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	Sudden Birth Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded thanks to contributions from this project: www.indiegogo.com/avgeeks100miles This film was made to instruct police officers on the basics of childbirth and to show them an actual birth - mostly so they wouldn't panic or pass out when confronted with such a scenario. WARNING! The poor acting by actual police officers and doctors and low production values in this film make the live birth scene even more shocking than oth... Keywords: police training; miracle of birth Downloads: 188,172 Average rating: (26 reviews)
	If Mirrors Could Speak : Self-Image Film Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded thanks to contributions from this project: www.indiegogo.com/avgeeks100miles In hopes of keeping kids' attention, social engineering films would often use supernatural elements to make their points. In this film, we see a magic talking mirror that reflects bratty kids as clowns. Most of the misbehaving kids understand how their behavior is disruptive and make amends... Keywords: social engineering Downloads: 162,582 Average rating: (12 reviews)
	VD is for Everybody Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded thanks to contributions from this project: www.indiegogo.com/avgeeks100miles The American Social Health Association was always experimenting with new ways to educate the public about venereal disease. They helped produce the first VD education film, "Fit to Fight", in 1918 in order to educate soldiers being shipped abroad to fight in the first World War... Keywords: venereal disease; PSA; Sexually Transmitted Diseases Downloads: 113,153 Average rating: (33 reviews)
	Private SNAFU - Booby Traps - Robert Clampett Private Snafu learns about the hazards of enemy booby traps the hard way. This is one of 26 Private SNAFU ('Situation Normal, All Fouled Up) cartoons made by the US Army Signal Corps to educate and boost the morale the troops. Originally created by Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) and Phil Eastman, most of the cartoons were produced by Warner Brothers Animation Studios - employing their animators, voice actors (primarily Mel Blanc) and Carl Stalling's music... Keywords: military; animation; Private SNAFU Downloads: 89,718 Average rating: (8 reviews)
	Gay Sex before Zippers - Chris Carlsson Harry Hay describes gay sex when BVD's were still predominant underwear, before zippers in the 1930s... men would meet at Presidio guardhouse and go into the bushes. Keywords: Presidio; Gay Sex; Harry Hay Downloads: 82,111 Average rating: (10 reviews)
	Beginning Responsibility: Lunchroom Manners The rude, clumsy puppet Mr. Bungle shows kids how to behave in the school cafeteria - the assumption being that kids actually want to behave during lunch. This film has a cult following since it appeared on a Pee Wee Herman HBO special. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: social engineering; puppet chaos Downloads: 71,777 Average rating: (33 reviews)
	Drugs Are Like That Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded thanks to contributions from this project: www.indiegogo.com/avgeeks100miles Anita Bryant (famous Florida orange juice and anti-gay spokeswoman) narrates this film that tries to simplify its drug abuse message with an analogy of kids putting together a contraption out of Lego blocks. Although the metaphors often don't make sense, the visual impact of the film is stunning and could easily be quite popular with individua... Keywords: drugs Downloads: 71,623 Average rating: (29 reviews)
	Parent To Child About Sex Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded thanks to contributions from this project: www.indiegogo.com/avgeeks100miles While this films producers should be applauded for their sensible approach in teaching parents how to talk to kids about sex, the awkward reading of cue cards and embarrassing situations will produce nervous giggles among even the most jaded audiences... Keywords: puberty Downloads: 69,293 Average rating: (12 reviews)
	Drive In Intermission 7 Time to stretch your legs and get a snack. Complete intermission film. Suggestion: insert clip between two movies when creating your drive-in dvd. Keywords: drive-in; intermission Downloads: 51,567 Average rating: (8 reviews)
	Operation Ivy Detonation of the hydrogen bomb. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Downloads: 46,225 Average rating: (21 reviews)
	Our Mr. Sun - Frank Capra Productions From the description in Rick Prelinger's Field Guide to Sponsored Films: Popular scientific film directed by Frank Capra that launched the Bell System Science series. Combining animation and live action, Our Mr. Sun uses a scientist-writer team to present information about the sun and its importance to humankind. NOTE: Produced in Technicolor, the film was originally telecast in 1956 and 1957 to 9 million homes; some 600 16mm prints were distributed to schools and community organizations through... Keywords: sun; bell science series; science; animation Downloads: 41,573 Average rating: (7 reviews)
	[Rural Civil Defense TV Spots 1965] - Dept of Civil Defense Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded thanks to contributions from this project: www.indiegogo.com/avgeeks100miles Public service announcements by the U.S. Civil Defense office inform farmers what to do in case of nuclear attack using marionettes. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: civil defense; atomic; puppets Downloads: 38,352 Average rating: (10 reviews)
	Private SNAFU - The Home Front Private Snafu imagines the good times his family is having back home while he's stationed in the Arctic. Technical Fairy First Class shows that even his family is helping with the war effort - his dad building tanks, his mom planting a Victory Garden, Grandpa riveting battleships, and his girl joining the WAC's and even the family's horse is pitching in. This is one of 26 Private SNAFU ('Situation Normal, All Fouled Up) cartoons made by the US Army Signal Corps to educate and boost the morale th... Keywords: military; animation; Private SNAFU Downloads: 32,846 Average rating: (6 reviews)
	200 This trippy tribute to our country's 200th birthday was funded by a Bicentennial Project Grant and animated by Vincent Collins who made other psychedelic cartoons. This film was produced by the United States Information Agency -the government's propaganda agency. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: patriotism; propaganda Downloads: 32,509 Average rating: (16 reviews)
	Electric Eel Irwin Moon shows us the electric eel and demonstrates its amazing abilities to shock fish for food and to use "radar" to find the fish. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: science vs. religion Downloads: 31,701 Average rating: (8 reviews)
	Pop Goes The Whistle - Darrell Wright Is somebody crazy? Pop Goes the Whistle. Keywords: Intermission; Popcorn; Drive In Movie Advertisement Downloads: 31,619 Average rating: (29 reviews)
	Keep Off The Grass Tom gets in trouble when his mother finds a joint in his room. Instead of punishing Tom, his father challenges him to learn more about marijuanas evil effects on society. Nobody gets killed in this Sid Davis film, yet Tom still learns a harsh lesson after being mugged by druggies and learning that his best friend sells pot to school children To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: drugs; juvenile deliquency; sid davis Downloads: 24,454 Average rating: (19 reviews)
	Drive In intermission 13 All the popcorn and candy at the snack bar. Complete intermission film. Suggestion: insert clip between two movies when making a double feature dvd. Keywords: drive-in; intermission Downloads: 24,411 Average rating: (9 reviews)
	To Hear Your Banjo Play Presents the origin of the banjo, the development of southern folk music and its influence upon Americans. Pete Seeger plays his banjo and narrates the story. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: American folk music Downloads: 24,374 Average rating: (12 reviews)
	Cigarettes (version 2) Get the item that adds to your personal comfort. Lucky Strike cigarette commercial with stop-motion animation of square-dancing cigarettes. Teleconference meeting filmed in New York City, with participation from, and shown to, Philip Morris employees in various cities around the United States, to educate employees about public policy issues facing the Philip Morris companies and to encourage them to become politically active on those matters... Keywords: Intermission; Cigarettes; Drive In Movie Advertisements Downloads: 21,384 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Hellman's Mayonnaise Commercial Hellman's Mayonnaise television commercial Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded thanks to contributions from this project: www.indiegogo.com/avgeeks100miles Keywords: commercial Downloads: 21,303 Average rating: (11 reviews)
	Buying Food Made for home economics class, this is a primer on sensible food shopping. We learn to read canned food labels and get a glimpse at the mysterious grading system for various foods (and may understand why food grades are no longer advertised unless they are Grade A). Many of this films messages are still poignant today, especially since supermarkets are designed to encourage impulse buying. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: home economics Downloads: 20,951 Average rating: (7 reviews)
	Harvey Milk's Last Words Harvey Milk's last words, delivered posthumously, recorded in case of his assassination... excerpted from The Life and Times of Harvey Milk. Keywords: Harvey Milk; last words; Gay Downloads: 20,363 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Alcohol Is Dynamite Teens Bud and Jack, eager to get some alcohol from the liquor store, ask the adult to buy it for them. Instead, the adult tells them a story of three teenagers who learn the hard way that "alcohol is a violent narcotic. In true Sid Davis form, the story ends with one innocent teen being killed and one who becomes an alcoholic bum, leaving the others to deal with guilt from their night of reckless abandon To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact ... Keywords: evil alcohol; juvenile deliquency; kids in peril; sid davis Downloads: 20,349 Average rating: (9 reviews)
	Way Stations In Space Introduction to the basic scientific principles of using a manned space platform in helping explore the universe. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: yesterday's tomorrow today; SPACE! Downloads: 20,182 Average rating: (6 reviews)
	Democracy Presents nature of meaning of democracy; develops keen appreciation for meaning of democracy by analyzing 4 major concepts on which exists substantial body of general agreement. Points out that true democracy is characterized by at least 2 signs. This is the companion film to Despotism which is located in the Prelinger Archive section. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Downloads: 19,690 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Pedestrian Crossing Humorous road safety trailer on the correct use of pedestrian crossings. Belisha beacons Keywords: road safety Downloads: 19,283 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	Santa Claus' Punch and Judy Santa magically creates a Punch and Judy puppet show to the delight of children at a Christmas party. WARNING! Parents may wish to watch this before exposing innocent eyes to the comic brutality of a Punch and Judy puppet show from the late 1940s - including some very non-PC scenes. Punch & Judy professor/historian Geoff Felix describes the film: The value of this film is that it is a record of a performance by George Prentice whose Punch and Judy show achieved great popularity in Variety during... Keywords: Santa; puppet chaos; senseless violence Downloads: 18,834 Average rating: (17 reviews)
	White Night Riot Riot and destruction at City Hall in the wake of the slap-on-the-wrist manslaughter verdict against Dan White, murderer of Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. Keywords: riot; White Night; Harvey Milk Downloads: 18,645 Average rating: (1 review)
	Ghost Rider - George Thurman, Chuck Ungar Kevin, feeling very sad and lonely after spending his first day in a new junior high school meets a young girl on his bus ride home who drops a pencil and suddenly disappears. Is this mysterious young girl a ghost of a girl who died on a bus years before? Why is she so adamant that Kevin learn bus safety rules? Like many films from the late 1970s and early 1980s, this film uses supernatural elements to keep kids' attention... Keywords: school bus society; kids in peril Downloads: 18,531 Average rating: (23 reviews)
	San Francisco celebrates VE Day 1918 Newsreel footage from the Market Street celebration of the end of WWI in San Francisco, 1918. Keywords: WWI; San Francisco; 1918 Downloads: 18,078 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	National Drinking Game PSA The disembodied voice shows up a lively party and manages to make everybody feel bad about drinking by having them play the "National Drinking Game" - a quiz to help determine if a person is an alcoholic. NOTE - This clip has a complete film countdown along with a "china girl" (not a girl of Chinese origin, but a clip of an attractive girl used by film processors to ensure that colors - such as skin tones - are being accurately duplicated)... Keywords: PSA; evil alcohol Downloads: 17,933 Average rating: (13 reviews)
	Joy Ride - an Auto Theft This cautionary tale was aimed towards young, thrill-seeking teens. The exciting car chase at the end of the film may have glamorized joy-riding to students more than actually demonize it. If nothing else, the film reveals the primary perpetrator of auto thefts - bored, horny boys. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: driver education; juvenile deliquency; kids in peril Downloads: 17,744 Average rating: (15 reviews)
	Congruent Triangles - Bruce and Katharine Cornwell Bruce and Katharine Cornwell are primarily known for a series of remarkable animated films on the subject of geometry. Created on the Tektronics 4051 Graphics Terminal, they are brilliant short films, tracing Klee-like geometric shapes to intriguing music, including the memorable 'Bach meets Third Steam Jazz' musical score in ‘Congruent Triangles.’ In this melding of art and science, the Cornwells create a quasi-hypnotic take on a mathematical construct... Keywords: mathematics, science Downloads: 17,415 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	Soapy The Germ Fighter Young Billy Martin has to learn that being clean isnt the same as being a sissy. One night, a giant, talking cake of soap wearing tights and a puffy-sleeved shirt assures him of this fact. This film, like many personal hygiene films, taught kids about germs and what to do to avoid them in case their parents neglected to do so. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: personal hygiene Downloads: 17,400 Average rating: (17 reviews)
	Comparative Tests On A Human And A Chimpanzee Infant Of Approximately The Same Age, Part 2 - Pennsylvania State Univ. Psych. Cinema Register Compares the reactions of a normal human infant between the ages of 10 and 14.5 months to psychological tests, and the responses of a chimpanzee companion, age 7.5 to 12 months, to the same tests. Brings out the effects of different rates of growth and learning abilities and illustrates the capacity of the animal to outdo the child in many tests. Includes hand preference, startle reaction time, delayed reaction, cap-on-head, detour, tickle, ice and rotation test... Downloads: 16,800 Average rating: (6 reviews)
	Journey by a London Bus An interesting take on London Buses intended for overseas distribution. London bus travel. Double-Decker bus. Keywords: London Buses Downloads: 16,683 Average rating: (8 reviews)
	The Story - ACI Productions A filmmaker, Homer, records his young son, Matt, telling an imaginative story to his two younger sisters, Lisa and Maggie. Records the spontaneous tale with all the interruptions, comments and reactions of the sister. Can you name the celebrity in this film? To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: before they were famous Downloads: 16,441 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	Mystery of Time On the surface, this film may seem like an average science film about time and space, but like most of films from the Moody Institute of Science, there is an ulterior motive. The films host Irwin Moon had an interest in science as a child and later incorporated that interest into his life as a pastor. He would tour the country giving his Sermons of Science where the marvels of science provide the visible evidence of a Divine plan of creation... Keywords: religion vs. science Downloads: 16,332 Average rating: (10 reviews)
	Trouble With Women, The With such a provocative title, this film illustrates some of the perceived problems a supervisor might face working with women, but ultimately demonstrates where the real problem lies. The irritated supervisor in this film shows up again in The Grapevine. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: workplace politics; gender issues Downloads: 16,018 Average rating: (11 reviews)
	Goldilocks and the Three Bears The classic fable is told with live trained bears and a cloyingly sweet young girl. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: kids and kritters; kids in peril Downloads: 15,709 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Brothers and Sisters - filmstrip Little Steve wishes that he didn't have so many siblings. But when he dreams that his siblings all go away, is he really happy? This ZIP file contains each individual frame as a separate TIFF. Keywords: filmstrip Downloads: 15,649 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	Pampers Commercial Pampers commercial for television. Help us get more films like this online! This film was digitized and uploaded thanks to contributions from this project: www.indiegogo.com/avgeeks100miles Keywords: commercial Downloads: 15,617 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Squeak the Squirrel Shows how a gold-mantled ground squirrel at Crater Lake National Park has learned to solve problems connected with getting food. Illustrates how an animal can learn to find food that is hidden from view or out of reach. This is one of the AV Geeks favorite films, mostly because Squeak is somewhat of a working class hero who, in spite of what obstacles "the Man" puts in his way, always perseveres. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geek... Keywords: animals; wexler Downloads: 15,155 Average rating: (7 reviews)
	Carnivorous Plants On the surface, this film may seem like an average biology film, but like most of films from the Moody Institute of Science, there is an ulterior motive. The filmÂs host Irwin Moon had an interest in science as a child and later incorporated that interest into his life as a pastor. He would tour the country giving his ÂSermons of ScienceÂ where the marvels of science provide the visible evidence of a Divine plan of creation... Keywords: science vs. religion Downloads: 14,622 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	Radioactive Fallout and Shelter - U S Office Of Civil Defense Teaches the individual how to take care of his medical and health needs in time of disaster when medical assistance might not be readily available. Presents instructions on radioactive fallout and shelter. Discusses the effects of radiation on people and emphasizes protective procedures against radiation. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: civil defense; atomic war Downloads: 14,489 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	A Warning to Travellers (Five Pounds in Notes) A stark warning to holiday makers not to take more than £5 in notes abroad. Richard Massingham. only five pounds in notes were to be taken abroad. balance of payments crisis. Keywords: balance of payments Downloads: 14,127 Average rating: (8 reviews)
	Square Dancing - Bob Osgood "Sets In Order", a magazine devoted to square dancing, created this film to attract new audiences. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: dancing Downloads: 13,875 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	[Sperm footage] Lab footage of sperm. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Keywords: sperm Downloads: 13,729 Average rating: (7 reviews)
	Thread Of Life - Warner Brothers A film about genetics and heredity in man, various traits are shown and the methods by which they are transmitted is explained. Subtitle files thanks to Elizabeth Hillman: TheThreadOfLife.qt.smil TheThreadOfLife.en_us.qt.txt To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC. Downloads: 13,534 Average rating: (5 reviews)