Prelinger Archives
8,401–8,448 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: 001138_interesting: 1960s and 1970s youths grow up
Home movie: 001138_interesting: 1960s and 1970s youths grow up
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010129_001: 1950s Pennsylvania road trip and New York City
Home movie: 010129_001: 1950s Pennsylvania road trip and New York City
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97221: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10879: Family Scenes
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98910: Arizona, Los Angeles and Mexico
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 097150
A fishing expedition with the Kroger Shrimp Operation. Includes images of fishermen hoisting fishing nets and dumping fish onto the deck of the boat, as well…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97151: Unidentified
Notes to come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 002431_001: 1970s Southwest road trip and rafting
Home movie: 002431_001: 1970s Southwest road trip and rafting
Internet Archive
Fairyland Fantasy
Fairyland Fantasy
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000425: 1970s Detroit family visits Utah, Nevada, California
Home movie: 000425: 1970s Detroit family visits Utah, Nevada, California
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97110: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Ziegler Collection: 000047
An atmospheric and wintry train trip through the narrow canyons and massive rock formations of the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado in the early 1930s.…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 12001: Barber Collection
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Unknown Alaska Collection: 004187
Travelogue of Alaskan cities and wilderness, with significant coverage of the fishing industry.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97460: Possibly in Arizona
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10328: State Fair
State fair.
Internet Archive
Make Up
Make Up
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97450: Xmas 1963
To come.
Internet Archive
Science and Your Garden
Sponsored film promoting RX-15 chemical fertilizer for home garden use.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97225: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000739
Images of what appear to be towns along the Texas-Mexico border including agricultural landscapes, street scenes, and other images of rural life. Also…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97349: Mummers
To come.
Internet Archive
RP To Inform And To Serve 001
RP To Inform And To Serve 001
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97118: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10532: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98918: Possibly in Minneapolis
Possibly shot in Minneapolis, Minn.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97294: Suburban Chicago Family
To come.
Internet Archive
[Livestock Auction]
Footage of bulls for sale at an auction. Can notes: "Orig pix / Bull in pen auction? / Sam Burgess / Film Service Laboratories (Athens, Georgia)" The Georgia…
Internet Archive
Play Is Our Business (Reel 2)
Advocates for preschool for young children and extracurricular activities for children of all ages. In this reel, young children, middle-school aged children…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000422: 1939 Brisbane, CA family
Internet Archive
Home movie: 002430_002: 1970s California home life
Home movie: 002430_002: 1970s California home life
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10943: Prelinger Collection
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 12025: Unidentified Detroit Family
To come.
Internet Archive
[Hiroshima Stills]
Content warning: Contains explicit photographic imagery of people maimed and killed in nuclear attack. Reel discovered in U.S. government archives apparently…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97144: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97227: Vermont
Received from Cornwall, Vermont
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97116: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97147: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
RP Habit Patterns 001
RP Habit Patterns 001
Internet Archive
Journey Into Medicine 95
Journey Into Medicine 95
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97391: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98953: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000547: 1950 Bahamas and Florida
Home movie: 000547: 1950 Bahamas and Florida
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97219: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97384: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000486c: 1940s integrated Los Angeles family
Home movie: 000486c: 1940s integrated Los Angeles family
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11093: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98556: Possibly in Pennsylvania
To come.