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Highballing to Victory (1944)

On the Red Ball Express, a truck and air route from the western coast of Europe into the interior, and the importance of conserving rubber for military vehicle tires. 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 […]
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[Chinese Lion Dance: Marysville, California] 1925

MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA: Chinese Lion Dance: Views of the crowds and stores in Marysville, parade / fireworks / Chinese Ring game / CU dragon as city celebrates Bok Kai Festival 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 […]
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Mailman (1947)

Designed to show primary grade pupils how the United States post office system operates. Follows both a city and a rural mailman on their appointed rounds and explains graphically to children how postmen sort mail and deliver it. Also the great social responsibility of Uncle Sam’s letter carriers. We digitized and uploaded this film on […]
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Chevrolet Leader News Vol 5 No 2 (1939)

Pumping water in arkansas rice fields. Backyard factory turns out model yacht fittings. Police study street traffic by movies taken from balloon. Florida woman’s fencing champion shows how to keep fit. Baby chicks airshipped from Florida to South America. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com […]
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Man Against the River (1937)

Describes the work of members of the Works Projects Administration in helping refugees of a winter flood of the Ohio River. 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. man-against-the-river-1937
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Great Swindle, The (1948)

Harassed by shortages, Tom Grey votes for the removal of price control after reading propaganda issued by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). When prices rise, he views a Union film, “The Big Squeeze,” which places the blame for high prices on monopoly control of our economy, and points out the advantages of membership in […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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