Railway Post Offices: "Men And Mail In Transit" 1956 US Post Office
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How mail is picked up by a moving railroad train, sorted on railway cars in motion, and dispatched from the train.
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The Scientific Method 1953 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
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EXPLAINS STEPS OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD, DEMONSTRATES WAY IT IS APPLIED BY SCIENTISTS & VALUE WHEN APPLIED TO PROBLEMS OF EVERYDAY LIFE....
2019-08-20 01:31:31 +0000 UTC View PostSocial Courtesy 1951 Coronet Instructional 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 aspec...
2019-08-20 01:30:45 +0000 UTC View PostBargain Basement ~ 1952; Early TV Home Shopping
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Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspec...
2019-08-20 01:29:58 +0000 UTC View PostSalvage of the USS Lafayette (SS Normandie) US Navy Technical Report
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SALVAGE OPERATIONS FROM TIME OF THE FIRE TO DRYDOCKING THE SHIP. WORK OF SALVAGE ENGINEERS AND DIVERS, DESIGN AND PLACEMENT OF PATCHES, ...
2019-08-20 01:29:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe Speed Of Light in Air and Water 1959 PSSC; MIT; William Siebert
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'Dr. William M. Siebert... measures the speed of light in air using a spark-gap, parabolic mirrors, a photocell, and an oscilloscope. In...
2019-08-20 01:28:35 +0000 UTC View PostMotor Oil: "Riding the Film" 1937 Chevrolet Division, General Motors; Engine Lubrication
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'Motorists really ride on a film of oil, because all the moving parts of the engine are kept slipping over each other by a thin film of ...
2019-08-20 01:27:35 +0000 UTC View PostAtomic Tests: "The House in the Middle" 1954 National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association
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'Atomic tests at the Nevada Proving Grounds (later the Nevada Test Site) show effects on well-kept homes, homes filled with t...
2019-08-19 01:58:39 +0000 UTC View PostCindy Goes to a Party 1955 Young America Films (Centron Corporation)
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MODERN CINDERELLA STORY DEMONSTRATES RULES OF GOOD MANNERS THAT HELP ONE OBTAIN GREATER ENJOYMENT WHEN AT A PARTY. FAIRY GODMOTHER HELPS...
2019-08-19 01:57:52 +0000 UTC View PostBeijing: "Modern Peiping" ~ 1935 Educational Films Corp
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Travelogue... possibly produced by U.S. Navy; shows Navy bluejackets touring Beijing and outskirts... Many good shots... gambling, stree...
2019-08-19 01:56:53 +0000 UTC View Post1942 Olds: "Oldsmobile Presents the Dynamic Seventy 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, 19...
2019-08-19 01:56:14 +0000 UTC View PostSound Waves And Their Sources (2nd Edition) 1950 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
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'Sources of sounds and characteristics of sound waves, shown by means of oscilloscopes and animated diagrams.'
Original...
2019-08-19 01:55:33 +0000 UTC View PostCombat Development Command: "The Test of Battle" 1967 US Army; The Big Picture TV-701
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'This film explores the operation of the U.S. Army Combat Development Command Experimentation Command at Fort Ord, California. Footage r...
2019-08-19 01:54:47 +0000 UTC View PostHow Motion Pictures Move And Talk 1940 Bell & Howell
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'Explains the basic principles of motion pictures and, by animation, shows how sound is recorded on a strip of film.'
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2019-08-17 23:39:48 +0000 UTC View PostAir Power American 1952 US Air Force; Animated Cartoon USAF History
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TRACES AIR POWER FROM KITTY HAWK THROUGH WORLD WAR II. ALSO REVIEWS HISTORY OF THE AIR FORCE FROM ITS INCEPTION AS A SEPARATE MILITARY S...
2019-08-17 23:39:06 +0000 UTC View PostTwinkles Cereal TV Commercial 1960 General Mills
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Ad for Twinkles, a star-shaped oat and corn cereal.
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2019-08-17 23:38:18 +0000 UTC View PostNuclear Ramjet (Project Pluto) to Drive Big Stick Supersonic Low Altitude Missile (SLAM) ~ 1959 Convair
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The Supersonic Low Altitude Missile or SLAM was a U.S. Air Force nuclear weapons project conceived around 1955, and cancelled in 1964. S...
2019-08-17 23:36:56 +0000 UTC View PostCrystals (Physics) 1958 PSSC Physical Science Study Committee; Alan Holden, Bell Labs
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How crystals are shaped and formed. Your instructor is Alan Holden of Bell Telephone Laboratories. From the Physical Sciences Study Comm...
2019-08-17 23:36:09 +0000 UTC View PostSaturn: Giant Thrust Into Space 1961 NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Film HQ-36
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'NASA film showing the first assembly and test processes of the Saturn rocket program.'
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2019-08-16 19:39:36 +0000 UTC View PostRayon: "Tomorrow Always Comes" 1941 Burlington Mills; Betty Furness
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'Promotes Bur-Mil Rayon Fabrics...' Featuring Betty Furness.
Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congre...
2019-08-16 19:38:54 +0000 UTC View PostAjax Cleanser TV Commercial ~ 1955 Colgate Animated Cartoon
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'Singing cartoon elves use Ajax to clean a cartoon bathroom.'
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2019-08-16 19:37:58 +0000 UTC View PostDSRV: "Deep Submergence Rescue System" 1973 US Navy Training Film MN-11192a
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INTRODUCTION AND ORIENTATION TO THE MISSION AND CAPABILITIES OF THE DEEP SUBMERGENCE RESCUE VEHICLE -DSRV.
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2019-08-16 19:37:20 +0000 UTC View PostGasoline & Air: "Free Air" 1937 Chevrolet Division, General Motors (GM)
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EVERYTHING NEEDS AIR TO LIVE, AND EVERY FIRE NEEDS AIR TO BURN; IN THE MODERN AUTOMOBILE ENGINE, A SPOONFUL OF GASOLINE COMBINES WITH A ...
2019-08-16 19:36:32 +0000 UTC View PostHow to fly the B-17 Part 1: Ground Operations 1943 USAAF Training Film AF-181
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"Military training film in which an instructor takes a new B-17 bomber pilot through preflight inspections of the aircraft and preparati...
2019-08-16 19:35:53 +0000 UTC View PostNuclear Attack Submarine Operations: "Submarine Officer" 1988 US Navy; USS Boston SSN-703
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"This program depicts the duties, responsibilities, and requirements of a nuclear attack submarine officer. Shows a brief anti-submarine...
2019-08-16 19:35:07 +0000 UTC View PostJerusalem, Palestine, from "The Screen Traveler" 1938 Paul Devlin
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'Shows the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Haram-esh-Sherif, Mount of Olives, the Wailing Wall, the Jaffa Gate in the old west wall of the...
2019-08-14 01:55:57 +0000 UTC View PostFloatplane Seaplane Flying: "Flying Floats" 1973 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Pilot Training Film
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'How to fly a plane with floats.'
Originally a public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remov...
2019-08-14 01:55:10 +0000 UTC View PostJack Gilford Cracker Jack Commercial "Some Kids Never Grow Up" ~ 1968
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Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspec...
2019-08-14 01:54:30 +0000 UTC View PostTornado ~ 1955 US Weather Bureau; Cyclone Storm Hazards
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Tornado footage, plus advice on how to cope with cyclones.
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2019-08-14 01:52:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe Famous Third Army 1950 US Army Film MISC-7705; WWII in Europe
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'HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 281 DAYS OF THE 3RD ARMY OFFENSIVE THROUGH FRANCE, BELGIUM AND GERMANY, WITH AIR SUPPORT FROM THE 19TH TACTICA...
2019-08-14 01:52:12 +0000 UTC View Post