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Saleman Incentives: "Westinghouse Travelers Choice '66 Trip Program" 1966

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Film describing sales incentives for Westinghouse air conditioner salesmen.


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 v...

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Atlas ICBM: "WS-107A Special Report" January, 1956 Convair-US Air Force

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SM-65 Atlas ICBM: Project Atlas contractor's report, January 1956. Covers all areas of early Atlas missile development.


Originally a public domain film from the US Government, 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 al...

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Project Gemini Program HD Resource Reel; NASA; Silent Highlights from Raw Footage


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'...Gemini Program: new astronaut class touring Cape, medical checks, and training, Gemini capsules at McDonnell Aircraft... Gemini 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12 scenes, with crew training, launches, flight film, recovery and special events.'


Public domain film from NASA.


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Army Chief of Staff: "Top Soldier" 1953 US Army; The Big Picture TV-471

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'Since the creation of the National Security Act in 1947, which might be considered to coincide with the beginning of the modern Army, four men have held down the role of "top soldier"--the awesomely demanding job of Army Chief of Staff. In this episode of THE BIG PICTURE, the camera's attention is focused on the lives of these four generals and their contributions to the Army. The f...

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Bell UH-1 Iroquois 1960 US Army; from Research and Development Progress Report No. 1

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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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Chevy Races Iceboat 1935 Chevrolet Leader News Vol 1 No 1


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Originally a public domain film from the National Archives or 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...

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Bactine Medicated Skin Cream Commercial: Split Screen Model ~ 1969

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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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Great Miami Hurricane: Miami - The Magic City 1926

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Silent.


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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Behind the Cup: The Story of Hills Bros Coffee 1930 Hills Bros Coffee

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Silent. 'How coffee goes from plantation to market.'


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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Conservation Laws in Zero Gravity 1974 NASA (Skylab Science Demonstration Program)

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'Examples of simultaneous conservation of angular momentum and energy for non-rigid spinning bodies. Includes footage of Skylab and Explorer demonstrations.'


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

DARPA Robotics Challenge Final Highlights + Ride Along with RoboSimian 2015 DARPA-NASA JPL

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Originally a public domain film from the National Archives or 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 video was silent. I have added music created by myself using the Reaper Digital Audio Workstation...

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AN/TPS-25 Ground Surveillance Radar Moving Target Detection 1961 US Army Training Film TF6-3184


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AN/TPS-25 GROUND SURVEILLANCE RADAR, MOVING TARGET DETECTION, THE


AUDIO RETURNS PICKED UP BY AN/TPS-25 FROM: WALKING PERSONNEL, LIGHT AND HEAVY WHEELED VEHICLE, VEHICLE DISPERSION MANEUVER, TRACKED VEHICLE, AND TANKS.


Originally a public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio ...

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High Strategy: The Bomber Tanker Team (15th Air Force Heritage) 1980 USAF


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15 AF HERITAGE - HIGH STRATEGY - BOMBER AND TANKERS TEAM


GENERAL HISTORY OF THE 15TH AIR FORCE (SAC) WITH EMPHASIS ON AIR REFUELING, PRE-WORLD WAR I, AND POST-WORLD WAR II.


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-c...

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Operator Toll Dialing 2: Cord Signals ~ 1949 AT&T - Bell System Telephone Operator Training Film

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'Instructional film for telephone operators.' Produced for AT&T by Audio Productions.


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 pr...

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Psychology: Competition and Dominance Hierarchies in Rats 1940 Mowrer-Kornreich-Yoffe

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'Three rats are given an insufficient ration of food in order to demonstrate their behaviors... violence is the most apparent outcome of the experiment. '


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 & mil...

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1935 Hairstyles (1935) Chevrolet Leader News Vol 1 No 1

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'HAIR STYLIST & MODELS SHOW STYLES...


Title Card: "New York City" over 3 women in back seat of moving car.

Promotional newsreel sponsored by General Motors. Several women driving in automobile; showing off hairstyles. 3 women in back seat of moving automobile. Male hairstylist combing back of woman's hair in beauty parlor. CU women turning around to show of...

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Meeting the Terrorist Threat ~ 1972 Defense Nuclear Agency

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'Depicts nuclear security activities at an early nuclear storage site and how a small unarmed force of intruders easily enters under the security fence surrounding the site. The protective force subdues the intruders easily. In another scene, a well-armed terrorist team enters the base and kills a roving patrol with a well-placed sniper. Security forces finally overcome the terrorist...

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Sacred Elephants of India 1931 MJ Kandel


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Silent.


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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Machine Shop: Vertical Boring Mill #1 (Turret Lathe) 1942 US Office of Education

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Machine Shop Work: An Introduction to Operations on the Vertical Boring Mill: No. 1: Rough Facing, Turning and Drilling (On a Vertical Turret Lathe)


'Identification of the various controls on a standard vertical turret lathe: the use of these controls in making facing, turning, and drilling cuts with the vertical head; demonstrates the independent and universal movem...

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Basic Training: Operation Discovery 1960 US Army; The Big Picture TV-456

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'Basic training to graduation is theme for new "THE BIG PICTURE" -- "Operation Discovery" depicts the life of a young soldier from induction into the modern Army until his ultimate "graduation" from basic. During the course of the film, he "discovers" the why and wherefore of his obligated peacetime service. Eddy Manson, one of this country's top harmonica virtuosos, is featured in t...

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Johnny Smoke Anti-Smoking PSA 1968 American Heart Association; 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 less noisy tha...

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Gossip 1953 Sid Davis Productions


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'Points out that gossip reflects the lack of respect for words. Describes the harm which gossip can do.' 'Picture was produced with the counsel and assistance of the Police Department, City of Inglewood.'


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected...

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Making Friends People to People 1959 US Army; The Big Picture TV-430

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'Today THE BIG PICTURE looks at one of America's not-so-secret weapons. No scientists or engineers are studying the blueprints on it. It will never come off the assembly line or be fired from a launching pad. But the range and power of this weapon is tremendous even though about all the equipment it needs is a smile and a heart. Our Armed Forces -- with a sizable portion of its stren...

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Operator Toll Dialing 1: Dialing ~ 1949 AT&T - Bell System Telephone Operator Training Film


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'Instructional film for telephone operators.' Produced for AT&T by Audio Productions.


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 ...

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Medical Effects of the Atomic Bomb 1949 US Army Training Film PFM-5058

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'Describes the medical and physical effects of a nuclear explosion.'


Originally a public domain film from the US Army, 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, ...

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Comet Cleanser Commercial 01 Giant Coffee Cup ~1960 Procter & Gamble

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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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With the Marines at Tarawa 1944 Office of War Information; World War II

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'Marines clean machine guns and attend religious services aboard transports at sea, climb into landing craft which head for shore, wade through the surf protected by naval, and aerial bombardment, consolidate beach positions, move inland, and care for wounded. Reel 2, a landing craft is hit. Mortars are fired and Japanese infantry flushed from dugouts. Marines and tanks move up. Gen....

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Speech: "Platform Posture and Appearance" 1949 Young America Films (Centron Corporation)

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'Deals with the importance of proper posture and good appearance for the public speaker. Each element is treated from the viewpoint of the inexperienced speaker. Points out that an audience is impressed by what it sees as well as what it hears.'


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, w...

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Parking Meters are Newest Thing: 5 Cents for 30 Minutes 1936 Chevrolet Leader News Newsreel Vol 2 No 2

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PUT A NICKEL IN THE SLOT TO PARK FOR AN HOUR IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, TEXAS.


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 volum...

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Effects of Atomic Weapons (Orientation Part 5) AFSWP-USAF

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'Atomic Weapons Orientation Part Five - Effects of Atomic Weapons... shows the heat, blast, and radiation effects of a nuclear explosion on personnel (dummies), structures, and military equipment... a compilation of numerous nuclear detonations in the atmospheric testing program, but does not identify each blast. All types of detonations, including underground, surface, near surface ...

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