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It’s Wanton Murder

With Lowell Thomas. About wreckless drivers. 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. its-wanton-murder

Inside Information (1941)

EXPLAINS PRINCIPLE OF X-RAY. SHOWS ITS USE IN POLICE WORK, SURGERY, MODERN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, ETC. X-RAY VIEW OF HOW BRAKES ON MODERN MOTORCAR OPERATE. Technical information about x-rays and sound. X-Ray inspection by police of packages (checking for bombs). X-rays are used in an automobile factory to check for manufacturing defects in parts. Cutaway of […]

Industrial Revolution, The (1942)

Describes efforts of primitive man to do work chiefly with his own & animal muscles; compares methods of work from the time of the first steam powered loom to the modern diesel electric powered locomotive. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions […]

Immigration (1946)

Map-Chart technique surveys chronologically and compactly the history of immigration up to the restrictive law of 1924. Economic, political and religious motives of immigrants shown in scene in steamship office abroad. Scene at Ellis Island. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions […]

How to Use the Dial Phone (1927)

Instructional film on use of the dial telephone, produced for showing in the Fresno, California market. 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. how-to-use-the-dial-phone-1927

How to Go Places (1954)

Actress Gale Storm and family take a road trip in their Chevrolet and review the do’s and don’ts of auto traveling. 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. how-to-go-places-1954

How Do You Do? (1946)

Presents the problems of social introductions, designed to help build social poise and self-assurance. 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. how-do-you-do-1946-2

House in the Middle, The (1954)

Illustrates the importance of good housekeeping and heat reflectant value of white paint. Photographed during the atomic blast at the Nevada proving grounds. 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. […]

Home Electrical, The (ca 1915)

Silent. Great old-fashioned silent film with great intertitles. 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. home-electrical-the-ca-1915

[Home Movies: Golden Gate International Exposition] (ca. 1939-40)

Amateur pictures, including aerials and color shot from ground level, of the San Francisco World’s Fair on Treasure Island. 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. home-movies-golden-gate-international-exposition-ca-1939-40-2

Panama by Air (Reel 4) 1914

Panama By Air Reel 4 of the six reel film produced by Ray Duhem in 1914. Rob Fowler was the pilot and Duhem photographed the canal by air from Atlantic to Pacific. This reel covers the area from the Culebra Cut to the point where the plane runs out of gas (the propeller stopping is […]