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[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: Medicus Collection: Manhattan and Picnic]

Amateur Cinema League leader Various CUs of young boys, ages approx. 9-12, one in sailor suit, talking to each other against paper background (this may be some kind of dramatic dialogue) Pans between the boys talking Three children in hats and overcoats explore the area along Manhattan’s (New York) Hudson River shoreline, uptown, on a […]

Progress Parade (1960)

News release reflecting innovations and happenings from the petroleum industry. Includes a sequence on “fishing” for a lost drill bit, soothing an infant with baby oil, how LP gas serves us in the home and on the job, how a “Citadel” service station operator serves his community, and a research program at Louisiana State University […]

Don’t Talk to Strangers

Film for children warning of dangerous strangers (molesters and murderers). Shot in Fresno 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. dont-talk-to-strangers

Miracle of the Can (ca 1956)

Shows history of can making in the U.S. Excellent footage of mass production and discussion of the growth of agribusiness. 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. miracle-of-the-can-ca-1956

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 […]