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Prelinger Archives was founded in 1983 by Rick Prelinger in New York City. Over the next twenty years, it grew into a collection of over 60,000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films. In 2002, the film collection was acquired by the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Prelinger Archives remains in existence, holding approximately 11,000 digitized and videotape titles (all originally derived from film) and a large collection of home movies, amateur and industrial films acquired since 2002. Its primary collection emphasis has turned toward home movies and amateur films, with approximately 12,000 items held as of Spring 2015. Its goal remains to collect, preserve, and facilitate access to films of historic significance that haven't been collected elsewhere. Included are films produced by and for many hundreds of important US corporations, nonprofit organizations, trade associations, community and interest groups, and educational institutions. Getty Images represents the collection for stock footage sale, and over 6,400 items (representing approximately 4,800 distinct films) are available here.

RIGHTS: Please read the text in the "Rights" box on the left of this page before contacting us with questions.

PLEASE NOTE: Between 2012-2015, we uploaded newer and higher-quality versions of many titles, including one-part files of most films that were previously available only in two or more parts.

STOCK FOOTAGE: Information on licensing stock footage through Getty Images, our exclusive representative, is here.

The Field Guide to Sponsored Films by Rick Prelinger was published by the National Film Preservation Foundation in January 2007. It describes 452 historically or culturally significant motion pictures commissioned by businesses, charities, advocacy groups, and state or local government units between 1897 and 1980. The annotated filmography features repository information for some 350 titles as well as links to works viewable online. Also included are an introductory essay and name and subject indexes. The book is recommended for all interested in the history of advertising, industrial and sponsored films.

A free copy of the 152-page NFPF publication can be viewed and downloaded here.

Click to see a Tag Cloud of the Archive's Prelinger Collection.

Click for more information about the Prelinger Archives.

Information about Prelinger Library, an appropriation-friendly library of printed materials located in San Francisco, is here.

If you have historical home movies of San Francisco or Detroit that might work in future Lost Landscapes urban history screenings, Rick would be delighted to hear from you. He can be reached here.

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Cold War 50
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World War II: Homefront 38
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Military: U.S. Army 8
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Sex education 8
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World War II: General 8
World War II: Prewar preparedness 8
World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939-40 8
China 7
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Maine 6
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World War I 6
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film 6
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Great Depression (1930s) 5
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Oregon 5
Propaganda 5
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Stunts 5
Substance abuse: Tobacco 5
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by Castle Films
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Complete presentation of the banana industry from the clearing of the jungle and the planting to the shipment of the fruit to the American markets.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topics: Agriculture: Bananas, Central America
Prelinger Archives
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
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favorite 16
comment 2
Epic history of industrial medicine in the first half of the 20th century, showing how manufacturers and the medical profession came to terms with one another and culminating in GM's rehabilitation program for returned World War II veterans. Directed by Haford Kerbawy.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Medicine: Industrial medicine, Medicine: Occupational health, World War II: Postwar issues
Prelinger Archives
by Centron Corporation
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eye 10.6M
favorite 34
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Young girl's mirror image teaches her fundamentals of good posture.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topic: Health and hygiene
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by Unknown
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favorite 28
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Promotional film for "Nutrilite," a 1950s-vintage food supplement.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: Agriculture: Food industry: Supplements, Nutrition
Prelinger Archives
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
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favorite 42
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Told from the viewpoint of a child, this film emphasizes that children should train themselves in good sleeping habits. In typical "Goofus and Gallant" style, it shows the advantages a well-rested kid has over his poor-sleeping classmate. Dreams are presented as a normal part of sleeping, and there is a funny dream sequence.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Health and hygiene, Dreams, Sleep
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by Coronet Instructional Films
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favorite 19
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How young children must behave to avoid transmitting germs to one another.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topic: Health and hygiene
Prelinger Archives
by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
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favorite 26
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Ralph learns the five food groups, helping him to eat a balanced diet, and has more fun because of his better health.
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Topics: Health and hygiene, Food, Nutrition
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favorite 17
comment 3
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
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Presented by: U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service and Bureau State Services. Produced by the Communicable Disease Center in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Public Health and the Muscogee Health Department. 0647 PA8739 Babies and Breadwinners
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Motion Pictures: Government, Health and Hygiene, Medicine: Infectious Diseases
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by Professional Arts, Inc.
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A Right to Health, Neighborhood Health Centers in Profile. A Production of Professional Arts, Inc. in San Mateo, CA for the Office of Health Affairs and Office of Economic Opportunity. Directed and Produced by David W. Parker, PhD, Written by Parker and William J. Bicknell, M.D., shot and edited by Peter P. Drowne, narrated by Earle Marsh, M.D. 0726 PA8850 Right to Health, A
favoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Health and Hygiene, Medicine: Public Health
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by Holmes (Burton) Films, Inc.
movies
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favorite 8
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Opportunities for employment servicing America's vast motor fleet.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Occupations: Automotive, Car culture: General, Automobiles: Service and repair
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by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
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favorite 21
comment 5
Structure of the skin; good cleanliness habits; the proper way to wash; the correct use of soap.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Health and hygiene, Medicine: Dermatology
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by Audio Productions, Inc.
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favorite 18
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Children as carriers and victims of infections.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topic: Health and hygiene
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by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
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favorite 9
comment 4
Elegy to recreation and relaxation in state and national parks.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Recreation, Parks, Nature
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by U.S. Army
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favorite 25
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Military training drama showing how the residents of a barracks convince a sloppy soldier to clean up his act. With many folk songs on cleanliness.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Health and hygiene, Military, Music: Folk
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by Hardcastle Films
movies
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Hard times in 1950s St. Louis and the social services that aimed to alleviate them.
favoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Social issues: 1950s, Social services
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by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
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favorite 13
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Banking services and procedures in the pre-computer era.
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Topics: Economics, Occupations: Banking industry, Finance
Prelinger Archives
by Encyclopedia Britannica Films, Inc.
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Produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films, Inc., in collaboration with Stewart A. Koser, Ph.D, Department of Bacteriology and Parasitology, the University of Chicago, Warren Everote, Producer. 0595 PA8087 Bacteria: Friend and Foe
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Motion Pictures: In Education, Science, Health and Hygiene
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by University of Southern Califonia (student film)
movies
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favorite 61
comment 14
Imaginative film showing how automatic gadgets in homes and workplaces alienate people from one another.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topics: Technology: Critiques, Automation, Consumerism
Prelinger Archives Home Movies
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Home Movies from the Prelinger Archives. For more information see the Prelinger Archives
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by Handy (Jam) Organization
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favorite 19
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Gilbert Willoughby is punished for voicing Luddite ideas (complaining about pesky springs) by "Coily," an obnoxious, animated spring who subjects him to the hassles of a springless world.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 13 reviews )
Topics: Physics: Springs, Animation, Technology: Critiques
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by Handy (Jam) Organization
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favorite 19
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Dramatization of how photographs are transmitted by wire, an exciting new technology in the 1930s.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: Communication: Wirephotos, Media: Newspapers, Technology
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by U.S. Office of War Information
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Wartime work of public welfare agencies in the field of nutrition.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: World War II: Homefront, Nutrition
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by Sound Masters
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General Motors celebrates production of 50 millionth automobile with a parade through Flint, Michigan.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 13 reviews )
Topic: Car culture: Ceremonies
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by Premiere Hardcastle
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Story by Kensiger Jones, directed by John Kennedy. Produced by Premiere Hardcastle, St. Louis. 0551 PA8484 Always On Call 033.10;
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Health and Hygiene, Medicine: Public Health
Prelinger Archives
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
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Actress Gale Storm and family take a road trip in their Chevrolet and review the do's and don'ts of auto traveling.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Tourism, Travelogues, Car culture: General
Prelinger Archives
by Unknown
movies
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favorite 10
comment 4
Personal hygiene, 1920s-style.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topic: Health and hygiene
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by Unknown
movies
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comment 3
Screen ad for instant laundry starch.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Screen ads, Home economics: Laundry, Starch
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by Archer Productions, Inc.
movies
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favorite 238
comment 73
Selected for the 2004 National Film Registry of "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" motion pictures. Famous Civil Defense film for children in which Bert the Turtle shows what to do in case of atomic attack.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 73 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Animation
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by National Motion Picture Company
movies
eye 620,664
favorite 22
comment 2
Health film using unusual imagery and metaphors to impart lessons in hygiene.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Health and hygiene, Children, Medicine: Infectious diseases
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by Coronet Instructional Films
movies
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favorite 41
comment 5
How exercise will make you healthy and popular.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Health and hygiene, Exercise
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by Coronet Instructional Films
movies
eye 527,284
favorite 33
comment 7
Drama focusing on gluttony and "hidden hunger," where well-nourished people eat poorly and malnourish themselves.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: Nutrition, Food, Social guidance
Prelinger Archives
by Techfilm Studio, Moscow
movies
eye 482,389
favorite 221
comment 71
This disturbing film records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs), as conducted by Dr. S.S. Bryukhonenko at the Institute of Experimental Physiology and Therapy, Voronezh, U.S.S.R. Director: D.I. Yashin. Camera: E.V. Kashina. Narrator: Professor Walter B. Cannon. Introduced by Professor J.B.S. Haldane.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 71 reviews )
Topics: Animals: Dogs, Medicine: Veterinary: Experiments, Life extension
Prelinger Archives
by Tullio Pellegrini
movies
eye 457,997
favorite 29
comment 9
Cinemascope homage to the city of San Francisco made by amateur filmmaker and inventor Tullio Pellegrini.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: san francisco, amateur film, widescreen, Cinemascope, pasta1
Prelinger Archives
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favorite 53
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Footage from Castle and Pathé coverage of the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst. Also shots of the big ships over New York.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topic: need keyword
Prelinger Archives
by Hammid (Alexander) and Deren (Maya)
movies
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favorite 98
comment 32
Alexander Hammid's intimate study of a female cat and the birth and maturation of her five kittens.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 32 reviews )
Topics: Animals: Cats, Animals: Behavior, Psychology
Prelinger Archives
by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 336,167
favorite 49
comment 3
Bowling made respectable and appealing to middle-class Americans through modernization and "Populuxe" design.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Recreation, Sports: Bowling, Families
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by Unknown
movies
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favorite 183
comment 82
Anti-pornography film produced by financier Charles Keating, linking pornography to the Communist conspiracy and the decline of Western civilization.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 82 reviews )
Topics: Culture wars, Sexualities, Pornography
Prelinger Archives
by Medical Arts Productions
movies
eye 303,888
favorite 84
comment 22
Sex education film aimed at teenage boys, with the coach as authority figure and teacher.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 22 reviews )
Topics: Sex education, Children, Gender roles
Prelinger Archives
by Sid Davis
movies
eye 296,614
favorite 145
comment 115
Anti-homosexual film targeted at teenage boys, urging them to avoid encounters with potential molesters.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 115 reviews )
Topics: Homosexualities, Crime and criminals (Molestation), Los Angeles
Prelinger Archives
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favorite 106
comment 25
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 25 reviews )
Topics: need keyword, Stag
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by Coronet Instructional Films
movies
eye 281,726
favorite 44
comment 6
Siblings Don and Sue show how they keep themselves well groomed throughout the school week and for their Friday night dates.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Health and hygiene
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by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 269,650
favorite 48
comment 9
Cinderella relies on a Chevrolet to carry her home by midnight through obstacles and storms.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Animation: Advertising, Folk tales, Automobiles: Advertising
Prelinger Archives
by U.S. Treasury Department
movies
eye 263,970
favorite 110
comment 94
Complex and disturbing anti-Japanese propaganda film produced to spur the sale of U.S. war bonds. CONTENT ADVISORY: Explicit racism and extreme violence.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 94 reviews )
Topics: World War II: Japan, Propaganda, World War II: Homefront
Prelinger Archives
by Coronet Instructional Films
movies
eye 251,742
favorite 139
comment 50
One of the best examples of post-World War II social guidance films, with examples of "good" and "bad" girls, proper and improper dating etiquette, courtesy to parents, and an analysis of what makes some people popular and others not. A scream and a sobering document of postwar conformity. Director: Ted Peshak. Cinematography: Bill Rockar. Writers: Robert Chapin and Patricia Kealy. Editor: George Wilbern. Educational adviser: Dr. Alice Sowers, Director, Family Life Institute...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 50 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Teenagers, Gender roles
Prelinger Archives
by Cornell University
movies
eye 241,150
favorite 39
comment 6
Lively children illustrate the results of good nutrition, affection, and intelligent care.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: Health and hygiene, Agriculture: Food industry: Meat, Nutrition
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by Various
movies
eye 218,648
favorite 118
comment 13
Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 13 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism, Advertising: History
Prelinger Archives
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eye 218,199
favorite 68
comment 12
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 12 reviews )
Topic: Vintage Erotica
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favorite 88
comment 20
from tape 0517 PA8151 Burlesque (including Sheree) 016.10, PA6908
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 20 reviews )
Topic: need meta
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movies
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favorite 93
comment 23
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 23 reviews )
Topics: need keyword, Stag
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movies
eye 183,773
favorite 47
comment 8
Mardi Gras: Parade of Nor.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: New Orleans, Mardi Gras, Celebrations
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by Centron Corporation
movies
eye 176,119
favorite 33
comment 10
An American family unable to afford a Thanksgiving turkey reviews the things for which they feel thankful. This patriotic film is unusual in that it does not link freedom and happiness with the pursuit of wealth. Produced with nonprofessional actors in Lawrence, Kansas. Written by Margaret Carlile (Trudy) Travis.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topics: Patriotism, Holidays: Thanksgiving, Families: 1950s
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by Sutherland (John) Productions
movies
eye 173,840
favorite 107
comment 35
This Cold War-era cartoon uses humor to tout the dangers of Communism and the benefits of capitalism.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 35 reviews )
Topics: Cold War, Animation: Advertising, Capitalism
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by Unknown
movies
eye 173,000
favorite 10
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Two unhappy-looking dogs, sporting an American flag, pull a dog cart and its juvenile cargo.
favoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Animals: Dogs, Transportation: Dog carts, Children
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by Avis Films
movies
eye 171,972
favorite 22
comment 2
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topic: Nutrition
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by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
movies
eye 167,554
favorite 18
comment 4
Plea for sustainable land and resource use.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Land use, Environment, Conservation
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by Bonica (Joe)
movies
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favorite 106
comment 32
Early atomic weapons testing.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 32 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Weapons, Cold War
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by WPTZ Motion Picture Unit
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favorite 32
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Mid-Fifties slices of life and landscape in Philadelphia and surrounding towns. With excellent color footage of downtown scenes, neighborhoods, the Mummers Parade, Levittown, factories in Camden, New Jersey, and many other subjects that can no longer be seen. Producer and Director: Cal Jones. Cinematographer: Ralph Lopatin. Writer and Narrator: Dick McCutchen.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 17 reviews )
Topics: Philadelphia, Pa., Cities: U.S., Northeast, Levittown, Pa.
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eye 161,668
favorite 46
comment 8
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: Vintage Erotica, Erotic Dance
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by Various
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favorite 132
comment 32
Examples of broadcast advertising from the 1950s and 1960s.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 32 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Consumerism
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by Sutherland (John) Productions
movies
eye 157,798
favorite 152
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In this corporate-sponsored cartoon, Martian dissidents learn that oil and competition are the two things that make America great.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 24 reviews )
Topics: Economics, Oil industry, Advertising: Animation
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by Sutherland (John) Productions
movies
eye 154,321
favorite 106
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Animated classic presenting what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses of atomic energy and the byproducts of nuclear fission.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 24 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Energy, Physics, Animation
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by Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 152,582
favorite 51
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Lucky Strike cigarette commercial with stop-motion animation of square-dancing cigarettes.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 24 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Television commercials, Substance abuse: Tobacco, Animation: Stop-motion
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by Coronet Instructional Films
movies
eye 150,370
favorite 115
comment 23
Classic instructional film for teen daters, presented here in the rare (but incomplete) Kodachrome version.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 23 reviews )
Topics: Social guidance, Social guidance: Dating, Gender roles
Prelinger Archives
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favorite 34
comment 8
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: Earthquakes: San Francisco, 1906, San Francisco: Disasters, Amateur Film
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eye 149,491
favorite 36
comment 14
Countdown leader.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topic: Motion pictures: Projection
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by Cartoon Films, Limited
movies
eye 147,242
favorite 25
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Snap, Crackle and Pop take on Soggy, Mushy and Toughy.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topics: Advertising: Screen ads, Animation: Advertising, Agriculture: Food industry: Cereals
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by Unknown
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eye 142,301
favorite 86
comment 44
Anti-pornography film produced by financier Charles Keating, linking pornography to the Communist conspiracy and the decline of Western civilization.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 44 reviews )
Topics: Culture wars, Sexualities, Pornography
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by Interlude Films
movies
eye 133,875
favorite 95
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A group of children, all wearing ape masks, rides their bicycles to the park for a picnic. Along the way, all but one are eliminated for violating basic bike safety rules. This strange film was narrated by Edward Everett Horton. Script and Direction: Dale Jennings. Photography: Max Hutto. Art Direction: Ralph Hulett. With Dick Hutto, Janice Powell, Lucie Hagens, Ralph Hulett, Clyde L. Johnson, Dave Hembree, Colleen Hutto, Charles Hagens, Kevin Lindsay, Dan Whitehead, Don Moody, Diane Chambers,...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 42 reviews )
Topics: Bicycles, Safety: Bicycle, Animals: Apes
Prelinger Archives
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favorite 28
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favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topic: Vintage Erotica
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Set at the 1956 General Motors Motorama, this is one of the key Populuxe films of the 1950s, showing futuristic dream cars and Frigidaire's "Kitchen of the Future."
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Topics: Futurism, Automobiles: Advertising, Gender roles
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A burlesque short starring Amalia Aguilar. Part of "Joe Bonica presents the Movie of the Month" nudie film series.
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Topic: Burlesque
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Vintage erotic dance video showing a woman named Sheree dancing first in a tiger-print outfit, then in a bikini.
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Topics: Vintage Erotica, Erotic Dance
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Topic: need meta