Prelinger Archives
5,089–5,136 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
Hot Run!
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Leong Collection: 005401
The Chinese American Leong family of San Francisco visits Hong Kong and Japan in 1960. notes on film can: Hong Kong Japan lab stamp: PROCESSED BY KODAK R Aug 60
Internet Archive
Boy Scouts of America
To be logged.
Internet Archive
World At Your Call, The
0631 PA8709 World At Your Call, The
Internet Archive
[Four Fugitive Communists Arraigned in San Francisco]
Sidney Steinberg and others were hiding in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098560: 1960s Bronx summer fun]
Late 1960s, 8 minutes, black and white: Children play in the street in the Bronx on hot summer days: Bicycling, tag, hopscotch, a fire hydrant; the maker and…
Internet Archive
Tricia's Wedding Outtakes Reel 6
Material shot for the film "Tricia's Wedding," likely outtakes. Includes procession, ceremony, exchange of rings, and reception.…
Internet Archive
Bell Labs Picturephone
no sound.
Internet Archive
Movie Trailers ("Christmas Gift Certificates" Promotion)
Internet Archive
Letter From an Airline Pilot (Part II)
0740 PA9002 Letter From an Airline Pilot
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Century of Progress ?]
Part 3: International "fair" - different international villages Ukraine, Old Mexico, Maya Temple, navajo village, sioux village, winnebago village, Belgium
Internet Archive
Housing Problem
About how animals make or find housing for themselves.
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098768: An Ohio family mid-1960s, 2 minutes of a Hawai'i vacation, mostly swimming pool, some beach]
An Ohio family in the mid-1960s, a two-minute reel showing two young boys playing in a swimming pool in Hawai'i, with parents, and some beach scenes.
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098909: The Midwest and Florida in 1956, with landscapes, fishing, waterskiing, and the Mackinac Bridge under construction]
The Midwest and Florida in 1956, with street scenes of Duluth, MN, and scenes from Lake Huron passenger boats and the Mackinac Bridge under construction, plus…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004711
Beach scenes, family backyard gatherings, the Eastern Sierra Nevada; and a trip to Virginia City, Nevada.
Internet Archive
Home Movies: Can 11268: Detroit, Michigan Family, Postal Workers, ca. 1955
Home movies presumably shot by a Detroit, Michigan family showing children, babies, backyard action, adults, children and baby posing with automobile parked…
Internet Archive
Start of Epic Flight
Newsreel footage depicting the embarkation of "the longest nonstop flight ever undertaken"; 2100 miles from California to Hawaii. U.S. Navy PN-9 flying boat…
Internet Archive
Military Courtesies 1 A
AMEDD Office Basic Course, LP # 44 150 100 00 Military Courtesies (1 of 2)
Internet Archive
Driving Tips, Part 2
0632 PA8749 Driving Tips, Part 2
Internet Archive
The Covered Wagon Reel 6
Reel 6 of a western drama. "Two wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to Oregon. On their quest the pilgrims…
Internet Archive
Calvin 0328
Outtakes from "Pump Station Movie" documenting office planning and engineering of water systems infrastructure, sewage treatment infrastructure, men consuming…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10860: Down South, New Orleans]
Internet Archive
Fiesta Island
On Puerto Rico
Internet Archive
Ozon Hairspray Commercial 2
Ozon Hairspray Commercial
Internet Archive
Menace of Guatemala (Ideal What-Nots series)
Internet Archive
Strohm 0033
Hawaiian vacation featuring performances of public-oriented dance and cuisine by Indigenous Hawai'ians and the pineapple agricultural industry.
Internet Archive
Brezhnev (Pt 2)
Internet Archive
Science in Action: Radar Defense Screen
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Leong Collection: 005402
Early 1960s summer vacations, family outings, and holiday celebrations of the extended Chinese American Leong family, based in the San Francisco Bay Area.…
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098178: Rural southwest families, & LA]
7 min., color: A visit (by an LA family) to family members in different southwest locations: Latinx, Mexican-American family members in Texas, other family in…
Internet Archive
Voice of the Delaware Valley
Internet Archive
Science in Action: Submarines
Internet Archive
[Untitled: Sealtest Ice Cream]
No sound. Shoppers browsing Ice cream in grocery store, man taking survey/interviewing shoppers about best ice-cream for Sealtest
Internet Archive
Macleans Toothpaste Commercial
Macleans Toothpaste Commercial
Internet Archive
A Gift For My Son
The film revolves around John Edgar, a dedicated community member who struggles to balance his commitments to his town, family, and faith. As he navigates…
Internet Archive
Nine States 1976
Nine States 1976
Internet Archive
Readership Study Of The Washington Farmer Continued
Silent. For advertisers, a report of who reads the Washington Farmer periodical.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Unknown Alaska Collection: 004199
Travelogue footage throughout Alaskan towns and wilderness. Note on can: 4 1960 Anchorage Fairbanks Healy
Internet Archive
You Cannot Walk Alone
The film discusses the importance of community support and interdependence as illustrated through the experiences of Granddad and his grandson Jimmy. It…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Leong Collection: 005409
The Chinese American Leong family drives through a giant redwood tree, visits Wawona Point in Yosemite National Park, and plays in the snow. notes on film…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098163
A family, likely from Southern California, visits Sequoia, Yosemite, and Yellowstone National Parks; barbecues and plays catch at a park; does chores around…
Internet Archive
Home Movies: Can 11339: A Little Picnic
Produced by Jack Simmons and Bob Jordan. Titles date film as Sunday, July 7, 1940. Includes scenes of a picnic, two men practicing contact gymnastics, resting…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97324: Traveling in Colorado
Viewing notes state: Trick horse riders Christmas Busch Gardens Aztec Ruins Durango Narrow Guage
Internet Archive
Story of Shoes, A (Part I)
0728 PA8883 Story of Shoes, A
Internet Archive
Operator Toll Dialing: Teamwork
Internet Archive
Blue Sky Thinking Outtakes (4)
Outtake footage from a film about the Ulano Corporation. Includes footage of manufacturing plants, research scientists, and product examples, as well as New…
Internet Archive
Science in Action: The Flow of Heat
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Hirota Collection: 071162
A Japanese American family in San Francisco, California celebrates a baby's second birthday, visits the University of California, Berkeley campus, the State…