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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 […]

Film of Endurance A (ca. 1933)

Silent – missing soundtrack. Made for Pennzoil Company about an endurance race on the Bonneville salt flats. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. film-of-endurance-a-ca-1933-2

Farther Faster Safer (1930s) A/B roll

Made for Pennzoil Company to show the evolution of transportation. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. farther-faster-safer-1930s-a-b-roll-3

Einstein Theory of Relativity (1923)

Title: “Time is Relative. It STRETCHES and SHRINKS!” other great titles, some animation Title: “A subject requiring a life-time to master, obviously cannot be demonstrated in a few minutes. This is therefore an attempt to explain only some of its more popular ideas.” Simulation of astronaut being shot into space from a giant cannon animation […]

Discipline: Part 2, Reprimanding (1943)

A U.S. Navy film showing the correct way to reprimand a subordinate. 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. discipline-part-2-reprimanding-1943

Pathe News 1935

Victor by a Whisker. Described by Clem McCarthy. Wrestling match. Winter Grips Nation. Snow scenes from different parts of country. Polar bears at Detroit zoo. Great shot of train in blizzard running into cloud of smoke. City in middle of snowstorm. Men shoveling snow. Roosevelt Call to Youth. Personal message to Boy Scouts of America […]

Natives of Yosemite

Silent film by U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service “Yosemite National Park, gifted by nature with a grove of SEQUOIAS, also offers fine chances to study plant and animal life.” Big trees; sequoia grove Car driving through tree trunk of “Fallen Giant” tree Grizzly Giant descriptive sign Animated labels appear on cross-section of […]

Martin Luther: His Life and Time (1924)

Silent film about Martin Luther. 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. martin-luther-his-life-and-time-1924

Making Friends With Chipmunks

Silent Bray science nature film interacting with chipmunks. 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. making-friends-with-chipmunks

Hog Sense (1953)

Emphasizes the importance of proper sanitation, housing, and feeding for the successful and profitable raising of hogs in the western U.S. Focuses on methods of management and handling for sows and piglets during and after farrowing, including sanitation and safety measures in farrowing houses, correct amounts and types of feed, parasite control, disease prevention, and […]