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Industry on Parade

Pasadena: “To give us more miles!” -AAA mobile gas economy run; A Message from Industry to You… Quality of Life; Academy for Artists – Correspondence Schools, incl Charles Shultz; Fabricated Fire Wood: Lumbermills utilizing sawdust; A Message from Industry to You…enterprise and new industry jobs; Hospitality Old Style: Colonial Inn on Cape Cod We digitized […]

Making Sense With Sentences

Discusses the use of sentences in written work; and demonstrates the difference between using complete thoughts orally and on paper. This film is from the A/V Geeks archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. making-sense-with-sentences

American Maker (1960)

Relates how Americans build, from youth throughout life, by using their ingenuity not only in technological advancement but in everyday efforts by everyone. 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: Christmas in Vallejo, 1930-1943]

Scenes from 1930, 1936, 1939-40, 1943 One sequence showing familiy visiting Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939 – 1940, focusing primarily on family members Nice upper-middle-class picnic scene Title: “Xmas 1943” over shot of woman reading Vallejo Times-Herald with headling: “3000 Planes Smash France/ Steel Workers Strike at Midnight” We digitized and uploaded this film on […]

[Home Movies: 1927 Home Movies]

CITIES, Washington, D.C., RAILROAD TRAVEL, OCEAN LINER BON VOYAGE. Belmont Park Racetrack, New York, N.Y., first race (Meet of 1927) VS track and spectators; CU’s of people; LS’s track Title card: “Westbury, N.Y.: American Polo Team Defeats British Before 25,000 Fans” Scene looking out window (windshield) at front of automobile (bumpy driving POV); driving on […]

Today — and Yesterday Newsreel (1929)

New York in the pre-jazz era, Fifth Avenue now in the Age of Gasoline!, the long skirt returns – A Duff Gordon Creation c. 1914 vs fashion 15 yrs later, speed boats, 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 […]

Spring Harmony (1935)

A DRAMATIZATION OF THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE FRONT & THE REAR SPRINGS, INCLUDING AN EXPLANATION OF THE VALUE OF KNEE ACTION. 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. spring-harmony-1935

[San Francisco Aerials (color) 1960s-70s]

Aerial beginning near Golden Gate Bridge and traversing city to show downtown and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge 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. san-francisco-aerials-color-1960s-70s

Sacred Elephants of India (1931)

Silent film about elephants in India. 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. sacred-elephants-of-india-1931