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All American Soap Box Derby (1934)

CHILDREN AUTOMOBILES MODELS HOBBIES SOAP BOX DERBY CHEVROLET DAYTON OHIO TEENAGERS ADOLESCENTS BOYS FADS TRANSPORTATION CULTURE 1930S 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. all-american-soap-box-derby-1934
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Something for Nothing (1940)

“With the help of rube goldberg, the picture proves that we can’t get something for nothing. That is, to get power out of an engine, you have to put fuel in. However, modern engines are designed to conserve fuel & deliver full power on every stroke.” We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of […]
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Helping You Sell (1937)

Shows excerpts from dms (direct mass selling) films. Shows auto salesmen, salesrooms, customers. Good media stock shots, including broadway night signs. Shows stunts: car rolling, woman riding on hood of 1937 chevrolet through fire. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about […]
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Financing the American Family (ca. 1935)

FAMILIES HOUSEHOLDS FINANCE ECONOMICS BUDGETS MONEY HOUSES HOMES DAILY LIFE DEPRESSION HISTORY MEN WOMEN 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. financing-the-american-family-ca-1935
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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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Behind the Bright Lights (1935)

Shows how news is flashed on the electric sign, the principle of the motor graph, and how products of modern industry are presented to the public. Sign, made of many bulbs, advertises chevrolet. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the […]
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Communications and Our Town (1947)

SHOWS A VARIETY OF TYPES OF COMMUNICATION, DIVIDED INTO THOSE SEEN & THOSE HEARD. THIS WEB OF COMMUNICATIONS IS EXPLAINED IN TERMS OF ITS SOCIAL EFFECT ASA LINK BETWEEN PEOPLE. A nameless telephone company lineman spends an amazing amount of time explaining “communication” to two young boys. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf […]
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Developing Responsibility (1949)

Frank Harris is a hard-working kid with a paper route that he diligently maintains. He is given a dog, Pal, by Mr. Morgan, one of the customers on his route. For one week with the new dog he must prove to his parents that he can maintain his responsibilities in order to be able to […]
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Revolutionary New Triumph in Tape!, A (1958)

A film demonstrating the advantages of the new tape cartridge, its precision, compact qualities, and cost efficiency, in comparison to albums and tape reels, which recorded music at a quicker rate. animation sequence demonstrating advantage of four track tapes over two track tapes. The A/V Geeks actually have a couple of this format of audio […]
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Letter From Bataan, A (1944)

In the jungles of Bataan, two American soldiers, unable to see enemy planes because of night blindness are hit by a Japanese bomb. Pete is killed outright, Johnny dies on the operating table, his last words, “I’ve got to write a letter.” Johnny’s “letter”- the one he was going to write- reaches home in America […]
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Pathe News Digest (1937, No. 3)

Includes: Russia–Answer to Japan; Stalin reviews fleet and air; Milk-Wooll Rocket — Ice Genius “backfires”; Washington vs. Chicago football; CIO strike — John L. Lewis; War-torn Madrid; Coronation of George VI; Simpsons; Flood in Ohio; Explosion in Texas; Amelia Earhart’s last flight; Hindenburg explodes. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger […]
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[Home Movies: Kansas City to Natchez]

Interesting reel. Shot from moving train: traveling through area with damaged buildings (hurricane?) and very large groups standing around, possibly African Americans. Overexposed. Another shot, more balanced exposure, rural area, storm damage visible Above may be the Tupelo or Gainesville tornadoes of 1936 Static shot, unpainted wooden shacks, unpaved street Another shot, unpainted wooden shacks, […]
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