The Time Machine

About Bananas

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.

Doctor in Industry (Part I)

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...

Health: Your Posture

Young girl's mirror image teaches her fundamentals of good posture.

From the Ground Up

Promotional film for "Nutrilite," a 1950s-vintage food supplement.

Sleep for Health

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 ...

Joan Avoids a Cold

How young children must behave to avoid transmitting germs to one another.

Eat for Health

Ralph learns the five food groups, helping him to eat a balanced diet, and has more fun because of his better health.

Prelinger Archives Home Movies

Home Movies from the Prelinger Archives. For more information see the Prelinger Archives

Breath-Takers, 2

Babies and Breadwinners (Part II)

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 Departme...

Right to Health, A (Part I)

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...

Automotive Service

Opportunities for employment servicing America's vast motor fleet.

Care of the Skin

Structure of the skin; good cleanliness habits; the proper way to wash; the correct use of soap.

Sniffles and Sneezes

Children as carriers and victims of infections.

Park Conscious

Elegy to recreation and relaxation in state and national parks.

Personal Hygiene (Part I)

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.

122 Eyes

Hard times in 1950s St. Louis and the social services that aimed to alleviate them.

Using the Bank

Banking services and procedures in the pre-computer era.

Bacteria: Friend and Foe

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...

Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?

Imaginative film showing how automatic gadgets in homes and workplaces alienate people from one another.

Case of Spring Fever, A

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.

Spot News

Dramatization of how photographs are transmitted by wire, an exciting new technology in the 1930s.

Good Eating Habits

Drama focusing on gluttony and "hidden hunger," where well-nourished people eat poorly and malnourish themselves.

Wartime Nutrition

Wartime work of public welfare agencies in the field of nutrition.

Achievement USA

General Motors celebrates production of 50 millionth automobile with a parade through Flint, Michigan.

Duck and Cover

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 ...

Always On Call

Story by Kensiger Jones, directed by John Kennedy. Produced by Premiere Hardcastle, St. Louis. 0551 PA8484 Always On Call 033.10;

How to Go Places

Actress Gale Storm and family take a road trip in their Chevrolet and review the do's and don'ts of auto traveling.

General Health Habits

Personal hygiene, 1920s-style.

Experiments in the Revival of Organisms

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 Th...