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Crawl Stroke

US Coast Guard film about swimming the crawl stroke. BONUS! We rewind the film at the end so everybody is swimming backwards really fast! We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. […]

Day of the killer tornadoes (1978)

Day of the killer tornadoes (1978) Documents the series of tornadoes which struck the South and Midwest in April 1974. Includes extensive footage of the tornadoes which occurred in Xenia and Cincinnati, Ohio and in Louisville, Ky. Shows how warning, advance preparation, and coordination in emergency operating centers helped to save many lives. We digitized […]

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

Prehistoric Times- The World Before Man

Prehistoric Times- The World Before Man We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. prehistoric-times-the-world-before-man

Little Thorn Rose (Part I, 1930s)

Silent puppet animation of the “Sleeping Beauty” fairy tale. The intertitles are in German. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. little-thorn-rose-part-i-1930s

Brasilia – City Of Hope

Brasilia – City Of Hope We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. brasilia-city-of-hope-2

Washington – The Nation’s Capitol (1920s)

Silent film looks at the United States’ Capitol City and its landmarks. 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. washington-the-nations-capitol-1920s

Working And Playing To Health – As We See It (1953)

Set in a state mental institution in central Illinois, this film presents information on, and reenactments of, the delivery of occupational, recreational, and industrial therapies to help patients. The message is that while doctors and nurses are necessary, other kinds of non-medical intervention are needed, too, for those suffering from mental illness. Therapists and staff […]

The Tortoises

Silent. The American box tortoise, the Madagascar tortoise and the Galapagos, the largest species of the tortoise 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. the-tortoises

Ceremonial Pipes (1955)

Explains the symbolism and traditions of the sacred ceremonial pipe in the religion of the North American Plains Indian. Depicts the White Buffalo Maiden bringing the sacred pipe to the altar where the buffalo skull represents Wah-kon-tah, the source of food, clothing, shelter, and protection from evil. Shows specimen pipes from the collection in the […]