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Productivity Key to Plenty (1949)

Productivity Key to Plenty (1949) A compilation of live footage, staged scenes and animation discussing the rise of the U.S. standard of living as it is tied to the rise of productivity–comparison of man hour earnings in 1850 ($ .27) to 1900 ($ .56) to 1949 ($1.40). An argument for the appreciation of “the American […]

[Scenes from Cameron Village, NCSU Brickyard, circa 1964]

Here are some excerpts from the NC Film Board film “Food for the Future (1964)” showing the interior of Balentine’s Cafeteria and Colonial Foods at Cameron Village. Also shots of NC State University’s Harrelson Hall, D H Hill Library and what eventually became the Brickyard. Help us get more films like this online! This film […]

Box, The (1973)

Box, The 1973 Presents a visual and sound experience about a young boy who enjoys playing with a large cardboard box. Explains that the boy imagines that the box becomes a stagecoach rumbling across the prairie, a steam locomotive puffing through the forest, a stunt plane diving and twisting in the sky and finally a […]

New Bern, NC Parade (1960s circa)

New Bern, NC Parade (1960s circa) 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 new-bern-nc-parade-1960s-circa

A Date For Dinner (1959)

A Date For Dinner 1959 Presents typical situations which occur on a dinner date–checking, seating, ordering, table technique, make-up repair, tipping and escort courtesy. 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 a-date-for-dinner-1959

What is Communism? (1963)

Hosted by Herbert A Philbrick, celebrated double-agent for the FBI and author of “I Led 3 Lives”, this film is an excellent record of one of Philbrick’s lectures about the evils of Communism he would give across the country. While some valid points are made about the machinations of the Communist party, films like this […]

Coal Miner

Shows how the modern coal miner works and lives. Narration by coal miners who explain their wants and needs and tell why they enjoy working the mines. The film only superficially discusses mining techniques. Help us get more films like this online! Buy this film on DVD: http://www.avgeeks.com/wp2/store/products/coal-miner-on-dvd/ coal-miner

Science studies hazardous materials problems (1981)

Explains about the hazardous wastes produced by industries. Shows medical researches done about the effects of hazardous wastes on animals and medical examinations done on workers who were exposed to the hazardous materials. Presents what kinds of measurements are taken by industries to prevent contamination and pollution. We digitized and uploaded this film from the […]

Youth Physical Fitness (1963(

Demonstrates the need for a regular physical fitness program in the school classroom; explains how appraisal, identification, daily exercise, and achievement underlie all physical fitness programs, and how any classroom teacher, without special training in physical education, can initiate a program of physical fitness applicable to any classroom with no need for the purchase of […]