Prelinger Archives
5,761–5,808 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
Movie Trailers (Star-Spangled Banner)
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
Stillman Fires Collection: Foreign Fire Depts
from Stillman Fires Collection.
Internet Archive
[Untitled: Low Rent Housing]
Housing problems in Philadelphia; interviews with residents, housing providers and supportive housing groups
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10355: Virginia, North Carolina]
Internet Archive
ROTC
ROTC
Internet Archive
[Soundies: Unidentified, All-Girls Band]
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
Life Saving
Internet Archive
Richthofen Reel 2
Reel 2 of 7 of the silent war film, Richthofen. The film was broken into reels approximately 15 minutes in length for the rental market. The story of Manfred…
Internet Archive
Bombing of U.S.S. Franklin!
Internet Archive
Uncle Frank's Farm: A Film Lesson in Citizenship
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010069: 1960s teenagers at a dance with Florida and home
Home movie: 010069: 1960s teenagers at a dance with Florida and home
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
The Fair
Internet Archive
Pavement Pounding
Neccessity of shoes
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10062: Cotton field, College, Aircraft and Auto Crash
Home movie shot in California and elsewhere, ca. 1940s. Scenes include cotton fields, aircraft, a car crash, a graduate ceremony, young women dancing in…
Internet Archive
Southern Bald Eagle, The
Internet Archive
How You See
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98592: Virginia, Florida, Tiger-Red Sox Game
To come.
Internet Archive
Vista Stock Shots: San Francisco, Skyline Stock Footage, Golden Gate Bridge
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Coy Collection: 003741
Content warning: This film includes images of white people engaged in racist appropriation of Hawaiian culture. It also includes a brief shot of a dummy in a…
Internet Archive
[Amateur film: 098739: Yosemite National Park explained and explored]
This silent, color amateur film opens with an animation sequence illustration the geologic history of the Sierra Mountains and Yosemite Valley. Most of the…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Given Eckelman Collection: 003766
Tourists traveling through Peru, Panama, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. Many street scenes. Can Notes: "Given Eckelman Home Movies Can #5 - Mexico Rolls 1 & 2…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 098164: 1960s California naval family off duty and military air show
Home movie: 098164: 1960s California naval family off duty and military air show
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97511: San Diego and Navy
To come.
Internet Archive
Ultrasounds
John Kieran's Kaleidoscope
Internet Archive
Movie Trailers ("Blue Montana Skies" promo)
Internet Archive
Alp Way Freight (B Roll)
B-roll footage of Whit Towers' HO Scale Alturas & Lone Pine Model Railroad. Includes close-ups of model trains in action, train ledgers, and lighting…
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
World Within, The
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 1719
Outtake footage for Gibbons Beer TV commercial spot. Includes footage of a ventriloquist act by performer Señor Wences. Advertising Agency: Goldman & Shoop…
Internet Archive
Bunker Hill 1956
Atmospheric film about the people living in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of Los Angeles prior to redevelopment, most of whom were elders, and their concerns…
Internet Archive
Ideal Doll Commercial #4
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: Clarkston, Wash. Collection: Washington State]
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Bedford Air Show]
Shot at Hanscom Field, near Bedford, Mass.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010055_001: Hollywood film production documentation with Clark Gable
Home movie: 010055_001: Hollywood film production documentation with Clark Gable
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Janet Dill Collection: 004068
Home movie footage of a New York family celebrating Christmas and vacationing in Florida. Can notes: "C5 / Xmas 1963 / + Florida I" Note found with can reads:…
Internet Archive
Tom Wolfe's Los Angeles (Outtakes, Reel 1)
Outtakes from the TV movie, "Tom Wolfe's Los Angeles" filmed in 1976 and aired on PBS in January 1977. Several takes of scripted scenes in a suburban…
Internet Archive
1015 Drawing For Beginners Part 3 The Square
to come
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004086 (Compilation Reel)
This is a compilation reel containing six different films: 1) Phil Baker performs with accordion in a Home Talkie production. (Note that this copy of the film…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97512: Vacation 1967, No. 1
To come.
Internet Archive
Frigidaire Presents Arthur Godfrey
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: 099000-1: Arkansas farm family in 1950s, a flood on the Mississippi River, dogs, farm scenes]
Home movie from a white Arkansas family in the 1960s that had a large farm and traveled regionally. This reel features extensive flood scenes including…
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 1131
Picture only (no audio) for "The Tin Case Meter", an industrial film showcasing the production of tin case meters by Rockwell Manufacturing Company.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Donnola Home Movies #2]