Prelinger Archives
8,257–8,304 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: 12020: Unidentified Detroit Family
To come.
Internet Archive
[Documentation Of Paper Checks]
Silent footage documenting paper checks.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98916: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000454
1920s sightseeing trip on the Rhine River, with landscape POVs, watercraft, and sightseeing highlights, including the Heidelberg funicular and the Swiss Alps,…
Internet Archive
[Armstrong Cork Freezer Locker Film]
From a title: "This film shows typical scenes in the operation of a modern locker storage plant." A description of the business of offsite frozen food storage…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98300: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Muraoka Collection: 004853
A Japanese American family travels to Japan in the mid-1950s, visiting the homes of family or friends, gardens, and temples using various modes of…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 098069: 1960s Southern California family with child in wheelchair
Home movie: 098069: 1960s Southern California family with child in wheelchair
Internet Archive
New Fuel for New England
Bechtel Pipeline
Internet Archive
Our Productive Industry
Our Productive Industry
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 096545
Children hunting for Easter eggs and learning to swim at the Crystal Scarborough Swim School and Club in Los Angeles, California. Can notes: "Tammy swimming"
Internet Archive
California Coastline 1971
California Coastline 1971
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98997: Flowers
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000497: 1950s Hawaii tourism
Home movie: 000497: 1950s Hawaii tourism
Internet Archive
Century 21 Home Film
Construction of a home made from Douglas fir Plywood at the Seattle World's Fair (also known as Century 21 Exposition), Seattle, Washington, 1962.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98913: Possibly Minneapolis Family
Possibly originated with Minneapolis family.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97334: Female Child
Marked inside can: Michigan & Union Central
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Kitselman Collection: 000538
An upper class white family with three children in the late 1920s partakes in recreation by a lake, with scenes of an African American domestic worker…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 098162: 1950s Naval air carrier in the Pacific
Home movie: 098162: 1950s Naval air carrier in the Pacific
Internet Archive
School Days (Reel 2)
Part 2 of a narrative feature. Reel 2 of 6. The film was broken into reels approximately 15 minutes in length for the rental market. Depicts the misadventures…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 098166: California naval family off duty and Coast Guard training
Home movie: 098166: California naval family off duty and Coast Guard training
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000435: 1950s Los Angeles apartment construction
Home movie: 000435: 1950s Los Angeles apartment construction
Internet Archive
098486
098486
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 12108: Hirota Collection
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10835: Prelinger Collection
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Charles D. Mitchell Collection: 004962
Content advisory: Nazi personnel and iconography. The natural beauty of the Rhine region of Germany contrasts with the dark shadow of Third Reich activity in…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010052
A family at leisure through multiple seasons; footage of summer boating, snow play, various outings, and family gatherings. Can notes: "Film starts with…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10663: Echo Lake and Fair
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98550: Family and Friends, Plant Construction
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98661: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000119
A series of youth football games, likely in the eastern or midwestern United States, including images of both football players and cheerleading squad. Scanned…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 097405
Content advisory: Felix the Cat animated squence within this reel is a racist piece of commercial animation. An extremely lighthearted family and their…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000686
Content warning: contains images of the Confederate flag and a sign that states "Confederateland" at Fort Pedro, a fireworks market located at the tourist…
Internet Archive
1042 Chevrolet Leader News Vol 1 No 3
to come
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97103: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 12023: Unidentified Detroit Family
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10002: Oil Drilling, ca. 1920s
Reference scan of 16mm home movie showing oil drilling, probably in the 1920s.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97117: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010535
Aftermath of the Great Hurricane of 1938. Also includes people surveying land, what appears to be a youth performance, and people skiing. Notes on can lid:…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 005191
An anti-war rally at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco, California protesting the Vietnam War, featuring an integrated, multiethnic crowd of demonstrators, and a…
Internet Archive
Highlands and Lakes of North America
Staged scenes of friends meeting at a fishing camp in Lake Weslemkoon, Canada. Intertitles discuss local fish species and glamorize fishing and camping in the…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Muraoka Collection: 004897
A Los Angeles area family of Japanese heritage with young children celebrates family time, food, community, and cultural events with extended family and…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97157: Unidentified
To come
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97269: Spreckels Children
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97444: Florida
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10040: Family Pictures
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97028: Niles, Michigan and Elsewhere
Home movies shot in the 1930s near Niles, Michigan and possibly Ohio.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98544: Unidentified
To come.