Prelinger Archives
5,665–5,712 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
It Happens Every Day
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98619: Family Activities
Probably filmed in Maryland or Pennsylvania.
Internet Archive
[Gould can 5127.4: 1001 Nights Preview]
Preview of "1001 Nights"
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: 97197: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Adirondack Holiday: Stock Shots, Part 9
Outtakes from the film ADIRONDACK HOLIDAY retained by producer as stock shots. Log sheet for this part states: Part 9: Elizabethtown Westport Fair Minerva…
Internet Archive
[Duck and Geese on Ice]
ducks and geese in winter
Internet Archive
Cape May Original Trims (Reel 10)
Outtakes from a film promoting tourism in Cape May County, on the New Jersey shore. Includes a Mummers parade with culturally appropriative costume. Notes on…
Internet Archive
Blue Sky Thinking Outtakes (3)
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
Movie Trailers (Unidentified Promotion)
Special Announcement
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Northwest]
Internet Archive
Preventive Psychiatry in the Navy
0578 PA8312 Preventive Psychiatry in the Navy
Internet Archive
The Baltimore Plan
Produced to promote the point of view of the Baltimore Redevelopment Commission, this film offers significant photography of Black communities in urban…
Internet Archive
Abraham Lincoln: A Film Lesson in Citizenship
Internet Archive
Folgers Coffee Commercial #5
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10372: Santa Monica Scenes
Scenes in and around Santa Monica, Calif., 1942.
Internet Archive
Welcome to New Jersey
Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
Dateline: Tomorrow
Aluminum and its many chemical treatment methods.
Internet Archive
America the Beautiful (Reel 2)
Travelogue sequences showing off coastal California landscapes at their scenic best; with Mendocino, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles County locations…
Internet Archive
Tanforan (A/B Roll)
Interior and exterior footage of Tanforan Park Mall (San Bruno, California). Can notes: "Glen Carol Productions (Fairfax, CA). Leo Diner Films (Laboratory)"
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: 11836: Phal Family Mexico Trip
To come.
Internet Archive
Voice of the Delaware Valley
Internet Archive
Company Profile
about Hoover Vacuum Company Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Tuohino Collection: 003760
Recreational scenes with the Tuohino family, including images of the Griffith Park miniature railroad; May Day celebrations at an elementary school; a visit…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Tuohino Collection: 003763
Leisure and recreational scenes of the Tuohino family, including Camp Fire Girls parades, children boarding school buses to go to camp, block parties, teenage…
Internet Archive
Tomorrow Housing
Army-Navy Screen Magazine, Issue no. 69, "a pictorial report from all fronts for the armed forces only" An array of future housing alternatives for the…
Internet Archive
Movie Trailers ("Independence Day, 1940" Promotion)
Internet Archive
Commute Suit
Outtakes from film about what people wear while commuting. Footage includes Long Island Railroad commuters, POVs of men's suits, and appears to promote…
Internet Archive
Principles of Current Electricity (Part 2)
Educational film about electromagnetism and Ohm's Law. The film was broken into reels approximately 15 minutes in length for the rental market. A film lesson…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Washington, D.C.]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 003789
Home movie featuring scenes from a trip around the Hawaiian Islands. notes on can:"Home Movies // E.A. Knowlton // Camera Orig. // // "HAWAII" //" LEADER…
Internet Archive
[Untitled: Low Rent Housing]
Housing problems in Philadelphia; interviews with residents, housing providers and supportive housing groups
Internet Archive
Our Home Town: Doylestown, Pa.
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
Strohm 0041
Survey of labor and industry in late 1950s China and including portraits of people of different ages and backgrounds. Much of this footage was used in John…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Vincent-Jackson Collection: 004886
Domestic and recreational scenes of an African American family, including footage of a child's birthday party with a piñata, Parade of Roses floats on…
Internet Archive
Management of Mass Casualties: Management of Psychological Casualties (Part X)
Internet Archive
[Hidden Valley Land Company Film]
Hidden Valley Land Company's Grapefruit Project - comprising 6100 acres, in Arizona
Internet Archive
Emergency First Aid: Part 3 - Fractures
First aid instructional film demonstrating how to apply splints to fractures at common locations in the body in emergency situations. Title and synopsis in…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98232: Philadelphia Transit Co.
Can marked: "Philadelphia Trans. Co. / Dated 1956 & 8-5-61"
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
Young Girl In a Garden
Young dancer emoting to a piano soundtrack with motion picture images of springtime projected behind her.
Internet Archive
Price of Liberty, The
0723 PA9000 Price of Liberty, The
Internet Archive
Queerosities - Diving Horses
Internet Archive
Seventh Street Entrance
0681 PA8775 Seventh Street Entrance
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…