Applauding Brazil for joining the Allies and declaring war against Germany, this film works to show Brazil’s similarities to America. Cutting back and forth between Leni Riefenstahl-esque images of soldiers and the Brazilian crew team (low angles, jagged mountains in the background, half-naked men), it also emphasizes the “cosmopolitan” and “modern” nature of Rio. We […]
US Government film that promotes Brazil’s wartime press as “modern” and “free.” 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. brazil-gets-the-news-1942
Silent. Shows how bread is made from wheat. 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. bread-the-staff-of-life
Shows the process of bread making. Scenes show the harvesting of wheat, the grinding of grain into flour and the steps of baking the bread and other bakery goods. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested […]
( 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 […]
Silent. Shows how wheat is harvested, milled and made into bread. 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. bread-the-staff-of-life-ca-1920s