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Classic Television Commercials (Part III) 9m

Classic Television Commercials (Part III)

1948 9m 104.0K views Prelinger Archives

Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.

Home Movie: PA100018: Beany's Drive-In, Long Beach, Calif., ca. 1952

Home Movie: PA100018: Beany's Drive-In, Long Beach, Calif., ca. 1952

103.6K views Internet Archive

Activities at the newly opened Beany's drive-through fast food restaurant, Long Beach, California, 1952 or 1953.

Atomic Alert (Elementary version) 10m

Atomic Alert (Elementary version)

1951 10m 102.4K views Prelinger Archives

Frightening civil defense procedure film aimed at Cold War-era elementary school students.

Classic Television Commercials (Part V) 9m

Classic Television Commercials (Part V)

1948 9m 101.6K views Prelinger Archives

Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.

Chicken of Tomorrow, The 17m

Chicken of Tomorrow, The

1948 17m 101.2K views Prelinger Archives

How scientific agriculture changes the life and taste of the chicken.

Finding his voice : an animated cartoon synchronized to voice & sound 10m

Finding his voice : an animated cartoon synchronized to voice & sound

1929 10m 99.3K views Prelinger Archives

Cartoon showing how sound motion pictures work, produced by a company that was an innovator in the field. Story by W.E. Erpi (pseudonym for Western Electric, Electrical Research Products Inc.). Dir...

6 1/2 Magic Hours 12m

6 1/2 Magic Hours

1958 12m 99.2K views Prelinger Archives

The comfort and delight of transatlantic air travel at the beginning of the jet age.

Mental Hospital 19m

Mental Hospital

1953 19m 97.9K views Prelinger Archives

A University of Oklahoma Production. Produced for the Oklahoma State Department of Health in cooperation with the State of Oklahoma Department of Mental Health. Distributed by International Film Bu...

Just Imagine 10m

Just Imagine

1947 10m 96.3K views Prelinger Archives

Animated character "Tommy Telephone" produces a telephone by assembling 433 separate parts.

Living Stereo 7m

Living Stereo

1958 7m 96.1K views Prelinger Archives

Introducing stereophonic phonograph records.

Freedom Highway

Freedom Highway

1956 95.8K views Prelinger Archives

Travelogues set landscapes in motion, and Freedom Highway exploits the roadside panorama as an excuse to celebrate American mythologies. Hanging in the sky as if they were ghosts, patriots, warrior...

Classic Television Commercials (Part VIII) 10m

Classic Television Commercials (Part VIII)

1948 10m 94.2K views Prelinger Archives

Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.

Television Remote Control (Tuner) 5m

Television Remote Control (Tuner)

1961 5m 92.9K views Prelinger Archives

Early technology to enable the channel-surfer.

Young Man's Fancy (Part I) 14m

Young Man's Fancy (Part I)

1952 14m 92.3K views Prelinger Archives

Astonishing sitcom-style sponsored film encouraging increased consumption of electricity by an ever-increasing number of appliances. The plot pits a starry-eyed teenage girl against a geek whose ma...

Classic Television Commercials (Part II) 11m

Classic Television Commercials (Part II)

1948 11m 92.2K views Prelinger Archives

Collection of TV commercials significant to the history and development of TV as an advertising medium.

Alcohol and the Human Body 12m

Alcohol and the Human Body

1949 12m 92.2K views Prelinger Archives

Traces the course of alcohol through the body; shows the effects of alcohol on the brain; dramatizes the case of a problem drinker, including treatment.

Boulder Dam

Boulder Dam

91.9K views Prelinger Archives

Government-sponsored film about the building of the Boulder dam.

Consuming Women (Women as Consumers) 3m

Consuming Women (Women as Consumers)

1967 3m 91.5K views Prelinger Archives

Strange, highly generalized portrait of the American woman consumer.

Are You Ready for Marriage? 15m

Are You Ready for Marriage?

1950 15m 90.9K views Prelinger Archives

Two teenagers, wishing to marry early, visit their minister for advice and receive counseling, some of it quite pragmatic, the rest a little strange.

Swingin' Six 14m

Swingin' Six

14m 90.4K views Prelinger Archives

0574 PA8278 Swingin' Six

Food for Fighters 9m

Food for Fighters

1943 9m 90.1K views Prelinger Archives

Importance of nutrition in wartime.

Third Avenue El 10m

Third Avenue El

1950 10m 90.1K views Prelinger Archives

Impressionistic picture of the Third Avenue Elevated Railway in Manhattan, New York City, before it was demolished.

Act Your Age 12m

Act Your Age

1949 12m 88.5K views Prelinger Archives

Jim, an emotionally immature teen, learns to evaluate his personality and to better work out his problems.

[National Recovery Administration (NRA) Promo] 2m

[National Recovery Administration (NRA) Promo]

1933 2m 88.3K views Prelinger Archives

New Deal-era promo for the NRA (National Recovery Administration).

Berkeley Fire 1923 2m

Berkeley Fire 1923

1923 2m 88.3K views Prelinger Archives

0707 PA8113 Berkeley Fire 1923

Shy Guy 12m

Shy Guy

1947 12m 88.2K views Prelinger Archives

Phil (Dick York), new in his high school, follows his father's suggestion and observes the most popular students to determine what makes them popular. By offering to help others he becomes popular ...

More Dangerous Than Dynamite

More Dangerous Than Dynamite

87.2K views Prelinger Archives

Warns housewives about the effects of cleaning clothes with Gasoline.

Original Films Of Frank B Gilbreth (Part I)

Original Films Of Frank B Gilbreth (Part I)

86.2K views Prelinger Archives

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.

Atom and Biological Science, The 11m

Atom and Biological Science, The

1952 11m 85.8K views Prelinger Archives

Describes some of the biological effects of high energy radiations on plants and animal cells. Explains how typical experiments are conducted and demonstrates some of the protective measures requir...

Great New Star, A 12m

Great New Star, A

1952 12m 84.7K views Prelinger Archives

Dinah Shore promotes the new Chevrolets and sings "See the U.S.A. in your new Chevrolet."