diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 9c14b096f2..dabf86ec88 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@
 from .hellporno import HellPornoIE
 from .helsinki import HelsinkiIE
 from .hentaistigma import HentaiStigmaIE
+from .historicfilms import HistoricFilmsIE
 from .hitbox import HitboxIE, HitboxLiveIE
 from .hornbunny import HornBunnyIE
 from .hostingbulk import HostingBulkIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/historicfilms.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/historicfilms.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40afbe537c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/historicfilms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import parse_duration
+
+
+class HistoricFilmsIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?historicfilms\.com/(?:tapes/|play)(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.historicfilms.com/tapes/4728',
+        'md5': 'd4a437aec45d8d796a38a215db064e9a',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '4728',
+            'ext': 'mov',
+            'title': 'Historic Films: GP-7',
+            'description': 'md5:1a86a0f3ac54024e419aba97210d959a',
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+            'duration': 2096,
+        },
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        tape_id = self._search_regex(
+            r'class="tapeId">([^<]+)<', webpage, 'tape id')
+
+        title = self._og_search_title(webpage)
+        description = self._og_search_description(webpage)
+        thumbnail = self._html_search_meta(
+            'thumbnailUrl', webpage, 'thumbnails') or self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage)
+        duration = parse_duration(self._html_search_meta(
+            'duration', webpage, 'duration'))
+
+        video_url = 'http://www.historicfilms.com/video/%s_%s_web.mov' % (tape_id, video_id)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'url': video_url,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': description,
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+            'duration': duration,
+        }