Prelinger Archives
8,977–9,024 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
0475 Motor Conditioning In Dogs
to come
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000630
Content advisory: Bullfights and suckling pigs roasted on spits. Domestic scenes created by a Romani American family including holiday celebrations, social…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098667
While the stock market was crashing in 1929, an optimistic developer's project was taking shape in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. The reel documents the…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000585-3: 1960s Paris, Michigan
Home movie: 000585-3: 1960s Paris, Michigan
Internet Archive
Pigments And People 001
Pigments And People 001
Internet Archive
001093
001093
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000516a: 1940s Long Island and Bronx
Home movie: 000516a: 1940s Long Island and Bronx
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000597: 1949 Colorado landscapes and holidays
Home movie: 000597: 1949 Colorado landscapes and holidays
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000428_SFseq: 1944 cross country road trip to San Francisco
Home movie: 000428_SFseq: 1944 cross country road trip to San Francisco
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000460: 1930s Arizona tourism
Home movie: 000460: 1930s Arizona tourism
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000537-2: 1920s wealthy family circus trip and recreation
Home movie: 000537-2: 1920s wealthy family circus trip and recreation
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000549: 1940 Florida horse races
Home movie: 000549: 1940 Florida horse races
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010289
In 1929 privileged places and ceremonies in Japan are documented by tourists with unusual access. Arriving by cruise ship, the tourists visit many landmarks…
Internet Archive
Gaspé 1969: 004895
A scenic driving tour of Gaspé and other towns in Eastern Quebec, filmed almost entirely from the front passenger seat of a car moving along small inter-town…
Internet Archive
000873
000873
Internet Archive
RP 001063b
RP 001063b
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000413: 1960 Villareal patio restaurant, Baja fishing
Home movie: 000413: 1960 Villareal patio restaurant, Baja fishing
Internet Archive
Home movie: 002444_001: 1939 Yosemite and Shasta Lake
Home movie: 002444_001: 1939 Yosemite and Shasta Lake
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010072_001: 1950s cabin at the lake birthday party and Christmas
Home movie: 010072_001: 1950s cabin at the lake birthday party and Christmas
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000430-2: 1950s National Cash Register offices
Home movie: 000430-2: 1950s National Cash Register offices
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000486d: 1940s integrated Los Angeles family
Home movie: 000486d: 1940s integrated Los Angeles family
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000486f: 1940s integrated Los Angeles family
Home movie: 000486f: 1940s integrated Los Angeles family
Internet Archive
001149
001149
Internet Archive
RP 000778
RP 000778
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000453: 1930s Canada Rockies
Home movie: 000453: 1930s Canada Rockies
Internet Archive
Jungle Dropout
Jungle Dropout
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000522: 1961 Nevada and California tourism
Home movie: 000522: 1961 Nevada and California tourism
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000542: Two parades, Queen Elizabeth in Canada, Detroit city
Home movie: 000542: Two parades, Queen Elizabeth in Canada, Detroit city
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001230: 1940 California musical family in Santa Cruz mountains
Home movie: 001230: 1940 California musical family in Santa Cruz mountains
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000401: San Francisco, Brisbane, wartime family, car wrecks
Home movie: 000401: San Francisco, Brisbane, wartime family, car wrecks
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000552: 1949 - 1954 California and Minnesota camping and tourism
Home movie: 000552: 1949 - 1954 California and Minnesota camping and tourism
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Jay Hansell Collection: 003624
Can notes: Roll 5 1964 - LaPaz 1965 - Ells Feather River Fore Bay
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000444: 1940s Michigan in winter, summer
Home movie: 000444: 1940s Michigan in winter, summer
Internet Archive
Early Aviation 002
Early Aviation 002
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000447: 1940s Michigan family, Detroit downtown
Home movie: 000447: 1940s Michigan family, Detroit downtown
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000535: 1920s wealthy family with new baby
Home movie: 000535: 1920s wealthy family with new baby
Internet Archive
Ran Reel 2 B
Ran Reel 2 B
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010057: 1940s Adirondacks lakeshore recreations
Home movie: 010057: 1940s Adirondacks lakeshore recreations
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000458: 1930s Massachusetts family holidays
Home movie: 000458: 1930s Massachusetts family holidays
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000566-2: 1960s Massachusetts family parties
Home movie: 000566-2: 1960s Massachusetts family parties
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001194: 1950s Atlantic coast
Home movie: 001194: 1950s Atlantic coast
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Edward C. Denny Collection: 098471
Home movie of a trip to Williamsburg, Virginia is developed into an amateur effort at glorifying the antebellum era of enslavement, with racist commentary…
Internet Archive
Memorable News Pictures Of 1946 001
Memorable News Pictures Of 1946 001
Internet Archive
000627b
000627b
Internet Archive
000694
000694
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000472: 1950s Oregon Coast and Yellowstone
Home movie: 000472: 1950s Oregon Coast and Yellowstone
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000538: 1920s wealthy family lake and town
Home movie: 000538: 1920s wealthy family lake and town
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000571: 1955 New York state locations with flood and fire
Home movie: 000571: 1955 New York state locations with flood and fire