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This 1980 travelogue film sponsored by the Tourist Development Corporation of Malaysia and produced by the London-based Polonius Film Services showcases the sights and sounds that an overseas visitor may enjoy while visiting both rural and urban areas of the country. “Magical Malaysia” presents the varied cultural and religious practices prevalent throughout the country as well as the mélange of historical architecture, much of which represents Malaysia’s troubled colonial past. From the...
Topics: 1980, Tourist, Magical Malaysia, Travelogue, Sarwak, Kuala, Lumper, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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“Condemned” (c.1960s) is a color fire prevention film presented by (who else?) Fire Prevention Through Films. It was produced by Julian Olansky in cooperation with fire departments across Connecticut (Andover, Eagleville, Hebron, Mansfield, Willimantic, University of Connecticut Fire Dept.). The film warns against the dangers of fire and not having a proper fire safety plan. The film starts out by focussing heavily on the risks associated with carelessly smoking cigarettes at home before...
Topics: 1960s, Fire, Safety film, Cigarettes, Fires, Fire Prevention, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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One of a series of "New Horizons" films released in the 1960s by Pan Am Airlines, this 1960 travelogue takes the viewer on a tour of India. The film is narrated by Ed Stokes and was produced by Movietonews. It showcases the magnificent temples and mosques throughout the country as well as the culture and artwork, with a look at Kolkata / Calcutta, Mumbai / Bombay, Delhi, Agra and other cities. The film concludes by asking the viewer to book a trip to India through Pan American...
Topics: New Horizons, India, Pan Am, 1960, Airines, Travelogue, Mumbai, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This film depicts the campaign to eradicate Malaria from Sardinia during 1946 to 1950. One of the main aspects of the program was the widespread and continuous use of the pesticide DDT. The use of DDT has been hailed as a miracle drug or decried as another part of toxic colonialism. DDT has low solubility leading to long term threats on the environment and the International Agency for Research on Cancer has said DDT is “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Malaria; carried by mosquitos,...
Topics: Adventure In Sardina, 1950s, Malaria, Eradacation Campaign, Promo, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This restricted WWII era Signal Corps training film conveys information about common weapons used by the Japanese military. It covers the basic function of each weapon including various features, as well as information about how to load, aim, fire, and disassemble it in a field situation. The film features close up footage of all the weapons and the different constituting parts. The M38, M99, Solothurn SMG, Type 89 Grenade Discharger, Nambu Model 1922 SMG, and the Model 1932 Heavy Machine gun...
Topics: Enemy Weapons, Japanese Army, Restricted, Training Film, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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ABC's pioneering travelogue / adventure program "Bold Adventure” presented stories from all over the world to a rapt audience in the mid-1950s. Equipped with 16mm movie cameras, various adventurers journeyed to remote or interesting locations all over the world, then returned and presented their stories. Host John Stephenson presented each episode, and prompted the guest to provide commentary and answer questions. In this episode, Eric Pavel and his wife travel to Ecuador, South America...
Topics: Bold Journey, Indians, Andes, 1957, Adventure, Ecuador, Jivaro, Tribes, Stock Footage, Periscope...
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This silent film shows a tour of China and was likely shot in the early 1930s as a promotional film for a tourism company. Some title cards are marked "Wonders of the World" which might suggest it was also simply a commercial release of a travel record. Most of what you see in this film no longer exists. At :59 a "one wheel taxi" -- a wheelbarrow carried by a very strong Chinese man -- is shown. At 1:28 the houses of farmers are seen and at 1:38 a man poses with a child. At...
Topics: 1930s, Tour, Shanghai, North China, Chinese Junkies, Great Wall, Beijing, Stock Footage, Periscope...
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This 1943 black and white film was produced by Bell & Howell and narrated by author and highly controversial amateur archeologist Count Byron De Prorok and edited by WM. F. Kruse. It is the only one of Prorok's films known to survive at this time, although there hopefully are others. The film begins with reenacted scenes of ancient North African sea marauders, the Berbers (0:40-1:37). Workers dig and transport rock out of an excavation site of ancient Carthage, and an archeologist closely...
Topics: Trails, North Africa, 1943, Tunisa, Carthage, Archaeology, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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Made in 1953, "Little Smokey" tells the story of Smokey the Bear, as told by cowboy actor Gene Autry, also known as Hopalong Cassidy. Smokey Bear is an American advertising icon created by the U.S. Forest Service with artist Albert Staehle, possibly in collaboration with writer and art critic Harold Rosenberg. In the longest-running public service advertising campaign in United States history, the Ad Council, the United States Forest Service (USFS), and the National Association of...
Topics: Smokey Bear, Gene Autry, US Forest Service, Fire Fighters, Little Smokey, Stock Footage, Periscope...
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This silent film shows highlights of tests at the U.S. Air Force's rocket sled track facility at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, and likely dates to the mid-1960s. The film begins with images of rocket bottle used as a sign pointing the way to the Track Test Directorate. Various test articles are seen including some of the largest, fastest sleds then in use. At :37, a multi-stage rocket test. Speed run with wedge weight/shape. Uses under-sled wedges to scoop water and stop the sled...
Topics: US Air Force, Rocket Sled, High Speed Test, Hollowman, New Mexico, 1960s, Highlights, Stock...
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This color educational/training film is about educating soldiers about to be deployed to Vietnam, it discusses the people and the country of Vietnam. This was made in 1967 based on the copyright at the beginning of the film. Opening titles: Unclassified, U.S. Marine Corps Training Film: Tactics and Techniques Employed by Wespac FMF Units (:08-1:03). Aerial shots of Vietnam. Green trees, foothills, barren hills. Title: YOU IN VIETNAM (1:04-1:53). Da Nang. Da Nang Airbase, Planes on the runway,...
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This travel film shot in 1958-1959, and then released in 1969 with some newly-shot footage added. It was produced by Viewpoints Inc. depicts two women’s journeys driving through Portugal presenting the country’s various tourist attractions, traditional ceremonies, festivals, and activities in Lisbon, Coimbra, Óbidos, Bragança, Santarém, and Tomar. The film was photographed and edited by a female team of filmmakers -- Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield, both of whom appear in the film...
Topics: Travel Film, Portugal, 1968, Travelogue, Lisbon, Obidos, Tomar, Coimbra, Stock Footage, Periscope...
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Released in 1941, this black and white theatrical short subject from Columbia Pictures offers a travelogue view of San Francisco, featuring a brisk montage of urban exteriors. Popular tourist attractions including Chinatown, the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Wharf, and The Japanese Tea Garden are depicted, along with long-gone entertainment districts and restaurants. Pan Am’s Boeing 314 “California Clipper” flying boat also makes an appearance. The film was produced by legendary...
Topics: San Francisco, Metropolis, West, 1941, Travelogue, California, FIshermans Wharf, Stock Footage,...
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This color educational/training film is about educating soldiers about to be deployed to Vietnam, it discusses the people and the country of Vietnam. This was made in 1967 based on the copyright at the beginning of the film. Opening titles: Unclassified, U.S. Marine Corps Training Film: Tactics and Techniques Employed by Wespac FMF Units (:08-1:03). Aerial shots of Vietnam. Green trees, foothills, barren hills. Title: YOU IN VIETNAM (1:04-1:53). Da Nang. Da Nang Airbase, Planes on the runway,...
Topics: 1967, US Marine Corps, Vietnam, Indoctrination, Educational Film, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This color educational film is about data processing. This was made in 1972. Opening titles (:06-:07). Data processing is gaining more employees. Various machines exist - typewriter, copier, etc. (:08-1:06). A woman punches holes in each card on her key punch machine. This is a hard machine to learn but well worth it. Sorting data on a machine is much easier than be hand (1:07-2:36). A collating machine saves time. Calculating cards takes time to set up in the machine but can do multiple...
Topics: Typewriter, 1972, Key Punch, Magnetic Tape, Educational Film, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This is a 1970’s era, color movie discussing problems fire departments have with high rise buildings. It opens with a massive high-rise tower with a ladder next to it and was produced with the assistance of the National Fire Protection Association and Fire Prevention through Films. Producer is Julian Olansky and the New Haven Fire Department in New Haven, Connecticut. Firemen fight a fire with a large hose, 00:51. A stack effect, animated graphic is shown, 1:00. BNO Building is shown, 1:03. A...
Topics: 1970s, Fire Department, Training Film, High Rise Building, Skyscraper, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This color educational film is about Western Electric and Bell Systems Telephones. This was made in 1956. Opening titles: Presented by Western Electric - TOOLS OF TELEPHONY, its a report on the work of the Western Electric Company (:07-:28). Shots of different telephones, men with telephone wire, women working at the phone company. Switching frames for the wires, warehouses that house phones, telephone trucks (:29-1:29). Information on the Western Electric Phone Company. Phone booths are shown....
Topics: Promo Film, Tools Of Telephony, 1956, Western Electric, Bell System, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This black & white educational film is about the challenges we face in outer space. This film was made in 1955. Opening credits: The Office of Armed Forces Information and Education, Department of Defense, is privileged to present Dr. Wernher Von Braun, an authority on rockets and space who will explain the challenge of space to us. The Dr. is currently the director of guided missiles in Huntsville, AL. Title: CHALLENGE OF OUTER SPACE (:09-1:34). A group of enlisted officers sit and listen...
Topics: Outer Space, Militarization Of Space, Wernher Von Brraun, Lecture, Stock Footage, Periscope FIlm
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Developed by NASA Langley researcher John D. Bird in 1965, Jet Shoes were an early experiment in enhancing extravehicular activity by allowing an astronaut to control his position and attitude in space while at the same time freeing up his hands for useful work. The concept was initially inspired by the Hiller “Flying Platform” design, in which the pilot controlled thrust vector by pushing against the soles of his feet. (Incidentally, John D. Bird appears in the early portion of this ...
Topics: John D Byrd, 1965, NASA, Jet Shoes, Vehicular Activity, EVA, Propulsion Unit, Stock Footage,...
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This color educational/training film is about forging. Copyright 1955, directed by Dermid Mclean and made by Paul Hance Productions. Titles: Forging in Closed Dies (:07-:58) was made by the Drop Forging Association. In a log cabin, a man makes a horseshoe on an anvil. The man is forging which is to make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and beating or hammering it. Billets of steel are brought to forging heat in a furnace. A man uses a modern machine to forge. The...
Topics: Forging, 1955, Promo, Steel, Educational Film, Paul Hence, Log Cabin, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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Encyclopædia Britannica Films Inc., EB Films for short, produced educational films from the 1940s through the 1990s. This black-and-white film was originally released on December 19th, 1944. The educational film covers raw materials, production, import and export, and agriculture within the region focusing on Colombia and Venezuela. It was the third film covering The Caribbean Region, and it was produced in collaboration with L. S. Rowe, Ph.D., William Manger, Ph.D., and the Pan-American...
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Presented by the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., this film "Shape of the Future" follows the North American IndyCar Series at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1966 during the prestigious Indy 500 race. First run in 1911, the Indy 500 is famous in the world of motorsports and is still run every year today, drawing some of the largest crowds seen in sports. Well reflected in this video, the 1966 Indy 500 was a particularly exciting race since it featured several legendary Formula 1 and...
Topics: Shape Of The Future, 1966, Indianapolis 500, Race. Firestone, Promo, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This short historic film from 1940 shows the mounted policemen of the New York Police Department. It begins with the Remount School of Horsemanship and features horse trainers and veterinarians selecting, training and working with horses. The NYPD has had horse patrols since 1858 and often refers to them as "10 Foot cops". At 6:40 a newly trained horse is shown patrolling the city with two veteran horses. At 8:49 some of the over 300 horses on patrol are shown leaving their stables,...
Topics: New York, Police Department, Mounted Unit, Horse Training, 1940s, Stock Footage, Periscope FIlm
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Dating to 1947, this silent film contains footage of transit and passenger buses in Southern California. Buses seen in the film include Santa Fe Railroad livery (:33), Greyhound (10:43), Pacific Electric (12:22), Los Angeles Railway (13;13 -- note the trolley cars at the crossing!), and at (11:35) the Santa Monica Bus Lines (here seen operating on Pico Blvd near The Mint nightclub). It's not entirely clear what the purpose of this film was -- possibly it was used for driver training, or as a...
Topics: 1947, Bus Driver, Driver Speed, Performance Study, Southern California, Transit Lines, Stock...
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This color educational/training film called SELL SAFETY is meant to teach supervisors or foremen in the mines the proper way to enforce/teach safety. This explains why those in charge have to sell safety and stress safe work habits. They must create the desire to be safe and consider the negative effects when people don't take care in what they are doing. This is a 1968 film. Opening credits: US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines - SELL SAFETY (:09-:27). A disclaimer acknowledging...
Topics: Educational Film, Mines, Bureau Mines, Sell Safety, 1960s, Coal Mine, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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Made in 1953, "Little Smokey" tells the story of Smokey the Bear, as told by cowboy actor Gene Autry, also known as Hopalong Cassidy. Smokey Bear is an American advertising icon created by the U.S. Forest Service with artist Albert Staehle, possibly in collaboration with writer and art critic Harold Rosenberg. In the longest-running public service advertising campaign in United States history, the Ad Council, the United States Forest Service (USFS), and the National Association of...
Topics: 1953, Smokey Bear, Gene Autry, US Forest Service, Fire Fighters, Stock Footage, Periscope FIlm
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This color educational/training film is about the new system for fire protection of flammable liquid storage tanks. It is circa late 1976 / early 1977. The product mentioned, aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) is a highly effective foam intended for fighting high-hazard flammable liquid fires. No opening credits/titles. Opening: narrator informs us that this film is about a new system for fire protection of flammable liquid storage tanks. On Screen Card: Light Water Brand AFFF, 2% sub-surface...
Topics: Light Water, Aff Foam, Fire Fighting, Petroleum, Storage Tank Fires, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This late 1940s / early 1950s film was produced by Caravel Films, Inc. as part of an effort to create training materials for salesmen within the automobile and oil industry. In black and white, the film opens with a shot of a Mobilgas Socony-Vacuum banner before panning to a pair of men having a conversation (0:08-0:20). The first man in uniform appears to be cheerfully describing the Mobilgas brand product to a businessman at 0:21 and the introductory words "Let's Sell" is shown as...
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This is a 1950s era, color movie called, Today in the Beet Fields of Europe. Produced by The Beet Sugar Development Foundation out of Fort Collins Colorado, U.S.A. The film features Americans in Europe testing out various equipment for farming beets. The film opens with a man pointing to a globe with a pencil :38. He points to the northern European countries where an expedition will be made to discover more about beet production in that region. Aerial view of New York City 1:20. B-36 Army...
Topics: Europe, 1950s, Sugar Promo, Agricultural, Researcher, Beet Sugar, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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Let’s Go Troop Camping is a very informative and pleasantly entertaining film made in 1951 by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America [Walter S. Stern, Director (35:20); Carol Hale, producer (28:11)]. The film presents ways in which Girl Scout activities in the 1950s built leadership, character, and maturity in young girls by teaching practical skills, teamwork, sharing, taking initiative, problem solving, independence, resolving minor conflicts, and companionship. The context of the...
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Dating to 1960, this Shell Oil sponsored film gives a historical overview as well as the basic physics behind the function of heat engines (a heat engine is a device for producing motive power from heat, such as a gasoline engine or steam engine). The film showcases the many benefits that heat engines bring to everyday modern life. The film also covers important features such as the differences between heat and temperature, how heat is converted into motion, and thermal efficiency. These...
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This color educational/training film is about the importance of servicing your car's cooling system. There is no copyright at the beginning or end of the film so the date of the production remains 1954 or 1955 as the film was produced by the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation and In 1954, Olin Corporation merged with Mathieson Chemical Corporation. A temperature gauge goes up until it explodes cartoonishly into the opening title: The Importance of Cooling System Service (:09-:52). A automotive...
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This black and white documentary by Wolfgang Kiepenheuser for Ikaros-Film with a script advised by Dr. Kurt Zenter offers a German perspective on the tumultuous period immediately following the defeat of the Nazi Party and collapse of the Third Reich at the end of World War II in 1945. (TRT: 14:24). Opening titles: “Institut für Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht” (Institute for Film and Image in Science and Education) “Filmdokumente Zur Neuesten Deutschen Geschichte” ...
Topics: Germany, Post WWII, Documentarym WWII, Nazi Party, Stock Footage, Periscope FIlm
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The Ethyl Corporation presents, For Better Performance, Copyright 1954. This color cartoon is about the different quality gasoline you can put in your car and how the Ethyl Corporation is making great strides to make your car run better on its products. The film goes to great lengths to show the efforts of the Ethyl Corporation in helping your car run more efficiently. The movie is produced by Chad Incorporated, New York, NY. Directed by Steve Muffatti. Animation by Dan Hunn, Technical...
Topics: 1954, Ethyl Gasoline, Production, Performance, Gas Tanks, Gas, Fuel, Richmond, Stock Footage,...
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Presented by the National Safety Council, "Winter Driving" dates to the late 1950s or early 1960s and presents tips on winter driving techniques. At 1:27 a NSC proving ground to study the problems of winter driving is shown. At 1:40 reports and manuals available for drivers are shown. At 2:00 a car is winterized with anti-freeze and at 2:45 snow tires are installed. At 3:45 a car is freed from ice and snow and the rear window cleared, and a seat belt is put on. The rest of the film...
Topics: Winter Driving, 1950s, Educational Film, Training Film, Ice, Snow, Tire Chains, Stock Footage,...
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This color educational film is about the importance of Clean Water brought to you by General Electric. This film was made to boost support for new plants to clean our water and keep it clean. There is no copyright at the beginning or end of the film so the date of the production is in the 1950s based on a statistic shown in the film. A More Power to America Presentation CLEAN WATERS. Technical supervision by GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC) (:17-:44). Water flows, Man's greatest need is Water. Beautiful...
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Shot in 1969, this silent movie shows gliders being flown in Washington State at Soaring Unlimited. Soaring Unlimited is apparently defunct; it was based in Kirkland, Washington. It's not clear precisely why this film was made, what it was titled or whether a version of it was ever released with a soundtrack; this print appears to be an incomplete "rough cut" complete with grease pencil marks. No opening credits. A glider lies in the grass. Two little girls stand with one another...
Topics: Soaring Unlimited, 1969, Glider Pilot, Kirkland, Washington State, Periscope Film, Stock Footage
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This color educational film "The Penetrating Eye" is about the scanning electron microscope (SEM). The film was produced by Eli Lilly, a leading medical technology company, and made by Wexler. Portions of the film were likely shot at the Donner Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, under the supervision of Thomas L. Hayes, Ph.D. The SEM is a type of electron microscope that produces images of a sample by scanning the surface with a focused beam of electrons. The...
Topics: Penetrating Eye, 1970s, Scanning Eleceton, Microscope, Documentary, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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“Citrus-- the Golden Fruit” is a mid-20th century documentary about the production and sale of citrus grown in the western United States, made through cooperation with Sunkist Growers. The film is produced by John A. Haeseler, written by Frank Orme and narrated by Marvin Miller. The documentary begins by showing various citrus groves in the foothills of a mountain range (0:28-2:09), later identified as the Sierras, which borders Nevada in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Multiple camera...
Topics: Clean Waters, 1950s, General Electric, Water Pollution, Water Treatment, Stock Footage, Periscope...
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This color educational film is about Steel entitled STEEL ROAD, it's from 1956 and made in Britain. Title card: The British Board of Film Censors, this is to certify that 'STEEL ROAD' has been passed for general exhibition (:08-:14). Titles: Workington Iron & Steel Company, branch of the United Steel Companies Limited presents: STEEL ROAD (:15-:36). A tribute to Sir Henry Bessemer, FRS by the people of Workington, England. A painting of Bessemer is shown, he's one of England's great...
Topics: 1956, British Steel, Industry Film, Steel Road, Henry Bessemer, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This color educational Traffic Safety film is about Seat Belt Safety starring Dick Van Dyke, and it's called: "BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE." This was made in 1964. Credit: Bell System (:06-:25). Screen reads: The Telephone company is pleased to make this motion picture available for showings as a pubic service. Southwestern Bell Film Library. Southwestern Bell (:26-:30). Many different parts, inside and outside of a convertible car are shown. It then speeds away. Down the street ...
Topics: Dick Van Dyke, Before Its Too Late, Drivers ED, Crash Test, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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Johns-Manville presents a 1960’s color movie called "Modern Paving Techniques with Asbestos Fiber in Asphalt Mixes." The purpose of the film is to show how asphalt can be strengthened through different mixing techniques, including using asbestos -- a natural fibrous mineral that was later banned due to its terrible health effects. Asphalt presented significant risk to workers prior to the 1970s when asbestos was commonly added to asphalt used to construct roads. Asbestos added...
Topics: Modern Paving, Technique, Asbestos, Fiber, 1960s, Construction, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This black & white educational film is about the cable laid by the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1928 between Newfoundland and the Azores. The plan of the cable was to secure a two-way operation between Newfoundland and the 1,400 letters per minute in each direction: cablegrams. No copyright shown, this is circa the late 1920s or early 1930s. No Opening credits. Cables on a spool. Cables slip down into the water. People on a ship. Men row a boat to a buoy. Cable is detached from the...
Topics: 1928, Educational Film, Telegraph, Western Union, Transatlatic Cable, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This color silent footage shows the NASA Gemini program. Specifically, it contains footage from the Gemini IV, V, and VI missions that all took place in 1965. Opening: engineers assemble a Gemini capsule in a clean room. Engineer presses a piece into place with his bare hand (:08-1:40). Engineers put pieces into place on a capsule. A heat test is conducted on the outer rings. A Titan II GLV booster is launched. An astronaut, Ed White, floats outside of the Gemini IV spacecraft above Earth. On...
Topics: NASA, Project, Gemini, 1965, Gemini IV, ED White Spacewalk, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This black and white, declassified US Army training film, created in 1942 and released in 1943, (TF 10-980, full title: Automotive Trouble Shooting Part 11c, Section 2, Chevrolet 4x4 and G.M.C. 6x6 Steering System Adjustments) offers troubleshooting advice for mechanics calibrating the steering of military automobiles (TRT: 15:24). Title cards: “This Film is Restricted” over a stenciled banner “Restricted” and “Official Training Film, War Department” with a US War Office seal...
Topics: Automotive, WWII, US Army, Steering, g506 Truck, Chassis, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This black and white film dates to the Korean War. It was made for the general staff and considered confidential and rated restricted. There is no copyright at the beginning or end of the film but the date of the production remains early 1951. Title cards: This Film is Restricted; Staff Film Reports of the Armed Forces - No. 130; film was photographed by cameramen of the armed forces. Title: INCHON FACILITIES DESTROYED (:08-:38). A map of Korea is shown. January 2, 1951 is on the map and the...
Topics: 1951, US Army, Staff Report, Korean War, Inchon, Facilities, Destroyed, Stock Footage, Periscope...
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“Steel Ride” was produced by Wallace Productions Ltd in the 1960s. It is a promotional film about the Steel, Peech and Tozer steelworks in Yorkshire, England, which created wheels, axles, springs, and tires for locomotives. Steel, Peech and Tozer was a branch of United Steel Companies Ltd. The film opens with a montage of trains passing in front of the camera, and then an external shot of the steelworks and its chimneys (0:53). Viewers see the interior of a melting shop, lined with...
Topics: Steel Ride, Peech, Tozer, Steel Works, Yorkshire, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This compilation reel consists of a series of longform commercials made by the Jam Handy Organization to promote RCA Victor's 1960 line of black & white TV sets. This included innovations such as a remote control and timed on and off. RCA Victor was formed when, in 1929, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) bought the “Victor Talking Machine Company”, creating the “RCA Victor” brand. The four commercials included in this film cover the promotion of groundbreaking television...
Topics: RCA, TV set, 1960, Remote, Promo, Inside Story, RCA TV Reciever, Stock Footage, Periscope FIlm
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This black and white film is one of a 1950-1960 television series Industry on Parade, produced by the National Association of Manufacturers; an Arthur Lodge Productions Inc. This is a single segment about the many ways steel was being used in the 1950s. An ingot of white-hot steel is passed through a rolling mill, flattening it out (:43-1:23). A parking lot is filled with 1950s cars. The inside of an automobile assembly plant is shown, with the front of an Edsel station wagon dropped onto its...
Topics: Industry On Parade, American Steel, Auto Assembly, Steel Curtains, Walls, USS Sargo, Stock Footage,...
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This color educational film produced by the J.I. Case Threshing Machine Company in conjunction with the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition of 1948 celebrates “50 centuries of farming” with a survey of modern agricultural technologies and innovations (TRT 21:04). Closeup on a blue ribbon award from the ASAE committee on extension (0:08). Opening titles (0:17). A J.I. Case Co. exhibition pavilion from the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Signs proclaim: “The March of Machines” and “5000...
Topics: Ji Case, 1948, Pageant, Wisconsin, Centennial Exposition, Stock Footage, Periscope FIlm
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“Another Shade of Green,” a 1960s short film and documentary on the importance of Monsanto’s creation of artificial grass --- brand name Astroturf -- for the college sports landscape of America. Produced, directed, and written by Ron Jacobs for Monsanto. Narrated by the legendary John Facenda, best known for his affiliation with NFL Films. The original AstroTurf product was a short-pile synthetic turf invented in 1965 by James M. Faria and Robert T. Wright of Monsanto. The first...
Topics: Shade Of Green, Astroturf, Monsanto, Artificial Turf, Promo, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This silent film shows retirement ceremonies at the U.S. Naval Missile Facility in Point Arguello, Lompoc, California, on June 27, 1963. The officers being honorable discharges that day were Commander C.A. Wentz, Commander F.J. David, Commander M.J. Massa, and Commander J.H. McMillan. Film starts with a low angle shot of the American flag in a stiff breeze (:38) before moving onto an inspection and then the retirement ceremony itself, followed by a parade of sailors and an informal chat among...
Topics: 1963, US Navy, Missile Factory, Ceremonies, Arguello, California, Stock Footage, Periscope FIlm
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‘Winning Their Confidence” is a silent film presented by Johnson & Johnson (:11). Its focus is on J & J’s advertisement campaign in 1927 to 1930. Johnson & Johnson was building a strong customer following through radio and magazine ads and this film appears to be a promotion for drug stores to carry their products and why they should. Apothecaries had evolved into drug stores and the window display was a modern installment to draw customers in; the one pictured includes a tin...
Topics: Johnson, Medical Products, 1927, Drug Store Sales, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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Dating to 1947, this silent film contains footage of transit and passenger buses in Southern California. Buses seen in the film include Santa Fe Railroad livery (:33), Greyhound (10:43), Pacific Electric (12:22), Los Angeles Railway (13;13 -- note the trolley cars at the crossing!), and at (11:35) the Santa Monica Bus Lines (here seen operating on Pico Blvd near The Mint nightclub). It's not entirely clear what the purpose of this film was -- possibly it was used for driver training, or as a...
Topics: 1947, Bus Driver Speed, Transit Lines, Study Film. Southern California, Stock Footage, Periscope...
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This advertisement from the beginning of the 1960s is presented by Johns-Manville to promote the low costing and professional installation of ceiling medallions designed by interior designer Michael Greer. It introduces the historical practice of painting and decorating ceilings all over the world among high-class societies and promotes the medallion to bring back this practice and make it accessible to anyone. (Note: although some fireproof Johns Manville ceiling tile products infamously made...
Topics: Imagination, Ceiling, 1961, Interior Design, Johns Manville, Promo, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This silent color home movie footage depicts the New York World’s Fair of 1939 in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens (which ran until fall of 1940), as well as surrounding Manhattan and Atlantic City landmarks (TRT 13:17). A Douglas DC-3 propeller-driven airliner taxiing on a runway. It features Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 engines, and is marked for American Airlines’ “Flagship” fleet. A marshaller directs it (0:08). Two women in stylish coats and hats pose on the passenger plane’s...
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Originally classified as "Confidential", this color film tells the story about the Army's Michigan Missile Plant, operated by the Chrysler Corporation (and formerly called the WWII Naval Industrial Reserve Aircraft Plant, and Chrysler Jet Engine Plant) near Detroit. This is circa the mid 1950s to 1961, when the Jupiter Missile and Redstone were in production. Because the film shows an IBM 704 computer, produced in 1954, it is more likely mid to late 1950s. Aerial shot of the...
Topics: Chrysler Corp, Jupiter, Redstone, 1950s, Detroit, Ordnance, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This extremely clever, stop-motion animated sales film narrated by John Salzer for TRW is aimed at large scale corporate clients for mainframe computers. The film depicts company co-founder Simon Ramo’s concept of ‘polymorphic computing’ and is based on a "doodle essay" that he made (think -- 1960s pencil driven Power Point). The film anticipates innovations in the evolution of technology from parallel processing to peer to peer file sharing and cloud computing as well as the...
Topics: 1960, Computer Mainframe, Sales Film, Polymorphics, Simon Ramo, Dean Woolridge, Stock Footage,...
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This color educational film is about Red China and offers a look inside Communist China and Hong Kong during the Cold War period of the 1950s and 60s. It is from 1966 and this is part 1 of 2. Opening titles: RED CHINA: YEAR OF THE GUN? (:11-:31). Chinese students play and march, they sing. The songs have to do with helping people or overcoming American Imperialism. People march in China. Mao Zedong aka Chairman Mao, the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he ruled as the...
Topics: 1966, Communist, Red China, Gun, Year, Mao Zedoing, Documentary, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This mid-1940s film was created by Shell Oil to promote careers in the service station industry, and tells a sort of American rags-to-riches story. The film follows the story of a U.S. Army veteran named Bill, who works himself up from a mere gas station employee to becoming a franchisee who owns a station of his own. The footage is mainly of conversations as well as cars being maintained at full service Shell Gas stations. The services offered in this era included complimentary gas fill ups,...
Topics: Shell, 1940s, Gas Station, Ownership, Franchisee, Oil, Promo Film, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This black & white, silent educational film is about 20th Century Presidents of the United States, starting with William McKinley and going through Franklin D. Roosevelt. This film was made in 1941, before the outbreak of WWII. Opening titles: Mr. President (:09-:27). Americans at the polls, place their votes in ballot boxes. The U.S. Capitol Building. First motion picture of a Presidential Inauguration, for William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States. Horses march in the...
Topics: Mr President, USA, Mckinley, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Hoover, FDR, Stock Footage, Periscope FIlm
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This black and white film is one of a 1950-1960 television series Industry on Parade, produced by the National Association of Manufacturers; an Arthur Lodge Productions Inc. This episode has two segments. Nearest Thing to Nothing. Different types of vacuums are shown: A glass stovetop vacuum coffee maker; a1950s upright vacuum carpet sweeper is used over floral carpet; a worker plugs a vacuum hose into the floor and sweeps; men handling toxic materials wear respirators as loose materials are...
Topics: Industry On Parade, Vacuum, X-Ray, Tubes, Frozen Fish, Hershey, Conveyer Belts, Stock Footage,...
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Presented by RKO Pictures, this newsreel film from 1954 is titled “Black Power” sheds light on the American coal industry and the advantages of Bituminous coal “the mightiest source of power on earth.” The film, which was directed and photographed by William Deeke and narrated by Peter Roberts, begins by discussing the process of finding a mine followed by the extraction process. Later the film looks at the social impacts of the coal industry and the unique cyclical economy of mining...
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This strange, silent film "The Portage Trail" probably dates to 1915. The film tells the story of a romance between a minister's son and a banker's daughter, but the narrative also pays attention to the city of Akron, Ohio. It's highly possible that the film was made in an attempt to clean up that city's reputation, since in the 1910s there was a deadly outbreak of typhoid fever caused by a bad water supply. To whit, the film has a segment, inserted into the middle of the romance,...
Topics: Portag Trail, 1915, Melodrama, Akron, Ohio, Water Crisis, Typhoid, Outbreak, Stock Footage,...
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"Your First Speech" is an educational film from the 1950s, produced by Bailey Films, Inc., and starring Cartlton Brownless as a student named Carl, and his teacher Mr. Wallace played by Bill Simonsen. The film was intended to show high school students the basics of delivering a good speech. The teacher Mr. Wallace speaks to the class about good posture, eye contact and how to choose a topic. It demonstrates a student asking questions, writing and practicing his speech on deep sea...
Topics: Fisrt Speech, Campy 1950s, High School, Educational Film. Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This 1969 color “puff piece” on the history of the Marlboro cigarette brand chronicles the origins of one of history's greatest ad campaigns. Made as a brag piece, the film also illustrates how the Philip Morris Corporation preyed on consumers during the 50s and 60s by shifting their branding and advertising approaches to suggest hazy links between tobacco use and masculinity. The faces of the businessmen behind the brand’s “cowboy” image are revealed in promotional interviews (TRT:...
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This film is of the weekly production called Industry on Parade which won a Peabody Award for public service (:14). It begins in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania at Lehigh University (:21) with recruiters from different industry branches hunting for recruits on campus (:50). An interview is conducted between a steel industry representative and a student (1:06) and this student takes a tour of the steel mill (1:48). Engineers are to take the inventions of scientists and find daily use for them (2:52)....
Topics: Industry On Parade, TV Sets, California, Trolley, American Van Lines, New York, StocK Footage,...
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This silent film from North American Aviation contains "B-roll" that was used in the company's promotional film productions. The first part likely dates to 1953-54. It begins with images of the prototype F-100 Super Sabre, known as the YF-100, tail # AF 52-5754. The flight shown is likely a composite of flights at Edwards Air Force Base. At 5:49 the prototype Sabreliner is shown, N4060K, probably in 1959. At 6:50 a chase aircraft joins the Sabreliner in flight. At 10:08 NAA test...
Topics: North American Aviation, f-100, Edwards Air FOrce Base, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This film takes a look at the Kodak Rapid Color Processor Model 11 manufactured in 1963. Its release presented a leap forward from the tray processing that home photographers had been using previously for color print processing and it was nearly as fast as black and white print processing. The film opens with the information it will present the procedure for processing color prints with this model which could be done in the same length of time as the film; 7 minutes and 45 seconds (:17). The...
Topics: Kodak, Rapid Colors, 1960s, Ektacolor, Promotional Film, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This black & white military information film is about Japan in the aftermath of WWII, and shows the nation coming back to life in the wake of defeat and surrender. The film emphasizes the modern nation's rebirth, its emergence as a democracy, and looks at its natural resources and products, including silk, tea, paper, automobiles, ceramics and more. This film is copyright 1951, which was roughly six months after the outbreak of the Korean War and 1 year before Japan emerged from military...
Topics: Japan, 1951, Armed Forces Report, Silk, Tea, Auto Industry, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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“The Air War on Japan” — Episode 21 of the 26-part television series "Crusade in the Pacific" produced in 1951 and narrated by Westbrook Van Voorhis. This episode discusses the use of U.S. Navy and U.S. Army Air Corps aircraft in offensive actions against the Marianas Islands and the Japanese mainland during World War II in 1942-44. This episode begins with images from World War I and the Lafayette Escadrille (0:47) Biplane being walked out of hangar, men attach bombs to the...
Topics: Crusade, Pacific, War, Japan, WWII, Doolittle Raid, B 29 Bomber, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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Created in 1975 and narrated by Brugess Meredith, "The Time of Apollo" looks back at the lunar missions with vivid footage and stirring music and voice-over. From JFK's declaration to put a man on the moon to the first steps on the lunar surface, this NASA film examines the triumphs of the Apollo space program. President John F. Kennedy stated in 1961 that "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and...
Topics: NASA, Apollo, Program, Documentary, 1975, Lunar Mission, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This Yesterday’s Newsreel film (episode 135) offers the viewer “television highlights of the news of yesteryear” by providing vintage clips of famous people and events from the first half of the 20th century. The episode begins with a look at the development of long-distance submarines. A submarine cruiser sits on scaffolding in a drydock (00:47). Frances Lovering Adams, wife of Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams, christens the submarine. A V-5 is out at sea. Navy crews work...
Topics: Yesterdays Newsreel, Submarine, 20th Century, Harry Luck, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This short novelty film, "Formation Flying" was sold in the 1920s. It and a series of films released by Hollywood Film Enterprises and Excel accompanied a toy projector that used a household light bulb. This film shows 1930s U.S. Navy airplanes including TBD Devastator torpedo bombers (the Navy's first all metal aircraft) and Grumman F3F biplanes, flying in formation over San Diego. The TBD Devastator was the first American carrier-based monoplane to be widely used, the first...
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This silent, amateur film begins with footage of a fan trip aboard a Los Angeles Railway trolley car (note the "Trolley Excursion" banner on the side at :15). The dates of this trip are unknown, but it's possible that this trip was in late June of 1946, when the Railway Boosters rode the final car on the "A line". The Los Angeles Railway (also known as Yellow Cars, LARy and later Los Angeles Transit Lines) was a system of streetcars that operated in Central Los Angeles and...
Topics: WWII Era, Los Angeles, Railway, Trolley, London, Post Stanley, Canada, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This silent film begins with footage shot on November 19, 1939 as the Los Angeles Railroad Boosters Club went on an "Orange Empire Excursion" (the "Eastern District") aboard blimp 1375. (Note: some timecodes shown here are via G. Hunter who kindly analyzed the film). The platform at the start of the film is at the Pacific Electrical terminal in downtown Los Angeles at Sixth and Main St. At :36, the Macy Street Carhouse and State St. Yard. :42, General Hospital in the b/g. At...
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This short, restricted film from WWII showcases the operation of the 57mm Recoilless Rifle, a 4000-yard weapon comparable to an anti-tank gun. The film shows how the weapon has no recoil (1:48) thanks to its breach escape port. At (2:52) a 4" concrete wall is leveled by a hit, and at (3:11) a 3" penetration of armor plating on a tank. At (4:47) the handling of the weapon in the field is shown. At (5:15) a larger version is shown, the 75mm with a panoramic site. The M18 recoilless...
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This segment of the Signal Corps' Combat Bulletin 56, "Paper War", deals with psy-ops or psychological operations. In this case, it shows a leaflet campaign undertaken in Italy during WWII. A team of OSS propaganda writers creates a leaflet that is designed to undermine German morale. At 1:15, after the leaftlet text is typewritten in German, it is set in a linotype printing machine by hand. At 1:25, plates are created and copies are printed by the thousands. At 1:36, a leaflet...
Topics: Paper War, WWIII, Combat Bulletin, OSS LEaflet Drops, Pyschological Operations, Stock Footage,...
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This is one of a series of silent films made from German newsreels, and sold to the public for viewing at home on 16mm and 8mm projectors. This one shows U-boats in action, including shots of a group of U-boats in formation as they head out to sea, shots inside of the boat as it dives, and the captain lining up a torpedo strike on the periscope. At 1:43, German submarine U-41 is shown diving, a Type IXA built in 1939. At 3:07 the U-38 and U-37, are shown on the surface. At 3:26 the crew...
Topics: German U Boat, Newsreel, Submarine. Battle Of Atlantic, WWII, WWII Era, Stock Footage, Periscope...
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This raw, silent footage shows a Gloster Meteor, tail VT196, taxiing and being serviced. This particular aircraft was a Mark IV (VT196) which came to Canada in July 1953 for winterization trials, and this footage may date from that time frame. From January 1954 onwards this particular plane was used in developing the afterburner system for Canada’s Orenda engine. This enabled the aircraft to reach 20,000 feet in three minutes. VT196 went back to Britain in June 1955 where it was used in...
Topics: Gloster, Meteor, British Jet Aircraft, Royal Canadian Air Force, 1954, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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Presented by Castle Films as part of the "Sport Parade" series, this silent, 3-minute black and white film from 1951 titled “Harness Champions”.chronicles the journey of a horse from the breeder to the race track, specifically for harness racing at The Hambletonian at Goshen, New York. The Hambletonian, also known as The Historic Track, is a half-mile harness racing track in Goshen, New York that was opened in 1838 and remains in operation to this day. It is the oldest...
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Made during WWII by the U.S. Office of Education, part of the Federal Security Agency, this training film was one of a series used to educate wartime factory workers. This particular film demonstrates how a machinist should read and use a blueprint to finish making an iron casting. The machinist is variously shown studying the blueprint at a work desk, comparing the blueprint to the casting in progress, and checking measurements both at a work desk and while the iron casting is on a machine...
Topics: U.S. Office of Education, Machine Shop, WWII, Machinist, Blueprint, Training Film, Stock Footage,...
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This film, an elaborate, amateur home movie shot by an unknown American tourist, shows viewers a brief tour of New England. It likely dates to the late 1940s or early 1950s, and features descriptive, hand made title cards throughout. The film shows views of America's northeastern region, encompassing the states Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The area is characterized for its rich colonial history and landscape. Many historic sites from the American...
Topics: New England, 1950s, Travelogue, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This silent reel of footage comes from the North American Aviation film library and was used for company film productions in the 1960s. The film begins with footage of aircraft assembly and engineers working in the NAA factory. At :30 a spectacular accident is shown on the runway at Edwards AFB as an F-100 jet fighter flown by Lt. Barty R. Brooks crashes in a fireball. The details of this accident are described below. At 1:22 what might be the factory at Dallas, Texas is seen. At 1:29 the A-3...
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This film takes a look at the Kodak Rapid Color Processor Model 11 manufactured in 1963. Its release presented a leap forward from the tray processing that home photographers had been using previously for color print processing and it was nearly as fast as black and white print processing. The film opens with the information it will present the procedure for processing color prints with this model which could be done in the same length of time as the film; 7 minutes and 45 seconds (:17). The...
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Dating to 1944, this episode in the long-running series "John Nesbitt's Passing Parade" was included in the "G.I. Movie Weekly" shown to American troops in WWII. This episode is titled "A Lady Fights Back." It tells the story of the famed ocean liner SS Normandie, which caught fire while under modification in New York during WWII. The streamline moderne designed SS Normandie was launched in 1935 and served with the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique...
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One of a series of short films that made up the "G.I. Movie Weekly", a news magazine shown to troops, "Information Please" features radio commentator Clifton Fadiman peppering a team of noted experts with questions, many of which take the form of pantomimes. Host Clifton Paul "Kip" Fadiman was the Alex Trebeck of his era -- an intellectual, author, editor, radio and (after WWII) television personality who had "encyclopedic knowledge" spanning many...
Topics: Information, 1940s, Quiz Show, Fadiman, John Kieran, Oscar Levant, War Bond, Stock Footage,...
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This 1960s travelogue was made by the Nesbitt's Fruit Company in the 1960s. The film shows various scenes in Southern California and Los Angeles, including of course fruit production and the making of Nesbitt's products including its famous orange soda. Some of the sights in the film include Union Station, Disneyland (14:00 mark), Knott's Berry Farm (12:00), the oil fields, the Douglas Aircraft factory (5:00 mark), the Miss World Competition parade (5:30 mark), the sportswear and swimsuit...
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Produced by Columbia Pictures and sold as a silent 8mm film, this (admittedly low quality) movie gives an overview of the Apollo 11 mission in 11 short minutes. While the quality isn't that good, many copies of this film were sold to the public -- who loved watching America's triumphant moment. Keep in mind that in 1970 when this was released, home video didn't exist! We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a...
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These extraordinary Super 8mm home movies from the Vietnam War, come from a member of the "Ravens". The Raven Forward Air Controllers, also known simply as The Ravens, were fighter pilots used for forward air control in a covert operation in conjunction with the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States in Laos during America's Vietnam War. The Ravens provided direction for most of the air strikes against communist Pathet Lao targets and People's Army of Vietnam's...
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This company report from Aerojet General Corporation shows it in its prime as a defense and industrial contractor that also supported the U.S. space program. The Azusa plant where the company started is shown, along with the Nerva Nuclear Rocket Engine program, and various aspects of the company's production from ablative coatings to astrionics, oceanics and torpedo divisions, an anti-cavitation device known as a Hydrocket, the Ordnance Division in Downey that developed the Nike-Hercules...
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Made in the 1920s, this silent educational film attempts to show how water is supplied to cities, and the mechanisms put in place to keep it safe. Various sanitary practices are shown including aeration and chemical treatment. Various ways in which water helps a body are shown, and its importance to productivity shown as well. Harvard football players are shown drinking water at practice, and employees are seen to be more efficient when supplied with water. The dangers of drinking from...
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This historic silent newsreel shows Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker and the 94th Aero Squadron during World War I. Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (October 8, 1890 – July 23, 1973) was an American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was America's most successful fighter ace in the war. He was also a race car driver and automotive designer, a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation, particularly as the longtime...
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Made by the obscure Tucker Picture Productions, a company that produced a series of travelogues in the West Indies in the 1930s, this portrait of Trinidad and Tobago contains wonderful historic footage of this British colony. The film begins aboard the ocean liner RMS Empress of Australia and moves through the "Dragon's Teeth" to Port of Spain where various local sights are seen. Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island country off the...
Topics: 1930s, Pleasure Cruise, Trinidad, Tobago, Travelogue, West Indies, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This color home movie was shot by an American sailor who served aboard the famed aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea (CVS 47) in WESTPAC, from January to July 1958.. At that time the ship joined the 7th Fleet in antisubmarine warfare exercises and traveled to Hawaii, Philippines, Okinawa, Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong. In this era, her anti-submarine air group typically consisted of one squadron with 20 twin-engined Grumman S2F Trackers ASW aircraft, a squadron of HSS-1 Seabat ASW...
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Created in the 1960s by the Shell Oil Company, "The Fossil Story" explains the importance of fossils to geologists who are searching for oil, and examines the role of paleontologists in interpreting the nature of the pre-historic world. This film was one of a series created by Shell to educate the public about geology, oil exploration, and the petroleum industry in general in this period. Fossils (from Classical Latin fossilis; literally, "obtained by digging") are the...
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This film about the Iwo Jima campaign is one of a series of newsreels produced by Leslie Winik and Official Films during WWII, and sold for home viewing through catalogs, department stores and camera shops. The film uses official U.S. War Department footage, as well as newsreel footage, to show the bombardment of the Japanese stronghold by the invasion fleet and aircraft. It then shows D-day at Iwo (3:25) as 40,000 members of the Marine Corps invade the island. Fierce fighting is shown on the...
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This documentary film "Babi Yar: Lessons of History” dates to the 1970s; it was released in the West in the 1980s. It was originally produced by Soviet filmmakers through the Ukrainian Studio of TV Films. The film depicts the horrors of the Nazi occupation of Ukraine and the massacre of Jewish people during the Holocaust at Babi Yar - where they were buried in a mass grave outside of Kyiv. The film is a historical account of events and warns nations about the dangers of Neo-Nazi...
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This propaganda film is the first of two reels and is nr. 4 out of 7 episodes in a series titled “Why We Fight” by Frank Capra. This episode titled “The Battle of Britain” covers Adolf Hitler’s attempt to invade and conquer England during World War II in pursuit of German world domination. It portrays the combat between Germany and Britain from August to December 1940. The film is produced by The War Department, Special Service Division (S.O.S.), and Frank Capra with the cooperation...
Topics: 1944, Why We Fight, Battle, Britain, Frank Cappa, Propaganda, Stock Footage, Periscope Film
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This 1950s silent film from Australia shows the rich heritage of sailing in the Land Down Under. It includes coverage of the famous Sydney to Hobart yacht race. The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is an annual event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, New South Wales on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania. The race distance is approximately 630 nautical miles (1,170 km). The race is run in co-operation with the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, and is widely...
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