3.6M
3.6M
Apr 11, 2009
04/09
by
Rick Prelinger
Home Movies from the Prelinger Archives. For more information see the Prelinger Archives
284,566
285K
Aug 19, 2013
08/13
by
St. Ives Productions
movies
eye 284,566
favorite 99
comment 5
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
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
820,008
820K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Archer Productions, Inc.
movies
eye 820,008
favorite 800
comment 74
Selected for the 2004 National Film Registry of "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" motion pictures. Famous Civil Defense film for children in which Bert the Turtle shows what to do in case of atomic attack.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 74 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Animation
367,661
368K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Office of War Information
movies
eye 367,661
favorite 167
comment 25
U.S. government-produced film defending the World War II internment of Japanese American citizens.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 25 reviews )
Topics: World War II: Japanese Americans: Internment, Racism, Human rights
252,363
252K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
MPO Productions
movies
eye 252,363
favorite 941
comment 30
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."
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 30 reviews )
Topics: Futurism, Automobiles: Advertising, Gender roles
98,763
99K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 98,763
favorite 314
comment 15
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.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 15 reviews )
Topics: Sales: Training, Heaven and hell, Food industry
To come.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: prelinger, home movies
83,135
83K
movies
eye 83,135
favorite 138
comment 6
Animated.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Scenes from the daily life of a Texas farm family.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Amateur films, Agriculture: Farms and farming, Rural America
489,189
489K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Sutherland (John) Productions
movies
eye 489,189
favorite 479
comment 41
This Cold War-era cartoon uses humor to tout the dangers of Communism and the benefits of capitalism.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 41 reviews )
Topics: Cold War, Animation: Advertising, Capitalism
146,587
147K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Simmel-Meservey
movies
eye 146,587
favorite 201
comment 24
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...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 24 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Social guidance: Etiquette, Families
110,285
110K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Federal Civil Defense Administration
movies
eye 110,285
favorite 141
comment 19
Eerie nuclear tests on houses and dummies at the Nevada Test Site.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 19 reviews )
Topic: Atomic-nuclear: Weapons
47,726
48K
Aug 30, 2006
08/06
by
Davis (Sid) Productions
movies
eye 47,726
favorite 53
comment 4
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 ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Car culture: Youth, Hot rods, San Francisco: Scenics: Historical
51,227
51K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
movies
eye 51,227
favorite 64
comment 3
Beef's importance to American society and economy, and the Union Pacific Railroads's importance to the beef industry.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Meat: Production, Transportation: Railroad, Agriculture: Food industry
96,901
97K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Sutherland (John) Productions, Inc.
movies
eye 96,901
favorite 245
comment 11
Corporate Cold War-era cartoon linking Bill of Rights to free-enterprise ideology.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 11 reviews )
Topics: Cold War, Capitalism, Animation: Advertising
48,877
49K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Warner Pathé News
movies
eye 48,877
favorite 60
comment 2
Newsreel stories reformatted for classroom use.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topic: Newsreels
70,530
71K
Apr 28, 2012
04/12
by
Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
movies
eye 70,530
favorite 60
comment 3
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...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
54,565
55K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Davis (Sid) Productions
movies
eye 54,565
favorite 43
comment 7
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
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: Car culture: Youth, Hot rods, San Francisco: Scenics: Historical
122,410
122K
movies
eye 122,410
favorite 134
comment 23
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...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 23 reviews )
Topics: World's Fairs, technology, capitalism, communism, time capsules
47,218
47K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
movies
eye 47,218
favorite 60
comment 3
Beef's importance to American society and economy, and the Union Pacific Railroads's importance to the beef industry.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Meat: Production, Transportation: Railroad, Agriculture: Food industry
133,548
134K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Calvin Communications
movies
eye 133,548
favorite 375
comment 45
The ultimate generic industrial film, built around every script and visual cliche.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 45 reviews )
Topics: Motion pictures: Production, Motion pictures: Sponsored, Humor
83,313
83K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Affiliated Film Producers
movies
eye 83,313
favorite 237
comment 14
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)....
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topics: Marriage, Social guidance, Gender roles
35,161
35K
Sep 21, 2013
09/13
by
Sutherland (John) Productions, Inc..
movies
eye 35,161
favorite 19
comment 1
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,...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
37,793
38K
Aug 4, 2012
08/12
by
Sutherland (John) Productions
movies
eye 37,793
favorite 47
comment 2
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
53,925
54K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Coronet Instructional Films
movies
eye 53,925
favorite 84
comment 8
Courtesy in connection with invitations, telephone conversations, introductions and entertaining guests.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Social guidance: Etiquette
73,343
73K
Mar 1, 2007
03/07
by
U.S. Department of the Interior
movies
eye 73,343
favorite 32
comment 3
Government-sponsored film about the building of the Boulder dam.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Motion pictures: Sponsored, Motion pictures: Government, Infrastructure: Dams, Infrastructure:...
695,325
695K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Techfilm Studio, Moscow
movies
eye 695,325
favorite 633
comment 83
This disturbing film records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs), as conducted by Dr. S.S. Bryukhonenko at the Institute of Experimental Physiology and Therapy, Voronezh, U.S.S.R. Director: D.I. Yashin. Camera: E.V. Kashina. Narrator: Professor Walter B. Cannon. Introduced by Professor J.B.S. Haldane.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 83 reviews )
Topics: Animals: Dogs, Medicine: Veterinary: Experiments, Life extension
98,829
99K
movies
eye 98,829
favorite 529
comment 9
Uses vignettes, animation and comments by girls and boys to explore the medical facts and some personal feelings about menstruation.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
171,847
172K
Aug 19, 2013
08/13
by
Sutherland (John) Productions, Inc.
movies
eye 171,847
favorite 17
comment 1
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.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
40,872
41K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California
movies
eye 40,872
favorite 28
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
40,093
40K
May 22, 2012
05/12
by
Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
movies
eye 40,093
favorite 23
comment 1
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 )
52,002
52K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Centron Corporation
movies
eye 52,002
favorite 76
comment 4
Pioneering film that encourages youth to look into themselves for the causes of prejudice.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Racism, Prejudice, Schools
206,668
207K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Sutherland (John) Productions, Inc.
movies
eye 206,668
favorite 141
comment 4
Cold War-era cartoon aimed at convincing workers that increased productivity brings about greater purchasing power.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Economics, Cold War, Animation: Advertising
36,470
36K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California
movies
eye 36,470
favorite 23
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
45,186
45K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
movies
eye 45,186
favorite 48
comment 9
Republican party campaign film on behalf of Wendell Willkie for U.S. president in the 1940 elections.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Political campaigns and elections, Economics, Willkie, Wendell A.
35,664
36K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Warner Pathé News
movies
eye 35,664
favorite 18
comment 1
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.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topic: Newsreels
34,148
34K
Apr 6, 2012
04/12
by
Sutherland (John) Productions
movies
eye 34,148
favorite 39
comment 1
Presents in lay terms what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peace-time uses of atomic energy and the by-products of nuclear fission. From The Field Guide to Sponsored Films: RESOURCES: “Atom Educational Film Made Available by GE,” Wash Post, Aug. 9, 1953, R11; “A Challenge to Free Enterprise,” Bus Scrn15, no. 5 (1954): 33; advertisement, Bus Scrn18, no. 7 (1957): 5. Science film positioning atomic energy as both a peaceful and a warlike force....
favoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
32,007
32K
Sep 11, 2008
09/08
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 32,007
favorite 26
comment 4
This is a recent discovery -- a 16mm print of a rare Jam Handy silent film. It's a bit title-heavy, but interesting to compare to later Handy productions.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topic: electricity energy horsepower
229,038
229K
movies
eye 229,038
favorite 285
comment 7
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
To come.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: prelinger, home movies
60,201
60K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
movies
eye 60,201
favorite 116
comment 5
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 ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Media: Radio, Communication: Radio, Journalism
351,043
351K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. War Department
movies
eye 351,043
favorite 532
comment 27
Admonishes Americans that they will lose their country if they let fanaticism and hatred turn them into "suckers." "Let's forget about 'we' and 'they' -- let's think about us!" In the context of the emerging Cold War, this film appears paradoxical.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 27 reviews )
Topics: Prejudice, Cold War, Racism
109,376
109K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Bosse (Karl Kurt)
movies
eye 109,376
favorite 1,244
comment 4
Beautifully animated explication of human eye and eyesight.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Perception: Vision, Animation
41,925
42K
Sep 2, 2013
09/13
by
Archer Productions, Inc.
movies
eye 41,925
favorite 107
comment 3
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...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Amateur films
500,631
501K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Hammid (Alexander) and Deren (Maya)
movies
eye 500,631
favorite 554
comment 38
Alexander Hammid's intimate study of a female cat and the birth and maturation of her five kittens.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 38 reviews )
Topics: Animals: Cats, Animals: Behavior, Psychology
38,736
39K
Aug 19, 2013
08/13
by
Sutherland (John) Productions in Association With Film Counselors, Inc.
movies
eye 38,736
favorite 223
comment 1
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 )
23,602
24K
Oct 16, 2018
10/18
by
Miles Brothers
movies
eye 23,602
favorite 63
comment 7
This is a scan of 35mm material held by Prelinger Archives, San Francisco and thought to be an original 1906 print. It was scanned by Adrianne Finelli at Internet Archive on October 11, 2018 using IA's Lasergraphics ScanStation scanner set at 5120 x 3840 and scanned to 16fps. Due to Final Cut Pro limitations, this full-width scan is 4096 x 3072 pixels wide and every second frame is doubled for a playback framerate of 24fps. Archives frequently make full-width scans to show information between...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: San Francisco, 1906, Market Street
385,216
385K
May 23, 2003
05/03
by
Sid Davis
movies
eye 385,216
favorite 53
comment 125
Anti-homosexual film targeted at teenage boys, urging them to avoid encounters with potential molesters.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 125 reviews )
Topics: Homosexualities, Crime and criminals (Molestation), Los Angeles
35,571
36K
movies
eye 35,571
favorite 476
comment 4
0739 PA9033 Time Pulls the Trigger
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
130,797
131K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Crawley Films
movies
eye 130,797
favorite 267
comment 7
Animated explanation of primary and secondary sex characteristics in adolescent boys and girls.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: Sex education, Medicine: Endocrinology, Animation
109,902
110K
movies
eye 109,902
favorite 167
comment 4
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
67,740
68K
movies
eye 67,740
favorite 540
comment 10
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...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
246,568
247K
movies
eye 246,568
favorite 202
comment 9
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Vintage Erotica, Erotic Dance
560,365
560K
movies
eye 560,365
favorite 338
comment 13
Footage from Castle and Pathé coverage of the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst. Also shots of the big ships over New York.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 13 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
386,480
386K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Medical Arts Productions
movies
eye 386,480
favorite 271
comment 23
Sex education film aimed at teenage boys, with the coach as authority figure and teacher.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 23 reviews )
Topics: Sex education, Children, Gender roles
88,593
89K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
movies
eye 88,593
favorite 119
comment 7
Writing, editing and mass production of books.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topic: Communication: Books
145,594
146K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Photo & Sound Productions for Medical Arts Productions
movies
eye 145,594
favorite 224
comment 19
Menstruation education film for young teenage girls, redolent with dated detail.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 19 reviews )
Topics: Sex education, Gender roles, Children
153,482
153K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (AT&T)
movies
eye 153,482
favorite 222
comment 9
Training film for users of the new dial telephones.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Communication: Telephone, Ergonomics
243,072
243K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Various
movies
eye 243,072
favorite 523
comment 34
Examples of broadcast advertising from the 1950s and 1960s.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 34 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism
95,172
95K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
On Film, Inc.
movies
eye 95,172
favorite 282
comment 12
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.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 12 reviews )
Topics: Psychology, Pharmaceutical industry, Medicine: Psychiatry
76,139
76K
movies
eye 76,139
favorite 298
comment 18
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
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 18 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
93,869
94K
movies
eye 93,869
favorite 155
comment 10
Footage of World Trade Center from a work print
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
167,981
168K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Crawley Films, Ltd.
movies
eye 167,981
favorite 214
comment 9
Social-sex development of Bill and Mary and how they came to meet, fall in love and marry.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Sex education, Social guidance, Gender roles
155,172
155K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Office of Civil Defense
movies
eye 155,172
favorite 417
comment 16
"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.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 16 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Cold War
626,987
627K
Dec 25, 2011
12/11
by
Tullio Pellegrini
movies
eye 626,987
favorite 214
comment 12
Cinemascope homage to the city of San Francisco made by amateur filmmaker and inventor Tullio Pellegrini.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 12 reviews )
Topics: san francisco, amateur film, widescreen, Cinemascope, pasta1
132,761
133K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 132,761
favorite 366
comment 14
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."
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topics: Futurism, World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Infrastructure: Roads and highways
118,095
118K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Castle Films
movies
eye 118,095
favorite 63
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
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906, San Francisco: Disasters, Amateur Film
237,711
238K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Sutherland (John) Productions
movies
eye 237,711
favorite 686
comment 26
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.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 26 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Energy, Physics, Animation
73,633
74K
movies
eye 73,633
favorite 458
comment 27
0696 PA8508 Out of This World
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 27 reviews )
156,304
156K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
movies
eye 156,304
favorite 359
comment 58
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.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 58 reviews )
Topic: Political science
39,522
40K
Feb 6, 2014
02/14
by
De Vry School Films, Inc.
movies
eye 39,522
favorite 334
comment 2
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
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
600,006
600K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Coronet Instructional Films
movies
eye 600,006
favorite 259
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How exercise will make you healthy and popular.
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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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