Prelinger Archives
8,641–8,688 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
The Wildcat (Reel 4)
Part 4 of the silent film, The Wildcat. The film was broken into reels approximately 15 minutes in length for the rental market.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97344: Pennsylvania Family
To come.
Internet Archive
Key To Our Horizons.mov. 1
Key To Our Horizons.mov. 1
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Baker Collection: 004371
Fields of California Poppies in bloom in the California desert with Joshua Trees, visits to Marineland of the Pacific and many images of performing animals.…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Walter A. Dewey Collection: 005199
In this softly focused and light-flashed reel the action is often indistinct, yet it appears to include a comparative architectural study of two Oregon…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098560
At the parochial school operated by the Church of St. Pius V in the Bronx, integrated groups of schoolchildren play games and handle the summer heat using a…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000478: 1940s Alaska in World War II
Home movie: 000478: 1940s Alaska in World War II
Internet Archive
Christ The Healer
A silent short subject set in the ancient city of Capernaum, or Kefar Nahum, where Jesus is thought to have taught at a synagogue. In this fictionalized…
Internet Archive
[U.S. Military in China]
Content warning: close-up views of injured, frostbitten toes. U.S. troops appear to be in China, possibly as part of Operation Beleaguer. Shows brutal winter…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010150: California merchant family and staff at GGIE
Home movie: 010150: California merchant family and staff at GGIE
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98920: Possibly in Minneapolis
Possibly shot in Minneapolis, Minn.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98940: Possibly Shot in Michigan
Miller Lake, Higgins Lake, Lakeview.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97254: Sal
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98925: Possibly in Minneapolis
Possibly shot in Minneapolis, Minn.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001158_001: 1940s snowfall in Maryland and beach
Home movie: 001158_001: 1940s snowfall in Maryland and beach
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97363: Pennsylvania Family
To come.
Internet Archive
Fill Er Up 001 13
Fill Er Up 001 13
Internet Archive
Santa Fe Cigars 001 02
Santa Fe Cigars 001 02
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98572: Lakes
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97046: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie PA 097835
Home Movie PA 097835
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004237
Travels through Arizona, including footage of Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Casa Grande Ruins National…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000486: 1940s integrated Los Angeles family
Home movie: 000486: 1940s integrated Los Angeles family
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10962: Western Trip 1965
To come.
Internet Archive
See Your Town In Motion Pix 001
See Your Town In Motion Pix 001
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098434b: Michigan with Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island]
7 min., color: Fort Mackinac and leisure time on Mackinac Island, Michigan.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000529: 1920s Europe tourism
Home movie: 000529: 1920s Europe tourism
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98930: Possibly in Minneapolis
Possibly shot in Minneapolis, Minn.
Internet Archive
Blue Monday
Blue Monday
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000426: 1970s Detroit family visits California, Nevada
Home movie: 000426: 1970s Detroit family visits California, Nevada
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97312: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97461: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie PA 010841
Home Movie PA 010841
Internet Archive
Niagra Falls Worlds Fair 001
Niagra Falls Worlds Fair 001
Internet Archive
Bars To Bullets Sound
Bars To Bullets Sound
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97267: Bull Performance Testing, Tifton, Jan. 1963
Can marked: Bull Performance Testing, Tifton, Jan. 1963.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98912: Possibly Minneapolis Family
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97382: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11074: Indoor Pictures
To come.
Internet Archive
Architecture In Mexico R 2 B
Architecture In Mexico R 2 B
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97463: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000572: 1950s Great Lakes camping, track and field
Home movie: 000572: 1950s Great Lakes camping, track and field
Internet Archive
000694
000694
Internet Archive
Excursions In Science 001
Excursions In Science 001
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10825: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
0494 What Bird Is That 3 Shore And Water Birds
to come
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11675: Chester PA Family, Wedding, Autumn Scenes
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000483: 1930s Idaho winter and army scenes
Home movie: 000483: 1930s Idaho winter and army scenes