Prelinger Archives
6,433–6,480 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
[Still Images of People Walking on New York Streets]
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 8017
Outtakes from a production likely titled "The Concrete Face" about the construction of the R.D. Bailey Dam and reservoir in West Virginia. Also includes some…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Dill Collection: 004084
The Dill family vacationing in Bayville, Maine and Florida. Includes images of people boating, New England clambakes, Fourth of July parades, and more. Can…
Internet Archive
America the Beautiful (Cuts, Can 4)
Collected travelogue sequences filmed in the eastern U.S. featuring tropical fishing as well as patriotic activities and national landmarks amid sites of…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97310: Across the Grand Canyon
Viewing notes in can state: Hiking in the aspen Down into Grand Canyon Thru the tunnels Waterfall playing in creek Ribbon Falls some double exposure Phantom…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97338: Wedding
To come.
Internet Archive
Stillman Fires Collection: Fire Dept Demonstrations
from Stillman Fires Collection.
Internet Archive
My Latvia
Content warning: Contains images of human bodies that have been maimed and murdered. 1960s documentary about the Soviet occupation of Latvia and the Baltic…
Internet Archive
Beside The Zuider Zee
A scenic tour of the industry and developments around the inlet Zuider Zee in the Netherlands.
Internet Archive
Let There Be Light
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10600: San Francisco, Pasadena]
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10644: Camp Polk]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Galante Collection: 004322
Scenes of leisurely rural life, children riding horses, brief scenes of a large sailing ship and Christmas morning, and a child in a horse costume. The reel…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Al Kinard Collection: 000918
A series of fishing outings on a lake in what is likely Wisconsin. Can notes: "Cabin #3 1962-63" Note found in can reads: "(41st National Conference; American…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Arthur Parga Collection: 005020
Domestic scenes of a Mexican American family in Southern California; a road trip through the desert; people working at a gas station / car mechanic garage;…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Millard Collection: 097338
Footage of young children playing, posing for the camera with their siblings, and blowing out birthday candles. Can notes: "Fred Reddert's Wedding / Millard…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 001497
Scenes from an African American family's wedding, followed by a dance recital. Footage of Santa Land and a Christmas parade noted on the original film can…
Internet Archive
[Atomic Energy Near Pleasanton]
Internet Archive
Report to the People (A Roll)
Film sponsored by the State of California and narrated on camera by Governor Ronald Reagan, with an apparent emphasis on Black, Indigenous, and people of…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: "With Rod and Harpoon to the Enchanted Land of Sport," January 1930, Part II, continuation]
Continuation of Part II.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10531: Allen Industries Rahway Factory Film]
Internet Archive
Manchukuo: The Newborn Empire
Internet Archive
[Gould can 5202.2]
San Francisco Streetcar wreck / car on its side / pan view
Internet Archive
Social Seminar: Family
Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
Home Movie: John Rieder Collection: 011313
Part two of a comprehensive tour through the boroughs of New York City in the mid-1950s created by a local auteur, not a tourist. Includes a visit to Coney…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 170005_001: California and Oregon places with Celilo Falls
Home movie: 170005_001: California and Oregon places with Celilo Falls
Internet Archive
Queerosities - A Woman Ball Player
Internet Archive
Vista Stock Shots: Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97326: Family Scenes, 1950s
To come.
Internet Archive
Farm Tractor Safety: A Family Affair
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 1833 (Reel 1)
Outtakes from an industrial film featuring aerial shots of Pittsburgh and images of barge traffic at the New Cumberland Locks. Leader: Daily #- 9796 & 9179,…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Hirota Collection: 071164
A Japanese American family from San Francisco takes their dog to [Golden Gate Park] and Ocean Beach. Features scenes at a nature camp, a photography show with…
Internet Archive
Other Fellow, The
Internet Archive
Mr. Johnson Goes to School
Internet Archive
When Elk Come Down
Shot in and near Yellowstone National Park. Some good shots to be logged.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Coy Collection: 003740
Content warning: This film includes images of white people engaged in cultural appropriation and dressed in racist costumes that use blackface. Domestic and…
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 2799 (Reel 3)
Outtakes of an industrial film about United States Steel's SEMESTRA Schools and USS Homes programs. Features static and zoom shots of empty classrooms, a…
Internet Archive
U.S. POWs in Nagasaki and Rocky CU
Unedited footage of World War II U.S. prisoners of war being carried onto a ship on stretchers, receiving American Red Cross rations, and arriving in Nagasaki…
Internet Archive
[Gould can 5127.2: San Francisco Bay Seaplane Ferry]
Oakland - San Francisco seaplane ferry.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97208: Home and Travel
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97205: Family Activities
To come.
Internet Archive
Good Neighbors Awards 04 (Reel 2)
Outtake footage for the Good Neighbors Awards of 1963, including images of the Volkswagen of America headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; the Johnson…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97506: Dogs and Portsmouth, Virginia
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97215: Vacation and Rodeo
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Sears Collection: 003526
A small birthday celebration for two young adults in the kitchen. Can notes: "Sears // 1972 / Plus 1 - 8mm" Edge code does not corroborate with date written…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Coonradt Collection: 004702
Content warning: This film contains a brief image of a boy and woman engaged in the cultural appropriation of Polynesian culture. Scenes of summer including a…
Internet Archive
Calvin 0302
Outtakes from "The Shape of Safety," a Calvin Workshop production for Portland Cement Association. Includes footage of I-95 and other freeways and roadways,…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10810: Berko Collection: Vacation to Baltimore, Md. & Washington, D.C. Reel 2]
Focuses on railroads and streetcars.