The Time Machine

Preventing the Spread of Disease

Health film using unusual imagery and metaphors to impart lessons in hygiene.

San Francisco (1955 Cinemascope film)

Cinemascope homage to the city of San Francisco made by amateur filmmaker and inventor Tullio Pellegrini.

Time Savers for House Makers

Screen ad for instant laundry starch.

Exercise and Health

How exercise will make you healthy and popular.

Hindenburg Explodes

Footage from Castle and Pathé coverage of the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst. Also shots of the big ships over New York.

Private Life of a Cat

Alexander Hammid's intimate study of a female cat and the birth and maturation of her five kittens.

Make Mine Freedom

This Cold War-era cartoon uses humor to tout the dangers of Communism and the benefits of capitalism.

Angels Flight

Bunker Hill, LA - "waiting to be leveled, to make way for a new world of concrete steel and glass" Shows old homes on Bunker Hill, destruction and reconstruction

Japanese Relocation

U.S. government-produced film defending the World War II internment of Japanese American citizens.

Boys Beware

Anti-homosexual film targeted at teenage boys, urging them to avoid encounters with potential molesters.

As Boys Grow

Sex education film aimed at teenage boys, with the coach as authority figure and teacher.

Don't Be a Sucker

Admonishes Americans that they will lose their country if they let fanaticism and hatred turn them into "suckers." "Let's forget about 'we' and 'they' -- let's think about us!" In the context of th...

Golden Years, The

Bowling made respectable and appealing to middle-class Americans through modernization and "Populuxe" design.

My Japan

Complex and disturbing anti-Japanese propaganda film produced to spur the sale of U.S. war bonds. CONTENT ADVISORY: Explicit racism and extreme violence.

Design for Dreaming

Set at the 1956 General Motors Motorama, this is one of the key Populuxe films of the 1950s, showing futuristic dream cars and Frigidaire's "Kitchen of the Future."

How to Be Well Groomed

Siblings Don and Sue show how they keep themselves well groomed throughout the school week and for their Friday night dates.

Classic Television Commercials (Part I)

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

For Health and Happiness

Lively children illustrate the results of good nutrition, affection, and intelligent care.

Stripper - Variety Girls

Ride for Cinderella, A

Cinderella relies on a Chevrolet to carry her home by midnight through obstacles and storms.

Cherry Knight

A is for Atom

Animated classic presenting what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses of atomic energy and the byproducts of nuclear fission.

Television Commercials (1950s-1960s)

Examples of broadcast advertising from the 1950s and 1960s.

Naturally - a Girl

Uses vignettes, animation and comments by girls and boys to explore the medical facts and some personal feelings about menstruation.

Going Places

Cold War cartoon defending the profit motive against anti-capitalist critics.

Atom Bomb [Joe Bonica's Movie of the Month]

Early atomic weapons testing.

Dating: Do's and Don'ts

Classic instructional film for teen daters, presented here in the rare (but incomplete) Kodachrome version.

One Got Fat: Bicycle Safety

A group of children, all wearing ape masks, rides their bicycles to the park for a picnic. Along the way, all but one are eliminated for violating basic bike safety rules. This strange film was nar...

Communism

Educational film on the Cold War conflict.

Why Play Leap Frog?

Cold War-era cartoon aimed at convincing workers that increased productivity brings about greater purchasing power.