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Ranger Ready 1953 US Army; The Big Picture TV-228

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'For this issue of THE BIG PICTURE our camera crews have journeyed into the mountains of North Georgia and the swamps of Florida in order to bring the story of the U.S. Army Rangers to the television screens of America. The Rangers are a proud corps of elite combat-ready troops who undergo the most rugged training in the Army. The first Ranger unit dates back almost 200 years ago whe...

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Ivory Soap Commercial No. 3 "Do American Women Look Different" ~ 1970 Procter & Gamble; 60 Second Television Spot


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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 les...

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Winston Cigarette Commercial: "Winston Tastes Good Like a Cigarette Should" ~ 1955 Animated Cartoon

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The original "Winston Tastes Good Like a Cigarette Should" jingle is combined with animation in this early TV commercial.


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 vol...

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Auto Suspensions: "Take It Easy" 1936 Chevrolet Division, General Motors; Jam Handy

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Description of the modern automobile's spring suspension, marketing the Chevrolet "knee action" suspension.


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 normalizat...

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Physics: "The Nature of Light" 1948 Coronet Instructional Films; Visible Electromagnetic Radiation

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DEMONSTRATES LIGHT AS A FORM OF RADIANT ENERGY. EXPLAINS THE PRINCIPLES OF REFLECTION & REFRACTION & SHOWS HOW THESE PRINCIPLES APPLY TO THE SCIENCE OF OPTICS. SHOWS HOW 2 BOYS ON EARLY A.M. FISHING TRIP DISCOVER PRINCIPLES OF REFLECTION AND REFRACTION OF LIGHT THROUGH SIMPLE EXPERIMENTATION. DIAGRAMS EXPLAIN THE OPERATION OF CAMERA & HUMAN EYE.


Originall...

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Flying Chair: "Bell Aerospace Flying Seat" 1965 NASA Langley Research Center

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'The Flying Seat was a Bell Aerosystems Corporation sponsored research and development project.  The idea of a "jet pack" was a result of large sums of money being put into vertical take-off and landing research at agencies like NASA or corporations like Bell Aerospace.  Ideas were developed for the Army as these were hoped to be given to soldiers to use.  Operators in...

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Cartography: "Mapping a Better Tomorrow" 1971 US Army Topographic Command; The Big Picture TV-800

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MAPPING A BETTER TOMORROW


SHOWS THE ACTIVITIES OF THE TOPOGRAPHIC COMMAND, MAKING MAPS OF THE EARTH FOR WAR AND PEACEFUL USES, AND MAPS OF THE MOON FOR THE APOLLO ASTRONAUTS.


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 noi...

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Project Apollo: Manned Flight to the Moon 1963 NASA Animation

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Animated depiction of the Lunar Obit Rendezvous method chosen for Project Apollo moon landing missions.


NASA film HQ-88, produced by Pelican Films, Inc.


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 v...

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Chemical, Biological, Radiological (CBR) Decontamination Unit 1974 US Army Training Film TF3-4899

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'U.S. Army Materiel Command. U.S. Army Munitions Command. Edgewood Arsenal. (08/01/1962 - 1971). This film warned that decontamination of vehicles and persons were vitally important after a chemical, biological, or radiological attack. After an attack, units should have marked contaminated areas with approved signs indicating the time, date, and agent used. The four methods of decont...

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Soldier in Hawaii 1957 US Army; Oahu, 25th Infantry Division... The Big Picture TV-352

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'Hub of Army defense activities in Pacific shown on "THE BIG PICTURE" -- Although the islands of Hawaii have already had their share of publicity among tourist circles and travel bureaus, the Army Signal Corps takes time out to photograph in detail, and sometimes with dramatic impact, the picture of Army servicemen and women stationed in Hawaii. In "Soldier in Hawaii," the producers ...

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"Take it off, take it all off" Noxzema Shave Cream TV Commercial 1965 Noxzema Chemical Company; Gunilla Knutson

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Model Gunilla Knutson asked men to "take it off, take it all off" in this Noxzema Shave Cream television commercial by the William Esty Advertising Agency. "The closer you shave, the more you need Noxzema."


Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction &...

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USAF Research & Development: "Air Force Systems Command Overview" 1980 US Air Force

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AFSC STAFF FILM REPORT 288


SYSTEMS COMMAND 1980: A COMPLETE OVERVIEW OF THE AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND MISSION. DESCRIBES THE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, TEST, AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMAND. IDENTIFIES THE LABORATORIES, PRODUCT DIVISIONS, CENTERS, AND RANGES THAT SYSTEMS COMMAND MANAGES. REVIEWS SEVERAL OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND WEAPON SYSTEMS BEI...

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Middle Class Consumers: "Opportunities Unlimited" ~ 1955 LIFE & Fortune Magazines; Animated Graphic Cartoon

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Economic overview of the rise of the "middle income consumer." Produced for Time, Inc. by Transfilm.


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, no...

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Vertical Flight Since 1920 (VTOL-Helicopter Research) 2015 NASA Langley; JQ Music

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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 film was silent. I have added music created by myself using the Reaper Digital Audio Workstation and the Independence and Proteus VX VST instrument plugins.

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Golden Knights US Army Parachute Team 1969 US Army; The Big Picture TV-766

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SHOWS THE ARMY PARACHUTE TEAM PERFORMING THEIR SPECTACULAR FREE-FALL ACROBATICS AND TESTING NEW AIR-DELIVERY TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT.


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 proce...

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Tide TV Commercial No. 1 "Fresh Clean Wash" ~ 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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New Formula 409 Bathroom Cleaner Commercial ~ 1970

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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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F-100 Super Sabre First Flight 1953-05-25 US Air Force; North American YF-100

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First flight of the North American F-100 Super Sabre on May 25, 1953.


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 film was silent. I have added music created by myself using the Reaper Digital ...

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3rd Annual All-American Soap Box Derby 1936 General Motors

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'Official film of early Soap Box Derby competition in Akron, Ohio...'


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 reducti...

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82nd Airborne Division: "Fire Brigade" 1958 US Army; The Big Picture TV-401

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'Fire fighting capability of Airborne seen on "THE BIG PICTURE" -- "One of the most effective forces available for dealing with the brushfire-type of war consists of the airborne units of the United States Army." With this idea in mind more than 200 different scenes were shot recently at Fort Bragg, N.C., showing the changes undergone in the recently reorganized Pentomic 82nd Airborn...

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Apollo 8: Go For TLI (Trans-Lunar Injection) 1969 NASA JSC-500; First Manned Moon Mission

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Astronauts: Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and William A. Anders


Launch date: December 21, 1968


'Man's first voyage to another celestial body, including an orbit around the Moon on Christmas... Featured are air-to-ground tapes of astronauts' descriptions of the mission, as well as outstanding onboard photography of the Earth, Moon, and IVA [intravehi...

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Tex Avery Animation, 1st Raid Commercial 1956 Johnson's Wax; House & Garden Bug Killer

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An animated cartoon by Tex Avery, featuriung the voices of Mel Blanc and (possibly) Paul Frees, was the first commercial for new Raid Bug Killer in 1956.


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 soundtra...

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Smart Bombs: "GBU-15 Guided Bomb Unit" 1977 US Air Force; Aerospace Power

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Aerospace Power: "This film covers activities in research and development tests, evaluation, and procurement during 1977."


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 vo...

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Joie Chitwood Thrill Show: "Hell Drivers in 1966 Chevys" from Impact '66 (1966) Chevrolet Division, General Motors

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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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Jungle Warfare Training in Panama 1955 US Army Pictorial Report No. 18; The Big Picture TV-324

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'Firsthand observation of the activities of the Army's Jungle Warfare Training Center located deep within the heart of the Panama Canal Zone.'


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 al...

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1955 Chevrolet Commercial #1 (1954) General Motors; 1955 Chevy: "Rx For Travel"

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Theatrical screen ad for the 1955 Chevy.


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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System Program Management 1967 US Air Force Training Film TF-5906a


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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 les...

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Heat Sealing 1982 US Army Training Film TF38-6277

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DEPICTS THE PROCESS, TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS USED TO MAKE AND TEST HEAT SEALS AND SHOWS ROTARY, BAND AND JAW TYPE SEALERS IN OPERATION WITH VARIOUS BARRIER MATERIAL.


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.

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Marriage for Moderns: Who's Right? 1954 A McGraw-Hill Text-Films - Affiliated Film Producers

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A young married couple's quarrels destroy their happiness, preventing adult love based on mutual understanding.


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 normal...

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The Ninth Infantry Division in Vietnam 1968 US Army; The Big Picture TV-746


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SHOWS THE UNDEFEATED BATTLE RECORD OF THE NINTH INFANTRY DIVISION IN WORLD WAR II, AND THE NEW CHALLENGES TO THE "OLD RELIABLES" TODAY IN VIETNAM.


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 so...

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