Prelinger Archives
5,857–5,904 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
Vista Stock Shots: Houses, San Francisco
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098735: an asbestos factory goes up in PA, and 1932 scenes from Bordentown Military Institute in New Jersey
An asbestos factory is shown under construction from foundation to framing in New Wales, PA; then several scenes from Bordentown Military Institute in New…
Internet Archive
Vista Stock Shots: San Francisco, Skyline Stock Footage, Golden Gate Bridge
Internet Archive
[Mason Furniture Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia]
Internet Archive
Stillman Fires Collection: Dashes Of NYFD
from Stillman Fires Collection.
Internet Archive
Cape May Original Trims Reel 5
Collection of original trims from Henry Charles Studio production featuring the beach town of Cape May, New Jersey. Includes footage of beachgoers, boardwalk,…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Galante Collection: 004317
Rural California ranch scenes including children playing together and with horses, foals, dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens. Box # 48- plus Box notes: "at…
Internet Archive
[Gould can 5165.5]
All-Star football game promo.
Internet Archive
Before the Alarm
Film about fire safety and prevention in a city. Includes footage of the operation of a fire department and how it receives alerts of fires, tests equipment,…
Internet Archive
[Tacoma-Narrows Bridge Collapse]
Tacoma Span bridge collapse Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
[News Footage 1954: Can 4]
Miscellaneous television news footage from an unidentified source, combining sound and silent sequences as was common for newsfilm. Includes sequences from…
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
White Pelican
Internet Archive
Preparing for a Garden: A Film Lesson in Nature Study, Part 1
Internet Archive
Golden Gate
Golden Gate
Internet Archive
The Fly : A Science Picture
Silent film examines the common housefly and how it spreads disease.
Internet Archive
[Gould can 5483.8: Kinograms Newsreel]
New gold strike in Nevada
Internet Archive
[Gould can 5423.5]
Two Black men on the street engaging in a comic dialogue.
Internet Archive
[Gould can 5127.5: Memorial Day Trailer]
Memorial Day trailer.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Phal Collection: 011821
Content warnings: The file appended _001 contains images of the aftermath of a violent vehicle collision and possibly injured persons. The file appended _002…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97066: Odds and Ends
Home movies on various topics shot between 1955 and 1962.
Internet Archive
[Gould can 1054.2]
Exterior of old movie theatre.
Internet Archive
Moment of Service
Details the service efforts of the Red Cross, including infant care classes, blood draws from adult subjects, blood transfusions, first aid classes for…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Leone Gaetano Collection: 003897
An Italian American family celebrating holidays, attending a wedding, and visiting the Adirondacks and Atlantic City. The first part of the reel is full of…
Internet Archive
Down to Dalmatia
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97366: Western New York State
Can markings state: Davis Buffalo Drumlins Debbie __ Rainbow Shows Vernon NY
Internet Archive
In The Other Lands: The Balkans
Silent travelogue looks at the Balkans and their people.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10693: Oregon]
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 3032 R2
Footage of Concrete Pipe Co. factory workers assembling concrete pipes. note on leader: "CANADA - ACPA"
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97453: Family Scenes
To come.
Internet Archive
American Tanks In China
Silent film. Combat in the Chinese civil wars, 1920s.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98771: Ohio Family
To come.
Internet Archive
Builders of Bridges
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: 98596: Family and Social Activities
To come.
Internet Archive
Taliesin-West
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098592: 1960s in Michigan, Florida, and Virginia
7 minute reel with a Detroit Tigers vs. Red Sox baseball game, touring Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, driving through Virginia, high school graduation in Michigan,…
Internet Archive
Vista Stock Shots: Homes, San Francisco
Internet Archive
Making A Skyscraper (Steel) - Empire State Bldg.
Internet Archive
Strohm 0034
Urban Paris, survey of farms in France and Italy and an agricultural equipment fair in Italy. can reads: "Turkey; World Seeds." (processed date: March…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11125: New Mexico, Burlingame, San Francisco
To come.
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
Mode-Art Can 1258 (Reel 1)
Outtakes from an industrial film depicting scenes of brick production; welding a steel skeleton on a high rise building in Chicago, and featuring aerial shots…
Internet Archive
Home Movies: 10050: Christmas and Summer on a Lake, Michigan, 1955
Scenes opening Christmas presents (ca. 1955) and recreation around a lake in Michigan.
Internet Archive
Untitled: Low Rent Housing]
Housing problems in Philadelphia; interviews with residents, housing providers and supportive housing groups
Internet Archive
[Odds and Ends]
05:32:17:00-05:34:40:00 Nixon w/ Russion (?) B&W, Sd
Internet Archive
Underground Farmers
On ants. Closeups of ants in ant community.
Internet Archive
Odds and Ends (Hardcastle) (Part II)
0636 PA8485 Odds and Ends (Hardcastle)