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Animals in the Service of Man ~ 1940 American Humane Association; Lowell Thomas

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'Presented by American Humane Assocation, produced by United Specialists, Inc., narrated by Lowell Thomas.'


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 soun...

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Marijuana - LSD - Heroin "Curious Alice" 1968 (1971) National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH)

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'This drug abuse educational film portrays an animated fantasy based upon the characters in "Alice in Wonderland." The film shows Alice as she toured a strange land where everyone had chosen to use drugs, forcing Alice to ponder whether drugs were the right choice for her. The "Mad Hatter" character represents Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), the "Dormouse" represents sleeping pills...

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Mothball Fleet: "Readiness and Care of Vessels in Inactive Status" 1945 US Navy Training Film MN-5040a

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After victory in World War II, the United States Navy initiated a complex process to migrate portions of its massive armada into inactive status. This 1945 documentary explains the proper methodology for preparing a warship for the Reserve Fleet. 


Originally a public domain film from the US Navy, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio cor...

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US Army Communications - Vietnam 1966 Staff Film Report 66-43B

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STAFF FILM REPORT 66-43B - U.S. ARMY COMMUNICATIONS - VIETNAM


STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS IWCS, IN-COUNTRY RADIO NETWORK, CABLE TRAFFIC, TELEPHONE AND TELETYPEWRITER SYSTEMS ADPS AND MSC-44 SATELLITE TRACKING STATION.


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

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Tide TV Commercial No. 3 "You Can Trust Tide" ~ 1970 Procter & Gamble; Laundry Detergent Advertising

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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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Summer in the Parks 1968 National Park Service, Washington DC

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'Washington, D.C.'s "Summer in the Parks" program was created by the National Park Service in 1968 to attract more Washington residents to the city's parks. This film is a montage of the program's activities, set to music.'


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

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Problems of Housing 1944 Encyclopaedia Britannica 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.

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

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Malibu Mermaid ~ 1959 Adele Doleman

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'Mild stag film starring Adele Doleman.'


Originally a public domain film 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, clippi...

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Radioactive Materials Incidents ERG Emergency Response Guidebook 1996 US Department of Transportation (DOT)

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'DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


Using the ERG: A First Response to Incidents Involving Radioactive Materials'


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 soundtra...

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Top Job TV Commercial: "New Pine-Ammonia" ~ 1970 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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Fluid Mechanics: "Secondary Flow" 1964 Edward S. Taylor, MIT - Physical Sciences Study Committee (PSSC)

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'Introduces the idea of secondary flow with the classical teacup experiment. Demonstrates secondary flow in a sink - vortex tank, a bend in an open channel and at the base of a strut in a shear flow. Explains in terms of pressure fields on boundary layers and vorticity conservation theorems.'


Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, w...

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Fort Benning Infantry School: "Follow Me" 1952 US Army; The Big Picture TV-203

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'Home of the "Queen of Battle," Fort Benning, Georgia, brings us the story of how we keep our infantrymen highly trained with the most weapons available. We hear from Korean and WW II veterans with the "know how" and are now training the new arrivals. We have a look at the Ranger training where every man is a specialist in every type of Army weapon. This is a simple story but one wit...

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USMC Helicopter Pilot Recruiting: "Straight Up and Away" 1970 United States Marine Corps Film MH-10736

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR HELICOPTER PILOTS OFFERED BY THE MARINE CORPS.


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 reduc...

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Chevy 396 / 402 / 427 cu in 390 hp Engines from "Impact '66" (1966) Chevrolet Division, General Motors

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'Announcement film introducing the new 1966 Chevrolet 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 applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normali...

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1958 Ford TV Commercial 1957 Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz (I Love Lucy)

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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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Tank History: "Role of Armor" 1961 US Army; The Big Picture TV-509

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'THE BIG PICTURE viewers will get an opportunity in this picture to see how armor has grown from a small group of specialists to the all-important role in in today's army. Signal Corps films present an authentic report of the first tactical employment of the iron combatants. Now accepted as an essential part of the fighting team on the ground, tanks were once considered impractical a...

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Zero-G: "Living and Working in Space" ~ 1990 NASA

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'This program is devoted to the analysis and development of the possibilities for living in and utilizing space. Beginning with the Skylab project in the U.S., the program covers a host of experiments conducted in the U.S. and by Spacelab, the European counterpart to Skylab.'


Originally a public domain film from NASA, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the...

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Aerospace Power: F-16 1977 US Air Force; General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

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United States Air Force General Dynamics F-16 jet fighter demonstration film.


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 wa...

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Operation Sandstone Atomic Test Film 1948 US Department of Defense (DOD)

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'Operation Sandstone was a series of nuclear weapon tests in 1948. It was the third series of American tests, following Trinity in 1945 and Crossroads in 1946, and preceding Ranger. Like the Crossroads tests, the Sandstone tests were carried out at the Pacific Proving Grounds, although at Enewetak Atoll rather than Bikini Atoll...'


Originally a public domain film fro...

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Head & Shoulders Shampoo TV Commercial 01: Receptionist ~ 1962 Procter & Gamble; Majel Barret

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'A new receptionist almost doesn't get the job because of her dandruff, but another woman in the office assures the boss she'll tell her about Head And Shoulders shampoo. After six weeks, everything is still wonderful in the office, and the receptionist even has a romantic interest with a man who works in the sales department.'


Originally a public domain film from th...

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Hog Farming: "Modern Trends in Swine Production" 1961 US Steel

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'Shows the most commonly used up-to-date methods of hog raising and includes suggestions on breeding, feeding, farrowing and management.'


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 red...

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Employment of Sea Power: WWII Atlantic & Mediterranean Theaters 1956 US Navy Training Film MN-8512A

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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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The Fed Today 2001 Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; Charles Osgood

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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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Tornado Below 1975 NASA; Cyclonic Storms & Weather Satellites

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'Tornado Below - National Aeronautics and Space Administration... This film explains how tornadoes are formed, gives their characteristics, and tells of the destruction they caused. The film relates this information to work done in the laboratory in order to better understand the tornado, and it stresses the importance of information from early warning satellites.'


O...

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Motorama: "A Touch of Magic" 1961 General Motors

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'General Motors 1961 Motorama film presenting new cars, appliances and futuristic ideas... a followup to DESIGN FOR DREAMING.'


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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Remote Control 1941 Chevrolet Division General Motors

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MANY OF THE NECESSARY DEVICES OF OUR MODERN WORLD ARE OPERATED BY REMOTE CONTROL. EARLY ILLUSTRATION OF THE MARIONETTE DANCERS IS USED, THEN ACTION PROGRESSES TO MODERN TRAFFIC CONTROL, & THEN TO THE AUTOMOBILE WITH THE VACUUM GEARSHIFT DRAMATIZED.


Produced by Jam Handy.


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archi...

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Manned Spacecraft Center: "Where Tomorrow Begins" ~ 1972 NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC)


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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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Liberty ~ 1940 Liberty Films; Kodachrome

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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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Financing the American Family ~ 1935 Household Finance Corporation

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'How the Household Finance Corporation helps working families with installment loans during the Depression.'


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 sou...

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Baseball Pitchers & Catchers: "Famous Batteries" ~ 1950 United Motors Service Delco

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'Advertisement for Delco Batteries. Majority of film on baseball and famous baseball players.'


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 al...

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