Prelinger Archives
3,889–3,936 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 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 Movies: Can 11269: Detroit Family Scenes and Vacation
Home movies presumably shot by a Detroit, Michigan family in the mid-1950s, with scenes of family and home activities, point-of-view driving down Michigan…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Mahoning Valley Collection, Roll 23: Western Travels]
Mostly slow pans across various landscapes (including one canyon) and ends with a few shots of grazing buffalo. Petrified Forest; Grand Canyon; bison; antelope.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98216: Chicago Lake Street El, 1964
Label on can reads: "Lake St. 'El' before elevation on West of Laramie - Date unk. 9-10-64, 8-29-64, 10-2-64"
Internet Archive
Aqua Frolics
0595 PA8208 Aqua Frolics
Internet Archive
Northwestern States
Resources and geography of America's "breadbasket."
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Unidentified]
Add description when log sheet for 10540 is found. Pan New York City / Manhattan skyline tiles with letters rotate, form title: "Broadway at Night" VS…
Internet Archive
Forty Years of Human Service
The film "Forty Years of Human Service" highlights the establishment and impact of the National Jewish Hospital in Denver, founded by a group of Jewish…
Internet Archive
Party's Over, The
0567 PA8099 Party's Over, The
Internet Archive
[Gould can 5123.4]
Arroyo Sanitarium, Livermore, California. CU boys in swimming pool; girls on swings, etc.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97320: Michigan and Detroit Area
Viewing notes state: In Michigan Huge university campus Lots of ladies Highland Park 1947 Oceanlines On the beach in their convertible Young ladies in bathing…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Can 10613: Los Angeles]
Internet Archive
[Gould: can number unknown]
VS welcome home parade for U.S. soldiers returning from World War I. Parade around 1919. VS of World War I American soldiers. 13:01:10:13 Steamship Piedmont…
Internet Archive
WXYZ 1969
This segment highlights the team behind the Detroit radio station WXYZ, showcasing how they keep their listeners engaged throughout the day. The morning…
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098285: LA family to Vegas in 1944]
12 min., color: An LA family has beach fun, then goes to stay at a motel in Las Vegas in 1944.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 010849
Road trips across the United States in a family station wagon, featuring stays in motels, visits to historical sites, and many images of neon at night in NYC,…
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098950-1: Michigan scenes, 1960s]
Home movies scenes from Michigan household, including driving on US 23, shopping, gardening, planting, a wedding, and dancing the twist.
Internet Archive
Riders of the California Surf
Internet Archive
Blue Sky Thinking Outtakes (1)
Outtake footage from a film about the Ulano Corporation. Includes footage of manufacturing plants, research scientists, and product examples, as well as New…
Internet Archive
Your Name Here Outtakes (Reel 1)
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97485: St. Louis Area Family, Reel 16
Viewing notes state: Christmas / camera / service station Baby boy, about 1 year old Baby boy with gun St. Louis (?) ballgame Xmas / gun / guitar / big hair…
Internet Archive
Florida 1968
Internet Archive
The Sound of a Stone
A high school teacher becomes suspect because a book he recommends is considered subversive. The waves of gossip and hate touch shores for which they were…
Internet Archive
[Gould can 5230.4]
KINOGRAMS NEWSREEL: Sacramento, CA: Antique side-wheeler steamboats and rear paddle-wheeler race on the Sacramento River / steamboats San Joaquin No. 4, Red…
Internet Archive
Getting Ready Emotionally
Emotional adjustments to military training are treated.
Internet Archive
JC Penneys Toy Commercial
Internet Archive
ABC of Walking Wisely
Internet Archive
Keys to Electri-conomy
electric typewriter promotion film Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
000745
000745
Internet Archive
Chicago
scenes of city of Chicago
Internet Archive
Security Is Your Responsibility
Film urging the importance of information security at the workplace, including locking file cabinets and desks, proper handling of classified documents,…
Internet Archive
[Gould can 5123.5]
Easter Sunday, St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco, California. Crowds leaving church and descending steps.
Internet Archive
[Gould Can 5364.6]
Short segment of Dr. and Mrs. Fredric Cook in close-up and boarding ship in San Francisco. Around 00:31 vehicle appears to read 20 Million Dollars U.S.…
Internet Archive
Little Brothers and Sisters: A Film Lesson in Health and Hygiene
Film for children showing how to take care of babies. Importance of exposing babies to sunlight
Internet Archive
Preface to Chemistry
Internet Archive
Modern Commerce: A Film Lesson in "World Geography"
New York Harbor Panama Canal
Internet Archive
Combination Showdown
Sponsored film comparing Philco brand combination washer / dryers to other brands in terms of size, performance, and special features. Leader: Philco-Corp…
Internet Archive
Impact '66
Announcement film introducing the new 1966 Chevrolet models. Skeletal entry
Internet Archive
Fire Under Control
00:02:00 Excellent shot of circus fire eater.
Internet Archive
Tuning Up
Silent comedy about piano tuner.
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098558: 1970s Central Park and New York scenes]
7 min., color and BW: Central Park (forward through first 53 seconds, then:) park festival scenes, hippies, excited kids, live music, rock and roll, a mime…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Washington & Gettysburg]
Film shot on various charter bus trips People hanging around chartered bus and walking past / clowning by camera. Alexandria (Virginia) monument Group walking…
Internet Archive
Home Movies: Can 11340: Oakland, California, ca. 1930s
Shot in and around Oakland, California in the 1930s by an unidentified family. Shows passenger railroad trains in and around Oakland; Oakland Airport; family…
Internet Archive
Parker Brothers Funny Bone Toy Commercial
Internet Archive
World's Fair Night Aerials
Internet Archive
Paiute
Silent. People and events on the Walker Indian Reservation at Schurz and Yerington, Nevada
Internet Archive
Gasoline Trails
clay animation shows Roop crafting puppet figures Black characters and animals from: http://dinosaurs.nhm.org/dinosaurs/ "Among [Willis] O'Brien's animation…
Internet Archive
Coffee Break
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Medicus Collection: New York World's Fair 1939-40 (Additional Footage)]
good roll, including day and night shots, lots of shots of people, fireworks