Prelinger Archives
7,297–7,344 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: 97230: Arkansas Farm, etc.
Arkansas farm and other scenes ?
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Tullio Pellegrini Collection: 003426
White vacationers visit the island of Jamaica, focusing a touristic and at times extractive gaze on interactions with local people. Includes a raft trip down…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 011006
Home movie filmed by an unknown family on a roadtrip through Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. Can notes: "Our Trip USA Part One" Original frame rate is…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 12019: European Trip, 7/11/1957
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11824: Phal Family Disneyland & San Simeon Trips
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97304: Swimming Pool, Cookout, Children
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Knowlton Collection: 004401
Footage of a family in the San Francisco Bay Area, with panoramic views of San Francisco and Oakland from the East Bay hills. Includes a parade filmed at 14th…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Klaus Henrich Collection: 005258
A European family travels through Japan, Hong Kong, and Thailand, including images of Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples, Hong Kong street scenes, and more. Can…
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 1604
Outtakes from Mode-Art Production #1391 for U.S. Steel, National Tube Division. Footage includes: a woman using typewriter (Friden Flexowriter) with punched…
Internet Archive
Queerosities - Odd Pals
Internet Archive
[Mobil Oil unidentified footage]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Vusovich Collection: 003794
Suburban American family adventures to Santa Catalina Island, Disneyland, and other places. notes on can:"Vilencia // Home Movies // "Vusovich" // Can #3 // 2…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11111: San Francisco
To come.
Internet Archive
Seeing the World, Part 2
Internet Archive
George Washington
Biography of George Washington with visits to historic locations in the Eastern United States. Possibly from Yale University's "Chronicles of America" series.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098596
High school students before prom or homecoming, a family gathering for a confirmation, a student at Kemper Military School, and more. Can label states:1968 -…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010152
Japanese American family in the 1950s enjoys a picnic at Mount Diablo State Park and admires the vistas. Also features a predominantly Japanese American Boy…
Internet Archive
Frontiers Reel 1 A
This silent film footage captures a variety of scenes from the 1950s, showcasing diverse landscapes, daily life, and industrial activities. It begins with…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11850: Cincinnati, OH Family
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97241: Phoenix, Arizona, July 4th
Notes indicate shot in Phoenix, Arizona. To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97300: Mount Union College
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97159: Christmas 1940, etc.
Church Picnic at Nela Park, Cleveland, OH, 1926-27
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 1437
Outtake footage shot for "Hard Hats and Thinking Caps" a production sponsored by the American Bridge Division of United States Steel about safety. Includes…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 071172
Fishing, boating, a vacation to Niagara Falls, and fun at home documented by an African American family in the 1970s, likely in Detroit, Michigan.
Internet Archive
Nevada Highway Story, The
Internet Archive
Coyote 1 Lamb 0
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 71134: Possibly in Indiana
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98604: Western Trip
To come.
Internet Archive
Four Seasons, The - Spring
Internet Archive
Biography of a Redwinged Blackbird, The
Internet Archive
McCarthy
Internet Archive
Home movie: 071241: 1940 New York World’s Fair Westinghouse pavilion and a road trip
Home movie: 071241: 1940 New York World’s Fair Westinghouse pavilion and a road trip
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004231
Travels throughout California, including footage of Golden Gate Park, 17 Mile Drive, Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Knott's Berry Farm, Santa Anita Park horse…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Patrick Marks Collection: 096351
In the most unique scene in this reel, a northern California family gathers for the processing of Abalone at a coastal cabin, with an elder in a wetsuit…
Internet Archive
Strohm 0036
Footage of what is likely a grain trade show for farmers to learn about different types of wheat varieties. can notes: "Farm NCL"
Internet Archive
Home Movie PA 010792
Home Movie PA 010792
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 003385
Home movie picturing Western travels, including Monida Pass, Montana and Idaho. Date estimated from edge code.
Internet Archive
[News Footage 1954: Can 1]
Miscellaneous news footage from an unidentified source, probably made for television. Sequences include: the Harry Dexter White trial, an announcement of a…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 096530
Content warning: Contains images of animal death and brutality. Fishing trip to Mazatlan, Mexico, featuring a large swordfish catch and a flock of dolphins.…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 071170
Detroit-area families celebrate a wedding all in pink at the end of this compilation reel that opens with a funeral service. Between these landmark events…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97415: Family and Christmas
To come.
Internet Archive
Bending the Twig
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004226
Family scenes in the early 1950s, including children getting ready for bed, dancing in the living room and summer lakeside activities. Film is very…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Farm and New Hampshire Fair]
After home movies end, Castle Films "The Sport Parade" also on reel
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Jay Hansell Collection: 003629
Notes from donor inventory: Roll 10. 1967–1969 - Golf at various Oakland, CA, courses with Hansell family and others 1964 - Swimming at the pool in Oakland,…
Internet Archive
1008 Talk Of The Town Silent
to come..
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 002404
Footage includes urban streetscapes of Detroit architecture and public art and what appears to be an interracial couple in folk dancing (possibly Polish)…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004212
Footage of recreational activities including horseback riding, hiking, inner tubing, and fencing. Also includes a family vacation to Mexico, featuring…