Prelinger Archives
8,449–8,496 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: 11070: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
River Picture R 1 Trk
River Picture R 1 Trk
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000571-3: 1950s New York family 50th wedding anniversary
Home movie: 000571-3: 1950s New York family 50th wedding anniversary
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97290: Suburban Chicago Family
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97464: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001224: 1939 California musical family attends performances
Home movie: 001224: 1939 California musical family attends performances
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000639: 1930s Massachusetts family with two daughters
Home movie: 000639: 1930s Massachusetts family with two daughters
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000440: 1950s Baby Boom: 3 families with babies
Home movie: 000440: 1950s Baby Boom: 3 families with babies
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Luna Collection: 004378
A Southern California Latinx family spends time together at the park and in the neighborhood. Includes a baseball game at Dodger Stadium, a quick visit to a…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Charles D. Mitchell Collection: 004956
Content advisory: Antisemitic language; antisemitism; Nazi personnel, assembly activity, and iconography. The natural beauty of the Bavarian region of Germany…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Ziegler Collection: 000046
An intimate and muddy look at the effort to build a foundation for the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge during the early construction year of 1934. With…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97115: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97361: Pennsylvania Family
To come.
Internet Archive
Vista Stock Shots Cattle On Range Pasture Meadow "Beef" Reel 2
Stock footage of free range cattle in pastures across California.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 098065: 1950s camping road trip Ontario and New England
Home movie: 098065: 1950s camping road trip Ontario and New England
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Genter Collection: 003513
Tourist visit to Philadelphia, New York City, and Washington D.C.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000574-2: 1950s road trip to New York
Home movie: 000574-2: 1950s road trip to New York
Internet Archive
Home Movie PA 010885
Home Movie PA 010885
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004989
Unusual sound home movie created by an imaginative parent in the 1970s who filmed a birthday party, then apparently created the soundtrack by showing the film…
Internet Archive
Egypt (Part 3, Reel 2)
1920s travelogue showing Cairo and the markets and landscapes between Cairo and the pyramids of Giza. With street scenes, a camel market, craftsmen and street…
Internet Archive
000638
000638
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Schultz Collection: 004135
Footage of Gothic architecture (cathedrals, abbeys, and such) in Europe.
Internet Archive
Sight Seeing At Home
Sight Seeing At Home
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10455: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Samovar Serenade
Samovar Serenade
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Graphman Collection: 011778
An unseen operator captures moments at the Golden Gate International Exposition, then studies the architecture of luxury homes in California before visiting…
Internet Archive
Foods
Foods
Internet Archive
To the People of the United States
Public education film on combatting the epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases, especially syphilis, in World War II.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Trawick Collection: 001097
A 1920s cruise with long stops in Thailand, China, Hong Kong, and Japan, with street scenes, merchants, civic festivals, national festivals, and a dramatic…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001479: 1950s California race cars
Home movie: 001479: 1950s California race cars
Internet Archive
Bonanza R 1 B
Bonanza R 1 B
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 003499
As U.S. annexation of the former nation of Hawai'i advances to statehood, tourists catch a huge celebration at Iolani Palace in Honolulu. A newspaper boy…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 097255
In 1932, with colonial powers governing India, Singapore, the Philippines, and Hong Kong, a pair of European men tour these locations, as well as Panama,…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98929: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Vista Stock Shots: Cattle on Range, Pasture, Meadow, "Beef": Reel 1
Stock footage of free range cattle in pastures across California.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97070: Ludington 1946
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000558: 1956 Jewish wedding
Home movie: 000558: 1956 Jewish wedding
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97052: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 12007: Untitled Collection 5
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97455: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
000775
000775
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98546: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Dr. Samuel Massie Collection: 170242
At the home of a noted scientist, family members and friends gather for Christmas and New Year's holidays in a well-appointed living room, dressed up and…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97119: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010880
English-style horseback riding competitions, demonstrations, and educational activities at an equestrian center. Can note: "Horse Shows Hinsdale 1935 / Ft.…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 096571
A family with small children playing and spending time around their home. Can notes: "Family Maxhams / Mrs. Conley"
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 011875
An Asian American family celebrates holidays with gift exchange and shared meals at their home at 763 16th Avenue in San Francisco's Richmond District, a…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10588: Unidentified
To come.