# Free Films of the 1900s (Internet Archive)

> Free Films of the 1900s (Internet Archive) is a paid API for AI agents from intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-22).

Returns a paginated list of public-domain and free-licensed films from 1900–1909 sourced from the Internet Archive, sorted by most downloaded, with metadata including year, creator, rights status, and download directory.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://intel.rallylive.ca/library/films/1900s?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-22
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/free-films-of-the-1900s-internet-archive-b4332f8a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_nV12fVJhC618G34DmUO1r

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-of-the-1900s-internet-archive-b4332f8a
```

Example prompt: Can you show me the most downloaded free public-domain films from the 1900s on Internet Archive — specifically any shorts or newsreels featuring trains?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you specifically need public-domain or free-licensed films from the 1900–1909 decade with verified rights status and download links from Internet Archive. Prefer it over generic web search when you need machine-readable metadata (year, creator, license) and direct download directory links, or when legal reuse rights must be confirmed. Use sibling decade endpoints (e.g. free-films-1910s) for adjacent eras.

## Known failure modes

- No results returned if keyword filter is too restrictive or has no matches in the 1900s catalog
- Payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient (endpoint costs $0.01 per page)
- Stale or temporarily unavailable data if Internet Archive source is unreachable during daily re-verification
- Empty page if requested page number exceeds available results

## How this service works

Free films of the 1900s: public-domain and free-licensed feature films, shorts, newsreels and archival footage released 1900-1909, 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 paginated list (20 items per page) of films from 1900–1909, each with title, release year, creator name, rights/license status, and a download directory URL. Results are ordered by most downloaded first and are re-verified daily against Internet Archive sources.

## 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

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