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Ever Since Eden (1942)

Ever Since Eden (1942) A history of the tomato. Begins with the discovery of the plant by Cortes when he conquered Montezuma. 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 ever-since-eden-1942

Mahatma Gandhi (1955)

Mahatma Gandhi (1955) Documents Mahatma Gandhi’s life and shows his achievements. Presents scenes of his preaching non-violence, demonstrations following Gandhi’s arrest, Gandhi’s representation of India at the London conference and Gandhi’s funeral. Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded by the A/V Geeks thanks to contributions to this […]

Our Post Office (1956)

Our Post Office (1956) A view of the postal system. Shows how the mail is handled in a modern suburban post office, how money orders and stamps are sold, and how mail is transported to railroad stations and airports, where it is sorted and loaded for delivery to post offices all over country. Help us […]

Earth Satellites – Explorers Of Outer Space (1958)

Earth Satellites : Explorers Of Outer Space 1958 Illustrates the basic principles of space exploration with earth satellites and discusses the present and future uses of such exploration. Live photography and animated drawings show the launching and orbiting of the explorer and vanguard satellites, the structure of the atmosphere, the physical laws governing orbiting satellites […]

Pirro And The Blackboard

Pirro And The Blackboard Pirro the puppet learns to draw on the blackboard and is fascinated by the mystery of erasing. 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 pirro-and-the-blackboard

For Years To Come (1944)

For Years To Come (1944) Shows the work of a farmer and his family during a year in which they changed over from straight-row farming to modern conservation methods such as contour farming. Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded by the A/V Geeks thanks to contributions to […]

Blues Maker (1969)

Shows Mississippi blues singer Fred McDowell singing and talking about his blues. Includes scenes of the area which helped shape his music. 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 blues-maker-1969

Aquarium Wonderland (1955)

Aquarium Wonderland 1955 A boy of intermediate grade age sets up a home aquarium and observes how fish breathe, hear, feel, smell and swim. Close-ups, microscopic photography and animation are used. The interdependence of plants and animals is pointed out. Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded by […]

GE Best Buy Speech

[GE Best Buy Speech] Made for GE employees. Looks to be a speech about the new GE sales logo but it talks about troubled times – inflation, unemployment, etc. 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 ge-best-buy-speech

Ohio Power Co Vets Party 1956

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 […]

Post-processing a home movie transfer

Experimenting with post-processing software with a home movie we transferred that was very dirty (even after cleaning). The scenes were stabilized, dirt and scratches removed and sharpened slightly. Still a work in progress post-processing-a-home-movie-transfer