Center for Home Movies

1–48 of 331 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

Where these films come from, and who sees what

Every film here plays from the archive that keeps it: the Internet Archive, Wikimedia Commons, the NASA Image and Video Library, the Library of Congress and Open Images (the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). Nothing is copied to this site. Each film's page names its archive, links to its page there, and states its licence or status as the archive does.

Archive films carry no age ratings, so each is placed from the collections it sits in and the subjects the archive gives it, cautiously. Sexual content and nudity are left out altogether.

Little OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive Our Day 1938 · Home movie Named to the National Film Registry in 2007, "Our Day" is a day-in-the-life portrait of the Kelly family of Lebanon, Kentucky. Wallace Kelly's amateur cast… Internet Archive Decomposed Carnival 1960 · Home movie This film was found in the basement of a vacating business in Rochester, New York in 2004. The decomposition of the emulsion, combined with the vivid color… Internet Archive Untitled 1927 Silverton, Oregon Nitrate Film 1927 · Home movie · 8 min Produced in November of 1927 by Silverton, OR photographer June Drake with the assistance of Albert Adams, owner of the local theatre known locally as "The… Internet Archive HOF 119 1960 61 Lucy Annie King 1961 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Internet Archive Wallace Kelly Goes to New York 1930 · Home movie This reel from 1930 is possibly the first film shot by Wallace Kelly (1910-1988) and documents his train trip from Kentucky to Cincinnati to New York City,… Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: Home Mix 1970s 1976 · Home movie Ketcham family home scenes, New York and Pennsylvania, 1971-1976. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large collection of 8mm and 16mm amateur films by Rodney… Internet Archive HOF 112 1945 Ocean City 1945 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Internet Archive Havana, 1955 1955 · Home movie This found film, presumably taken by an American tourist, leads us around Havana in the mid-1950s. A narrated version of the film can be viewed at… Internet Archive Arthur H. Smith - The Legend of Lost Cove 1938 · Home movie · 8 min Arthur Smith was born in Silver Spring, Nevada in 1909 and passed away in 2000 after having lived in the Bay Area and Big Bear Lake, California. According to… Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: Europe 1961 1961 · Home movie 1961 Ketcham family trip to England, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Austria. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large collection of 8mm and… Internet Archive Dewenter Home Movies: South Seas And Japan 4 1934 · Home movie Henry John Dewenter was born in Peckelsheim, Germany in 1884. Elizabeth Auer was born in Austria in 1889. Both immigrated to the US in 1907. They were married… Internet Archive Family Trip West 1939 · Home movie Reel #4 from Wallace Kelly's 1939 trip through the Western United States. Kelly, a newspaperman from Lebanon, Kentucky, was also an accomplished photographer,… Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: Dale 1940; Colorado & Florida Trips, 1941-2 1942 · Home movie Ketcham family home movies. Home scenes, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania and road trips to Colorado, 1941 and 1942, and Florida, 1941. Rodney K. Ketcham… Internet Archive Trip to the Yellowstone 1937 · Home movie Reel #1 of the Kelly family's (Mattie, Oliver, Mabel and Wallace) 1937 trip west, including Dust Bowl scenes, the construction of Mt. Rushmore and Native… Internet Archive Dewenter Home Movies: Europe 1939 1939 · Home movie Henry John Dewenter was born in Peckelsheim, Germany in 1884. Elizabeth Auer was born in Austria in 1889. Both immigrated to the US in 1907. They were married… Internet Archive HOF 118 1958 59 Lucy Annie King 1959 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: Mexico 1949 1949 · Home movie · 59 min 1949 Ketcham family trip through Mexico. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large collection of 8mm and 16mm amateur films by Rodney Kenneth Ketcham is… Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: 1947 Home Mix 1947 · Home movie Ketcham family home scenes, New York and Pennsylvania, 1941-1947. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large collection of 8mm and 16mm amateur films by Rodney… Internet Archive Arthur H. Smith - Art's Party 1966 · Home movie · 8 min Arthur Smith was born in Silver Spring, Nevada in 1909 and passed away in 2000 after having lived in the Bay Area and Big Bear Lake, California. According to… Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: Europe 1937-8, Mexico and the West 1939 1939 · Home movie Ketcham family trip to England and France, 1937-1938, and road trip from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania to Mexico, 1939. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large… Internet Archive Dewenter Home Movies: Misc. 1950 · Home movie Henry John Dewenter was born in Peckelsheim, Germany in 1884. Elizabeth Auer was born in Austria in 1889. Both immigrated to the US in 1907. They were married… Internet Archive HOF 137 1940 Trip 1940 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: Home Mix 1946-1958 1958 · Home movie Ketcham family home scenes, New York and Pennsylvania, 1946-1958, and 1958 trip through U.S. South, including stop at Graceland, Memphis. Graceland footage… Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: Western Trip 1948 1948 · Home movie Ketcham family road trip from New York to California, 1948. Primarily scenes of the U.S. West. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large collection of 8mm and… Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: Home Mix 1960-1970 1970 · Home movie Ketcham family home scenes, New York, 1960s. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large collection of 8mm and 16mm amateur films by Rodney Kenneth Ketcham is… Internet Archive Pazzetti - Travel Abroad Venice, Greece 1924 1924 · Home movie Trip to Europe, Part 2 of 3. Venice. Santa Quaranta, Albania. Piraeus. Athens - Constitution Square. The Acropolis. The Six Caryatides. The Arch of Hadrian.… Internet Archive HOF 058 1936 Hawaii No 2 1936 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffman (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffman dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery mill… Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: Europe 1951, pt. 2 1951 · Home movie Ketcham family home movies of 1951 trip to Europe--France, Switzerland, Italy, and Spain. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large collection of 8mm and 16mm… Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: Early Days 1935-1936 1936 · Home movie Ketcham family home movies, primarily New York, Pennsylvania and Quebec, 1935-1936. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large collection of 8mm and 16mm… Internet Archive [Kilker Family Films - Trips - Reel 7] 1961 · Home movie Rosemary Kilker of Kansas City, the wife of Robert Leo Kilker, Jr. filmed her trips to England and Ireland in August 1961. The 8mm reels include scenes of… Internet Archive Barstow Travel Adventures: Dream Trip 1967 1967 · Home movie The Barstow family's "Dream Trip" through the Western United States, 1967. Filmed and edited by Robbins Barstow (1919-2010) of Wethersfield, Connecticut.… Internet Archive Ellwood F. Hoffmann - 1935 Dog Babe Ruth Football 1935 · Home movie 1935 home movies featuring Babe Ruth with the Boston Braves, playing against the Philadelphia Phillies. Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection… Internet Archive Arthur H. Smith - The Last Reel 1986 · Home movie · 17 min An edited home movie by Arthur H. Smith of Smith's later years, living with his wife Blanche in Big Bear Lake, California, including a description of his… Internet Archive Berkowitz Family Home Movies Home movie · 1 h 30 min Home movies of Bernie Berkowitz of Baltimore. Scenes at home in Baltimore and New York City, as well as trips across the United States and Europe. Film… Internet Archive The Adventure of the Galloping Geese 1936 · Home movie · 53 min An eight week Western camping trip in the summer of 1936 by seven boys from the Hartford, Connecticut area, under the leadership of Ken Strong, a Hartford… Internet Archive Dewenter Home Movies: 1950 Mauna Loa Eruption 1950 · Home movie Henry John Dewenter was born in Peckelsheim, Germany in 1884. Elizabeth Auer was born in Austria in 1889. Both immigrated to the US in 1907. They were married… Internet Archive The Enterprise Goes to Press 1938 · Home movie Wallace Kelly's film "The Enterprise Goes to Press" (ca. 1938) is his amateur industrial film about the production of "The Enterprise," the Kelly family's… Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: New England/Canada 1950 1950 · Home movie Ketcham family home movies of road trip from Vestal, New York, to Canada, 1950. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large collection of 8mm and 16mm amateur… Internet Archive Barstow Travel Adventures: Bermuda 1977 1977 · Home movie The Barstow family's vacation to Bermuda in 1977. Filmed and edited by Robbins Barstow (1919-2010) of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Internet Archive Pazzetti - Bryce Canyon, California, Oregon 1920s Home movie Bryce Canyon, Poison Point, Cedar Breaks, Hollywood, Home of Will Rogers, Santa Monica, Red Elephant Night Club in Glass Bottomed Boat - Catalina Island,… Internet Archive Ketcham Home Movies: College Cronies 1949-1962 1962 · Home movie Ketcham family home movies, primarily of Triple Cities/Harpur College, 1949-1962. Rodney K. Ketcham Collection: This large collection of 8mm and 16mm amateur… Internet Archive Arthur H. Smith - Skating 1964 · Home movie · 9 min "Skating" consists of footage of Blanche Smith rollerskating. Arthur Smith was born in Silver Spring, Nevada in 1909 and passed away in 2000 after having… Internet Archive HOF 117 1956 57 Lucy Annie King 1957 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Internet Archive Pazzetti - More Yellowstone 1920s 1920 · Home movie Vacation to Yellowstone. Playing with bears. Mammoth Hot Springs. Norris Geyser Basin. The Olympian - Homeward Bound. George Wallace Struble (1886-1971) was… Internet Archive [Kilker Family Films - Trips - Reel 5] 1960 · Home movie Robert Leo Kilker, Jr. of Kansas City organized ski trips by the Kansas City Ski Club and other trips to Europe and the Middle East. 8mm film of Paris in the… Internet Archive Arthur H. Smith - Fantasy of Dreams 1942 · Home movie · 4 min Amateur drama of a girl's dreams inspired by a Mother Goose book. Arthur Smith was born in Silver Spring, Nevada in 1909 and passed away in 2000 after having… Internet Archive HOF 140 1935 Florida 1935 · Home movie Ellwood F. Hoffmann (1885-1966) Home Movie Collection Ellwood Hoffmann dropped out of school in 6th grade and went to work sweeping the floors at a hosiery… Internet Archive Barstow Travel Adventures: Haiti and Puerto Rico Vacation 1970 · Home movie The Barstow family's vacation to Haiti and Puerto Rico in February 1970. Filmed and edited by Robbins Barstow (1919-2010) of Wethersfield, Connecticut.