Prelinger Archives
5,521–5,568 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: Dr. Lotus Mast Slabaugh Collection: 010349
Road trip traveling from Midwest states south to Florida, includes snowy sunset, roadside scenes, and images of underwater life filmed from a glass-bottomed…
Internet Archive
Moonshiner, The
Internet Archive
Maze Learning in White Rats
Internet Archive
Report to the People (B Roll)
Film sponsored by the State of California and narrated on camera by Governor Ronald Reagan, with an apparent emphasis on Black, Indigenous, and people of…
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098442: Western states tour, 1940s]
16 min., color: Note: includes Native American dances performed for tourists. Western states tourist reel includes a desert wildflower bloom, several Grand…
Internet Archive
Underground Cable
Internet Archive
[Kodak Cinegraph & Kodascope Promo Reel]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10595: Possibly in Michigan
To come.
Internet Archive
Modern New Orleans
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Pavel Lihani Collection: 004874
Content warning: Includes a sequence in which the photographer surveils Black people on the street [00:08:52-00:09:35]. 1968 Czechoslovak revolt news…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Slater Collection: 005183
Amazing rope skills performed by a man in charro attire. note on can: VICENTE MENESES PROPERTY OF COL. JOEL H. SLATER
Internet Archive
Narcotic Trade
This film from the 1960s offers a vivid depiction of various scenes ranging from everyday life to more dramatic events. It opens with panoramic views of…
Internet Archive
Music In Motion
On the study of sound by researchers at Bell Labs.
Internet Archive
Dick Wakes Up
Internet Archive
PA 9323A
Stock footage of California recreational locations, including Lake Tahoe, Pinecrest Lake, Dodge Ridge, Port of Long Beach, Catalina Island, San Francisco, and…
Internet Archive
[007 Aftershave Commercial]
Television spot for 007 aftershave. Head leader states: "Prod. No. 747 Colgate 007 / Title 007-19x (GEN.) /Mo. Yr. 11-65 / Agency Ted Bates"
Internet Archive
Invitation to a Nation
Internet Archive
I Am the Way: A Pictorial Study of Jesus' Life and Ministry in Holy Land Settings
"A Pictorial Study of Jesus' Life and Ministry in Holy Land settings", a Biblical dramatization filmed on location in Mandatory Palestine, where native Arabs…
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098771: late 1920s horse culture, wealthy friends play, drink, and ride during Prohibition]
Upper class rural horse culture shown, late 1920s, probably Ohio, featuring well-dressed adults playing together on a farm, horseshoes and other games,…
Internet Archive
Movie Trailers (Franklin D. Roosevelt Speech)
Internet Archive
Autumn Beauty in Wyoming
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98652: Unidentified, 1963
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Stallings Collection: 001495
Documentation of the aftermath of the Detroit Uprising of 1967, shot by Detroit resident Edsel B. Stallings and/or his family members. Appears to be an…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Clarence E. Hyde Collection: 098574
Images of an integrated camp for blind/partially sighted girls, including campers meeting Santa Claus and camp construction. Also shows a boat tour on the…
Internet Archive
Best Food In Town
Internet Archive
Strohm 0049
Labor and industry of Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Japan, featuring agricultural practices and British and American colonial presence in Southeast Asia. This roll…
Internet Archive
Above the Clouds in Rainier National Park
Internet Archive
Story of Shoes, A (Part II)
0728 PA8883 Story of Shoes, A
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97307: Rainbow Bridge, Monument Valley, Indian Ruins
Viewing notes in can state: Rainbow Bridge Big snake Boy & his dog Perfect pictures of Rainbow Bridge Swimming in underwear Navaho Natl Monument on horseback…
Internet Archive
[United States]
Geography film with some animated maps and diagrams.
Internet Archive
Cloud in the Sky
Skeletal Entry Tuberculosis in Mexican-American communities
Internet Archive
Knight Clubs
0690 PA8685 Knight Clubs
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 1666
Outtakes and workprint trims from the film "Pittsburgh Redevelopment 1980." Mode-Art production no. 1544.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Unidentified: ?Mogull Family 2]
More very old amateur family material three old, wealthy-looking men Needs further viewing and analysis
Internet Archive
From Trees to Tribunes
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Suzy Gail 1946, La Jolla-Harris-Rich Sophie B-13]
[Home Movies: Suzy Gail 1946, La Jolla-Harris-Rich Sophie B-13]
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 2832
Outtake footage of the United States Steel Baytown Works steel mill at Baytown, Texas. The Baytown Works was in operation between 1970 and 1986, and produced…
Internet Archive
I Care No More
Guitar trio, with Archie Campbell (Grand Pappy), Red Kirk, Speedy Krise.
Internet Archive
Help!
Silent short about the American Red Cross Lifesaving program
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97407: Utah
Note in can states: Brighton Canyon new chalet Big Fault entering Zion Zion ___ cottages Cottonweed seed in air looking up valley baseball field ... cactus…
Internet Archive
Movie Trailers ("Coming")
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97247: Lake Isabella, Long Beach and Shrine Parade
Notes indicate Lake Isabella, Long Beach and Shrine Parade
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98620: Family Scenes
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Pavel Lihani Collection: 004877
Moments in the lives of an Ohio family with Czech heritage from several years in the 1960s. Includes news footage filmed off television of the 1968 invasion…
Internet Archive
[Untitled: TWA]
Interviews w/ airline workers
Internet Archive
Above the Clouds in Rainier National Park
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
Living Jewels
Sea life