Prelinger Archives
4,561–4,608 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
Crest Toothpaste Commercial 4
Crest Toothpaste TV Commercial
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098414: 1966 Times Square & around New York]
3:30 min., color: Brief, vivid scenes of 1966 New York: Statue of Liberty Ferry, Times Square, Trinity Church, grave of Alexander Hamilton]
Internet Archive
China Under Communism (Revised Edition): Strohm 0053
"This is a report on film photographed and narrated by John Strohm, noted American newspaperman and writer on agricultural affairs. Mr. Strohm was the first…
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098219: PA rail fan 10: Fan club trip to Indiana and Illinois rails]
11 min., color: 1957, Central Electric Railfans Association field trip to Indiana and Illinois train stations and rail yards, with train rides, ending with…
Internet Archive
What Made Sammy Speed?
Points out how emotional problems caused a teen-ager to speed to his death.
Internet Archive
[New Haven May 6, 1970] (Reel 4)
Documentary footage of the rallies and protests in New Haven, Connecticut in May 1970, during the time of the Black Panther Trials. This reel includes footage…
Internet Archive
[Home Movie: House Construction]
Man taking wood spikes out of car, little boy in road, mother with kids, house construction
Internet Archive
[Gould can 5199: San Francisco Longshore Strike]
LONGSHORE STRIKE, San Francisco 1934: Pickets on parade (see also cans 5309-5381)
Internet Archive
Relax
0546 PA8337 Relax
Internet Archive
That Junior Miss Spirit (Part II)
0512 PA8303 That Junior Miss Spirit
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Captain Johnson Collection: Camp Polk]
Add description from log sheets. Activities and workers in the film and photographic section office at Camp Polk CU finger moving down Kardex list of Army…
Internet Archive
Soundie - Same Old Story
singer unknown
Internet Archive
Movie Trailers ("$25.00 Reward for Seat Cutters")
Internet Archive
Project Dugout
Internet Archive
John Schmidt Collection: Reel 03
California landscapes filmed along Tomales Bay, including boats amongst choppy waters, Cypress trees, shorebirds at low tide, grazing dairy cows, a barn…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies - Part 4 Kyoto]
Silent. Sites around Kyoto Japan. Not clear if this a commercial film or home movies.
Internet Archive
Soundie - Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech
The Gordonairs of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians and The University Chorus
Internet Archive
Jimmy Of The Safety Patrol
The film on school safety patrols emphasizes the importance of safety measures for children, particularly in traffic. It starts with a visit to Washington,…
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Croft Collection: Reel 61: Int. People]
Skeletal entry.Highland Park Ford plant smokestacks Skiing at Mt. Holly Train ride to Kalamazoo downtown Kalamazoo Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport…
Internet Archive
Insects
0738 PA8966 Insects
Internet Archive
Circus People
Internet Archive
Newport Cigarette Commercial #6
Internet Archive
Escape (Reels 4 and 5)
Describes the best way to escape military prisons.
Internet Archive
Wheels Across Africa
Internet Archive
That's Right
Made by Ken Smith from Prelinger Archives footage.
Internet Archive
New York: State of Discovery
Internet Archive
Home movie: 000405: 1962 California summer scenes
# Vintage Family Adventures: From Snowy Play to Yosemite and Coastal Explorations (generated by AI. If something isn't right, please let us know and we will…
Internet Archive
Logic By Machine (Part II)
0577 PA8524 Logic By Machine (Computer and the Mind of Man)
Internet Archive
Movies March Along, The
key moments in silent film, relatively poor quality
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098687: 1920s teenagers and family]
1920s scenes of a family with teenage girls including close sisters, shown playing a range of games and dressing up in a range of costumes, including sidewalk…
Internet Archive
Face of Youth
Internet Archive
Practical Dreamer
Internet Archive
Fishing Vagabonds
Skeletal Entry
Internet Archive
[Panama-Pacific International Exposition]
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 98209: Railroad
To come.
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
This Is Poland
Internet Archive
Animals in the Service of Man
Internet Archive
Cool Hot Rod
Internet Archive
Science in Action: Drilling for Oil
Internet Archive
Home Movie or Stock Footage: 10055: Hollywood Film Set and Industry
Roll, probably assembly of stock footage, showing various industries in southern California, including an exterior film production set (director present but…
Internet Archive
[Untitled: Anywhere But Here]
Teenagers c. 1970s wanting to leave home and boredom`
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098252: PA rail fan 5: Ride on Burlington, visit model train park]
10 min., color, c. 1960: A Pennsylvania-based rail fan visits a one-eighth scale live steam model railroad park, then takes a tourist trip on Burlington trains.
Internet Archive
[Home movie: 098716: 1953 Florida vacation scenes]
Florida vacation scenes from 1953, with underwater photography of dolphins and vintage diving gear plus a game of polo, an orange grove, and wetlands.
Internet Archive
Home Movie: 10376: Carmel, Balboa, Capistrano, Bel-Air, Santa Monica, With Monkey
Note in can states:; Carmel Trip; Balboa Monkey in orange grove; Mission Capistrano; Bel-Air Estates; - monkey and mother in park - Sunset Blvd; - pond on…
Internet Archive
Auto-Lite on Parade
STOP-MOTION SEQUENCE OF AUTO-LITE PRODUCTS. TOUR OF FACTORY.
Internet Archive
State Fair Day
About the New York State Fair.
Internet Archive
[Home Movies: Canada, Niagara Falls, June 1949]
[Home Movies: Canada, Niagara Falls, June 1949]