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Soldier in Panama 1954 US Army; The Big Picture TV-283
more at http://quickfound.net/'Protecting the Panama Canal has for many years been a vital mission of the United States Army. This is the story about the men on duty in Panama -- one of the Western Hemisphere's most critical defense areas. Viewers will see some of the more unusual aspects of life in Panama. THE BIG PICTURE camera will cover many varied scenes in this tiny republic which is...
Sea Power in the Pacific 1946 US Navy Training Film MN-6124; World War II
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,...
49-G Impact Deceleration at Inclined Impact Test Facility ~ 1960 US Air Force; from "Bioastronautics Research"
more at http://quickfound.net/'Coverage of research at the Aerospace Medical Division Hq 657Oth Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories...'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 processe...
Desert Rock Nuclear Tests 1951-1957 US Army Soldiers Observe Atomic Bomb Blasts
more at http://quickfound.net/Silent. 'Tests conducted at Frenchman's Flat, Nevada... the Army at Camp Desert Rock, utilized thousands of ground troops in an effort to establish the proper coordination between the foot soldier and the atomic explosion.'Originally a public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, a...
Dristan TV Commercial 01 "Sinuses to Arizona" ~ 1960 American Home Products
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...
1936 Plymouth: "Trial by Torture" ~ 1935 Chrysler Corporation
more at http://quickfound.net/Automotive "Infomercial" advertising film for the 1936 Plymouth automobile shows many details of the car's construction while describing its features.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 & m...
What About Juvenile Delinquency? 1955 Young America Films (Centron Corporation)
more at http://quickfound.net/JIMMY LEAVES GANG WHEN HE FINDS OUT IT WAS HIS FATHER WHO WAS MAULED IN CAR-BUMPING INCIDENT BY TEEN-AGE GANG. DESPITE THREATS FROM GANG MEMBERS, HE JOINS OTHER STUDENTS WHO GO TO CITY HALL TO DISCUSS PROPOSED CURFEW WITH CITY COUNCIL. FILMED IN LAWRENCE, KANSAS.Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove...
High Speed Photography: "It Started With Muybridge" 1964 US Navy Training Film MN-10117
more at http://quickfound.net/EARLY CONCEPTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION, INVENTED BY EDWARD MUYBRIDGE, CONVERTED INTO PRECISE INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS USED IN RDT AND E PROGRAMS.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 appli...
Act Your Age 1949 Coronet Instructional Films
more at http://quickfound.net/'High school boy who has scratched his desk is lectured by principal on acting his age. Teen girls and boys turn into 5-year-olds, illustrating infantile reactions. The principal delivers a pep talk on growing up. A boy has a "How Old Am I?" chart. The school janitor / custodian lectures on immaturity...'Originally a public domain film from the Library...
Prell Shampoo TV Commercial 08 "Prell Concentrate - Lots of Lather" ~ 1960 Procter & Gamble
more at http://quickfound.net/Prell Concentrate provides lots of rich creamy lather.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...
Black Marketing ~ 1944 US Office of War Information; World War II
more at http://quickfound.net/'Great 1940s gangster film. Great shots of mobsters in the country and doing black market business with butchers. Great courtroom scenes with prosecutor delivering speech to jury...'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-c...
Time Dilation An Experiment With Mu-Mesons 1962 Physical Sciences Study Committee (PSSC) - MIT; David Frisch, James Smith
more at http://quickfound.net/'Using the radioactive decay of cosmic ray mu-mesons shows the dilation of time in a filmed experiment which takes place on top of Mt. Washington, N.H. and at M.I.T.in Cambridge, Mass.'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 r...
Book Publishing: "Making Books" 1947 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Printing & Binding...
more at http://quickfound.net/TELLS THE COMPLETE STORY OF THE MASS PRODUCTION OF BOOKS & THE HUMAN TALENT & MACHINE TECHNOLOGY NEEDED FOR BOOK MAKING. EXPLAINS EVERY PROCESS FROM AUTHOR'S MANUSCRIPT TO FINISHED BOOK.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-c...
Psychology: Defense Mechanisms & Rationalization: "Facing Reality" 1954 McGraw-Hill Text-Films
more at http://quickfound.net/'Surreal presentation of the common ways in which people escape from reality -- daydreaming, identification, suppression and malingering.'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 ...
1963 Chevrolet Four New Chevys Commercial 1962 Chevrolet Division, General Motors; Animated Cartoon
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...
Dogfight: "Air Combat Maneuvering Tactical Formation" 1976 US. Navy Pilot Training Film; Bray Studios
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,...
Germany: "A Family of the Industrial Ruhr" 1958 McGraw-Hill Text-Films; Audio Productions - Alfred Wagg Pictures
more at http://quickfound.net/'Examines the varied activities in the life of an average working man's family in a German industrial city after World War II.'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 reducti...
How Cars Work: "As the Wheels Turn" 1950 Chevrolet; Automobile Structures Explained
more at http://quickfound.net/AMILY AT PICNIC. FATHER USES TABLEWARE TO BUILD MODEL OF CHEVROLET, SHOWING CENTER POINT STEERING, SPRINGS & SHACKLES, SHOCK ABSORBERS & VENTILATION SYSTEM. ANIMATED LINE DRAWINGS REVEAL HIDDEN FEATURES OF VEHICLE.Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, a...
Aircrew Survival: Cold Land Survival ~ 1990 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
more at http://quickfound.net/Civil Aerospace Medical Institute.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 volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalizati...
Butternut Instant Coffee TV Commercial: "Subliminal" ~ 1962 Animated Cartoon
more at http://quickfound.net/Commercial mocking the idea of subliminal advertising, produced by Stan Freberg.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 no...
Hand to Hand Combat Part 1 (of 3) 1942 US Navy Training Film MN-1027-BA
more at http://quickfound.net/Originally a public domain film from the US 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 volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though...
Cobra Dane Phased Array Radar 1977 US Air Force; from "Aerospace Power"
more at http://quickfound.net/AFSC STAFF FILM REPORT 277AN OMNIBUS OF CURRENT AF WEAPONS SYSTEMS AND CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. PRESENTS A BROAD VIEW OF MAJOR AF PROGRAMS ON... COBRA DANE...US Air Force Systems Command Special Film Report SFR-277Originally a public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and o...
Japanese Bride School, Yokosuka, Japan, March 1956 US Navy; Silent Raw Footage
more at http://quickfound.net/Silent. Raw footage.1) INTERIOR OF OFFICE BUILDING AT YOKOSUKA, JAPAN, USN SAILOR AND JAPANESE BRIDE-TO-BE TYPING, THEY STOP TO CHAT.2) TYPEWRITER KEYS STRIKING PAPER, WORDS "JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY" ON PAPER3) JAPANESE GIRL TYPING, SHE LOOKS UP AS IF SPEAKING...5) GRADUATING CLASS OF JAPANESE GIRLS WHO HAVE TAKEN BRIDE SCHOOL ABOUT TO REOEIVE THEIR DIPLOMAS; ON...
Lunar Habitat Construction Shack Habitability Evaluation ~ 1990 NASA
more at http://quickfound.net/Evaluation of a ILH (Initial Lunar Habitat) model also called a "Construction Shack" that could house six astronauts on the moon.Originally a public domain film from NASA, 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 proce...
Ivory Soap TV Commercial No. 15 "Using Years" ~ 1970 Procter & Gamble; 60 Second Television Spot
more at http://quickfound.net/Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archive, 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 result...
Reinforced Rifle Platoon in the Attack of a Built-Up Area 1953 US Army Training Film TF7-1642
more at http://quickfound.net/TACTICAL PLANNING--THE ATTACK--EACH BUILDING OFFERS A DIFFERENT COMPLEXITY OF FIGHTING--EMPHASIS ON SURPRISE, FIREPOWER AND TEAMWORK.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...
Doing Something About the Weather ~ 1985 NASA
more at http://quickfound.net/'Weather just does not happen; it is caused. This film describes all three weather scales - the microphysical (tiny particles), middle (front and cells), and global (layers of atmosphere) - that are interrelated in a total system. One of the benefits of the Space Shuttle is the opportunity to test these conditions in zero-g. In addition, the solar wind can be obse...
Navy Jets and Jazz: "Flight - The Romance of Naval Aviation" 1970 US Navy Film MN-10897
more at http://quickfound.net/FLIGHT OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE NAVY JET AIRCRAFT EDITED TO GOOD JAZZ MUSIC.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 volume normalization, noise reduction, ...
Napalm & Bombs: "Tactical Weapons Effects Tests" 1963 US Air Force; F-100, F-101, F-104, F-105
more at http://quickfound.net/CAPABILITIES OF TACTICAL AIR COMMAND (TAC) STRIKE AIRCRAFT: F-100, F-101, F-104, F-105 AND OTHERS.USAF Special Film Project SFP-1213Originally 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 wa...
St. Louis Gateway Arch AT&T TV Commercial 1970 Bell System
more at http://quickfound.net/Bell System ad:'St. Louis, Missouri... Boats on Mississippi River... Zoom out from downtown buildings to show Gateway Arch... looking up from the base and different angles... Arch with moon in background against night sky...'Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contra...
