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Regulated Deer Hunting 1930 United States Forest Service (USFS)

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Pisgah National Forest and their attempts to control deer overpopulation, trapping and hunting. Silent, with titles.


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. Silent.


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Research & Development in the Arctic ~ 1955 US Army; The Big Picture TV-366

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""THE BIG PICTURE" cameramen follow Army engineers into Artic wastelands -- The mission of the First Engineer Arctic Task Force of the Army's Corps of Engineers is dramatically filmed by cameramen of THE BIG PICTURE in this film presentation. Across dangerous wastes of ice and snow the camera lens follows these engineer soldiers as they construct roads stretching deeper and deeper in...

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Lady Lifeguards, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, NY ~ 1940 Central 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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The Role of the Combat Cameraman 1952 US Army

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'Report to the Armed Forces Number: Issue Number 141...


This film provides visual documentation of World War I, World War II, and Korea, showing photography use for tactical and strategic planning; intelligence; reconnaissance; identification; evaluation; training; information; and historical purposes. It also illustrates how photography can be used as a weapon.'

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Prell Shampoo TV Commercial 11 "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 WAC is a Soldier, Too 1954 US Army; The Big Picture TV-277

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'The privilege of serving the United States Army in uniform is no longer limited to men. To prepare the women who will serve with the Regular Army, the Women's Army Corps recently opened a new training center at Fort McClellan, Alabama. THE BIG PICTURE camera goes to Fort McClellan to film and record this first good look at the new "college" for WAC officers and enlisted women. Since...

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STS-71 Atlantis; First Shuttle-Mir Docking; Post Flight Mission Highlights 1995 NASA Film JSC-1510

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STS-71 POST FLIGHT PRESENTATION


Commander: Robert L. Gibson

Pilot: Charles J. Precourt

Mission Specialists: Ellen S. Baker, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Norman E. Thagard


Mir 19 Commander: Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev (Russia)

Mir 19 Engineer: Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin (Russia)


Mir 18 Commander: Vladimi...

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Paratroop Training: Paratroops ~ 1943 US Office of War Information; 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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Submarine Warfare: "Rig For Ultra-Quiet" ~ 1958 US Navy; Seapower; MN-8531

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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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Funny Bones TV Commercial ~ 1968 Parker Brothers Game Television Ad

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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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Messerschmitt Me-110 Identification Of Aircraft ~ 1942 US Army Training Film TF1-440

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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, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is f...

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Frontiers of the Future 1937 National Industrial Council; Lowell Thomas

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'Produced to convince Depression-weary Americans that new frontiers still lay ahead. Excellent compilation of stock shots of 1930s-era manufacturing, research laboratories and industry.'


“There are no new frontiers within our borders... To what new horizons can we look now? Where are tomorrow’s opportunities? What’s ahead in America for you and your children?â€...

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Belles of the South Seas 1944 Castle Films; Tahiti, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Papua & Kalabahai

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Focus on Women of native cultures of Tahiti, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoan Islands, Papua and Kalabahai.


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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The Navy Navigation Satellite System (1967) US Navy; Pre-GPS; Transit Satellites

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'This 1967 Navy film explains the highly successful Navy Navigation Satellite System (NAVSAT), which was built during the 1960's, and operated through 1996. It includes a detailed explanation of the computing equipment used to operate the system in the 1960's.'


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

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Keds Shoes Commercial: Kedso the Clown ~ 1958 US Rubber; Animated Cartoon

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'Animated Kedso the clown character leads the Keds shoe song...'


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 norma...

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Here Comes the Circus 1942 Castle Films; Cole Bros. Circus; Emmett Kelly, Betty Rich, Clyde Beatty

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Cole Bros. Circus: '...Cotton candy, Coke, children, barkers, side shows, women snake charmers & sword swallowers, tent circus, parade, audience, clowns, animals, elephants, Emmett Kelly, Betty Rich Queen of the Air, trapeze artists, aerobats, bareback riders, trained horses, tigers, Clyde Beatty...'


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Pr...

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Military Intelligence Specialists 1961 US Army TF30-3030

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'This film focuses on the interviewers, interpreters, and photo reviewer specialists that comprise G-2 military intelligence.'


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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History of the US Navy: World Wide Naval Operations 1815-1860 (1956) USN Training Film FN-6943d; Animated Cartoon

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The history of world-wide naval operations -- In Peace And War -- 1815-1860. Sea Power for Security.


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 wi...

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The Treasury Story 1969 US Treasury Department

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'Historical account of establishment. Alexander Hamilton was the first Sec. of Treasury. It was divided into six bureaus: Bureau of Mint, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Customs, Bureau of Public Debt, Bureau of Accounts...'


Originally a public domain film from the National Archives or Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slig...

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Pledge Furniture Wax Commercial ~ 1965 Johnson Wax

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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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Northwestern Bell in War ~ 1943 NW Bell Telephone Company


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Produced by Ray-Bell Films, Inc.


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 reduc...

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Blasting Cap Danger 1957 Institute of Makers of Explosives


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'Shows the dangers to which children expose themselves when they play with blasting caps.'


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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How to Succeed with Brunettes 1967 US Navy Training Film MN-10283C

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'Proper and improper etiquette on a movie date and at a formal dance with receiving line.'


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 ...

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Viking (Mars Lander & Mars Orbiter) 1976 NASA Film HQ-266; Image Associates

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Viking Mars lander and orbiter overview.


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 ...

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TWA Stewardess Mary Ann Lynch Drinks Coke TV Commercial ~ 1966 Coca-Cola Company

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Film promoting the provision of Coca-Cola for employee breaks at work.


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...

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Windmills: "Wind - An Energy Alternative" 1980 US Department of Energy (DOE)

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'This program looks at the history and uses of wind power, used for centuries by humans to move boats, pump water and grind grain including discussions on efficiency, problems in the urban environment, experimental systems and windmill use across the United States.'


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

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Trinity Shot 1945 First Atomic Bomb Test (Fat Man Type Plutonium Fission Nuclear Weapon); World War II

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The first atomic bomb is tested at Trinity Site in southeastern New Mexico in July 1945.


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.


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Tires: "Under The Tread" 1934 Brunswick Tire

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"Very detailed film showing the intricacies of tire manufacture. Much hand processing is done, many, many steps... Tires are built ply by ply; placed in many molds; inspections; research laboratory; factory; assembly line; vulcanization..."


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

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The Story of Hoover Dam ~ 1962 US Department of Interior

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'Explains the overwhelming need to control and regulate the raging waters of the Colorado River; the 1928 passage of the Boulder Canyon Project authorizing construction of the Hoover Dam; the ensuing construction of diversion tunnels and then the dam itself; building of support facilities, such as a steel fabrication plant for giant pipe construction; and creation of hydroelectric op...

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1942 Olds: "Oldsmobile Presents the Sixty B-44" (1941) Oldsmobile Division, General Motors

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1942 Oldsmobile theatrical advertising produced by Jam Handy. The last pre-war Oldsmobile rolled off the assembly line on February 5, 1942.


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. View Post