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Twenty Dollar Miracle

Twenty Dollar Miracle The American woman is the best dressed woman in the world. This is due to Yankee ingenuity, which makes a fashionable, well-made dress to sell for twenty dollars or less. Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded by the A/V Geeks thanks to contributions to […]

Library Story, The 1952

Library Story, The 1952 Describes the regular and special services of the library, pointing out the reference, children’s, art, music, periodical and microfilm sections. Shows the use of the card catalog and other research tools. Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded by the A/V Geeks thanks to […]

A Home for Gary

Urban renewal in New Castle, PA displaces black families. Thankfully manufactured homes are built on an old baseball diamond and Gary is happy again. 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/1114654 a-home-for-gary

Television Serves Its Community (1960)

Television Serves Its Community 1960 Shows how tele­vi­sion pro­grams are pre­pared for trans­mis­sion to the homes of a com­mu­ni­ty. Fol­lows three pro­grams as they are planned, re­hearsed and tele­vised. Shows the use of live cam­eras, film, mag­net­ic tape and re­mote pick-​ups from trucks and he­li­copters. Help us get more films like this online! This film […]

Science Rules The Rouge

Science Rules The Rouge This narrated film takes viewers on a tour of the Ford Motor Company Rouge plant’s testing and inspection laboratories. It shows tests for various automobile parts, including tires, pistons, and crankshafts. It also shows finished vehicles being subjected to climate, noise, and shock tests at the test track and weather tunnel. […]

First Impressions 1943

First Impressions 1943 Demonstrates a step-by-step technique of introducing a new employee to the job, emphasizing the importance of first impressions. 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/1114657 first-impressions-1943

Our Productive Industry (1955)

Our Productive Industry (1955) How mass production and distribution have developed American industry and living standards. 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 our-productive-industry-1955

Music in Motion (1954)

Music in Motion (1954) Combines the story of visible sound in telephone research with performed orchestral music. Tom Shirley, the announcer from the radio program, “The Telephone Hour”, talks about the research being done at Bell Telephone Laboratories to improve telephone service. He explains that these researchers have arranged to attend a rehearsal session of […]

Race For Space (1960)

Race For Space (1960) Analyzes the missile race between the United States and Russia. Contains American and Soviet rocket and space films including the firings of Sputnik I and II and the launching of the Explorer I. Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded by the A/V Geeks […]

Automobiles (1955)

Automobiles (1955) Junior Science Series How an automobile engine works, why gasoline and air is explosive, how the carburetor of an automobile works, and how the auto engine is cooled are explained in terms of experiments that children can do themselves. Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded […]

Jerry Pulls The Strings (1938)

Jerry Pulls The Strings (1938) Advertisement for vacuum-packed canned coffee that was produced primarily for screening at the 1939–40 New York World’s Fair. In the narrative a young puppeteer proves to his prospective father-in-law, a coffee packer, that puppeteering is a viable occupation by using marionettes to tell the story of coffee. The young man […]

Young Men On The Go (1969)

Young Men On The Go (1969) A recruitment films for the social organization, the Order of Demolay. 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 young-men-on-the-go-1969