Prelinger Archives
5,617–5,664 of 10,345 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
Science News, Volume 1
Pathé newsreel compilation of various topics.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97250: Norway, Venice, Switzerland
Reel marked: Norway, Venice, Switzerland.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Skiing]
Otsego Ski Club, Hidden Valley early Sno-Cat
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: Dr. M.R. Hermann Collection: 010482
Content warning: features a sequence of Dr. Hermann, an upper-class white man, giving food or money to an African American woman and her three children. The…
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
From Tadpole To Frog
Silent. Traces the life cycle of the frog
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
[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
Evening at Home (Service): A Film Lesson in Citizenship, An
Internet Archive
Home movie: 097908: 1960s Bronx, New York, Atlantic City, Freedomland amusement park
Home movie: 097908: 1960s Bronx, New York, Atlantic City, Freedomland amusement park
Internet Archive
000631
000631
Internet Archive
York Knitting Mills
Examination of improved work methods operating industrial knitting machines in a mill setting, featuring female and male workers. York Knitting Mills Ltd.…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Wathen Collection: Asia]
Various locations in Asia.
Internet Archive
Experimental Studies in the Social Climates of Groups
Internet Archive
[Trees]
Calls upon the public to protect trees and prevent forest fires. Argues that the public, rather than extractive industry, poses the greatest risk to the…
Internet Archive
Dialogue With Life (Part II)
0703 PA8669 Dialogue With Life
Internet Archive
Uncle Frank's Farm: A Film Lesson in Citizenship
Internet Archive
Feet First
feet, shoes and podiatry
Internet Archive
Vista Stock Shots: Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Internet Archive
Miami: The Magic City
Internet Archive
[New Haven May 6, 1970] (Reel 2)
Documentary footage of the rallies and protests in New Haven, Connecticut in May 1970, during the time of the Black Panther Trials. This reel contains a…
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
Wild and Wooly
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 1946
Outtake footage for Mode-Art production #1776. Includes Boy Scouts camping, 4-H club members in a dairy cow competition, sunrises and sunsets, a main street…
Internet Archive
What Mr. Bell Had In Mind
0736 PA9012 What Mr. Bell Had In Mind
Internet Archive
Jefferson and Monroe
many scenes shot at University of Virginia and Monticello. The film explores the historical significance of Charlottesville, Virginia, focusing on the lives…
Internet Archive
The Racing Fool (R2)
Reel 2 of The Racing Fool (1927). "The Racing Fool is a 1927 American silent action film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Reed Howes, Ruth Dwyer and…
Internet Archive
Hog Sense
Pigs and hogs. Shots to be logged.
Internet Archive
Indian Pow Wow
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
Mediterranean Voyages
Internet Archive
[Home Movie: Can 10521: Clawson, MI]
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
Your Name Here Outtakes (Reel 5)
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010962
Home movie footage of a family's road trip through Wyoming and South Dakota. Label on can lid states: "Western Trip 1965 Reel 3"
Internet Archive
Fashion Rite Summer
Fashion outs
Internet Archive
Movie Trailers ("Memorial Day, 1941" Promotion)
Internet Archive
When Good Fellows Get Together
The 1936 New Year's Party
Internet Archive
Meet Mister Money
animated. "Your Monsanto Benefit Program":
Internet Archive
Community Health in Action
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Ransohoff Collection: Can 1-4, 1928]
"A Morning in the Garden with Momo and Poppo 1928"
Internet Archive
Sitdown At Chrysler
Short film describing and documenting the 1937 Chrysler UAW strike with both still images and archival footage. Can notes: "UAW Film Library / 8000 East…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004145
California landscapes, including the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, the Lone Cypress, snow covered Sierra Nevada ranges, and more. Box notes: "California…
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
Today's Horse Farm: Sun-Up to Sun-Down
Internet Archive
Delta Levee Break!
California Delta
Internet Archive
Safe In Port