Prelinger Archives
4,273–4,320 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
Teeth: A Film Lesson in Health and Hygiene
Internet Archive
Westinghouse Air Conditioners Commercial 2
Westinghouse Air Conditioners Commercial
Internet Archive
Japan's Surrender!
Internet Archive
Home Movies: Can 11230: San Francisco, Florida, Georgia, ca. 1951
Home movies shot on trips to San Francisco, California, Florida and Georgia, ca. 1949-51.
Internet Archive
Home movie: 010126: 1940s World War II Navy film about Grumman aircraft with sound
Home movie: 010126: 1940s World War II Navy film about Grumman aircraft with sound
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97476: St. Louis Area Family, Reel 8
Viewing notes state: Ozarks Branson (?) Mitten’s Resort Marvel Cave diving / pool dam Mitten’s Resort sign mom poses by gas pump Mitten’s Resort (more shots)…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: "December 29, 1956, Starring Valerie & Dick in Our Wedding"]
The standard wedding shots, but very few guests. title: "The End of a new beginning."
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97478: St. Louis Area Family, Reel 10
Can marked: Xmas 1959 to Xmas 1960 18-1/2 Viewing notes state: Christmas daughter with boyfriend Xmas party washing dog construction site speedboat ride…
Internet Archive
Whither Thou Goest
An early religious film by Sid Davis.
Internet Archive
To Save a Life
Internet Archive
Sage Brush Tom
Silent western featuring Tom Mix
Internet Archive
[Television Public Service Announcements and Program Promos]
Skeletal entry tv spots in order: - National Safety Council: Winter Driving Safety tips with Julie Bishop (4 spots) - Women's Army Corps - National Guard (2…
Internet Archive
Purple Martin Story, The
Produced with funding from Trio Manufacturing Co., maker of Trio-Musselman Martin Houses.
Internet Archive
Movie Trailers ("On September 1-2-3 We Will Present An Unusually Outstanding Double Feature Program")
Movie Trailers ("On September 1-2-3 We Will Present An Unusually Outstanding Double Feature Program")
Internet Archive
Fischers Bread Commercial
Fischers Bread Commercial
Internet Archive
[Soundies: Hutsit Ralson on the Rillara]
Boarding house table antics, inmates in padded cells (great stuff!!).
Internet Archive
Computing For Fun
with Dr. John Pierce
Internet Archive
Lambertville Story, The
log when time.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Unidentified]
[Home Movies: Unidentified]
Internet Archive
Second Punic War, The (Bellvm Pvnicm Secvndvm)
Elaborate dramatization of ancient war
Internet Archive
[Gould can 5199.3]
Tamalpais Railroad dressed in bunting, railroad engine (Marin County, California)
Internet Archive
Stillman Fires Collection: Artificial Respiration
from Stillman Fires Collection.
Internet Archive
Your Name Here Outtakes (Reel 7)
Internet Archive
This Is Automation
Internet Archive
Nesting Of The Sea Turtle
Silent. Looks at the nesting of the sea turtle.
Internet Archive
Small Milk Plant Operation
shots of milk drinking, milk delivery, children with milk
Internet Archive
SL-1 Accident: Briefing Film Report, The
Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
500,000 to One
PA8860 500,000 to One
Internet Archive
The Dan Smoot Report: A Breath Of Hope (#590)
Episode of Dan Smoot Report, in which he discusses the forthcoming 1968 political elections and the need to elect constitutional conservatives to office.…
Internet Archive
[Material in a Pond]
12:40:50:26 VS microscopic organisms as seen through microscope.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: "Wyoming Vacation 1978", Part 1]
[Home Movies: "Wyoming Vacation 1978", Part 1]
Internet Archive
Open Your Eyes
Internet Archive
South Dakota Saga
History of South Dakota and mining at the Homestake mines.
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098717: 1958 trips to Sault Ste. Marie locks, Santa's Workshop, and Jones Beach]
1958 kodachrome travel scenes featuring ship crossing of Sault Ste. Marie locks, and reindeer and people in costume at Santa's Workshop amusement park, and…
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098926: New York state and Ohio, 1966]
Home movie, 1966: Family tours Niagara Falls, plays around at home, visits the Cedar Point Amusement Park and rides the Lake Erie Model Railroad
Internet Archive
Troubles of a Merchant and How to Stop Them, The
Internet Archive
City of Magic
about New York City Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
Telephone Courtesy
Internet Archive
Driving the Superhighways
Internet Archive
Second Fiddle (Reel 4)
"Jim, a boy who has always played second fiddle to his elder brother, Herbert, gets a chance to be a hero when, to protect his mother and sweetheart, Polly,…
Internet Archive
The Armor Soldier on the Nuclear Battlefield
Training Film 17-2826. As listed in Index of Army Motion Pictures Film Strips Slides and Phono-recordings: "Effects of nuclear bursts--Protective measures in…
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 97322: Mexico
Viewing notes state: Mexico early 1950s Train, bus donkeys Pigs street vendors Paddling hand made boats
Internet Archive
Manhattan Waterfront
SHOWS SCENES OF THE NEW YORK WATERFRONT.
Internet Archive
Troop Train
Internet Archive
Listen to Britain (Reel 2)
Displays the many sounds produced by the people and machines of Britain during World War II, demonstrating the resilience of the country and its people. Part…
Internet Archive
Genteel Baby Bath Commercial
Internet Archive
[Roads to Romance: 1949]
Includes Oak Creek Canyon.
Internet Archive
RCA 16mm Sound Projector, The
Skeletal Entry