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[California State Highway 101 Opening] 1929

Opening of California State Highway 101 at San Francisco: 50,000 people attend ceremony; parade of automobiles from San Francisco Civic Center; Mayor James “Sunny Jim” Rolph of San Francisco; Mayor Taylor of San Mateo; county supervisors; Queen Clara Carli; aerial views. opening of the Bayshore Highway We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of […]
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Chevrolet Leader News Vol 1 No 2 (1935)

U.S. Highway 1 connects 25 islands from Florida coast to Key West. Oldest Chevrolet employees hold reunion in Baltimore plant. Jackson, Michigan: Combination bus and railroad car connect small towns with railroad. Promotional newsreel sponsored by General Motors: Construction of highway linking Key West, Florida with mainland; Ceremony awarding large Chevrolet key to several elderly […]
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Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 1, No. 3) 1935

NEWLY DESIGNED TRUCKS IN INDUSTRY & ARMY HAULING BIG GUNS. OLDEST HOUSES IN AMERICA (ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA). NEW YORK JEWELERS DISPLAY MOTORCAR INTERIOR DESIGNS. NEWEST RADIATOR ORNAMENT APPEARS IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Promotional newsreel sponsored by General Motors: Cement mixers at construction site; Truck hauling logs; Oldest house in U.S.; Horse-drawn carriage passing newspaper advertisment […]
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Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 3, No. 3) 1936

PURDUE UNIVERSITY BAND DUSTS OFF WORLD’S LARGEST DRUM. DRIVE-IN BANK. BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE: 12,000 BOXING MATCHES AT ONCE. AERIAL CLOWNS SPEED ALONG HIGHWAY. MONKEYS MIMIC STAGE & SCREEN STARS. 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 […]
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[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 […]
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[Chinese Lion Dance: Marysville, California] 1925

MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA: Chinese Lion Dance: Views of the crowds and stores in Marysville, parade / fireworks / Chinese Ring game / CU dragon as city celebrates Bok Kai Festival 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 […]
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Chinook’s Children (ca. 1940s)

Chinook is a champion sled dog. We follow the lives of her progeny. Shots: sled dogs; outdoor compound; dog houses; feeding; tail wagging; playing in snow; frolicking in New Hampshire; litter of puppies; training dogs to pull sled; racing; snow, people being snowed upon outdoors; winning trophies; We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf […]
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Consuming Women (Women as Consumers) ca. 1967

“Here she is. She is single and fun-loving. She is engaged. She is newly married. And not so newly married. She has no children. She has one child. She has many children. She even has grandchildren. She may be exclusively a homemaker. Or she may hold a part-time job. Or she works in an office […]
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Date With Your Family, A (1950)

Emphasizes the need for greater awareness in the home of respect that all members of the family should have for the others. Shows how family ties are strengthened by practice of simple courtesies. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the […]
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Dating: Do’s and Don’ts (1949)

Shows the progress of the date, from choosing the right girl and asking her through the last “good night.” 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. dating-dos-and-donts-1949
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[Dead Fair] 1940

DEAD FAIR: Treasure Island, in San Francisco Bay, shown after the closure of the World’s Fair (Golden Gate International Exposition) 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. dead-fair-1940
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[Dole Air Race, 1927]

Dole race, 1927. With noted aviators and pilots, including Emory Bronte, Ernie Smith, Hegenberger, Maitland, Arthur Goebel and Lieutenant William Davis, Martin Jensen, Captain Paul Schulter, Major Livingston Irving, Norman Goddard, Kenneth Hawkins, Bennet Friffin, Al Henley, Lieutenant Knope, Miss Mildred Doran and Auggie Pedlar, Gordon Scott and Jack Frost, Captain Bill Erwin and Navigator […]
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