Prelinger Archives
7,345–7,392 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: 97194: Family and Home Activities
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10550: Vacation in Virginia and Washington, D.C.
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098542
African American domestic workers feature prominently in scenes of a wealthy white family with children celebrating Christmas and Easter, sledding in the…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10970: San Francisco Visit
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98927: St. Croix River and 1956 Honeymoon
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97385: New Bicycle and Birthday
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11778: Vacation West, CA Coast
to come
Internet Archive
Santa Fe Cigars 001
**Summary of Santa Fe Cigars Commercial** A series of Santa Fe cigars commercials emphasizes the consistent light smoking experience offered by Santa Fe…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Jay Hansell Collection: 003622
Notes on can: Roll 3 - EASTER & ROAD RACING 1962 - Easter at Renchens in Concord, CA 1962 - Croquet Field St Oakland 1962 - Easter – Bill Hansell and swim…
Internet Archive
[Army Service Forces Special Bulletin #3033]
Content warning: Sequences showing U.S. army personnel in training environments for violent combat include simulated maiming and murder. Fast-moving…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Klaus Henrich Collection: 005261
The People's Republic of China during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, filmed by white European tourists. Including Chairman Mao Zedong iconography and…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: F.J. Campbell Collection: 097748
Scenes of relaxed living at a lakeside weekend home, including boating and picnics; scenes in rural Missouri; sightseeing in Pisa and Rome, Italy. Reel…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 002372
A well-photographed road trip to Yellowstone National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, and points between. Emphasis on the natural environment with many…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 097295
A family that may have been engaged in missionary work visits the Waimānalo Sugar Plantation and documents nature and plantation landscapes in Hawai'i.…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10633: "Dade Factory Activities - World War II"]
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000689: 1970 backyard picnic
Home movie: 000689: 1970 backyard picnic
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098398
Crisp and expressive black and white photography contrasts with postwar Kodachrome that fades easily, both of which appear in this reel covering a road trip…
Internet Archive
Home Movie PA 000115
Home Movie PA 000115
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010398
Salinas, California family attends Salinas Rodeo, visits redwoods and Yosemite National Park, has children's birthday party at home. Label inside can lid…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 001492
A 1942 road trip beginning in Kansas City, Missouri, with stops in multiple cities and many scenes of city streets, yellow taxicabs and farmland in Missouri,…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010144
A Japanese American family visits Yosemite National Park capturing many spectacular perspectives on the valley, its rock formations, and its flora and fauna.…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97504: Minnesota
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 097848: 1950s Pennsylvania parades and activities with International Christian Endeavor Union
Home movie: 097848: 1950s Pennsylvania parades and activities with International Christian Endeavor Union
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Unknown Alaska Collection: 004211
Travelogue footage of Alaskan towns and wilderness. Note on box: 10 Seward Valdez AK Juneau 61-62
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97239: Scenes in Phoenix, Arizona and South Gate, California
Notes indicate shot in Phoenix, Arizona and South Gate, California.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001213: 1930s California musical family shipwrecks and radio
Home movie: 001213: 1930s California musical family shipwrecks and radio
Internet Archive
Story of Alloys in Steel
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Patrick Marks Collection: 096352
Historical ecology of salmon stocks in the Sacramento River ecosystem are documented in this reel that also takes in the lost 19th century town of…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11105: San Francisco
To come.
Internet Archive
Lord Will Provide, The
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 1482 R2
Negative outtakes of railroad yard footage possibly used in "Profile of Steel". Mode-Art production number 926.
Internet Archive
Longines Chronoscope: General James Van Fleet
General James Van Fleet interviewed on the Longines Chronoscope television journal program, sponsored by Longines Wittnauer Watches, January 29, 1954. Picture…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11702: Hamden, CT Family Scenes, Birthday & Rodeo
To come.
Internet Archive
Bell One Productions 3
Segments from two very different US army-produced films. The title of the first film, "Management of Mass Casualties: Part 9: Burns," serves as a viewer…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 071176
A Black family in Detroit is active in dance, music, and school athletics in the late 1970s. The reel includes many square dance events, from a local Black…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11839: Phal Family, Olympics, Squaw Valley CA, Vice President Nixon at Candlestick Park
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97353: Pennsylvania Family
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97236: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Its Your Money
Its Your Money
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98677: Children and Housebuilding
To come.
Internet Archive
[Mount Tamalpais Hippies]
Amateur footage of white hippies enacting cryptic quasi-narratives in Mount Tamalpais State Park.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Cervera/Aguayo Collection: 005046
Domestic scenes of a Southern California Latino/x/e family celebrating Christmas, New Year's Eve, children's birthdays, and possibly Easter. Includes footage…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Marshall Family]
travels in Asia
Internet Archive
[Governor Goodwin Knight Announces Run For Senate]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 12319: Unidentified Ohio Family, Christmas
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98321: Fishing
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 71162: Hirota Collection
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 071175
Domestic and recreational scenes of an African American family living in Detroit. Includes footage of a father teaching his children how to ride a bicycle,…