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Children Must Learn, The (1940)

Educating the children of Appalachia. Director: Willard Van Dyke. Script: Spencer Pollard. Photography: Bob Churchill. Narration: Myron McCormick. Editor: Irving Lerner. Music: Fred Stewart. 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 […]

All American Soap Box Derby (1934)

CHILDREN AUTOMOBILES MODELS HOBBIES SOAP BOX DERBY CHEVROLET DAYTON OHIO TEENAGERS ADOLESCENTS BOYS FADS TRANSPORTATION CULTURE 1930S 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. all-american-soap-box-derby-1934

Moving Along

Informational film about the Bay Area Rapid Transit District. 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. moving-along

Wartime Nutrition (1943)

Shows the wartime work of public welfare agencies in the field of nutrition. 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. wartime-nutrition-1943

Special Delivery (1963)

School bus movie starring Mansfield, Ohio police chief John Butler as the school bus driver. Produced in and around Mansfield, Ohio. How Superior Coach Co. school buses move children safely to and from school. Dramatic film with great creepy closeups. Young boy (Mickey Miller, almost 5) with Indian headdress running behind hedge, taking cover (“Indian” […]

School Libraries in Action (1961)

Line of children (junior-high-age) entering classroom. Librarians in planning meeting, all women. Kids in front of library display board “Books Away!”, showing books attached to little parachutes. Librarian reading aloud to kids Older children making puppets and Viking helmets with horns. Pan over kids listening Some African American kids in all-Black school library — scenes […]

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

Day in America, A (1969)

Presents a day in the life of the United States featuring a cross-section of Americans. Stresses freedom to work, worship, and play. A wonderful pro-American propaganda piece made by the US Air Force during a time when the country was divided by the civil rights movement, a rebellious youth culture and the country’s participation in […]

Baltimore Plan (1952)

Documents a plan in which municipal agencies and citizen groups cooperated in a neighborhood renewal plan to raise housing standards. To help with the A/ , ( ). Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. baltimore-plan-1952

Tippy, Our Town Dog (1951)

Shows Tippy, a Terrier, who runs away and acquires a new master. /V Geeks mission to share these forgotten films unearthed in their archive, ( ). Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. tippy-our-town-dog-1951