The Time Machine

1955 Chevrolet Screen Ads

Ten short theatrical "screen ads" promoting the 1955 Chevrolet models.

Stripper - Betty Rowland

Afro Mood Burlesque

A burlesque short starring Amalia Aguilar. Part of "Joe Bonica presents the Movie of the Month" nudie film series.

Human Reproduction

Though this sex education film concentrates on presenting the anatomy and physiology of human reproduction in sober medical terms, its release kicked off a controversy in many American cities and t...

Wonderful New World of Fords, A (1960 Ford Spot)

Ford commercial linking new compact cars to futurism and the space frontier.

A is for Atom

Presents in lay terms what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peace-time uses of atomic energy and the by-products of nuclear fission. From The Field Guide to Spons...

[A-Bomb Blast Effects]

Footage from an atomic bomb test - probably Operation Tumbler-Snapper? The same footage also appears in "Operation A-Bomb (1953)".

17 Days: The Story of Newspaper History in the Making

How a New York City newspaper delivery drivers' strike in 1945 failed to divert readers' interest in their favorite newspapers. Shows the newspapers of the day and huge lines of people outside news...

Making Books

Writing, editing and mass production of books.

Shake Hands With Danger

Safety film about dangers associated with earthmoving equipment operation, showing many great simulated accidents on construction sites. CONTENT ADVISORY: May be frightening and surprising to some ...

The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair

1939, sound, 55 min, Technicolor, 35mm. Transferred from a 35mm nitrate print. See: Andrew Wood, "The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair," http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/middleton/ind...

Stripper #1

Home Movie: 97325: Family Scenes, 1963

To come.

News Parade: Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Attack on Pearl Harbor; the S.S. Normandie fire at a New York pier.

Out of This World

Sales training film for duPont Film Division (cellophane), featuring an angel and devil monitoring the activities of bakery salesmen on earth, and explaining how packaging helps to sell food. In Ko...

Relaxed Wife, The

Remarkable, surreal industrial film promoting "Atarax," a tranquilizer, and asserting how "ataraxic medicines" can help us all to achieve the relaxed state we long for. Created by Coni Johnston, Me...

Operation Cue (1955)

Eerie nuclear tests on houses and dummies at the Nevada Test Site.

Styling and the Experimental Car

Illustrates the design process involving in making a new car - the Mustang.

Good Table Manners

A bad-mannered 14-year-old meets himself as a young man of 21, and learns the fundamentals of good table manners.

[Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire, A]

PLEASE NOTE: A much higher-quality DV version (2.3 GB) now available at http://www.archive.org/details/TripDownMarketStreetrBeforeTheFire Pictures San Francisco's main thoroughfare as seen from the...

Out of This World

This 1964 vintage promotional film by Frigidaire, a division of General Motors, presents a visionary glimpse into the future through a blend of futuristic world's fair exhibits and mid-century mode...

Belo Horizonte

Development of Brazil's planned city.

Build Your Vocabulary

Dramatizes the story of a father, who, after finding himself at a loss for words at a public meeting, follows his son's lead and starts a campaign of vocabulary improvement.

In My Merry Oldsmobile

Surprisingly licentious advertising cartoon produced by the Fleischer brothers.

This is Coffee

Loving tribute to America's favorite stimulant.

How a Watch Works

A simple demonstration of the basic design and operation of a watch, including stop-motion animation showing a watch being assembled from many parts.

It's Everybody's Business

Corporate Cold War-era cartoon linking Bill of Rights to free-enterprise ideology.

Lucky Strike Cigarette Commercial: Marching Cigarettes

Lucky Strike cigarette commercial with stop-motion animation of marching cigarettes.

Soundie - Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens

An amazing short by an "orchestra" of vibraphone players. Some viewers have noted that this film seems to be a mirror image of how things are supposed to be. This is because original Soundie films ...

Arranging The Tea Table

Explains the reasoning behind attractive and correct tea-table arranging. One of the satellite films that accompanied Let's Give a Tea. See also Arranging a Buffet Supper.