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Prelinger Archives

7,969–8,016 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 OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive Keep It Clean (A-Roll) Film A-roll master (of A/B rolls) for a film addressing cleanliness as a factor in industrial production. See item 201941 for B-roll. Can notes: "1641" Leader… Internet Archive Home Movie: 097793 Home movie Animals at the San Francisco Zoo and flowers outside of the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. Label on can lid states:San FranciscoGolden Gate PkZoo Internet Archive Home Movie: Luna Collection: 004379 Home movie A Southern California Latinx family waits near the airport and attends First Communion. Children play in the neighborhood. With footage filmed off television… Internet Archive Home Movie: Newhouser Collection: 011760 Home movie Young African American military family vacations in Santa Barbara, California and Victoria, B.C. in 1944. Note from container: "Vacation Santa Barbara Bennie… Internet Archive Home Movie: Koura Collection: 006108 Home movie Scenes of play and leisure at a lake in Washington State. Includes images of Japanese American people, likely with affiliation with the Youth Buddhist… Internet Archive From Forest to Fireside: The Story of Ponderosa Pine Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Mother Mack's Puppies Find Happy Homes Film · Subtitles In Southern California a breeder of Scottish Terriers explains puppy care and the process of puppy rearing, training, and placement, with Black families,… Internet Archive Home Movie: 97335: Honeymoon 1 Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie: 98318: Miscellaneous Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie: 97494: Nebraska and Wyoming Home movie To come. Internet Archive Choosing Your Vacation (sic) Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Home Movie: 98759: Possibly in Connecticut Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie: 098161 Home movie Family reunions and gatherings of a white family from Georgia circa 1956. Notable sequences feature a Black domestic worker posing with the family and later… Internet Archive Home movie: 002469: 1960s Hawaiian family and landscapes Home movie · Subtitles Home movie: 002469: 1960s Hawaiian family and landscapes Internet Archive Hunters to Harvest Biggest Game Crop Film · Subtitles Some good shots to be logged. Internet Archive Summer of '63 1963 · Film · Subtitles Venereal disease among the young. A short version of Davis's feature film V.D. Excellent stock shots of early-1960s youth culture in Los Angeles. 02:00:16:03… Internet Archive Home Movie: 98629: Tennis and Church Home movie To come. Internet Archive Modern Power for Profit Film A sales demonstration film made to showcase Allis-Chalmers Tractor Group, featuring hands on operation and demonstration of tractors in the field. A somewhat… Internet Archive Home Movie: 004391 Home movie Images of an African American family with young children, likely in Southern California, showing scenes of kids riding Big Wheels on the sidewalk and in the… Internet Archive Home Movie: 010153 Home movie An academic Japanese American family participates in civic life at a camp in the Sierra mountains followed by sequences showing family members on campus at… Internet Archive Home Movie: 005554 Home movie Content advisory: Shows a catastrophe occuring in real time that resulted in loss of life. Documentation of the Baldwin Hills Flood of 1963, with original… Internet Archive Trader Keeps Moving, The Film Internet Archive How To Prevent Disease Film 6205 How To Prevent Disease 01 37 01 26 Internet Archive Home Movie: 003900 Home movie Lovely scenes of fun times throughout the seasons, including leaf burning, lake swimming, and sledding in the forest. notes on can:"Home Movies // "3-sisters"… Internet Archive Home Movie: 003428 Home movie Early Kodacolor home movie footage of a baby in a high chair and a family visiting the beach in Cabourg, France. Features active 1930s women kayaking and… Internet Archive Home Movie: 010560 Home movie Road trip through Yellowstone National Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. note on back of can:"Trip West" Internet Archive Home Movie: 98542: Christmas, Easter, Family Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie: 98328: Colorado Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie PA 097839 Home movie Home Movie PA 097839 Internet Archive Miss America 1972 Film Miss America 1972 Internet Archive 001181b Film 001181b Internet Archive Home Movie: Koura Collection: 006105 Home movie Shows a Koura family road trip to California via coastal highways, a new dam on the family farm, fishing, hunting, and foraging for mushrooms. Also includes… Internet Archive Home Movie PA 097838 Home movie Home Movie PA 097838 Internet Archive United Means...You! Film Internet Archive From Forest to Fireside: The Story of Ponderosa Pine Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Home Movie: 98574: Tampa Airport Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie: 000476 Home movie Travel footage from Washington State, British Columbia and Alaska. Includes coverage of Sitka streets and buildings; a parade in Juneau with many visually… Internet Archive Behind the Headlines (Reel 3B) Film Reel 3B of a sponsored film about the production of a newspaper, containing approximately half of the shots in the original picture roll. Can notes: "R-3B… Internet Archive Home Movie: 001156 Home movie A road trip through the Southern United States in 1950, beginning at the Louisiana State University campus and ending at the junction of the Mississippi and… Internet Archive Home Movie: 010181 Home movie Images of a Japanese American family living in California, circa 1950s, including scenes of farming, family portraits around the home, and a Japanese American… Internet Archive Home Movie: 11114: Unidentified Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie: 98998: Unidentified Home movie To come. Internet Archive Home Movie: Graphman Collection: 011774 Home movie Atmospheric agricultural landscapes filled with farm animals, including a visit to rural Québec, with a focus on images of electrical lines and other… Internet Archive Home Movie: Lloyd Royal Collection: 011062 Home movie Content warning: This film includes images of African American workers filmed from a white gaze, likely without their full consent. A portrait of civic and… Internet Archive Home Movie: Klaus Henrich Collection: 005256 Home movie Travels through the Kashmir region of India, including images of floating markets, boat tours, horseback expeditions through the mountains, and more. Can… Internet Archive Cement Quarry Film · Subtitles Internet Archive [Home Movies: Can 10679: Michigan] Home movie · Subtitles Internet Archive Home Movie: 97447: Unidentified Home movie To come.