This short, black and white documentary film offers an uncensored look at the rage in the black community following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Intercut with shots of peoples’ angry denouncements of whites are images of King’s marches, previous assassination attempts and funeral, as well as audio from his speechesâall serving to reaffirm […]
A modified TV commercial for kid’s cereal excerpted from the A/V Geeks video collage piece, “Arguments for the Elimination of Television”. enlarged-to-show-detail
Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling describes how beautiful figures are selected and matched together. Shows how hardwood plywood is made in engineered panels to provide maximum durability and stability to bring the authenticity and beauty of the world’s finest cabinet woods within the budget of the average American family. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for a higher quality […]
Director, Andy Gurian. A comic short on patriotism and protest, with sober undertones. Made by Andy Gurian of the Mosholu – Montefiore Community Center. This film was adopted for digitization by these kind folks: Sharon Schulze, Bill McCormick, Marsha Orgeron, Molly Wheeler, and Heidi Miller. Learn how you can adopt a film here: http://www.avgeeks.com/wp2/adopt-a-film/ License […]
Shows many people living in many different parts of the world and stresses the importance of world law as a means of keeping peace among nations. Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded by the A/V Geeks thanks to contributions to this project: http://www.avgeeks.com/wp2/avgeeks100miles License at http://www.paya.com/videos/287163 all-kinds-of-people-1963
Our first film adoptee, Ohio Power Co. Vet Party 1956. We got this film on Ebay years ago with no explanation about what it is or what they are doing in the film. Thanks to the adopters- Jeff Butterworth, Jim Haverkamp, Dwight Swanson, Marsha Orgeron and Brenda Flora. Visit www.avgeeks.com/wp2/adopt-a-film to help with digitizing other […]
One of the Bell Telephone System’s many films instructing the public on proper use of the telephone. Bobby finds his lost dog with the help of the residents of Telezonia, who teach him how to use directory assistance, party lines, and proper phone manners. NOTE: Adventurein Telezonia was the Bairds’ second film for AT&T. Help […]
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Shows how to use the open-end abacus. Discusses the history of the decimal number system and principles of its use, such as grouping in addition, regrouping in subtraction and comparison of number values. Great UNIVAC footage a Man in veil/shawl counting with rocks, kids using abacus/coins/pointer and wooden discs. Help us get more films like […]
I found this 1/4 in open reel promo tape for the film “The Candy Snatchers” – a dastardly dark film screened by the folks at Cinema Overdrive last year. Think “Fargo” but without the accents and if it was done as a 70s TV detective show.. The promo tape box is appropriately dirty and scummy… […]
Silent promotional footage of a Productimeter in operation and on the assembly line. Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded by the A/V Geeks thanks to contributions to this project: http://www.avgeeks.com/wp2/avgeeks100miles productimeter-footage