Prelinger Archives
8,545–8,592 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: 010132: 1920s upper class California club life
Home movie: 010132: 1920s upper class California club life
Internet Archive
000868
000868
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97217: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001143: 1950s California suburbs, a road trip and a move
Home movie: 001143: 1950s California suburbs, a road trip and a move
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10505: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11116: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
000778
000778
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000475: 1950s Alaska
Home movie: 000475: 1950s Alaska
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97446: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Brown Bear
Brown Bear
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97005: Vacation 1958-59
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97126: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97401: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Newhouser Collection: 011765
United Service Organizations programs for Black servicemen in Washington State, including a candlelight church service, a football game between the Fort Lewis…
Internet Archive
Play Is Our Business (Reel 1)
Advocates for preschool for young children and extracurricular activities for children of all ages. In this reel, the virtues of structured play environments…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98951: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97409: Utah
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000688AWB: 1962 Florida snake handling
Home movie: 000688AWB: 1962 Florida snake handling
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10001: Farm Life
Reference scan from 16mm home movie.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000523: 1940s Western mountain hunting trip
Home movie: 000523: 1940s Western mountain hunting trip
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98545: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010101: 1950s road trip on Lincoln Highway
Home movie: 010101: 1950s road trip on Lincoln Highway
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97222: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97218: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97231: Unidentified
To come
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98936: Pacific Northwest 1951 (Part II), The
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010102: zoo animals
Home movie: 010102: zoo animals
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97124: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98558: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Janet Dill Collection: 004060
Recreational sport fishing at Palm Beach, Florida. Can notes: "B9"
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98577: Canoeing on the Allegash
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Akin Collection: 170111
Content advisory: The Confederate army appears ready to rise again in this reel, expressed in troops, flags, insignias, banner messages, and civic…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98829: Ohio River, Alabama Vacation
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97163: Unidentified
to come
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 097363
Dancing, horseplay, affection, and games outdoors in summer and winter are filmed in soft focus on grainy film. The second part of the film, visually more…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11095: Our First 200 Feet
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98830: Dinner Club
To come.
Internet Archive
Dialogue With Life
Stock shots to be logged. Good shots of New York City people on street; pedestrians; street scenes; children in playgrounds. Many POV driving shots from atop…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001114_SF: 1968 San Francisco
Home movie: 001114_SF: 1968 San Francisco
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97443: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97395: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
001084 Bombay
001084 Bombay
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 12005: Untitled Collection 5
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000486e: 1940s integrated Los Angeles family
Home movie: 000486e: 1940s integrated Los Angeles family
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001494: 1962 Seattle Worlds Fair and Space Needle
Home movie: 001494: 1962 Seattle Worlds Fair and Space Needle
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000479: 1960 Los Angeles family visits Russian River
Home movie: 000479: 1960 Los Angeles family visits Russian River
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98902: Family and Travel Scenes
To come.
Internet Archive
Your Body During Adolescence
Shows the seven glands that regulate human life and growth with emphasis on the pituitary and sex glands. Outlines changes that take place in the bodies of…