Prelinger Archives
9,169–9,216 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: 000873
Two significant ceremonies fill this reel starting with a joyful and lavish wedding and reception, with festivities going into the night with a live jazz…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000528: 1920s work on a lakeshore cabin
Home movie: 000528: 1920s work on a lakeshore cabin
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000596-2: 1940s small children in the dirt
Home movie: 000596-2: 1940s small children in the dirt
Internet Archive
001138 Interesting
001138 Interesting
Internet Archive
001224
001224
Internet Archive
001287
001287
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Dr. OE Wall Collection: 004976
Unidentified film fragment created in lavender-tinted black and white documenting moments in a respectful devotional memorial procession featuring symbolism…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: Dr. OE Wall Collection: 004978
Images of Hawai'i and Cambodia filmed by a westerner in the 1930s, including Honolulu street scenes and Angkor Wat.
Internet Archive
On The Fly R 1 A
On The Fly R 1 A
Internet Archive
001279
001279
Internet Archive
Pottery On The Wheel Part 2
Pottery On The Wheel Part 2
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001193: 1950s Atlantic coast
Home movie: 001193: 1950s Atlantic coast
Internet Archive
000627h
000627h
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001475: 1920s southern California aircraft family
Home movie: 001475: 1920s southern California aircraft family
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000543b: 1950s Golden Lake Park Jamboree country music and car show
Home movie: 000543b: 1950s Golden Lake Park Jamboree country music and car show
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000582: 1954 lakeshore swim
Home movie: 000582: 1954 lakeshore swim
Internet Archive
098633
098633
Internet Archive
Sample Reel # 1 B Roll
Sample Reel # 1 B Roll
Internet Archive
000689
000689
Internet Archive
Hell Bent For Trouble (partial workprint)
Partial workprint of a sponsored film about automobile cooling systems.
Internet Archive
Colorado Prologue
Colorado Prologue
Internet Archive
000627f
000627f
Internet Archive
Robbers Under Water
LIFE STORY OF PIKE. MICROSCOPIC and TIME-LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW ITS DEVELOPMENTS FROM EGG TO MATURITY. CANNIBALISTIC FEATURES OF FISH ARE PORTRAYED IN ITS…
Internet Archive
000635
000635
Internet Archive
Daily F 4713
Daily F 4713
Internet Archive
000762
000762
Internet Archive
000773
000773
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000589a: 1950s Ontario, Bobcaygeon
Home movie: 000589a: 1950s Ontario, Bobcaygeon
Internet Archive
170001 Second Scan 001
170001 Second Scan 001
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004753
Train travel and tourism. Note on can: REEL 57
Internet Archive
000671d
000671d
Internet Archive
001233
001233
Internet Archive
RP 001082
RP 001082
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010718
In the 1930s as color film began to be available, both early color and black and white stocks are put to use in this reel documenting a tourist's visit to…
Internet Archive
The Winter Soldier Investigation
Content warning: The soundtrack of this film contains graphic and disturbing verbal testimony to war atrocities. Footage from a documentary in which U.S.…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000472: 1950s Oregon Coast and Yellowstone
Home movie: 000472: 1950s Oregon Coast and Yellowstone
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010026b: 1930s USC student life
Home movie: 010026b: 1930s USC student life
Internet Archive
AB Gift Home Remodel
AB Gift Home Remodel
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000415-2: 1950s Villareal patio restaurant construction
Home movie: 000415-2: 1950s Villareal patio restaurant construction
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000539: 1920s family in country and town
Home movie: 000539: 1920s family in country and town
Internet Archive
RP 001047
RP 001047
Internet Archive
000702
000702
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001211: 1938 California family San Francisco and Mendocino
Home movie: 001211: 1938 California family San Francisco and Mendocino
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000573-3: 1957 Ontario trip
Home movie: 000573-3: 1957 Ontario trip
Internet Archive
RP 001018
RP 001018
Internet Archive
001116 NY
001116 NY
Internet Archive
A True Story About Hospitals 001
A True Story About Hospitals 001
Internet Archive
Sample Reel # 1 A Roll
Sample Reel # 1 A Roll