Ephemeral Films

Shakespeare's Theater: The Globe Playhouse

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Oct 8, 2015 10/15

by 01 Ṣāliḥ, Fakhrī; 01 صالح، فخري

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Shakespeare's Theater: The Globe Playhouse A dramatized incident is used to show how leadership arises in a group, what is involved in the concept of leadership, and how group membership and leadership are related.
Topic: Arabic literature

Orgone Archive

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Somewhere In Europe Immigration Part 1 1921

Nov 21, 2021 11/21

by 1921

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We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm Archive Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project
Topic: orgone archive

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Reading With Your Kids

Jul 1, 2013 07/13

by 22 Films

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Boston Public Schools' home reading program.
Topics: vhs, children, reading
Source: VHS Panasonic AG-1980>Panasonic DMR-E30>CDR via OSX

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Learn To Spell

May 8, 2013 05/13

by 3-G Home Educational Series

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"...brings children a classroom-like video interactive program that updates the time tested 3x5 card learning method of repetition of basic spelling words....includes the latest in computer graphics that entertain, and teach kids, on their own T.V., the fundamentals of how to spell the most commonly used words at school...."
Topics: vhs, Educational, Fun, Grades 2-6
Source: VHS Panasonic AG-1980>Panasonic DMR-E30>CDR via OSX

Queen Elizabeth Biography

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Jul 1, 2013 07/13

by A & E Television Networks

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Rare footage, new research, and exclusive interviews bring the story of Queen Elizabeth to life.-- description from box.
Topics: vhs, Queen Elizabeth, biography
Source: VHS Panasonic AG-1980>Panasonic DMR-E30>CDR via OSX

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Biography Bob Marley

Jul 16, 2013 07/13

by A&E Home Video

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"...Biography profiles the most important people of our century...Rare footage, new research, and exclusive interviews..."
( 1 reviews )
Topics: vhs, Bob Marley, music history, Harry Smith, Peter Graves, Jack Perkins
Source: VHS Panasonic AG-1980>Panasonic DMR-E30>CDR via OSX

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Ink'd

Aug 2, 2013 08/13

by A&E Television Networks

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Reality show about the grand opening of Hart and Huntington Tattoo Company at the Palms.
Topics: vhs, tattoo artists, Palms Grand Opening, Hart and Huntington Tattoo Company
Source: VHS Panasonic AG-1980>Panasonic DMR-E30>CDR via OSX

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Santiago's Ark

Aug 20, 2015 08/15

by A.C.W. Productions; American Broadcasting Company

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A young Puerto Rican boy builds a boat on the roof of his tenement. His imagination and dauntless ambition bring unity to his neighborhood. For elementary grades
Topics: Children's films, Puerto Ricans, City and town life

Visual Perception In Driving - Part 1: Eye Habits

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Feb 21, 2013 02/13

by AAA

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Demonstrates how experienced and inexperienced drivers use their eyes in scanning and searching the road ahead. Suggestions are presented on how to improve your visual habits when driving.
( 1 reviews )

Visual Perception In Driving - Part 2: Identification

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Feb 21, 2013 02/13

by AAA

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Demonstrates that visual perception in driving is more than just seeing. Illustration is shown on how we use past experiences to interpret what we see and how we react. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the film can be purchased for stock footage purposes. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information
( 1 reviews )

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Downsizing Your Driving

Jan 5, 2015 01/15

by AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

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Addresses the advantages and limitations of small cars and points out special adjustments in driving habits which are required to more safely utilize these vehicles. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the film can be purchased for stock footage purposes. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information
( 1 reviews )
Topics: driver safety, compact cars

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Final Factor (Rev)

Feb 14, 2013 02/13

by AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

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We see how many factors can contribute to an accident. Lots of great 80s cars and fashions. Excellent china girl at end of film This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the film can be purchased for stock footage purposes. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information
( 1 reviews )

AB Lounge featuring Rosalie Brown

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Oct 30, 2013 10/13

by AB Lounge

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Rosalie Brown does a variety of exercises utilizing the AB Lounger.
Topics: vhs Workout Video, Demonstration
Source: VHS Panasonic AG-1980>Panasonic DMR-E30>CDR via OSX

Ephemeral Films

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The Internet - a step by step guide on video

Aug 12, 2013 08/13

by ABC

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Topics: Internet, VHS

Infinite horizons, space beyond Apollo.

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May 11, 2015 05/15

by ABC News

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Title from data sheet A documentary which celebrates the 10th anniversary of America's landing on the Moon and probes 30 to 100 years into the future of man in space
Topics: 16mm Film, Educational Film, Project Apollo (U.S.), Exploration of outer space

Food: Green Grow the Profits

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Aug 15, 2016 08/16

by ABC News

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CREDITS: Producer, writer, James Benjamin; director, Al Niggemeyer
Topics: Consumer education, Business, Food industry and trade, Industries, Agriculture

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Women in Prison

Feb 26, 2016 02/16

by ABC News; Carousel Films

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Examines the condition of women in prisons. Shows how women are often treated brutally in prison and explores plans which put women offenders under community surveillance rather than behind bars
( 2 reviews )
Topic: Women prisoners

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Women in Prison

Sep 16, 2016 09/16

by ABC News; Carousel Films

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Focus on the '50s

Jun 5, 2017 06/17

by ABC Video Enterprises; ABC Wide World of Learning (Firm)

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Title from data sheet
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Nineteen fifties

Water: A Clear and Present Danger

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Jul 28, 2016 07/16

by ABC Video Enterprises; MTI Teleprograms Inc

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Title from data sheet
Topics: Groundwater, Environmental health, Eau souterraine, Hygiène du milieu

Journey Into Life The Triumph Of Creation

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Jul 23, 2013 07/13

by ABC/Kane Productions International, Inc. and Genesis Films, Ltd.

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"powerfully moving film captures...from the moment of conception...the remarkable journey that ends with the magic of birth"
Topics: vhs, embryologist Derek Bromhall, womb, pregnancy, embryo stages, documentary, Academy Award...
Source: VHS Panasonic AG-1980>Panasonic DMR-E30>CDR via OSX

Tough! AC-Delco 1973 Campaign

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May 25, 2015 05/15

by AC-Delco

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An internal film for distributors and buyers of AC Delco products. Starts as a Laugh In knockoff, ends in a bizarre skit featuring Alex Karras. Wow!
( 4 reviews )
Topics: internal sales, spark plugs

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Stitchery

Feb 13, 2015 02/15

by ACI Films, inc

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With teacher's guide Producer, Stellos Roccos; design, Karen Laurence Summary Surveys Chinese art from prehistoric to modern times, showing the influence of Europe, India and central Asia on Chinese culture, as well as China's influence on the outside world.
Topics: 16mm Film, Educational Film, Needlework, Appliqué, Canvas embroidery, European history...
Source: Lasergraphics ScanStation

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Safety as We Play

Sep 15, 2016 09/16

by ACI Films, inc

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Demonstrates safety rules for pedestrians, bicyclists, and ball players. For primary grades
Topics: Recreation, Safety

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Weaving (Motion picture)

Feb 20, 2015 02/15

by ACI Films, inc. [from old catalog]

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Illustrates the basic principle of weaving threads into cloth, and shows how very simple looms may be used creatively to produce a wide variety of effects. Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film
Topics: 16mm Film, Educational Film, Weaving, French language, Children's art activities, Spanish language,...
Source: Lasergraphics ScanStation

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Art of Islam

Sep 19, 2016 09/16

by ACI Media

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Surveys centuries of Arabian art and crafts traditionally influenced by the Islamic religion, specifically by the Koran and its decorative script . Though much craft work is now produced for tourists, Egyptian wood panels, Persian rugs, and bronze and gold metalwork are preserved in the Cairo Museum
Topic: Islamic art

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Watercolor

Feb 14, 2015 02/15

by ACI Productions

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With teacher's guide Illustrates the unique characteristics of watercolor as a painting medium and the many ways in which it may be used from simple pan colors to a wide palette of tube colors. Emphasizes the importance of personal vision in the development of an individual style Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Presents the wide rang. of technical and expressive possibilities inherent in watercolor painting. Shows the use of the...
Topics: 16mm Film, Educational Film, Watercolor painting, Paintings, Children's art activities, French...
Source: Lasergraphics ScanStation

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Collage.

Feb 20, 2015 02/15

by ACI Productions

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With guide Director and cameraman, Stellos Roccos; art director, Herbert Paston Summary Presents the work of John Sennhauser, an artist and craftsman who is now dedicated to interpreting Dante's Divine Comedy t./ia methe medium of the collage. Shows the technique for making a collage.
Topics: 16mm Film, Educational Film, Collage, Handicrafts, Collage (Visual arts)
Source: Lasergraphics ScanStation

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Puppets

Feb 13, 2015 02/15

by ACI Productions

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With teacher's guide Presents a variety of methods for making puppets, beginning with simple stick puppets and progressing to more technically involved processes including the use of sawdust and glue, shaped cloth, and papier-mâché. Indicates the wide range of materials which may be imaginatively used in fashioning puppet heads and costumes, and emphasizes the importance of individual inventiveness Summary Presents./iaanese puppeteers who demonstrate how puppet dolls are manipulated.
Topics: 16mm Film, Educational Film, Puppets, Toys and puppets, Japan, Puppets and puppet plays
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Paper mache

Feb 14, 2015 02/15

by ACI Productions

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With teacher's guide Demonstrates the very wide expressive range which may be achieved with this simple and easily available material. Presents the basic processes involved in fashioning three-dimensional forms, from making the core to finishing and painting the surface Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film
Topics: 16mm Film, Educational Film, Papier-mâché
Source: Lasergraphics ScanStation

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The Story

Mar 21, 2005 03/05

by ACI Productions

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A filmmaker, Homer, records his young son, Matt, telling an imaginative story to his two younger sisters, Lisa and Maggie. Records the spontaneous tale with all the interruptions, comments and reactions of the sister. Can you name the celebrity in this film? To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC .
( 4 reviews )
Topic: before they were famous

Straight Talk From Teens: I'm Pregnant... Now What?

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Sep 9, 2013 09/13

by ACTS Inc.

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"Host Mike Romanowski guides teenagers through critical discussions about youth culture issues..." -- description from box.
Topics: vhs, teen pregnancy
Source: VHS Panasonic AG-1980>Panasonic DMR-E30>CDR via OSX

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Anatomy of a Lie

Feb 10, 2013 02/13

by AFL-CIO

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Presents the background story and exposes the outrageous lies in the anti-labor national right-to-work committee film. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the film can be purchased for stock footage purposes. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information.
( 2 reviews )

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Labor comes of age

Feb 20, 2015 02/15

by AFL-CIO. Film Division; AFL-CIO. Department of Education; Films Incorporated

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Words of F.D.R. spoken by Charlton Heston ; narrator, Arthur Kennedy ; consultant, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
( 1 reviews )
Topics: 16mm Film, Educational Film, New Deal (1933-1939), Industrial relations, New Deal, 1933-1939, Labor...
Source: Lasergraphics ScanStation

The Secret Love of Sandra Blain

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Jan 5, 2017 01/17

by AIMS Instructional Media Services; Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors

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Shows the step-by-step progression of a wife and mother into alcoholism. Focuses on facilities for rehabilitation and the treatments that are available for complete recovery
Topics: Women, Alcoholics, Alcoholism, Patient Education

The Secret Love of Sandra Blain

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Feb 4, 2017 02/17

by AIMS Instructional Media Services; Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors

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Topic: thesecretloveofsandrablain

Safety Demonstration on the Wood Lathe

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Mar 31, 2017 03/17

by AIMS Media, Inc

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CLICK HERE TO SEE THE STUDY GUIDE FOR THIS FILM Close-up photography is used to illustrate basic safety points and operational procedures for the wood lathe. From the Wood Shop -- Safety and Operations series
Topics: Turning (Lathe work), Lathes

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Informers: 3

Feb 29, 2016 02/16

by AIMS Media, Inc

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Police training film uses six vignettes that re-enact crimes involving informers. Shows how to determine when there is probable cause for search warrant or arrest, and how to test the credibility of informers. From the Legal Information for Law Enforcement series
Topics: Police charges, Searches and seizures, Arrest, Informers

Methods of family planning.

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Jan 30, 2015 01/15

by AIMS Media, Inc

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Covers such family planning techniques as the rhythm method, the pill, the diaphragm, intrauterine devices, vaginal spermicides and condoms, casevtomy, and tubal ligation, and discusses moral objections to birth control. Medical explanations and counseling sessions assist couples by taking into account their individual circumstances. From the Family planning and Sex Education series Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film
Topics: 16mm Film, Educational Film, Birth control
Source: Lasergraphics ScanStation

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Trout hatchery.

Nov 6, 2014 11/14

by AIMS Media, Inc

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Contrasts the life of wild fish and hatchery-raised fish. Shows the stripping of eggs and sperm from adult fish by hatchery workers, the embryos, and the emergence of young fish from eggs, followed by the raising of the fish in hatchery tanks and their subsequent release into streams. Musical accompaniment, no narration Summary Compares the life cycles of trout in a mounta./ia mok and trout protected and raised in a trout hatchery. Without narration.
Topics: 16mm Film, Educational Film, Trout, Fish culture, Mountains (Geology), Mountains (Geography)
Source: Lasergraphics ScanStation

The Correctional Officer: If You're Taken Hostage

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Aug 25, 2016 08/16

by AIMS Media, Inc

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Dramatizations demonstrate how correctional officers and prison guards and workers should respond if they are taken hostage. Discusses some of the reasons behind hostage taking and offers instructions on dealings with captors
Topic: Crime And Criminals.

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Trout to Dream About

Dec 19, 2012 12/12

by ALCOA

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A man describes a surreal dream he has about a fishing trip to his wife. All to sell aluminum foil we guess.. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the film can be purchased for stock footage purposes. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information.
( 1 reviews )

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Talking Car, The

Feb 27, 2013 02/13

by ALFRED HIGGINS PRODUCTIONS; AAA

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Uses a dramatized incident in which a car comes to life in the dream of a small boy to teach the See And Be Seen rules of traffic safety. Features Brian Forster (from The Partridge Family)
( 1 reviews )

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ASCEBeginnings

Nov 30, 2015 11/15

by ASCE

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American Society of Civil Engineers try to stay hip and relevant showing young adults the exciting world of civil engineering. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project.
( 1 reviews )
Topic: engineering

Read-Along Magic Video: What Every Child Should Know

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Sep 9, 2013 09/13

by AVG, Inc.

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"A Positive Program To Help Your Child Recognize And Avoid Potentially Dangerous Situations." -- description from box.
Topics: vhs, children, safety, strangers
Source: VHS Panasonic AG-1980>Panasonic DMR-E30>CDR via OSX

Professional Workshop Application Video

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Sep 6, 2013 09/13

by Abbey Roesner

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"Abbey Roesner -student choreography by Anthony Smith, Romeo and Juliet by Anthony Tudor, Duende by Nacho Duato, Improvisation"
Topics: vhs, dance, contemporary ballet, Alonzo King, audition
Source: VHS Panasonic AG-1980>Panasonic DMR-E30>CDR via OSX

Effective Study Strategies

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Jul 10, 2013 07/13

by Academic Resources Corp.

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"How to improve study skills and get more out of learning. Designed for use in the classroom or at home. Introduction and Notetaking, Pre-Reading, SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review). Recommended for students grades 7 through college."
Topics: vhs, study strategies, notetaking, Pre-Reading, SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review)
Source: VHS Panasonic AG-1980>Panasonic DMR-E30>CDR via OSX

Iron: Product of the Blast Furnace

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Mar 14, 2017 03/17

by Academy Films, Hollywood, Calif

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Shows how iron ore, limestone, and coke are handled and prepared for the blast furnace in the making of pig iron
Topics: Cast-iron, Blast furnaces

Palladio, the architect and his influence in America

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Apr 30, 2015 04/15

by Ackerman, James S

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Palladio, the architect and his influence in America Reel 1 Reel 2 available here Writer, James S. Ackerman; cinematography, John Terry Survey of the works of the Italian architect Palladio, including views of many buildings he designed in Italy and buildings in the United States influenced by his style
Topics: 16mm Film, Series: Palladio, Educational Film, Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580, Architecture, Influence...

Palladio, the architect and his influence in America

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Apr 30, 2015 04/15

by Ackerman, James S

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Palladio, the architect and his influence in America Reel 2 Reel 1 available here Writer, James S. Ackerman; cinematography, John Terry Survey of the works of the Italian architect Palladio, including views of many buildings he designed in Italy and buildings in the United States influenced by his style Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film
Topics: 16mm Film, Series: Palladio, Educational Film, Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580, Architecture, Influence...

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Ghosts of Cape Horn

May 15, 2017 05/17

by Actuality Films (Firm); ABC Wide World of Learning (Firm)

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Title from data sheet
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Voyages and travels, Sailing ships

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Hi Cat!

May 25, 2017 05/17

by Adams, Brandon; Jelks, Vaughn; Coronet/MTI Film and Video; Learning Corporation of America; Advanced American Communications, Inc

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Brandon Adams, Vaughn Jelks
Topic: Cats

Picasso: A Painter's Diary, 1 -- The Formative Years

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Nov 22, 2016 11/16

by Adato, Perry Miller

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Producer and director, Perry Miller Adato
Topics: Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973, Artists, Art, Painting

Picasso: A Painter's Diary, 3 -- A Unity of Variety

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Nov 22, 2016 11/16

by Adato, Perry Miller

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Producer and director, Perry Miller Adato
Topics: Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973, Artists, Art, Painting

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Third Chance

Jun 10, 2016 06/16

by Adolph Coors Co

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Describes and evaluates various programs of the Adolph Coors Company in an attempt to acquaint industry with the way they have hired disadvantaged persons. Encourages the development of employment opportunity programs.
( 1 reviews )
Topic: employment

Campfire: Tom Rapp & Patricia Kerman

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Apr 17, 2014 04/14

by Adriana Camarena

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Patricia Kerman, now a disabled senior citizen, has lived in her current flat for the past 27 years and Tom Rapp has lived there as her roommate for the last 15 of them. They are being Ellis Acted from their home by their landlord Kaushik Dattani. The original footage was captured on January 17, 2014 as part of a storytelling circle called "Campfire: Eviction Ghost Stories and Other Housing Horrors." This mini-clip is part of a series of mini-clips honoring fourteen City storytellers...
Topics: Campfire, Eviction, Ellis Act, Mission District, Adriana Camarena, Tom Rapp, Patricia Kerman,...

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Campfire: Lauren Swiger

Apr 20, 2014 04/14

by Adriana Camarena

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Lauren Montana Swiger is an activist, musician, and community member who was evicted from the Mission, along with her teenage daughter. It was an Owner-Move-In eviction, one of three kinds of no-fault evictions displacing San Franciscan families and communities. Montana and her daughter were forced to relocate to Berkeley. It’s pretty there, but they mourn the loss of daily living in a community that they toiled to create with other parents and kids to challenge the stereotypes of oppression...
Topics: Campfire, Eviction, Ellis Act, Mission District, Adriana Camarena, Lauren Swiger, CalHumanities,...

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Campfire: Steven Black

Apr 20, 2014 04/14

by Adriana Camarena

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Steven has lived in San Francisco for 30 years. He was evicted from his apartment at 940 Capp Street after 26 years of living there by the resident owners of the house via family members move-in. He feels this move-in eviction was retaliation for, among other justifiable actions, his declining to sign a new and illegal rental agreement that would have doubled his rent. Karen Uchiyama, Esq. was their counsel.
Topics: Campfire, Eviction, Ellis Act, Mission District, Adriana Camarena, Steven Black, CalHumanities,...

Campfire: LisaRuth Elliott

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Apr 20, 2014 04/14

by Adriana Camarena

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Michael "Med-O" Whitson and LisaRuth Elliot were flatmates at 1668 Page St. in the Haight. After their building was sold and they initially refused to accept a buy-out settlement, the new owners hired the leading landlord law firm of Fried & Williams to pursue an Ellis Act Eviction in 2013. LisaRuth lived on Page Street for 3 and 1/2 years. LisaRuth is a community historian, artist, bread baker, urban farmer, writer, editor, everyday bicyclist, activist, and San Francisco resident...
Topics: Campfire, Eviction, Ellis Act, Mission District, Adriana Camarena, LisaRuth Elliott, CalHumanities,...

Campfire: Sandy Juarez and Jason Wallach

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Apr 20, 2014 04/14

by Adriana Camarena

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Jason and Sandy were evicted from 6511 Raymond St. Oakland by Dan Daigle. They had been living there 3 years and 5 months, since they arrived to the Bay Area. An Oakland story was included because few people understand that the epidemic of evictions is wrecking havoc in Bay Area wide communities. Residents of San Francisco have approved regulations to protect tenants, and despite this democratic exercise, real estate speculators find loopholes to damage communities. Residents pushed out of San...
Topics: Campfire, Eviction, Ellis Act, Mission District, Adriana Camarena, Sandy Juarez, Jason Wallach,...

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Campfire: Rio Yanez

Apr 18, 2014 04/14

by Adriana Camarena

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Río Yañez, alongside his mother and father – Yolanda Lopez and Rene Yañez – are being evicted from their family home at San Jose Ave, near 26th Street in the Mission by Realty West. His family has lived in the same apartment on San Jose Ave. since 1978. The original footage was captured on January 17, 2014 as part of a storytelling circle called "Campfire: Eviction Ghost Stories and Other Housing Horrors." This mini-clip is part of a series of mini-clips honoring fourteen...
Topics: Campfire, Eviction, Ellis Act, Mission District, Adriana Camarena, Rio Yañez, CalHumanities,...

Campfire: Eviction Stories from the Mission District

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Apr 17, 2014 04/14

by Adriana Camarena

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Three residents of the Mission District of San Francisco: Polo Gonzalez, Sarah Brendt, and Rio Yañez share their stories of eviction. They are lifelong San Franciscans, respectively, a cafe manager, a public school teacher, and an artist. In their narratives they also represent their elders: Ana Gutierrez (Polo’s senior mom), Mary Phillips (Sarah’s 98 year old neighbor), and Rene Yañez and Yolanda Lopez (Rio’s parents and legendary Mission artists). All of them are being Ellis Act...
Topics: Campfire, Eviction, Ellis Act, Mission District, Adriana Camarena, Rio Yanez, Sarah Brendt, Yolanda...

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Campfire: Zeph Fishlyn

Apr 20, 2014 04/14

by Adriana Camarena

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Zeph works as a cultural activist at the intersections of art, social justice, and the transgressive body. Since 2011, Zeph has helped move 35 friends due to eviction and has focused on creative direct action responding to the economic crisis and displacement. Zeph was evicted in 2012 along with 16 artists from the Million Fishes Collective, which used to stand at Bryant and 23rd. The spiritless office space that now inhabits the former collective space sits directly across from the infamous...
Topics: Campfire, Eviction, Ellis Act, Mission District, Adriana Camarena, Zeph Fishlyn, CalHumanities,...

Campfire Eviction Stories Series: Benito Santiago

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Apr 16, 2014 04/14

by Adriana Camarena

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Benito Santiago is a disabled elder, musician, and public school teacher currently being Ellis Act evicted from his lifelong San Francisco home on Duboce Street. The original footage was captured on January 17, 2014 as part of a storytelling circle called "Campfire: Eviction Ghost Stories and Other Housing Horrors." This mini-clip is part of a series of mini-clips honoring fourteen City storytellers who shared their eviction horror stories that evening around the fire. Related event...
Topics: Campfire, Eviction, Ellis Act, Mission District, Adriana Camarena, Benito Santiago, CalHumanities,...

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Campfire: Donna Johnson

Apr 20, 2014 04/14

by Adriana Camarena

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Donna, her husband Robert “Jawara” Johnson, and the family dogs Xochitl (age 4) and DJ (age 2 and ½) were served with Ellis Act eviction papers in 2012, and forced out of their 73-B Pearl Street in San Francisco by serial evictors Kwok Chung Wong and Har Kwan Luk . Since 2003, this company has Ellis Acted 30 units in San Francisco, including the 6 units at Donna’s former home building on Pearl Street.
Topics: Campfire, Eviction, Ellis Act, Mission District, Adriana Camarena, Donna Johnson, CalHumanities,...

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Campfire: Polo Gonzalez

Apr 18, 2014 04/14

by Adriana Camarena

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Polo Gonzalez is a Mission District local. He has been involved in community services since his youth, including graffiti abatement programs, volunteering at event security for Carnival, and most recently, collaborating with the DJ Project at Horizons Unlimited, which teaches youth creative and business management skills. Today, he is a manager at a Philz Coffeehouse, where he politely admonishes clients who call The Mission, “The Mish” , to please call it by its proper name. His family was...
Topics: Campfire, Eviction, Ellis Act, Mission District, Adriana Camarena, Polo Gonzalez, CalHumanities,...

Campfire: Michael Whitson

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Apr 20, 2014 04/14

by Adriana Camarena

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Michael "Med-O" Whitson and LisaRuth Elliot were flatmates at 1668 Page St. in the Haight. After their building was sold and they initially refused to accept a buy-out settlement, the new owners hired the leading landlord law firm of Fried & Williams to pursue an Ellis Act Eviction in 2013. Michael has lived 32 years in the Bay Area and 30 of those years in his apartment on Page St. He is a community builder, musician, poet, writer, and activist, which is why he moved to San...
Topics: Campfire, Eviction, Ellis Act, Mission District, Adriana Camarena, Michael "Med-o"...

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Campfire: Sarah Brandt

Apr 16, 2014 04/14

by Adriana Camarena

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Sarah Brandt is a San Francisco public school teacher and lifelong City dweller, who is currently being Ellis Act evicted from her Mission District apartment, alongside her 98 year old neighbor, Mary Elizabeth (M.E. or Emmy) Phillips. Emmy has lived in her home for over 40 years. The original footage was captured on January 17, 2014 as part of a storytelling circle called "Campfire: Eviction Ghost Stories and Other Housing Horrors." This mini-clip is part of a series of mini-clips...
Topics: Campfire, Eviction, Ellis Act, Mission District, Adriana Camarena, Sarah Brandt, Mary Phillips,...

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Emergency Auto First Aid

Jul 29, 2013 07/13

by Advantage Productions

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"This video tape will teach you the most common causes of automotive breakdowns, what to look for, and how to make an emergency repair when you are left stranded due to a: flat tire, leaky radiator, overheated engine, busted radiator or heater hose, dead battery, faulty neutral switch, clogged or faulty fuel system, wet electrical system." -- description from box.
Topic: vhs
Source: VHS Panasonic AG-1980>Panasonic DMR-E30>CDR via OSX

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Waves

Nov 17, 2016 11/16

by Aengus Films

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Also issued as videocassette
Topic: Short films

National Film Preservation Foundation

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Kathy's Dance

May 30, 2017 05/17

by Affiliate Artists

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Follows several months in the life of dancer Kathy Posin as she choreographs a new dance for her troupe, gives solo performances as an Affiliate Artist, and prepares to open the new dance in New York
Topic: Posin, Kathy

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Angry Boy

Mar 15, 2017 03/17

by Affiliated Film Producers

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Simple, affecting case study produced for social workers and psychologists and illustrating how counseling can help children come to terms with anger. Young Tommy Randall has been caught stealing money from his teacher’s purse and receives help from a psychiatrist. A psychiatric social worker enables his mother to better understand her relationship with her son. This sensitive documentary is filled with revealing behavioral details. Note: Shot in the Huron Valley Child Guidance Clinic near...
Topic: sponsored film

National Film Preservation Foundation

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Bitter Welcome

Mar 15, 2017 03/17

by Affiliated Film Producers

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Psychologically sophisticated drama, produced for mental health and social professionals, about the struggle of a discharged mental hospital patient to adjust to his new construction job and win the acceptance of his fellow workers.
Topic: sponsored film

National Film Preservation Foundation

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Man to Man

Mar 24, 2017 03/17

by Affiliated Film Producers

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Sensitive film produced for the training of mental health workers. Man to Man portrays the bond that develops between an aide in a psychiatric hospital and a severely depressed patient.
Topic: sponsored film