Prelinger Archives
5,041–5,088 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
Home Movie: 97381: Maine
Viewing notes on and in can state: Pemaquid whales Late 1930s B&W Wilton Academy & Farmington Football Main st, Flat tire
Internet Archive
Teenage Salute
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Bohemian Grove]
Men lining up to eat. Man in chef’s outfit serves food outside.
Internet Archive
Play Street
Internet Archive
Movie Trailers (Coming Attractions)
Internet Archive
Budweiser
0629; 0717 PA8774 [Budweiser]
Internet Archive
Industry on Parade: Paperman’s Paper! / Ink, Inc.! / Use and Discard! / A Message from Industry to You!
Use and Discard! on Lily paper drinking cups. Many stock shots to log.
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098844: Maine in 1950, with extended horse show sequences and also a structure fire and firefighting scenes]
A Maine home movie from 1950, featuring many scenes from a horse show, both western style and English style competition, as well as work horse competition. A…
Internet Archive
Trees and Men
Internet Archive
Budweiser
Roll of stock shots. Good shots to be logged.
Internet Archive
The American Spirit
Silent, black and white film looks a patriots that formed the United States. "Let us who enjoy the freedom of our own United States pause a few moments and…
Internet Archive
Your Name Here Outtakes (Reel 6)
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Ott Collection: 003404
Home movie of the Ott family visiting the Upper Peninsula of Michigan; visiting zoos; taking road trips; and spending time around their home. The first 16…
Internet Archive
And Then Ice Cream
The film "And Then Ice Cream" depicts two groups of young children during lunchtime. In the first group, Larry and Helen are reluctant to eat their meals,…
Internet Archive
All the Way Home (Part II)
PA8899 All the Way Home
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 003785
Home movie of family vacations, leisure, and holidays, including scenes likely shot in Grand Lake, Colorado, and Palm Springs, California. Activities depicted…
Internet Archive
Always On Call
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Tuohino Collection: 003761
Recreational scenes of the Tuohino family, including images of Monarch butterfly migration on the Central Coast of California, roadside wildfires, birthday…
Internet Archive
[Soundies: Canadian Capers]
Internet Archive
Skiing in the Swiss Mountains
Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
Step Lively
A silent comedy short featuring Harold Lloyd. "Snub Pollard plays a drunken man who believes Harold has robbed him. Meanwhile, Bebe has her hands full with a…
Internet Archive
This Amazing America
Internet Archive
Hoosier Line
Internet Archive
Quest Of The Perfect Woman
**Summary of the Film** The film is set in North Africa and features a narrative involving a lively marketplace where various tribes from the region gather…
Internet Archive
Big Board, The
0730 PA8912 Big Board, The
Internet Archive
Forest Fun: Emergency
Live action and puppet animation about california forests
Internet Archive
Lucky Junior
0578 PA8133 Lucky Junior
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Hirota Collection: 071161
Domestic and leisure scenes of a Japanese Americn family in the San Francisco Bay Area, including images of family beach days and professional picnics at…
Internet Archive
Horse Sense In Horse Power
Driving safety film demonstrating common driving mistakes that cause accidents. Also includes footage of safety tests performed on Plymouth cars.
Internet Archive
"Stop the Projector, I Want to Get Off!"
demonstrates how to use and care for a 16mm projector w/ slapstick style story.
Internet Archive
America Goes Over (Parts 3-5)
Content warning: Includes images of dead soldiers on the battlefield. Film documenting the activities of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97173: Apollo 11
Apollo 11 shot off television screen.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Galante Collection: 004303
Domestic and recreational scenes of the Galante family, including beach days at Ocean Beach, backyard tea parties, carousel rides, and more. Can # 27 Note on…
Internet Archive
You're Driving 90 Horses
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Leong Collection: 005407
The Chinese American Leong family of the San Francisco Bay Area at leisure and on vacation. This reel begins with a brief sequence at what is likely the San…
Internet Archive
Fourth Wall, The
Internet Archive
Day of Living, A
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10809: Berko Collection: Vacation to Baltimore, Md. and Washington, D.C., October 6-12,1958, Reel 1]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 003390
Content warning: Racist costuming at the 5-minute mark: white people dressed as Arabs, performing and riding horses. Skiing, Christmas and summertime leisure…
Internet Archive
Wheels Across Africa
Internet Archive
Darkness Defeated
Internet Archive
Home Movies: Can 11283: Niagara Falls, Home Scenes, Birthday Party
Home movie. Includes visit to Niagara Falls, family and home scenes, and a birthday party for a toddler. Shot approx. mid-1950s.
Internet Archive
Language They Speak, The
Sign Language & Braille
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10712: Construction of New Texaco Station by Charles McGinnis, Part 3, August and September 1953]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Leong Collection: 005405
The Leong family of the San Francisco Bay Area on a trip to Hong Kong, Thailand, and Japan. Includes visits to many temples as well as large outdoor Buddha…
Internet Archive
Cape May Original Trims Reel 4
Original trims for a production shot in Cape May County, New Jersey. Includes footage of vacationers and beachgoers swimming, visiting the pier, sunbathing,…
Internet Archive
Bitter Welcome
"Psychologically sophisticated drama, produced for mental health and social professionals, about the struggle of a discharged mental hospital patient to…
Internet Archive
[San Francisco 1939]
Some kind of compilation, mostly dupe shots A few shots of details of the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park Excerpts from post-earthquake footage,…