Prelinger Archives
9,217–9,264 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: 000527
1920s summer leisure scenes with a wealthy family at a lakeshore home, possibly on Chesapeake Bay. Includes images of children doing the Charleston on the…
Internet Archive
West Coast 1968: 004896
Henry Charles Fleischer and his mother take a road trip through the Midwest, Great Plains, and Oregon. can notes: "West Coast 1968 (aka Vacation to Oregon…
Internet Archive
000705
000705
Internet Archive
RP 001064
RP 001064
Internet Archive
RP 038850
RP 038850
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000589d: 1950s lake with Purple Martin house and dredge
Home movie: 000589d: 1950s lake with Purple Martin house and dredge
Internet Archive
000742
000742
Internet Archive
000940
000940
Internet Archive
001270
001270
Internet Archive
000645
000645
Internet Archive
000747
000747
Internet Archive
Griffith Lab 001
Griffith Lab 001
Internet Archive
Lustrous Touch Reel 1 A
Lustrous Touch Reel 1 A
Internet Archive
The Imagineers A Roll
The Imagineers A Roll
Internet Archive
000889
000889
Internet Archive
Believe It Or Not
12:31:48:00 LS Man steps into Metropolitan St. Louis police car #172, car drives past camera. 12:32:02:26 Man looks up from his desk where he is writing in a…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000433: 1959 San Francisco tourist reel
Home movie: 000433: 1959 San Francisco tourist reel
Internet Archive
000628b
000628b
Internet Archive
000803
000803
Internet Archive
098638
098638
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 000478
Notes in can: Parade, Portage Glacier, Scenic, Circus. From Ottke collection.
Internet Archive
RP Early Settlers Of New England 001
RP Early Settlers Of New England 001
Internet Archive
000695
000695
Internet Archive
000749
000749
Internet Archive
000757
000757
Internet Archive
000759
000759
Internet Archive
Hypnotized Cowboy
Silent short about oil prospecting in the old west.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098263
A significant span of North American places is collected in this road trip reel that ranges from locations in northern Mexico to a hurricane-damaged Gulf…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000573: 1957 badminton game
Home movie: 000573: 1957 badminton game
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000585: 1960s Michigan bingo and horseshoes
Home movie: 000585: 1960s Michigan bingo and horseshoes
Internet Archive
001016
001016
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001217: 1936 California bridges, GGIE, and transit
Home movie: 001217: 1936 California bridges, GGIE, and transit
Internet Archive
001413
001413
Internet Archive
RP 001146
RP 001146
Internet Archive
Happy Motoring B 2 Roll 001
Happy Motoring B 2 Roll 001
Internet Archive
Home movie: 002465: 1941 New England family
Home movie: 002465: 1941 New England family
Internet Archive
Luzon
Luzon
Internet Archive
000637
000637
Internet Archive
000671c
000671c
Internet Archive
000719
000719
Internet Archive
000830
000830
Internet Archive
000839
000839
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001223: 1940 California musical family performances and GGIE
Home movie: 001223: 1940 California musical family performances and GGIE
Internet Archive
Hell Bent For Trouble (Reel 4, workprint)
Partial work print of sponsored film promoting Warner Radiator Cleaner fluid
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000517b: 1946 San Francisco tourism
Home movie: 000517b: 1946 San Francisco tourism
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000576: 1954 watermelon eating and baseball
Home movie: 000576: 1954 watermelon eating and baseball
Internet Archive
000787
000787
Internet Archive
Land For The Future Reel 1 A.mov. 1
Land For The Future Reel 1 A.mov. 1