Prelinger Archives
6,769–6,816 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
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Silent biography about the American author, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10386: Western Trip
To come.
Internet Archive
[Untitled: Baby Clinic]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000410
The Villareal family in Southern California operates a cabana home-built in their back yard. Home movie documenting a big birthday party in the 1970s, many…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Bill Dicicco Collection: 003749
Scenes from San Francisco, a railroad trip across the United States, and beautiful street scenes of 1930s China filmed from a tourist's gaze. This film is…
Internet Archive
McCarthy
skeletal entry
Internet Archive
[Amateur film: 098509: San Francisco stock shots, mid-1950s]
Semi-professional stock photography reel of San Francisco, Marin Headlands, the Bay, the Farallon Islands, the City's waterfront neighborhoods and Market…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004757
A parade with Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts and a visit to San Francisco. Note on container: 1. SNOW SUPERIOR-MIAMI 2. PARADE BOY SCOUT 3. KIDS PARTY BACKYARD 4.…
Internet Archive
[Building Bell Systems Pavilion]
This silent 1960s film footage about the New York World's Fair captures the construction and attractions of the fair. It begins with scenes of construction at…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000076
Two sisters drinking whiskey and playing music together in the living room circa 1958. Parts of this reel are underexposed. Can engraving "DETROIT CAMERA…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Norma Sanders Collection: 097293
Scenes of summer pastimes in a bucolic setting with images of mostly women boating, fishing, swimming, and more. Label on can states: "Lake View Summer 58"
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Hidalgo Collection: 005179
Vacations with the Hidalgo family. Includes scenes from Hoover Dam, Las Vegas, Kiddieland, as well as scenes at home in Southern California. note on can:…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10689: Dec & Ed Wedding]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000629
Romani American family vacations in Mexico in 1972. Includes an extended sequence of sport fishing and the capture of two enormous sailfish. lab stamp: "EKCO…
Internet Archive
1008 Car Of Tomorrow Today Silent
to come
Internet Archive
[Gould can 5483.3: Kinograms Newsreel]
New York University football practice
Internet Archive
Among Your Souvenirs
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098243: PA rail fan 8: Dearborn station, 1960-61]
13 min., color: Dearborn station, Union station, Michigan, 1960, 1961.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11670: Chester PA Family, Summer Trip West II
To come.
Internet Archive
The Jewels of Industry, Reel 1
Part 1 of 2 of a scientific education film explaining the manufacture of the abrasives Carborundum and Aloxite. Notes on can: Mogull Bros No. 15584
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11832: Phal Family, Oakland A's Playoffs, Hank Aaron, World's Series, Monroe, LA
To come.
Internet Archive
Cougar Hunt, The
Internet Archive
[Universal Newsreel: U.S.S. Macon]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Galante Collection: 003372
Birds, butterflies, night skies, and flowers around the Galante family home in Placer County, California. Also includes people riding on the top of the…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Janet Dill Collection: Can B10: 004061
Dill family summering in Bayville, Maine. Includes footage of New England clambakes, swimming, boating, and spending time around their home. Can notes: "B10…
Internet Archive
Calvin 0305
Outtakes from a Calvin Company production for the Pillsbury's Busy Lady Bake-Off, 1968. Footage of Pillsbury staff processing applications and photographing…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 71111: Detroit Family, Florida Vacation
To come.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Vacation #2]
Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
[Gould can 5483.3: Kinograms Newsreel]
New York University football practice
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97275: New Jersey Shore
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97015: Flowers
To come.
Internet Archive
[Parke-Davis Outtakes]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Tuohino Collection: 003762
Leisure and recreational scenes of the Tuohino family, including children horseback riding, sheep shearing, the San Francisco cable car terminal near…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Arredondo Collection: 005078
Driving around the Los Angeles area in the 1970s, with views of the beach, the Port of Los Angeles, Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights, and detailed driving POV…
Internet Archive
OUR City Oakland
Internet Archive
Educated Feet for Correct Posture
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098434: Michigan, with Interlochen music school, 1940s]
7 min., color: Though much of the reel is out of focus, the in-focus sequences include Interlochen music school and the queue for the Mackinac Ferry. Overlaps…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000492
1920s Kodacolor home movie depicting Oregon coast scenes, including sunrise, sunset, and a bonfire on the beach.
Internet Archive
Forest Fun: Growing Trees
Live action and puppet animation about california forests
Internet Archive
Case of the Blurred Image, The
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97327: Freedomland, Bronx, N.Y.
To come.
Internet Archive
Your Movie Camera and How to Use It
Internet Archive
Stillman Fires Collection: NYC Fires Various
from Stillman Fires Collection.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97313: Family Films 1956 - 1963
To come.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Our Trip to the Great Northwest, September 1942]
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10721: Furniture Designers Outing May 23, 1931]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10018: Nicholville & Lake Ozonia, New York
Home movie showing summer activities around Nicholville and Lake Ozonia, St. Lawrence County, New York, ca. 1930s
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10595: Livonia Collection]