Wetlands

Documents research in Michigan and Florida where wetlands are being used for advanced wastewater treatment. Through interviews the financial and environmental advantages of this type of treatment over dry land treatment are revealed. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the […]

[NASA Launch Footage 2]

Footage of steps leading up to a NASA launch. We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. nasa-launch-footage-2

Land Without Bread (1932)

This 27-minute film is the result of Bunuel’s visit to Las Hurdes, a miserably poor section of Spain, where the director’s typically pitiless gaze takes in the starving, the inbred, the sick. It is a catalog of horrors, offered in Bunuel’s uninflected style (including a just-the-facts narrator), which makes the degradation seem all the more […]

In Search Of The Facts – Accident Investigations In Metal And Non-Metal Mining (1976)

Describes how accident investigations are conducted in metal and non- metal mining operations. Uses a front-end loader accident investigation as an example. Shows investigators gathering evidence, collecting facts, interviewing witnesses, checking records and then objectively evaluating the information and making recommendations that will prevent such accidents from recurring We digitized and uploaded this film from […]

Gimmick (1959)

A young ad exec gets to run a small town newspaper and learns how the Bible can help him do the right thing and succeed. Features a lot of character actors. Part of a TV series maybe. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you […]

Crossroads For America (1947)

Anticommunist film produced by an employer-funded group to drive home the Communist threat to labor unions. In the story, “a typical Communist” tricks worker Dave Nelson into leading a strike, but later Nelson sees his error. The film points to faults in America’s free enterprise system, such as high food prices and poor housing, but […]

Circuit Testing: Signal Generators (1951)

Army training film explains the theory and operation of the signal generator, including oscillating circuits, audio-oscillators, radio frequency oscillators and frequency meters. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. circuit-testing-signal-generators-1951

Birthday For Frankie

A dramatic short produced at UNC-Chapel Hill’s TV studio. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. birthday-for-frankie

Better Fishing

Shows what North Carolina, with the nation’s fourth largest water supply, can do to help the state’s fishermen catch more and bigger fish on each trip. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it […]

Engineering, solar energy options (1980)

Clean, renewable, kinder to the environment, solar energy is examined as a present and future source of electrical energy. Technological and economic prospects are examined. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in […]

Seeking and Conserving Mineral Resources (1976)

Profiles how scientists, engineers, and conservationists are devising ways to extend the earth’s mineral resources while conserving its ecosystems. The film shows research successes in: understanding mineral deposition; finding and processing resources on land and seabed; and recycling minerals and conserving the environment. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. […]