California Highways: Planning for Progress (1970s)

Great California highway footage. 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. california-highways-planning-for-progress-1970s

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April 1, 2020

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PHX Stock Can BEXBPO

This is silent, raw Kodachrome stock footage from the Coronet educational film company that they would use in their films.

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December 27, 2020

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White Wonder (1958)

Illustrates techniques for extraction of salt from the sea and from land. Tells the historical role of salt and its uses in national defense, industry, agriculture and home. Story of salt, uses of salt in industry and the home. Mining and recovery of salt by evaporation. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of […]

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April 1, 2020

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Second World War: The Allied Victory (1963)

Film reviews key events from early 1944 to the surrender of Japan in 1945. We digitized and uploaded this film from

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December 28, 2020

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Boulder Dam: The Pictorial Record of Man’s Conquest of the Colorado River (1930s)

Early Hoover Dam – views of Boulder City, Government houses, roads, city and dam Colorado. 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. boulder-dam-the-pictorial-record-of-mans-conquest-of-the-colorado-river-1930s-2

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April 1, 2020

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We Used To Call It Printing (1969)

Describes the diversity, style, modern technology, and career opportunities to be found in contemporary graphic communications. We digitized and uploaded this

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January 3, 2021

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Gifts of the Sun (ca 1946)

About food packaging. Del Monte Food Products. sponsored by California Packing Corporation. Story: Gene Walker. Photography: Dave Butler. Recording: Bill Palmer. Narrator: Dr. Sunshine. 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 […]

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April 1, 2020

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AV Geeks Lunch 1-21

Old 16mm educational films can still teach us things. It’s why we collect and show them! Join us! #avgeeks

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January 21, 2021

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Science in Action: Radar Defense Screen (1956)

Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. In this episode, host Earl Herald interviews Brigadeer General James W. Andrew of the U.S. Air Force, about the uses and technology of radar as an air defense tool. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com […]

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April 1, 2020

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How Animals Help Us (1954)

A young boy discovers a stray kitten on his way to visit his grandfather’s farm. He thinks of other aninals

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January 30, 2021

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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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April 1, 2020

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How To Read The Newspapers (2nd Ed, 1970)

Shows students how to locate information in a newspaper, to adjust their reading to their purposes, and to think critically

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February 2, 2021

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