Prelinger Archives
7,057–7,104 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
Home Movie: 003433
A family in upstate New York, includes footage of V-J Day newspaper headlines, family boat rides, and visits to New York state landmarks. Note in can states:…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98222: Fan Trip on Chicago-Area Railroads, 1958
C.E.R.A. fan trip on I.C. & C.S.S. & S.B. (using IC equipment) 5-24-58
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 1763 (Reel 2)
Outtakes from the film, "Young Man River," documenting the opening and dedication of the New Cumberland Locks on the Ohio River. Mode-Art Production Number:…
Internet Archive
Bulova
About Bulova watches
Internet Archive
[Frozen Food Locker]
[Frozen Food Locker]
Internet Archive
Pan American Bazaar
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98215: Railroads
To come.
Internet Archive
Nursing: A Career Of Service
Silent film explains the aspects of a nursing career to potential candidates.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: London-Seattle-Totems]
Internet Archive
Calvin 0335
Outtakes from a Hesston Corporation sponsored film featuring scenes of farm equipment manufacture, demonstration in the field, and testing. Notes on Box:…
Internet Archive
Chairman Hua Meets With CP ML Delegation
Documents the meeting between Chairman Hua Goufeng of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the American Communist Party…
Internet Archive
Soybeans for Farm and Industry
Scenes of farming, tractors, plowing, etc.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 099848
In the late 1930s, women with cars and cameras took off to explore the Mojave desert's landscape and native plant communities, following sections of Route 66…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97467: Sun Carnival El Paso 1-1-37
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movies: Wathen Collection: New Orleans, Texas, Oklahoma
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 001499
Documentation of an African American family's travels to Denmark, starting with a shot of them leaving the house, boarding and flying to John F. Kennedy…
Internet Archive
Garden for Victory (Reel 1)
Film to recruit and educate homemakers to grow vegetables for food security during World War II. "Every step in planning and cultivation of home vegetable…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Arredondo Collection: 005083
Scenes filmed from car while driving across the Gerald Desmond Bridge, the Vincent Thomas Bridge and around the Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles area on…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97410: Grand Canyon of Arizona
To come.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Northwest]
Internet Archive
Looking Back Through The Ages
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98954: Florida 1958
To come.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10037: "One Wonderful Wandering"]
"from the Atlantic to the Pacific and Mexico to Canada in a Buick"
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 1472
Outtakes from a film entitled "New Horizons", featuring several facets of steel production at a large mill. Mode-Art Production 824.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Tom Gerace Collection: 005030
Scenes of a life, a newborn baby and mother around their home with extended family and friends, including a baptism at St. Bede the Venerable Catholic Church,…
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 2877_1
United States Atomic Energy Commission (US AEC) workers assembling equipment and underwater fuel rods, perhaps for use in a nuclear energy plant. Possibly…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97253: Gizmo Series 1949
Sailing on Lake St. Clair, Michigan.
Internet Archive
RP Young Mans Fancy 001
RP Young Mans Fancy 001
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98924: Possibly Minneapolis Family
Home movies possibly shot by a Minneapolis family.
Internet Archive
000642
000642
Internet Archive
Harlem Revue
Internet Archive
The Heart of a Hero (Reel 2)
Part two of a historical colonial drama centering on the figure of Nathan Hale in the American Revolution. Includes images of a valet or manservant played by…
Internet Archive
Clean Waters
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010824
A wealthy home and grounds with extensive flower gardens and swimming pool; many views of Manhattan as seen from a boat. can notes: "New York - Bridgeport -…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10041: Parade near Mt, Vernon, Washington State
Scenes of a parade near Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington State, ca. 1930s
Internet Archive
Movie Trailers (A Moment of Thanks)
"A year has passed...a moment of thanks" Dancing girl over graphics
Internet Archive
Story of Coal, The
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 2272
Bethlehem Steel workers assembling a steel structure, which may be elevated train tracks, and a groundbreaking ceremony. Outtakes from Mode-Art Production No.…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000876
A joyous African American family from Detroit, Michigan celebrates the holidays with a large formal cocktail party. Features scenes from a gallery opening at…
Internet Archive
Making Friends With Chipmunks
Internet Archive
How Much Affection?
How far can young people go in petting and still stay within the bounds of personal standards and social mores?
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97238: Southern California ?
Scenes in Southern California?
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97452: Texas, Virginia and Travel
To come.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: New York City, Cleveland Aerials]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004747
Various road trips through the South and Southwest United States, family gatherings, and church events.
Internet Archive
Vista Stock Shots: San Francisco Apartments
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098902b: Michigan family road trip, 1954 or 55 to coastal California and interior Western states]
From a Michigan family of older adults: A 1road trip c. 1954 or 1955 to U.S. 101 in northern California featuring redwood trees, forestry, tree harvest, Paul…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000262
Content warning: This film contains images of Shriners members engaging in cultural appropriation and Orientalism through the use of costuming that originates…