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[News Magazine of the Screen, January 1951]

Newsreel stories reformatted for classroom use. 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. news-magazine-of-the-screen-january-1951

What Makes A Good Party? (1950)

Shows how to plan a party. Illustrates the skills which enable the guests to have fun together. 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. what-makes-a-good-party-1950

Other Fellow, The

” A RECKLESS DRIVER SEES HIMSELF DRIVING MANY OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD. HE LEARNS FROM THESE EXPERIENCES THAT TO EVERY OTHER DRIVER HE IS ‘THE OTHER FELLOW.’ THE SAFETY LESSON IS TAUGHT THROUGH COMEDY.” We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions […]

Here’s Looking (1939)

“Shows how modern car takes advantage of man’s seeing mechanism, reducing blind spots of structure & giving him flawless glass to see thru. Fish, birds & animals are protected by good seeing mechanisms. Tarsius spectrum shown for first time on film.” We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us […]

[China Clipper] 1935

CHINA CLIPPER (Pan American Airways) flying over Oakland and Alameda (California) and through incomplete towers of San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge and through towers of Golden Gate Bridge; also scenes of Clipper over San Francisco. Aerial shot of a plane flying over San Francisco—we see the city, Alcatraz, and Marin. The plane flies over […]

Rest and Health (1949)

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK STAR BEGINS TO LAG IN HIS RUNNING BECAUSE OF LACK OF SLEEP. HE IS TIRED & GROUCHY. WHEN HE ESTABLISHES GOOD REST HABITS, HE IS REWARDED W/RENEWED ENERGY & SUCCESS. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the […]

Behind the Bright Lights (1935)

Shows how news is flashed on the electric sign, the principle of the motor graph, and how products of modern industry are presented to the public. Sign, made of many bulbs, advertises chevrolet. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the […]

Overs and Outs (ca. 1964)

Industrial film bloopers from the industrial filmmakers, Calvin. 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. overs-and-outs-ca-1964

Holiday for Bill (1951)

Cliche-ridden rural/urban improbable romance concocted to promote Ford tractors. 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. holiday-for-bill-1951

Save the Soil

Silent. The soil is the heritage of all mankind, given in perpetual trust to the children of men…SAVE THE SOIL! many stock shots of famine, decadence, food, agriculture 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 […]

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 […]

Drinking Health (1930s)

Silent film about drinking sanitation. Great ECU of woman’s eyes looking up and down, back and forth, and into camera. Old-fashioned ornate clock hands (white against black background) turning rapidly to signify passage of time Workers drinking water out of common glass Analysis of pathogenic germs on glass Young people at soda fountain where it’s […]