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[Panama Canal]

Panama Canal: Ship on the Atlantic Ocean side of the canal / ship coming through the channel / the first (lower) lock seen from the Atlantic side / gates open / views of the canal, train system for hauling ships through / Gatun Bay on the western side / ship completed journey in 10 hours […]

Rabbits (1949)

Illustrates the life and habits of the rabbits, shows how they build their homes, and pictures various species of rabbits. Calls attention to the breeding of rabbits for fur as a large industry. LIFE, HABBITS, HABITATS OF WILD RABBITS: BURROWS, ADAPTIVE FEATURES (EG. LONG EARS), RAISING OF YOUNG. ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF FUR & AS FOOD […]

With This Ring (1954)

100th anniversary presentation of Miller Brewing Co. with dramatized sequences. Hollywood actor Arthur Franz portrayed Miller Brewing Company founder Frederick Miller in a 48-minute commercial film, With This Ring, produced in 1955. The movie, filmed in Hollywood, Milwaukee and Sigmaringen, Germany, followed the story of a fictitious “brewer’s ring” allegedly passed on from generation to […]

[Hidden Valley Land Company Film]

Silent. Hidden Valley Land Company’s Grapefruit Project – comprising 6100 acres, in Arizona 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. hidden-valley-land-company-film

Our Enemy The Japanese (1943)

Stridently anti-Japanese film that attempts to convey an understanding of Japanese life and philosophy so that the U.S. may more readily defeat its enemy. Depicts the Japanese as “primitive, murderous and fanatical.” With many images of 1930s and 1940s Japan, and a portentious and highly negative narration by Joseph C. Grew, former U.S. ambassador to […]

To the Fair (1964)

About the New York World’s Fair. 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. to-the-fair-1964

[News Magazine of the Screen, January 1951]

Newsreel stories reformatted for classroom use. 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. news-magazine-of-the-screen-january-1951

What Makes A Good Party? (1950)

Shows how to plan a party. Illustrates the skills which enable the guests to have fun together. 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. what-makes-a-good-party-1950

Other Fellow, The

” A RECKLESS DRIVER SEES HIMSELF DRIVING MANY OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD. HE LEARNS FROM THESE EXPERIENCES THAT TO EVERY OTHER DRIVER HE IS ‘THE OTHER FELLOW.’ THE SAFETY LESSON IS TAUGHT THROUGH COMEDY.” We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions […]

Here’s Looking (1939)

“Shows how modern car takes advantage of man’s seeing mechanism, reducing blind spots of structure & giving him flawless glass to see thru. Fish, birds & animals are protected by good seeing mechanisms. Tarsius spectrum shown for first time on film.” We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us […]

[China Clipper] 1935

CHINA CLIPPER (Pan American Airways) flying over Oakland and Alameda (California) and through incomplete towers of San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge and through towers of Golden Gate Bridge; also scenes of Clipper over San Francisco. Aerial shot of a plane flying over San Francisco—we see the city, Alcatraz, and Marin. The plane flies over […]