The daily trip of one of the huge passenger planes in the English Channel Service. Arrived at the flying field we watch the plane being brought from its hangar and see its folding wings spread and secured in position for flight. Ten passengers enter and take seats in the roomy cabin. Each is allowed fifty […]
Traces the development of the ‘GIVING-OF-THANKS’ tradition in early Virginia. Shows a re-enactment of the first Thanksgiving service, December 4, 1619, on the banks of James River. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. americas-first-thanksgiving
Silent. For advertisers, a report of who reads the Washington Farmer periodical. 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. readership-study-of-the-washington-farmer-continued
Metric America (1973) Uses animation to highlight reasons for the United States upcoming metric conversion. Introduces the meter, liter, kilogram and celsius. Emphasizes prefixes and stresses the decimal nature of the metric system. Points out the benefits of conversion. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. metric-america-1973
We spend a day with Randy Akiona, his family, and classmates. Through Randy’s eyes we see modern Hawaii–its homes, shopping centers, industry, and schools. With Randy, we enter into the everyday life of the Hawaiian people. We, too, live in Hawaii. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks Archives. Email us at […]
Booked For Safekeeping (1960) Demonstrates the proper management of mentally ill persons by members of the large city police department to prepare the mentally ill persons for their subsequent medical treatment. Describes the different types of mentally disturbed people a police officer must deal with, such as the senile, the mentally retarded, and the attempted […]
Demonstrates techniques and devices of film production used to create different effects on the screen. Describes types of camera movement, subject movement and lens choice to produce desired effects. Discusses dissolves, fades and cutouts as methods to show passage of time. Informative unless you get offended by narrator referring to women as ‘girls’. We digitized […]