The Time Machine

Looking Ahead Through Rohm & Haas Plexiglas

Used during the war for bomber noses and other enclosures on every type of Army and Navy plane, Plexiglas became known as "aviation's standard transparent plastic." Its conversion to peacetime uses...

Gags and Gals (Musical Shorts program)

A compilation of Soundies - whimsical musical shorts that revolves around themes of love, companionship, and service. It includes catchy tunes about seeking a romantic partner, the joy of dining ex...

Home Movie PA 096025

Home Movie PA 096025 

Unid. Soundie (Juvenile Jubilee)

All girl xylophone band. 00:13:51:10 - 00:16:14:08 B/W Sound 1940s Vibraphone jazz band performs instrumental song on Greek-themed set. Male bandleader plays vibes w/ mallets as seven female musici...

Molly Grows Up

EXPLAINS THE FACTS ABOUT MENSTRUATION TO ADOLESCENT GIRLS SIMPLY & UNDERSTANDINGLY. ILLUSTRATES SOUND APPROACHES FOR THOSE MOST APT TO INFLUENCE A YOUNG GIRL'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE CHANGES OF PUBERT...

Riders of the California Surf

Master Hands

From producer's synopsis: "A beautiful dramatization of how the master hands of Chevrolet craftsmen form the patterns, tools and dies, and control the huge machine that fashions the modern car." 19...

All the Way Home

Demonstrates in a positive fashion that integrated communities can and do work. Exposes the property value fallacy and makes an appeal to reason and democratic principles. An examination of what ha...

Office Etiquette

DO'S AND DON'TS FILM. PORTRAYS WAYS IN WHICH OFFICE ETIQUETTE CONTRIBUTES TO SUCCESS IN OFFICE RELATIONSHIPS. THE TYPICAL SITUATIONS INCLUDE APPLYING FOR A JOB, REPORTING FOR WORK THE 1ST DAY, PERF...

Nightmare for the Bold

Car crash at night with four occupants. Intense, drawn-out safety film. 04:00:52:05 CU Air Force officer makes speech; LS audience of Air Force soldiers. “This is a terrible thing to say, but it...

Are You Ready for Marriage?

Are You Ready for Marriage? was produced to stem the epidemic of youthful, impetuous, and unsuccessful marriages following World War II. The Coronet catalog entry for the film reads: "A very young ...

Door to Heaven, The

Urges people to take Jesus as their savior and through that be able to enter the kingdom of heaven. Waxes darkly about the wrath of God that befalls those who choose not to enter. Frequently surrea...

[Home Movies: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 2)

4:00:47:29 - 04:02:39:24 color silent 1939-40 Can marked: "Electrical, Industrial, Food and State Buildings; night scenes" Electrical section, Industrial & Food Buildings intro. World's Fair flag r...

Don't Get Angry

Social guidance film for middle school age children on anger management

Home movie: 010069: 1960s teenagers at a dance with Florida and home

Home movie: 010069: 1960s teenagers at a dance with Florida and home

Day of Thanksgiving, A

[Educational Screen, Oct 1951] This film relates the experiences of a middle-class American family when they are stimulated to review the things for which they are thankful. Bill Johnson, a garage ...

[Home Movies: Levy collection: Norway, Sweden, Soviet Union]

Title cards: "Bergen - Quaint streets of a busy fishing port" "Oslo - Stavekirke - Built without nails" "Old Norwegian Village" "Stockholm, Sweeden [sic]. The New City Hall." "Russia Canal to Lenin...

This is Coffee!

Shows the growth of coffee, its care and the steps involved in processing it. A number of good shots to be logged. Skeletal Entry

Passenger Train, The

Contents. An account of a train journey. Passengers arrive by cabs at the station. After they purchase their tickets, they pass through the gates to the track where their train is waiting. The stre...

Henry Ford's Mirror of America

Compilation of images and sequences from the Ford Film Collection, covering United States history, culture, industry and daily life between about 1914 and 1945.

Seeing America's Greatest Chinatown: San Francisco (Part II)

Chinatown, San Francisco, California: Captain Lewis was a licensed Chinatown guide; these films represent what was salvaged from a multi-reel film. Chinese newspaper / gambling scene around table /...

Day is New, The

This poetic and meditative film captures a day in the life of Mexico City, unfolding from the early morning through nightfall. The narration opens as dawn breaks over the valley, likening the wakin...

Nicky Rides Again

Animated cartoon. Indians attack stockade, and just as all seems lost, Nicky Nome comes to the air of the hero with a new Chevrolet. Contains racist stereotypes of Native Americans.

Behind the Fashion Curtain

roll 1: "a film report on the highlights of the 5th International Fashion Flight in Stockholm - Moscow - Copenhagen" Men ascending stairway to airplane, shot from above Stockholm street scene Vario...

Open Door: The Story of Foreman Jim Baxter and His Family, The (Part II)

A General Motors foreman learns not just to be a better manager, but where his place is in the system of production.

American Look

A "tribute to the American stylist," American Look shows families at leisure, children dressed in cowboy and cowgirl outfits watching television, a father shooting home movies of his picnicking fam...

What Now!

On carpet cleaning Nice sequence of late 1950s-early 1960s teenagers dancing in living room, making mess

No More Road Trips?

NO MORE ROAD TRIPS? (Rick Prelinger, 2013, 79 min.), a dream ride through 20th-century America made entirely from home movies, asks whether we've come to the end of the open road. Have we reached "...

Safety: In Danger Out of Doors

Bobby and Kevin are out for a fun-filled Saturday morning of rowing on the lake, but they leave the life jackets on the dock. Bobby falls in, and when Kevin jumps in ot help, both are in trouble. I...

Children Must Learn, The

"This film is an authentic record of real people, living their usual lives. It documents one of several experiments carried on by various state universities -- experiments sponsored by the Alfred P...