AV Geeks Lunch 7-13
400!! Really we’ve done this 400 times! Could not of have done this without you! #avgeeks
[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 […]
Liverwort: Alternation Of Generations (1974)
Close-up and time-lapse photography enables us to examine the liverwort, Marchantia, a standard example of alternation of generations. The role
Mailman (1947)
Designed to show primary grade pupils how the United States post office system operates. Follows both a city and a rural mailman on their appointed rounds and explains graphically to children how postmen sort mail and deliver it. Also the great social responsibility of Uncle Sam’s letter carriers. We digitized and uploaded this film on […]
[Cash Register]
Beautiful footage of a cashier at grocery store “ringing up” food items. This is before UPC barcode scanners. We digitized
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 […]
Spring Is An Adventure (1955)
With the coming activities of spring, a young girl observes many changes in human activities and in trees, flowers, birds,
Overs and Outs (ca. 1964)
Industrial film bloopers from the industrial filmmakers, Calvin. 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. overs-and-outs-ca-1964
AV Geeks Lunch 8-19
Everything seems more chill at 24 frames per a second – that’s why 16mm films can be so calming. #avgeeks
Holiday for Bill (1951)
Cliche-ridden rural/urban improbable romance concocted to promote Ford tractors. 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. holiday-for-bill-1951
A/V Geeks Lunch 9-29
It’s National Silent Movie Day! Help us celebrate by watching some silent 16mm! #avgeeks #16mmfilm
All Out for Victory (ca. 1943)
“We know that victory is won only through the sweat of workers and the blood of soldiers. Out there, there isn’t one unimportant soldier, back here there isn’t a single unimportant worker.” Another film about the critical importance of wartime production brought home through stories of individual workers. Refitting of Firestone plants for wartime production. […]