Prelinger Archives
5,473–5,520 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
U.S. Customs Stands Guard at Our Gateways, The
Internet Archive
Voices Across The Sea
Skeletal entry.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10820: Untitled: Reel 4, Florida, 1941-42]
[Home Movies: Can 10820: Untitled: Reel 4, Florida, 1941-42]
Internet Archive
Nabisco Bumper
"Brought to you by Nabisco"
Internet Archive
[Sevilla Stock Footage]
Stock footage of Sevilla, Spain, with a particular attention towards architecture, cityscapes, and recreational activities.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10946: Prelinger Collection
To come.
Internet Archive
Luzon Lingerie
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97268: Thanksgiving, Christmas and Square Dancing
To come.
Internet Archive
Movie Trailers ("Moontide")
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Medicus Collection: 003815: Florida 1939, Reel 1
Home movie filmed around Florida in 1939. Film is extremely degraded from vinegar syndrome; cupped and twisted, with color degradation that lends it an…
Internet Archive
King Cotton (Revised)
0572 PA8316 King Cotton (Revised)
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Ransohoff Collection: "Just Any Day at Scandalhoffs"]
Shot at the Los Angeles Ransohoff's store. A drama featuring workers costumed and playing caricatured roles. some good shots to be logged.
Internet Archive
Visoes da Amazonia
images of plant and animal life in the Amazon
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Unidentified: ?Mogull Family 1]
Appears to be very old amateur family material people sitting around what may be summer cottage near the shore somewhere, very light plot, no titles likely in…
Internet Archive
Jap[anese] Weapons
Content warning: The title and voiceover of this film contain a racist ethnic slur referring to Japanese people. United States military film educating…
Internet Archive
Bits of China
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98541: Easter
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97518: Vacation
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Vusovich Collection: 004029
A road trip to Lake Tahoe, Virginia City, and Bodie. Also includes footage shot in Oregon. Can notes: Home Movies // Vusovich // 1955 // Can #2 // 2 Rolls /…
Internet Archive
Home Movies: Can 11246: Trip to San Francisco, Republican National Convention 1956, and Western U.S.
Home movies shot by a Michigan delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention in San Francisco. Includes scenes of the city of San Francisco, Marin…
Internet Archive
Assembly Lines of Defense
Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Pavel Lihani Collection: 005133
Pavel Lihani's artwork and storyboards, a wedding in a church, and Christmas celebrations at home. Content advisory: Cultural appropriation in the form of…
Internet Archive
Harmony in Florida
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98344: Child's Birthday and Santa Barbara
To come.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Trip Around New York City, Summer 1954, #2]
Internet Archive
Oil for India (Part 1)
Part 1 of a descriptive overview detailing the building and early operations of an oil refinery in Bombay, India built by the Vacuum Refining Company of…
Internet Archive
[Television Public Service Announcements and Program Promos]
Skeletal entry tv spots in order: - National Safety Council: Winter Driving Safety tips with Julie Bishop (4 spots) - Women's Army Corps - National Guard (2…
Internet Archive
Ants: Nature's Craftsmen
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97318: Amusement Park, Wild West Show
Viewing notes state: Amusement park Water ski Tram Roller coaster Indian dancers Climbing up tall pole Swinging from ropes Wild West show Texas?
Internet Archive
Introduce Me!
From IMDB: "Jimmy Clark and Algy Baker, two Americans in Paris, see John Perry and his daughter, Betty, at the train station. Jimmy, falling in love with…
Internet Archive
Radiation Safety in Nuclear Energy Explorations (Part II)
0514 PA8063 Radiation Safety in Nuclear Energy Explorations
Internet Archive
Home Movie PA 11022
Home Movie PA 11022
Internet Archive
Home Movie PA 096025
Home Movie PA 096025
Internet Archive
[Herbert Hoover's 79th Birthday]
Internet Archive
Destruction of a Dam
Documentation of the destruction of the St Francis Dam.
Internet Archive
From Trees to Tribunes
Internet Archive
Folgers Coffee Commercial #7
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97368: Highlights of 1983, Reel 1
To come.
Internet Archive
Dentu-Creme Commercial 2
Dentu-Creme TV Commercial
Internet Archive
[Television Public Service Announcements and Program Promos]
Skeletal entry tv spots in order: - National Safety Council: Winter Driving Safety tips with Julie Bishop (4 spots) - Women's Army Corps - National Guard (2…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10494: Sanford Wedding]
Internet Archive
The Silent Treatment
Debriefing Problem No. 6, Role Playing, The Silent Treatment Training film in which a group of Air Force officers workshops ways to encourage discussion…
Internet Archive
[Television Public Service Announcements and Program Promos]
Skeletal entry tv spots in order: - National Safety Council: Winter Driving Safety tips with Julie Bishop (4 spots) - Women's Army Corps - National Guard (2…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Walter A. Dewey Collection: 001298
Tourist journey through the American South, with special attention to sites of the Confederacy. Includes a visit to the First White House of the Confederacy,…
Internet Archive
Bay at the Moon
hunting, raccoon hunting, with coon hounds
Internet Archive
Vacation in Arizona
Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
Right Now!
Internet Archive
Fuera Yanqui
Content warning: contains still photos of deceased and disfigured casualties of war. A documentary describing the unrest and revolt movement surrounding…