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Living Pages (ca 1935)

“Housekeeping still remains the most important business in the world.” “Each woman faces it singlehandedly.””She must know clothes, how to buy and how to make them.” “She must face death to bring children into the world.” Her relationship to her husband: “she must stir his ambition; pull him through failure; and keep success from hurting […]
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Long Way Home, The (ca 1956)

1950s documentary in the neorealist style. Film reminiscent of Vittorio De Sica’s Umberto D. Old man is evicted from his apartment, tired and alone, visits the various public services in St. Louis available to him. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions […]
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Look at Capitalism, A (1955)

Defines capitalism and shows that the keystone in American capitalism is the principle of ownership of the means of production and distribution. 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. look-at-capitalism-a-1955
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Look at Communism, A (1955)

This lesson warns its viewers to resist Communism after explaining how it is actively trying to destroy all Capitalist nations, succeeding through the promotion of socialism in Europe. It explains Communism’s concepts of “Dialectical Materialism, Economic Determinism, and Atheism” from the perspective of the threats that they pose to Capitalism. We digitized and uploaded this […]
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Lucky Strike Cigarette Commercial : Square Dance (1948)

Lucky Strike cigarette commercial with stop-motion animation of square-dancing cigarettes. 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. lucky-strike-cigarette-commercial-square-dance-1948
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Machinist and Toolmaker The

Explores the vocations of the machinist and toolmaking trades. 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. machinist-and-toolmaker-the
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Magic in the Air (1955)

Introduces television and explains the workings of early television technology. 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. magic-in-the-air-1955
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Man and His Culture (1954)

Shows, in the imaginative form of a ‘REPORT FROM OUTER SPACE,’ how the ways of mankind might appear to visitors from another planet. Considers the things most cultures have in common and the ways they change as they pass from one generation to the next. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the […]
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Miracle on the Delaware (1953)

Mid-Fifties slices of life and landscape in Philadelphia and surrounding towns. With excellent color footage of downtown scenes, neighborhoods, the Mummers Parade, Levittown, factories in Camden, New Jersey, and many other subjects that can no longer be seen. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if […]
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Miracles From Agriculture (1960)

Presents today’s supermarkets as the showplaces of agriculture. Discusses methods of improvement in the growing, handling, processing, and shipping of food products and the cooperative assistance offered by agricultural and food-processing research centers. Hypothesizes that a nation grows according to the productivity of its agriculture. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the […]
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Modes of the Moment (1917)

MODES OF THE MOMENT, an early “footery fashions” film sponsored by the Walk-Over Company. Includes titles. 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. modes-of-the-moment-1917
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