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Prelinger Archives

3,649–3,696 of 10,346 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 OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive Tupperware Commercial #1 Commercial · 1 min · Subtitles Internet Archive Moving Along Film · Subtitles 18:38:11:00 Moving Along 31222 18:38:58:00 CU of man in suit speaking at podium - “...Bay Area residents, given a choice, will choose to ride on rapid transit… Internet Archive Safety Belt For Susie 1962 · Film Uses anthropometric dummies and dolls to show what could happen to children not wearing safety belts in automobile collisions. Emphasizes that children,… Internet Archive Exploring A Harbor Film · Subtitles The film follows Bob and his cousin Dan as they explore a bustling harbor on a holiday. They navigate through various channels and bays, learning about the… Internet Archive Food 1928 · Film · Subtitles Silent hygiene film about the importance of good nutrition. Internet Archive [Home Movies: Michigan 1949] (Can 10033) 1949 · Home movie · Subtitles Screening notes: Dearborn Inn / VS Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Mich. / Children playing on sand dunes / Kids on slide / Great Lakes port and pierside,… Internet Archive Home Movie: David Duer Collection: 004039 Home movie Family from the San Francisco East Bay. Includes footage of Tilden Park in the Berkeley hills, boys playing catch, youth soccer games, and family gatherings. Internet Archive [Work Simplification Program, York Knitting Mills Ltd., Zimmerknit Division, Hamilton, Ont., J.D. Woods & Co., Ltd.] Film · Subtitles Work Simplification Program, York Knitting Mills Ltd., Zimmerknit Division, Hamilton, Ont., J.D. Woods & Co., Ltd. OLD METHOD VS workers loading ends of rolls… Internet Archive [Gould can 5161.6] 1915 · Film · Subtitles Rumania: Government quits Bucharest as foe closes in. (World War I) Pan over Bucharest, Romania Internet Archive San Francisco: Market Street and Ferryboats Film · Subtitles Silent black and white footage of San Francisco, including the Ferry Building clock tower and Ferryboats. Internet Archive Emergency First Aid: A Study in Motion Pictures to Aid Civil Defense Volunteers 1942 · Film · Subtitles Some good shots to be logged Extreme CUs of first aid procedures: wounds, bandaging, etc. Demonstration of men and women (with deadpan expressions) being… Internet Archive [News Footage 1954 (Can 2)] Film · Subtitles Miscellaneous news footage from an unidentified source, probably made for television. Sequences are assembled on a reel with some leader that in some cases… Internet Archive Logic By Machine (Part I) Short · 13 min · Subtitles 0577 PA8524 Logic By Machine (Computer and the Mind of Man) Internet Archive Rural Holidays Film · Subtitles High-quality, color film, in very good condition with a multitude of leisure-related stock shots (many with good sequences). On teaching people how to set up… Internet Archive [Gould can 1020.1] 1922 · Film · Subtitles San Francisco, California street scenes, including pans and tilts of streets and buildings. Great architectural footage of San Francisco pre-1920. VS San… Internet Archive Home Movie: Stern Collection: 003901 Home movie A group of elder people on vacation in Europe. Also includes footage of a home in what looks to be the Palm Springs area and footage of children and adults… Internet Archive Hotel and Restaurant Workers Short · 12 min · Subtitles Internet Archive David Hall Story, The 1963 · Film · Subtitles AMERICA'S HANDICAPPED MAN OF THE YEAR RELIVES THE CAR ACCIDENT THAT CRIPPLED HIM FOR LIFE. HE PRESENTS A SAFETY MESSAGE TO YOUNG DRIVERS & THEIR PASSENGERS. Internet Archive National Hunger March 1931, The 1931 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive There's Plenty of Gold Film · Subtitles A film sponsored by Caterpillar describing the the economic demand for minerals and the ideas and politics surrounding worldwide mineral extraction. Can and… Internet Archive [San Francisco Scenes] 1929 · Film · Subtitles San Francisco scenes. Aerials; Pacific Telephone Building; looking down Market Street, shot from around 8th Street; Ferry Building; Goat Island, ferry in… Internet Archive Ulcer at Work 1959 · Film · Subtitles Excellent noir-type film about pressures facing a white-collar worker whose ulcer drives him to psychological extremes. "Ulcer at Work" portrays the struggles… Internet Archive Hall Of Wonders 1953 · Film · Subtitles The "Hall of Wonders" showcases American inventors and engineers who turned dreams into reality, leading to innovations like fire, the wheel, the electric… Internet Archive [Newport Jazz Festival] Film · Subtitles Narration in Japanese. 06:45:27:15 Jazz band playing on stage under banner “Voice of America at the Newport Jazz Festival.” 06:45:52:04 Bing Crosby mansion.… Internet Archive [Gould can 5115: San Francisco Bay Area Newsreel Stories] 1922 · Newsreel · Subtitles Assembly of newsreel stories relating to the San Francisco Bay Area, as follows: Slide at Selby, California misses passenger train (1928); Santa Claus wishes… Internet Archive What Is a Corporation? 1949 · Film · Subtitles "Uses the story of Walter Brown, a businessman, to differentiate the three principal forms of business ownership: single proprietorship, partnership, and… Internet Archive Sensation Seekers, The 1926 · Film · Subtitles great shipwreck sequence Internet Archive Impact '66 1966 · Film · Subtitles Announcement film introducing the new 1966 Chevrolet models. Internet Archive Bear River National Wildlife Refuge 2026 · Film · Subtitles Mostly static shots of birds, plus sequences showing operation of a wildlife refuge, including visitors. Internet Archive [Home Movies: Hawaii] 1930 · Home movie · Subtitles Hawaii footage appears to be cut in from a commercially produced film. Approaching San Francisco from the ocean San Francisco Chinatown some good Barbary… Internet Archive Industrial Uses of "Caterpillar" Tractors 1920 · Film · Subtitles Caterpillar tractors and equipment used on many construction and extractive projects. Much good footage to log. Internet Archive [Movie Trailers, Logos, Feature Parts and Miscellaneous Matter] Film · Subtitles MGM logo 20th Century-Fox logo (color) Technicolor clip of Carmen Miranda B&W clip of dancers 20th Century-Fox logo (B&W) Tin Pan Alley trailer Internet Archive [Home Movies: San Francisco Family 2] 2026 · Home movie · Subtitles great shot of street running through Southern California oil field, cars driving down street with oil derricks on both sides Internet Archive Little Forest Ranger Short · 8 min · Subtitles Little Boy plays forest ranger and takes care of sister while parents go away - saves sister from fire Internet Archive Evolution Film · Subtitles this is a poor dupe of the Fleischer film (although the poor quality is itself interesting) animated treatment of the evolution of the solar system Reel 2:… Internet Archive [Home movie: 098557: 1938 Sharon, Pennsylvania families and landscapes] 1938 · Home movie 6-minutes, BW, 1938: Three families in Sharon, PA, introduced one by one and in groups, at home and on the street, connected by working for Bolotin Furniture… Internet Archive Baby Animals Film · Subtitles Provides information about young wildlife of many species; mammals and birds. A film designed to teach primary children certain concepts basic to an… Internet Archive Unid. Soundie "Lullaby at Broadway" (Juvenile Jubilee) 1940 · Film · Subtitles College kids in dormitory room. 00:28:52:09 - 00:31:33:21 B/W Sound 1940s WS Five young men & women in college dorm room sing the Harry Warren son "The… Internet Archive Wonderful World (Part II) Short · 16 min · Subtitles World Travelogue sponsored by Coca-Cola. 0731 PA8798 Wonderful World Internet Archive [Home Movies: "Our Trip of U.S.A., Part Two"] 1950 · Home movie · Subtitles Notes in logbook. roadsigns US Route 66 Internet Archive Giant Beetles Film · Subtitles From the John Kieran's Kaleidoscope series. Reedited from a UFA Nature film (German-made). Narrator John Kieran. Licenses to German-made nature footage were… Internet Archive All New Car for All America, The 1954 · Film · Subtitles Promotional film for the 1955 Pontiac automobile. Internet Archive Wheels Across Africa 1936 · Film · Subtitles Internet Archive Folgers Coffee Commercial Commercial · 1 min · Subtitles Internet Archive [Amateur Film: Ice Harvest, Pocono Manor, 1919] 1919 · Home movie Internet Archive [Gould can 5370: Humboldt County, California Lumber Mill] 1926 · Film · Subtitles Lumber mill footage from Humboldt County, California: Logs on flatcars being automatically dumped into pond / men in pond working logs while in the background… Internet Archive Roads to Romance: 1949 Short · 12 min · Subtitles 0631 PA8632 Roads to Romance: 1949 Internet Archive Tree of God's Planting, A 1944 · Film · Subtitles Animated Christian film.