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Brooklyn Goes to San Francisco 1947 Prelinger Archives
more at http://quickfound.net/'Brooklyn native Phil Foster tours San Francisco and comments on many places of interest.'Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also proces...
Ryan XV-5 Vertifan: XV-5A Program Progress Report 8 1964 Ryan-US Army; VTOL Jet
more at http://quickfound.net/Ryan XV-5 Vertifan VTOL jet engineering progress report covering November 16, 1963 to February 15, 1964.Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduc...
Safety for Children: Live and Learn ~ 1950 Sid Davis Productions
more at http://quickfound.net/ILLUSTRATES THAT ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN AT HOME AND AT PLAY CAN BE AVOIDED BY TAKING TIME TO THINK.Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also proces...
Boiler Repair Introduction 1954 US Navy Training Film MN-7861a
more at http://quickfound.net/Produced by Meridian Films Corporation.Originally a public domain film from the US Navy, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (t...
Look to the Land 1954 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
more at http://quickfound.net/Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less nois...
Accidents: Why Not Live? ~ 1935 American Red Cross
more at http://quickfound.net/'Dramatic and shocking safety film set in the dangerous landscape and roadscape of 1930s America.'Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was als...
Cape Canaveral Air Force Missle Test Center Footage ~ 1965 USAF; Eastern Test Range (Cape Kennedy)
more at http://quickfound.net/Silent film highlights of events at Cape Canaveral during the mid 1960s (Cape Canaveral was known as Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973).Originally a public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack w...
Carvel Dairy Freeze: Spirit of Enterprise 1955 National Education Program
more at http://quickfound.net/Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resul...
Airline Workers Complaints to Management ~ 1971 Trans World Airlines (TWA)
more at http://quickfound.net/Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resul...
Direct Indicating Magnetic Compass 1954 US Navy Pilot Training Film FN-8048c
more at http://quickfound.net/On use of the magnetic compass in aircraft.Originally a public domain film from the US Navy, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalizatio...
Gas Mileage 1935 Chevrolet Leader News Vol. 1 No. 1
more at http://quickfound.net/'GAS ECONOMY TESTS ON DETROIT STREETS...Title Card: "Detroit" over gas sloshing in vacuum gaugeGasoline gauge mounted on windshield of automobile. CU gas gauge (resembling lantern). CU 2 men talking in front seat of moving automobile, one writes on clipboard as other drives. CU man writing on clipboard, leans forward and checks gas gauge mounted on windshi...
All The King's Horses 1926 Philadelphia Electric Company
more at http://quickfound.net/Originally a public domain film from the National Archives or Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PECO_Energy_CompanyWikipedia license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...
New Army Boots 1960 US Army; from Research & Development Progress Report Number 1
more at http://quickfound.net/FEATURES, CAPABILITIES, AND USE OF THE FOLLOWING ADVANCEMENTS IN WEAPONRY AND EQUIPMENT ARE REPORTED... BOOTS...Originally a public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also processed wit...
Army Parachute Team: "Skydivers" 1962 US Army; The Big Picture TV-554; Golden Knights
more at http://quickfound.net/'Skydiving...a leap from two miles up...a descent at 120 miles an hour...this is routine for members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team--champions in competition and combat. In this issue of THE BIG PICTURE, through an unusual helmet camera technique U.S. Army skydivers demonstrate daring, free-fall skills which have thrilled international audiences. This 30-minute d...
Satellites: "Space Down to Earth" 1970 NASA Weather, Communications, Earth Resources
more at http://quickfound.net/'This film shows the role of applications satellites in solving Earthbound problems. The film illustrates what such satellites were doing in 1970, and what can be expected in the next decade, the 1970s, in such fields as performing Earth resources surveys, tracing and measuring pollution levels, locating mineral resources, making long-range weather forecasts, prov...
NYC in the Great Depression: "A Better New York City" 1937 FWA-WPA
more at http://quickfound.net/'On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in New York City. Shows warehouses and streets under construction in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Wharves are repaired, sewer pipe laid, and street car tracks removed. Buildings are razed along East River Drive. The New York Public Library is reroofed. Relief maps of the city are made. A stained glass window is placed in...
Molecular Physics, Hydrogen Bond: "Structure of Water" 1961 John Skarulis, Williams Pasfield
more at http://quickfound.net/Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less nois...
Standing Watch: "The Ship is Ours" 1943 US Navy Training Film MN-2222j; World War II
Support this channel: https://paypal.me/jeffquitney OR https://www.patreon.com/jeffquitneymore at http://quickfound.net/Originally a public domain film from the US Navy, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise re...
Instructing the Worker on the Job 1944 US Office of Education - Caravel Films; World War II Home Front
more at http://quickfound.net/'Federal Security AgencyU.S. Office of EducationProblems in Supervision: Instructing Workers on the JobAVA07870VNB1, 1944Contrasts poor instruction of a new worker with proper instruction. Shows the results of poor training.'Originally a public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and...
The Forest Produces 1949 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Living Forest Series
more at http://quickfound.net/'Describes timber and how it grows, explains the watershed's vast underground reservoir, and recalls the facilities of the forest for man's use in physical and spiritual recreation. Emphasizes how these forest resources are threatened by man.'Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove une...
Steve Canyon, Terry & the Pirates: Milton Caniff at Work ~ 1958 Comic Strip Illustration Art
more at http://quickfound.net/Silent.Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_CaniffWikipedia license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Milton Arthur...
Oil Supertankers: Clean Oceans, Clean Shores ~ 1970 Sid Davis Productions
more at http://quickfound.net/Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resul...
How Much Affection? 1958 McGraw-Hill Text-Films; Social Guidance
more at http://quickfound.net/Marriage and family living series. On love and affection.Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (...
Air Launched Ballistic Missle (ALBM) Progress Report 1958 USAF-Convair B-58 Hustler Weapons System 199C (WS-199C) High Virgo
more at http://quickfound.net/Originally a public domain film from the National Archives or Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or eq...
Instrument Flight Procedures: Departure & Approach 1964 US Navy Training Film MN-9896b
more at http://quickfound.net/Originally a public domain film from the US Navy, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect,...
Dynamic Stability and Control Characteristics of a Ducted Fan Model in Hovering Flight 1954 NACA Langley Research Center
more at http://quickfound.net/'In the 1950s, there was an interest in the Armed Forces in vertically rising aircraft. Tests were necessary to gain information of the stability and control in hovering flight. This video shows some of the preliminary work in a model that could be assembled quickly from existing components. The 18-inch dual-rotating propeller is in a 4-foot long shroud. The build...
Medfly: Among Your Souvenirs ~ 1960 USDA Agricultural Research Service
more at http://quickfound.net/'Portrays the menace foreign plant and animal pests present to U S Agriculture and Public Health. Shows how tourists unwittingly bring serious foreign pests into the United States in innocent looking items. Depicts Inspections carried on to stop these invasions.'Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped t...
Arms For Tomorrow 1960 US Army; The Big Picture TV-475
more at http://quickfound.net/'"Arms for Tomorrow" is a film documentary about the Army arsenal system and the products and techniques which have grown out of this system. These products and techniques have become an essential element of this country's national defense establishment. Dramatically filmed for THE BIG PICTURE television series, this episode shows how the ordnance engi...
POW Camp: "Escape" 1955 US Army; The Big Picture TV-320
more at http://quickfound.net/'Viewers of THE BIG PICTURE will be taken inside of a simulated "enemy prisoner of war camp."'Originally a public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also processed with ...
Tides and the Moon ~ 1920 Bray Studios Cartoon Animation
more at http://quickfound.net/Silent, with title cards.Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TideWikipedia license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Tide...
