Prelinger Archives
9,457–9,504 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
000672
000672
Internet Archive
000692
000692
Internet Archive
000862
000862
Internet Archive
098383
098383
Internet Archive
RP 038848
RP 038848
Internet Archive
001277
001277
Internet Archive
098456
098456
Internet Archive
099842
099842
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010003
A child growing up in rural America with several additional family scenes.
Internet Archive
Man's Place In The Sun B Roll
Man's Place In The Sun B Roll
Internet Archive
000739
000739
Internet Archive
000850
000850
Internet Archive
001105 Apparent Alt
001105 Apparent Alt
Internet Archive
001391
001391
Internet Archive
RP MTF Wrap Up Film Reel 1 001
RP MTF Wrap Up Film Reel 1 001
Internet Archive
000627e
000627e
Internet Archive
000729
000729
Internet Archive
000800a
000800a
Internet Archive
001196
001196
Internet Archive
Rusty Reel 1
Rusty Reel 1
Internet Archive
000706
000706
Internet Archive
000763
000763
Internet Archive
000805
000805
Internet Archive
000825
000825
Internet Archive
Home movie: 001130: riverbank landscape
Home movie: 001130: riverbank landscape
Internet Archive
001273
001273
Internet Archive
RP 000626
RP 000626
Internet Archive
RP 001050b
RP 001050b
Internet Archive
Florida 1968: 004894
Tourist activities in and around the Everglades. Includes footage of Historic St. Augustine, beach driving on Daytona Beach, The Overseas Highway in Key West,…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000505: 1947 Canadian Rockies and California
Home movie: 000505: 1947 Canadian Rockies and California
Internet Archive
000981
000981
Internet Archive
001396
001396
Internet Archive
001403
001403
Internet Archive
000790
000790
Internet Archive
001217
001217
Internet Archive
RP-000931
RP-000931
Internet Archive
Behind The Headlines Reel 1 B
Behind The Headlines Reel 1 B
Internet Archive
Downing Collection 001
Downing Collection 001
Internet Archive
Inside Information
EXPLAINS PRINCIPLE OF X-RAY. SHOWS ITS USE IN POLICE WORK, SURGERY, MODERN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, ETC. X-RAY VIEW OF HOW BRAKES ON MODERN MOTORCAR OPERATE.…
Internet Archive
000995
000995
Internet Archive
RP 000923
RP 000923
Internet Archive
Happy Motoring Ahead BRoll 001
Happy Motoring Ahead BRoll 001
Internet Archive
Unidine A Roll
Unidine A Roll
Internet Archive
Pearl Harbor (short version)
Contains newsreel footage of German and Japanese atrocities, refugees. extremely graphic WWII footage. [time codes relate to PA-0667] 13:47:13:10 VS war…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 098504
At Singing Trail Camp, a Jewish summer camp for girls in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, campers in 1929 engage in a range of recreational and educational…
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000517c: 1946 San Francisco out of focus
Home movie: 000517c: 1946 San Francisco out of focus
Internet Archive
001002
001002
Internet Archive
001108
001108