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What to Do in a Gas Attack? (circa 1942)

Explains what war gas is, how it is used by the enemy, and how simple household items, such as bicarbonate of soda and bleaching solution, may be used to prevent casualties. 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 […]

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 […]

Fish from Hell (ca. 1945)

Deep-sea fishing adventure. 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. fish-from-hell-ca-1945

News Magazine of the Screen: Atomic Energy (1950s)

Compilation of 1950s newsreel stories on atomic weapons testing, civil defense and nuclear energy. 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. news-magazine-of-the-screen-atomic-energy-1950s

Look to the Land (1953)

Plea for sustainable land and resource use. 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. look-to-the-land-1953

About Faces (1941)

State of the American people’s teeth during the Great Depression. 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. about-faces-1941

Atomic Alert (Elementary version) 1951

Frightening civil defense procedure film aimed at Cold War-era elementary school students. 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. atomic-alert-elementary-version-1951