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Miracle Of Time (1947)

Promotional film by the Gruen watch company about time and the timepieces they manufacture. We digitized and uploaded this film from the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. miracle-of-time-1947

Crucifix Of Destiny (ca. 1920)

Silent film. Paul Drummond is adopted into a Franciscan Mission in California. Becoming of age, he believes he has a call to the priesthood. While at Theological Seminary, he becomes doubtful of his future and on the advice of his old Confessor he decides to become a physician. His roommate at college cherishes a little […]

Peace Is Our Profession (1968)

Presents the daily life of Officer Bryan — his home, his family, his involvement in different cases and situations. We digitized and uploaded this film 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. peace-is-our-profession-1968

Story Of Asbestos (ca. 1922)

A detailed silent film account of the production and manufacture of this most useful material. Operations are carried on at the Johns-Manville Co. plant. “Magic fibers – yesterday a curiosity, today a necessity – developed by the skill and resources of a great organization” We digitized and uploaded this film from the Prelinger Archive. Email […]

Farewell to Treasure Island (1940)

FAREWELL TO TREASURE ISLAND. Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, California. We digitized and uploaded this film from the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. farewell-to-treasure-island-1940

The Relaxed Wife (1957)

Remarkable, surreal industrial film promoting “Atarax,” a tranquilizer, and asserting how “ataraxic medicines” can help us all to achieve the relaxed state we long for. Created by Coni Johnston, Mel London, Joseph Cole, Bert Spielvogel, Tracy Ward (a pseudonym for Virginia Bell) and by Rune Hagman, Delores Phox, Jeanne Sharp, Dick Brophy, M. Opelle, Herb […]

Road to Better Living, The (1959)

Tribute to the mortgage banking industry and its role in building America’s housing and industrial infrastructure. We digitized and uploaded this film from the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. road-to-better-living-the-1959

Wood For War (ca. 1942)

Forest production and its strategic importance during wartime. In Kodachrome. We digitized and uploaded this film from the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. wood-for-war-ca-1942

Science in Action: Antibiotics (1950)

Televison program about how antibiotics work in the body. Produced by California Academy of Sciences. Executive Producer Benjamin Draper. Director Vern Louden. Program Host Dr. Early S. Herald. We digitized and uploaded this film from the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it […]

Poverty in Rural America (1965)

Shows Americans living in mountain hollows, at the end of rutted dirt roads, and in bypassed communities as they tell about their problems, privations, and hopes. We digitized and uploaded this film from the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your […]

This Is Your Police Department (1951)

Film on Detroit Police officers in two-parts one on the annual Detroit Police Field Day; the other on the hiring and training of cops. Annual outdoor police rally We digitized and uploaded this film from the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it […]

How Textile Mills Are Modernizing (1948)

How electricity can modernize textile mills. Great shots of cotton mills, processing and textile manufacturing; technical narration laced with industry jargon. In Technicolor. We digitized and uploaded this film from the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. how-textile-mills-are-modernizing-1948