Prelinger Archives
7,441–7,488 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: 000078
Domestic scenes of an African American family, including images of people drinking together, a woman interacting with her dog, people hugging and kissing each…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97216: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movies: Can 71123
Home movies from Can 71123, synopsis to be added.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98963: Canadian Fishing Trip 1964
Reel 10. Canadian Fishing Trip 1964.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 003805
Road trip through Yellowstone National Park and Mount Rushmore; children carving pumpkins for Halloween 1962.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098193
Content warning: At around the 16-minute mark, white cruise ship employees appear dressed as racist caricatures, wearing sombreros and fake mustaches. Travel…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 011083
Content notice: A Black family on a cross-country road trip document evidence of Jim Crow era racial segregation they encounter in the form of signs and…
Internet Archive
[Airstream Dealer]
Skeletal Entry "Building your future with Airstream"
Internet Archive
Saw Mill Rescue, The
Narrative short film.
Internet Archive
Angelus
Colorgraphs of our Scenic West.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 071171
An African American family from Detroit takes a road trip to California, with driving sequences through Las Vegas showing neon signs lit up at night, and a…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098612
The arrival of a pair of twin daughters is at the center of this family reel with two older brothers learning to adapt to having younger sisters, and with…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97198: Wisconsin Family Activities
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000486
Home movie featuring a multi-ethnic community in Compton, California enjoying relaxed good times. Includes scenes of birthday parties, backyard leisure, and…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 001104
A Latinx family with young children vacations in the Southwestern United States. Shows a picnic in a dry desert, with scenes of the young son wearing leather…
Internet Archive
Home Movie PA 010934
Home Movie PA 010934
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97192: Pacific Northwest
To come
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98583: Floods 1955
Floods, 1955
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98362: Colorado
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Cervera/Aguayo Collection: 005047
A Latino/x family vacations at the beach and goes to Las Vegas to see Diana Ross in 1973 or 1974. Footage of the musical performance is out of focus. can…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Ransohoff Collection: Can 1-2]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97454: Camping in New York and Pennsylvania
To come.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Washington, D.C. from Washington Monument]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97329: Family Scenes
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000419
Home movie possibly filmed in Idaho (based on unverifed provenance information) featuring outdoor family farm animal life and human leisure through the…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: J.F. Rogers Collection: 004648
Scenes of a family at home in the San Gabriel Mountain foothills in Southern California, Pasadena landmarks, skiing, and visits to a port (likely Long Beach…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004736
A family, possibly from West Virginia, celebrating holidays, visiting the Bluestone River, and spending time around their home.
Internet Archive
Queerosities: Woman Ball Player
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98688: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Rochester Collection: 004265
Children doing relay races, parades, rodeos, and more. First 90 seconds is trailer for Kodak Cinegraph films for home viewing. Note on containers: From Nelson…
Internet Archive
Wheat's Worth: The Story of a Grain of Wheat
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Ycaza Collection: 005036
A large Latinx Los Angeles family plays together, celebrates holidays, visits Marineland, dances together on many occasions, and enjoys daily life in Southern…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Evan Barber Collection: 071150
An assembly of home movies shot 1938-41, centering on a beloved child with Down syndrome, showing the child's experiences across several Christmas mornings,…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Koura Collection: 005388
A Japanese American family at home on their farm on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Family activity centers around a new reservoir with fishing in spring and…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97083: Brooklyn Families, Wedding Pictures
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie PA 097840
Home Movie PA 097840
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97386: Garden
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98201: Pennsylvania Railroad Steam and New York and Long Branch MUs
Label on can: "P.R.R. Steam - K-4's on N.Y. & L.B. - MU's"
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004737
A trip to Catalina island, likely the Mojave Desert in California, and a brief view of Ensenada, Mexico. Note on can: CATALINA TRIP AUG '50 FREEDOM BELL JUNE…
Internet Archive
Completion of Northwestern Pacific Railroad (Outtakes and Elements)
A collection of California and railroad-centric film footage. This roll consists of materials made by Bert Gould when he copied the original nitrate film to…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 097326
Children, family holidays and gift giving. Features an Easter egg hunt, Christmas, and birthdays.
Internet Archive
Queerosities: Tree Toppers
Loggers climbing tall coniferous trees and working at high altitudes.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97359: Pennsylvania Family
To come.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10597: Local 415 Strike]
Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
Struggle For Individuality - Children Grow Up
Silent film that examines how children emotionally and socially mature.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10947: California
To come.
Internet Archive
[Bowers Rubber Company Fire, San Francisco]
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000416: 1951 Detroit area family