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Story of Coal, The

Bray Pictures Corp. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. story-of-coal-the

Drifting Through the Rockies

Cine-Art Productions, Inc. “Chas. J. Belden leads a daring expedition through treacherous rapids, making the first motion pictures even taken of this mighty rent in the Rocky Mountains cut out by the Big Horn River.” Big Horn Canyon, Wyoming CU prospector panning for gold (good) Shooting the rapids Boat overturns in rapids Photographed by Charles […]

Down the Colorado River

Star Safety Film We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. down-the-colorado-river

Growing Things: A Film Lesson in “Nature Study” (1928)

De Vry School Films Inc. How to plant and maintain a small garden.Timelapse cinematography of bean sprouting and growing upward; shoots growing and other plant growth. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it […]

Glass Case, The (1939)

Sound Masters A man witnesses a holdup and the robber tries to shoot him, but the gun misfires. His poor vision, uncorrected by glasses, causes the frameup of an innocent young man. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage […]

Film of Endurance, A (ca. 1933)

Metropolitan Motion Picture Company Pennzoil This film is missing its soundtrack. Film about an endurance race on the Bonneville salt flats. Cars stuck on Utah salt flats. Victory Highway milepost signs in Utah posted by Utah State Auto Club, showing New York 2455 miles, Salduro 9, Grantsville 93, Salt Lake City 135. CU Victory Highway […]

Mad Ohio, The (1937)

“Showing West Virginia and Kentucky flooded by the Ohio River and its tributaries during the great flood of 1937.” “Our first obstacle. The Guyandotte crosses Route 60 at Barboursville, W. Va.” Huntington, W. Va. “Huntington’s business area.” Louisville, Kentucky “The flood does not spare the finest homes.” Much fascinating footage. Three cars driving down railroad […]

Rubber (1929)

Film details the tire making process. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. rubber-1929

Your Career in the Paper Industry (1952)

Discusses job opportunities in the wood pulp and paper industry. Times Square, New York at night; neon advertising signs street scene near Rockefeller Center on Fifth Avenue; pedestrians walking on street shot of crowded Manhattan street shot from high angle (building) Excellent animated sequences throughout. scenes of papermaking; pulpwood processing CU Life Magazine with Jon […]

Right Now! (1960s) a/b roll

Silent A/B roll footage. Produced and directed by Robert Newman. Photographed by Graeme Ferguson. Edited by Robert Farren. Music by Mel Pahl. Sponsored by United Church Board for Homeland Ministries, Committee for Racial Justice Now, Southern Christian Leadership Conference Voter Education Project of the Southern Regional Council. “‘Right Now!’ was made possible by the cooperation […]

Pick Your Tomorrow (1954)

On a young man who is seeking a career and contemplates working at a service station. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. pick-your-tomorrow-1954

Refreshing Look The (1958)

A Jam Handy Organization made sales pitch for Coca-Cola vending machines. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. refreshing-look-the-1958