2.8M
2.8M
Apr 11, 2009
04/09
by
Rick Prelinger
Home Movies from the Prelinger Archives. For more information see the Prelinger Archives
313,993
314K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. War Department
movies
eye 313,993
favorite 304
comment 22
Admonishes Americans that they will lose their country if they let fanaticism and hatred turn them into "suckers." "Let's forget about 'we' and 'they' -- let's think about us!" In the context of the emerging Cold War, this film appears paradoxical.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 22 reviews )
Topics: Prejudice, Cold War, Racism
514,832
515K
movies
eye 514,832
favorite 354
comment 17
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 17 reviews )
Topic: Vintage Erotica
Scenes from the daily life of a Texas farm family.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Amateur films, Agriculture: Farms and farming, Rural America
260,636
261K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Office of War Information
movies
eye 260,636
favorite 101
comment 25
U.S. government-produced film defending the World War II internment of Japanese American citizens.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 25 reviews )
Topics: World War II: Japanese Americans: Internment, Racism, Human rights
113,987
114K
Aug 19, 2013
08/13
by
St. Ives Productions
movies
eye 113,987
favorite 12
comment 1
Bunker Hill, LA - "waiting to be leveled, to make way for a new world of concrete steel and glass" Shows old homes on Bunker Hill, destruction and reconstruction
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
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233K
movies
eye 233,452
favorite 115
comment 4
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topic: Vintage Erotica
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416K
movies
eye 416,060
favorite 299
comment 26
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 26 reviews )
Topics: need keyword, Stag
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451K
movies
eye 450,926
favorite 379
comment 28
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 28 reviews )
Topics: need keyword, Stag
347,956
348K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Medical Arts Productions
movies
eye 347,956
favorite 202
comment 23
Sex education film aimed at teenage boys, with the coach as authority figure and teacher.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 23 reviews )
Topics: Sex education, Children, Gender roles
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312K
movies
eye 312,195
favorite 232
comment 21
from tape 0517 PA8151 Burlesque (including Sheree) 016.10, PA6908
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 21 reviews )
Topic: need meta
175,558
176K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
On Film, Inc.
movies
eye 175,558
favorite 492
comment 26
Thoughtfully made advertising sales promo film extolling 1950s suburbanites as citizens and consumers.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 26 reviews )
Topics: Suburbia, Cold War, Consumerism
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13K
movies
eye 12,797
favorite 1
comment 0
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185K
movies
eye 185,067
favorite 340
comment 9
Vintage erotic dance video showing a woman named Sheree dancing first in a tiger-print outfit, then in a bikini.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Vintage Erotica, Erotic Dance
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50K
movies
eye 50,265
favorite 190
comment 6
Uses vignettes, animation and comments by girls and boys to explore the medical facts and some personal feelings about menstruation.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
188,082
188K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
MPO Productions
movies
eye 188,082
favorite 508
comment 30
Set at the 1956 General Motors Motorama, this is one of the key Populuxe films of the 1950s, showing futuristic dream cars and Frigidaire's "Kitchen of the Future."
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 30 reviews )
Topics: Futurism, Automobiles: Advertising, Gender roles
470,957
471K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Hammid (Alexander) and Deren (Maya)
movies
eye 470,957
favorite 336
comment 36
Alexander Hammid's intimate study of a female cat and the birth and maturation of her five kittens.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 36 reviews )
Topics: Animals: Cats, Animals: Behavior, Psychology
234,965
235K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Sutherland (John) Productions
movies
eye 234,965
favorite 411
comment 25
In this corporate-sponsored cartoon, Martian dissidents learn that oil and competition are the two things that make America great.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 25 reviews )
Topics: Economics, Oil industry, Advertising: Animation
64,870
65K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Bosse (Karl Kurt)
movies
eye 64,870
favorite 444
comment 3
Beautifully animated explication of human eye and eyesight.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Perception: Vision, Animation
625,234
625K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Techfilm Studio, Moscow
movies
eye 625,234
favorite 429
comment 80
This disturbing film records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs), as conducted by Dr. S.S. Bryukhonenko at the Institute of Experimental Physiology and Therapy, Voronezh, U.S.S.R. Director: D.I. Yashin. Camera: E.V. Kashina. Narrator: Professor Walter B. Cannon. Introduced by Professor J.B.S. Haldane.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 80 reviews )
Topics: Animals: Dogs, Medicine: Veterinary: Experiments, Life extension
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196K
movies
eye 196,343
favorite 169
comment 7
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
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217K
movies
eye 216,940
favorite 137
comment 8
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: Vintage Erotica, Erotic Dance
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538K
movies
eye 537,893
favorite 219
comment 9
Footage from Castle and Pathé coverage of the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst. Also shots of the big ships over New York.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
755,622
756K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Archer Productions, Inc.
movies
eye 755,622
favorite 528
comment 77
Selected for the 2004 National Film Registry of "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" motion pictures. Famous Civil Defense film for children in which Bert the Turtle shows what to do in case of atomic attack.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 77 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Animation
216,252
216K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
movies
eye 216,252
favorite 274
comment 50
Anti-pornography film produced by financier Charles Keating, linking pornography to the Communist conspiracy and the decline of Western civilization.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 50 reviews )
Topics: Culture wars, Sexualities, Pornography
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19K
movies
eye 18,806
favorite 18
comment 9
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topic: need meta
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32K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Wilding Picture Productions
movies
eye 32,162
favorite 81
comment 5
Salt, its extraction and uses in national defense, industry, agriculture, and the home. A feast of late-1950s imagery of everyday life, culture and industry.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Salt, Occupations: Mining
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44K
movies
eye 44,002
favorite 38
comment 2
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
117,815
118K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Photo & Sound Productions for Medical Arts Productions
movies
eye 117,815
favorite 153
comment 21
Menstruation education film for young teenage girls, redolent with dated detail.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 21 reviews )
Topics: Sex education, Gender roles, Children
77,996
78K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Federal Civil Defense Administration
movies
eye 77,996
favorite 85
comment 17
Eerie nuclear tests on houses and dummies at the Nevada Test Site.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 17 reviews )
Topic: Atomic-nuclear: Weapons
106,856
107K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Simmel-Meservey
movies
eye 106,856
favorite 91
comment 23
Advises children to do whatever is necessary -- even lie -- to achieve harmonious family relations. This portrait of manners among the affluent places a premium on pleasant, unemotional behavior, and contains some interesting do's and don'ts sequences. Key line: "These boys treat their dad as though they were genuinely glad to see him, as though they really missed him..." Director: Edward C. Simmel. Cinematography: Harry F. Burrell. Script: Arthur V. Jones. Editor: Miriam Bucher. With...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 23 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Social guidance: Etiquette, Families
87,266
87K
Sep 20, 2013
09/13
by
Iowa State Teachers' College
movies
eye 87,266
favorite 40
comment 3
This idealized story of four years in the life of Kay, Jean, Helen, and Louise evokes the lost world of Iowa State's Home Economics Division in the fifties. When an assembly speaker at the high school talks of girls who studied home economics in college, Kay is smitten. But it is a big thing for someone in her family to attend college. She convinces her parents to make the sacrifice and is so eager to leave that she is packing her bags just minutes after receiving her acceptance letter. There...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
49,688
50K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 49,688
favorite 121
comment 12
Sales training film for duPont Film Division (cellophane), featuring an angel and devil monitoring the activities of bakery salesmen on earth, and explaining how packaging helps to sell food. In Kodachrome.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 12 reviews )
Topics: Sales: Training, Heaven and hell, Food industry
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107K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 107,014
favorite 184
comment 14
Definitive document of pre-World War II futuristic utopian thinking, as envisioned by General Motors. Documents the "Futurama" exhibit in GM's "Highways and Horizons" pavilion at the World's Fair, which looks ahead to the "wonder world of 1960."
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topics: Futurism, World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Infrastructure: Roads and highways
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400K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
movies
eye 399,624
favorite 489
comment 85
Anti-pornography film produced by financier Charles Keating, linking pornography to the Communist conspiracy and the decline of Western civilization.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 85 reviews )
Topics: Culture wars, Sexualities, Pornography
125,360
125K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (AT&T)
movies
eye 125,360
favorite 103
comment 9
Training film for users of the new dial telephones.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Communication: Telephone, Ergonomics
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40K
movies
eye 39,728
favorite 26
comment 2
Animated.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
146,749
147K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Crawley Films, Ltd.
movies
eye 146,749
favorite 142
comment 9
Social-sex development of Bill and Mary and how they came to meet, fall in love and marry.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Sex education, Social guidance, Gender roles
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77K
movies
eye 76,826
favorite 70
comment 2
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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441K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Sutherland (John) Productions
movies
eye 441,288
favorite 305
comment 37
This Cold War-era cartoon uses humor to tout the dangers of Communism and the benefits of capitalism.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 37 reviews )
Topics: Cold War, Animation: Advertising, Capitalism
188,803
189K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Interlude Films
movies
eye 188,803
favorite 250
comment 47
A group of children, all wearing ape masks, rides their bicycles to the park for a picnic. Along the way, all but one are eliminated for violating basic bike safety rules. This strange film was narrated by Edward Everett Horton. Script and Direction: Dale Jennings. Photography: Max Hutto. Art Direction: Ralph Hulett. With Dick Hutto, Janice Powell, Lucie Hagens, Ralph Hulett, Clyde L. Johnson, Dave Hembree, Colleen Hutto, Charles Hagens, Kevin Lindsay, Dan Whitehead, Don Moody, Diane Chambers,...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 47 reviews )
Topics: Bicycles, Safety: Bicycle, Animals: Apes
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88K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Crawley Films
movies
eye 88,323
favorite 128
comment 7
Animated explanation of primary and secondary sex characteristics in adolescent boys and girls.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: Sex education, Medicine: Endocrinology, Animation
364,211
364K
May 23, 2003
05/03
by
Sid Davis
movies
eye 364,211
favorite 292
comment 122
Anti-homosexual film targeted at teenage boys, urging them to avoid encounters with potential molesters.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 122 reviews )
Topics: Homosexualities, Crime and criminals (Molestation), Los Angeles
608,686
609K
Dec 25, 2011
12/11
by
Tullio Pellegrini
movies
eye 608,686
favorite 141
comment 10
Cinemascope homage to the city of San Francisco made by amateur filmmaker and inventor Tullio Pellegrini.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topics: san francisco, amateur film, widescreen, Cinemascope, pasta1
5,648
5.6K
Sep 4, 2014
09/14
by
Holmes (Burton) Films, Inc.
movies
eye 5,648
favorite 13
comment 2
"SHOWS THE WORK OF A CATALOGUER, THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN, THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN, THE LIBRARIAN WHO WORKS WIITH CHILDREN & THE LIBRARIAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN A FIELD." 00:01:00 Pan of bookcases 00:02:02 CU Blind man reading braille Lots of library interiors
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topic: library science
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19K
Feb 6, 2014
02/14
by
De Vry School Films, Inc.
movies
eye 19,217
favorite 82
comment 1
Possibly some shots to be logged. Boy turning around with ball in hand, shot both in and out of his POV. How a boy can make a refractive telescope. Reflecting telescope. Make-believe trip to the Moon by airplane The planets
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
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33K
movies
eye 33,168
favorite 118
comment 2
Examines the widespread use of drugs in American society and presents experts discussing different reasons for increased drug abuse by youth. Focuses on the varying opinions of a judge, researcher, child psychologist, minister, and drug user toward increased drug abuse. Emphasizes the need for helping children make proper choices about drugs. Highlight: JIM NABORS and unidentified woman do operatic duet to "Figaro" with lyrics changed to drug references; Jim Nabors pops pills in the...
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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17K
movies
eye 17,415
favorite 40
comment 2
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
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10K
Aug 16, 2013
08/13
by
Highway Safety Films, Inc
movies
eye 10,226
favorite 27
comment 5
Emphasizes the danger of attacks on children, dramatizing typical approaches. Shows what can be done to reduce the problem by making children aware of it and ready to take precautions when accosted by strangers.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
127,213
127K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 127,213
favorite 105
comment 28
Promotional film for the controversial Chevrolet Corvair.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 28 reviews )
Topic: Automobiles: Advertising
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62K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 61,715
favorite 60
comment 6
Animated character "Tommy Telephone" produces a telephone by assembling 433 separate parts.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: Animation: Stop-motion, Communication: Telephone, Animation: Advertising
57,439
57K
Mar 1, 2007
03/07
by
Presented by James S. Perkins in collaboration with Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth & Dr. Ralph M. Barnes
movies
eye 57,439
favorite 24
comment 7
Essentially a summary of work analysis films which were taken by Frank B. Gilbreth between 1910 and 1924 showing a number of industrial operations from which the motion study technique was developed.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
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214K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Sutherland (John) Productions
movies
eye 214,078
favorite 406
comment 26
Animated classic presenting what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses of atomic energy and the byproducts of nuclear fission.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 26 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Energy, Physics, Animation
38,318
38K
Jun 28, 2012
06/12
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 38,318
favorite 250
comment 3
PA-2177 ìWonderful Worldî 08:01:14:28 - 08:45:06:23 Color Sound 1959 "Wonderful World" Broad documentary surveying global cultures, lifestyles, emphasizing common human activities, sponsored by Coca-Cola. Narrator: Ken Nordine. Parallels in European, American, Asian, South American, Caribbean lifestyles, leisure, hospitality, (racial stereotypes in narration.) Landmarks, history, sports, architecture, travel. Amazingly, everyone drinks Coke - globalism, multinationalism. 08:01:14:28...
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
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221K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Various
movies
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favorite 326
comment 33
Examples of broadcast advertising from the 1950s and 1960s.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 33 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism
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130K
movies
eye 130,217
favorite 156
comment 11
Mild stag film starring Adele Doleman
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 11 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
53,242
53K
Mar 1, 2007
03/07
by
Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.
movies
eye 53,242
favorite 9
comment 5
Plymouth Division, Chrystler Corporation presents Sailing Along, produced by Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Automobiles: Advertising, Automobiles: Engineering
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187K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Coronet Instructional Films
movies
eye 187,114
favorite 196
comment 22
Educational film on the Cold War conflict.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 22 reviews )
Topics: Cold War, Communism
Home Movie PA 097836
Topic: Home Movie PA 097836
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132K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
movies
eye 131,818
favorite 233
comment 59
Measures how a society ranks on a spectrum stretching from democracy to despotism. Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power is concentrated and respect for the individual is restricted. Where does your community, state and nation stand on these scales? The companion Encyclopedia Britannica Film "Democracy" can be found here.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 59 reviews )
Topic: Political science
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99K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Williams (Clem) Films
movies
eye 99,256
favorite 87
comment 51
Santa Claus rides in a parade and walks kids through a relentless department-store Christmas display. Filmed in Pittsburgh.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 51 reviews )
Topics: Christmas, Santa Claus, Consumerism
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122K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
movies
eye 122,152
favorite 305
comment 31
Romp through the futuristic landscape of the Seattle World's Fair, centered in the Bell System pavilion.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 31 reviews )
Topics: World's Fairs: Seattle, 1962, Communication: Telephone, Futurism
270,450
270K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Various
movies
eye 270,450
favorite 323
comment 13
Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 13 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism, Advertising: History
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648K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
National Motion Picture Company
movies
eye 647,647
favorite 172
comment 3
Health film using unusual imagery and metaphors to impart lessons in hygiene.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Health and hygiene, Children, Medicine: Infectious diseases
120,997
121K
movies
eye 120,997
favorite 67
comment 5
Illustrates the design process involving in making a new car - the Mustang.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
To come.
favoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: prelinger, home movies
301,863
302K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Treasury Department
movies
eye 301,863
favorite 243
comment 93
Complex and disturbing anti-Japanese propaganda film produced to spur the sale of U.S. war bonds. CONTENT ADVISORY: Explicit racism and extreme violence.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 93 reviews )
Topics: World War II: Japan, Propaganda, World War II: Homefront
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72K
movies
eye 72,157
favorite 69
comment 9
Footage of World Trade Center from a work print
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
71,676
72K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
On Film, Inc.
movies
eye 71,676
favorite 156
comment 9
Remarkable, surreal industrial film promoting "Atarax," a tranquilizer, and asserting how "ataraxic medicines" can help us all to achieve the relaxed state we long for. Created by Coni Johnston, Mel London, Joseph Cole, Bert Spielvogel, Tracy Ward (a pseudonym for Virginia Bell) and by Rune Hagman, Delores Phox, Jeanne Sharp, Dick Brophy, M. Opelle, Herb Hagens.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Psychology, Pharmaceutical industry, Medicine: Psychiatry
303,240
303K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Coronet Instructional Films
movies
eye 303,240
favorite 297
comment 52
One of the best examples of post-World War II social guidance films, with examples of "good" and "bad" girls, proper and improper dating etiquette, courtesy to parents, and an analysis of what makes some people popular and others not. A scream and a sobering document of postwar conformity. Director: Ted Peshak. Cinematography: Bill Rockar. Writers: Robert Chapin and Patricia Kealy. Editor: George Wilbern. Educational adviser: Dr. Alice Sowers, Director, Family Life Institute...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 52 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Teenagers, Gender roles
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47K
movies
eye 47,075
favorite 195
comment 19
0696 PA8508 Out of This World
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 19 reviews )
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63K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
MPO Television Films, Inc.
movies
eye 62,982
favorite 295
comment 22
General Motors 1961 Motorama film presenting new cars, appliances and futuristic ideas at their most banal.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 22 reviews )
Topics: Futurism, Automobiles: Advertising, Houses and homes: Kitchens
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50K
movies
eye 50,358
favorite 22
comment 2
0707 PA8113 Berkeley Fire 1923
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
204,336
204K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Coronet Instructional Films
movies
eye 204,336
favorite 392
comment 26
Classic instructional film for teen daters, presented here in the rare (but incomplete) Kodachrome version.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 26 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Social guidance: Dating, Gender roles
39,819
40K
Jul 27, 2013
07/13
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 39,819
favorite 20
comment 1
Announcement film introducing the new 1966 Chevrolet models. Skeletal entry
( 1 reviews )