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New England: Yesterday and Today (ca 1938)

A travelogue of New England in the late 1930s. 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. new-england-yesterday-and-today-ca-1938

Janet and the Genie (1967)

Follows a field trip of a high school home economics student through meat packing, poultry processing, apple packing, egg grading and dairy plants. Includes shopping tips from the Consumer and Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you […]

NAHB 1963 Experimental House, The

National Association of Home Builders present an experimental house. 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. nahb-1963-experimental-house-the

Message to No One (1959)

Family issues around listening and paying attention translate to fathers work. Sponsored by Champion Paper and Fibre Company 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. message-to-no-one-1959

Emergency School Bus Evacuation (1976)

Teaches youngsters basic understanding of all procedures for evacuating a school bus under emergency conditions. Shot in Carlsbad, California, there are some nice shots of kids (all ages) jumping out of the back of school buses in a stiff, orderly fashion. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us […]

White Wonder (1958)

Illustrates techniques for extraction of salt from the sea and from land. Tells the historical role of salt and its uses in national defense, industry, agriculture and home. Story of salt, uses of salt in industry and the home. Mining and recovery of salt by evaporation. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of […]

To Greater Vision (1944)

Shows the manufacture of glass for optical instruments and eyewear used in industry and war. Explains how eyes are treated and faulty vision is corrected. 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 […]

Rain for the Earth (1937)

Contents. Social and economic wastes resulting from continued drought in the midwestern dust bowl and efforts of the federal government in attempting to remedy such conditions. 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 […]

Rabbits (1949)

Illustrates the life and habits of the rabbits, shows how they build their homes, and pictures various species of rabbits. Calls attention to the breeding of rabbits for fur as a large industry. LIFE, HABBITS, HABITATS OF WILD RABBITS: BURROWS, ADAPTIVE FEATURES (EG. LONG EARS), RAISING OF YOUNG. ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF FUR & AS FOOD […]

X Marks the Spot (1944)

Prologue delivered by Commissioner Arthur W. Magee. Careless & inconsiderate drivers cause accidents & deaths during war time. New Jersey driver Joe is killed at an intersection in a residential area. His guardian angel man (looks like gangster) takes him before the judge where examples of every type of driving mistake is made by the […]

Robbers Under Water (1950)

LIFE STORY OF PIKE. MICROSCOPIC & TIME-LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW ITS DEVELOPMENTS FROM EGG TO MATURITY. CANNIBALISTIC FEATURES OF FISH ARE PORTRAYED IN ITS FEEDING ON STICKLEFISH, CRAYFISH, HERON & DRAGON FLY NYMPHS. From the John Kieran’s Kaleidoscope series. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if […]