded free public-domain films from the 1890s — especially any newsreels or shorts — I need ones with clear rights status and download links?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a curated, daily-verified catalogue of free and public-domain films specifically from the 1890s, with rights metadata and download links, sourced from Internet Archive — especially when you need to filter by keyword or sort by popularity. Prefer this over general Internet Archive search when you need pre-filtered, rights-confirmed results for the 1890s decade only.

## Known failure modes

- No results for overly specific keyword filters
- Payment failure if 0.01 USDC x402 charge is not processed
- Empty page if page number exceeds available results
- Occasional stale entries before daily re-verification refreshes

## How this service works

Free films of the 1890s: public-domain and free-licensed feature films, shorts, newsreels and archival footage released 1890-1899, from Internet Archive, most downloaded first, each with year, creator, rights status and the download directory. Add words to narrow. Re-verified daily. $0.01 per page of 20.

## Output

A page of up to 20 film records from the 1890s, each including the film title, release year, creator/filmmaker, rights status (public domain or free-licensed), and the Internet Archive download directory URL, sorted by most downloaded first. Additional keyword filters can narrow results.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/free-films-1890s-06137eba/health.json
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