America’s First Thanksgiving

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

Readership Study Of The Washington Farmer Continued

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)

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

I Live In Hawaii (1960)

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)

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 […]

ABCs Of Film Direction (1967)

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 […]

Danger! Hydrogen Sulfide

Discusses the dangers of H2S and how to help a victim overcome by fumes. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. danger-hydrogen-sulfide

Copper

film that explores the history, properties, and importance of copper in human civilization. Beginning thousands of years ago in the