Bread From Acorns (1933)

( b/w, silent) Guy D. Hasselton’s Travellettes presents… Featuring Maggie nee Tra-Bu-Ce. Photographed by Guy D. Haselton. Copyright MCMXXXIII Passed by The National Board of Review About how Native Americans used acorns to make bread. We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the […]

Class Tree (School Beautiful) (1928)

(silent) A Film Lesson in Citizenship… Produced and Copyrighted MCMXXVIII by F.S. Wythe Pictures Corporation Distributed by Neighborhood Motion Picture Service, Inc. We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. class-tree-school-beautiful-1928

New York – Wonder City (1942)

Silent film that looks at the Big Apple. We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. new-york-wonder-city-1942

High Flight

A poem dedicated to the spirit of flight In memorium to the author John Gillespie McGee, Jr. We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. high-flight

A/V Geeks – Toys!

Live streaming of 16mm films from the A/V Geeks archive. Apologies for some of you hearing the periodic thump sound (which is only with some browsers on YouTube). Tonight’s theme is 16mm films about toys. We’ll see if YouTube kicks us off for copyrighted background music! Multistreaming with https://restream.io/ a-v-geeks-toys-2

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 […]

Handwriting Is Important (1963)

Considers how poor handwriting can cause misunderstandings, poor grades in school work and expensive errors. Demonstrates good handwriting techniques. To help with the A/ , ( ). Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. handwriting-is-important-1963-2

Flight to California (1953)

Fly to sunny California via TWA! We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. flight-to-california-1953

Steel – Man’s Servant (1938)

Vivid description of the steel Industry from the mining of the iron ore to the finished product We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. steel-mans-servant-1938

Skyline New York (1952)

TWA invites us to travel and explore New York! We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. skyline-new-york-1952

Canning The Victory Crop (1943)

Shows by demonstration how fruits and vegetables are canned. Acid foods — designated by a series of close-ups, are canned by the hot water bath method. Tomatoes and pears are used as demonstration subjects. For non-acid foods, such as string beans, the pressure canner is recommended. Various types of glass jars are discussed, and their […]