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Ways To Better Conversation (1950)

Ways To Better Conversation (1950) Likens a good conversation to a volleyball game. Considers the requirements of a good conversation-courtesy, contributing, following the subject and careful listening. Explains how conversational skills can be improved. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. ways-to-better-conversation-1950

Hospitals For Disaster

Hospitals For Disaster The film discusses the concept and execution of packaged disaster hospitals in case of atomic attack or natural disaster. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. You can purchase this film on DVD and help support the A/V Geeks effort to share these forgotten works with the world. Visit http://www.avgeeks.com for more details. hospitals-for-disaster

Safety With Animals (1961)

Safety With Animals (1961) Shows how to approach and handle animals, both wild and domestic, with an emphasis on dogs and horses. Surveys the general field of safety around animals pointing out the need for knowledge and skill, the dangers in handling wild animals and how to handle trained animals. A small boy’s reaction to […]

Patterns Of The Wild (1966)

Patterns Of The Wild (1966) Documentary about wildlife in the US National Forests. Good footage of nature and animals, though not quite contemporary-looking. A red fox appears throughout, its life cycle forming the main theme of this lyrical film. The narration is more poetic than factual, with a tone of spiritual reverence. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for […]

Dynamic Posture

Dynamic Posture Narration is dry, but the visuals are repetitively stunning. Presents a study of dynamic posture in action, in motion and in preparation for motion. Demonstrates, using a woman subject, correct and incorrect posture in sitting, walking, running. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. dynamic-posture

It Must Be The Neighbors (1966)

It Must Be The Neighbors (1966) Emphasizes the relationship between good premises sanitation and freedom from mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches and rodents. Shows how refuse handling improvements may play an important part in eradicating the yellow fever mosquito and other disease vectors. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. it-must-be-the-neighbors-1966

Hospital Sepsis – A Communicable Disease (1959)

Hospital Sepsis – A Communicable Disease (1959) Wow! People sneezing in slow-mo etc. Visualizes means by which infection, particularly staphylococcal, is introduced, spread and carried in a hospital, and suggests general principles for control. Establishes the concept that hospital sepsis is a disease and unless care is used it can spread throughout an entire hospital […]

Movies March On

Movies March On All about Hollywood, etc. Great footage of Hays and his commision. Uses film clips to present a history of the movies, from silent pictures to swashbucklers. Includes scenes of Theda Bara, Rudolph Valentino, Mary Pickford, Greta Garbo and Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. movies-march-on

Museums For School Children(1951)

Museums For School Children(1951) Pictures the facilities and explains the educational value of children’s museums in the United States. Shows Richard and a group of children as they visit the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. They watch and operate mechanical displays, handle and pet animals on exhibit, and participate in projects such as movies, doll making, folk […]

Health Is A Victory (1942)

Health Is A Victory (1942) Describes the effects and treatment of gonorrhea. Advises possible victims of the disease to consult qualified physicians for an adequate diagnosis and to avoid self-treatment and the use of “quack” remedies. American Social Hygiene Association. Made by Willard Pictures.; Script, Walter Clarke; photographer, Norman Dyhrenfurth. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. […]

With These Weapons (1939)

With These Weapons (1939) The story of Syphilis and the methods used to detect and fight it. No details about the symptoms though. No mention of penicillin as treatment. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. with-these-weapons-1939