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Prelinger Archives

9,073–9,120 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 OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive RP Backfire 001 Film RP Backfire 001 Internet Archive Early Aviation 003 Film Early Aviation 003 Internet Archive Home movie: 010058_001: 1931 Upstate New York town life with flood Home movie Home movie: 010058_001: 1931 Upstate New York town life with flood Internet Archive Home movie: 000414a: 1960 Villareal patio restaurant construction Home movie Home movie: 000414a: 1960 Villareal patio restaurant construction Internet Archive Home movie: 000447a: 1940s Michigan family, piano recital Home movie Home movie: 000447a: 1940s Michigan family, piano recital Internet Archive 000770 Film 000770 Internet Archive Home movie: 010056: 1920s Texas snowy roads Home movie Home movie: 010056: 1920s Texas snowy roads Internet Archive RP Look Beyond The Facts 002 Film RP Look Beyond The Facts 002 Internet Archive Home movie: 000470_2: 1964 San Francisco Home movie Home movie: 000470_2: 1964 San Francisco Internet Archive 000649 Film 000649 Internet Archive 000756 Film 000756 Internet Archive Home movie: 000403: 1940s San Francisco, Seals Stadium Home movie Home movie: 000403: 1940s San Francisco, Seals Stadium Internet Archive Home movie: 000480: 1940s Idaho dam construction, rural life Home movie Home movie: 000480: 1940s Idaho dam construction, rural life Internet Archive Home movie: 001225: 1939 California musical family backstage Home movie Home movie: 001225: 1939 California musical family backstage Internet Archive Home movie: 010049_001: 1940s Michigan life Home movie Home movie: 010049_001: 1940s Michigan life Internet Archive Last Date 001 Film Last Date 001 Internet Archive Home movie: 000514: 1950s Western states, farm scenes and roller skates Home movie Home movie: 000514: 1950s Western states, farm scenes and roller skates Internet Archive 000750 Film 000750 Internet Archive Home movie: 001474: 1920s San Francisco neighborhoods and Santa Cruz Home movie Home movie: 001474: 1920s San Francisco neighborhoods and Santa Cruz Internet Archive Home Movie: 003802 Home movie A family celebrating birthdays, Christmas and Easter holidays, 1959-1960. Internet Archive The Story Of Comstock Lode Film The Story Of Comstock Lode Internet Archive 000784 Film 000784 Internet Archive Home movie: 001481: 1920s Southern California aviation family Home movie Home movie: 001481: 1920s Southern California aviation family Internet Archive Home movie: 098167: 1950s working-class family visits and closeups Home movie Home movie: 098167: 1950s working-class family visits and closeups Internet Archive Boulder Dam 001 Film Boulder Dam 001 Internet Archive Home Movie: 000631 Home movie A Romani American family enjoys a road trip through Nevada and the Sierra mountains before returning home to the Los Angeles basin for leisure time together… Internet Archive Home movie: 000526: 1920s upper class recreation in the west Home movie Home movie: 000526: 1920s upper class recreation in the west Internet Archive 098407 Film 098407 Internet Archive 098717 Film 098717 Internet Archive Home movie: 000516c: 1940s Long Island, Southampton Home movie Home movie: 000516c: 1940s Long Island, Southampton Internet Archive Home movie: 000524: 1940s farm reel with crop duster Home movie Home movie: 000524: 1940s farm reel with crop duster Internet Archive 001012 Film 001012 Internet Archive 000627a Film 000627a Internet Archive 000646 Film 000646 Internet Archive 000671a Film 000671a Internet Archive 000769 Film 000769 Internet Archive Home movie: 001195: Atlantic coast Maritimes to New York Home movie Home movie: 001195: Atlantic coast Maritimes to New York Internet Archive Home movie: 000412: 1965 Villareal patio restaurant Home movie Home movie: 000412: 1965 Villareal patio restaurant Internet Archive Home movie: 000471: 1950s Alaska tourism Home movie Home movie: 000471: 1950s Alaska tourism Internet Archive Home movie: 000533: 1930s speedboat ride Home movie Home movie: 000533: 1930s speedboat ride Internet Archive Home Movie: 097723 Home movie American tourists travel to Mexico and photograph Mayan ruins in Chichén Itzá in vivid Kodachrome, together with outdoor markets and craftspeople at work,… Internet Archive RP 000845 Film RP 000845 Internet Archive RP 000967 Film RP 000967 Internet Archive Early Aviation 008 Film Early Aviation 008 Internet Archive RP More Dangerous Than Dynamite 001 Film RP More Dangerous Than Dynamite 001 Internet Archive RP New Frontiers 001 Film RP New Frontiers 001 Internet Archive 000628a Film 000628a Internet Archive Excerpts Of Normal And Pathological Voices Film Excerpts Of Normal And Pathological Voices