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Prelinger Archives

5,713–5,760 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 OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive [Television Public Service Announcements and Program Promos] Film · Subtitles 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 Times Square in 1945 & 1969 Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Movie Trailers ("Whistler's Mother" Promotion) 1930 · Film · Subtitles "Poems by Ann Taylor - My Mother" Internet Archive Home Movie: Janet Dill Collection: 004057 Home movie Families enjoying time together in their big yard and at the beach and rowing boats. Can notes: "B6 / [illegible] 1948-1959" family at beach in winter. Internet Archive Washington: The Nation's Capitol Film · Subtitles Silent film looks at United States Capitol City and its landmarks. Internet Archive [Television Public Service Announcements and Program Promos] Film · Subtitles 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: 98763: Ohio Family Home movie To come. Internet Archive [Home movie: 098266: A military family in NJ, 1949] 1949 · Home movie 8 min., color: Scenes of varying image quality show people visiting with family members including elders, posing in uniform (U.S. Army, U.S. Navy), and… Internet Archive Home Movie: Rose Collection: 003832 Home movie A tourist visit to Los Angeles, Hollywood, Long Beach and surrounding areas filmed in the 1980s. Featuring aerials of Los Angeles and many scenes at Universal… Internet Archive Stillman Fires Collection: Flexible Cellar Pipe Film · Subtitles from Stillman Fires Collection. Internet Archive Hoosier Promenade 1957 · Film Educational film demonstrating how to dance the Hoosier Promenade. Square Dance 6 of the Let's Square Dance Series. Internet Archive Home Movie: 003618 Home movie Documents parks in Oregon and Northern California. Also includes footage of can manufacturing at Continental Can Company. Can marked: ""North Coast / Ptd. /… Internet Archive Home Movie: Schultz Collection: 004132 Home movie Various Gothic cathedrals in France, including Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Reims, Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens, and Beauvais Cathedral. Internet Archive [Gould can 5165.2] 1928 · Film · Subtitles Richmond, California fire dog "Midnight" chases motorcycle police Internet Archive [Home movie: 098286: Road trip to Mexico and Disneyland, Reel 1 - Mexico] Home movie 7.5 min., color: Road trip from California to Mexico in the mid-1950s with the vehicle border crossing, street shopping, coastal tourism, poverty tourism, and… Internet Archive Operation Abolition Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Face of Youth Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Stillman Fires Collection: Demonstration London Fire Brigade Film · Subtitles from Stillman Fires Collection. Internet Archive [Television Public Service Announcements and Program Promos] Film · Subtitles 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 Eclipses Film · Subtitles eclipses Internet Archive Home Movie: Arthur Parga Collection: 005017 Home movie Domestic scenes of a Mexican American family; a father playing with his son in the living room; women cooking in the kitchen; backyard family gatherings; and… Internet Archive Home Movie: Koura Collection: 006112 Home movie A Japanese American family visits Japan. Includes images of a Kabuki performance, a visit to a drive-thru restaurant, and leisurely moments in a public park.… Internet Archive [Television Public Service Announcements and Program Promos] Film · Subtitles 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 Land For Pioneers Film · Subtitles Skeletal Entry Internet Archive The Bath Dub 1921 · Film "The manager of a new hotel is in trouble--it's opening day and his staff has quit, including the plumbers who have yet to install any bathtubs in the rooms.… Internet Archive Thou Shalt Not Kill Film · Subtitles Silent Christian short that pleads for world peace. Internet Archive [Television Public Service Announcements and Program Promos] Film · Subtitles 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 Below The Deadline Reel 1 1929 · Film Notes from leader: Reel 1 of multiple reels "Gentleman bandit "Beau" Nash, who heads a gang of jewel thieves, maintains his headquarters in a ramshackle… Internet Archive Golden State, The 1961 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive [Home Movies: Wathen Collection: East Asia] Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive Strohm 0040 Film Farming communities in possibly Pakistan, the Soviet Union, Africa, and China. can notes: "UI Foundation 9/74" Internet Archive Home Movie: David Schmidt Collection: 003810 Home movie Domestic and recreational scenes of a family living in the Portola District of San Francisco, with a central focus on children. Includes images of children's… Internet Archive [Television Public Service Announcements and Program Promos] Film · Subtitles 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 Movie Trailers ("The Backwoods Boy" Promotion) 1930 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Down on the Farm Film An impressionistic pictorial tour of farm life showing a wide variety of animals, crops and farm chores. Not listed in Mogull's distribution catalogs, 1001… Internet Archive Mode-Art Can 2574 Film Master picture for the production titled, "Shining Heart", a film sponsored by Allegheny Ludlum Steel. No sound. Includes shots of various steel products used… Internet Archive Curse of Drink, The Film · Subtitles Railroad cliffhanger. Stock shots to be logged. Internet Archive [San Francisco Bay Stock Scenes] 1950 · Film · Subtitles Kodachrome stock shots of San Francisco and vicinity, late 1950s. Internet Archive Heritage of the Plains Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Movie Trailers ("Also Selected Short Subjects") 1930 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10671: "Our Summer 1946"] 1946 · Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10812: Berko Collection: Vacation to S.F. & L.A. II] 1961 · Home movie · Subtitles San Francisco and Los Angeles transit. Internet Archive [Home movie: 098623_1: 1920s fun in Morgantown, PA] Home movie 20 minutes of outdoor antics and family time in the 1920s in and around Morgantown, PA: drinking, picnicking, tumbling, leapfrog, slapstick humor, dancing,… Internet Archive [Home movie: 098193-Alt: Rural elders & folk dancing] Home movie 14 min., color: An LA-based family visits rural elders in the Great Basin, with farm scenes, family close-ups, farm town scenes including fiddling,… Internet Archive Home Movies: 10049: Detroit, Holland Tulip Festival, Family Christmas Activities Home movie Scenes in Detroit, at the Holland (Mich.) Tulip Festival, and a family Christmas, ca. 1930s. Internet Archive Something to Be Proud Of, (Part II) Short · 18 min · Subtitles 0732 PA9026 Something to Be Proud Of 16 Koda RP Internet Archive Home Movie: 004137 Home movie Exterior and interior scenes of one family spanning several years; in the first half, what appear to be two young sisters display multiple matching outfits,… Internet Archive Movie Trailers (Promotion for Morning and Midnight Shows) 1930 · Film · Subtitles Movie Trailers (Promotion for Morning and Midnight Shows)