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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 […]

[Opium Destruction, San Francisco] 1914

1. Government agents burn confiscated opium near new (unfinished) San Francisco City Hall. 2. Agents destroy confiscated Chinese drugs, San Francisco, California. 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. opium-destruction-san-francisco-1914

Once and Forever (1956)

On the importance of specifying long-life cast-iron soil pipes when you build your new home. 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. once-and-forever-1956

[Oakland Oaks Baseball Season Opens] 1918

Baseball season opens in Oakland, California: April 2, 1918 / Oaks vs. San Francisco / warmup / auto parade / CU players / “Doraldina” is pitcher (actually star dancer appearing in vaudeville in Oakland) and “Pop” Anson is catcher Great footage of famous dancer Doraldina dressed in uniform as female pitcher for the Oakland Oaks, […]

[Mount Tamalpais Gravity Railroad] 1917

Mount Tamalpais, Marin County, California: Mt. Tamalpais Gravity Railroad in operation taken from the cars / views of observation tower on top of mountain and views of people riding in open cars and waving to camera. Views of countryside from top of mountain. The scenes are repeated again. We digitized and uploaded this film on […]

More Dangerous Than Dynamite (1941)

Presents an object lesson in fire safety, showing fires starting from the use of an electric iron, a lamp cord under a rug, cigar and cigarette stubs, turning a light out while in the bathtub, burning rubbish in the yard, gas burners, and using gasoline or naphtha for cleaning clothes. We digitized and uploaded this […]

Modes of the Moment (1917)

MODES OF THE MOMENT, an early “footery fashions” film sponsored by the Walk-Over Company. Includes titles. 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. modes-of-the-moment-1917

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 […]

Miracle on the Delaware (1953)

Mid-Fifties slices of life and landscape in Philadelphia and surrounding towns. With excellent color footage of downtown scenes, neighborhoods, the Mummers Parade, Levittown, factories in Camden, New Jersey, and many other subjects that can no longer be seen. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if […]

Man and His Culture (1954)

Shows, in the imaginative form of a ‘REPORT FROM OUTER SPACE,’ how the ways of mankind might appear to visitors from another planet. Considers the things most cultures have in common and the ways they change as they pass from one generation to the next. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. man-and-his-culture-1954-3

Magic in the Air (1955)

Introduces television and explains the workings of early television technology. 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. magic-in-the-air-1955

Machinist and Toolmaker The

Explores the vocations of the machinist and toolmaking trades. 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. machinist-and-toolmaker-the