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All Out for Victory (ca. 1943)

“We know that victory is won only through the sweat of workers and the blood of soldiers. Out there, there isn’t one unimportant soldier, back here there isn’t a single unimportant worker.” Another film about the critical importance of wartime production brought home through stories of individual workers. Refitting of Firestone plants for wartime production. […]

Pathe News 1935

Victor by a Whisker. Described by Clem McCarthy. Wrestling match. Winter Grips Nation. Snow scenes from different parts of country. Polar bears at Detroit zoo. Great shot of train in blizzard running into cloud of smoke. City in middle of snowstorm. Men shoveling snow. Roosevelt Call to Youth. Personal message to Boy Scouts of America […]

Dear Miss Gloria (1946)

Thoma (Paul R.) Productions Inc. Appears to be a pilot episode for a series starring Gloria Swanson. High-angle shots of Manhattan and Central Park. 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 […]

Social Acceptability (1958)

Illustrates the correlation between social acceptability and the successful adjustment and happiness of the average adolescent. Emphasizes the responsibility of adults to provide adolescents with guidance in the social skills. Quite an amazing film that says that regardless of what you do to be popular in school, ultimately, you are judged by how your parent’s […]

Microscope and Its Uses (1949)

Explains the fundamental parts of the microscope used in the typical high school science laboratory, and gives the basic rules for its operation and care. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. microscope-and-its-uses-1949

Bus Driver, The

The work of long-distance bus drivers is dramatized in scenes from the 400-mile trip between New York (NYC) and Pittsburgh via the newly-built Pennsylvania Turnpike; shots of passengers dining at rest areas. Driving hazards, helping passengers, completing duties in the bus terminal. Our bus drivers, drive a Greyhound bus. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. bus-driver-the

History Of Space Travel, Episode 4: Freedom 7

History Of Space Travel, Episode 4: Freedom 7 – NASA Episode 4 of the History of Space Travel series documents the first American manned space mission. Covers the training, preparation, launching, and recovery of astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. for the first Project Mercury sub-orbital flight. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. history-of-space-travel-episode-4-freedom-7

STS-39: Postflight Press Conference

STS-39: Postflight Press Conference – NASA Press conference with the crew of STS-39 describing mission highlights. /V Geeks mission to share these forgotten films unearthed in their archive, ( ). Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. sts-39-postflight-press-conference

Choosing for Happiness [excerpt]

Premarital advice for young women. Points out character traits that are important to look for when evaluating a marriage partner. Stresses the importance of self-analysis, the possibility of making certain changes in oneself and fewer demands on other people, and accepting in a marriage partner those basic attributes which cannot be changed. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for […]