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11th Armored Cavalry Regiment: "Blackhorse in Vietnam" 1969 US Army; The Big Picture TV-770

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COVERS THE ACTIVITIES IN VIETNAM OF THE "BLACKHORSE" REGIMENT, WHICH PROVED THAT ARMORED VEHICLESCOULD BE USED UNDER THE JUNGLE AND MARSH CONDITIONS FOUND IN VIETNAM.


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 n...

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Deep Sea Diving: "The Technique of Diving" 1943 US Navy Training Film MN-105c; 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 pe...

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This Is the Dairy Industry ~ 1957 American Dairy Association

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'Kodachrome epic showing the manufacture and processing of dairy products...'


Originally a public domain film from the 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 normalizatio...

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Study of Mans Movement with a Space Suit in Lunar Gravity 1964 NASA Langley Research Center; Project Apollo

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Project Apollo Moon mobility testing. '1964 test conducted at NASA Langley Research Center's Lunar Landing Research Facility, also known as the "Gantry."  The test was an exploratory study of Man's self-locomotion capabilities with a space suit in lunar gravity.


Langley Film #L-852.'


Originally a public domain film from NASA, slightly cropped to...

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Ivory Soap TV Commercial No. 15 "Keep Your Skin Healthy Looking" ~ 1970 Procter & Gamble; 60 Second Television Spot

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Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archive, 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 s...

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Goodyear Inflatoplane Wing Buckling First Series Wind Tunnel Testing ~ 1956 NACA (NASA) Langley Research Center

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"The first series of tests conducted at NACA (now NASA) Langley Research Center on the Goodyear Inflatoplane.  Tests were conducted in 1957 at the Full Scale Tunnel.  This experimental Navy aircraft was eventually scrapped when it was determined even a well aimed arrow could bring it down.  Langley Film #L-269."


Originally a public domain film from the...

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The F-111 Tactical Fighter 1964 US Air Force; General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark - Raven

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United States Air Force special film report SFP-385.


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 vol...

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Gags and Gals: Male Order 1936 Prelinger Archives Soundie

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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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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A Tale of Two Cities 1946 War Department; World War II

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The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.


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.

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In My Merry Oldsmobile 1931 Olds Motor Works; Fleischer Studios Cartoon Animation

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Sexually suggestive advertising cartoon produced by the Fleischer brothers... "You can go as far as you like with me in my merry Oldsmobile...." Follow the bouncing ball.


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 corr...

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WACs: "It's Your War Too" 1944 US Army Training Film MISC-958; World War II

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On the US Army Women's Army Corps - WAC - and their role in World War II. Includes Walt Disney Studio animation.


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.

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Human Tolerance to Wind Blasts 1946 National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) Langley Research Center

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Silent. 'Test conducted in 1946 where a human subject was exposed to blasts of air.  The test was performed at NASA Langley Research Center's 8 ft High Speed Tunnel.'


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 reducti...

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Maintaining the Piasecki HUP Helicopter 1952 US Navy Training Film FN-7397b

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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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Mechanical Refrigeration: How it Works 1944 US Navy Training Film MN-2246a

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USN training film produced by the Jam Handy Organization.


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 re...

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Crissy Doll Commercial #2 1970 Ideal Toy Corporation

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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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Haiti: "Song of the Voodoo" ~ 1940 Walter O. Gutlohn

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Haiti travelogue... Port-au-Prince people and marketplace...


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 normaliza...

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Telephone Lineman ~ 1964 AFL-CIO

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AFL-CIO "Americans At Work" segment depicts jobs that telephone linemen do: installations, splicing wires, putting up telephone poles, running microwave relay stations...


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 corr...

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First American In Orbit: "The Voyage of Friendship 7" 1962 NASA; John Glenn

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Astronaut John Glenn orbited the Earth three times in the Mercury spacecraft 'Friendship 7.'


On Feb. 20, 1962 at 9:47 am EST, John Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth. 77 year old Senator Glenn rejoined NASA in 1998 as a member of the STS-95 Discovery crew. This 9-day mission, from Oct. 29-Nov. 7, sup...

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Managing the Nation's Nuclear Waste 1992 US Department of Energy

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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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Whiz Bar "Party Magic" Commercial ~ 1938 Beich; Theatrical Screen Ad

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'Screen ad for Beich "Whiz Bar" candy featuring teenagers and a magic trick.'


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...

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Synthetic Fibers: Nylon and Rayon 1949 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films

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'The development of new artificial fibers for making textiles -- specifically rayon and nylon.'


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 a...

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The Plow that Broke the Plains 1936 U.S. Resettlement Administration

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'The film presents the social and economic history of the Great Plains -- from the time of the settlement of the prairies, through the World War I boom, to the years of depression and drought. The first part of the film shows cattle as they grazed on grasslands, and homesteaders who hurried onto the plains and grew large wheat crops. The second part depicts the postwar decline of the...

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Harper's Bazaar Talks Fashion 1971 Harper's Bazaar

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'China Michado, a Harper's Creative Director, interviews high-end American designers of the time in their New York showrooms, including Betsey Johnson, Bill Blass, Geoffrey Beene, Halston and Anne Klein...'


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...

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Supermarket Checkers: "The Front Line" 1965 Readers Digest

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'How to be an effective supermarket checker.'


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 red...

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Prell Shampoo TV Commercial 05 "Prell Concentrate - Lots of Lather" ~ 1960 Procter & Gamble

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Prell Concentrate provides lots of rich creamy lather.


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 equa...

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The Power of Tomorrow 1964 USAF Rocket Propulsion Lab, Edwards Air Force Base

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US Air Force Special Film Production SFP-349


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 reduc...

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James Stewart: "Winning Your Wings" 1942 US Army Air Forces (USAAF) First Motion Picture Unit

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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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Autobahn Landing 1984 US Air Force; German Highways as NATO Emergency Runways

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AUTOBAHN LANDING: SEGMENTS OF HIGH SPEED FREEWAY SYSTEM IN WEST GERMANY WERE RECENTLY CONNECTED TO EMERGENCY AIRSTRIPS. CLIP SHOWS LANDINGS & TAKEOFFS ON NEW STRIP IN SIMULATED EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. SHOWS PORTABLE FACILITIES, I.E. CONTROL TOWER, FIRE & AMBULANCE SERVICE, REFUELING & RADAR EQUIPMENT.


US Air Force Video News Release VNR-7


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Pork People Like 1956 University of Illinois, Audio-Visual Center

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'Illustrates the different qualities of pork and shows how to acquire the best in meat purchases. Explains the importance of a "meat" type hog, with the necessary steps to raise it, and distinguishes it from the "fat" type. Instructs the housewife in the selection of good meat for her table.'


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

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"Attention Young Men" Recruiting Trailer No. 3 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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