Prelinger Archives
8,737–8,784 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: 98609: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010050_001: 1950s Michigan fishing and family
Home movie: 010050_001: 1950s Michigan fishing and family
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11746: Hutchinson, KS Family Scenes, Lyons & Emporia Trip
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10587: Unidentified
To come.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000878
Black friends gather for a boisterous living room dance party circa 1964. Note on can: "Sylvia/Clarence" Lab stamp: "PROCESSED BY KODAK JUL 64"
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000627
A Romani American family enjoys family time and community banquets with richly laden tables and dancing. The family also takes sightseeing trips to San…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Meyer Collection: 001424
A fun-loving and affectionate Berkeley family with three children often color-coordinate their outfits for the camera over seasons of picnics, fishing, pony…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Radde Collection: 071225
Content advisory: Sequences of roughhousing between men and women. Vibrant color footage of a playful Michigan family ice fishing and changing a tire in the…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010046_003: 1950s road trip Rocky Mountain states to New York
Home movie: 010046_003: 1950s road trip Rocky Mountain states to New York
Internet Archive
Alaska Sled Dogs
Alaska Sled Dogs
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98921: Possibly in Minneapolis
Possibly shot in Minneapolis, Minn.
Internet Archive
RP 000995
RP 000995
Internet Archive
Glacier Park Studies
Glacier Park Studies
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Dill Collection: Can C9: 004072
Can notes: "C9 / Florida / Spring 1966"
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098386
Miners of the Buffalo Rouyn Mines searching for a site to begin excavation in Buffalo, New York circa 1927. Includes images of worker camps, workers digging…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 11823: Phal Family NY Trip
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000591: 1950s Hawaii and home
Home movie: 000591: 1950s Hawaii and home
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98930: Possibly in Minneapolis
Possibly shot in Minneapolis, Minn.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000485: 1940s Idaho farm life and California life
Home movie: 000485: 1940s Idaho farm life and California life
Internet Archive
010068 Home movie: 010068_001: 1950s Christmas and family life with two girls
Home movie: 010068_001: 1950s Christmas and family life with two girls
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98828: Holland (Michigan) Tulip Festival
To come.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001473: 1940s Bay Area suburbs and Yosemite
Home movie: 001473: 1940s Bay Area suburbs and Yosemite
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000579-4: 1942 farm life and football
Home movie: 000579-4: 1942 farm life and football
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98573: Possibly in Maine
To come.
Internet Archive
Foundational Films Divine Baptism
Foundational Films Divine Baptism
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000521: 1947 Western states road trip
Home movie: 000521: 1947 Western states road trip
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010070: 1930s amateur film Bubbles of Red Gap
Home movie: 010070: 1930s amateur film Bubbles of Red Gap
Internet Archive
RP MTF Wrap Up Film Reel 4 001
RP MTF Wrap Up Film Reel 4 001
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000486a: 1940s integrated Los Angeles family
Home movie: 000486a: 1940s integrated Los Angeles family
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000554-2: 1930s Massachusetts shore recreations
Home movie: 000554-2: 1930s Massachusetts shore recreations
Internet Archive
Frozen Foods: How To Prepare, Package, Freeze, Cook
Educational film about best practices for freezing food in the home kitchen.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000491: 1920s Mount Rainier camping
Home movie: 000491: 1920s Mount Rainier camping
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010051_001: 1940s Michigan family cross-country road trip
Home movie: 010051_001: 1940s Michigan family cross-country road trip
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000576-3: 1954 fall color and cookout, Christmas
Home movie: 000576-3: 1954 fall color and cookout, Christmas
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000588b: 1950s family camping, hunting and hiking
Home movie: 000588b: 1950s family camping, hunting and hiking
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000581: 1941 farm and horse show, uniforms and model planes
Home movie: 000581: 1941 farm and horse show, uniforms and model planes
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97189: South Dakota and Elsewhere
To come.
Internet Archive
Inside Detroit
Inside Detroit
Internet Archive
Hall of Wonders 19
Hall of Wonders 19
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000482: 1930s Mountain Home, Idaho
Home movie: 000482: 1930s Mountain Home, Idaho
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Evan Barber Collection: 098882
A multigenerational family, including a child expressing Trisomy 21 or Down Syndrome, enjoy seasonal daily life in 1940s South Dakota. Centered on a Christmas…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Abe Doty Collection: 005206
An AFS (American Field Service) cross-cultural party in a suburban setting at the outdoor event facility of a small institution, on a cool day in spring or…
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 1477
Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Consutrode Furnace Mode-Art production no. 471
Internet Archive
Electricity Goes Underground
Electricity Goes Underground
Internet Archive
Armstrong 001
Armstrong 001
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000527: 1920s integrated recreation
Home movie: 000527: 1920s integrated recreation
Internet Archive
RP Workshop 1967 001
RP Workshop 1967 001
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000431: 1920s and 1950s Iowa small town people and businesses
Home movie: 000431: 1920s and 1950s Iowa small town people and businesses