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More Power to You (ca. 1930s)

How oil is drilled, transported, refined, reformulated, and consumed. Narrator: Lowell We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. more-power-to-you-ca-1930s

Project Dugout (ca. 1960)

Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Technical Film Report, part-animated, showing underground nuclear detonation tests. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. project-dugout-ca-1960

Science in Action: Submarines (ca 1956)

Science in Action episode about submarines and buoyancy. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. science-in-action-submarines-ca-1956

Life Begins (circa 1935)

Emphasizes the need for a better understanding of the laws governing the infant’s mental and physical growth, so that a happier social order can be developed. Similarities, differences, and characteristic ways in which infants react to standardized test situations are shown, as are their everyday life and social reactions to the family group. Discusses the […]

Campus on the March (c 1942)

U.S. colleges and universities retool to assist war effort. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. campus-on-the-march-c-1942

Vision in the Forest (1957)

A family camps in a beautiful forest, and Smokey Bear teaches them to prevent forest fires. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. vision-in-the-forest-1957

More Dangerous Than Dynamite (1941)

Presents an object lesson in fire safety, showing fires starting from the use of an electric iron, a lamp cord under a rug, cigar and cigarette stubs, turning a light out while in the bathtub, burning rubbish in the yard, gas burners, and using gasoline or naphtha for cleaning clothes. We digitized and uploaded this […]

[California State Fair Highlights] 1913

California State Fair highlights. Includes shot of Governor Hiram Johnson. Ends with two “diamond stacker” railroad locomotives colliding head-on. This was a planned stunt. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your […]

[Home Movies: San Francisco] 1940

Mission Dolores, Cliff House, Golden Gate Park Aquarium Golden Gate International Exposition 1940 Mission Dolores graveyard View looking south on Dolores Street from Mission Dolores Golden Gate Park: Steinhart Aquarium, deYoung Museum We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage […]