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Apr 11, 2009 04/09
by Rick Prelinger
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148,556 149K
Aug 19, 2013 08/13
by St. Ives Productions
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Bunker Hill, LA - "waiting to be leveled, to make way for a new world of concrete steel and glass" Shows old homes on Bunker Hill, destruction and reconstruction
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17,954 18K
Oct 7, 2004 10/04
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196,875 197K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by On Film, Inc.
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Thoughtfully made advertising sales promo film extolling 1950s suburbanites as citizens and consumers.
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Topics: Suburbia, Cold War, Consumerism
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101,378 101K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
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Scenes from the daily life of a Texas farm family.
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Topics: Amateur films, Agriculture: Farms and farming, Rural America
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21,037 21K
Aug 29, 2019 08/19
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000745
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Topic: 000745
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89,740 90K
May 28, 2003 05/03
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64,890 65K
May 27, 2003 05/03
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Uses vignettes, animation and comments by girls and boys to explore the medical facts and some personal feelings about menstruation.
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Topic: need keyword
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95,348 95K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Crawley Films
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Animated explanation of primary and secondary sex characteristics in adolescent boys and girls.
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Topics: Sex education, Medicine: Endocrinology, Animation
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125,183 125K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Photo & Sound Productions for Medical Arts Productions
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Menstruation education film for young teenage girls, redolent with dated detail.
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Topics: Sex education, Gender roles, Children
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79,661 80K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Bosse (Karl Kurt)
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Beautifully animated explication of human eye and eyesight.
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Topics: Perception: Vision, Animation
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197,859 198K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by MPO Productions
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Set at the 1956 General Motors Motorama, this is one of the key Populuxe films of the 1950s, showing futuristic dream cars and Frigidaire's "Kitchen of the Future."
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Topics: Futurism, Automobiles: Advertising, Gender roles
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43,374 43K
Aug 19, 2013 08/13
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Examines the widespread use of drugs in American society and presents experts discussing different reasons for increased drug abuse by youth. Focuses on the varying opinions of a judge, researcher, child psychologist, minister, and drug user toward increased drug abuse. Emphasizes the need for helping children make proper choices about drugs. Highlight: JIM NABORS and unidentified woman do operatic duet to "Figaro" with lyrics changed to drug references; Jim Nabors pops pills in the...
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6,995 7.0K
Aug 28, 2019 08/19
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000626
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Topic: 000626
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137,041 137K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
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Mild stag film starring Adele Doleman
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Topic: need keyword
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15,299 15K
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0739 PA9033 Time Pulls the Trigger
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16,488 16K
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To come.
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Topics: prelinger, home movies
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18,552 19K
Aug 16, 2013 08/13
by Highway Safety Films, Inc
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Emphasizes the danger of attacks on children, dramatizing typical approaches. Shows what can be done to reduce the problem by making children aware of it and ready to take precautions when accosted by strangers.
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54,728 55K
May 27, 2003 05/03
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0696 PA8508 Out of This World
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136,408 136K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Office of Civil Defense
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"Explains" the dangers of the atomic bomb, the effects of radiation and how to protect oneself if caught in the open or in the home.
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Cold War
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51,405 51K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
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Chilling post-earthquake footage, shot in the Western Addition and on Market Street in San Francisco. The first sequence (Western Addition) shows a great deal of evocative neighborhood detail from one hundred years ago.
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Topics: Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906, San Francisco: Disasters, San Francisco: Scenics: Historical
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56,198 56K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Sales training film for duPont Film Division (cellophane), featuring an angel and devil monitoring the activities of bakery salesmen on earth, and explaining how packaging helps to sell food. In Kodachrome.
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Topics: Sales: Training, Heaven and hell, Food industry
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45,321 45K
Jun 28, 2012 06/12
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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PA-2177 ìWonderful Worldî 08:01:14:28 - 08:45:06:23 Color Sound 1959 "Wonderful World" Broad documentary surveying global cultures, lifestyles, emphasizing common human activities, sponsored by Coca-Cola. Narrator: Ken Nordine. Parallels in European, American, Asian, South American, Caribbean lifestyles, leisure, hospitality, (racial stereotypes in narration.) Landmarks, history, sports, architecture, travel. Amazingly, everyone drinks Coke - globalism, multinationalism. 08:01:14:28...
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68,636 69K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by MPO Television Films, Inc.
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General Motors 1961 Motorama film presenting new cars, appliances and futuristic ideas at their most banal.
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Topics: Futurism, Automobiles: Advertising, Houses and homes: Kitchens
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23,093 23K
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Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
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Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
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16,931 17K
Sep 30, 2013 09/13
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
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Explains steps to take in case of an atomic bomb alert or a bombing without warning at school, in the open or at home. Gives simple explanation of nuclear fusion. 22:22:22 Classic atomic eyeball shot 22:22:50 CU Hands operating a Geiger Counter 22:22:54 CU Students faces 22:22:57 CU Hands on a Geiger Counter 22:23:29 Atomic Scientists doing experiments 22:23:45 Animation of atomic bomb detonating in city 22:24:08 Animation of faceless boy in from of faceless family. In the background a cutout...
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35,938 36K
May 19, 2003 05/03
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0574 PA8278 Swingin' Six
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Topic: need meta
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61,551 62K
May 19, 2003 05/03
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Promotional film for Westinghouse refrigerator line featuring a system of sticker-like decorations enabling purchasers to style their appliances as they choose. Vague hippie-type flower-power graphics; scenes of mod-dressed middle-class conventional people
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Topic: need keyword
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133,361 133K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (AT&T)
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Training film for users of the new dial telephones.
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Topics: Communication: Telephone, Ergonomics
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8,684 8.7K
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Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.
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Topics: Amateur films, Home movies, South Dakota: Everyday life
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21,732 22K
Jun 28, 2012 06/12
by Davis (Sid) Productions
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Venereal disease among the young. A short version of Davis's feature film V.D. Excellent stock shots of early-1960s youth culture in Los Angeles. 02:00:16:03 VS of the building of MIDWAY HOSPITAL (modern round and orange building) Another building (hospital and clinic), Southern California street on foreground with palm trees and cars, policeman in front of a building 02:00:31:04 MCU of man in white lab coat, shelves of a laboratory with beakers and jars in foreground, the man is holding a...
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21,332 21K
May 18, 2003 05/03
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0584 PA8478 Dollar Store #2
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Topic: need meta
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44,186 44K
Jul 11, 2012 07/12
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Animated.
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149,392 149K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
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Topic: need meta
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152,198 152K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Crawley Films, Ltd.
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Social-sex development of Bill and Mary and how they came to meet, fall in love and marry.
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Topics: Sex education, Social guidance, Gender roles
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113,718 114K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Definitive document of pre-World War II futuristic utopian thinking, as envisioned by General Motors. Documents the "Futurama" exhibit in GM's "Highways and Horizons" pavilion at the World's Fair, which looks ahead to the "wonder world of 1960."
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Topics: Futurism, World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Infrastructure: Roads and highways
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47,329 47K
May 28, 2003 05/03
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55,094 55K
May 23, 2003 05/03
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0707 PA8113 Berkeley Fire 1923
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44,249 44K
May 28, 2003 05/03
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66,846 67K
May 14, 2003 05/03
by University of Oklahoma
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A University of Oklahoma Production. Produced for the Oklahoma State Department of Health in cooperation with the State of Oklahoma Department of Mental Health. Distributed by International Film Bureau. Director: Layton Mabrey. Scriptwriter: Dwight V. Swain. Coordinator: Jim Bragg. Photographer: Wayne Rock. G.F. Mathews, M.D., Commissioner, State Department of Health. Charles F. Obermann, M.D., Director, Department of Mental Health. Psychiatric Consultants: Charles A. Smith, M.D., A.A. Hellams,...
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Topic: need keyword
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136,651 137K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
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Measures how a society ranks on a spectrum stretching from democracy to despotism. Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power is concentrated and respect for the individual is restricted. Where does your community, state and nation stand on these scales? The companion Encyclopedia Britannica Film "Democracy" can be found here.
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Topic: Political science
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15,814 16K
Jun 19, 2012 06/12
by AT&T
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114,783 115K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Centron Productions
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Safety film about dangers associated with earthmoving equipment operation, showing many great simulated accidents on construction sites. CONTENT ADVISORY: May be frightening and surprising to some viewers, and contains great country-style song by a Johnny Cash-soundalike.
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Topics: Safety: Occupational, Music: Country and Western, Motion pictures: Stunts
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41,099 41K
May 26, 2003 05/03
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53,136 53K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Affiliated Film Producers
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Marriage training film dramatizing a partnership too fraught with conflicts to survive. Produced as part of a post-World War II initiative to make marriages more sustainable in the face of postwar dislocation. An unusually literate, neo-realist film produced by a talented group of documentarians. A series of films based on the textbook "Marriage for Moderns," by Henry A. Bowman. Director: Willard Van Dyke. Writer: H. Partnow (pseudonym for blacklisted screenwriter Millard Lampell)....
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Topics: Marriage, Social guidance, Gender roles
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80,885 81K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Vision Associates
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Loving tribute to America's favorite stimulant.
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Topic: Coffee
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67,229 67K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Various
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Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.
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Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism, Advertising: History
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61,103 61K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
by Presented by James S. Perkins in collaboration with Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth & Dr. Ralph M. Barnes
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Essentially a summary of work analysis films which were taken by Frank B. Gilbreth between 1910 and 1924 showing a number of industrial operations from which the motion study technique was developed.
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Topic: need keyword
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127,903 128K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
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Romp through the futuristic landscape of the Seattle World's Fair, centered in the Bell System pavilion.
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Topics: World's Fairs: Seattle, 1962, Communication: Telephone, Futurism
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22,045 22K
Apr 3, 2012 04/12
by Davis (Sid) Productions
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Sid's remake of The Terrible Truth is, in many ways, superior to it, if only because by the mid-sixties there were a lot more ways for kids to get themselves into trouble. This is a warning about the path of casual drug usage leading to "the point of no return" and the user being permanently lost to society. Jeanette is introduced to drugs through her new boyfriend and casually pops pills for the first time. However, she rapidly progresses into more extreme forms of drug usage,...
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76,674 77K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by On Film, Inc.
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Remarkable, surreal industrial film promoting "Atarax," a tranquilizer, and asserting how "ataraxic medicines" can help us all to achieve the relaxed state we long for. Created by Coni Johnston, Mel London, Joseph Cole, Bert Spielvogel, Tracy Ward (a pseudonym for Virginia Bell) and by Rune Hagman, Delores Phox, Jeanne Sharp, Dick Brophy, M. Opelle, Herb Hagens.
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Topics: Psychology, Pharmaceutical industry, Medicine: Psychiatry
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76,516 77K
May 19, 2003 05/03
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Footage of World Trade Center from a work print
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Topic: need keyword
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119,712 120K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Simmel-Meservey
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Advises children to do whatever is necessary -- even lie -- to achieve harmonious family relations. This portrait of manners among the affluent places a premium on pleasant, unemotional behavior, and contains some interesting do's and don'ts sequences. Key line: "These boys treat their dad as though they were genuinely glad to see him, as though they really missed him..." Director: Edward C. Simmel. Cinematography: Harry F. Burrell. Script: Arthur V. Jones. Editor: Miriam Bucher. With...
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Topics: Social guidance, Social guidance: Etiquette, Families
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92,741 93K
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1939, sound, 55 min, Technicolor, 35mm. Transferred from a 35mm nitrate print. See: Andrew Wood, "The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair," http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/middleton/index1.html. This drama illustrates the contribution of free enterprise, technology, and Westinghouse products to the American way of life. The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair pits an anti-capitalist bohemian artist boyfriend against an all-American electrical engineer who...
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Topics: World's Fairs, technology, capitalism, communism, time capsules
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63,648 64K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Centron Productions
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Cindy, a tomboy unsure of her social status, dreams of a party where her fairy godmother gives her etiquette lessons, and wakes up to receive her very own invitation. Filmed in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Topics: Gender roles, Social guidance: Etiquette, Recreation
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43,871 44K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Kerkow (Herbert) Productions
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Management addresses the special problems of women workers with concern and a heavy dose of sexism.
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Topic: World War II: Homefront
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24,665 25K
Feb 6, 2014 02/14
by De Vry School Films, Inc.
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Possibly some shots to be logged. Boy turning around with ball in hand, shot both in and out of his POV. How a boy can make a refractive telescope. Reflecting telescope. Make-believe trip to the Moon by airplane The planets
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13,980 14K
Aug 19, 2013 08/13
by Sutherland (John) Productions in Association With Film Counselors, Inc.
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This animated cartoon follows the adventures of "Colonel Cosmic," a Martian, as he learns that Oil and Competition are the two things that make America great. It is a sci-fi-influenced economic tract on the strengths of Earth-style free enterprise economics, compared to a stagnating Mars under the fist of a certain Mr. Ogg, who centrally controls the Martian economy. In the film, a Martian undercover agent flies from Mars to Earth to learn about the oil industry, and finds that the...
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27,467 27K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by ERPI Classroom Films, Inc.
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Story of three little kittens from shortly after the time they are born until they are old enough to "work" on the farm where they live.
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Topics: Animals: Cats, Agriculture: Farms and farming
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26,075 26K
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This early nudie-film, showing two naked women lolling around a rocky landscape, is more quaint than erotic. It's not clear what the original purpose was - it appears to be an excerpt from a longer film, and the peculiar title, in combination with the occasional mild nuzzling of the protagonists, suggests some kind of cautionary film about lesbianism. For our purposes, these gentle images of two naked women (one thin, and the other, well, Rubenesque), crossing a meadow picking flowers, climbing...
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48,726 49K
May 24, 2003 05/03
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0723 PA8996 Gags and Gals
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132,942 133K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Promotional film for the controversial Chevrolet Corvair.
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Topic: Automobiles: Advertising
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97,984 98K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Highway Safety Films, Inc.
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Legendary "shock" driving safety film featuring numerous scenes of mutilated cars and injured/dead people and a voiceover lacking in compassion. Produced in cooperation with the Ohio State Highway Patrol and shown to millions of young drivers for over 40 years. CONTENT ADVISORY: Many disturbing scenes of violent deaths and accident scenes; cries of crash victims on soundtrack.
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Topics: Safety: Automotive, Ohio, Police
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102,121 102K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Calvin Communications
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The ultimate generic industrial film, built around every script and visual cliche.
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Topics: Motion pictures: Production, Motion pictures: Sponsored, Humor
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59,227 59K
May 28, 2003 05/03
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71,953 72K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Kahlenberg
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The comfort and delight of transatlantic air travel at the beginning of the jet age.
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Topics: Airline industry, Transportation: Air, Tourism
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55,969 56K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Early technology to enable the channel-surfer.
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Topic: Media: Television
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45,410 45K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.
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An insecure young teen boy who has just reached dating age learns how to plan and enjoy a date (with a girl at least one foot taller than him). With Studs Terkel (Swimming Coach). Producer: Milan Herzog.
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Topics: Social guidance, Social guidance: Etiquette, Teenagers
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32,626 33K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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How oil is drilled, transported, refined, reformulated, and consumed. Narrator: Lowell Thomas.
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Topics: Oil industry, Occupations: Oil workers, Chemistry
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86,206 86K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Audio Productions
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How scientific agriculture changes the life and taste of the chicken.
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Topic: Agriculture: Poultry
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57,178 57K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
by Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.
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Plymouth Division, Chrystler Corporation presents Sailing Along, produced by Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.
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Topics: Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Automobiles: Advertising, Automobiles: Engineering
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8,460 8.5K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Spielvogel (Bert)
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Nighttime action at an outdoor rodeo, shot on a cross-country road trip.
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Topics: Amateur films, U.S.: West, Rural America
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102,060 102K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Williams (Clem) Films
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Santa Claus rides in a parade and walks kids through a relentless department-store Christmas display. Filmed in Pittsburgh.
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Topics: Christmas, Santa Claus, Consumerism
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26,764 27K
May 19, 2003 05/03
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This is one of the few films that shows the dangers of the white-collar life. Mandated (we can guess) to grab and hold the attention of the tired war worker, this film revels in carelessness, surprise, and pratfalls. FUNNY ACCIDENT SITUATIONS AT WORK!!
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Topic: need keyword
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51,884 52K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Film Distributors International
movies

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favorite 260

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Interesting anti-drug film criticizing drug use as an inhibitor of necessary social change. Director: Alan Kishbaugh. Camera: Charles Sutton. Narrator: Chuck Bowman.
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Topic: Substance abuse: Drugs
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92,741 93K
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1939, sound, 55 min, Technicolor, 35mm. Transferred from a 35mm nitrate print. See: Andrew Wood, "The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair," http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/middleton/index1.html. This drama illustrates the contribution of free enterprise, technology, and Westinghouse products to the American way of life. The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair pits an anti-capitalist bohemian artist boyfriend against an all-American electrical engineer who...
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Topics: World's Fairs, technology, capitalism, communism, time capsules
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13,980 14K
Aug 19, 2013 08/13
by Sutherland (John) Productions in Association With Film Counselors, Inc.
movies

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This animated cartoon follows the adventures of "Colonel Cosmic," a Martian, as he learns that Oil and Competition are the two things that make America great. It is a sci-fi-influenced economic tract on the strengths of Earth-style free enterprise economics, compared to a stagnating Mars under the fist of a certain Mr. Ogg, who centrally controls the Martian economy. In the film, a Martian undercover agent flies from Mars to Earth to learn about the oil industry, and finds that the...
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
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27,467 27K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by ERPI Classroom Films, Inc.
movies

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Story of three little kittens from shortly after the time they are born until they are old enough to "work" on the farm where they live.
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Topics: Animals: Cats, Agriculture: Farms and farming
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26,075 26K
movies

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favorite 56

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This early nudie-film, showing two naked women lolling around a rocky landscape, is more quaint than erotic. It's not clear what the original purpose was - it appears to be an excerpt from a longer film, and the peculiar title, in combination with the occasional mild nuzzling of the protagonists, suggests some kind of cautionary film about lesbianism. For our purposes, these gentle images of two naked women (one thin, and the other, well, Rubenesque), crossing a meadow picking flowers, climbing...
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
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209,096 209K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
movies

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Classic instructional film for teen daters, presented here in the rare (but incomplete) Kodachrome version.
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Topics: Social guidance, Social guidance: Dating, Gender roles
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48,726 49K
May 24, 2003 05/03
movies

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favorite 158

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0723 PA8996 Gags and Gals
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132,942 133K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 146

comment 28

Promotional film for the controversial Chevrolet Corvair.
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Topic: Automobiles: Advertising
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97,984 98K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Highway Safety Films, Inc.
movies

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Legendary "shock" driving safety film featuring numerous scenes of mutilated cars and injured/dead people and a voiceover lacking in compassion. Produced in cooperation with the Ohio State Highway Patrol and shown to millions of young drivers for over 40 years. CONTENT ADVISORY: Many disturbing scenes of violent deaths and accident scenes; cries of crash victims on soundtrack.
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Topics: Safety: Automotive, Ohio, Police
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223,156 223K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
movies

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favorite 141

comment 8

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Topics: Vintage Erotica, Erotic Dance
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102,121 102K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Calvin Communications
movies

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comment 42

The ultimate generic industrial film, built around every script and visual cliche.
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Topics: Motion pictures: Production, Motion pictures: Sponsored, Humor
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71,953 72K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Kahlenberg
movies

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comment 12

The comfort and delight of transatlantic air travel at the beginning of the jet age.
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Topics: Airline industry, Transportation: Air, Tourism
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59,227 59K
May 28, 2003 05/03
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comment 8

favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
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55,969 56K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 242

comment 12

Early technology to enable the channel-surfer.
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Topic: Media: Television
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193,989 194K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Interlude Films
movies

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favorite 281

comment 46

A group of children, all wearing ape masks, rides their bicycles to the park for a picnic. Along the way, all but one are eliminated for violating basic bike safety rules. This strange film was narrated by Edward Everett Horton. Script and Direction: Dale Jennings. Photography: Max Hutto. Art Direction: Ralph Hulett. With Dick Hutto, Janice Powell, Lucie Hagens, Ralph Hulett, Clyde L. Johnson, Dave Hembree, Colleen Hutto, Charles Hagens, Kevin Lindsay, Dan Whitehead, Don Moody, Diane Chambers,...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 46 reviews )
Topics: Bicycles, Safety: Bicycle, Animals: Apes
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45,410 45K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.
movies

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An insecure young teen boy who has just reached dating age learns how to plan and enjoy a date (with a girl at least one foot taller than him). With Studs Terkel (Swimming Coach). Producer: Milan Herzog.
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Topics: Social guidance, Social guidance: Etiquette, Teenagers
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32,626 33K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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How oil is drilled, transported, refined, reformulated, and consumed. Narrator: Lowell Thomas.
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Topics: Oil industry, Occupations: Oil workers, Chemistry
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86,206 86K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Audio Productions
movies

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How scientific agriculture changes the life and taste of the chicken.
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Topic: Agriculture: Poultry
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102,060 102K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Williams (Clem) Films
movies

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Santa Claus rides in a parade and walks kids through a relentless department-store Christmas display. Filmed in Pittsburgh.
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Topics: Christmas, Santa Claus, Consumerism
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57,178 57K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
by Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.
movies

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comment 5

Plymouth Division, Chrystler Corporation presents Sailing Along, produced by Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.
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Topics: Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Automobiles: Advertising, Automobiles: Engineering
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8,460 8.5K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Spielvogel (Bert)
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Nighttime action at an outdoor rodeo, shot on a cross-country road trip.
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Topics: Amateur films, U.S.: West, Rural America
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26,764 27K
May 19, 2003 05/03
movies

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favorite 29

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This is one of the few films that shows the dangers of the white-collar life. Mandated (we can guess) to grab and hold the attention of the tired war worker, this film revels in carelessness, surprise, and pratfalls. FUNNY ACCIDENT SITUATIONS AT WORK!!
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Topic: need keyword
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51,884 52K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Film Distributors International
movies

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favorite 260

comment 9

Interesting anti-drug film criticizing drug use as an inhibitor of necessary social change. Director: Alan Kishbaugh. Camera: Charles Sutton. Narrator: Chuck Bowman.
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Topic: Substance abuse: Drugs
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28,246 28K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Ferno (John) and Losey (Joseph)
movies

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comment 5

Poetic exposition of a child's day at a modern (progressive education-minded) summer camp. Produced by John Ferno and Joseph Losey.
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Topics: Children, Society: Education, Recreation
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66,367 66K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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Animated character "Tommy Telephone" produces a telephone by assembling 433 separate parts.
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Topics: Animation: Stop-motion, Communication: Telephone, Animation: Advertising
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94,850 95K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association
movies

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comment 50

Atomic tests at the Nevada Proving Grounds (later the Nevada Test Site) show effects on well-kept homes, homes filled with trash and combustibles, and homes painted with reflective white paint. Asserts that cleanliness is an essential part of civil defense preparedness and that it increased survivability. Selected for the 2002 National Film Registry of "artistically, culturally, and socially significant" films.
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Cold War, Waste disposal
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38,061 38K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Weirton Steel Company
movies

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Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.
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Topics: World War II: Postwar issues, World War II: Germany, Germany
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219,369 219K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Sutherland (John) Productions
movies

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favorite 467

comment 25

Animated classic presenting what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses of atomic energy and the byproducts of nuclear fission.
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Energy, Physics, Animation
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307,761 308K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
movies

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favorite 324

comment 52

One of the best examples of post-World War II social guidance films, with examples of "good" and "bad" girls, proper and improper dating etiquette, courtesy to parents, and an analysis of what makes some people popular and others not. A scream and a sobering document of postwar conformity. Director: Ted Peshak. Cinematography: Bill Rockar. Writers: Robert Chapin and Patricia Kealy. Editor: George Wilbern. Educational adviser: Dr. Alice Sowers, Director, Family Life Institute...
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Topics: Social guidance, Teenagers, Gender roles
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22,899 23K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by National Education Program
movies

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Demonstrates the widespread ownership of America's basic wealth and the equitable distribution of national income. With Prof. Clifton L. Ganus of Harding College, Searcy, Ark.
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Topics: Economics, Cold War
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613,383 613K
Dec 25, 2011 12/11
by Tullio Pellegrini
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Cinemascope homage to the city of San Francisco made by amateur filmmaker and inventor Tullio Pellegrini.
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Topics: san francisco, amateur film, widescreen, Cinemascope, pasta1
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124,770 125K
movies

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favorite 74

comment 5

Illustrates the design process involving in making a new car - the Mustang.
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Topic: need keyword
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37,211 37K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Murphy (Owen) Productions
movies

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comment 1

Employee orientation film for telephone company workers explaining structure and corporate values of the Bell System. With excellent footage of communications workers and everyday life, in Technicolor.
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Topics: Communication: Telephone, Occupations: General, Occupations: Electronics
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92,660 93K
Sep 20, 2013 09/13
by Iowa State Teachers' College
movies

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favorite 49

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This idealized story of four years in the life of Kay, Jean, Helen, and Louise evokes the lost world of Iowa State's Home Economics Division in the fifties. When an assembly speaker at the high school talks of girls who studied home economics in college, Kay is smitten. But it is a big thing for someone in her family to attend college. She convinces her parents to make the sacrifice and is so eager to leave that she is packing her bags just minutes after receiving her acceptance letter. There...
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10,814 11K
Aug 19, 2013 08/13
by Davis (Sid) Productions
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Like its precursor Name Unknown (1951), Girls Beware is a trilogy of tragedies brought about by teenage girls' attempts at independent behavior. The first, a story of a young woman who accepts a babysitting job from a man whom she does not know, ends with a report that her body has been found on a lonely desert road. As Norma Neufner (the policewoman who narrates the film) says, "You can never find the right words to tell a mother her daughter has been murdered. Judy hadn't done anything...
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56,566 57K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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comment 14

Strange, highly generalized portrait of the American woman consumer.
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Topics: Consumerism, Gender roles
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176,619 177K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Cartoon Films, Limited
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comment 12

Snap, Crackle and Pop take on Soggy, Mushy and Toughy.
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Topics: Advertising: Screen ads, Animation: Advertising, Agriculture: Food industry: Cereals
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42,767 43K
Jul 27, 2013 07/13
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 27

comment 1

Announcement film introducing the new 1966 Chevrolet models. Skeletal entry
( 1 reviews )
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50,565 51K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Creative Arts Studios
movies

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Rusty, a spy from Mars, pays a visit to Earth and discovers how its inhabitants disrespect one another by driving poorly. The film espouses a Christian viewpoint on safety, stating that "reckless driving is a sin." The 1950s-style animation is great.Director: Mel Emde. Writer: William Bernal. Designer: Cliff Roberts. Animators: Ken Mundie, Dick Drew, Sammy Kai. Voices: Howard Morris. Music: Benny Golson with Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers. Executive Producer: Roger Burgess. Camera...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Animation, Safety: Automotive, Religion
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6,666 6.7K
Sep 25, 2013 09/13
by Albert (Eddie) Productions
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comment 1

Shows a seventh-grade class as they view and discuss an animated film which traces human growth from conception to adulthood. Differences in male and female structural development are emphasized. A mixed group of seventh grade youngsters in a class situation view and discuss animated film. The film traces human growth and development of the organism from mating through pregnancy and birth, then from infancy through childhood and adolescence to the adult form. Differences in male and female...
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227,249 227K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Various
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Examples of broadcast advertising from the 1950s and 1960s.
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Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism
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2.4M 2.4M
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Army
movies

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Military training drama showing how the residents of a barracks convince a sloppy soldier to clean up his act. With many folk songs on cleanliness.
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Topics: Health and hygiene, Military, Music: Folk
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67,328 67K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Sutherland (John) Productions, Inc.
movies

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favorite 150

comment 10

Corporate Cold War-era cartoon linking Bill of Rights to free-enterprise ideology.
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Topics: Cold War, Capitalism, Animation: Advertising
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24,707 25K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Davis (Sid) Productions
movies

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Well-behaved San Francisco teenagers compete in the Mobilgas "Safety Economy Run," driving their cars around the Bay Area under the supervision of experienced racing drivers. Go to Part II
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Topics: Car culture: Youth, Hot rods, San Francisco: Scenics: Historical
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192,556 193K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
movies

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comment 23

Educational film on the Cold War conflict.
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Topics: Cold War, Communism
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40,395 40K
Apr 28, 2012 04/12
by Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
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Travelogues set landscapes in motion, and Freedom Highway exploits the roadside panorama as an excuse to celebrate American mythologies. Hanging in the sky as if they were ghosts, patriots, warriors and the myths they exemplify -- the frontier, national independence and manifest destiny -- come to life at key points along the transcontinental route. Although Americans are widely considered to be a practical, well-grounded people with their eyes on the future, Freedom Highway shows a nation in...
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31,516 32K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Technicolor Corporation
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Film promoting use of Technicolor process to industrial film producers.
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Topics: Motion pictures: History, Motion pictures: Production, Motion pictures: Industrial
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27,081 27K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Southern Educational Film Production Service
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comment 9

Everyday aspects of mental health in an African American community in Gainesville, Georgia.
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Topics: African Americans, Children, Psychology
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15,713 16K
movies

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favorite 97

comment 12

0739 PA8862 Your Chance to Live: Technological Failures
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22,457 22K
Apr 9, 2012 04/12
by Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
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Two young women take a Greyhound Bus tour across America. Includes a love story and a great song at the end - the whole bus breaks into song. 14:24:51:14 VS cowboy wearing jean jacket and cowboy hat on greyhound bus flirts with two young women across aisle; MS two young women wearing pearl necklaces, one with large glasses wearing red lipstick shakes her friends arm and says “you are missing the Garden of the Gods”; rock formation “Garden of the Gods” in Colorado desert; MS two women in...
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7,738 7.7K
movies

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[The following titles and shotlists may be elsewhere on PA-0649; this description may therefore need revision after viewing.]
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114,881 115K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Audio Productions, Inc.
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favorite 135

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Though this sex education film concentrates on presenting the anatomy and physiology of human reproduction in sober medical terms, its release kicked off a controversy in many American cities and towns over the legitimacy of sex education in the public schools. The film is narrated from the point of view of an adult who tries to decide how to answer his son's natural questions about sex and reproduction. With excellent diagrams of the reproductive process.
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Topics: Sex education, Biology: Reproduction, Families
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90,061 90K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by IBM Corporation, Military Products Division
movies

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favorite 105

comment 13

Innovations in computer technology as weapons in the Cold War.
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Topics: Cold War, Electronics, Computers: History
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51,575 52K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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comment 4

Astonishing sitcom-style sponsored film encouraging increased consumption of electricity by an ever-increasing number of appliances. The plot pits a starry-eyed teenage girl against a geek whose main interests happen to be engineering and time study.
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Topics: Electricity, Gender roles, Houses and homes
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36,491 36K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Universal-International Newsreel
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Palo Alto, California: Models in swimsuits gyrate on Bongo Boards. Newsreel story. ca. 1950s
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Topics: Newsreels, Gender roles, Stunts
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43,809 44K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Various
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comment 5

Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.
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Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism, Advertising: History
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34,078 34K
Jun 28, 2012 06/12
by Murphy (Owen) Productions
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Informs viewer of the experimental advances in audiovisual communications techniques Bell Telephone Laboratories' researchers are experimenting with: computer graphics, synthesized speech, computer-made movies and music, and designing prototypical devices. 20:27:20:29 CU man working on 1980s computer screen tracing line with digital pen over graph on screen, sheet music above graph, audio track jumbled notes corresponding to music written on computer screen. 20:27:39:28 man holds pen to digital...
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159,147 159K
movies

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A kinescope of the John F Kennedy and Richard M Nixon presidential debate.
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Topic: need keyword
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18,474 18K
Jul 27, 2012 07/12
by Quality Pictures Co.
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Burlesque strippers. Alyce Bryce: "Jungle Drums" Marie Voe: "The Bombing Bombshell" Rouhea Bey: "Arab Dance" Fina Lopez: "Afro Cuban Rhythms"
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38,544 39K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
movies

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comment 6

Gives students a basis for thinking clearly about real love and shows that mere conviction of love is not enough to insure lasting happiness. A drama.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Psychology, Marriage
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97,721 98K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Ganz (William J.) Co.
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favorite 113

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How shellac records were produced and manufactured.
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Topics: Media: Phonograph, Music
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274,731 275K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Various
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comment 13

Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.
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Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism, Advertising: History
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24,313 24K
Oct 2, 2013 10/13
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 36

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21:02:50:09 CU spinning RCA Victor record on record player. 21:03:06:07 Animation illustrates the basics of one-track recording; sound waves spread from drawing of a orchestra to microphone, arrows indicate movement of sound from mic to amplifier to vinyl record, CU drawing of needle cutting music recording into vinyl record; drawing illustrates movement of sound from stylus to amplifier to speaker; drawings illustrate the difference between mono and stereo sound recordings 21:05:34:21 Extreme...
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10,238 10K
movies

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Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
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Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
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28,006 28K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Affiliated Film Producers
movies

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Premarital advice for young women.
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Topics: Marriage, Social guidance, Gender roles
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32,462 32K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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comment 8

Sponsored film promoting ultraviolet light: its history, physics and health-giving properties.
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Topic: Medicine: Light therapy
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281,959 282K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Cornell University
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comment 8

Lively children illustrate the results of good nutrition, affection, and intelligent care.
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Topics: Health and hygiene, Agriculture: Food industry: Meat, Nutrition
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41,598 42K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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Synthetic fabrics plus electric laundry equipment make washday a pleasure. Host: Jeffrey Lynn.
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Topics: Materials: Synthetics, Home economics, Appliances: Sales
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17,750 18K
Jul 23, 2013 07/13
by Davis (Sid) Productions
movies

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comment 1

Sid's remake of The Terrible Truth is, in many ways, superior to it, if only because by the mid-sixties there were a lot more ways for kids to get themselves into trouble. This is a warning about the path of casual drug usage leading to "the point of no return" and the user being permanently lost to society. Jeanette is introduced to drugs through her new boyfriend and casually pops pills for the first time. However, she rapidly progresses into more extreme forms of drug usage,...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
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68,041 68K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
movies

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favorite 126

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Traces the course of alcohol through the body; shows the effects of alcohol on the brain; dramatizes the case of a problem drinker, including treatment.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topic: Substance abuse: Alcohol
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62,618 63K
Oct 17, 2010 10/10
by Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, Inc.
movies

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comment 4

Simon Ramo's concept of "polymorphic" computing is laid out in stop-motion animation, accompanied by acoustic guitar. The film anticipates parallel, distributed processing and the architecture of ARPANET and the Internet.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: computing history, information technology, networks, networking, Internet, Simon Ramo,...
Prelinger Archives
37,146 37K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Audio Productions, Inc.
movies

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favorite 46

comment 6

How direct long distance dialing made the U.S. a smaller place, and how instantaneous direct communication between Americans without operator assistance became possible.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: Communication: Telephone, Infrastructure: Information
Prelinger Archives
80,415 80K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Federal Civil Defense Administration
movies

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comment 17

Eerie nuclear tests on houses and dummies at the Nevada Test Site.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 17 reviews )
Topic: Atomic-nuclear: Weapons
Prelinger Archives
27,512 28K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Centron Corporation
movies

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favorite 56

comment 4

Pioneering film that encourages youth to look into themselves for the causes of prejudice.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Racism, Prejudice, Schools
Prelinger Archives
38,643 39K
Apr 9, 2012 04/12
by U.S. Army
movies

eye 38,643

favorite 135

comment 5

Color footage of atomic bomb tests with active duty military personnel at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada Test Site, Nevada. Shows soldiers in foxholes as nuclear detonation occurs nearby; light and shockwaves; blowing dust; soldiers climbing out of foxholes and running towards mushroom cloud. Some of this footage is familiar by virtue of having been seen in the film Atomic Cafe. Astounding footage of nuclear weapons testing; atomic bomb explosion in the southwestern US desert (New Mexico); great...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
77,263 77K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Various
movies

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comment 15

Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 15 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism, Advertising: History
Prelinger Archives
18,998 19K
May 4, 2012 05/12
by GM Photographic
movies

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favorite 76

comment 1

Shows contestants, contests and judging of America's Junior Miss Pageant. 03:01:01:26 VS Pan down blooming cherry tree to CU young woman looking at branch then runs away; music enters on audio track; POV shot looks up tree while on swinging on swing hanging from tree. 03:01:50:21 Young couple in matching outfits of white shirt and dark pants running through country holding hands. 03:02:27:05 VS 1960s high-school students at carnival in the country. 03:03:12:23 VS three high school girls in...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
30,272 30K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 111

comment 10

Advocacy film produced to garner public support for the creation of the Interstate Highway System.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, Car culture: General, Manifest destiny
Prelinger Archives
5,223 5.2K
Aug 25, 2012 08/12
by Castle Films
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PRESENTS 36 DIFFERENT NATIONS DISPLAYING EXHIBITS AT SAN FRANCISCO'S WORLD'S FAIR W/SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, INDOCHINA, CHINA & THE HISTORIC EARLY WEST. Golden Gate International Exposition (San Francisco World's Fair, 1939-40)
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
108,949 109K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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comment 4

A simple demonstration of the basic design and operation of a watch, including stop-motion animation showing a watch being assembled from many parts.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Animation: Stop-motion, Timekeeping
Prelinger Archives
59,181 59K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
movies

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favorite 137

comment 14

A high school senior learns how and where to ask a girl for a date, where to take her for a good time, and how to avoid spending too much money or being bored by commercialized amusements. Director: Ted Peshak. Cameraman: Dale Sharkey. Writers: George Tychsen, Bradford. Editor: Dick Kirschner. Narrator: George Stone.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Dating, Teenagers
Prelinger Archives Home Movies
18,202 18K
movies

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favorite 160

comment 4

Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
Prelinger Archives
61,636 62K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 252

comment 2

The definitive Populuxe film on 1950s automotive, industrial, interior and architectural design.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Design, Automobiles: Design and manufacturing, Futurism
Prelinger Archives Home Movies
4,908 4.9K
movies

eye 4,908

favorite 89

comment 1

To come.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: home movies, prelinger
Prelinger Archives Home Movies
12,765 13K
movies

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favorite 24

comment 3

Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome. (found on 0164_HM_Medicus_collection_New_York_Worlds_Fair_1939-40_Reel_2_04_00_47_00)
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
Prelinger Archives
25,377 25K
Apr 28, 2012 04/12
by Christophers, The
movies

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Often quite humorous film which purports to speak about cultural mores and their decline; advises us to be wary of pornography which may appear at the local newsstand, malt shop or drugstore. In reaction to perception of substantial growth in the distribution of pornographic material. Homosexuality is considered pornographic per se. Shows frank images often with censoring black bars across them [the bars often obscure very little, simply adding to the air of licentious ness]. "For the sake...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
10,974 11K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by DeVry School Films, Inc.
movies

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comment 2

Shows a fish hatchery and fish lifecycle, complete with microcinematography of fish eggs.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Animals: Fish, Microcinematography, Biology
Prelinger Archives
97,138 97K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Crawley Films
movies

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favorite 165

comment 16

How far can young people go in petting and still stay within the bounds of personal standards and social mores?
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 16 reviews )
Topics: Sex education, Teenagers, Social guidance
Prelinger Archives
13,519 14K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California
movies

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favorite 20

comment 2

In May 1960, students and progressive activists opposed to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) demonstrated when HUAC held hearings in San Francisco's City Hall. San Francisco police turned firehoses on the demonstrators, washing them down the main staircase of City Hall, and the resultant publicity did much to engender the social consciousness of the 1960s. HUAC sympathizers produced a film, "Operation Abolition," condemning the demonstrators as Communist-inspired...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Social issues: 1960s, Civil rights, San Francisco: Political activity
Prelinger Archives
73,942 74K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Davidson (Carson)
movies

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favorite 108

comment 15

Impressionistic picture of the Third Avenue Elevated Railway in Manhattan, New York City, before it was demolished.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 15 reviews )
Topic: New York City
Prelinger Archives
77,123 77K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Universal-International Newsreel
movies

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comment 10

Texas: Knife-thrower Louella Gallagher throws knives at her daughters Connie Ann, 5, and Colleena Sue, 2-1/2, missing them skillfully as the knives enter a board. Newsreel story.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topics: Newsreels, Mothers, Surrealism
Prelinger Archives
20,990 21K
Sep 23, 2013 09/13
movies

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favorite 67

comment 2

favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
106,178 106K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Miles Brothers
movies

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comment 34

PLEASE NOTE: A much higher-quality DV version (2.3 GB) now available at http://www.archive.org/details/TripDownMarketStreetrBeforeTheFire Pictures San Francisco's main thoroughfare as seen from the front window of a moving Market Street cable car, before the downtown area was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. This unusual record has been called the first "structural film" because it follows exactly the externally imposed structure of the car ride. Here is a post from the...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 34 reviews )
Topics: San Francisco: Scenics: Historical, Transportation: Cable cars, Landscapes: Cultural
Prelinger Archives
35,156 35K
Jul 27, 2013 07/13
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 25

comment 1

Announcement film introducing the new 1966 Chevrolet models. Skeletal entry
( 1 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
35,806 36K
movies

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favorite 88

comment 1

03:00:52:29 - 03:56:47:22 World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Home movies- amateur films. Can marked: "Amusement #1" Excellent color footage of pavilions, performances, amusement rides in Kodachrome. Salvador Dali pavilion at 3:01:39:12. Racy footage of burlesque acts, sunbathing. 03:00:52:29 - 03:01:39:11 color silent 1939-40 Slate- Main Loop of Amusement Area. International pavilions. Statue of man holding shield atop building with sign for Blarney Stone, Irish Village. man speaking...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
52,290 52K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
movies

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favorite 74

comment 5

favoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topic: need meta
Prelinger Archives
25,971 26K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
movies

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comment 5

Courtesy in connection with invitations, telephone conversations, introductions and entertaining guests.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Social guidance: Etiquette
Prelinger Archives
21,516 22K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Centron Productions
movies

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comment 7

Jim leaves the gang after it attacks his father, and joins other teenagers at City Hall to argue against the imposition of a curfew. Drama filmed in Lawrence, Kansas.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: Juvenile delinquency, Social guidance, Crime and criminals
Prelinger Archives
72,676 73K
movies

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favorite 78

comment 26

Warns housewives about the effects of cleaning clothes with Gasoline.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 26 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
39,323 39K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Army Pictorial Center
movies

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favorite 101

comment 9

John Wayne, Edward R. Murrow and others discuss the ideological battle between U.S. and Soviet Union.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topic: Cold War
Prelinger Archives
93,087 93K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Myers (David)
movies

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favorite 97

comment 8

San Francisco teenage gangs and the unfriendly world they inhabit.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: San Francisco: Juvenile delinquents, Teenagers, Juvenile delinquency
Prelinger Archives
2,442 2.4K
Feb 5, 2017 02/17
by Handy (Jam) Organization; Brunswick-Blake-Collender Co.
movies

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favorite 13

comment 0

Bowling made respectable and appealing to middle-class Americans through modernization and "Populuxe" design.
Topics: Sports: Bowling, Recreation
Prelinger Archives
94,922 95K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
movies

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favorite 155

comment 11

The great amusement zone in its heyday.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 11 reviews )
Topics: Amusement parks, Coney Island, New York City: History
Prelinger Archives
91,988 92K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 273

comment 15

The definitive Populuxe film on 1950s automotive, industrial, interior and architectural design. (6383_American_Look_M04199_01_22_19_00)
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 15 reviews )
Topics: Design, Automobiles: Design and manufacturing, Futurism
Prelinger Archives
38,145 38K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
movies

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favorite 112

comment 6

A Greyhound bus transports us through the landscape of American mythology. Directed by Harold Schuster. Director of Photography: Jerry Fairbanks. Screenplay: Charles L. Tedford, Leo S. Rosencrans. Film Editor: Milton Kleinberg. Art Director: Theobold Holsopple. Production Supervisor: John McKennon. Musical Supervision: Edward Paul. Assistant Director: Robert Scrivner. With Marshall Thompson (Mysterious Stranger); Tommy Kirk (Jimmy Rollins); Morris Ankrum (Fred Schroder); Angie Dickinson (Mary);...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: Patriotism, Transportation: Bus, Travelogues
Prelinger Archives
25,749 26K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 19

comment 5

Official film of early Soap Box Derby competition in Akron, Ohio; tribute to ingenuity of the American Boy.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Car culture: Children, Soap Box Derby, Gender roles
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6,167 6.2K
Sep 20, 2013 09/13
by Simmel-Meservey
movies

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favorite 9

comment 1

A Date With Your Family, a true suburban horror story, outdoes all other social guidance films by advising kids to do whatever is necessary — even lie — to achieve harmonious family relations. The odd title reveals its odd thesis: that teenagers should treat a family dinner as if it was a date, a date with someone who they really wanted to be with. As the voice of authority tells us, “These boys greet their Dad as though they were genuinely glad to see him, as though they really missed...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
25,068 25K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Emerson Film Corp.
movies

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favorite 89

comment 6

How crippling disease, avoidable accidents, crime, war, old age, alcoholism and poor living conditions waste human lives and their potential. This film grew out of the effort to build a better world out of the devastation of World War II.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: World War II: Postwar issues, Health and hygiene, Human rights
Prelinger Archives
40,133 40K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 97

comment 7

The physics, science and applications of light.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topic: Perception: Light
Prelinger Archives
29,508 30K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Affiliated Film Producers
movies

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favorite 91

comment 5

Husband and wife struggle to attain a balance of power in their marriage. This neorealist social guidance film was directed by Alexander Hammid.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Marriage, Social guidance: Marriage, Gender roles
Prelinger Archives
48,470 48K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Holmes (Burton) Films, Inc.
movies

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favorite 54

comment 2

Printing occupations, opportunities and technologies before electronics and computers changed the world.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Occupations: Printing, Communication: Printing
Prelinger Archives
11,174 11K
Aug 19, 2012 08/12
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 1

comment 2

Safety in Industry
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
49,432 49K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
movies

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favorite 102

comment 6

Applies graphic sensitivity to medium in cartoon form, and traces the history of storing and analyzing information from the days of the cavemen to today's age of electronic brains.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
Prelinger Archives
69,442 69K
May 28, 2003 05/03
movies

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favorite 66

comment 7

favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
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2,649 2.6K
Sep 19, 2013 09/13
by National Geographic Society
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comment 1

Studies Brazil, the largest country of South America and its people, industry and customs. Shows Brazil's varied climatic conditions.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
44,024 44K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 93

comment 7

Introducing the giant four-track tape cartridge, an obsolete consumer recording format that survived for eight years.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topic: Media: Tape recording
Prelinger Archives
31,470 31K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Dairy Industry, Extension Service, Division of Motion Pictures
movies

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favorite 122

comment 6

Fundamentals of mammalian reproduction, presented through animation, photomicrography and natural photography.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: Sex education, Biology, Biology: Reproduction
Prelinger Archives
25,301 25K
movies

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comment 3

Essentially a summary of work analysis films which were taken by Frank B. Gilbreth between 1910 and 1924 showing a number of industrial operations from which the motion study technique was developed.
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Topic: need keyword
Prelinger Archives
70,430 70K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Marshall (Mel)
movies

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favorite 211

comment 14

Dark vision of drug use and its effect on American youth.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topics: Substance abuse: Drugs, Youth culture, Social issues: 1960s
Prelinger Archives
121,014 121K
May 28, 2003 05/03
movies

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comment 9

favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
50,611 51K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Knickerbocker Productions
movies

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favorite 96

comment 10

Shows the differences in the life experience of three male babies from three different social classes. One young man succeeds his father as president of the family manufacturing company. Another, a middle-class white-collar worker at the same company, leaves the town of his birth and moves to New York City where he becomes a respected advertising art director, thus rising in social status. A third, born into the working class, trains as a mechanic and holds an influential job at a service...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topics: Sociology, Class, 1950s
Prelinger Archives
89,140 89K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Davis (Sid) Productions
movies

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favorite 201

comment 18

Early (and sensational) film on marijuana use as a route to heroin addiction.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 18 reviews )
Topics: Substance abuse: Drugs, Teenagers, California: Los Angeles
Prelinger Archives
41,645 42K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Marshall (Mel)
movies

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comment 7

Dark vision of drug use and its effect on American youth.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: Substance abuse: Drugs, Youth culture, Social issues: 1960s
Prelinger Archives
33,757 34K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
movies

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favorite 148

comment 6

Well-balanced emotions help to create a well-rounded personality, especially in teenagers.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Psychology
Prelinger Archives
10,352 10K
Jun 11, 2016 06/16
by U.S. Department of Agriculture
movies

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favorite 68

comment 3

Shows Americans living in mountain hollows, at the end of rutted dirt roads, and in bypassed communities as they tell about their problems, privations, and hopes. 16:00:57:18  MS poor young boy about 4 years old in deep sleep lying on his back, arms spread out, wearing a very dirty shirt perhaps even blood stained; audio track guitar and female vocals “Hush little baby now don’t you cry you know your papa was going to die”; MS frightened little boy 3 to 4 years old clinging to man’s...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Rural poor: United States, Rural poor, United States
Prelinger Archives
30,074 30K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by RKO-Pathe
movies

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Encourages American workers to make the best possible use of their time in a war where industrial production and combat are synchronized on an international level.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: World War II: Homefront, Timekeeping, Globalization
Prelinger Archives
10.5M 11M
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
movies

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Promotional film for "Nutrilite," a 1950s-vintage food supplement.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: Agriculture: Food industry: Supplements, Nutrition
Prelinger Archives
14,869 15K
movies

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favorite 19

comment 3

0682 PA8532 World of Tomorrow, The from 025.07; Engel collection; 16 B&W MOS neg pix
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: California: History and culture, World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939-40, San Francisco: Scenics:...
Prelinger Archives
234,478 234K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Sutherland (John) Productions, Inc.
movies

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favorite 114

comment 4

Cold War cartoon defending the profit motive against anti-capitalist critics.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Economics, Cold War, Animation: Advertising
Prelinger Archives
41,844 42K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
movies

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How radio brings news and information to Americans. With footage of many news events covered by radio and images everyday life in the late 1950s. Explains how radio serves in the Cold War and during natural disasters.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Media: Radio, Communication: Radio, Journalism
Prelinger Archives
140,546 141K
movies

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favorite 150

comment 23

Ford commercial linking new compact cars to futurism and the space frontier.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 23 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Automobiles: Advertising, Futurism
Prelinger Archives
40,231 40K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
movies

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Shows the varied forms of communications used by commercial air carriers in confirming reservations, preparing aircraft for flight, monitoring aircraft in flight and maintaining air-to-ground contact. With good imagery of passenger airline operations at the moment when air travel was just becoming a mass phenomenon. Director: Leo Rosencrans.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Communication: Radio, Communication: Telephone, Aviation: Commercial
Prelinger Archives
34,113 34K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Army Pictorial Service
movies

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comment 3

Shows the daily life and work of the Army nurse, including training and off-duty activities.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: World War II: Women, Nursing, Occupations: Health care
Prelinger Archives
6,185 6.2K
movies

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Teenagers c. 1970s wanting to leave home and boredom
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
63,981 64K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. War Relocation Authority
movies

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comment 8

Government-produced film attempting to defend the massive internment of Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topic: World War II: Japanese Americans: Internment
Prelinger Archives
96,335 96K
Sep 17, 2004 09/04
by Sid Davis Productions
movies

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Safety film about the (then) new hobby of skateboarding. Produced by Sid Davis.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 17 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
142,194 142K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
movies

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favorite 149

comment 13

A burlesque short starring Amalia Aguilar. Part of "Joe Bonica presents the Movie of the Month" nudie film series.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 13 reviews )
Topic: Burlesque
Prelinger Archives
18,708 19K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Screenscope
movies

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comment 7

Presents the story of a teenage couple caught in the tragic path of a Tsunami as a means of explaining the nature of earthquakes and the consequences of their power.
favoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Civil defense
Prelinger Archives
30,017 30K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
movies

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comment 9

Impossible drama proving that proper management of schedules, responsibilities, privileges and finances leads to a happier home.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topic: Social guidance
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4,722 4.7K
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comment 1

To come.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: prelinger, home movies
Prelinger Archives
305,242 305K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Treasury Department
movies

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comment 92

Complex and disturbing anti-Japanese propaganda film produced to spur the sale of U.S. war bonds. CONTENT ADVISORY: Explicit racism and extreme violence.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 92 reviews )
Topics: World War II: Japan, Propaganda, World War II: Homefront
Prelinger Archives
11,016 11K
Aug 19, 2013 08/13
by Sutherland (John) Productions
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The end of World War II did not bring peace at home. Nuclear anxiety, anti-Communism and international political realignments fueled the Cold War and turned our country's media landscape into a battleground. In the press, on the radio, and increasingly through the newly emerging medium of television, business and labor struggled for power over the national consciousness. Seeking a prize worth much more than public consent, these opposing forces fought to redefine the economic structure of the...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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1.1M 1.1M
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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Dramatization of how photographs are transmitted by wire, an exciting new technology in the 1930s.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: Communication: Wirephotos, Media: Newspapers, Technology
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42,865 43K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.
movies

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Reviews the history of immigration to the United States up to the restrictive law passed in 1924. A dramatized scene in a European steamship office is used to show the economic, political and religious motives for immigration. Contains scenes of Ellis Island and New York City in the early 20th century.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Immigration, Diversity, U.S. History: 1900-1927
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59,460 59K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Knickerbocker Productions
movies

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"Goofus and Gallant"-style film on the misadventures of a teenage girl who is a victim of her own bad habits, with a harrowing and patronizing narration.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 40 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Gender roles, Psychology
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8,520 8.5K
Jul 24, 2013 07/13
by Centron Corporation
movies

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comment 3

Takes a look at modern economics as it documents the efforts of a group of young musicians who are unable to achieve financial success. Presents basic economic concepts in the form of real-life situations. Dramatizes a real economic case by actual members of a jazz-rock music band. Depicts its struggle to break into national popularity played against the real world problems of making a profit and surviving as a group.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
39,636 40K
May 19, 2003 05/03
movies

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comment 8

0641 PA8692 Television Tomorrow 16 B&W comp print
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: Motion Pictures: In Education, Media: Television
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27,551 28K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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comment 2

Surreal film on measurement of tiny quantities, made as soft-sell promotional piece for Chevrolet automobiles. Excellent stop-motion march of slide rules, compasses, gauge blocks and micrometers at end.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Physics: Measurement, Engineering, Animation: Stop-motion
Prelinger Archives
38,004 38K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Wilding Picture Productions
movies

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favorite 118

comment 6

Salt, its extraction and uses in national defense, industry, agriculture, and the home. A feast of late-1950s imagery of everyday life, culture and industry.
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Topics: Salt, Occupations: Mining
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49,373 49K
movies

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favorite 196

comment 12

favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 12 reviews )
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57,608 58K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
movies

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comment 23

How 1960s activism "threatens" American moral, religious and ethical principles.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 23 reviews )
Topics: Cold War, Social issues: 1960s
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46,648 47K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
by U.S. Department of the Interior
movies

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favorite 13

comment 2

Government-sponsored film about the building of the Boulder dam.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Motion pictures: Sponsored, Motion pictures: Government, Infrastructure: Dams, Infrastructure:...
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137,128 137K
May 21, 2003 05/03
movies

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favorite 196

comment 16

Footage from an atomic bomb test - probably Operation Tumbler-Snapper? The same footage also appears in "Operation A-Bomb (1953)".
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 16 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
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196,228 196K
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Mardi Gras: Parade of Nor.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topics: New Orleans, Mardi Gras, Celebrations
Prelinger Archives
37,055 37K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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comment 14

How to behave.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topic: Social guidance
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37,048 37K
Sep 10, 2013 09/13
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
movies

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comment 1

A young boy travels from Chicago (?) to Lamy, New Mexico via passenger train.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
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59,754 60K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
movies

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comment 17

Phil (Dick York), new in his high school, follows his father's suggestion and observes the most popular students to determine what makes them popular. By offering to help others he becomes popular himself and sheds his shyness.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 17 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Teenagers
Prelinger Archives
80,609 81K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
movies

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comment 31

Delightful musical made to promote color telephones as a decorator accessory in the home.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 31 reviews )
Topics: Communication: Telephone, Consumerism, Houses and homes
Prelinger Archives
22,211 22K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
movies

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favorite 78

comment 9

Analysis of a child's fear of darkness leads him and us to understand the nature and kinds of fear.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Children: Psychology, Psychology
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12,114 12K
Jan 26, 2014 01/14
by Holmes (Burton)
movies

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comment 2

Burton Holmes looking out over Paris square. VS square and traffic Avenue de l'Opera Sidewalk Cafe de la Paix Scenes on Boulevard; pedestrians Porte St. Denis Bastille Day ceremonies soldiers marching Parc Monceau Cafe Life in Paris Cafe de la Paix VS people sitting in cafes Au Caneton restaurant caviar and pancakes (crepes) Robinson: tables in tree Couples dancing, including women dancing with women Man kissing woman's neck Le Café du Dôme Patrons seated outside in sidewalk cafe (Dome)...
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17,450 17K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California
movies

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comment 2

In May 1960, students and progressive activists opposed to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) demonstrated when HUAC held hearings in San Francisco's City Hall. San Francisco police turned firehoses on the demonstrators, washing them down the main staircase of City Hall, and the resultant publicity did much to engender the social consciousness of the 1960s. HUAC sympathizers produced a film, "Operation Abolition," condemning the demonstrators as Communist-inspired...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Social issues: 1960s, Civil rights, San Francisco: Political activity
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23,265 23K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
movies

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comment 7

Republican party campaign film on behalf of Wendell Willkie for U.S. president in the 1940 elections.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: Political campaigns and elections, Economics, Willkie, Wendell A.
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13,313 13K
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comment 2

To come.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: prelinger, home movies
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55,419 55K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Office of War Information
movies

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comment 3

Portrayal of the steps that led up to Pearl Harbor and total mobilization of World War II.
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Topic: World War II: General
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26,874 27K
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by Don Robert Catlin
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comment 14

An interesting salute to the Statue Of Liberty, and America in general.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topics: Statue Of Liberty, America: Landmarks
Prelinger Archives
107,391 107K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Castle Films
movies

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comment 4

Attack on Pearl Harbor; the S.S. Normandie fire at a New York pier.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: World War II: Pearl Harbor, Transportation: Water, Newsreels
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30,665 31K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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How the electric company makes Cleveland the "best location in the nation." Introduced by Elmer L. Lindseth, President of Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. A biography of Mr. Lindseth may be found here .
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Topics: Electricity, Cleveland, Ohio, Infrastructure: Electrical
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35,729 36K
movies

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Illustrates a series of psychogenic diseases and attempts to relate them to the infants' relationships with their mothers.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
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36,715 37K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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comment 10

Astonishing sitcom-style sponsored film encouraging increased consumption of electricity by an ever-increasing number of appliances. The plot pits a starry-eyed teenage girl against a geek whose main interests happen to be engineering and time study.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topics: Electricity, Gender roles, Houses and homes
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10,218 10K
Apr 6, 2012 04/12
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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comment 1

Relates how Americans build, from youth throughout life, by using their ingenuity not only in technological advancement but in everyday efforts by everyone.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topic: Chevrolet, industrial films, sponsored films, institutional advertising, automobiles, 1960s,...
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11,216 11K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
movies

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Views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Yosemite National Park and Golden Gate International Exposition.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: California: History and culture, World's Fairs, San Francisco Bay Area
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32,566 33K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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Expansive tribute to the "Woman American," her thrifty purchasing habits, and the American system of mass production.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Consumerism, Gender roles, Families: 1960s
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27,536 28K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
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Bohemian Club members relax and line up for a meal at the Bohemian Grove encampment.
favoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: San Francisco: Bohemian Club, Recreation, Gender roles
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52,317 52K
movies

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favorite 44

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Views of destruction taken from a vehicle moving east down Market Street.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906, San Francisco: Disasters
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33,741 34K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
movies

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comment 6

Government agents burn confiscated opium near unfinished San Francisco City Hall, and destroy other confiscated Chinese drugs.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: Substance abuse: Drugs, San Francisco: History
Prelinger Archives
649,835 650K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by National Motion Picture Company
movies

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favorite 195

comment 3

Health film using unusual imagery and metaphors to impart lessons in hygiene.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Health and hygiene, Children, Medicine: Infectious diseases
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27,663 28K
Sep 7, 2013 09/13
movies

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favorite 16

comment 1

[Subtitle: "or Creative Man and the Data Processor"] The background and development of data processing is cleverly presented through the use of animation.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
23,903 24K
movies

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0512 PA8303 That Junior Miss Spirit
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
44,983 45K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Holmes (Burton)
movies

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comment 9

Tour through central parts of London.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: London, United Kingdom, Travelogues
Prelinger Archives
54,902 55K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
movies

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comment 7

favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topic: soundie
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17,368 17K
Aug 30, 2006 08/06
by Davis (Sid) Productions
movies

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Well-behaved San Francisco teenagers compete in the Mobilgas "Safety Economy Run," driving their cars around the Bay Area under the supervision of experienced racing drivers. Go to Part I
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Car culture: Youth, Hot rods, San Francisco: Scenics: Historical
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17,821 18K
Apr 8, 2012 04/12
by Murphy (Owen) Productions
movies

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09:12:30:04 CU parabolic lines morphing in and out of each other on an oscilloscope screen, lines begin to accelerate and morph into a sine-wave-like pattern; dissolves to CU laser passing through a prism. 09:12:55:13 CU automated machine wiring yellow wire through what looks like a pin board. 09:12:59:04 Camera pans around older woman in 1970s fashion working on electronics device in assembly warehouse. 09:13:05:02 Great shot CU newly assembled stove being pushed through warehouse. 09:13:07:21...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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40,791 41K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Holmes (Burton) Films, Inc.
movies

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View of the radio industry as it existed in 1940, showing potential occupations at every level. Introduces the new industry of television, emphasizing its need for specially skilled workers. Useful imagery of the electronic media in the pre-World War II era.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Occupations: Broadcasting, Media: Radio, Media: Television
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203,857 204K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Bonica (Joe)
movies

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comment 34

Early atomic weapons testing.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 34 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Weapons, Cold War
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36,526 37K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Salesian Vocational and Technical Schools, Italy
movies

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comment 4

How mechanical typesetting works.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Communication: Typesetting, Occupations: Printing
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60,124 60K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 128

comment 4

The definitive Populuxe film on 1950s automotive, industrial, interior and architectural design.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Design, Automobiles: Design and manufacturing, Futurism
Prelinger Archives
36,210 36K
May 19, 2003 05/03
by Norwood Studios, Inc. (for NASA)
movies

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favorite 75

comment 3

1965 NASA Progress Report, from the Office of Space Science and Application. Produced by Norwood Studios, Inc. for the National Aeronautics and Space Association. Writer/Producer Lewis Baer, Editor Michael Ritter, Supervisors for Nasa Jack Posner and Alfred Rosenthal.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: NASA, Space: Satellites, Motion Pictures: Government
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10,649 11K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
movies

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Travelogue documentary distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and produced by the Van Beuren Corporation. Part of the World on Parade series.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Travelogues, Infrastructure: Water, Infrastructure: Roads and Bridges, Sustainability, Cities:...
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25,096 25K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Centron Productions
movies

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Expressionistic film showing John's cheating and how his peers punish him.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Psychology, Juvenile delinquency
Prelinger Archives
68,659 69K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 57

comment 9

Building the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Bridges, San Francisco: Infrastructure, Occupations: Ironworkers
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90,048 90K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Pathescope Productions
movies

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Shows masked mental patients enacting various schizophrenic symptoms as they were understood at the time. A disturbing film that raises questions about the condition and treatment of its subjects.
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Topics: Medicine: Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Hospitals
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16,627 17K
May 24, 2012 05/12
by Reeves Sound Laboratories
movies

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favorite 40

comment 5

"A story in pictures of the preparation and manufacture of quartz crystals for radio communication."
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
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32,038 32K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
movies

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comment 12

The story of the Echo communications satellite project, and how scientists learned to bounce a radio signal off a big balloon. Written by Robert Engel and Leo S. Rosencrans. Narrator: Larry Thor. Producer and Photographer: Jerry Fairbanks. Editor: Richard Fritch, ASC. Production Manager: John McKennon. Assistant Director: Robert Scrivner. Musical Direction: Edward Paul. Original Score: Gene Kauer. Sound: Lawrence Aicholtz. Lighting: Grant Spicer.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 12 reviews )
Topics: Communication: Telephone, Space: Satellites, Communication: Satellite
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55,053 55K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Dudley Pictures Corporation
movies

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comment 4

Railroads and how they keep the U.S. economy rolling.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topic: Transportation: Railroad
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29,368 29K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Tradefilms, Inc.
movies

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Innovations in aviation history and technology. Producer and director: Shirley Burden. Photography: Floyd Crosby, Al Wetzel.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topic: Aviation: History
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51,107 51K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Wilensky (Stewart)
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Exploration of the colorful counterculture of Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. Narrator: Jean Shepherd. Director, producer and screenwriter: Stewart Willensky. Beat life-avant-garde poetry and music: Charles Mills.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 11 reviews )
Topics: New York City: History, Counterculture, Bohemianism
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16,153 16K
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comment 5

0682 PA8532 World of Tomorrow, The from 025.07; Engel collection; 16 B&W MOS neg pix
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: California: History and culture, World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939-40, San Francisco: Scenics:...
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88,680 89K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Various
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Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.
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Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism, Advertising: History
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9,575 9.6K
May 28, 2012 05/12
movies

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VS underwater oceanic footage of various kinds of fish and other aquatic creatures swimming in and around the coral reef. Sea slugs, octopi, coral, feathered starfish, shellfish, box fish, king snapper, butterfly cod, sea anemones, hermit crabs, sea turtles. 01:00:40:12 Muscular man in scuba mask with rope tied around his waste climbs off side of ship into clear blue waters. 01:00:50:16 Underwater shot of small red octopus with white spots. 01:05:31:11 VS butterfly cod fish. 01:06:42:15 VS...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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27,107 27K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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This classic example of "capitalist realism" depicts a day in the life of Chevrolet workers in the U.S., while attempting to convince them that their own fortunes were inextricably linked to the fortunes of General Motors.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: Labor: 1930s, Consumerism, Automobiles: Manufacturing
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6,440 6.4K
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favorite 14

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0512 PA8303 That Junior Miss Spirit
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
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25,133 25K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
movies

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Views of the Territory of Alaska.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topic: Alaska
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29,121 29K
movies

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favorite 46

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03:00:46:15 - 04:03:21:00 color silent 1939-40 World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films Medicus Coll. Reel 1. Marked "Amusement #2: Aquacade and Nude Shows." Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome. Highlights "Little Miracle World"- midgets, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, various racy, burlesque performances. 03:00:46:15 - 03:02:26:03 color silent 1939-40 Scrolling intro title (too wide for screen). Vehicle...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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104,180 104K
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An amazing short by an "orchestra" of vibraphone players. Some viewers have noted that this film seems to be a mirror image of how things are supposed to be. This is because original Soundie films were printed backwards so that they could appear correct when played in the Panoram machine (an early film jukebox).
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 40 reviews )
Topic: soundie
Prelinger Archives
27.2M 27M
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Castle Films
movies

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comment 14

Complete presentation of the banana industry from the clearing of the jungle and the planting to the shipment of the fruit to the American markets.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topics: Agriculture: Bananas, Central America
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96,512 97K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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Promotional film made for the City of Detroit, an unsuccessful bidder for the Olympic Games. With views of city highways, automobile manufacturing, a diverse population, and social activities, all shot prior to the city's economic decline.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 24 reviews )
Topics: Detroit, Michigan, City planning, Race relations
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15,161 15K
May 18, 2003 05/03
by Transfilm
movies

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Presented by LIFE and Fortune Magazines, an animated economic overview of the rise of the "middle income consumer." Directed by Steve Muffatti,animated by Ben Farish, Bill Hudson, Keith Robinson, and Howard Smith. Produced by Transfilm. 0661 PA8718 Opportunities Unlimited 16 Koda comp print;
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Consumerism, Economics, Animation: Advertising
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62,673 63K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Telamerica, Inc.
movies

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How two women trick a husband into buying a new kitchen.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 13 reviews )
Topics: Consumerism, Gender roles
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14,607 15K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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Travelogue, made for theatrical showing and commissioned by Cheverolet, promoting tourism by car in several areas, including Oak Creek Canyon in Arizona, San Luis Obispo and San Diego in California, and Western Michigan.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Automobiles: Advertising, Travelogues, Arizona, California, Michigan, Recreation
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14,110 14K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
movies

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Shows the agriculture, trade and infrastructure of California's Central Valley, all made possible by irrigation.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: California: History and culture, California: Central Valley
Prelinger Archives
78,098 78K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
movies

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Two teenagers, wishing to marry early, visit their minister for advice and receive counseling, some of it quite pragmatic, the rest a little strange.
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Topics: Social guidance, Marriage, Gender roles
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8,814 8.8K
Sep 21, 2013 09/13
by Techfilm Studio, Moscow
movies

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[Educational Screen] "The film records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals, as conducted by Dr. S.S. Bryukhonenko at the Institute of Experimental Physiology and Therapy, Voronezh, U.S.S.R. According to the New York Times, the experiments are hailed by American biologists as promising a new epoch in medical science, 'bringing closer the day when operations now incompatible with life will be possible'."
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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69,172 69K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
movies

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New Deal-era promo for the NRA (National Recovery Administration).
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: New Deal: NRA, Durante, Jimmy
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2.5M 2.5M
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
movies

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Elegy to recreation and relaxation in state and national parks.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: Recreation, Parks, Nature
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16,825 17K
May 22, 2012 05/12
by Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
movies

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Film opens with montage of scenes of student protest. Credits occur over this sequence. Loosely structured as a narrative in which John Smith (a college student) is visited by his great great great (etc.) grandfather John Smith (from 1776), this film works to educate a young audience on the "breakdown of moral, religious, and ethical principles" in the US. With the help of a history professor, John Smith (1776) explains how he gave his life to build the USA and nowadays a "bunch...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
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46,541 47K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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Classic "capitalist realist" drama showing the manufacture of Chevrolets from foundry to finished vehicles. Though ostensibly a tribute to the "master hands" of the assembly line workers, it seems more of a paean to the designers of this impressive mass production system. Filmed in Flint, Michigan, just months before the United Auto Workers won union recognition with their famous sitdown strikes. Released the same year as two other films with which it shares similarities:...
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Topics: Automobiles: Manufacturing, Labor: 1930s, Occupations: Automotive
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12,155 12K
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Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
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Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
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21,406 21K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Marine Pictures
movies

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comment 7

Deep-sea fishing adventure.
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Topic: Animals: Fish
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20,280 20K
movies

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Kodachrome home movie of a 1950s family's trailer travels to key U.S. tourist destinations.
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Topics: Amateur films, Tourism, Travelogues
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47,527 48K
May 19, 2003 05/03
movies

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Like its precursor Name Unknown (1951), Girls Beware is a trilogy of tragedies brought about by teenage girls' attempts at independent behavior. Covers do's and don'ts in the babysitting situation. Develops the problem of the 'PICK UP' and the girls who go with boys that are too old.
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Topic: need keyword
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79,823 80K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Various
movies

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Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.
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Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism, Advertising: History
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16,703 17K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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Visual perception in animals, humans, and from the driver's seat of a Chevrolet.
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Topics: Perception: Vision, Natural history, Automobiles: Engineering
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296,089 296K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 178

comment 10

Cinderella relies on a Chevrolet to carry her home by midnight through obstacles and storms.
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Topics: Animation: Advertising, Folk tales, Automobiles: Advertising
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9,525 9.5K
May 22, 2012 05/12
by Affiliated Film Producers
movies

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Title Card: "American Frontier" and opening credits superimposed over U.S. map. Film describes events taking place after discovery of oil in Williston Basin, North Dakota. CU U.S. map with major relief landmarks. Sweeping LS barren prairie (The Williston Basin of Montana and The Dakotas); grazing cattle dotting prairie. Desolate lake shoreline. CU weed poking through sand or snow. LS sand or snow blowing across desolate road. VS weather-beaten shack. CU wind blowing sand passed...
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106,691 107K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 96

comment 18

Lucky Strike cigarette commercial with stop-motion animation of marching cigarettes.
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Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Substance abuse: Tobacco, Animation: Stop-motion
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7,844 7.8K
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Kodachrome footage of the San Francisco World's Fair, held on Treasure Island.
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Topic: World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939
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13,968 14K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Inc., Motion Picture Division
movies

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Goodyear's own film about its rubber plantations on the island of Sumatra, depicting Sumatra's culture in a highly patronizing and racist fashion.
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Topic: Indonesia
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80,083 80K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
movies

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comment 21

Jim, an emotionally immature teen, learns to evaluate his personality and to better work out his problems.
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Topics: Social guidance, Psychology, Teenagers
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57,964 58K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.
movies

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favorite 175

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Classic "slippery slope" narrative of post-World War II stoned slackerdom.
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Topic: Substance abuse: Drugs
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11,189 11K
movies

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06:00:39:28 - 06:51:56:07 color silent 1939 World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films. Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome. Food, Home Furnishing, Communications, Religious, Jewel and nearby Section. (reel 5) 06:00:39:28 - 06:02:07:10 color silent 1939 Food, Home Furnishing, Communications, Religious, Jewel and nearby Section. EXT: Food North pavilion. Painted mural. Citrus Beech Hut. Motorized figures (people and animals) on parade. Johns...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
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5.9M 5.9M
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
movies

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Told from the viewpoint of a child, this film emphasizes that children should train themselves in good sleeping habits. In typical "Goofus and Gallant" style, it shows the advantages a well-rested kid has over his poor-sleeping classmate. Dreams are presented as a normal part of sleeping, and there is a funny dream sequence.
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Topics: Health and hygiene, Dreams, Sleep
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14,096 14K
movies

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Dawson City, New Mexico: Films taken immediately after the "Dawson Mine Disaster", the second worst mine disaster to take place in the US on October 22, 1913 when 263 men were killed. Shows bodies being removed / cemetery / Bureau of Mines trains and experts arriving etc.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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31,262 31K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
movies

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directed by Reginald LeBorg, stars Yvonne DeCarlo
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Topic: soundie
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31,521 32K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
movies

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Scenes of displaced people and damaged buildings in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire. Original film is in need of repair, jumps and rolls out of frame.
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Topics: San Francisco: Disasters, Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906, Fires and firefighting
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20,827 21K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Warner Pathé News
movies

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comment 1

Newsreel stories reformatted for classroom use.
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Topic: Newsreels
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57,161 57K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense
movies

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comment 9

Optimistic vision of fallout and civil defense countermeasures.
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Topic: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense
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51,990 52K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 69

comment 3

RCA Victor presents Sound and the Story, copyright Radio Corporation of America
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Topics: Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Consumerism, Media: Phonograph, Perception: Sound
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24,090 24K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
movies

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A Greyhound bus transports us through the landscape of American mythology. Directed by Harold Schuster. Director of Photography: Jerry Fairbanks. Screenplay: Charles L. Tedford, Leo S. Rosencrans. Film Editor: Milton Kleinberg. Art Director: Theobold Holsopple. Production Supervisor: John McKennon. Musical Supervision: Edward Paul. Assistant Director: Robert Scrivner. With Marshall Thompson (Mysterious Stranger); Tommy Kirk (Jimmy Rollins); Morris Ankrum (Fred Schroder); Angie Dickinson (Mary);...
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Patriotism, Transportation: Bus, Travelogues
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50,739 51K
movies

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favorite 45

comment 6

favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
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19,491 19K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
movies

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Everyday incidents at school and at play teach Alice, Jerry and Eddie to resolve conflicts by compromise, by obeying rules, by finding facts, or finding opinions.
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Topics: Social guidance, Children, Conflict resolution
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39,494 39K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Affiliated Film Producers
movies

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favorite 57

comment 4

Alexander Hammid's sensitive narrative of how a pre-adolescent boy is helped by a psychiatrist to come to terms with his feelings.
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Topics: Psychology, Medicine: Psychiatry, Children: Psychology
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22,507 23K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Lamont-Clemens, Inc.
movies

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favorite 96

comment 3

Time-travel story promoting rayon lingerie.
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Topics: Fashion: Industry, Media: Television, Synthetics
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35,594 36K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Zenith Cinema Services, Inc.
movies

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Operations of the Rock Island Lines. Includes shots of high-speed "Rocket" freight trains; the operation of classification yards; and scenes of agricultural and industrial areas served by the railroad. Writer and Director: John A. McGee.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Transportation: Railroad, U.S.: Midwest, Occupations: Railroad
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49,099 49K
May 28, 2003 05/03
movies

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comment 5

favoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
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26,946 27K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by University of California at Los Angeles, Extension Media Center
movies

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comment 2

Presents the experiences of a teenage African American, who relates his views of the System, war, revolution, the Watts community of Los Angeles, the Black Panther Party and the police. The importance of the discussion is the necessity of being one's own self. Director: Richard Wells. Editor: Andrew Stein. Photographer: Robert Grant. Sound: Wendell Handy. Assistant Camera: Clifford Stewart. Production Manager: Edward Kutner. Assistant Production Manager: Gene Kopp. Executive Producer: George...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: African Americans, Psychology, Los Angeles
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41,101 41K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Davis (Sid) Productions
movies

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comment 7

Made for hot rod fans; explains how to prepare and enter a car show; also serves as an ethnographic account of the "nomadic tribe of hotrodders".
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Topics: Car culture: Youth, Car culture: Hot rods, California: History and culture
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37,647 38K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Cascade Pictures of California
movies

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favorite 99

comment 8

Attempt to argue away the dangers of nuclear radiation, with some excellent animation.
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Atomic-nuclear: Weapons, Cold War
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887 887
movies

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favorite 3

comment 1

From the Frank Vail collection. A 1932 film visiting the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition (San Francisco World's Fair).
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3,368 3.4K
Jul 27, 2013 07/13
by Davis (Sid) Productions
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[Educational Screen, Dec 1951] This film presents selected case studies of teenagers who were the victims of sex deviants and suggests ways in which such tragedies can be averted. Judge William B. McKesson, of the Juvenile Court in Los Angeles, appears in the film as narrator and relates the incidents in these cases which he has handled in his court. In studying the facts in each of the cases, Judge McKesson, addressing teenagers, says that the surprising thing is that smart young people can be...
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23,034 23K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by ERPI Classroom Films, Inc.
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Study of owls, vultures, hawks and eagles.
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Topics: Animals: Birds, Natural history, Ornithology
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111,499 111K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Filmways (?)
movies

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comment 19

Cereal commercial targeted at children of the space age.
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Topics: Space: Culture, Advertising: Television commercials, Agriculture: Food industry: Cereals
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18,694 19K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 10

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Gold mining and the life of gold miners in South Dakota, as seen by the mining company.
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Topics: Mining, Metals: Gold, South Dakota: History and culture
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1.7M 1.7M
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by University of Southern Califonia (student film)
movies

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favorite 309

comment 21

Imaginative film showing how automatic gadgets in homes and workplaces alienate people from one another.
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Topics: Technology: Critiques, Automation, Consumerism
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18,343 18K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Work Projects Administration
movies

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How the WPA's program of public works benefits both unemployed workers and American society.
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Topic: New Deal: WPA
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2,244 2.2K
movies

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Viewing notes state: 1950 color family X-mas B-days Very cool metal kiddi car
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Topics: home movies, prelinger
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22,064 22K
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Shows the seven glands that regulate human life and growth with emphasis on the pituitary and sex glands. Outlines changes that take place in the bodies of boys and girls.
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Topic: need keyword
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45,918 46K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
movies

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Explains the mysteries of sound recording on film.
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Topics: Perception: Sound, Motion pictures: Sound, Motion pictures: Projection
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205,722 206K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Centron Corporation
movies

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favorite 69

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An American family unable to afford a Thanksgiving turkey reviews the things for which they feel thankful. This patriotic film is unusual in that it does not link freedom and happiness with the pursuit of wealth. Produced with nonprofessional actors in Lawrence, Kansas. Written by Margaret Carlile (Trudy) Travis.
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Topics: Patriotism, Holidays: Thanksgiving, Families: 1950s
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2,173 2.2K
Jul 10, 2013 07/13
by Atlas Film Corporation
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favorite 5

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Great shots in 1950s bowling alley. Great shots from one end of alley looking down rows of bowlers. Footage of famous professional bowler Marion Ladewig and Ned Day.19:02:05:12 MS woman let�s go of man�s arm with awestruck look on face; cuts to shot from behind woman looking out on lanes of bowling alley; VS from one end of bowling alley looking across lanes as men and women bowl. 19:03:05:01 Man and boy about 13 facing camera as older man with whistle around neck holds boy�s arm and...
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17,628 18K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Sunn (Joseph)
movies

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Mud animation by pioneer San Francisco Chinese American animator Joseph Sunn. From the "Ralph Wolfe's Mud Stuff" series.
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Topics: Animation: Mud, Chinese Americans, Animation: Stop-motion
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32,157 32K
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comment 2

Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
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Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
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20,419 20K
movies

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Red Haired Riot (Burlesque, & Other Burlesque Strippers) [Program 1] RED-HEAD RIOT; NORA THE QUIVERING TORSO; Sensational SANDRA STORM In Action; THE DANCE OF DESIRE; BETTY HOWARD "The Girl With Everything" in "MOONLIGHT MADNESS"; BETTY ROWLAND "Burlesque's Ball of Fire"; GEORGIA SOTHERN in her dance from the "Star and Garter"; DANCE OF THE DOVES starring ROSITA ROYCE (may be late 1930s); CHINESE JOY DANCE starring NOEL TOY (with NYC's Folies Bergere...
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8,352 8.4K
Oct 3, 2013 10/13
by Calvin Productions
movies

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09:38:36:04 CU raining dripping on glass window. 09:38:39:16 CU alarm clock reads 3:26. 09:38:44:06 CU disembodied hand lifts coffee pot off of stove; LS woman in kitchen wearing apron carries coffee pot over by dark window, lightning flashes outside; CU woman looking out window with rain water dripping down it; LS man looking out fron door, woman leaves window and pours coffee; woman brings man cup of coffee as he watches the storm through the front door, man suddenly stands up from chair and...
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60,298 60K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Various
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Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.
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Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism, Advertising: History
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30,655 31K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Holmes (Burton) Films, Inc.
movies

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Telecommunications workers in the analog era.
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Topics: Occupations: Communications, Communication: Telephone, Communication: Telegraph
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12,510 13K
Apr 8, 2012 04/12
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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The human eye and its function in seeing colors separately and in combination. Color vision explained. 09:01:19:10 Great underwater shot of a swimming sea turtle 09:01:29:12 Underwater shot of a young man swimming after a sea turtle then aggressively grabbing it and tormenting it. 09:01:43:10 CU lobster on the sand; CU disembodied hand reaches down to pick up lobster; POV shot from hand approaching the lobster zoom to extreme CU lobster’s eye. 09:02:00:15 CU clam worms; CU face of clam worm...
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32,055 32K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Baptista (C.O.) Films
movies

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Visionary representation of the actual door to heaven, explaining how it is necessary to take Jesus as one's savior in order to enter the kingdom of heaven.
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Topics: Religion, Christianity, Motion pictures: Religious
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181,463 181K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Sutherland (John) Productions, Inc.
movies

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Cold War-era cartoon aimed at convincing workers that increased productivity brings about greater purchasing power.
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Topics: Economics, Cold War, Animation: Advertising
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31,185 31K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Transfilm
movies

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History, technology and 1950s-era practice of the telegraphy business.
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Topic: Communication: Telegrams
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55,917 56K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Various
movies

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Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.
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Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism, Advertising: History
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14,827 15K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
movies

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comment 5

favoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topic: need meta
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40,547 41K
Aug 15, 2013 08/13
by MPO Productions
movies

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comment 2

favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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22,049 22K
movies

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Demonstrates correct posture for typing; proper fingering of the keys; use of the shift key, back spacer, tabulator, carriage return lever, etc.; and differences between manual and electric typewriters.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topic: need meta
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31,194 31K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 54

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Operations and ceremonies of the Detroit Police Department.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 11 reviews )
Topics: Police, Detroit, Michigan
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25,271 25K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 73

comment 1

This institutional film was designed to promote Chevrolet's corporate citizenship rather than any specific model of automobile. While it forcefully demonstrates how central automobile manufacturing is to the American economy, it even more strikingly shows the effects of the automobile upon our landscape. Bombastic narration is accompanied by excellent images of automobile manufacturing, the extraction and processing of raw materials from the earth, and mid-1950s consumerism. Cinematography:...
favoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Manufacturing, Automobiles: Economic effects, Sustainability: 1950s
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33,658 34K
Aug 20, 2013 08/13
by Turell, S.J.
movies

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Model railroad layout. Model railroad operations according to timetable CUs of trains with explanatory narration.
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151,440 151K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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Ten short theatrical "screen ads" promoting the 1955 Chevrolet models.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 16 reviews )
Topics: Automobiles: Advertising, Advertising: Screen ads
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28,966 29K
May 19, 2003 05/03
by Norwood Studios, Inc. (for NASA)
movies

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1965 NASA Progress Report, from the Office of Space Science and Application. Produced by Norwood Studios, Inc. for the National Aeronautics and Space Association. Writer/Producer Lewis Baer, Editor Michael Ritter, Supervisors for Nasa Jack Posner and Alfred Rosenthal.
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Topics: NASA, Space: Satellites, Motion Pictures: Government
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30,043 30K
movies

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Demonstrates correct posture for typing; proper fingering of the keys; use of the shift key, back spacer, tabulator, carriage return lever, etc.; and differences between manual and electric typewriters.
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Topic: need meta
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48,892 49K
movies

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Evocative silent Kodachrome compendium of San Francisco scenes just before the U.S. entered World War II, concentrating on aerials, Chinatown, Market Street, and transportation scenes.
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Topic: San Francisco: Scenics: Historical
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4,472 4.5K
Aug 19, 2013 08/13
by Zweibel, Seymour Productions
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electric typewriter promotion film Skeletal Entry
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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25,753 26K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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Tribute to the American boy as inventor, engineer and sportsman. Shows contestants building their vehicles and the final competition at Derby Downs in Akron, Ohio.
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Topics: Car culture: Children, Gender roles, Automobiles: Advertising
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29,118 29K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by FilmsWest, Inc.
movies

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favorite 84

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Film for middle-school children about vocational choices and opportunities in the U.S. Great shots of early 1970s children and adults pursuing everyday activities. Most of the shots are quick and take place in and around the city of Los Angeles. Director: Jerry Kurtz. Writer: Ingvar Grimsgaard. Cameraman: Dan Yarussi. Graphics: Thomas Johnson. Production Manager: Linda Gries. Consultant: Robert Babcock, Ph.D., Los Angeles County School Office.
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Topics: Occupations: Vocational, 1970s, Labor: 1970s
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32,157 32K
Oct 5, 2004 10/04
by Audio Productions
movies

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comment 8

favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: telephones, communication, Bell System, Manifest Destiny, United States expansion
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14,714 15K
Oct 6, 2004 10/04
movies

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comment 10

favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
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84,022 84K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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favorite 209

comment 7

Introducing stereophonic phonograph records.
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Topic: Media: Phonograph
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102,667 103K
movies

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DV25 version (editable quality) of the famous film. Feel free to reedit/recombine/remix. Please consider uploading your derivative works to Internet Archive. This version was transferred from a new 35mm print made from a restored 35mm negative, which was made from our 1906-era 35mm print. The frameroll problem seen in other versions has been fixed.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 24 reviews )
Topics: san francisco, earthquakes, 1906, market street, cities, urban history, lost landscapes, traffic
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41,200 41K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies

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How persistence of vision makes motion pictures possible.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Perception: Vision, Automobiles: Stunts, Motion pictures: Apparatus
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21,019 21K
May 19, 2003 05/03
by DeVry School Films, Inc.
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Interested animated instructional film detailing electronic communications in the early part of the century. Interestingly enough, the popular vocational school DeVry claims that they began as a school in 1931, with no mention of the production of these informational films as early as (in the case of this film) 1928. 0616 PA8110 History of Communication
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Topics: Communication: Telephone, Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Motion Pictures: Industrial, Electronics,...
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25,285 25K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Kelley (George H.)
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How the Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo, California increased traffic with a sophisticated program of advertising and promotion. Excellent footage of stores and shoppers in an upscale suburb. Some footage from this film was used in IN THE SUBURBS. Producer and Photographer: George H. Kelley. Kodachrome.
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Topics: Consumerism, Shopping centers, San Francisco Bay Area: San Mateo County
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77,288 77K
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Footage of the Tacoma Narrows bridge wobbling and eventually, collapsing. from Stillman Fires Collection.
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Topic: need keyword
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20,725 21K
Jun 28, 2012 06/12
by Pelican
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Title refers to: Electronic Switching System. Great footage of 1960s technological breakthroughs with silicon semiconductors; early microscopic manufacturing; great early Silicon Valley solid-state manufacturing technology breakthroughs, and early nanotechnology. Great footage high tech electronics assembly; silicon crystals, transistors, circuitry, early computer-industry related technology. 20:01:21:20 CU blinking orange-red light, camera pans down machine control panel, disembodied finger...
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5.4M 5.4M
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
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Ralph learns the five food groups, helping him to eat a balanced diet, and has more fun because of his better health.
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Topics: Health and hygiene, Food, Nutrition
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105,787 106K
May 19, 2003 05/03
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0614 PA8171 Victory Gardens
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Topic: need meta
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11,927 12K
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Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.
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Topics: Amateur films, Home movies, South Dakota: Everyday life
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18,750 19K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
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Educating 1960s campus protesters as to "what's right with America."
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Topic: Cold War
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30,505 31K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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The magic of industrial chemistry and its effects on our immediate environment. Shows new products such as nylon stockings and transparent raincoats, and also how chemists are finding ways of controlling pollution from factory chimneys and vehicle exhausts. Ends with a call to young men to join this dynamic profession. Though World War II is not explicitly mentioned, the strategic importance of chemistry weaves a covert thread through this short film.
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Topics: Chemistry, Occupations: Research, World War II: Prewar preparedness
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66,912 67K
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38,145 38K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
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Behind the scenes tour of NBC's radio and television broadcasting facilities at Rockefeller Center, New York City.
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Topics: Media: Radio, New York City
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15,871 16K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Sunn (Joseph)
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Mud animation by pioneer San Francisco Chinese American animator Joseph Sunn. From the "Ralph Wolfe's Mud Stuff" series.
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Topics: Animation: Mud, Chinese Americans, Animation: Stop-motion
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23,622 24K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
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Following the journey of a five-dollar bill through many transactions, the film shows how money functions as a standard of value and future payment, a storehouse of value and a convenient medium of exchange.
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Topic: Economics
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45,716 46K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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How Chevrolet's giant electric sign in downtown Chicago works.
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Topics: Advertising: Outdoor, Electricity, Chicago
Prelinger Archives
94,405 94K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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How the automobile differential allows a vehicle to turn a corner while keeping the wheels from skidding.
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Topics: Automobiles: Engineering, Physics, Motorcycles
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2.9M 2.9M
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
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Structure of the skin; good cleanliness habits; the proper way to wash; the correct use of soap.
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Topics: Health and hygiene, Medicine: Dermatology
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21,618 22K
May 28, 2003 05/03
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comment 10

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26,493 26K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
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Visionary 1920s film containing imaginative astrophysical visualizations.
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Topics: Astronomy, Physics
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1.8M 1.8M
May 16, 2003 05/03
by Encyclopedia Britannica Films, Inc.
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Produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films, Inc., in collaboration with Stewart A. Koser, Ph.D, Department of Bacteriology and Parasitology, the University of Chicago, Warren Everote, Producer. 0595 PA8087 Bacteria: Friend and Foe
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Topics: Motion Pictures: In Education, Science, Health and Hygiene
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6,438 6.4K
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Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse. This is from 0693_HM_Ivan_Besse_collection_Britton_South_Dakota_1938-39_Reel_3_10_00_53_00
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Topics: Amateur films, Home movies, South Dakota: Everyday life
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24,062 24K
May 24, 2003 05/03
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Commercial for Jet National advertising their sale on trips to Florida.
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10,479 10K
Jul 25, 2013 07/13
by Veribest Pictures
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Contents. Brief sketches of the important events of the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin. Opening scenes show Berlin's huge stadium in which the games were held. Streets leading to it are lined with flags from participating nations. Adolf Hitler rides through the streets on the way to the arena. Athletes from 52 nations led by the Greeks, originators of the games, enter the stadium. The last runner in a relay of youths who have carried a lighted torch from Athens, runs through the stadium to an...
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17,080 17K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Portafilms
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"Lord of the Flies" from an adult's point of view, starring four willful and confused children.
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Topic: Social guidance
Prelinger Archives
34,127 34K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Cartoonist Rube Goldberg creates a little animation to explain how fuel is converted to power in the modern automobile engine.
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Topics: Animation: Rube Goldberg, Automobiles: Engineering
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42,090 42K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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How radio equipment helped to win World War II.
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Topics: Communication: Radio, World War II: Radio
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39,777 40K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
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Theory, operation and utility of helicopters.
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Topic: Aviation: Helicopters
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53,481 53K
May 28, 2003 05/03
movies

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102,151 102K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. War Department
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How the atomic bomb destroyed the people and cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
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Topics: World War II: Japan, Atomic-nuclear: Weapons, World War II: Nuclear weapons
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7,161 7.2K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Levy Family
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Bethlehem in 1933.
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Topic: Middle East
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43,511 44K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Cinefonics, Inc.
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Instructional film on nuclear weapons for U.S. Air Force personnel. This part-animated film includes an explanation of nuclear physics; footage of atmospheric and underground testing; and a bomber making a crash landing.
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Weapons, Aviation: Military, Animation: Scientific
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578,272 578K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
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How exercise will make you healthy and popular.
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Topics: Health and hygiene, Exercise
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22,810 23K
Oct 1, 2004 10/04
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Examines the socio-cultural setting in which drug abuse exists. Points out the prevalence of drug use in American society, reveals experts' opinions about why drug use is rising among young people and stresses the responsibility of the adult in preparing the child for a decision about drugs.
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25,778 26K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Airlie Productions
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Traces the history of opium and how it has led to the present day usage of heroin. Examines the methods and procedures of organized crime in transporting the drug to the United States and its toll on the streets of America. Includes methods of combatting the problem and interviews with addicts who discuss their compulsion for drugs. Narrator: Paul Newman. Directors: Charles E. Francis, William Templeton. Producer: Frank Kavanaugh.
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Topics: Substance abuse: Drugs, Crime and criminals, Cities: U.S.
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39,492 39K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Wilding Picture Productions
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Dick York plays a Navy recruit who must learn to tackle his insomnia.
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Topics: Health and hygiene, Sleep
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14,665 15K
Apr 3, 2012 04/12
by Ganz (William J.) Co.
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Shows efforts of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in the creation, development and introduction of the all-electronic TV system; explains how science made television a working reality. David Sarnoff tells of the early research and experiments. Shown is the first successful picture tube, the first experimental TV station, the problems of improving piucture quality and reducing the size and cost of components at the transmitting and receiving ends, and the function of mobile units. Actual...
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36,473 36K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by CBS Television Network
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Dramatized atomic evacuation of Portland, Oregon.
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Cold War, Oregon
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24,712 25K
Sep 2, 2013 09/13
by Archer Productions, Inc.
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This film, a combination of animated cartoon and live action, shows young children what to do in case of an atomic attack. The film opens with "Bert the Turtle" wobbling down the street and singing a song, "Duck and Cover." When there is a bright flash, Bert immediately ducks into his shell covering. The narrator explains that when there is a bright flash -- brighter than the sun -- children should follow Bert's example. The film shifts to a classroom of first or second...
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37,510 38K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Educational Film Institute of New York University and Documentary Film Productions, Inc.
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Educating the children of Appalachia. Director: Willard Van Dyke. Script: Spencer Pollard. Photography: Bob Churchill. Narration: Myron McCormick. Editor: Irving Lerner. Music: Fred Stewart.
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Topics: Education, Appalachia, Rural America
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38,122 38K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Fairbanks (Jerry) Inc.
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Combination animation/live-action film showing how gasoline is refined and used. With striking images of gas stations, auto travel, and automobiles.
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Topics: Oil industry, Automobiles, Occupations: Petroleum industry
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32,823 33K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Measuring the effort involved in women's work around the home.
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Topics: Gender roles, Occupations: Housework, Time and motion study
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26,946 27K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.
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Drama of an authoritarian (probably Communist-type) coup in the U.S., assisted by apathy, an indifference to federal intervention in community affairs, and lack of economic incentive.
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Topics: Cold War, Free enterprise, Anti-communism
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53,419 53K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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How radio equipment helped to win World War II.
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Topics: Communication: Radio, World War II: Radio
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53,251 53K
Sep 16, 2004 09/04
by Unknown
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Perhaps one of the most disturbing films in the Prelinger collection. Do you really want to see your meat being prepared?
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Topics: Food industry: Meat production, Minnesota (History and culture), Animals: Pigs
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35,772 36K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Universal-International Newsreel
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Vallecitos Atomic Electric Power Plant, the first licensed nuclear power plant, opens at Pleasanton, Calif. on November 25, 1957. Newsreel story.
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Topics: Newsreels, Atomic-nuclear: Energy, San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda County
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25,663 26K
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Amateur pictures, including aerials and color shot from ground level, of the San Francisco World's Fair on Treasure Island.
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Topics: World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939-40, Amateur films
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19,928 20K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
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How teenagers can cultivate good manners by manifesting a real desire to get along with others.
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Topics: Social guidance, Social guidance: Etiquette, Teenagers
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11,598 12K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Resettlement Administration
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Classic documentary history of the exploitation of the resources of the Mississippi River Valley and the work being done to rehabilitate and reclaim the area. Director and writer: Pare Lorentz. Narrator: Thomas Chalmers. Photography: Willard Van Dyke, Stacey Woodard and Floyd Crosby. Editor: Leo Zochling. Music: Virgil Thomson.
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Topics: New Deal: Conservation, Rivers: Mississippi, Infrastructure
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9,610 9.6K
Aug 31, 2015 08/15
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Home Movie PA 097836
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Topic: Home Movie PA 097836
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7,160 7.2K
movies

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VS trains on Key System viaduct around Transbay Terminal area F train along right-of-way in East Bay Scenes of Bay Area Electric Railroad Association Special (older yellow car) on East Bay streets North Berkeley tunnel (Shattuck-Solano) downtown Berkeley
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15,708 16K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.
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Auto travelogue through the sights, monuments and mythologies of America's heartland. A jaded newspaper reporter returns from a long stint in Europe, takes to the highways of the Midwest, and discovers a father-daughter team who help him to realize that his true home lies in mid-America. A fascinating view of Midwestern and Great Plains natural and historical attractions, and a strong statement that mobility equals freedom.
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Topics: U.S.: Midwest, Travelogues, Patriotism
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31,769 32K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Transfilm Productions
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Animated plea for urban renewal connected with 1950s efforts to "redevelop" American city centers.
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Topics: Urban renewal, Animation
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39,267 39K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
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Views of immigrant and ethnic communities in New York City.
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Topics: New York City, Immigration, Chinese Americans
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29,923 30K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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How the X-ray works and its use in police work, surgery, industrial engineering and automobile manufacturing.
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Topics: Perception: X-rays, Motion pictures: Special effects, Motion pictures: X-rays
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32,470 32K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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How steel and steel alloys make the modern automobile safer and more durable.
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Topics: Metals: Steel, Automobiles: Engineering, Automobiles: Advertising
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19,823 20K
May 28, 2003 05/03
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with Harry Day and Della and the June Taylor Girls
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Topic: soundie
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15,634 16K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Holland-Wegman Productions
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Describes the market research undertaken by Corning Glass Works prior to marketing a coffeemaker.
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Topics: Market research, Gender roles, Consumerism
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147,818 148K
Aug 19, 2013 08/13
by Sutherland (John) Productions, Inc.
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Presents "King Joe" as the average American working man who, by virtue of his high wages and short hours, is king of the world's workers.
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35,851 36K
Jul 19, 2004 07/04
by Chris Petersen
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A visit to Freedomland, an amusement park in New York.
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Topic: Amusement Parks
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40,632 41K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Army Air Forces
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Design, production and testing of World War II bomber.
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Topics: World War II: Aviation, Aviation: Military
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13,697 14K
Jun 28, 2012 06/12
by Dudley Pictures Corporation
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01:01:46:21 CU 1950s father says “That’s a good even Steven proposition, Mother your daughter’s a born bargainer.” 01:01:52:04 CU 1950s mother with look of concern exclaims “All the way to New York ?” 01:01:54:12 CU 1950s young woman in late teens early twenties laughing “Oh gosh Mrs. Martin you make it sound like it’s the end of the world. Really it’s only a few hours away.” 01:02:01:16 MS blonde haired young woman with CU Mother in foreground of frame; girls says to her...
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15,174 15K
Aug 22, 2012 08/12
by Davis (Sid) Productions
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00:21:11:04 Great title sequence shot of suburban house from across street, audio track energetic 1970s rock music builds up to Ford Mustang speeding into frame, frame freezes and title credit “Wild At The Wheel” appears. 00:21:26:11 CU disembodied hands turn over bloody body of blonde boy with bloody face; CU 1970s police office with side burns; two paramedics lift body of young man on stretcher on side of hill, flipped car in ditch below. 00:22:04:15 CU police officer with 1970s...
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23,431 23K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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How the Chevrolet suspension system smooths out a rough ride.
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Topics: Automobiles: Engineering, Amusement parks, Automobiles: Advertising
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18,656 19K
Oct 2, 2013 10/13
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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fade in to dramatically lit plastic model of "Nipper," the RCA dog A film demonstrating the advantages of the new tape cartridge, its precision, compact qualities, and cost efficiency, in comparison to albums and tape reels, which recorded music at a quicker rate. animation sequence demonstrating advantage of four track tapes over two track tapes Nice Shots: A couple with girl in front of RCA Victor Closeup of tape being flipped over by woman, displaying the scale of these giant...
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18,354 18K
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B/W 1) 00:02:85 A husband helps his wife remove from the car an "antique" chair that she just purchased. He jokes that it looks like a dentist chair, which leads her to comment that Johnny only had two cavities, which she thinks must be due to their use of CREST. The husband then notices that the chair was made in The U.S.A. in 1951. 2) 00:34:31 GLEEM -- "Preventive Medicine for fewer cavities. Stannous fluoride plus stannous pyrophosphate". Close-up of an exaggerated...
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66,102 66K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
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Tongue-in-cheek horror movie trailer.
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Topics: Motion pictures: Trailers, Animation
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30,668 31K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Hartley Productions
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Home-sewed clothes as high fashion.
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Topics: Sewing, Fashion
Prelinger Archives
24,185 24K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Expansive tribute to the "Woman American," her thrifty purchasing habits, and the American system of mass production.
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Topics: Consumerism, Gender roles, Families: 1960s
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31,022 31K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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This institutional film was designed to promote Chevrolet's corporate citizenship rather than any specific model of automobile. While it forcefully demonstrates how central automobile manufacturing is to the American economy, it even more strikingly shows the effects of the automobile upon our landscape. Bombastic narration is accompanied by excellent images of automobile manufacturing, the extraction and processing of raw materials from the earth, and mid-1950s consumerism. Cinematography:...
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Topics: Manufacturing, Automobiles: Economic effects, Sustainability: 1950s
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20,401 20K
Aug 7, 2004 08/04
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Imginative and expansive telling of the history of the National Cash Register company told through a 25 year veteran of it's chemical engineering division.
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Topics: Cash Registers, Chemical Industry
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10.6M 11M
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Centron Corporation
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Young girl's mirror image teaches her fundamentals of good posture.
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Topic: Health and hygiene
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5.7M 5.7M
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
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How young children must behave to avoid transmitting germs to one another.
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Topic: Health and hygiene
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84,423 84K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
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Frightening civil defense procedure film aimed at Cold War-era elementary school students.
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Topic: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense
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8,772 8.8K
Oct 8, 2013 10/13
by Atlas Film Corporation
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Car crash at night with four occupants. Intense, drawn-out safety film. 04:00:52:05 CU Air Force officer makes speech; LS audience of Air Force soldiers. “This is a terrible thing to say, but it’s true. It’s young men such as you, 18 to 25 years old, who are doing most of the killing. You, American boys, airmen, soldiers, sailors, civilians, marines, college boys; you are killing your own people, and yourselves. You are killing American women, American men, American children; not with...
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6,878 6.9K
Aug 22, 2012 08/12
by Davis (Sid) Productions
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Children receive safety instructions from police officer at school. Police officer uses Roscoe the drumming bear to help children remember four safety rules. Four children experience situations where they call upon the golden rules to help them decide what to do. 00:31:53:16 CU little bear puppet with red bowtie dances and plays drum. 15:32:19:07 Sign on brick wall for Merlinda School in West Covina, California 15:32:25:07 VS children playing in school playground; boys and girls on monkey bars...
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9,958 10.0K
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1. Soundie: The Havana-Madrid Show (1941), featuring Maya's Pan-American Orchestra and Carlos and Zedra. Song: "Paran-Pan-Pan." 2. [Cuban Pete] (no title) 3. Co-ed Secrets (erotica). Two women in lingerie tie up another and spank her with paddles. They turn her over, retie her and tickle and beat her with long strips. They release the victim and she spanks her tormentors. 4. [Who's Yehudi] (no title) 5. Unexpected Experience of Two Girl Hitch-Hikers (erotica). Two women have...
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Prelinger Archives
22,359 22K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Davis (Sid) Productions
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Quirky social guidance film on the negative effects of gossip. (from PA-2323)
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Topics: Social guidance, Teenagers, Children
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12,682 13K
May 28, 2003 05/03
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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World Travelogue sponsored by Coca-Cola. 0731 PA8798 Wonderful World from 037.08
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Topics: Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Travelogue, Tourism, Beverage Industry
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93,092 93K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by American Documentary Films, Inc.
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The Regional Planning Association of America's plea for community chaotic cities and urban sprawl. Directors: Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke. Script: Henwar Rodakiewicz, from an outline by Pare Lorentz. Commentary written by Lewis Mumford. Narrator: Morris Carnovsky. Photography: Ralph Steiner, Willard Van Dyke, Jules V.D. Bucher, Edward Anhalt, Roger Barlow and Rudolph Bretz. Editor: Theodore Lawrence. Music: Aaron Copland.
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Topics: Sustainability: 1930s, City planning, Regionalism
Prelinger Archives
93,395 93K
May 14, 2003 05/03
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PA9049 Communications Primer, A 16 Eastmancolor print
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14,683 15K
Jan 25, 2014 01/14
by De Vry School Films Inc.
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How to plant and maintain a small garden. Timelapse cinematography of bean sprouting and growing upward; shoots growing and other plant growth.
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34,366 34K
May 28, 2003 05/03
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Prelinger Archives
12,139 12K
Sep 21, 2013 09/13
by Sutherland (John) Productions, Inc..
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Many people, like Mr. Finchley, the hero of this film, may have wondered how to go about owning a share of American business, or about the new "pay-as-you-go" Monthly Investment Plan. Or, perhaps they'd just like to know more about how the stock market works -- about market opportunities and risks, stocks, bonds and dividends. If so, they will find the adventures of Fred Finchley as one of the best ways to find out what goes on at the Stock Exchange. Mr. Finchley is a likeable,...
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13,518 14K
Sep 4, 2014 09/14
by United Film Productions (Orlando, Florida); Tupperware Corporation
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Some excellent shots to be logged. Oil exploration and refinery CU headline from The Woonsocket Call newspaper, Sunday, December 7, 1941: "WAR"; newspaper flames up from middle chemistry lab, beakers and containers with colored liquid Tupperware factory, engineering, drawings and plansMen in room with drafting boards making plastic molds CU slide rule (good)machine shop, machinists Tupperware factory, molding bowls, measuring finished products for accuracy, quality control women...
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Topics: tupperware, sales
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23,547 24K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Centron Productions
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Why is a high-school girl such a snob?
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Topic: Social guidance
Prelinger Archives
4,412 4.4K
Jul 30, 2013 07/13
by Harman (Hugh) Productions
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"THE MARCH OF PROGRESS: A locally made film on the opening of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which has been modified with added material. Panoramic view of San Francisco / scene of old sailing vessels / bridge under construction / spinning cables / building roadway / opening day / Mayor Rossi cutting the golden link / first motorcade over the new bridge / scenes of toll plaza -- and various exits and entrances / Parade on Market Street with cut-outs of bridge towers along the way /...
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20,746 21K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Tradefilms, Inc.
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Innovations in aviation history and technology. Producer and director: Shirley Burden. Photography: Floyd Crosby, Al Wetzel.
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Topic: Aviation: History
Prelinger Archives
28,998 29K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Strauss (Henry) and Company, Inc.
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Modern radar for passenger aircraft. Shows how man has always reached for vision of the things beyond his sight, beginning, perhaps, with the ancient sailor who first climbed the mast to see over the horizon. In modern times the quest has led to such airborne aids as the gyro compass, horizon indicator and radio direction finding navigational systems. Sequences on radar show its basics and how it works in modern planes. Director: Marvin Dreyer.
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Topics: Animation, Radar, Aviation: Navigation
Prelinger Archives
30,648 31K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Ganz (William J.) Co.
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PLEASE NOTE: A more complete version with the full color sequence at the end is here. RCA's corporate history of pre-1956 developments in television.
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Topics: Media: Television, Electronics
Prelinger Archives
21,502 22K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
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Beef's importance to American society and economy, and the Union Pacific Railroads's importance to the beef industry.
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Topics: Meat: Production, Transportation: Railroad, Agriculture: Food industry
Prelinger Archives
34,408 34K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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How radio broadcasting works.
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Topic: Media: Radio
Prelinger Archives
62,603 63K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Holmes (Burton) Films, Inc.
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Woodworking in mills, construction and cabinetmaking.
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Topic: Occupations: Woodworking
Prelinger Archives
11,801 12K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
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Causes of treatment of tubercular infection, and tuberculosis as a social phenomenon.
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Topics: Medicine: Tuberculosis, Health and hygiene
Prelinger Archives
8,373 8.4K
Jul 19, 2013 07/13
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Coca-Cola made this film to promote Coke use on the job. Three main ideas are expressed: (1) Workers must be spoken to in very simple language; (2) Replace bottles in the rack when you're finished with them; and (3) Mild stimulants go well with production. Contains many images of people, especially male and female workers on the job, drinking Coca-Cola; people eating lunch in a variety of industrial surroundings.03:54:35:23 Young woman in 1950s style one-piece bathing suit fluffs pad of beach...
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Prelinger Archives
33,276 33K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
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Follows a young woman through her clerical training and job search. Shows pre-World War II offices and office workers, primarily women. One of Coronet's earliest educational films.
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Topics: Social guidance, Occupations: Clerical, Gender roles
Prelinger Archives
30,312 30K
May 28, 2003 05/03
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Prelinger Archives
30,093 30K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Surreal film on measurement of tiny quantities.
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Topics: Physics: Measurement, Engineering, Animation: Stop-motion
Prelinger Archives
26,578 27K
Sep 22, 2013 09/13
by Dudley Pictures Corporation
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Railroad film with many images with shots of the American landscape.
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36,812 37K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Audio Productions
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Dramatic presentation of steel production.
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Topics: Metals: Steel, Labor: 1930s
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16,511 17K
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Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
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Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
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9,090 9.1K
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Views of the "World of Tomorrow."
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Topic: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40
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59,157 59K
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Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome. (partially on 4156_HM_Medicus_collection_New_York_Worlds_Fair_1939-40_Reel_6)
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Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
Prelinger Archives
7,924 7.9K
Mar 30, 2012 03/12
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Adirondack National Park & Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Colorful "See America First" Chevrolet travelogues. PA-2353: 17:53:15:11 (0:53:28): OAK CREEK CANYON (Land of the Mystic Red Rock), ARIZONA; Castle of Montezuma (Indian rock dwellings carved into mountainside); Jerome, Arizona (ghost town). Of course, a Chevrolet driving through the colorful landscape. 17:56:19:10 (0:56:32): SAN LUIS OBISPO (The Heart of Spanish California); four-lane freeway; Spanish mission (200...
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14,571 15K
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Kodachrome home movies from San Francisco's Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-40); views along the coast and highways of California and Oregon.
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Topics: World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939-40, California: Scenics, Oregon: Scenics
Prelinger Archives
7,756 7.8K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Relates how Americans build, from youth throughout life, by using their ingenuity not only in technological advancement but in everyday efforts by everyone. Promo for 1960 Chevrolets, with excellent footage of Americans at home, work, and leisure, and a short sequence showing futuristic appliances and the manufacturing of telephones and transistor radios (in the United States).
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Topics: Manufacturing: Automobiles, Automobiles: Advertising, 1960s
Prelinger Archives
25,308 25K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Levene (Carol)
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Shows stages in the construction of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system.
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Topics: San Francisco Bay Area: BART, Transportation: Subways and metros, San Francisco Bay Area:...
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18,709 19K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
by Bethlehem Steel Company
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Educational film about how steel is used to make highways, including problems that occur with time and use.
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Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and Highways, Civil Engineering, City Planning, Metals: Steel: Steel Industry
Prelinger Archives
178,664 179K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Lucky Strike cigarette commercial with stop-motion animation of square-dancing cigarettes.
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Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Substance abuse: Tobacco, Animation: Stop-motion
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19,283 19K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Weirton Steel Company
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Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.
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Topics: World War II: Postwar issues, World War II: Germany, Germany
Prelinger Archives
169,489 169K
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Countdown leader.
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Topic: Motion pictures: Projection
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6,862 6.9K
Aug 1, 2013 08/13
by U.S. Office of War Information
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Narr. by Milton S. Eisenhower, director of the War Relocation Authority. An historical record of the transfer of Japanese residents from the Pacific Coast to the American Interior as carried out the the U.S. Army and the War Relocation Authority. 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of them American citizens. Special attention given to possibility of sabotage & espionage. "Japanese themselves cheerfully handled the enormous paperwork involved." Alludes to the auctioning...
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10,709 11K
Oct 3, 2013 10/13
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Dramatization, apparently using models and miniatures, of a dam break. With scenes of aftermath and rescue operations. From Wikipedia: "The St. Francis Dam was a concrete gravity-arch dam, designed to create a reservoir as part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. The dam was located 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Los Angeles, California, near the present city of Santa Clarita. The dam was built between 1924 and 1926 under the supervision of William Mulholland, chief engineer and general manager of...
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16,098 16K
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To come.
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Topics: prelinger, home movies
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15,068 15K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
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How Bill overcomes his fear of the water through understanding its sources.
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Topics: Social guidance, Psychology
Prelinger Archives
36,765 37K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Prelinger (Rick)
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Official Prelinger Archives corporate video, describing its contents and mission. With excerpts of many films in the collection and rare scenes shot inside the New York vaults.
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Topics: Motion pictures: Ephemeral, Motion pictures: Archives, Prelinger Archives
Prelinger Archives
30,553 31K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Office of War Information
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PLEASE NOTE: A vastly improved version of this film made from a 35mm preserved print is available here: http://archive.org/details/Tuesday_in_November Idealized portrayal of 1944 U.S. presidential election, made to show the world that the United States was sufficiently secure to hold a free and fair election during wartime. Shows campaign activities, efforts to ensure the secrecy of the ballot and fairness of the election, and media coverage of the electoral process, all culminating in a giant...
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Topics: Political campaigns and elections, Citizenship, Media: Radio
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6,597 6.6K
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Scenes shot at the "World of Tomorrow."
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Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
Prelinger Archives
11,400 11K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Distinctive sales training film on the hierarchy of human needs, starring a young John Forsythe.
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Topic: Sales: Training
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17,873 18K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Tribute to engineers and their role in improving American life through technology.
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Topics: Engineering, Automobiles: Design and manufacturing, Manufacturing
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5,643 5.6K
Aug 19, 2012 08/12
by Golden State Film Productions
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Filmed in Berkeley, Calif., with Berkeley police officers and emergency personnel. Childbirth outtakes
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34,002 34K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Socialization through driver education begins at a tender age in Phoenix.
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Topics: Car culture: Children, Automobiles: Advertising, Phoenix, Arizona
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15,405 15K
Jul 7, 2012 07/12
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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building of the Mackinac Bridge, Michigan
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30,847 31K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Radio Corporation of America (RCA)
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Early promotional film introducing TV to the American public, probably coordinated with the rollout of scheduled broadcasting at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Shows scenes of television production at the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) studios at Rockefeller Center, New York City, using equipment manufactured by NBC's corporate parent RCA.
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Topic: Media: Television
Prelinger Archives
20,897 21K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
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A group of teenagers on a high-school radio program discuss just what capitalism is, seizing onto the example of the butcher who supplies the weenies for their picnic. With Mickey Hugh (Ray Bennett); Franklyn Ferguson (John Howell). Educational Collaborator: James Harvey Dodd, Ph.D., Head, Department of Economics and Business Administration, Mary Washington College, University of Virginia.
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Topic: Economics
Prelinger Archives
23,883 24K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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How road maps are drawn, field-checked and printed.
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Topics: Cartography, Geography, Infrastructure: Roads and highways
Prelinger Archives
70,130 70K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Office of War Information, Bureau of Motion Pictures
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Stridently anti-Japanese film that attempts to convey an understanding of Japanese life and philosophy so that the U.S. may more readily defeat its enemy. Depicts the Japanese as "primitive, murderous and fanatical." With many images of 1930s and 1940s Japan, and a portentious and highly negative narration by Joseph C. Grew, former U.S. ambassador to Japan.
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Topics: World War II: Japan, Propaganda
Prelinger Archives
53,889 54K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by U.S. Navy
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Cold War-era anti-Chinese propaganda film featuring footage of revolutionary activities and combat, 1921-64.
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Topics: Cold War, China, Communism
Prelinger Archives
22,197 22K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization / Premiere Productions, Manila, Philippines
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Coca-Cola's presence in Philippine culture.
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Topics: Philippines, Coca-Cola Company, Consumerism
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7,838 7.8K
Apr 9, 2012 04/12
by Professional Films
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10:01:56:23 CU gold statue of a Native American with feather in hair arms outstretched looking up to the sky, camera does quick zoom out shows statue on large rock in front of lush green pine trees, Indian statue wearing loincloth. 10:02:59:18 Great aerial flyover along river cutting through Massachusetts or New England forest in autumn with red, orange and yellow leaves. 10:03:20:14 Aerial of old New England church, camera zooms out to show church graveyard and surround forest with rich Fall...
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2.7M 2.7M
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Audio Productions, Inc.
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Children as carriers and victims of infections.
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Topic: Health and hygiene
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13,228 13K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
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Pre-World War II San Francisco scenics.
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Topic: San Francisco: Scenics: Historical
Prelinger Archives
34,590 35K
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Twin Peaks trolley tunnel under construction and opening ceremony.
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Topic: San Francisco: Infrastructure
Prelinger Archives
9,341 9.3K
Sep 2, 2013 09/13
by Pacific Productions
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Sex education film geared for teenage boys. Deals with sexual organs, masturbation, wet dreams, and other male issues. The coach is the authority figure and teacher. 14:14:25:08 Young boy about 4 years old slides down playground slide and lands in the sand in front of camera. 14:14:51:18 Three boys running a race, jumping hurdles on a track with stadium bleachers nestled in a suburban neighborhood; MS coach holding stop watch says to boys “Hey not bad! You boys really poured it on.”...
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Prelinger Archives
34,511 35K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Norwood Studios
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Shows the work of bookbinders and the final steps in the process of manufacturing printed books. From the "Americans at Work" series.
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Topics: Communication: Books, Occupations: Bookbinding, Occupations: Printing
Prelinger Archives
109,896 110K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Fleischer Studios
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Surprisingly licentious advertising cartoon produced by the Fleischer brothers.
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Topics: Animation: Advertising, Automobiles: Advertising, Sexualities
Prelinger Archives
20,716 21K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Unknown
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Beef's importance to American society and economy, and the Union Pacific Railroads's importance to the beef industry.
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Topics: Meat: Production, Transportation: Railroad, Agriculture: Food industry
Prelinger Archives
12,313 12K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Kerkow (Herbert) Inc.
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Balancing work and family in a time of heightened mobilization.
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Topics: World War II: Homefront, World War II: Women, Labor
Prelinger Archives
31,509 32K
May 28, 2003 05/03
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favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Prelinger Archives
3.4M 3.4M
May 27, 2003 05/03
by Professional Arts, Inc.
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A Right to Health, Neighborhood Health Centers in Profile. A Production of Professional Arts, Inc. in San Mateo, CA for the Office of Health Affairs and Office of Economic Opportunity. Directed and Produced by David W. Parker, PhD, Written by Parker and William J. Bicknell, M.D., shot and edited by Peter P. Drowne, narrated by Earle Marsh, M.D. 0726 PA8850 Right to Health, A
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Topics: Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Health and Hygiene, Medicine: Public Health
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34,018 34K
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Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse. This footage is on 0692_HM_Ivan_Besse_collection_Britton_South_Dakota_1938-39_Reel_1_12_01_09_00
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Topics: Amateur films, Home movies, South Dakota: Everyday life
Prelinger Archives
10,327 10K
Apr 28, 2016 04/16
by U.S. Army
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Color footage of atomic bomb tests with active duty military personnel at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada Test Site, Nevada. Shows soldiers in foxholes as nuclear detonation occurs nearby; light and shockwaves; blowing dust; soldiers climbing out of foxholes and running towards mushroom cloud. Some of this footage is familiar by virtue of having been seen in the film Atomic Cafe. Astounding footage of nuclear weapons testing; atomic bomb explosion in the southwestern US desert (New Mexico); great...
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Topic: atomic test
Prelinger Archives
38,862 39K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Insider's view of the 1930s radio studio showing the production of dramatic sound effects.
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Topics: Media: Radio, Perception: Sound
Prelinger Archives
39,689 40K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
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Boy uses his radio equipment to demonstrate how sound is produced and transmitted.
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Topic: Perception: Sound
Prelinger Archives
22,285 22K
May 28, 2003 05/03
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0512 PA8320 Your Safety First
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Prelinger Archives
21,335 21K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Audio Productions, Inc.
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Instructional film for telephone operators.
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Topics: Communication: Telephone, Occupations: Communications, Gender roles
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25,920 26K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Educational Film Institute of New York University and Documentary Film Producers, Inc.
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Social documentary showing the damage visited on the people of a Pennsylvania steel town by the deployment of new technology. Director: Willard Van Dyke. Script: Spencer Pollard, Willard Van Dyke. Photography: Roger Barlow and Bob Churchill. Music: Marc Blitzstein.
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Topics: Labor: Unemployment, Great Depression (1930s), Occupations: Steelworkers
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32,569 33K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Rembrandt Films
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Simon Rodilla and the building of the Watts Towers in south-central Los Angeles.
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Topics: Art and artists: Self-taught, Los Angeles
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11,892 12K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Havens (Wickham)
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Real estate promotional film on Oakland, California and her sister cities made by Wickham Havens, a local developer.
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Topic: San Francisco Bay Area: Oakland
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20,712 21K
Mar 1, 2007 03/07
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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A presentation of Stran-Steel Division, Great Lakes Steel Corporation
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Topics: Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Consumerism, Metals: Steel, Houses and Homes: Buildings, World War II:...
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The beauty and functionality of asbestos sidewalls. With a visit to Levittown, N.Y. and an interview with Norman Denny, vice president of materials for Levitt & Sons, builders. An excellent film on Fifties standardized building processes.
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Topics: Houses and homes, Minerals: Asbestos, Suburbia
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89,182 89K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Western Electric Company, Inc.
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Cartoon showing how sound motion pictures work, produced by a company that was an innovator in the field. Story by W.E. Erpi (pseudonym for Western Electric, Electrical Research Products Inc.). Directors: F. Lyle Goldman and Max Fleischer.
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Topics: Perception: Sound, Motion pictures: Sound, Animation
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30,039 30K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Coronet Instructional Films
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Eurocentric view of the plantation system and its effect on Southern U.S. culture.
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Topics: Race relations, Ethnography: U.S.: South, African Americans
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7,993 8.0K
Aug 19, 2013 08/13
by Calvin Communications
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Outtakes and unused footage from "The 'Your Name Here' Story. PA-0815 / Rolls 9097; 9073; 9074; 9080; 9076; 9072; 9075 (unknown in which order) 04:00:53:17 CU brunette woman wearing red lipstick, crying and gulping air. 04:01:17:12 CU brunette woman wearing red lipstick crying and gulping air; MS young 1950s brunette housewife wearing an apron begins to smile then pulls back to straight face with hint of pensiveness, anger and disgust; CU 1950s gas station attendant wearing uniform with...
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60,271 60K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Bosse (Karl Kurt)
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Structure and function of the human hearing system, with excellent animation.
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Topics: Perception: Sound, Animation
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16,841 17K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Warner Pathé News
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Newsreel stories reformatted for classroom use. Includes: United Nations Condemns Russia; Carrier Landings by Mirror; Arctic Ice Cap Adventure; Hummingbird Sanctuary; Low-Level Crop Dusters; Centuries of Telling Time; Old and New in Guided Missiles, showing a jet engine exploding when metal is dropped into it; and New York State's Erie Canal.
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Topic: Newsreels
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22,179 22K
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Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
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Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
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26,359 26K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Holmes (Burton) Films, Inc.
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Careers in photography and cinematography.
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Topics: Occupations: Photography, Media: Photography, Motion pictures: Production
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10,658 11K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Horizon Productions Services
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Should the sponsor of a high-school newspaper have the power to determine whether a picture of a student fight should be printed?
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Topics: Social guidance, Censorship
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15,574 16K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Handy (Jam) Organization
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Travelogue, made for theatrical showing, promoting tourism in Arizona.
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Topics: Automobiles: Advertising, Travelogues, Arizona
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19,745 20K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Donahue (Harry D.)
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Southwestern U.S. travelogue flies around in modern 1930s airplanes, stopping off at Albuquerque and an Arizona dude ranch, all the time focusing on fashions worn by its cargo of aspiring Paramount starlets. Excellent pre-World War II fashion footage in Kodachrome, plus documentation of affluent tourist destinations. Produced and directed by Harry D. Donahue. With Mary Martin.
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Topics: Fashion, Aviation: Commercial, Travelogues
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8,949 8.9K
May 28, 2012 05/12
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Shows the use of secret weapons developed during World War II, comparing their value with their costs. Radar is used aboard a ship to locate a Japanese vessel. Within 60 seconds the ship's automatically operated guns are ready to fire. The Japanese ship is hit by the first salvo and explodes. Rockets are fired from land, sea, and air. Shows an atomic bomb explosion. States that new weapons already out-date these being shown. Points out that we will never again be unprepared for war, but that...
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26,915 27K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Simmel-Meservey
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Experiences of two couples on a double date at the Junior Prom.
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Topics: Social guidance, Social guidance: Etiquette, Dance and dancing
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17,316 17K
Jul 16, 2002 07/02
by Baskaw (Frederick J).
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Advocates urban redevelopment and renewal, 1950s-style. Supports many planning strategies which are criticized today: the destruction of "blighted" neighborhoods in the name of progress, autocentric planning and construction, and suburban sprawl.
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Topics: Infrastructure: Construction, City planning, Urban renewal
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