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News Magazine of the Screen, The (Vol. 7, Issue 2) 1956

1:21:00 – KEEPING UP WITH THE CANDIDATES – USA EISENHOWER AND NIXON President Dwight Eisenhower strolls garden at Gettysburg, Penna. home, with wife, Mamie Eisenhower…also shown with grandson and granddaughter, David and Barbara Eisenhower / President Eisenhower & VP Richard Nixon, also their wives, Mamie Eisenhower & Pat Nixon, attend political meeting with Republican party […]

Obligations (1950)

Contrasts a disorganized and an organized family, with emphasis on the rights and obligations of each member of the family. Includes problems in the areas of finance, homework and family chores. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. obligations-1950-2

[San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Construction] ca. 1933 – 1936

San Francisco Bay Bridge during construction at various times showing progress of bridge. Oakland and San Francisco, California Great historical footage of the construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 1930s. Workers standing on steel beams, steel beams craned into place. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email […]

[Kay Stinson, Aviator] 1917

San Francisco: Kay Stinson, noted woman aviatrix breaks the speed record from San Diego to San Francisco with an average speed of 66 mph. Reception / award for her work in China / CU / with her plane / various views of her and the plane We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of […]

[Golden Gate Bridge Opening] 1936

Golden Gate Bridge Opening: assorted scenes taken on opening day / cars in line / coming across the bridge / ships of the fleet passing under / airplanes / long shots of the bridge We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about […]

How to Use Classroom Films (1963)

INTRODUCES THE BASIC PRINCIPLES NECESSARY FOR AN EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION OF CLASSROOM FILM, SUCH AS CHOOSING & RESERVING THE FILM, PREVIEWING, PREPARING THE CLASS & INITIATING A FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION. 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 […]

Streamlines (1936)

“STREAMLINES ADD TO THE SAFETY, ECONOMY & COMFORT OF THE MODERN AUTOMOBILE AS WELL AS TO THE BEAUTY.” 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. streamlines-1936

Our Shrinking World (1946)

Shows the development of transportation and communication, and the resultant bringing together of the world. Great footage of technological developments in transportation and communication technology. Great metaphor for early globalization theory in image of the planet shrinking. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you […]

Earthquakes (19540

“This film has been Edited and Narrated as A KENT STATE UNIVERSITY (Kent, Ohio) project under the direction of Ralph H. Hall, Ph.D., Audio Visual Coordinator.” 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 […]

Going to Town (aka The Checkered Flag) (ca. late 1920s)

Animated silent cartoon. Presents early long-distance flights using Pennzoil products. The strobing effect is from the actual film. Some theorize that this film originally used an early color process where the color alternated from frame to frame. This particular print was b&w. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email […]

Teamwork (1960)

About printer’s ink. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of 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. teamwork-1960

Challenging the Desert Wind

A7 & B Roll. Nevada Division of Forestry “A public information film on the Nevada State Tree Nursery program to conserve soil and water through windbreak planting.” Stock shots to be logged. VS trees We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about […]