America as it was.
Scenes from the daily life of a Texas farm family.
An American family unable to afford a Thanksgiving turkey reviews the things for which they feel thankful. This patriotic film is unusual in that it does not link freedom and happiness with the pur...
Mild stag film starring Adele Doleman
PANORAMA EPHEMERA (2004, 89:35 min., color and black and white) is a collage of sequences drawn from a wide variety of ephemeral (industrial, advertising, educational and amateur) films, touring th...
Mardi Gras: Parade of Nor.
Snap, Crackle and Pop take on Soggy, Mushy and Toughy.
Animated explanation of primary and secondary sex characteristics in adolescent boys and girls.
Lucky Strike cigarette commercial with stop-motion animation of square-dancing cigarettes.
Advises children to do whatever is necessary -- even lie -- to achieve harmonious family relations. This portrait of manners among the affluent places a premium on pleasant, unemotional behavior, a...
Social-sex development of Bill and Mary and how they came to meet, fall in love and marry.
Mid-Fifties slices of life and landscape in Philadelphia and surrounding towns. With excellent color footage of downtown scenes, neighborhoods, the Mummers Parade, Levittown, factories in Camden, N...
Measures how a society ranks on a spectrum stretching from democracy to despotism. Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power is concentrated and respect for the in...
Presents "King Joe" as the average American working man who, by virtue of his high wages and short hours, is king of the world's workers.
A kinescope of the John F Kennedy and Richard M Nixon presidential debate.
Plea for sustainable land and resource use.
Two unhappy-looking dogs, sporting an American flag, pull a dog cart and its juvenile cargo.
Training film for users of the new dial telephones.
"Explains" the dangers of the atomic bomb, the effects of radiation and how to protect oneself if caught in the open or in the home.
The animated film explores the life of a typical American family, focusing on John Q Public, who manages his finances through investments and savings. It details how John Q's investments in stocks ...
Menstruation education film for young teenage girls, redolent with dated detail.
Beautifully animated explication of human eye and eyesight.
Countdown leader.
Romp through the futuristic landscape of the Seattle World's Fair, centered in the Bell System pavilion.
Definitive document of pre-World War II futuristic utopian thinking, as envisioned by General Motors. Documents the "Futurama" exhibit in GM's "Highways and Horizons" pavilion at the World's Fair, ...
Ten short theatrical "screen ads" promoting the 1955 Chevrolet models.
The ultimate generic industrial film, built around every script and visual cliche.
Promotional film for the controversial Chevrolet Corvair.