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Iran Special Forces Advisor 1963 US Army; The Big Picture TV-585

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'Night has closed in over the Zagreb Mountains of northern Iran. The sound of a plane is heard. Inside the plane Iranian Special Forces paratroopers prepare to jump into a maneuver area. There is a sense of urgency as last minute commands in Farsi are given by the lone American among them, a United States Army officer. How this officer, Captain Paul Wineman, is trained in the militar...

Interrogation of Enemy Airmen 1943 US Army Air Forces (USAAF) Training Film TF1-3326

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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...

Alka-Seltzer Commercial: "The Blahs" ~ 1965 Miles Laboratories Cartoon Animation; Gene Wilder

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Gene Wilder provides the voice for a cartoon character Alka-Seltzer commercial about the blahs.

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 r...

Chevy Auto Suspensions: "Spring Harmony" 1935 Chevrolet Division, General Motors

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'A DRAMATIZATION OF THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE FRONT & THE REAR SPRINGS, INCLUDING AN EXPLANATION OF THE VALUE OF KNEE ACTION.' Produced by Jam Handy.

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...

How Copper is Mined and Refined: "A Story Of Copper" 1951 US Bureau of Mines

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"Tells the story of the mining and manufacture of copper from the crude ore to the finished product. lots of footage of giant machines, some blasting."

Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noi...

Minneapolis Star Tribune: "Good Neighbors" 1944 Minneapolis Star-Journal

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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...

Atlas ICBM: "This Is Atlas: Intercontinental Ballistic Weapon System" 1954 Convair-USAF

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SM-65 Atlas ICBM: Project Atlas first contractor's report, from April, 1954. Covers all areas of early Atlas missile development. The Atlas at this time was expected to have five engines rather than the three it wound up with. The Atlas program had recently been accelerated due to the Soviet Union's 1953 test of a dry fuel H-Bomb. Narrated by Reed Hadley.

Originally ...

Agena Upper Stage for Discoverer Satellite (Corona Program) ~ 1960 US Air Force SFP-1012

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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...

Major Aircraft Accident B-47E (SN 52-386) 1955-05-01 US Air Force; Marilyn Monroe

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Coverage of an AF major pointing out, during a safety lecture, the causes of a B-47E crash on takeoff, with inserts of the original footage and still shots of the accident. Ends with a safety reminder from Marilyn Monroe.

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

Pens and Writing: "The Twenty Six Old Characters" 1947 Sheaffer Pen Co.

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"Development of writing and writing tools throughout history."

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 normali...

Aerial Torpedo Attack High Speed High Altitude 1945 US Navy Training Film MN-4378b

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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...

1964 New York Worlds Fair: "Unisphere: Biggest World on Earth" 1964 US Steel

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On the design of the US Steel Corporation's Unisphere for the 1964 New York World's Fair.

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 reducti...

Sound Motion Pictures: "Finding His Voice" 1929 Fleischer Studios for AT&T-Western Electric

Animated cartoon shows how the Western Electric sound-on-film recording system worked.

Story by W.E. Erpi (pseudonym for Western Electric, Electrical Research Products Inc.). Directors: F. Lyle Goldman and Max Fleischer

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 pro...

Saturn V First Flight: "The Apollo 4 Mission" 1967 NASA JSC-457; Johnson Space Center

Apollo 4 was the first unmanned test of the Saturn V launch vehicle for Project Apollo. It was an "all up" test, all three stages S-IC, S-II, and S-IVB, were tested in the same flight. The mission was also known as SA-501, Apollo-Saturn 501, or AS-501. The J-2 engine of the S-IVB 3rd stage was shut down after the stage entered orbit, then restarted in flight to simulate trans-lunar injection. A Block I Command and Service Module (CSM) was carried, and the Command Module was acceler...

Atomic Tests: "Nuclear Testing Review 1946-1962" DOD & DOE

Overview of atmospheric nuclear tests from 1946 to 1962, in the form of highlight excerpts from numerous atomic test films. Produced for the US Department of Energy by Sandia National 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 processed with volume n...

Zip Code with the Swingin Six ~ 1967 United States Postal Service (USPS)

Hip intro to that newfangled ZIP Code thing.

Produced and Directed by Lee Rothberg. Performed by The Swingin' Six. Music and Lyrics by Steve Burnett. Script: Irve Tunick. Narration: Lee Stevens. Editorial: Syncrofilm. Animation: Coastal Film Service. Executive Producer: Ben Gradus.

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 ...

Belo Horizonte, Brazil 1949 US Office of Inter-American Affairs; Planned City, Capital of Minas Gerais

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 than the original).

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Combat: "Kill Or Be Killed" 1943 War Department; World War II; US Army Training Film TF21-1024

"Fighting Men: Kill or Be Killed - Department of Defense. Department of the Army... This military training film shows that there are no rules of sportsmanship or fair play on the battlefield. As expressed in the film: 'Anything goes when the stakes are kill or be killed.' Soldiers were encouraged to use any weapon that comes to hand which could be anything from a rifle, to a bayonet or hand grenade."

US Army training film TF21-1024

Originally a public domain ...

"What to Do on a Date" 1950 Coronet Instructional Films; High School Romance

"A high school senior learns how and where to ask a girl for a date, where to take her for a good time, and how to avoid spending too much money or being bored by commercialized amusements. Director: Ted Peshak. Cameraman: Dale Sharkey. Writers: George Tychsen, Bradford. Editor: Dick Kirschner. Narrator: George Stone."

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

California and its Natural Resources ~ 1950 US Bureau of Mines

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 than the original).

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Shipboard Inspection by Medical Department Personnel: Living And Working Spaces 1958 US Navy

How to conduct a ship's medical inspection, checking sanitation, ventilation, lighting and safety in all living and working spaces. Produced by Atlas Film Corporation.

US Navy Training Film MN-8238b

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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 correct...

Inside Tibet 1943 Office of Strategic Services; OSS Visits the Dalai Llama at Lhasa

Office of Strategic Services. Field Photographic Branch 

"On the journey of a U.S. military and diplomatic mission from Gangtok, India, to Lhasa, Tibet during World War II. The party journeys through Natu La and Kechu La passes, stops at the British trail station, Gyantse, reviews troops of Tropji Regiment and is ferried across the Brahmaputra River. Scenes of Tibetan natives, terrain, travel facilities, housing,a New Year religious festival, the Dalai Lama's palaces in Lhasa, mona...

Project Apollo Mission Planning: "Fly Me to the Moon--And Back" 1966 NASA JSC-315; MPAD

The work of the NASA Houston Manned Spacecraft Center 's Mission Planning and Analysis Division for Project Apollo. "Explains the complexity of planning a lunar mission trajectory. Includes mission analysis, new mathematical techniques, hybrid computers, mission operational plan, and real-time support for the NASA JSC's Mission Operations Control Room."

NASA film JSC-315 

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

Bell P-39 Airacobra: "Introduction to the P-39" 1942 US Army Air Forces; World War II

"Training film for military pilots of the Bell P-39 Airacobra pursuit aircraft, examining flight techniques, cockpit layout, and armament."

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 processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or ...

Apollo 16: "Nothing So Hidden" 1972 NASA; Fifth Moon Landing; John Young, Charlie Duke...

Apollo 16 was the fifth moon landing of Project Apollo, and the 10th manned mission in the Apollo program. It was the second mission to utilize a Lunar Rover (Lunar Roving Vehicle, LRV) during lunar EVAs (moonwalks). Produced for NASA by A-V Corporation, Houston, Texas.

Commander John W. Young

Lunar Module Pilot Charles M. Duke, Jr.

Command Module Pilot T. Kenneth Mattingly II

Command Module "Casper" CM-113 mass 12,874 pounds (5,840 kg)

Lunar Module "O...

Engineers in Combat (in World War II) 1957 US Army Film MF5-8854

ENGINEERS IN COMBAT - WORLD WAR II

ENGINEER MISSION IN COMBAT - TRAINING AT ENGINEER SCHOOL, FT BELVOIR, VA. ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES DURING WW II IN THE EUROPEAN AND PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION.

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, n...

Pluto Flyby by New Horizons (Actual View From Spacecraft) 2015 NASA (JQ Music)

Originally a public domain film from NASA.

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons

Wikipedia license: http://creativecommons.or...

Final Gemini Spaceflight: "Gemini XII Mission" 1966 NASA; James Lovell, Buzz Aldrin; Gemini 12

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 than the original).

h...

1st Rice Krispies Commercial?: "Breakfast Pals" 1939 Cartoon Films, in Technicolor, for W.K. Kellogg

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 than the original).

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Bacteria: Friend and Foe 1953 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films

Produced in collaboration with Stewart A. Koser, Ph.D, Department of Bacteriology and Parasitology, the University of Chicago.

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 n...