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Highballing to Victory (1944)

On the Red Ball Express, a truck and air route from the western coast of Europe into the interior, and the importance of conserving rubber for military vehicle tires. 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 […]
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Long Way Home, The (ca 1956)

1950s documentary in the neorealist style. Film reminiscent of Vittorio De Sica’s Umberto D. Old man is evicted from his apartment, tired and alone, visits the various public services in St. Louis available to him. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions […]
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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 […]
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Living Pages (ca 1935)

“Housekeeping still remains the most important business in the world.” “Each woman faces it singlehandedly.””She must know clothes, how to buy and how to make them.” “She must face death to bring children into the world.” Her relationship to her husband: “she must stir his ambition; pull him through failure; and keep success from hurting […]
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Helicopter, The (1953)

Theory, operation and utility of helicopters. 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. helicopter-the-1953
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Kinograms Newsreel (1924)

Washinqton DC – President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge stage a White House reception / Chief Justice Taft and Andrew S. Mellon in attendance. Placerville, California: Inhabitants take a Sunday to start a new Park. Famous runner Paavo Nurmi from Finland arrives in the United States to train for race. Women candidates for Congress meet: Mrs. […]
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[Griffith Park Relief Workers Demonstration] (1933)

Demonstration in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California. Film title indicates: “against city and city officials which caused murder of 100 relief workers in Griffith Park Fire.” Shows crowds, speakers and placards. 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 […]
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[Kay Stinson, Aviator] 1917

San Francisco: Kay Stinson, noted woman aviatrix breaks the speed record from San Diego to San Francisco with an average speed of 66 mph. Reception / award for her work in China / CU / with her plane / various views of her and the plane We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of […]
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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
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Miracles From Agriculture (1960)

Presents today’s supermarkets as the showplaces of agriculture. Discusses methods of improvement in the growing, handling, processing, and shipping of food products and the cooperative assistance offered by agricultural and food-processing research centers. Hypothesizes that a nation grows according to the productivity of its agriculture. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the […]
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