The Time Machine
America as it was.
4m
World Trade Center
Footage of World Trade Center from a work print
12m
Tale of Two Cities, A
How the atomic bomb destroyed the people and cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
One World or None
Animated.
Home Economics Story, The
This idealized story of four years in the life of Kay, Jean, Helen, and Louise evokes the lost world of Iowa State's Home Economics Division in the fifties. When an assembly speaker at the high sch...
9m
Coney Island
The great amusement zone in its heyday.
8m
American Look (Part I)
The definitive Populuxe film on 1950s automotive, industrial, interior and architectural design. (6383_American_Look_M04199_01_22_19_00)
18m
Command Performance
How shellac records were produced and manufactured.
Coronet Instructional Films
Coronet Instructional Films were shown in American schools starting in about 1941. The company was an offshoot of Coronet Magazine, a digest-sized magazine that itself was owned by Esquire, Inc. Ow...
10m
Touch of Magic, A
General Motors 1961 Motorama film presenting new cars, appliances and futuristic ideas at their most banal.
20m
Victory Gardens
0614 PA8171 Victory Gardens
Wonderful World
PA-2177 ìWonderful Worldî 08:01:14:28 - 08:45:06:23 Color Sound 1959 "Wonderful World" Broad documentary surveying global cultures, lifestyles, emphasizing common human activities, sponsored by C...
12m
On Guard! The Story of SAGE
Innovations in computer technology as weapons in the Cold War.
Skateboard Sense
Safety film about the (then) new hobby of skateboarding. Produced by Sid Davis.
15m
City, The (Part I)
The Regional Planning Association of America's plea for community chaotic cities and urban sprawl. Directors: Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke. Script: Henwar Rodakiewicz, from an outline by Pare...
Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire, A (DV25 version)
DV25 version (editable quality) of the famous film. Feel free to reedit/recombine/remix. Please consider uploading your derivative works to Internet Archive. This version was transferred from a new...
6m
Match Your Mood
Promotional film for Westinghouse refrigerator line featuring a system of sticker-like decorations enabling purchasers to style their appliances as they choose. Vague hippie-type flower-power graph...
9m
Cindy Goes to a Party
Cindy, a tomboy unsure of her social status, dreams of a party where her fairy godmother gives her etiquette lessons, and wakes up to receive her very own invitation. Filmed in Lawrence, Kansas.
13m
Signal 30 (Part I)
Legendary "shock" driving safety film featuring numerous scenes of mutilated cars and injured/dead people and a voiceover lacking in compassion. Produced in cooperation with the Ohio State Highway ...
18m
This Charming Couple
Marriage training film dramatizing a partnership too fraught with conflicts to survive. Produced as part of a post-World War II initiative to make marriages more sustainable in the face of postwar ...
20m
Ask Me, Don't Tell Me
San Francisco teenage gangs and the unfriendly world they inhabit.
10m
Terrible Truth, The
Early (and sensational) film on marijuana use as a route to heroin addiction.
9m
Around the Corner
How the automobile differential allows a vehicle to turn a corner while keeping the wheels from skidding.
![[Knife-Thrower and Children]](https://archive.org/services/img/KnifeThr1950)
1m
[Knife-Thrower and Children]
Texas: Knife-thrower Louella Gallagher throws knives at her daughters Connie Ann, 5, and Colleena Sue, 2-1/2, missing them skillfully as the knives enter a board. Newsreel story.
13m
Symptoms in Schizophrenia
Shows masked mental patients enacting various schizophrenic symptoms as they were understood at the time. A disturbing film that raises questions about the condition and treatment of its subjects.
14m
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Delightful musical made to promote color telephones as a decorator accessory in the home.
9m
Care of the Hair and Nails
A fairy tale character uses magic to help youngsters learn good health habits.
18m
Detroit: City on the Move
Promotional film made for the City of Detroit, an unsuccessful bidder for the Olympic Games. With views of city highways, automobile manufacturing, a diverse population, and social activities, all ...
Child Molester, The
Emphasizes the danger of attacks on children, dramatizing typical approaches. Shows what can be done to reduce the problem by making children aware of it and ready to take precautions when accosted...
![Is Your Daughter Safe? [erotica]](https://archive.org/services/img/0717_Is_Your_Daughter_Safe_erotica_16_29_22_00)
Is Your Daughter Safe? [erotica]
This early nudie-film, showing two naked women lolling around a rocky landscape, is more quaint than erotic. It's not clear what the original purpose was - it appears to be an excerpt from a longer...
21m
Communications Primer, A
PA9049 Communications Primer, A 16 Eastmancolor print