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Tomorrow Always Comes (1941)

Two little girls fantasize about their clothes and husbands. Wedding takes place. Girl is born. Headline: WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE WINS. Wife sews a dress for a dance. She starts crying: “I guess the style is alright, but the material it’s so thin, dull, lifeless.” Bob offers to buy her one of those imported Paris numbers. Wife […]

Mother Takes a Holiday (1952)

How the all-electric home emancipates women: a drama of how the women in the family manipulate their men to upgrade the laundry facilities. 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. […]

Place to Live, A (1941)

A film about slum clearance and new housing projects in Philadelphia. 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. place-to-live-a-1941

[See America First] 1931

“SEE AMERICA FIRST.” Actress Kay Gordon visits Oakland, California and is welcomed at airport. She then visits various businesses located in Oakland, including: Oakland Tribune newspaper; Cutter Bear; Lake Merritt; Paramount Beauty Salon; Bulwinkle’s Furs (woman models fur coat); American Trust Company (bank interior); Dr. Bullis, chiropractor; Clarence Saunders Stores; Heald’s Business College; Oakland Zoo; […]

Meats With Approval (1946)

Explains the purposes of the federal meat inspection program and how it helps to assure wholesome, clean meat for the consumer. Shows the steps of inspection from live animals through slaughterhouse and cannery, and explains how it is administered and what it means to the consumer in terms of health and safety. We digitized and […]

Crime of Korea, The (1950)

Presents a war correspondent’s reports on Korea after its liberation from Japan in 1945 and after communist destruction of the country and its people in 1950. 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 […]

Fashion Horizons (1940)

Combines airplane trips and fashion. Heavy on the fashion. 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. fashion-horizons-1940

Mainline U.S.A. (1957)

Railroad film with many images with shots of the American landscape. 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. mainline-u-s-a-1957

Wheels of Progress (ca 1927)

Reviews the history of transportation in the U.S. and promotes the economic and social benefits of more and better public roads. 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. wheels-of-progress-ca-1927

Freedom of the American Road (1955)

This new film is designed to act as the starting gun on a new campaign for better roads sponsored by the Ford Motor Company. As introduced in the film by Henry Ford II, the campaign intends to show that, although full credit can be given to governmental traffic experts for their efforts and skill in […]

New Tools for Learning (1951)

“So much must be learned by so many in so little time. This is the question we must address to every aspect of the problem. School buildings; equipment; teacher’s loads; teacher’s salaries; the training of teachers and the tools for learning.” Promotes educational and training films. Includes industrial, military, and scientific leaders extolling the use […]