The Time Machine
America as it was.
10m
Wastage of Human Resources
How crippling disease, avoidable accidents, crime, war, old age, alcoholism and poor living conditions waste human lives and their potential. This film grew out of the effort to build a better worl...
12m
Big Train, The (Part I)
Operations of the New York Central Railroad. Producer and director: Victor Solow. Introduced by NYCRR president Alfred E. Perlman.
20m
Power to Serve, The
How the electric company makes Cleveland the "best location in the nation." Introduced by Elmer L. Lindseth, President of Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. A biography of Mr. Lindseth may be foun...
8m
From Dawn to Sunset (Part I)
This classic example of "capitalist realism" depicts a day in the life of Chevrolet workers in the U.S., while attempting to convince them that their own fortunes were inextricably linked to the fo...
1h 5m
Lost Landscapes of Detroit 2010
Compilation of historical images of Detroit, Michigan (1917-1970), edited by Rick Prelinger for presentation at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) on February 10, 2010. If you have historic...
10m
Three Little Kittens
Story of three little kittens from shortly after the time they are born until they are old enough to "work" on the farm where they live.
10m
Tough Friends
How steel and steel alloys make the modern automobile safer and more durable.
16m
Tuesday in November
PLEASE NOTE: A vastly improved version of this film made from a 35mm preserved print is available here: http://archive.org/details/Tuesday_in_November Idealized portrayal of 1944 U.S. presidential ...
7m
Inside Information
How the X-ray works and its use in police work, surgery, industrial engineering and automobile manufacturing.
9m
Test Tube Tale
The magic of industrial chemistry and its effects on our immediate environment. Shows new products such as nylon stockings and transparent raincoats, and also how chemists are finding ways of contr...
12m
American Thrift (Part II)
Expansive tribute to the "Woman American," her thrifty purchasing habits, and the American system of mass production.
![[Besler Corporation Promo Film: Steam-Driven Vehicles]](https://archive.org/services/img/BeslerCo1932)
15m
[Besler Corporation Promo Film: Steam-Driven Vehicles]
Demonstrates the practicality of steam-driven automobiles, airplanes and trains.
11m
Cheating
Expressionistic film showing John's cheating and how his peers punish him.
16m
American Harvest (Part II)
This institutional film was designed to promote Chevrolet's corporate citizenship rather than any specific model of automobile. While it forcefully demonstrates how central automobile manufacturing...
20m
Junior Prom
Experiences of two couples on a double date at the Junior Prom.
11m
Towers, The
Simon Rodilla and the building of the Watts Towers in south-central Los Angeles.
18m
Pattern for Smartness
Home-sewed clothes as high fashion.
11m
Going Places
Defines the profit motive and dramatizes the part it has played in the economic development of our country. Stresses the need for continued industrial profits if our economic vitality is to endure.
12m
Postwar Germany: 28 Months After V-E Day (Part II)
Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda...
8m
Behind the Lens
Scientific and special-purpose cinematography helps reveal what would otherwise be invisible.
![[Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 3) (Part I)](https://archive.org/services/img/Medicusc1939_3)
17m
[Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 3) (Part I)
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.
22m
Auto-Lite on Parade
Tour of an auto parts and accessories factory climaxing with a stop-motion product parade.
9m
American Engineer (Part I)
Tribute to engineers and their role in improving American life through technology.
![[Tacoma-Narrows Bridge Collapse]](https://archive.org/services/img/Tacoma-Narrows_Bridge_Collapse)
[Tacoma-Narrows Bridge Collapse]
Tacoma Span bridge collapse
24m
Valley Town
Social documentary showing the damage visited on the people of a Pennsylvania steel town by the deployment of new technology. Director: Willard Van Dyke. Script: Spencer Pollard, Willard Van Dyke. ...
13m
At This Moment (Part I)
Importance of railroads to 1950s America. Directed by Haford Kerbawy.
25m
How Textile Mills Are Modernizing
How electricity can modernize textile mills. Great shots of cotton mills, processing and textile manufacturing; technical narration laced with industry jargon. In Technicolor.
Atomic Alert
Instruction on care and behavior in case of radiation exposure and atomic attack. "Illustrates the basic methods by which each child can best protect himself and others from the effects of an atomi...
Original Films Of Frank B Gilbreth (Part 2)
Essentially a summary of work analysis films which were taken by Frank B. Gilbreth between 1910 and 1924 showing a number of industrial operations from which the motion study technique was developed.
32m
City, The
Contents. A plea for community planning, which contrasts the awesome conditions of human living in a modern industrial city with (1) the serenity of life in an eighteenth-century New England villag...