Prelinger Archives
9,361–9,408 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
001025
001025
Internet Archive
098461
098461
Internet Archive
098600
098600
Internet Archive
Land For The Future Reel 1 A
Land For The Future Reel 1 A
Internet Archive
Patient The B Roll
Patient The B Roll
Internet Archive
000738
000738
Internet Archive
000931
000931
Internet Archive
001017
001017
Internet Archive
RP Green Light R 2 B 001
RP Green Light R 2 B 001
Internet Archive
000726
000726
Internet Archive
000819c
000819c
Internet Archive
000966
000966
Internet Archive
001132
001132
Internet Archive
Point of Return
Recounts events culminating in a suicide attempt. A panel comments on the incidents of suicide, the effect on survivors and the need for preventive programs.
Internet Archive
000753
000753
Internet Archive
000781
000781
Internet Archive
City Reel 1 A
City Reel 1 A
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000494: 1935 Yellowstone and Canadian Rockies
Home movie: 000494: 1935 Yellowstone and Canadian Rockies
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000506: 1940s Oregon family
Home movie: 000506: 1940s Oregon family
Internet Archive
000675
000675
Internet Archive
000693
000693
Internet Archive
000733a
000733a
Internet Archive
000805b
000805b
Internet Archive
001109
001109
Internet Archive
[Palestine - CN #3]
In the 1960s, in the context of the Six-day War, Palestinian people engage in combat training featuring women and children crawling and jumping through…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010078
Content notice: racist caricatures appear on a title card. A playful reuniun of a large and affectionate family group, likely a Jewish family, at Owasco Lake…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000522-2: 1950s Reno and Eastern Sierra
Home movie: 000522-2: 1950s Reno and Eastern Sierra
Internet Archive
000733b
000733b
Internet Archive
000760
000760
Internet Archive
City Reel 2 B
City Reel 2 B
Internet Archive
000711
000711
Internet Archive
001102
001102
Internet Archive
Plastering
Plastering
Internet Archive
Struggle To Paradise Reel 1 A
Struggle To Paradise Reel 1 A
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000473: Alaska Matanuska Valley
Home movie: 000473: Alaska Matanuska Valley
Internet Archive
000703
000703
Internet Archive
000880
000880
Internet Archive
Bars To Bullets Reel 3
Bars To Bullets Reel 3
Internet Archive
000771
000771
Internet Archive
000807
000807
Internet Archive
000809
000809
Internet Archive
Happy Motoring A 2 Roll 001
Happy Motoring A 2 Roll 001
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 003475
Historically significant documentation of tribal fishing activity at Wy-am, or Celilo Falls, created in the mid-1940s by a tourist otherwise focused on…
Internet Archive
000710b
000710b
Internet Archive
098844
098844
Internet Archive
001023
001023
Internet Archive
001136
001136
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001197: 1950s New York Finger Lakes boating
Home movie: 001197: 1950s New York Finger Lakes boating