Prelinger Archives
7,873–7,920 of 10,345 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: 010956
Content warning: intertitle at 10:01 includes a patronizing and offensive term for an African American man. Elders, owners of a hortcultural or nursery…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000687: 1961 Bahamas tourism
Home movie: 000687: 1961 Bahamas tourism
Internet Archive
Calvin Test Reel
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098400
A road trip in and around Banff National Park in July 1948. Includes a stay at the Banff Springs Hotel, scenes of wildlife, and the Rocky Mountain Range. Can…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010267
Content advisory: Between 1955 and 1971, Disneyland included a simulacrum of an indigenous village, staffed by members of native tribes, some of whom who…
Internet Archive
Two Down and One to Go!
Content notice: Nazi iconography, racism, and casualties of war. Documentary short film produced by the army and directed by Frank Capra with creative…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10520: Owego Gag "A"]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 097717
An amateur film documenting Southeast High School in Kansas City, Missouri, including images of classroom activities, students on lunch break, teachers,…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010870
A group of elders having a backyard barbecue; a man driving a new Buick; two women exploring a desert landscape; and more. Can notes:"#1Wilmas garden 1950/…
Internet Archive
Living Geography
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098583
Footage of the floods of December 1955-January 1956 in Walnut Creek, California. Can notes: "[Floods 1955]"
Internet Archive
[Launch of the S.S.S. Nor'easter]
The christening and launching of Sea Scout ship (S.S.S.) Nor'easter at the U.S. Coast Guard Wilmette Station, Illinois, on July 4th, 1934. Also includes…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 011738
A Colorado family visits the Rocky Mountains on stormy days and captures the feel of muddy roads in the 1930s, with the camera mostly looking out through a…
Internet Archive
[San Diego and San Francisco V-J Day Celebrations]
Content warning: Contains images of non-consensual kissing and grabbing. Unedited newsreel footage of V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day) celebrations in…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11839: Phal Family Memories
To come.
Internet Archive
Magistrate's Court (Reel 2-3, B-Roll)
Reels 2 and 3 B-roll (of A/B rolls) of a Philadelphia television documentary about the role of the magistrate in law enforcement. Features footage of what…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Koura Collection: 005835
The Koura family documents a passenger ship sendoff, Washington state landscapes, a town parade, flower gardens, farm labor and Christmas holidays.…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97202: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Minsky Film 017
Robots at the MIT AI Lab
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 1428
Kinescopes of brief comedic sketches featuring a sad-sack office man character.
Internet Archive
[Stillman Collection: Boston Fire Department]
Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000559: 1956 wedding reception
Home movie: 000559: 1956 wedding reception
Internet Archive
Dannys Dental Date
Dannys Dental Date
Internet Archive
Hunters to Harvest Biggest Game Crop
Internet Archive
Grass Is Gold
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97462: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Unknown Alaska Collection: 004229
Footage of industrial landscapes, scenic aerial views, and tourist destinations in Alaska in the late 1950s. note on box: 2 1959 Alaska Kodiak Pt. Graham…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004363
Scenes at the Port of San Diego, Balboa Park, and other Southern California sites. Can notes: "San Diego harbor / Balboa Park (ball park)" Post it on can:…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97371: Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Conn.
Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Connecticut
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98752: Possibly in Connecticut
To come.
Internet Archive
Land (Part II), The
About the american farm Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
Pig Tales
Pig Tales
Internet Archive
Caltex: A Major Scientific Breakthrough
Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97328: Christmas
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Klaus Henrich Collection: 005259
A European family visits Thailand and Myanmar (Burma), includes images of the Wat Arun and That Bin Nyu temples, boat tours along the Chao Phraya River,…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98222: CTA Clark-Wentworth
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098187
Mid-20th century Mexico, with beaches, jungles, agriculture, a volcano, Chichen Itza, marketplaces and commercial activity, roads with local pedestrians;…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010928
A trip to Pittsburgh, Gettysburg, Washington D.C., Atlantic City, and other East Coast cities. Viewing notes on tape in can state: East Coast Trip ca. 1928…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Ransohoff Collection: 010913
A family fishing and boating at a lakeshore cabin in central New York and having a beach barbecue in Long Island. Can notes: "Mountains and Jones Beach, 1958"
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001146: diorama with kinetic motion and circus tableau
Home movie: 001146: diorama with kinetic motion and circus tableau
Internet Archive
Taming The Taiga
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10051: Smoky Mountains (2nd half of reel)]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10600: Travels in California and Elsewhere
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 097289
Visits to a fair and a zoo and domestic life on a family farm. Note in can states: Springfield Faire, 1957 Catskill Game Farm. Grandpa giving Larry wipping…
Internet Archive
000643
000643
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98755: Possibly in Connecticut
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Luna Collection: 004377
A Latinx family in California celebrating birthdays, new babies, and activities with young children. One scene shows a children's football game with kid…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Metzler Collection: 005175
A family beach trip to Camp Dearborn on a hot summer day, children swimming in an inflatable wading pool, Christmas holiday dinners, and more. Camp Dearborn…