Prelinger Archives
7,489–7,536 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 PA 000219
Home Movie PA 000219
Internet Archive
Land For Pioneers
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97378: Maine
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000998
Firefighters fighting flames in Oregon with equipment and responders from Eugene Fire Department, Creswell Fire Department, and Cottage Grove Fire Department.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97303: Chicago, Illinois Family
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004755
Family gatherings, children playing, and other domestic scenes. Note on container: 1. B&W 1ST ROLL 2. B&W RAIN 3. B&W PARTY
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004275
Travels through Switzerland and France in the 1930s. Features a hike through the snowy Alps, the Eiffel Tower, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and more. Note…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000875
Scenes of celebration with an unidentified Black family from Detroit in the early 1960s. Includes images of people listening to records and dancing, hamburger…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97513: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10996: Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98960: Golf
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie PA 097842
Home Movie PA 097842
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Crawford Farm]
To be logged. Probably in New England.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97387: Trip South
To come.
Internet Archive
Campus Capers
Skeletal Entry Mira Loma High School
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98218: CERA 25th Anniversary Fan Trip on South Shore Line, 1963
Label on can: "C.E.R.A. 25th anniversary fan trip on C.S.S. & S.B. 5-25-63"
Internet Archive
Calvin 0336
Outtakes from a sponsored industrial film titled "The Major Decision". Features many aerial views of the Hesston Corporation manufacturing plant and many…
Internet Archive
PA 9332B
"There Must Be A Better Way" B-roll footage. Industrial production for Penn Swim chemical products. A puppet portrays a salesman helping a shopper puppet…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97013: Christmas
Unidentified home movie
Internet Archive
Home Movie PA 010864
Home Movie PA 010864
Internet Archive
Queerosities: Diving Horses
Internet Archive
Road to Health and Happiness, The
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004207
Travels through the deserts of California and Arizona, includes the Hoover Dam, the Grand Canyon, Tonto National Monument, and more. Note on can: #6 Calif +…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97155: Franklin Circle, Ohio Centennial
Franklin Circle, Ohio Centennial and 110th anniversary, 1942 and 1952.
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 1419 (R1)
Outtakes from the film Hard Hats and Thinking Caps, demonstrating heavy construction of a steel skeleton tall building in Chicago. Mode-Art production no.…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97279: Esso Stations at Night
Esso, gasoline stations, service stations
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000462: Charles E. Smith Collection: Agriculture, Labor and Landscape, Kern County, California, Spring 1938
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98851: Fish, NB, Deer, Fair
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004754
Scenes of picnics, toddlers playing in the yard, swimming at a lake, and a visit to the zoo. Note inside can: 1942 Marlys about 2 yrs, Park with [a] Cedar…
Internet Archive
The Dan Smoot Report: Union Terrorism (#451)
Anti-union polemic from conservative political activist Dan Smoot, who narrates numerous examples of recent union and anti-union violence and labor strikes.…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11099: San Francisco Family
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97178: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97240: Scenes around Phoenix, Arizona and South Gate, California
Notes indicate shot in Phoenix, Arizona and South Gate, Calif.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11825: Phal Family Rochester, Niagara Falls NY and Washington DC Trip
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Koura Collection: 005389
Cinematic study of summer days of picking, harvesting, and assembling a strawberry harvest on the Japanese-American-owned Koura farm with long attention to…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Koura Collection: 005393
This reel begins with a bountiful mushroom harvest and recreational family fishing, then follows the Japanese American Koura family on a trip to San Francisco…
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 3002 (Reel 1)
Scenes at Summersville Lake and Dam, Nicholas County, West Virginia, Gauley River watershed after some flooding and high water. Further information is here:…
Internet Archive
Minsky Film 018
Robots at the MIT AI Lab
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97245: Fishing at Klamath Falls and Sacramento River
Notes indicate fishing at Klamath Falls and Sacramento River, and other scenes.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10390: Shrine Parade, Drake Parade
Shrine Parade and Drake Parade.
Internet Archive
The Synthesis Of Behavior By Computer
The Synthesis Of Behavior By Computer
Internet Archive
[Unidentified Negative: Vail Collection ?]
Sign says "Harrah's Club" -- may be Vail footage of Nevada
Internet Archive
French History of Aviation
Historical footage of early aviation. Title on film: "...Quelque dates dans l'histoire de aviation..." Note on can: USAF 20552 Credits offer attributions for…
Internet Archive
[Santa Barbara Road Races]
Likely the Santa Barbara Road Race event at the Santa Barbara Airport. Also includes a man lifting weights. Can notes: "Edgar Aliber"
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10960: San Francisco Area Family
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97332: Male Child
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000432: 1967 San Francisco peace march
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97277: Rose Parade
Rose Parade, Pasadena, California, 1950s