Prelinger Archives
4,945–4,992 of 10,346 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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
|---|---|
| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage. |
Internet Archive
Movie Trailers ("Coming Attractions")
Internet Archive
000626
000626
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97272: Mexico
Original can indicates Mexico, 1939.
Internet Archive
Lion And Mouse
Unfortunately, the soundtrack was damaged for this film. It is the retelling of the Aesop fable with LIVE animals.
Internet Archive
Our Baby
Produced and Photographed by Emily Benton Frith, Commentator Dom McNamara
Internet Archive
Nobody to Love
Guitar trio, with Archie Campbell (Grand Pappy), Red Kirk, Speedy Krise.
Internet Archive
Detroit You've Never Met, The (Part I)
0684 PA8556 Detroit You've Never Met, The
Internet Archive
Dentu-Creme Commercial
Dentu-Creme TV Commercial
Internet Archive
Your Name Here Outtakes (Reel 4)
Internet Archive
Road Ahead, The
Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
Movie Trailers ("Land of the Pharaohs")
Internet Archive
1923 Pathe Newsreel
1923 Pathe Newsreel
Internet Archive
Home Movies: Can 11310: San Francisco Scenes, ca. 1929, with Newsreel Fragments of San Francisco Earthquake Damage, 1906
Reel combining duped newsreel fragments (origin not yet researched) picturing damage from 1906 San Francisco earthquake with home movies shot in and around…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: My Vacation Trip... (Part 2)]
Title reads: My Vacation Trip to Put In Bay Ohio & To Canada & Grosse Pointe & Allen Park & Detroit & Dearborn & Fords River Rouge & Giant River Rouge…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98894: Spring Time at Charlottesville, Monticello & Williamsburg Virginia, No. 1,
Spring Time at Charlottesville, Monticello & Williamsburg Virginia. One - : To - Richmond, Apr. 19-23 / 54.
Internet Archive
Building the American Dream
Internet Archive
Big Day, The
good shots of New York City in 1935.
Internet Archive
Daddies Reel 2
Reel 2 of a silent comedy feature. "At a reunion of a bachelors’ club the five remaining members are shocked at the defection of one of their number, who pays…
Internet Archive
Stillman Fires Collection: Company Response
from Stillman Fires Collection.
Internet Archive
Color Magic
The 1960s footage vividly captures the milk production and distribution process, starting from the factory to the consumer's home. The sequence begins with…
Internet Archive
Machinist and Toolmaker, The
Internet Archive
Long Live the Bull!
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Jim Bunkleman Collection: 010104
Content warning: This film contains scenes from a neo-Nazi rally, which features hate speech on protest signage. Scenes from a large anti-war march along…
Internet Archive
Pig Tales
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10352: Florida II - March 1947]
Internet Archive
Historic Flights and Events from the Metropolitan Oakland International Airport
Compilation of newsreel footage (often dupey) showing pioneer and historical aerial events happening at Oakland Airport. Footage collected from newsreels,…
Internet Archive
The Industrial Worker: A Film Lesson in "Vocational Guidance"
Silent film describing the educational path for "Jimmy Long," a child who will eventually become an industrial worker. Tinted print. Notes on can: Mogulls No…
Internet Archive
Washington Spotlight: The Arab Israel Question
Segment of the political talk show television series, The Washington Spotlight, about the conflict between Israel and Palestine and the status of American…
Internet Archive
Eighth Wonder, The
Skeletal entry
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 096557
A bus trip to Atlantic City and New York City with views of the boardwalk and dark interior shots of a drill team and Radio City Music Hall. Can notes:…
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098181: Visit to Texas family farm]
8 min., color: A visit to a Texas family farm, with farmyard scenes and family members posing for the camera, 1950s. Same family or camera, reels 098161…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10879: "Trips South 1938-1941"]
Internet Archive
Amateur Film: Northwest
0697 PA8758 Amateur Film: Northwest 16 Koda sil orig pix
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Koura Collection: 006115
A Japanese American family travels to Japan, visiting shrines, driving along coastal roads, attending kabuki theater, and more. can notes: "Middaugh 'Japan'…
Internet Archive
Education for Peace
On the American Friends Service Committee. Shots to be logged.
Internet Archive
Ronald Reagan Comedy Clips
Internet Archive
New Jersey Says Stop
On the state of New Jersey's attempt to protect its environment.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Coonradt Collection: 004722
Scenes of suburban summer fun, skiing, a trip to Los Angeles, and more. The content of this film is in multiple files due to scanning issue. Note on…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97486: Europe
Notes on can state: Lisbon Madrid Wengers (Eigengletscher) Grindelwald First Alaska Switzerland Montreux Geneva Holland (Hattie)
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98908: Florida and Niagara Falls
Cardboard sleeve around can (not retained) states: Valdosta - Florida 1953, Cypress Gardens, Water Sking & Niagra Falls, No 3 Label on can states same and…
Internet Archive
Sheep
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Croft Collection: Reel 37: Christmas 1953, Chicago Trip, Northland Center]
Internet Archive
Around the Fair — N.Y.
Chicago Century of Progress Exhibition, 1933-34.
Internet Archive
Fire Lookout
Internet Archive
Cancer
Internet Archive
Free Speech Movement
An amateur film documenting the Free Speech Movement protests on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. can notes: "Free Speech Movement /…
Internet Archive
Pet Shop, The
A John Kieran Kaleidoscope film.
Internet Archive
Fiesta Island
On Puerto Rico