Prelinger Archives
9,409–9,456 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: 004739
A family goes on fishing excursions to the Bahamas and Canada.
Internet Archive
Echo II 14 Packing 001
Echo II 14 Packing 001
Internet Archive
Griffith Labs
Griffith Labs
Internet Archive
RP MTF Wrap Up Film Reel 2 001
RP MTF Wrap Up Film Reel 2 001
Internet Archive
Steps Of Age 001
Steps Of Age 001
Internet Archive
001013
001013
Internet Archive
001331
001331
Internet Archive
098559
098559
Internet Archive
170003 E
170003 E
Internet Archive
Keep It Clean Reel 1 A
Keep It Clean Reel 1 A
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000518: 1940s California and Canadian Rockies
Home movie: 000518: 1940s California and Canadian Rockies
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000584: 1950s Our Lady of the Woods Shrine
Home movie: 000584: 1950s Our Lady of the Woods Shrine
Internet Archive
000988 Alt
000988 Alt
Internet Archive
Bars To Bullets Reel 4
Bars To Bullets Reel 4
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 099858
Everyday life with children and joy in a Black neighborhood in Newport News, Virginia. Created in a softly atmospheric mode by an affectionate adult taking…
Internet Archive
000703b
000703b
Internet Archive
000737
000737
Internet Archive
000782
000782
Internet Archive
000872a
000872a
Internet Archive
RP Investing In Your Future 001
RP Investing In Your Future 001
Internet Archive
000722b
000722b
Internet Archive
001268
001268
Internet Archive
Drink Your Way To Health A Roll
Drink Your Way To Health A Roll
Internet Archive
Patient The A Roll
Patient The A Roll
Internet Archive
001212
001212
Internet Archive
000901
000901
Internet Archive
RP 001149
RP 001149
Internet Archive
RP 001224
RP 001224
Internet Archive
Keystone Readers Service.mov. 1
Keystone Readers Service.mov. 1
Internet Archive
Reel 42
Reel 42
Internet Archive
000717
000717
Internet Archive
000797
000797
Internet Archive
001008
001008
Internet Archive
001405
001405
Internet Archive
098277
098277
Internet Archive
RP 001028
RP 001028
Internet Archive
RP Calvin 0004 001
RP Calvin 0004 001
Internet Archive
Melody Lingers On B Roll
Melody Lingers On B Roll
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 001937
The waterfront landscapes of Cozumel, Mexico and Havana, Cuba as they appeared in the 1930s are the most unique views offered in this reel, with unpaved…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 001107
Nine years after the end of World War I, a Rotary club trip takes part in Armistice observations in Belgium and Holland, including a shipboard memorial…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098387
Rare look at an active sylvanite mining community in Ontario, Canada in the late 1920s, with men on the job and at large in the town, with many sequences…
Internet Archive
000703c
000703c
Internet Archive
000721
000721
Internet Archive
000766b
000766b
Internet Archive
001199
001199
Internet Archive
Downtown Story Reel B
Downtown Story Reel B
Internet Archive
RP Fighting Weeds Reel 1 Photo 001
RP Fighting Weeds Reel 1 Photo 001
Internet Archive
Yellow Edge
Yellow Edge