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America as it was.

How Much Affection? 19m

How Much Affection?

1958 19m 115.1K views Prelinger Archives

How far can young people go in petting and still stay within the bounds of personal standards and social mores?

Tale of Two Cities, A 12m

Tale of Two Cities, A

1946 12m 114.9K views Prelinger Archives

How the atomic bomb destroyed the people and cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

Home Economics Story, The

Home Economics Story, The

1951 114.9K views Prelinger Archives

This idealized story of four years in the life of Kay, Jean, Helen, and Louise evokes the lost world of Iowa State's Home Economics Division in the fifties. When an assembly speaker at the high sch...

World Trade Center 4m

World Trade Center

4m 114.9K views Prelinger Archives

Footage of World Trade Center from a work print

One World or None

One World or None

114.6K views Prelinger Archives

Animated.

Coney Island 9m

Coney Island

1940 9m 113.8K views Prelinger Archives

The great amusement zone in its heyday.

Coronet Instructional Films

Coronet Instructional Films

113.6K views Prelinger Archives

Coronet Instructional Films were shown in American schools starting in about 1941. The company was an offshoot of Coronet Magazine, a digest-sized magazine that itself was owned by Esquire, Inc. Ow...

Command Performance 18m

Command Performance

1942 18m 113.5K views Prelinger Archives

How shellac records were produced and manufactured.

American Look (Part I) 8m

American Look (Part I)

1958 8m 113.4K views Prelinger Archives

The definitive Populuxe film on 1950s automotive, industrial, interior and architectural design. (6383_American_Look_M04199_01_22_19_00)

Victory Gardens 20m

Victory Gardens

20m 112.9K views Prelinger Archives

0614 PA8171 Victory Gardens

On Guard! The Story of SAGE 12m

On Guard! The Story of SAGE

1956 12m 111.5K views Prelinger Archives

Innovations in computer technology as weapons in the Cold War.

Touch of Magic, A 10m

Touch of Magic, A

1961 10m 111.3K views Prelinger Archives

General Motors 1961 Motorama film presenting new cars, appliances and futuristic ideas at their most banal.

Skateboard Sense

Skateboard Sense

110.8K views Prelinger Archives

Safety film about the (then) new hobby of skateboarding. Produced by Sid Davis.

Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire, A (DV25 version)

Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire, A (DV25 version)

1906 110.0K views Prelinger Archives

DV25 version (editable quality) of the famous film. Feel free to reedit/recombine/remix. Please consider uploading your derivative works to Internet Archive. This version was transferred from a new...

City, The (Part I) 15m

City, The (Part I)

1939 15m 109.6K views Prelinger Archives

The Regional Planning Association of America's plea for community chaotic cities and urban sprawl. Directors: Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke. Script: Henwar Rodakiewicz, from an outline by Pare...

Wonderful World

Wonderful World

1959 109.4K views Prelinger Archives

PA-2177 ìWonderful Worldî 08:01:14:28 - 08:45:06:23 Color Sound 1959 "Wonderful World" Broad documentary surveying global cultures, lifestyles, emphasizing common human activities, sponsored by C...

Signal 30 (Part I) 13m

Signal 30 (Part I)

1959 13m 108.5K views Prelinger Archives

Legendary "shock" driving safety film featuring numerous scenes of mutilated cars and injured/dead people and a voiceover lacking in compassion. Produced in cooperation with the Ohio State Highway ...

Match Your Mood 6m

Match Your Mood

1968 6m 108.4K views Prelinger Archives

Promotional film for Westinghouse refrigerator line featuring a system of sticker-like decorations enabling purchasers to style their appliances as they choose. Vague hippie-type flower-power graph...

Cindy Goes to a Party 9m

Cindy Goes to a Party

1955 9m 108.1K views Prelinger Archives

Cindy, a tomboy unsure of her social status, dreams of a party where her fairy godmother gives her etiquette lessons, and wakes up to receive her very own invitation. Filmed in Lawrence, Kansas.

This Charming Couple 18m

This Charming Couple

1950 18m 107.0K views Prelinger Archives

Marriage training film dramatizing a partnership too fraught with conflicts to survive. Produced as part of a post-World War II initiative to make marriages more sustainable in the face of postwar ...

Ask Me, Don't Tell Me 20m

Ask Me, Don't Tell Me

1961 20m 106.8K views Prelinger Archives

San Francisco teenage gangs and the unfriendly world they inhabit.

Around the Corner 9m

Around the Corner

1937 9m 106.7K views Prelinger Archives

How the automobile differential allows a vehicle to turn a corner while keeping the wheels from skidding.

Terrible Truth, The 10m

Terrible Truth, The

1951 10m 106.3K views Prelinger Archives

Early (and sensational) film on marijuana use as a route to heroin addiction.

[Knife-Thrower and Children] 1m

[Knife-Thrower and Children]

1950 1m 106.2K views Prelinger Archives

Texas: Knife-thrower Louella Gallagher throws knives at her daughters Connie Ann, 5, and Colleena Sue, 2-1/2, missing them skillfully as the knives enter a board. Newsreel story.

Care of the Hair and Nails 9m

Care of the Hair and Nails

1951 9m 106.0K views Prelinger Archives

A fairy tale character uses magic to help youngsters learn good health habits.

Symptoms in Schizophrenia 13m

Symptoms in Schizophrenia

1940 13m 105.7K views Prelinger Archives

Shows masked mental patients enacting various schizophrenic symptoms as they were understood at the time. A disturbing film that raises questions about the condition and treatment of its subjects.

Detroit: City on the Move 18m

Detroit: City on the Move

1965 18m 105.5K views Prelinger Archives

Promotional film made for the City of Detroit, an unsuccessful bidder for the Olympic Games. With views of city highways, automobile manufacturing, a diverse population, and social activities, all ...

Once Upon a Honeymoon 14m

Once Upon a Honeymoon

1956 14m 105.0K views Prelinger Archives

Delightful musical made to promote color telephones as a decorator accessory in the home.

Child Molester, The

Child Molester, The

1964 104.4K views Prelinger Archives

Emphasizes the danger of attacks on children, dramatizing typical approaches. Shows what can be done to reduce the problem by making children aware of it and ready to take precautions when accosted...

Communications Primer, A 21m

Communications Primer, A

21m 103.9K views Prelinger Archives

PA9049 Communications Primer, A 16 Eastmancolor print