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[Home Movies: Honeymoon Trip, June 1941]

horseshoes, quoits, outdoor meal with extended family, people lining up with trays for food tourists near glaciers High mountains, waterfalls Bryce Canyon National Park sign Pack trip western park scenes POV through windshield, driving on road with tunnels cut through mountainside Grand Canyon People lounging around Grand Canyon National Park sign People standing by Hermits […]
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Wonderful Jet World of Pan American, The (1959)

Rotating globe shots. Backlighted gulls flying against sky. CU Turtle crawling in sand. Little boy climbing over country fence, looking at wildflower in field Cars driving around airport and airline terminals (late 1950s-early 1960s). Airline workers walking into maintenance facility, checking in. great narration about how it feels to fly as a passenger. We digitized […]
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Wonder World of Chemistry (1936)

Wonder World of Chemistry: A Film Story of Better Things for Better Living, The Title: “Who changes the old and creates the new, serves Progress! This story of progress is the story of the search for ‘Better Things for Better Living — Through Chemistry.'” Great title sequence with clean shot of 8 test tubes pouring […]
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What Happened to Emile (Cooperation & Obedience) (1921)

Emile’s father asks him to imagine a home where everyone did just as he pleases. Children leave messes, mothers don’t make lunch because they don’t feel like it, Emile eats the family’s dinner for lunch; a tramp takes Emile’s food for himself; Emile chases him. Title: “Even in a free country like America, authority is […]
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[Universal Newsreel: Smith Lands Safely] (circa 1935)

title: Universal Newsreel: SCOOP title; Smith Lands Safely, Oakland, Calif. Aircraft VH-USB landing at Oakland airport Kingsford Smith in Altair 8D Special, “Lady Southern Cross” aviator greeted spectators in orderly group behind wooden barricades on tarmac crowd inspecting plane in hangar car leaving (presumably with Kingsford Smith) We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf […]
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[Newsreel: Mystery Plane for Ocean Hop Has Robot Pilot] (1930s)

Early drone technology! title: Universal Newsreel: Oakland, Calif. — Mystery Plane for Ocean Hop Has Robot Pilot robot plane being tested by Army officials ring direction finder atop plane follows broadcast station coordinates airplane with darkened windows taxis and takes off We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archive. Email us […]
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[Newsreel: Collegians Wage Vegetable War] (1930s)

title: Odd Bits in Today’s News: San Francisco, Cal.– Collegians Wage Vegetable War students posing for camera with old and rotten vegetables freshman and sophomores throwing vegetables at one another residential neighborhood (and cemeteries), and sandlots, visible in background narrator: “The Battle of Garbage Hill” We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the […]
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Trees (circa 1920s)

Silent film about forests. Forests World War I combat title: “Civilization stands on the firm foundation of wood” Man and woman reading in front of fireplace, 2 separate chairs framing fire, backs to camera Town by river, highway bridge and railroad, hills in background, steam train moving right to left (good) lumber yard train moving […]
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Treasures for the Making (1951)

Demonstrates the making of jam and jelly by the shortboil (pectin) and long-boil methods. Includes sequences on the use of fresh, frozen, canned and dried fruits and on bottled and canned juices. We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage […]
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