Down the Gasoline Trail (1935)

Producer’s synopsis: “Real photography and cartoon animation tell what happens to a drop of gasoline from the time it is put into the gasoline tank of a Chevrolet to the time it brings to life all the power of the Valve-In-Head engine.” We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email […]

San Francisco by the Golden Gate (1932)

San Francisco scenes: Ferry Building and waterfront piers from air; pan across Ferry Building to San Francisco Bay; aerial of North Beach area; boats at Fisherman’s Wharf; gulls in flight; fishermen repairing nets; cooking crabs at Fisherman’s Wharf; view down California Street; Civic Center from the air; Mission Dolores; LS Bay and city from Twin […]

WPA Film

A U.S. Works Progress Administration film. 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. wpa-film

Who Are the People of America? (1953)

Explains how the United States came to be a diversely populated nation. 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. who-are-the-people-of-america-1953

[Terraplane Newsreel] 1932

Universal Newsreel. Earl C. Anthony, Terraplane automobile dealer, takes pictures of airplane landing atop Terraplane car. 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. terraplane-newsreel-1932

Pearl Harbor (short version) 1942

Contains newsreel footage of German and Japanese atrocities, refugees. 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. pearl-harbor-short-version-1942

What Is Business? (1948)

Gives students a view of business in the world around them. Business sets the scene and provides the props. It produces Mother’s pen, the bread on the breakfast table, and the pop up toaster into which the bread goes. With familiar objects such as these, students are introduced to the production, distribution, and service phases […]

Boy in Court (1940)

Shows in detail the workings of the juvenile court when a boy is brought before it. Begins with the snatching of a car by young delinquents & follows them to the release of one of the boys, after a year’s probation. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us […]

Streamlines (1936)

“STREAMLINES ADD TO THE SAFETY, ECONOMY & COMFORT OF THE MODERN AUTOMOBILE AS WELL AS TO THE BEAUTY.” 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. streamlines-1936

Safe Roads (1935)

The driving of an automobile is compared with running a train on the railroad. The driver is an engineer on whose observance of the rules of driving and the courtesies of the road the passengers depend for safety. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if […]