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Frontiers of the Future (A Screen Editorial With Lowell Thomas) 1937

Produced to convince Depression-weary Americans that new frontiers still lay ahead. Excellent compilation of stock shots of 1930s-era manufacturing, research laboratories and industry. 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. […]
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[Home Movies: Wathen Collection: Asia] 1960s

Includes aerials of what may be Thailand or Bali. 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. home-movies-wathen-collection-asia-1960s
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[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 […]
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Conquer by the Clock (1943)

Encourages American wartime workers to “keep their sleeves rolled up.” Describes the volume of industrial and agricultural production that can be accomplished in a single day: enough rifles for a battalion, 1000 acres of corn converted to 30,000 bushels of food.” Calls tired workers, in effect, “saboteurs”. Narration admonishes workers for the death of soldiers […]
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Hidden Harvest (c 1944)

About animal feed. 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-harvest-c-1944
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Seeing America’s Greatest Chinatown: San Francisco (Part II) 1912

Chinatown, San Francisco, California: Captain Lewis was a licensed Chinatown guide; these films represent what was salvaged from a multi-reel film. Chinese newspaper / gambling scene around table / people eating in restaurant / Capt. Lewis explains Chinese vegetables / inside poultry store / lady in traditional Chinese clothing / Captain Lewis and small children […]
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[Home Movies: Budapest and Germany, June 1937]

Budapest skyline, Prague, Dresen on the Rhine River. Images of Germany; Rhine River; German cities; Prague; possibly also images of Hitler Youth or Nazi brownshirts. Color sequence is faded. 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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This Is Your Union

Narrated by David J. McDonald, International President of the United Steel Workers 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. this-is-your-union
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