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Army Aviation: "Flying Soldiers" 1959 US Army; VZ-2 Tiltwing, OV-1 Mohawk, CV-2/C-7 Caribou, UH-1; The Big Picture TV-426


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'"Flying Soldiers" is a documentary film which dramatically presents the story of Army aviation. Viewers will see everything from a foot soldier to an Honest John missile. A simulated battle is staged for the cameras in which fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters rush vitally needed soldiers to the front. Also seen in this episode is the latest in Army aircraft -- the revolu...

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Nonesuch Coffee Theatrical Screen Ad 1934 Prelinger Archives

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Housewife keeps Nonesuch Coffee in the icebox to preserve the flavor. Price during movie week special: 29 cents a pound.


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. View Post

Springs: "A Case of Spring Fever" 1940 Chevrolet Division, General Motors; Jam Handy

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AN ANIMATED SPRING SPRITE APPEARS TO GILBERT WILLOUGHBY TO DRIVE HOME THE COMFORT & VALUE OF SPRINGS IN EVERYDAY LIFE--PARTICULARLY THE SPRINGS IN THE CHEVROLET MOTORCAR.


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 & mil...

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Industrial Films: "How Much?" ~ 1963 Calvin Workshop


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Short industrial film making fun of the difficulty in estimating the cost of producing an industrial film.


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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Consuming Women (Women as Consumers) ~ 1967 Procter & Gamble

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"Here she is. She is single and fun-loving. She is engaged. She is newly married. And not so newly married. She has no children. She has one child. She has many children. She even has grandchildren. She may be exclusively a homemaker. Or she may hold a part-time job. Or she works in an office full-time. She enjoys her leisure time. She participates in community affairs. She's athleti...

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Automatic Mail Culling and Stamp Cancelling 1968 US Postal Service

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'Demonstrates how a newly developed mail preparation system improves efficiency in mail culling and stamp cancelling operations.'


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 sou...

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Three Smart Daughters (Singer Sewing Machine Screen Ad) 1940 Singer Manufacturing Company

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'Three young women impress their men with their home sewing skills.'


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 n...

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Streamlining: "Taking the Air" 1941 Chevrolet Division General Motors Corporation; Jam Handy

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STUDIES IN STREAMLINING FROM THE DAYS OF HORATIO PHILLIPS TO MODERN TIMES. EVOLUTION OF AUTOMOBILE FROM ITS BEGINNING TO PRESENT STREAMLINED SHAPE IS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE 1941 CHEVROLET.


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...

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Atlas, Titan & Minuteman Missiles: "The 10,000 Mile Production Line" 1962 US Air Force Systems Command

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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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Long Distance: "World At Your Call" 1950 American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T); Jam Handy

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Excellent color shots of transportation circa 1950 (car, train, and plane) this film deals with the wonders of long-distance telephone communications. US & World Location shots: White Mountains, New Hampshire (Great Stone Face); man makes long distance telephone call; Mardi Gras, New Orleans; Washington DC (Capitol, Washington Monument, Tidal Basin, Lincoln Memorial); Early inter...

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Test Tube Tale 1941 General Motors, Industrial Chemistry Products

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THE JOB THAT INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY IS DOING TO PRESERVE OUR CLOTHES, FURNITURE & TRANSPORTATION IS BROUGHT OUT IN THIS PICTURE. NEW PRODUCTS & NEW METHODS OF PROTECTING THE OLD FAITHFUL PRODUCTS & MATERIALS ARE DRAMATIZED.


Produced by Jam Handy.


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

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Pennsylvania Turnpike Travel: "Roads to Romance" 1951 Chevrolet Division, General Motors

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'Travelogue, made for theatrical showing and commissioned by Cheverolet, promoting tourism by car...'


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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Oil: "More Power to You" ~ 1936 Sun Oil Co.; Lowell Thomas

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'How oil is drilled, transported, refined, reformulated, and consumed. Narrator: Lowell Thomas.' Produced by Jam Handy.

 

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.

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The Admiral Chester Nimitz Story 1959 US Army; WWII in the Pacific; The Big Picture TV-436

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'THE BIG PICTURE, having presented the lives of Generals Marshal, MacArthur, and Stilwell, now turns to honor the Army's sister service with this pictorial biography of one of its most distinguished heroes -- Admiral Chester Nimitz. Raised on the extensive plains of Texas, Admiral Nimitz had never seen an ocean when he entered Annapolis at the beginning of the century. Yet, forty yea...

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The Rocket: Solid and Liquid Propellant Motors ~ 1950 US Air Force Training Film TF1-4764


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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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Harvest Of The Years 1937 Ford Motor Company

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'Shows mass production of Ford cars in an assembly line; the research necessary to carry on the work; materials that go into the making of the Ford.'


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 vid...

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1963 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight Commercial (1962) General Motors

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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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Air Conditioners: "Traveler's Choice '66" (1966) Westinghouse

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'Promotional film aimed at retail sales outlets of air conditioners; many different models are shown.'


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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Iceland 1942 Office of Strategic Services (OSS); World War II

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'Film Report: A survey of military facilities, road and airport systems in Iceland during the period November 1941 to early spring 1942. Air views of city, airport, outer and inner harbors, dock and airport facilities at Reykjavik. Shows U.S. Navy air station, prefabricated housing construction, Norwegian Air Force Detachment headquarters. A violent gale inflicts damage to vessels an...

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Hydrofoil Fast Attack Patrol Boats: "Foilborne" ~ 1977 US Navy Film MN-11290

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HOW HYDROFOILS WORK AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THEM IN TOMORROWS NAVY.


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, no...

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Electronics: Parallel RL Circuits 1972 USAF Training Film TV2012EK

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REVIEWS SEVERAL METHODS OF SOLVING PARALLEL RL CIRCUIT PROBLEMS IN A GIVEN CIRCUIT WITH COMPONENT VALUE FREQUENCY AND APPLIED VOLTAGE KNOWN. POINTS OUT THAT BRANCH CURRENT AND TOTAL Z ARE FOUND BY OHM'S LAW. SHOWS HOW TOTAL CURRENT AND PHASE ANGLE ARE FOUND VECTORALLY AND TRIGONOMETRICALLY, AND POWER FACTOR IS DETERMINED TRIGONOMETRICALLY AND IN TERMS OF TRUE AND APPARENT POWER.

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Our Colorful World: Northwest In Bloom 1942 Bell & Howell; (JQ Music)

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'Silent film that looks at flowers in the United States Pacific Northwest states. Part of "Our Colorful World" series.'


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. View Post

Operation Dominic Nuclear Tests 1962 US Joint Task Force 8; USAF 1352d Photo Group

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Operation Dominic: '36 atmospheric nuclear devices detonated in the Pacific Proving Ground from April to November 1962. It was the last atmospheric nuclear test series conducted by the United States. Also, Dominic I was the largest and most elaborate U.S. testing operation ever conducted. In geographic terms, the diagnostic stations receiving data from the tests covering more than 15...

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Heat Treatment of Steel: Elements of Tempering, Normalizing, and Annealing 1945 US Office of Education

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'Explains how steel is tempered, how the structure, toughness, and hardness of plain carbon steel changes at progressive tempering stages, and how steel is normalized and annealed. Describes the results.'


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

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Waterbucket II: E-8 Test on Ambush 1966 US Army Edgewood Arsenal

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'This film is a U.S. Army "Edgewood Arsenal Report" on three chemical munitions systems that were under development by the U.S. Army. The E8, E158, and E159 were tested at Camp A. P. Hill, Virginia. In test one the goal was to test E158 and E159 to see if these aerial clusters prevented ambush by reconnaissance, and to determine the effects of the weapons on both masked and unmasked ...

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Jell-O TV Commercial ~ 1955 General Foods; Animated Cartoon

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'JELL-O Gelatin Dessert

Animation with a "Chinese" narrator, shows a Chinese baby trying to eat his Jell-o with chopsticks and explaining that a spoon was invented for eating Jell-o.'


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-...

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Beginning Tennis 1960 All American Productions; Carmack Berryman

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'Shows how the tennis instructor teaches tennis to beginning and advanced students. Includes an analysis of the basic fundamentals of tennis--serving, forehand and backhand drive, forehand and backhand volley, and the smash.'


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

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Greenland: "Operation Lead Dog" 1961 US Army; The Big Picture TV-494

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'THE BIG PICTURE takes viewers to the most northern body of land in the world to view the activities of Operation Lead Dog. A combined services effort conducted in cooperation with the Danish government and commanded by the Army Transportation Corps, Operation Lead Dog started in May of 1960. First, the Army explorers spanned the icecap from coast-to-coast before moving north beyond ...

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The LSD: Description and Employment - 1944 US Navy; Landing Ship Dock; WWII; LCM; LCT

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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...

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Airlift of the Atlas Missile 1960 US Air Force Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Film FTA-500

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How to unload a SM-65 Atlas ICBM missile from a Douglas C-133 transport aircraft after it has been flown to a destination.


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 ...

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