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This late 1940s or early 1950s home movie begins in Sells, Arizona, the capital of the Tohono O'odham Nation and the home of several of their tribal businesses. A pow wow is in progress and tents are set up, and at 1:10 a band plays. At 1:14 meat is cut up for lunch and you will see members of the Tohono O'odham tribe having their meal. At 2:45 the rodeo gets underway with a parade of colors and men on horseback. Tribal dancing is shown at the 6:30 mark. At 7:30 the scene switches to Tucson,...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Dating to about 1986, LEARJET: STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE is a film promoting the corporate aircraft made by Gates Learjet including the Model 55 and Model 35. There is extensive coverage of the company's Wichita and Tucson factories. Focus is given to the company's cutting edge assembly systems, including computer aided drafting and controlled machine tools. At the end the film shows some of the many roles taken on by the Learjet in the 80s, including use for target towing systems, surveillance...
Topics: High Definition, Stock Footage
Topics: High Definition, Stock Footage
Produced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury in support of the 7th War Loan, "Voice of Truth" is a terrific examples of a WWII propaganda film. "Voice of Truth" uses a Tokyo Rose broadcast as its conceit, to remind the audience of the stakes in the war. Tokyo Rose (alternative spelling Tokio Rose) was actually a generic name given by Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II to any of approximately a dozen English-speaking female broadcasters of Japanese...
Topics: Tokyo, World War II, Propaganda Film, Film, Treasury Department, Japan, WWII
Topics: Tokyo, World War II, Propaganda Film, Film, Treasury Department, Japan, WWII
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CRUSADE IN THE PACIFIC TV SHOW EPISODE 3 "Rise of the Japanese Empire" LEAD UP TO PEARL HARBOR 73212
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Created in 1951, "Crusade in the Pacific" was an early television documentary that remains one of the most comprehensive looks at the Pacific Campaign on land, sea and air. In 24 separate 30 minute episodes, "Crusade" journals the War through tons and tons of basically uncensored stock footage, along with the timeless voice of Westbrook Van Voorhis. This episode of Crusade in the Pacific, "Rise of the Japanese Empire" examines Japanese military aggression and...
Topics: WWII, Pacific Campaign, Empire Of Japan, Pearl Harbor, December 7, Isoroku Yamamoto, Crusade In The...
Topics: WWII, Pacific Campaign, Empire Of Japan, Pearl Harbor, December 7, Isoroku Yamamoto, Crusade In The...
This silent German newsreel shows World War I U-boats preparing for war patrols, and departing for combat, and then sinking vessels on the high seas. Some of the rare images in this film include a U-boat stopping a sailing vessel in the Atlantic, forcing the crew to abandon ship and then sinking the enemy vessel. This type of "gallant" warfare would be replaced by less kind methods -- unrestricted submarine warfare. Unrestricted submarine warfare is a type of naval warfare in...
Topics: Newsreel, Periscope Film, Stock Footage, World War, SS Lusitania, Submarine, Royal Navy, German...
Topics: Newsreel, Periscope Film, Stock Footage, World War, SS Lusitania, Submarine, Royal Navy, German...
This astonishing travelogue created by the Ford Motor Company shows a trip across the world made by two intrepid men and their brand new 1958 Ford Fairline, across continental Europe and Asia -- a trip that would be virtually impossible today. The journey was part of the World Highways Expedition of 1957. The film starts in Dearborn, Michigan where two Danny Ames and Phil Remy depart on a trip around the world, through sixteen countries and 15,000 miles of road. It starts with a drive to...
Topics: London, Ford Motor Company, Iran, Road, Afghanistan, Angkor, Ford Fairlane, Hindu Kush, Pakistan,...
Topics: London, Ford Motor Company, Iran, Road, Afghanistan, Angkor, Ford Fairlane, Hindu Kush, Pakistan,...
Featuring Lt. General Albert Watson, this episode of THE BIG PICTURE profiles the Third Army, now known as the United States Army Central, including training at Fort Bennning and Fort Bragg, and intensive efforts in Vietnam to train the South Vietnamese Army as well as a gigantic exercise in Iran known as "Operation Delaware". The Third Army is a military formation of the United States Army, which saw service in World War I and World War II, in the 1991 Gulf War, and in the...
Topics: United States Army, Third Army, Warsaw, Newsreel, Adolf Hitler, Deutsche, 1939, Wehrmacht, Invasion...
Topics: United States Army, Third Army, Warsaw, Newsreel, Adolf Hitler, Deutsche, 1939, Wehrmacht, Invasion...
Dating from 1946, this film shows some of the planning that went into the Operation Crossroads nuclear test series, to ensure that personnel were not exposed to dangerous levels of radiation and radioactive fallout resulting from the bomb explosions. This included the use of drone aircraft to fly through the atomic cloud, and extensively monitoring throughout the target area. Unfortunately the measures taken proved insufficient and in reality, many personnel may have suffered exposure as a...
Topics: Radiation, Operation Crossroads, Radioactivity, Civil Defense, Nuclear Radiation, Hiroshima, Bikini...
Topics: Radiation, Operation Crossroads, Radioactivity, Civil Defense, Nuclear Radiation, Hiroshima, Bikini...
This World War II film celebrates International Harvester's contribution to the war effort, producing vehicles for the Army. The International Harvester Company (abbreviated first IHC and later IH) was a U.S. manufacturer of agricultural machinery, construction equipment, trucks, and household and commercial products. In 1902, J.P. Morgan merged the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and Deering Harvester Company, along with three smaller agricultural equipment firms, to form International...
Topics: International Harvest, World War II, Tractor, Halftrack, WWII, Prime Mover, Agriculture, Farm...
Topics: International Harvest, World War II, Tractor, Halftrack, WWII, Prime Mover, Agriculture, Farm...
This profile of the 40th Helicopter Squadron in Vietnam shows the incredible work of this unit in combat conditions. ALL FOR ONE focuses on the rescue of Capt. Gerald Lawrence on August 20, 1972. It includes interviews with A-1 squadron commander (Sandy), as well as, the forward air controller, excellent live-action footage aboard HH-53s (super jolly greens) of actual rescues, as well as details outlining the specific role of each team member: the pilot, co-pilot, navigator (door gunner)...
Topics: Periscope Film, Stock Footage, United States Air Force, Rescue, Helicopter, HH-53 Helicopter, 40th...
Topics: Periscope Film, Stock Footage, United States Air Force, Rescue, Helicopter, HH-53 Helicopter, 40th...
Made by the Ladish Forging Company in the 1960s, this industrial film shows the company's forging process and the contributions the company made to developing pressure vessels for use on board U.S. missiles and rockets. The die-forged closures with integral outlets, with a body of rolled seamless rings, produced a highly dependable missile body. Ladish remains a leading producer of highly engineered, technically advanced components for the jet engine, aerospace and general industrial...
Topics: Periscope Film, Stock footage
Topics: Periscope Film, Stock footage
Made by the Crown Film Unit in 1949, "The People at Number 19" is a melodramatic STD scare movie reporting on the evils of syphilis. The film was sponsored after reported cases of sexually transmitted disease spike during and after World War II, but as this film testifies, sexual license amongst soldiers on the frontline wasn't the sole cause. Back on the home front, for many women, like Joan from No. 19, loneliness or newfound independence acted as an incentive to extramarital...
Topics: Periscope Film, Stock Footage, United Kingdom, STD, Crown Film Film Unit
Topics: Periscope Film, Stock Footage, United Kingdom, STD, Crown Film Film Unit
These silent home movies were shot by an American serviceman during the Korean War. Scenes include camp life in tents with lots of mud present, calisthenics in underwear (2:30), and more. Around 5:00, there are shots of Korean civilians on the move with all their belongings, possibly as refugees of the war. At the 5:20 mark is footage of a USO Camp Show featuring an unknown female performer (some of this footage is flopped). American tanks are seen at the 6:40 mark, helicopters at the...
Topics: Periscope Film, Stock Footage, Korean War, Home Movies, Film
Topics: Periscope Film, Stock Footage, Korean War, Home Movies, Film
Canada’s National Film Board presents “When Do We Eat,” part of the “Knife and Fork Series” created during World War II. This black-and-white film, made circa 1943, addresses the importance nutrition and its role toward a protective work day. “Old men, back to work after years of Depression,” it is said at mark 02:10 . “Women quickly adjusting themselves to factory noise and heat. Boys, just out of school, taking on overnight the long hours of overnight. But the strain has...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Made by RKO Pathe as part of the WWII industrial incentive effort, "Conquer by the Clock" presents a hectic montage of images of productivity, set to the click of time clocks, the hum of industrial machinery, and the clattering of guns. In wartime America, three 8-hour shifts and 24 hours of work were necessary in munitions plants, shipyards, and other vital factories. In 1943, the film was nominated for an Academy Award. The film shows the activities in a munitions plant at...
Topics: Conquer By The Clock, WWII, Word War II, Industrial Incentive, Stock Footage
Topics: Conquer By The Clock, WWII, Word War II, Industrial Incentive, Stock Footage
In this 1952 U.S. Navy Training Film (MN-7339), viewers get brief look at the work a Navy Commissioned Officer Nurse does in a military hospital. The film follows a nurse, Janet, from being commissioned to her first assignment at a Navy hospital, and ends with her second assignment at the Naval Medical Center San Diego. The film opens with Janet putting on her uniform and packing her room as she prepares to leave for her second assignment. Women take their oaths as they are commissioned as...
Topics: US Navy, Navy Nurse, 1952, San Diego, Stock Footage
Topics: US Navy, Navy Nurse, 1952, San Diego, Stock Footage
"Camouflage", is one of a series of animated movies made by the Walt Disney Co. in support of the U.S. war effort. Between 1942 and 1945, during World War II, Walt Disney was involved in the production of many propaganda films for the US government, some featuring well-known Disney characters including Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. The widespread familiarity of Walt Disney's productions benefited the US government in producing support for the war. In "Camouflage", the...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
This silent high speed film shows a dummy test of the F-84 Thunderjet's ejection seat. The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) proposal for a "day fighter", the F-84 first flew in 1946. Although it entered service in 1947, the Thunderjet was plagued by so many structural and engine problems that a 1948 U.S. Air Force review declared it unable to execute any aspect of its intended...
Topics: Ejection seat, Aircract Ejection, Test Film, Parachute, Fighter Aircraft, Republic Aviation, Film,...
Topics: Ejection seat, Aircract Ejection, Test Film, Parachute, Fighter Aircraft, Republic Aviation, Film,...
Produced in 1958 by the Office of Civil Defense and Mobilization and Norwood Studios, "Civil Defense in Schools" shows how teachers and staff can organize and implement emergency plans in case of an atomic attack. The film begins with images of students conducting an emergency tornado drill and talks about how a new level of preparedness is required in the atomic age. Interestingly, the film shows that much of the burden for implementing an "atomic plan" fell upon local...
Topics: Nuclear Weapon, Civil Defense, Fallout, Fallout Shelter, United States Civil Defense, Atomic Bomb,...
Topics: Nuclear Weapon, Civil Defense, Fallout, Fallout Shelter, United States Civil Defense, Atomic Bomb,...
This silent film is one of the "This Land Of Ours" travelogues produced for educational purposes in the 1940s and 50s. This one profile the state of Arizona starting with a Navajo woman who is shown weaving at :35. At 1:35 the city of Phoenix is seen with commanding views of downtown. The Maricopa Court House is seen at 2:09. At 2:16 what might be Central Avenue is seen with a Walgreens and First National Bank buildings. In the far background radio station KTAR's tower is seen above...
Topics: 1940, Arizona, Phoenix, Tuscon, Grand Conyan, Stock Footage
Topics: 1940, Arizona, Phoenix, Tuscon, Grand Conyan, Stock Footage
This circa 1967 takes its viewer to Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War and examines the use and construction of US air bases during the conflict. We learn starting at mark 01:38 how existing air bases in Vietnam were quickly saturated with personnel and aircrafts as the military increased its presence in the region. The increase led military engineers and civilian contractors to construct two new air bases in South Vietnam by 1965 (mark 02:18 ). We see scenes of new runways and...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
“Space Down to Earth” is a circa 1970 NASA education film that explores how science impacts not only the exploration of space but also life on Earth. The color film begins with “sounds” from space — signals from satellites orbiting Earth — each of which have their own signature, or tone. Such application satellites serve many different functions, we are told, including weather, communications, and Earth resources. Beginning at mark 01:45 , the narrator explains how satellites such...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
The Earth And What It Grows: Northwestern Mexico is a short documentary from 1951 that gives viewers a look at the agriculture of northwestern Mexico (namely, cotton and hemp). The film opens with scenes of the desert landscape of Northwestern Mexico. At a farm in Casas Grandes, a farmer and his wife feed chickens outside their home. The farmer draws water from a well in the house’s courtyard (01:27). The two climb into their old car to head into town. Their son, Carlos, rides his horse....
Topics: Mexico, 1951, Northwest Mexico, Cotton, Hemp, Stock Footage
Topics: Mexico, 1951, Northwest Mexico, Cotton, Hemp, Stock Footage
This rare film shows the design and construction of the Alvin submersible DSV-2, made in conjunction with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. A groundbreaking craft, Alvin was designed as a replacement for bathyscaphes and other less maneuverable oceanographic vehicles. Its more nimble design was made possible in part by the development of syntactic foam, which is buoyant and yet strong enough to serve as a structural material at great depths. The vessel weighs 17 tons. It allows for two...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
De Frenes & Company (an obscure ice cream producer based in Philadelphia) brings insight into the health benefits of ice cream, “America’s favorite dairy food,” in this late 1940s / early 1950s-era color promotional film. The film opens in a school cafeteria as a table of happy children enjoy bowls of vanilla ice cream, knowing that it’s “tops in in taste.” But few people know of what is involved in making ice cream. At mark 01:00 the camera gazes upon a field of grazing cows...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
This 1940s educational color film about Hawaii was produced by Little Features and the Calvin Company. It opens arriving at the pier in Honolulu, where lei vendors sell their colorful wares. The Royal Hawaiian Hotel is shown (:38-:58). At Waikiki Beach, two men carry an outrigger canoe to the water. They race multiple surfboard riders, shown up close balancing on their boards (:59- 2:29 ). Diamond Head looms large over the city ( 2:30 - 2:42 ). A woman hand-sews leis( 2:43 ). Sugarcane is...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Made by filmmaker, sporting goods store and truck company owner Pat Salvino, this film POLAR ADVENTURE shows a big game hunt of a different sort -- a hunt for a polar bear. It likely dates to about 1964. The film follows Salvino from Seattle to Alaska, where he shoots a bear and has its pelt as a trophy. At 3:46 Salvino flies north to Kotzebue, Alaska by the Arctic Ocean. At 4:52 the Alaskan Airlines DC-6 carrying Salvino arrives at the airport. It is February and the temperature is well below...
Topics: Pat Salvinos, Polar Adventure, Bear, DC -6, Sporting Goods, Stock Footage
Topics: Pat Salvinos, Polar Adventure, Bear, DC -6, Sporting Goods, Stock Footage
This 1973 U.S. Army color film MF20-5841 describes itself as providing a historical documentary of the internment, release, and repatriation of enemy prisoners of war, as per the Geneva Convention. January 1973. A bird’s eye view is given of South Vietnam ( 1:08 - 1:35 ). Soldiers capture North Vietnamese and Viet Cong, blindfold, transport, and identify them ( 1:36 - 2:45 ). The prisoners were moved to a brigade collecting point for screening. Shown is the 4th Infantry Division Collecting...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Produced in the 1940s, this U.S. Navy instructional film gives an overview of how a photographic negative works on a chemical level, and how it can be processed successfully. All the steps of the procedure are shown, and a modern photographic darkroom demonstrated. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for...
Topics: Developing, Photographic, Negative, US Navy, Stock Footage
Topics: Developing, Photographic, Negative, US Navy, Stock Footage
Made in the 1960s, "Wings to Germany" celebrates the vibrant nation of West Germany and Pan Am Airlines' jet service to Berlin. The film also includes images of Cologne, Frankfurt, and other cities on a Rhine River cruise. Skiing in the German Alps is also shown at the 8:40 mark, and Munich at the 9:30 mark. The film ends with an extended look at Oktoberfest and the beer halls, parades, carnivals and the music that accompanies this epic celebration. Pan American World Airways, known...
Topics: Pan AM, Pan Am Airlines, Wings, Germany, Jumbo Jets, Stock Footage
Topics: Pan AM, Pan Am Airlines, Wings, Germany, Jumbo Jets, Stock Footage
One of the many films made by Jam Handy for Chevrolet and General Motors, "It's Your Money" shows a customer examining a Chevy panel truck. The 3100 Truck, part of the Advance Design Series, was one of the most popular delivery trucks in its era because of its efficient engine, with a valve and head design, steering-column shifter, and large useable load space. It was sold in a variety of models including pick-ups, panel vans, and double duty models. Chevrolet's first major redesign...
Topics: Chevrolet, Advance Design, 1950s, Panel Truck, Sales Film, Stock Footage
Topics: Chevrolet, Advance Design, 1950s, Panel Truck, Sales Film, Stock Footage
This color promotional film is about the new 1961 RCA Whirpool Refrigerators. There is no copyright at the beginning or end of the film so the date of the production is late 1960 or early 1961 since our host mentions the brand new 1961 refrigerators. A country man named Wynn plays a guitar while a woman dances. He sings a song about a woman going to buy a refrigerator. An RCA Whirlpool is the refrigerator she bought (:09-:57). Our host talks about the brand new 1961 refrigerators (:58-1:29) RCA...
Topics: Musical, 1961, RCA, Whirlpool, Freezer Salesman, Training Film, Stock Footage
Topics: Musical, 1961, RCA, Whirlpool, Freezer Salesman, Training Film, Stock Footage
Romantic Travel films Presents: in association with Franklin Sahu Film Productions, “This is India Series”. “The Taj Mahal”. No. 2 “Around the World in Color Series”. Produced and directed by Peter Franklin. Associate producer, Gyan Chand Jain. Photography Franklin – Newland. Sound recording Arthur G. Taylor. Continuity J. M. E. Davey. Music composed by Shanker Dass Gupta. Narrated by: Ian Newland. This is a 1960s era, color movie that reviews the beautiful Taj Mahal and...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
Hosted by actor Walter Matthau and narrated by Ronald Reagan, this special episode of "The Big Picture" profiles one of the great generals of the 20th Century -- George S. Patton. George Smith Patton, Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a United States Army general, who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean and European Theaters of World War II, but is best known for his leadership of the Third United States Army in France and Germany following...
Topics: The Big Picture, Invasion Of Sicily, U.S. Army, World War 2 Operation Torch, Third Army, Battle of...
Topics: The Big Picture, Invasion Of Sicily, U.S. Army, World War 2 Operation Torch, Third Army, Battle of...
Celebrating the 50th year of the Langley Research Center, this NASA film highlights the many innovations and discoveries made from 1917 through 1967. Langley Research Center (LaRC) is the oldest of NASA's field centers, located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It directly borders Poquoson, Virginia and Langley Air Force Base. LaRC focuses primarily on aeronautical research, though the Apollo lunar lander was flight-tested at the facility and a number of high-profile space missions have been...
Topics: NASA, Apollo program, John F. Kennedy, VTOL, National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics, Langley...
Topics: NASA, Apollo program, John F. Kennedy, VTOL, National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics, Langley...
Produced by the Department of Transportation and the United States Coast Guard, this circa 1972 ‘“Port Safety — Vessel Inspection” training film covers the proper procedure for the captain of the port inspection of vessels carrying dangerous cargo. As the film opens, the viewer is reminded that a system of safe ports is vital to the prosperity of the United States, with the USCG responsible for overseeing that safety and the captain of port ultimately held accountable for proper...
Topics: US Coast Guard, USCG, Training Film, Fire Aboard, Pleasure Boats, Stock Footage
Topics: US Coast Guard, USCG, Training Film, Fire Aboard, Pleasure Boats, Stock Footage
Shows the submarine USS Shark (SSN-591) conducting anti-submarine warfare maneuvers. A nuclear attack submarine, Shark was one of the Skipjack class boats launched in 1960. The film shows the crew conducting sonar searches, and living and working at sea. Also includes footage of the USS Holland (SS-1), the Navy's first submarine, as well as early subs including the S44. Also shown are the USS Gyatt (DD-712) and USS Fremont (PA-44). The film also includes WWI German footage of U-boats.
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
This film presents the Grumman A6-E Intruder; a twinjet all weather attack air craft first produced in 1960 and which had first seen action in the Vietnam War although it’s service continued into the 1990’s. From a Naval Carrier vessel (:19), a carrier strike is to take off for a simulated attack mission at night. The attack and support craft on the vessel are zoomed in on (:27). Pilots are briefed on their upcoming mission below deck (:33) and weather forecasts are reviewed (:40). On the...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
This silent film shows one of the steps in assembling a pilot's flight helmet -- placing layers of fiberglass over a mold of a pilot's head, forming the basis of the helmet structure. It's believed that the film shows APH-6C Dual Visor Pilot Flight Helmet developed by Sierra Engineering Company, Sierra Madre, CA in the mid-to-late 1960s and sold through the late 1970s, Military Spec: MIL-H-22995A. Sierra got its start in the late 1940s and created a famous crash test dummy known as "Sierra...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Created in 1951, "Crusade in the Pacific" was an early television documentary that remains one of the most comprehensive looks at the Pacific Campaign on land, sea and air. In 24 separate 30 minute episodes, "Crusade" journals the War through tons and tons of basically uncensored stock footage, along with the timeless voice of Westbrook Van Voorhis. This episode of Crusade in the Pacific, "Up the Solomons Ladder: Bougainville", looks at the campaign in the Solomon...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
Created in 1951, "Crusade in the Pacific" was an early television documentary that remains one of the most comprehensive looks at the Pacific Campaign on land, sea and air. In 24 separate 30 minute episodes, "Crusade" journals the War through tons and tons of basically uncensored stock footage, along with the timeless voice of Westbrook Van Voorhis. This episode of Crusade in the Pacific, "The Road Back" looks at the difficult New Guinea campaign. The Japanese...
Topics: Television Program, Crusade In The Pacific, New Guinea, World War II, Ninth Calvary Regiment,...
Topics: Television Program, Crusade In The Pacific, New Guinea, World War II, Ninth Calvary Regiment,...
Created in 1951, "Crusade in the Pacific" was an early television documentary that remains one of the most comprehensive looks at the Pacific Campaign on land, sea and air. In 24 separate 30 minute episodes, "Crusade" journals the War through tons and tons of basically uncensored stock footage, along with the timeless voice of Westbrook Van Voorhis. This episode of Crusade in the Pacific, "The U.S. and the Philippines" looks at the relations between the United...
Topics: Corregidor Island, December 7, Bataan Death March, World War II, Pacific Campaign, Philippines
Topics: Corregidor Island, December 7, Bataan Death March, World War II, Pacific Campaign, Philippines
Dating to the 1960s, this Soviet film's title translates as "People from the Sky" and celebrates the art of skydiving. It features two prominent Russians -- including world record holder Valeria Marencheva -- and some fantastic photography of the free fall. The film's lyrical beginning features the female skydiver literally telling the clouds that she loves them! At 2:55 a group of male and female skydivers ascend in a Russian aircraft and then bail out the rear cargo doors at 3:40....
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
This 1945 U.S. Navy black-and-white training film MN 3474d is part of a series of films on primary flight training. This is part 1 of 2 parts (see 59994) by Wilding Picture Productions. A 1940s couple is jostled on a roller coaster, and the “Bomber” and parachute rides are shown. A Packard Clipper and 1930s roadster narrowly avoid a collision. To avoid hitting a train, a car veers through a barn and fence. A progression of vehicles span from the 1900s to the 1940s, including a surrey, a...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
Made in 1948, LETTER FROM AMERICA Film was ostensibly created to celebrate Goodyear Tire and Rubber's Golden Anniversary. The real goal of the film however, was to promote the company's anti-union agenda, and the Cold War ideals of capitalism and economic opportunity.The story begins with a letter, written by an immigrant worker named Karl to his family behind the Iron Curtain, that describes the American way of life and the opportunities pro- vided by his employer, Goodyear. Flashbacks show...
Topics: Goodyear, Tire, Rubber, Cold War, Letter, America, Stock Footage
Topics: Goodyear, Tire, Rubber, Cold War, Letter, America, Stock Footage
Produced in the 1940s for the U.S. Navy, THE BASIC CAMERA provides a brief historical overview of the camera, including the famed camera obscure, before showing modern photographic equipment and techniques. Box cameras, bellows cameras, and other specialized equipment is shown. At the 13 minute mark the film also shows a motion picture camera with a turret, and explains the operation of the shutter. A Graflex camera is seen at the 9:00 mark and following, including a high speed camera at the 10...
Topics: US Navy, Basic Photography, Motion Picture, Cameras, Stock Footage
Topics: US Navy, Basic Photography, Motion Picture, Cameras, Stock Footage
This silent, confidential film from WWII shows tests of various 4.5" B.R. launchers at Camp Pendelton, California on Jan. 19, 1944. It's not entirely clear what the abbreviation "B.R." stood for, but these are clearly multiple artillery rocket launchers similar in some ways to the Russian Katyusha system. According to a website, the type 36 rocket launcher could be easily installed on a Jeep and featured armored plating to protect the driver. This plating can be seen in the...
Topics: WWII, World War II, M-8, 1944, Stock Footage
Topics: WWII, World War II, M-8, 1944, Stock Footage
This black & white educational film is about the rubber made at Firestone Plants. Circa the late 1940s. Title: RUBBER FOR INDUSTRY (:07-:22). Firestone Plant in Fall River, MA. The ship Taurus unloads its rubber and latex. An African map, Liberia. Basic material, liquid latex drips from a tree. A man moves rubber. Factory. Rubbers ar unpacked: neoprene, butyl rubber, nitrile rubber, reclaimed rubber, GRS synthetic rubber. Rubber is cut in the factory (:23-2:35). Factory workers. Rubber is...
Topics: Rubber, Firestone, Firestone Plants, Rubber For Industry, Fall River MA, Stock footage
Topics: Rubber, Firestone, Firestone Plants, Rubber For Industry, Fall River MA, Stock footage
Produced in 1957 and presented by America's Trucking Industry, "Rehearsal for Disaster" shows the important role that motorized transport and in particular the trucking industry, plays in civil defense today, and in the event of an atomic attack. As the film says, "the trucking industry, organized on a nationwide basis, can be a tremendous factor in saving lives and property in the event of any emergency, natural or war-caused." The underlying idea of the film is that truck...
Topics: Disaster, Civil Defense, Nuclear Attack, Cold War, 1957, World War 2, Fallout center, Film, Atomic...
Topics: Disaster, Civil Defense, Nuclear Attack, Cold War, 1957, World War 2, Fallout center, Film, Atomic...
This British Army film, adapted for use by the U.S. Army in 1942, examines the founding of the British Army Bureau of Current Affairs and its activities during the war. The Army Bureau of Current Affairs, or ABCA, was an organization set up by William Emrys Williams to educate and raise morale amongst British servicemen and servicewomen during World War II. Williams insisted - despite some controversy - on the right to education, in particular in current affairs, for servicemen and women, and...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Shot by an unknown serviceman, this historic silent home movie shows a trip to Europe made aboard the battleship USS Missouri BB-63 sometime in the mid to late 1940s or early 1950s. Most likely this journey likely occurred in March of 1946, as Missouri visited Turkey in April of that year. It also could have been shot in 1951, because in the summer of that year she engaged in two midshipman training cruises to northern Europe. The start of the film shows various views of the ship and its...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Produced by the U.S. Navy, this film details the commissioning of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a retired United States Navy aircraft carrier. She was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed "Big E". At 1,123 ft (342 m), she was the longest naval vessel in the world, a record which still stands. Her...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
In this 1956 film by Coronet Instructional Films, INVENTIONS IN AMERICA'S GROWTH, the recollections of Scientific America editor Jonathan Sharpe tell about the Age of Miracles in America. From 1850-1910, innovation and invention shaped American life in dramatic ways. We can follow some of the advances in farming (horse drawn reaper 1:40), see Edison’s phonograph (:14), and the expansion of steel for daily life (street car rails at 2:54 and the high wheeled steel bicycle at 2:40). There are...
Topics: Light Bulb, Phonograph, Telephone, Inventions, America, 1956, Coronet Film. Stock Footage
Topics: Light Bulb, Phonograph, Telephone, Inventions, America, 1956, Coronet Film. Stock Footage
Presented by the U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Forrestal (MN 8087) is a 1956 film that shows the construction of the Forrestal at the shipyards of the Newport News Shipbuilding company, the ship’s christening and commissioning, and its first sea trials. The ship is named after James Forrestal, the first US Secretary of Defense; it is first launched on 11 December 1954 and commissioned on 1 October 1955. It is the first U.S. carrier to be built with an angled flight deck. The film opens with shot of the...
Topics: 1956, US Navy, Aircraft, Carrier, Sea Trials, USS Forrestal, Stock Footage
Topics: 1956, US Navy, Aircraft, Carrier, Sea Trials, USS Forrestal, Stock Footage
This 1970s Coast Guard film entitled ICE (narrated by John Flynn) shows the icy gauntlet of the arctic, the Bering Sea, North Atlantic and Alaska. The film briefly shows the history of USCG exploration in the Arctic including pioneering cutters. In 1912, the Titanic sank after hitting an ice berg, prompting the USCG to carry out an International Ice Patrol. This work is now carried out primarily by aircraft, as the film shows, which bomb ice bergs with dye markers. WWII Coast Guard activity...
Topics: Periscope Film, Stock footage, Coast Guard, USCG Mathew, WAGB-83, Ross Ice Shelf, Antartica, Little...
Topics: Periscope Film, Stock footage, Coast Guard, USCG Mathew, WAGB-83, Ross Ice Shelf, Antartica, Little...
Released in 1940, THE WORLD IN FLAMES is an hour-long American documentary that tells the story of the rise of Fascism, and the beginnings of WWII in Asia and Europe. The film begins with scenes of world-wide depression in 1929 and 1930, and continues with (as NY Times reviewer Bosley Crowther described it): "the inevitability of a prepared scenario through the evidences of unrest in Europe, the growth of totalitarian power, the futile gestures made toward appeasement and the eventual...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
In this U.S. Air Force training film (TF-6164b) from 1968, viewers learn about the ejection, recovery, and landing of the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark Crew Module Escape System, an “escape crew capsule system that allows one or more occupants of an aircraft or spacecraft to escape from the craft while it is subjected to extreme conditions, such as high speed or altitude.” The film opens with a shot of a test F-111 Crew Module taking off and the crew escape capsule parachuting to the...
Topics: General Dynamics, F-111 Aardvark, Module Escape System, Ejection System, Stock Footage, Periscope...
Topics: General Dynamics, F-111 Aardvark, Module Escape System, Ejection System, Stock Footage, Periscope...
True Adventure was one of several traventure programs produced and hosted by Bill Burrud that aired during the 1950s and 1960s. This particular episode looks into life on Guadalcanal almost twenty years after WWII. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD. For more information visit...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
The 1969 film SAGA OF THE SKYRAIDER, produced by the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, recaps the history of the versatile Douglas A-1 Skyraider and the final flight of the versatile attack plane from Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, in April 1968. The film opens with the commemoration of the last Skyraider ( 01:17 ), aka the Pedigree Pulverizer, as it is retired from Navy service. The Skyraider’s story begins in 1944. At the time, the Douglas Dauntless SBD ( 01:55 ) was the Navy’s...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
This silent film shows nearly twenty minutes of the famed Long Count Fight (also known as the Battle Of The Long Count) boxing match. This was actually a rematch between world Heavyweight champion Gene Tunney and former champion Jack Dempsey, held on September 25, 1927, at Soldier Field in Chicago. "Long Count" is applied to the fight because when Tunney was down the count was delayed due to Dempsey's failure to go to and remain in a neutral corner. Whether this "long count"...
Topics: Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, 1927, Boxing, Boxing Match, Stock Footage
Topics: Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, 1927, Boxing, Boxing Match, Stock Footage
This is part of a series of Combat camera dailies from Vietnam in 1967. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
This 1954 U.S. Navy training film MN 9301 highlights safety in aircraft line operations. U.S. Navy planes taxi onto the runway, including Vought F4U Corsairs. Propellers spin, the jet intake whistles, and the jet exhaust is shown on a Grumman F-9F Cougar #127292 (:25-1:20). Gasoline is added from a tanker truck. The front guns are shown. Ammunition and rockets are loaded. A practice bomb is attached (1:21-1:49). F4U #967 and #956 are guided forward, as #512, #513, #516, #968, and #952...
Topics: US Navy, Safety, Aircraft, Line Operations, 1954, Training Film, Stock Footage
Topics: US Navy, Safety, Aircraft, Line Operations, 1954, Training Film, Stock Footage
This silent newsreel was released by Kodak as part of their Kodascope Library in 1927. The contents were shot by veteran journalist Lowell Thomas, who reported from Egypt during WWI and helped Lawrence of Arabia come to international acclaim. At 13:00 a title card proclaims that "Allenby's army, made up of seventeen nationalities, marched from Egypt to Palestine." A view of the Black Watch is shown. At :33, the Australian Camel Corps. is shown. At :56 Gaza is bombarded by artillery...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
This color promotional film is about the Federal Express company. This is circa the mid= to late 1970s. It features some truly campy voice-over and music, but is a terrific document of the early years of one of America's great, innovative companies. Opening: A Federal Express cardboard plane hangs from the ceiling by a string. A real Federal Express jet plane, tail N8FE, takes off down the runway (as it does, the title: "Plane People" floats by) and flies away (:06-1:06). This is a...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
R.A. "Bob" Hoover is one of the greatest pilots of his generation. A decorated WWII pilot and test pilot, Hoover was also the back-up pilot during the testing of the Bell X-1 supersonic aircraft. His real claim to fame however came from his work as a stunt pilot. Flying in air shows around the world wearing his trademark wide-brimmed hat, Hoover made the impossible look easy. In this film, you'll see him perform some of his trademark stunts in a P-51 Mustang. We encourage viewers to...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
This U.S. Navy produced film tells the story of the NC-4 Flying Boats and the epic Transatlantic flight, as well as the unveiling of one of the aircraft NC-4 at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The NC-4 was a Curtiss NC flying boat which was designed by Glenn Curtiss and his team, and manufactured by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. In May 1919, the NC-4 became the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, starting in New York State and making the crossing...
Topics: US Navy, NC-4, Flying Boat, Navy, 1919, Stock Footage
Topics: US Navy, NC-4, Flying Boat, Navy, 1919, Stock Footage
This film is a fragment of a travelogue apparently made by Pan Am Airlines just prior to WWII, "High Road in the Sky". At this time Pan Am offered Clipper Service across the Pacific from San Francisco to Hong Kong, with several stops for refueling along the way. The film begins with footage of passengers taking a break to do some deep sea fishing at Wake Island. At 1:47 , a small boat is used to sail out to a coral garden in the Wake lagoon. At 6:45 , Guam in the Marshall Islands...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Shot by an unknown American military officer in 1931, this silent 16mm home movie shows views of colonial life in the American protectorate in this period. The film begins with shots of what might be the main gate of Fort Santiago or Fort McKinley in Manila at :46. At 1:18 is a view of Manila's harbor with ships plying the waters including merchant ships and a four stack destroyer. At 2:00 is what the Manila Hotel, designed by architect William Parsons around 1915 in a Mission style. At 2:17 ,...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Created by Boeing to promote the new 707 Stratoliner, which at the time had not yet flown commercially, this vintage film shows the airplane's revolutionary cabin design. A mock-up of the cabin (apparently built a bit roomier than the actual aircraft by designer TEAGUE) was unveiled in New York City in 1956. The mock-up appears throughout the film. The cost of the mock-up was about $500,000, and included overhead service units, seatback trays, and target reading lights. The New York Times'...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
In the 1945 Department of the Navy film, DAMAGE CONTROL describes the effect on the metacenter of changes in the value of "G" relationship of metacenter height with range of stability, and initial stability in terms of displacement. At (00:00:50:00) , we see a pontoon stability experiment, and the metacenter’s effect on buoyancy. Vintage footage of American sailors and ships at port can be seen at (00:06:12:00). More vintage footage of ships at sea appears at (00:08:30:00) and...
Topics: WWII, World War II, Damage Center, Training Film, Metacenter, Stability, Stock Footage
Topics: WWII, World War II, Damage Center, Training Film, Metacenter, Stability, Stock Footage
This color educational/promotional film is about the careers offered by the U.S. Army transportation Center in Fort Eustis, VA. Copyright circa the 1970s. Opening: cars, truck, buses, boats, planes. Giant ships in port. Ships on the water. Allegheny Airlines is unloaded. Trucks and subways move. Sign for the Spearhead of Logistics, U.S. Army, Transportation Center, Fort Eustis in Newport News, VA. Title: A CAREER THAT MOVES (:06-1:02). Army trucks are driving and moving items. An army soldier...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
This color educational/training film is about how to make a newspaper layout more appealing. There is no copyright at the beginning or end of the film so the date of the production remains unclear however based on research this is circa the 1970s. Newspaper printing press at work. Writers work in a newsroom (:08-:38). Opening titles: Newspaper Layout, a Copley Production (:39-:52). Any newspaper layout can be improved. How is the following newspaper on the eyes? A newspaper is shown. Another...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
This 1942 War Department training film (No. 11-554) is one of a series of driving and vehicle maintenance training films produced by the Signal Corps during the war. This film shows how to navigate difficult driving conditions and features several variations of the GMC CCKW 2-1/2-ton truck as well as the Dodge ½-ton WC car (the first “Jeep”). The film opens with a several soldiers watching as what appears to be a Dodge ½-ton WC command/reconnaissance car drives through a muddy field, and...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
“Industry On Parade was a television series created by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) from 1950-1960. The series consisted of weekly episodes that highlighted American manufacturing and business. Hundreds of companies and products were documented during the [program’s] decade-long run.” This film is a collection of three episodes from the series (32, 245, 299). In the first episode, viewers see how logs are debarked using a high-pressure water sprayer made by Worthington...
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This historic U.S. Navy film recounts the 1966 SeaLab II effort, involving ten aquanots who lived in a chamber beneath the sea, under seven atmospheres of pressure. The most famous of the aquanots was Scott Carpenter, who was also one of the original seven Project Mercury astronauts. Includes footage of diving bell, SeaLab I, SeaLab II, crew transfer vehicle, trained dolphins, and practice sessions to recover downed aircraft, sunken submarines and atomic bombs and other weapons. SEALAB I, II,...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Silent film showing the start of the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa. This was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi (550 km) away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
This 1970 film from Jam Handy Productions gives viewers a look at the daily operations of The Detroit News, as well as insight to what people think of the paper. The film features many short shots of the various employees of the paper as they work to produce the day’s edition. The film opens with footage of a soap box derby, cars driving onto transport carriers, the Detroit city skyline, factories, and various people moving around the city. A Detroit News truck drives through the city. Papers...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
Made in the 1950s, this U.S. Navy produced documentary is about the history of "lighter than air" flight in the 19th Century. It opens with Thaddeus Lowe, the father of U.S. military aerial reconnaissance. During the Civil War, Lowe staged a balloon ascent near the Smithsonian Institute in Washington (:16) and convinced US leaders of aerial observations’ advantages (:22). Lowe organized a Union Balloon Corps (:51). James Allen (1:51) serving for the Northern Army, first ascended on...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
Shot by an unknown American, this silent home movie footage was shot in and around Shanghai, China in 1946-1948 time period. The person who filmed them appears to have been working for the OMEA, or Officer's Moral Endeavor Association, a sort of non-governmental, YMCA type group operating in post-WWII China. This film shows scenes of life in 1946-1948 Shanghai, Huangpu road, Daming road, Jinling road, Huaiai road and Yan'an. A celebration of opening a local chapter of a Triad, boat people,...
Topics: 1946, Shanghai, China, Home Movie, Whangpoo, Road, Waitan, District, Stock Footage
Topics: 1946, Shanghai, China, Home Movie, Whangpoo, Road, Waitan, District, Stock Footage
In this episode of "Red China" host Chet Huntley traces the consolidation of power by Mao Tse-tung and China’s Communist Party then gives an inside look at the country following the slowing (or collapse) of the “Great Leap Forward” courtesy of footage from Swiss photographer Fernand Gigon. Part 2 focuses on the footage Gigon captured during his 1961 visit and begins with Chet Huntley addressing the camera. Then the episode cuts to a Chinese delegation in Canada walking with...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
This well-made silent film, apparently made by Ken Mershon, shows Jerome, Arizona and the surrounding area as it appeared in the late 1960s or early 1970s when it was still considered a ghost town. Jerome is a town in the Black Hills of Yavapai County in the U.S. state of Arizona. Founded in the late 19th century on Cleopatra Hill overlooking the Verde Valley, it is more than 5,000 feet (1,500 m) above sea level. It is about 100 miles (160 km) north of Phoenix along State Route 89A between...
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition
Dating to the late 1920s, this film from the collection of Jeff Villencia shows the Kreutzer Air Coach, a trimotor airplane built by the Joseph Kreutzer Corp. at Clover Field in Santa Monica, California. The company opened on the verge of the Great Depression and apparently did not survive for long -- operations were suspended in 1931. It was later reorganized as the Air Transport Manufacturing Company in 1935. The Air Coach was the fifth type of trimotor approved in the U.S., the first being...
Topics: 1929, Kreutzer, Trimotor, Airplane, Santa Monica, Clover Field, California, Stock Footage,...
Topics: 1929, Kreutzer, Trimotor, Airplane, Santa Monica, Clover Field, California, Stock Footage,...
This color educational animated film from the John Sutherland studios is about a certain Mr. Finchly who has just gotten a 60 dollar raise and wants to figure out the best way to invest it. The film promotes the idea of investing money in stocks by using the MIP (Monthly Investment Plan) and speaking with a broker who deals with the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange). Copyright is 1956. The film was directed by Carl Urbano, animated by Emery Hawkins, George Cannata and James Parian, and written by...
Topics: 1956, New York, Stock Exchange, Working Dollars, Wall Street, Stock Footage
Topics: 1956, New York, Stock Exchange, Working Dollars, Wall Street, Stock Footage
This 1950’s color film provides a nautical tour of the state of Virginia, highlighting historic architectural landmarks and a diversity of steam, coal, and taker ships as they load and unload various import and export cargoes (TRT 16:54). Opening titles over a seal: “Virginia State Ports Authority” (0:08). An early map of the Americas. Zoom in on what would become Virginia (0:21). Dissolve to historical reenactors in Colonial Williamsburg. The reconstructed Governor’s Palace. Bruton...
Topics: Ports, Virginia, Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Stock Footage
Topics: Ports, Virginia, Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Stock Footage
This documentary "China: Century of Revolution, Part 1 - The Search for National Unity" focuses on Chinese history 1800-1927. It was produced in 1967 by the prolific filmmaker David Wolper. The movie summarizes Chinese history from late Qing, through the foundation of the Republic of China and the ensuing warlord era, strengthening of the Guomindang (KMT), to the beginning of suppression of the Communist party.0:08-0:50 Chinese men performing taichi, followed by a mix of the footage...
Topics: China, Century Of Revolution, Chinese History, 1800s, 1927, Boxer Rebellion, Periscope Film, Stock...
Topics: China, Century Of Revolution, Chinese History, 1800s, 1927, Boxer Rebellion, Periscope Film, Stock...
This is a 1960’s era, black and white film made by the U.S. military to train personnel to operate a AQ2A-1 16mm movie projector, also known as the Joint-Army-Navy Projector or JAN. The film follows an Air Force enlisted personnel as he goes through the process of setting up and breaking down the AQ2A1 model 16mm motion picture projector. The film opens with the man closely examining the components of a motion picture projector. The AQ2A motion picture projector :36. A close-up of the innards...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
To read more about the history documented in this film, visit: https://muncyhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/last-raft-tragedy/ This rare silent film shows the tragic story of "The Last Raft". The story was recently re-told in an excellent documentary film (see link above) by Karen L. Frock of Creekside Creative Media. The Last Raft story begins in 1938 with Pennsylvania brothers R. Dudley and V. Ord Tonkin whose family came to the town of Cherry Tree in 1838. Vince...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt) is a short 1927 silent film directed by Walter Ruttmann and gives viewers a look at an average day of Germany’s capital city during the interwar years. The second half of the film (Reel 2) opens with footage of people going in and out of the train station. A man sells flowers on a street (00:37). People walk down a busy street, and horse-drawn wagons haul goods. A man puts a feeder on his horse (01:23); viewers see horses...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
This color educational film from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is about the construction of a coal burning plant in Paradise, KY. Known as the Paradise Fossil Plant, it operated from 1963 through 2017. The film was copyright in 1964. Opening: Fire, water, they make steam. Title: Tennessee Valley Authority presents "Power From Paradise" (:08-:51). Power lines. A woman plus in a device. A cow is being milked, aerial factory shot. Aerial field. Western Kentucky, the Green River....
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
Shot by a member of a lowrider car club -- possibly called the Pharoahs or the Ambassadors -- in the 1970s, this color home movie shows a ribbon cutting ceremony and a parade of lowrider cars into a parking lot. The occasion isn't completely clear, but possibly this event marked one of the very first lowrider conventions / contests -- likely in a parking lot at a school in East Los Angeles or San Bernardino. The film starts with a ribbon cutting ceremony at a parking lot with what looks like...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
One of Southern California's first motorcycle clubs, The Psychos (also known as Los Psychos) formed in San Bernardino after WWII and quickly developed a reputation for toughness. While The Psychos became known for some of their community activities -- including supporting military veterans and participating in events to promote the preservation of Route 66 -- an offshoot of the club known as Vatos MC has a more notorious history. Shot in the 1970s by a proud member of the club, this silent home...
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This Yesterday’s Newsreel film (episode 48) offers the viewer “television highlights of the news of yesteryear” by providing vintage clips of famous people and events from the first half of the 20th century. The episode begins with a short bio on “Hollywood’s First Lady,” Mary Pickford. Pickford signs the contract creating United Artists Corporation with D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks. There is a short clip from her film Rosita. Pickford climbs into a plane to...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
This 1976 Lionel promotional film presents a lyrical look at model railroading, and includes footage of the Lionel Rocket Launching Pad, the premier "Space Age" accessory that Lionel produced from 1958 until 1960. Lionel is an American toy manufacturer which had been founded in 1900. Their major claim to fame was their high quality toy locomotives and model railway accessories, including animated accessories shown in the film. The film opens with footage of the large toy railroad...
Topics: 1976, Lional Model Trains, Model Trains, Promotional Film, Stock Footage
Topics: 1976, Lional Model Trains, Model Trains, Promotional Film, Stock Footage
This is a color film, produced in 1967 by Bechtel corporation called, "The Fabulous Oil Sands". The film looks at the development of the Athabasca Tar Sands, one of largest petroleum deposits in the world, and its effect on the nearby community of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. The film features photography by William Heick, supplementary photography by Richard Finney and Kenneth R.L. Hill and a Script and Narration by Richard Finney. The movie opens with some heavy excavation...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
This 1954 film from the U.S. Federal Civil Defense Administration stresses the importance of the Civil Defense programs and the need to be prepared for an atomic attack through organization, training and rehearsals, and testing. The film opens with a shot of a hydrogen bomb mushroom cloud billowing in the sky, followed by a shot of a newspaper announcing that Russia has detonated an H-bomb. Viewers see signs of the atomic age and dawn of the Cold War nuclear shelter and air raid rehearsal signs...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
Dailies from the Clark Gable documentary film "Combat America" shot in WWIIThese raw film "dailies" are from the 1943 Clark Gable documentary film "Combat America". Although silent, they provide some interesting insight into the making of one of the iconic propaganda films of WWII. Some of the material seen herein was utilized in the finished movie and some was not… some wonderful material including at 2:30 a wrecked B-17, a tail gun in action at the...
Topics: Clark Gable, World War II, WWII, Raw Footage, Combat America, Stock Footage
Topics: Clark Gable, World War II, WWII, Raw Footage, Combat America, Stock Footage
United States Air Force Training Film. TF 6186. 1968. This color film, produced in 1968 by the US Air Force opens in the jungle. The purpose of the film is to demonstrate how to survive when you’re emergency equipment fails and how to use signaling techniques to save yourself. The film opens with a soldier running down the hill through the brush. He is in danger. Survival – Improvised Emergency Signaling. A soldier is starting a fire with brush in the desert 1:10. A man carries his...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
The Growler Story is a Department of Defense film from 1958. This story highlights one of the most famous individual acts of heroism during WWII. When fatally wounded Commander Gilmore, from the bridge of the USS Growler, gave the final command to "take er down" which is now one of the most famous of Naval Commands for Submarine Commanders. Gilmore became one of the seven World War II submariners to earn the Medal of Honor. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
This color 1960s travelogue film about Hawaii is a United Air Lines Presentation, showcasing its DC-8 airplane. First-class passengers comfortably sit and talk, followed by those in coach (:25-:39). The United DC-8 is shown in flight (:41; 1:39). The stewardess, wearing a flower over her ear, brings meals. First-class gets champagne (:42-1:35). The plane flies by Waikiki Beach (1:49). After landing, hula dancers greet the passengers with leis (2:00-2:25). A Gray Line station wagon cab takes...
Topic: Stock Footage
Topic: Stock Footage
This historic silent film shows the rollout of the very first T-38 Talon at the Northrop Aircraft Factory in Los Angeles, California, probably in 1960. Air Force brass are in attendance including a figure who appears to be General Curtiss LeMay.The aircraft is a two-seat, twin-engined supersonic jet trainer. It was the world's first supersonic trainer and is also the most produced. The T-38 remains in service as of 2015 in air forces throughout the world. The United States Air Force (USAF)...
Topic: Northrop T-38 Talon
Topic: Northrop T-38 Talon
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