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Riot Control Formations 1967 US Army Military Police Training Film TF19-3799

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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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Concrete Blocks: "Imagination Unlimited" 1961 Besser Company

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'Promotional film for ornamental concrete blocks and how they can add style to a construction project.'


Produced by Jam Handy.


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 noi...

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Bathing Beauties Boudoir Express 1936 Chevrolet Leader News Newsreel Vol. 2 No. 4

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NEW CANVAS VEHICLE PERMITS BATHERS TO CHANGE CLOTHES EN ROUTE TO BEACH.


'Title Card: "Hurry! Hurry! Last Call For the Boudoir Express" over women huddled in carts.


Women changing into swimwear in dressing rooms on wheels. VS (from above) women changing clothes (and in stages of undress) while being pulled in dressing rooms on wheels; carts rolling pa...

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Cole Bros. Circus: "Circus People" ~ 1948 Academy Films

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Cole Bros. Circus


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, ...

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Xerox 2400 Plain Paper Copier: "Whats the Difference?" 1965 Xerox 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...

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Atomic Power at Shippingport ~ 1958 Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)-Westinghouse


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The first commercial nuclear power plant.


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, no...

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Electrons in a Uniform Magnetic Field 1959 Physical Sciences Study Committee (PSSC) - Educational Services

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'Dorothy Montgomery uses a Leybold tube to measure the curvature of the path of the electrons in a magnetic field and thus determine the mass of the electron.'


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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The Slow Roll (Intermediate Aerobatics Part 2) 1943 US Navy Pilot Training Film MN-1325b

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"Describes the fundamental techniques and common errors in such maneuvers as... slow roll... how-to guide for instruction in some of the basic aerobatic moves..."


Originally a public domain film from the US National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video no...

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Santiago: "Housing in Chile" 1943 US Office of Interamerican Affairs; Julien Bryan

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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/or equaliz...

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Skippy Peanut Butter Commercial ~ 1956 Animated Cartoon

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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/or equaliz...

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The Story Of Asbestos 1922 United States Bureau of Mines

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Silent film, with titles, on the production of asbestos at the Johns-Manville Co. plant.  "Magic fibers - yesterday a curiosity, today a necessity - developed by the skill and resources of a great organization."


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

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Air Force Now: "Readiness" 1978 US Air Force Film AFN-105

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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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"Flight Sense" 1945 US Navy Pilot Training; Robert Taylor; Primary Flight Training

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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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24 Hours Floating Underwater:"Hypodynamics" ~ 1960 US Air Force; from "Bioastronautics Research"

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'Coverage of research at the Aerospace Medical Division Hq 657Oth Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories..."


Originally a public domain film from the US 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 ...

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Lilt Home Permanent TV Commercial 02 ~ 1960 Procter & Gamble

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'Betty is bringing her beauty shop home!'


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 normalization, noise reduction, clipping reducti...

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Operation Fishbowl: High Altitude Nuclear Weapons Effects 1962 Defense Atomic Support Agency (DASA)

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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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Project Echo: "The Big Bounce" 1960 American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T)

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'The story of the Echo communications satellite project, and how scientists learned to bounce a radio signal off a big balloon.'


Written by Robert Engel and Leo S. Rosencrans.

Narrator: Larry Thor.

Producer and Photographer: Jerry Fairbanks. 


Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cr...

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Automobile: "Key to Our Horizons" 1952 Chevrolet Division, General Motors

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IMPORTANCE OF AUTO IN AMERICAN LIFE & ECONOMICS. GOOD ANIMATION OF STREAM OF CARS AROUND MOON. EXPLAINS VAST NUMBERS OF WORKERS INVOLVED IN AUTO INDUSTRY. USES DAGUERRE CAMERA TO EMPTY STREET SCENE OF MOVING PEOPLE & OBJECTS. GOOD QUALITY B&W AUTO SHOTS.


Produced by Jam Handy.


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

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The 957th Day 1944 US Office Of War Information; US Navy in WWII

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'Shows the Pacific Fifth Fleet engaged in combat action on the 957th day of WWII.'


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...

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Tide TV Commercial No. 2 "Refuses 2 for 1 Swap" ~ 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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System Technology ~ 1957 System Development Corporation; SAGE Software Development


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'On the development of an early warning aircraft simulation system... Excellent footage of computers and data processing... Mainframe computers, credit cards, information technology, aerial of System Development Corporation headquarters, engineers at work, drafting diagrams and maps, engineers in meetings, women draftspersons, electronic typewriters, women office workers, ...

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Radar Secrets 1945 U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division; Arthur Kennedy

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'Radar is used aboard a ship to locate a Japanese vessel. Within 60 seconds the ship's automatically operated guns are ready to fire. The Japanese ship is hit by the first salvo and explodes. Rockets are fired from land, sea, and air. Shows an atomic bomb explosion. States that new weapons already out-date these being shown...' 'Film created for the U.S. Treasury Department's campaig...

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Traveltime: Freedomland 1963 James Fitzpatrick - Peterson Productions

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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 Case of the Blurred Image" ~ 1960 Weather King; Rain Slickers for Gas Station Workers


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'Film about importance of neat and clean rainwear for service station workers.' Filmed at Mobil (Socony-Vacuum) gas 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 correction & mild video noise redu...

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Television Remote Control 1961 RCA Victor TV Commercial

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'Attractive model in yellow dress caresses the television and demonstrates the push-button wireless wizard remote unit. She watches television show of stage show of female dancers in costume, varying color intensity, focus, tone, etc. "Lets you enjoy the picture you want, the way you want to see it"...'


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

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Long Distance Telephony: "A Continent is Bridged" 1940 American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T)

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'Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. On telephone developments, 1876-1940.' Fragment of a larger film. Produced by Audio Productions.


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 processe...

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Hands ~ 1944 US Army Signal Corps MISC-1097; World War II

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'Impressionistic film promoting total war mobilization, showing only human hands.'


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...

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Atmospheric Penetration: Basic Dynamics of Re-Entry 1965 US Air Force Training Film TF-5618; Graphic Films

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Originally a public domain film from the US Air Force, 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,...

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Hindenburg Disaster: "Zeppelin Explodes, Scores Dead" 1937-05-06 Pathe & Universal Newsreels

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Footage from Universal and Pathé coverage of the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst. Also shots of the big ships over New York.


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...

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1937 Chevy Ad Campaign: "Hold Everything!" 1936 Chevrolet Division, General Motors

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Film for car salesmen, produced by Jam Handy.


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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