Prelinger Archives
9,313–9,360 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
000628d
000628d
Internet Archive
000832
000832
Internet Archive
001115
001115
Internet Archive
Land For The Future Reel 1 A.mov. 3
Land For The Future Reel 1 A.mov. 3
Internet Archive
000627c
000627c
Internet Archive
Norwegian Home Guard R 2 A
Norwegian Home Guard R 2 A
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 001037
In the middle of this reel, two men exchange a brief but passionate embrace while balanced on the seat of a motorcycle. Prior to that sequence a California…
Internet Archive
000752
000752
Internet Archive
001084 Nikko
001084 Nikko
Internet Archive
Gion Festival 001
Gion Festival 001
Internet Archive
000748
000748
Internet Archive
Good Taste In Decorating Reel 1 A
Good Taste In Decorating Reel 1 A
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000512: 1950s Western States and Provinces trip
Home movie: 000512: 1950s Western States and Provinces trip
Internet Archive
RP 001147
RP 001147
Internet Archive
California Picture Book
05:27:02 Huge waterfall 05:27:19 Typical California forest and mountains shot 05:27:35 Redwood forest - car drives through 05:28:15 Lake Tahoe - Aerial pan…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000589b: 1950s Detroit and Ontario
Home movie: 000589b: 1950s Detroit and Ontario
Internet Archive
000715
000715
Internet Archive
000722
000722
Internet Archive
001146
001146
Internet Archive
Take It Or Leave It Reel 2
Take It Or Leave It Reel 2
Internet Archive
Dangerous Stranger, The (First Edition)
Designed to impress children with need to be on guard against molesters, w/out arousing fear or curiosity. Dramatizes circumstances & places in which children…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000471: 1950s Alaska tourism
Home movie: 000471: 1950s Alaska tourism
Internet Archive
000701
000701
Internet Archive
000735
000735
Internet Archive
001225
001225
Internet Archive
RP Cornell Outtakes Reel 15 001
RP Cornell Outtakes Reel 15 001
Internet Archive
Two Ways About It
Two Ways About It
Internet Archive
000908b
000908b
Internet Archive
Sports Complex 001
Sports Complex 001
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 003868
Content advisory: Incarcerated people of a century ago are subject to surveillance photography in this reel that also celebrates the U.S. colonial presence in…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098169
Around the time of the 1965 U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic, visitors from the Los Angeles area take in some sights and a military parade, possibly…
Internet Archive
001105
001105
Internet Archive
People And Particles
People And Particles
Internet Archive
000887
000887
Internet Archive
6205 In Hawaiian Islands 01 13 47 13
6205 In Hawaiian Islands 01 13 47 13
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
California Baptists At Work 001
California Baptists At Work 001
Internet Archive
Growing West Reel 1
Growing West Reel 1
Internet Archive
000650
000650
Internet Archive
000734
000734
Internet Archive
001209
001209
Internet Archive
001398
001398
Internet Archive
Count Four
Count Four
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 004983
On the shores of San Francisco Bay in Newark, the Morton Salt Company processes salt that is derived from both evaporative processes in the Bay and elsewhere…
Internet Archive
000751
000751
Internet Archive
000801
000801
Internet Archive
001272
001272
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010026: 1934 USC student life
Home movie: 010026: 1934 USC student life