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Chevrolet Leader News Vol 3 No 1

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. CALIFORNIA BATHING BEAUTIES GO FROM SURF TO SNOW. GREAT GIRDERS NOW SPAN GOLDEN GATE. TRAILER AGE BEGINS. LOBSTER LABORATORY: INTIMATE LIFE OF LOBSTER. […]

Riders of the California Surf (1947)

Photographed with the cooperation of the Hermosa Beach Surfing Club. 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. riders-of-the-california-surf-1947

American Handicrafts (1943)

“In our southeastern mountain regions, highly artistic native handicrafts: textiles, pottery, carving, and glass, still survive in forms hardly changed through generations.” 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. american-handicrafts-1943

When Elk Come Down

Silent film shot in and near Yellowstone National Park. Addresses poaching and management of elk populations in the wild. 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. when-elk-come-down

Monkeyland

Silent film. A nature film featuring monkeys. 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. monkeyland

Health Fraud Racket, The (ca. 1960s)

Americans waste over one billion dollars a year on worthless health products and practices. This film exposes the cunning traps and trappings of the fraud, the quack, and the charlatan who prey on all strata of our society. In a series of vignettes, it tells us how to distinguish between legitimate and fraudulent health services […]

Many Wings (1927)

Looks at different birds in their natural habitat. 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. many-wings-1927

Brink of Disaster (1972)

How activism “threatens” American moral, religious and ethical principles. 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. brink-of-disaster-1972

Going to Town (aka The Checkered Flag) (ca. late 1920s)

Animated silent cartoon. Presents early long-distance flights using Pennzoil products. The strobing effect is from the actual film. Some theorize that this film originally used an early color process where the color alternated from frame to frame. This particular print was b&w. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email […]

Atomic Power at Shippingport (ca 1958)

Tour of the first commercial nuclear power plant. 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. atomic-power-at-shippingport-ca-1958

[United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, 1945]

Portraits of the motion picture industry reps at the United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, April 25, 1945. Official Representatives of the Motion Picture Industry serving at the United Nations Security Conference. Claude F. Lee, Howard Dietz, J. Noel Macy, Charles Einfield, Glendon Allvine, Claude Collins. This film of highlights and personalities is […]

Flying the Lindbergh Trail (1937)

Aerial travelogue of South America. 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. flying-the-lindbergh-trail-1937