Prelinger Archives
9,505–9,552 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
RP 000973
RP 000973
Internet Archive
Taft School Reel 2 A
Taft School Reel 2 A
Internet Archive
0370_HM_Wathen_Collection_Oregon
Includes, among other subjects: Crown Point on Columbia River HIghway, Larch Mtn Lookout station, Mt Hood, Battleship Oregon, Lambert Garden and Flowers,…
Internet Archive
001207
001207
Internet Archive
001274
001274
Internet Archive
001342
001342
Internet Archive
Autoprobe
Autoprobe
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000518: 1940s California and Canadian Rockies
Home movie: 000518: 1940s California and Canadian Rockies
Internet Archive
001100
001100
Internet Archive
098403
098403
Internet Archive
RP 000919
RP 000919
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
000724
000724
Internet Archive
000727
000727
Internet Archive
RP Cotton Miracle Pix A 001
RP Cotton Miracle Pix A 001
Internet Archive
Downing Collection 001
Downing Collection 001
Internet Archive
NJ Scenes 001
NJ Scenes 001
Internet Archive
Taft School Reel 1 B
Taft School Reel 1 B
Internet Archive
000628c
000628c
Internet Archive
000723
000723
Internet Archive
098511
098511
Internet Archive
Picking Rogue River Pears
Picking Rogue River Pears
Internet Archive
000866
000866
Internet Archive
000936
000936
Internet Archive
001266
001266
Internet Archive
RP 001063
RP 001063
Internet Archive
Coyote 1 Lamb 0 B 001
Coyote 1 Lamb 0 B 001
Internet Archive
Honolulu In Yukon
Honolulu In Yukon
Internet Archive
Keep It Clean Reel 2 B
Keep It Clean Reel 2 B
Internet Archive
000779
000779
Internet Archive
001152
001152
Internet Archive
RP 001066
RP 001066
Internet Archive
RP 001083
RP 001083
Internet Archive
Behind The Headlines Reel 2 B
Behind The Headlines Reel 2 B
Internet Archive
RP Capital Close Up Reel 2 001
RP Capital Close Up Reel 2 001
Internet Archive
RP Cornell Outtakes Reel 16 001
RP Cornell Outtakes Reel 16 001
Internet Archive
Struggle To Paradise Reel 2 B
Struggle To Paradise Reel 2 B
Internet Archive
000712
000712
Internet Archive
001148
001148
Internet Archive
001238
001238
Internet Archive
098193 Alt
098193 Alt
Internet Archive
098442
098442
Internet Archive
Home movie: 099857_Curtain_of_Time: Curtain of Time commercially produced film
Home movie: 099857_Curtain_of_Time: Curtain of Time commercially produced film
Internet Archive
000846
000846
Internet Archive
000849
000849
Internet Archive
000902
000902
Internet Archive
RP 038847
RP 038847
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000509: 1949 Idaho family motor boat ride
Home movie: 000509: 1949 Idaho family motor boat ride