Prelinger Archives
6,577–6,624 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
Calvin 0310
Compilation of four reels of original picture outtakes from the production "North of 59." Includes aerial footage of forested area in Alberta and/or…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Galante Collection: 003377
Winter scenes with the Galante family, including images of people boarding a Southern Pacific Railroad train, a woman balancing on skis, snowman building, and…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Tuohino Collection: 003502
Fun times at a Christian summer camp, Camp Sheldon, located in Columbus, Nebraska. Note in can: Methodist Youth Camp Film Run at Sound speed, rewind after…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Genter Collection: 003512
This home movie was filmed around a military installation in Southern California and shows officers on the base performing and posing for the camera; civilian…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Tuohino Collection: 003522
A Finnish-American family's visit to Finland. Also includes remote control airplane meetups and people gliding in sailplanes. Leader notes: "Reel II / 8/69…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Vusovich Collection: 004118
A family visit to Catalina Island and a California Mission, as well as the celebration of a child's communion and birthday. Can notes: "#2 / Tommy 6mo. First…
Internet Archive
How to Train
Boxers training, shadow boxing, sparring, and in a boxing match. Note on container: KIDDIEFILM Camera Division QRS DeVRY Corporation Bullock Los Angeles $2.00…
Internet Archive
First Stop England
Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Evan Barber Collection, Britton, South Dakota, 1942-44]
skeletal record Britton, South Dakota
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97356: 80th Birthday Party
To come.
Internet Archive
[Untitled: Part 6: Reproductive System and Human Development]
Internet Archive
Richthofen Reel 4
Reel 4 of the silent war film, Richthofen. "The life of Baron Manfred von Richthofen is chronicled. Aerial battles are recreated with the film culminating in…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: James McColl Collection: 003797
Americans enjoying time in the great outdoors of California. Includes baby's first steps, rocking horse fun, Christmas celebrations, enjoying the 1962 World's…
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098574: 1950s Michigan, Great Lakes, and Florida airport scenes]
8 min., color: 1950s Great Lakes and lakeshore camp scenes, then summer camp, sight-impaired children, summer Christmas, Santa, camp construction scenes,…
Internet Archive
Behind the Trophy
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Croft Collection: Reel 11, Greenfield Village 1944]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 71109: Detroit Family Wedding
To come.
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 2771 (Silent)
Outtakes from a film on the Yankee Atomic Power Plant. Much of the black and white footage at the end of this reel is in color on item, Mode-Art Can 2771…
Internet Archive
Palestine
Content warning: This film contains brief still images of serious bodily harm and death. A history of Palestinian resistance to imperialism and occupation in…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Keith Robinson Collection: 003744
Teens in a bedroom smoking and drinking beer, children playing in a park playground, and a couple drinking Budweiser on the beach. Color segment at end is…
Internet Archive
Schools to the South
Internet Archive
Perils of the Beach
Internet Archive
[Untitled: Misc. Stock Shots]
second part of reel includes film footage from 1970s Harlem addiction drama
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098725: 1946 road trip to Massachusetts North Shore, Cape Ann, Gloucester]
1946 road trip by a family of five, to historic locations on the Massachusetts North Shore including Cape Ann, Gloucester, and featuring the commercial…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Schultz Collection: 003529
Home movie shot in Western France. Includes extensive footage of The Calvary statue at the Parish close in Guimiliau, France. Can notes: "Schultz // A wind…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Janet Dill Collection: 004049
A family vacation to Florida beaches for swimming and fishing. Can notes: "A10 / 1957, March. Florida #1" Note in can: A10 1957 Trip to DBF Train ride Beach…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Klaus Henrich Collection: 003456
A European couple documents their travel to Yellowstone National Park via station wagon. The film later cuts to world travel with scenes in Iran, Taiwan, and…
Internet Archive
Queerosities - The Human Spider
Internet Archive
The Hummingbird
Silent film looks at the life of the Broadtail Hummer.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Galante Collection: 003376
Footage filmed around Placer County, California, including images of hydraulic mining ruins in Dutch Flat, CA; the construction of a train tunnel near Towle,…
Internet Archive
Strohm 0035
The New Jersey Business and Industry Association meeting of many men around a large table evaluating and examining exhibits in conference room interiors. can…
Internet Archive
Queerosities: A Negro Baptism
Mass baptism in the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010941
A group of middle-aged women travels by car throughout the southeastern United States by car in the late 1930s, stopping at small towns, getting their…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Atlantic City]
Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Galante Collection: 004316
An older couple shows off their garden; children enact a biblical play outdoors; family observes a solar eclipse and interacts with their animals; children…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11016: In Church
To come.
Internet Archive
Mental Hospital 001
Mental Hospital 001
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98671: Michigan Scenes
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Tuohino Collection: 003501
A high school graduation ceremony, sledding, a children's production of the Music Man, a visit to the Great Plains region of the United States, and more.…
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 1780
Outtakes from a Gibbons beer commercial. Includes shots of people drinking beer, men camping, people having a picnic, bars, people bowling, and more. Mode-Art…
Internet Archive
Health-O-Grams
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Dill Collection: 004080
The Dill family vacationing in Bayville, Maine, including images of birthday celebrations, a bicentennial Independence Day parade, boat rides, and more. Can…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Gordon Hewes Collection: 004289
People at leisure and posing for the camera in a garden and perhaps at an outdoor event. Reel begins with a title card reading "Africa" and segues into what…
Internet Archive
Forest Fun: Forest Weather (Part seven of a series)
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 003782
Mid-century scenes of suburban family life featuring young sisters. notes on can:" Home Movies // "3-sisters" // 1930-1955 // #1 + 2"
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004087
Domestic and leisure scenes of a family in Pomona Valley, California, including mother and father showing off a newborn baby, youth church events including a…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Tuohino Collection: 003506
A family with young children playing in the countryside. Can notes appear to describe a different film. Date estimated from edge code. Note in can: (on Union…
Internet Archive
[San Antonio Redevelopment]
Outtakes and trims from an unidentified production of historic significance documenting urban renewal in San Antonio, Texas. In this production, staged…