Prelinger Archives
9,121–9,168 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
Foxes
Foxes
Internet Archive
Key To Our Horizons.mov. 4
Key To Our Horizons.mov. 4
Internet Archive
Early Aviation 004
Early Aviation 004
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 003470
Wealthy tourists in the 1920s film from a cruise ship through the Panama Canal as they journey east to Cuba during the years of the Republic of Cuba…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 002048
Heavy snowfall and full reservoirs stand out among vast landscapes of red rock canyon and several mountain ranges in this 1940 winter road trip from the…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000598a: 1948 storm window installation and Thanksgiving
Home movie: 000598a: 1948 storm window installation and Thanksgiving
Internet Archive
000762b
000762b
Internet Archive
Early Aviation 006
Early Aviation 006
Internet Archive
000627g
000627g
Internet Archive
000627d
000627d
Internet Archive
Real West B Roll
Real West B Roll
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000582-2: 1954 Boy Scouts
Home movie: 000582-2: 1954 Boy Scouts
Internet Archive
Home movie: 002436: 1939 San Francisco and GGIE
Home movie: 002436: 1939 San Francisco and GGIE
Internet Archive
One People 001
One People 001
Internet Archive
000633
000633
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Anderson-Nelson Collection: 001206
Content warning: This film contains a possible racial slur in a title card at 9:30. Road trips through the Central Valley and Central Coast; visits to Modesto…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010140
Crisp and atmospheric footage of downtown Chicago in the early 1930s, with throngs of pedestrians, motorcars and streetcars elbowing one another for room on…
Internet Archive
Key To Our Horizons.mov. 7
Key To Our Horizons.mov. 7
Internet Archive
Skys The Market Reel 2 B
Skys The Market Reel 2 B
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000477: 1940s Alaska mining, Gulkana village
Home movie: 000477: 1940s Alaska mining, Gulkana village
Internet Archive
001005
001005
Internet Archive
Keystone Readers Service.mov. 14
Keystone Readers Service.mov. 14
Internet Archive
RP 000639
RP 000639
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000564: 1960 Massachusetts family with small children
Home movie: 000564: 1960 Massachusetts family with small children
Internet Archive
Hit And Miss 2 B
Hit And Miss 2 B
Internet Archive
Clean Oceans, Clean Shores
The film discusses the critical importance of clean oceans and shores, emphasizing mankind's historical exploitation of the ocean and the urgent need for…
Internet Archive
000768
000768
Internet Archive
RP Calvin 0001 001
RP Calvin 0001 001
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000562: 1958 Massachusetts trip and toddler
Home movie: 000562: 1958 Massachusetts trip and toddler
Internet Archive
Wagon Trains In The 20th Century B Roll
Wagon Trains In The 20th Century B Roll
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 011874
Vibrant wartime Kodachrome documents an Asian family exploring the United States–Canada border at Peace Arch Park, on their way to a visit to the campus of…
Internet Archive
Village Visit
Village Visit
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000490: 1959 California Coast and Russian River
Home movie: 000490: 1959 California Coast and Russian River
Internet Archive
000698
000698
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000537: 1920s wealthy family fishing and recreation
Home movie: 000537: 1920s wealthy family fishing and recreation
Internet Archive
000707
000707
Internet Archive
Home movie: 098586_2: 1954 Interlaken Switzerland
Home movie: 098586_2: 1954 Interlaken Switzerland
Internet Archive
Making Friends With Chipmunks
Internet Archive
RP 000926
RP 000926
Internet Archive
Devine Baptism 001
Devine Baptism 001
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000423: 1939 Tom Mooney release, Labor Day parade, San Francisco
Home movie: 000423: 1939 Tom Mooney release, Labor Day parade, San Francisco
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000544: 1950s freewheelers in California
Home movie: 000544: 1950s freewheelers in California
Internet Archive
000632
000632
Internet Archive
000700b
000700b
Internet Archive
000908a
000908a
Internet Archive
000997 Alt
000997 Alt
Internet Archive
In Hawaiian Islands
6205_In_Hawaiian_Islands_01_00_49_16
Internet Archive
Taft School
Taft School