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Farmer Miller Goes Into High Gear (1920s)

A farmer is convinced that his tractor will do more and better if it rolls on Goodyear tires rather than steel wheels. Includes scenes of tractor tire manufacturing. 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 […]
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Let’s Go Bowling (1955)

Great shots in 1950s bowling alley. Great shots from one end of alley looking down rows of bowlers. Footage of famous professional bowler Marion Ladewig and Ned Day. 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 […]
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Homes for Veterans (1946)

Promotes solutions to post-World War II housing crisis. 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. homes-for-veterans-1946
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Ingenuity in Action (1959)

This informative film made for hot rod fans explains the process involved in preparing and entering a car show, but at times comes across as an ethnographic account of the “nomadic tribe of hotrodders”. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about […]
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Mother Takes a Holiday (1952)

How the all-electric home emancipates women: a drama of how the women in the family manipulate their men to upgrade the laundry facilities. 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. […]
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Tomorrow Always Comes (1941)

Two little girls fantasize about their clothes and husbands. Wedding takes place. Girl is born. Headline: WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE WINS. Wife sews a dress for a dance. She starts crying: “I guess the style is alright, but the material it’s so thin, dull, lifeless.” Bob offers to buy her one of those imported Paris numbers. Wife […]
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Mr. Bell (1947)

Shows Alexander Graham Bell working with his deaf pupils and experimenting with the telephone and the wax cylinder record for the phonograph. His wide interests, which included aeronautics and the National Geographic Society, are also described. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have […]
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Personal Hygiene (ca 1950)

Military training drama showing how the residents of a barracks convince a sloppy soldier to clean up his act. With many folk songs on cleanliness. 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 […]
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Miracle of the Can (ca 1956)

Shows history of can making in the U.S. Excellent footage of mass production and discussion of the growth of agribusiness. 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. miracle-of-the-can-ca-1956
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