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Mobil Economy Run: "On the Run" 1956 General Petroleum Corp; Socony-Mobil

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'About well-behaved teenagers who compete in the Mobilgas Economy Run.'


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

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The Snob 1958 McGraw-Hill Text Films - Young America Films

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USES STORY OF HIGH SCHOOL GIRL, WHOSE ATTITUDE TOWARD HER SCHOOLMATES CAUSES HER TO BE LABELED A SNOB, TO EXPLORE BASIC PROBLEM OF SNOBBERY & REASONS FOR IT.


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction &a...

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Introductions: "How Do You Do?" 1946 Young America Films


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Presents the problems of social introductions, designed to help build social poise and self-assurance.


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

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Our Living Constitution 1949 Coronet Instructional Films

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Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

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Yanks Battle for Okinawa! 1945 Castle Films; World War II

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Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting ...

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How to Fly the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver 1944 US Navy Pilot Training Film; World War II

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Originally a public domain film from the US Navy, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is f...

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Salesmen: The Face in the Mirror (I Wonder) 1940 Jam Handy

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'Introspective psychology for salespeople: "Would you buy anything from the salesman you see in the mirror?"'


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The so...

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The City 1939 American Institute of Planners - Civic Films

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'Conditions of human living in a modern industrial city [are compared] with (1) the serenity of life in an eighteenth-century New England village and (2) the architect's and engineer's concept of the model community, as typified by the federal government's resettlement experiment at Greenbelt, Maryland, and the privately developed one at Radburn, New Jersey...'


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Project Centaur Progress Report Jan-Mar 1961 Convair-NASA; AT-CR-120

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Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy tha...

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Magnetohydrodynamics 1965 Physical Sciences Study Committee (PSSC); J. Arthur Shercliff, University of Warwick

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Magnetohydrodynamics: interactions between electromagnetic and velocity fields, changes in pressure fields, and changes of vorticity.


Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

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RCA Victor Records Commercial 1957 Radio Corporation of America

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Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting ...

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This is Cedar Crest 1954 Cedar Crest Women's College, Allentown, PA

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'Introduction to and tour of Cedar Crest College, a private institution for women in Allentown, Pa.'


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

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Mission Accomplished: The Story of the Flying Fortress 1942 U.S. Office of War Information; World War II

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'Chronicles one of the early (autumn 1942) bombing runs of B-17s over Europe.'


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

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Boeing 307 Stratoliner (B-17 Based Airliner) in "Fashion Horizons" 1940 Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA)

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'Southwestern U.S. travelogue flies around in modern 1930s airplanes, stopping off at Albuquerque and an Arizona dude ranch, all the time focusing on fashions worn by its cargo of aspiring Paramount starlets. Excellent pre-World War II fashion footage in Kodachrome, plus documentation of affluent tourist destinations.'


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Common Fallacies About Group Differences 1957 McGraw-Hill Text-Films; Herbert Kerkow Incorporated

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ANALYZES 7 COMMON NOTIONS ABOUT RACES, HEREDITY & GROUP DIFFERENCES IN THE LIGHT OF KNOWN SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE. SHOWS IN WHAT WAYS THEY ARE ALL FALLACIES.


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & ...

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"Attention Young Men" Recruiting Trailer No. 4 1942 US Army Air Corps; World War II

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'RECRUITING TRAILER NO. 3. U.S. Army Air Corps Seal. ATTENTION YOUNG MEN. (10') AMCU SV of a B-17 in flight to the right over clouds --aircraft performs a wing-over away from camera then sideslips down in a shallow left turn. (38') MS EXT group of college boys on an unidentified campus carrying their luggage. (41') MCU EXT as college boys form a group, then walk toward camera. (50') ...

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American Railroads: At This Moment 1954 Westinghouse Air Brake Company; Jam Handy

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'Importance of railroads to 1950s America.'


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

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Physics: Simple Waves 1959 Physical Sciences Study Committe (PSSC); John Shive, Bell Laboratories

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Ropes and slinkies are used to demonstrate elementary characteristics of waves, such as different speeds in different media. A torsion bar wave machine demonstrates wave reflection, etc.


Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise re...

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Action of the Human Heart ~ 1920 Bray Studios Animation

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Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting ...

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Boiler Repair: Closing the Boiler 1954 US Navy Training Film MN-7861d

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Originally a public domain film from the US Navy, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is f...

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A Report To Home Builders ~ 1945 Great Lakes Steel; Jam Handy


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1945 infomercial for steel housing frames: 'A presentation of Stran-Steel Division, Great Lakes Steel Corporation.'


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction appl...

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The Naval Gun at Iwo Jima 1945 US Navy Tactical Report MN-5562; World War II

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Originally a public domain film from the US Navy, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is f...

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Canning: Cold Pack Method ~ 1920 Prelinger Archives

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Silent. "For the benefit of those unfamiliar with the simplicity of the One Period Cold Pack Method (as approved by the U.S. Government) we present the following demonstration."


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-col...

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Magazine Model Photo Shoots 1938 Chevrolet Leader News Newsreel Vol. 4 No. 1

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'Promotional newsreels featuring a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories, including: photographing human and automobile models...'


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction a...

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The Gun Camera Story ~ 1945 US Army Air Forces 5th Air Force

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Silent film with titles showing the operations of the US Army Air Forces Central Gun Camera Film Processing Laboratory in the Pacific Theater during World War II.


Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

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Archery Stunts 1938 GM; Chevrolet Leader News Newsreel Vol. 4 No. 3

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GIRLS PRACTICE ARCHERY ON BEACH


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

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Tropospheric Scatter Radio Communications Site in Germany 1967 US Army; from Your Army Reports No. 10

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Originally a public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not per...

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AH-56 Cheyenne Helicopter Reconnaissance Variant Proposal: "Is This Mission Impossible?" ~ 1968 Lockheed Animated Cartoon


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Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far les...

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Look Like a Winner: Military Etiquette and Grooming 1970 US Army Training Film TF35-4174

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Groovy WACs attend to their appearance. 'Explains the important points of good grooming. Covers cleanliness, health habits, hair styling, cosmetics, and tailoring.'


Originally a public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noi...

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The Big Picture Seven Year End Report 1958 US Army; The Big Picture TV-418


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'An episode comprised of the best stories told on THE BIG PICTURE over a seven year period.'


Originally a public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed...

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