Prelinger Archives
8,833–8,880 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
000630
000630
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010004_001: 1940s San Francisco Bay and waterfront
Home movie: 010004_001: 1940s San Francisco Bay and waterfront
Internet Archive
000674
000674
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001233: 1940s California musical family Christmas and Yosemite
Home movie: 001233: 1940s California musical family Christmas and Yosemite
Internet Archive
Vista Stock Shots: Cattle Handling: Drives, Cutting Out, All Range Handling
Stock footage of cattle handlers in and around Plumas County, California.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000550: 1950s Texas and Mexico
Home movie: 000550: 1950s Texas and Mexico
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000459c: 1930s Ottawa, Canada family
Home movie: 000459c: 1930s Ottawa, Canada family
Internet Archive
Design For Correction
Design For Correction
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Galante Collection: 004332
Rural life on a farm, with children and animals.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000513: 1950s South Dakota trip
Home movie: 000513: 1950s South Dakota trip
Internet Archive
Take It And Leave 001
Take It And Leave 001
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000577: 1940s house, farm and town in winter
Home movie: 000577: 1940s house, farm and town in winter
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000583: 1950s Michigan lake shore vacation
Home movie: 000583: 1950s Michigan lake shore vacation
Internet Archive
RP Hereford Story Reel 2 001
RP Hereford Story Reel 2 001
Internet Archive
Blitz
Blitz
Internet Archive
Miss Polish America
Miss Polish America
Internet Archive
Memorable News Pictures Of 1946 001 23
Memorable News Pictures Of 1946 001 23
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000493: 1920s Oregon locations, timber and fire
Home movie: 000493: 1920s Oregon locations, timber and fire
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000520: 1947 Western road trip California and Oregon
Home movie: 000520: 1947 Western road trip California and Oregon
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000543: 1950s, gymnastics on the lawn and picnic
Home movie: 000543: 1950s, gymnastics on the lawn and picnic
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000560-2: 1956 honeymoon in Bermuda
Home movie: 000560-2: 1956 honeymoon in Bermuda
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001136: 1960s California and Utah with Rose Parade and Bryce Canyon
Home movie: 001136: 1960s California and Utah with Rose Parade and Bryce Canyon
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000417: 1951 East Coast road trip, NY, DC, Detroit
Home movie: 000417: 1951 East Coast road trip, NY, DC, Detroit
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000418: 1941 Trip to California and Yellowstone, Aspen, Hoover Dam
Home movie: 000418: 1941 Trip to California and Yellowstone, Aspen, Hoover Dam
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000509-3: 1949 Idaho children
Home movie: 000509-3: 1949 Idaho children
Internet Archive
000691
000691
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010027: 1940s New England coast with wartime parade
Home movie: 010027: 1940s New England coast with wartime parade
Internet Archive
Home movie: 097798: 1930s and 1940s Vallejo California family
Home movie: 097798: 1930s and 1940s Vallejo California family
Internet Archive
RP MTF Wrap Up Film Reel 3 001
RP MTF Wrap Up Film Reel 3 001
Internet Archive
News Of Today 001 31
News Of Today 001 31
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000545: 1953 Michigan tornado aftermath
Home movie: 000545: 1953 Michigan tornado aftermath
Internet Archive
From Forest to Fireside: The Story of Ponderosa Pine (Reel 1)
The story of harvesting pine for industrial use. Reel one only.
Internet Archive
From Forest to Fireside: The Story of the Ponderosa Pine (R2)
The story of harvesting pine for industrial use. Reel 2 only.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000599: 1940-1948 holidays and parades
Home movie: 000599: 1940-1948 holidays and parades
Internet Archive
RP Hereford Story 001
RP Hereford Story 001
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000409_color: 1965 Villareal patio restaurant
Home movie: 000409_color: 1965 Villareal patio restaurant
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001129: 1960s midwestern family in summer
Home movie: 001129: 1960s midwestern family in summer
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010002_001: 1920s drilling for oil
Home movie: 010002_001: 1920s drilling for oil
Internet Archive
Mode-Art Can 2583
Aerials of farmland and rural areas in autumn.
Internet Archive
[Home Movie: 010114: Jerome, Arkansas Relocation Center, ca. 1944]
Home movie shot at the Jerome (Arkansas) Relocation Center, ca. June 1944. Jerome was the last concentration camp for Japanese Americans to open and the first…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000568: 1970s Massachusetts family youth and cruise
Home movie: 000568: 1970s Massachusetts family youth and cruise
Internet Archive
000855
000855
Internet Archive
How To Make Faces
How To Make Faces
Internet Archive
Last Word
Last Word
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000452_sound: 1930s Massachusetts family with two daughters
Home movie: 000452_sound: 1930s Massachusetts family with two daughters
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001477: 1940s Sierra mountains road trip and San Francisco
Home movie: 001477: 1940s Sierra mountains road trip and San Francisco
Internet Archive
The River 001
The River 001
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Abe Doty Collection: 005221
Atmospheric Yellowstone reel, unusual in the richness of sky photography with erupting geysers and richly sculpted storm clouds combined throughout the reels.…