Prelinger Archives
9,025–9,072 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: 000575-3: 1957 Lake Erie shore camping
Home movie: 000575-3: 1957 Lake Erie shore camping
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010052: 1940s Michigan family at home
Home movie: 010052: 1940s Michigan family at home
Internet Archive
Bars To Bullets Reel 5
Bars To Bullets Reel 5
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000488: 1930s Kansas horse family
Home movie: 000488: 1930s Kansas horse family
Internet Archive
000800b
000800b
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010023: 1930s San Diego Expo at Balboa Park
Home movie: 010023: 1930s San Diego Expo at Balboa Park
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000596-3: 1940s sledding and amusement park
Home movie: 000596-3: 1940s sledding and amusement park
Internet Archive
Memorable News Pictures Of 1946 001 15
Memorable News Pictures Of 1946 001 15
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000539-2: 1920s captive bear
Home movie: 000539-2: 1920s captive bear
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010052: 1940s Michigan family at home
Home movie: 010052: 1940s Michigan family at home
Internet Archive
000754
000754
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001478: 1940s San Francisco neighborhoods
Home movie: 001478: 1940s San Francisco neighborhoods
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000496c: 1947 Kansas family college graduation
Home movie: 000496c: 1947 Kansas family college graduation
Internet Archive
Man's Place In The Sun A Roll
Man's Place In The Sun A Roll
Internet Archive
Skys The Market Reel 1 A
Skys The Market Reel 1 A
Internet Archive
001181a
001181a
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001476: 1940s Sierra mountain motel pool
Home movie: 001476: 1940s Sierra mountain motel pool
Internet Archive
AV Tape Record A Play Flim And Tape Splice
AV Tape Record A Play Flim And Tape Splice
Internet Archive
Downtown Story Reel A
Downtown Story Reel A
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001203: 1940s road trip California and Washington, DC
Home movie: 001203: 1940s road trip California and Washington, DC
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001215: California musical family performances and celebrities
Home movie: 001215: California musical family performances and celebrities
Internet Archive
Protecting Poultry Profits (Part II)
Drugs to keep chickens healthy. Includes disturbing images of necropsies and sick chicks.
Internet Archive
Key To Our Horizons.mov. 6
Key To Our Horizons.mov. 6
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 001141
A wealthy, dog-loving family in the 1940s surround their only child with every opportunity for enriched play, with toys, a swing set, a wading pool, and a…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001472: 1940s horse races in California
Home movie: 001472: 1940s horse races in California
Internet Archive
African School
African School
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000474d: 1940s Alaska in World War II, Grizzly
Home movie: 000474d: 1940s Alaska in World War II, Grizzly
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000574-3: 1950s farm family tractor pull and new baby
Home movie: 000574-3: 1950s farm family tractor pull and new baby
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000540: 1920s family in the energy business
Home movie: 000540: 1920s family in the energy business
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001150: diorama with kinetic motion and Christmas tableau
Home movie: 001150: diorama with kinetic motion and Christmas tableau
Internet Archive
Fastest Port In The West
Fastest Port In The West
Internet Archive
Painting Exhibit 001
Painting Exhibit 001
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000477b: 1950s Alaska mining, dredging, Gulkana village
Home movie: 000477b: 1950s Alaska mining, dredging, Gulkana village
Internet Archive
001011
001011
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010182
In the early 1950s members of an unidentified Japanese American family grow decorative flowers as a crop, showing the camera beautiful blooms of market-ready…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000406: 1962, San Francisco Bay Area and Monterey tourism
Home movie: 000406: 1962, San Francisco Bay Area and Monterey tourism
Internet Archive
001397
001397
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000473: Alaska Matanuska Valley
Home movie: 000473: Alaska Matanuska Valley
Internet Archive
000673 SF
000673 SF
Internet Archive
Bryce Canyon
Bryce Canyon
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000548: 1939 Florida vacation
Home movie: 000548: 1939 Florida vacation
Internet Archive
000690
000690
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000469-2: 1950s San Francisco and East coast tourism
Home movie: 000469-2: 1950s San Francisco and East coast tourism
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000551-3: 1930s San Francisco neighborhoods and Bay Area
Home movie: 000551-3: 1930s San Francisco neighborhoods and Bay Area
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000413c: 1960 Villareal patio restaurant, Baja fishing
Home movie: 000413c: 1960 Villareal patio restaurant, Baja fishing
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000594: 1950s subdivision life with accordion
Home movie: 000594: 1950s subdivision life with accordion
Internet Archive
000671b
000671b
Internet Archive
001180
001180