Videos (631)

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  People of the Appalachian & Great Smoky Mountains (1947)

  published 12 months ago

  1:12 | 368 views

  Southern Highlanders documents the traditions, folk song, work, and environment of the Appalachian mountain people living in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee and North Carolina. An educational video that illuminates all aspects of...

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  Hilarious Vid Makes Fun of Tobacco & Smoking Executives!

  published 12 months ago

  1:13 | 88 views

  Up in Smoke is a comedic skewering of the tobacco industry. “The Boss” is the head of the Humbar tobacco cigarette company who goes ballistic when his profits stop climbing or anyone is able to stop smoking. He sends his marketing team out to...

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  Bombastic Super American Selling of Cotton Plants Old Movie

  published 12 months ago

  1:18 | 46 views

  This is one of the more well-made industry films that touts big business as the key to American prosperity, freedom, and social development. In the most high-flown rhetoric possible, the narrator explains how the southern textile industry was...

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  The Invention of the Remote Control in Vintage Movie

  published 12 months ago

  1:07 | 29 views

  This 1960s film introduces a new and improved remote control for any kind of viewing pleasure. It can fine tune, enhance brightness and color, even change channels! This exciting new innovation was welcomed into every home lucky enough to have a...

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  P536 - StoryofT1956

  published 12 months ago

  1:13 | 25 views

  This RCA-produced film tells the short history of television from the perspective held in 1956, which was itself an early point in the TV’s history. After a detailed explanation of how TVs work and what the components look like, the film goes on to...

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  Early TV Components, Electronics, and Manufacturing Video

  published 12 months ago

  1:14 | 12 views

  Listen closely to the narrator in this 1941 film, and you will learn a load of information about the invention of the television. A great informational video, Magic in the Air will teach you the basics of this cinematic novelty, from its basic...

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  Crazy Old Movie Teaches Kids to Use Guns! Pre Gun Control...

  published 12 months ago

  1:11 | 75 views

  Making of a Shooter is a great film that demonstrates how much attitudes about gun safety and culture have changed since the 1940s. Young Jimmy wants a gun, but has to learn the basics of how to hunt, shoot, and safely carry a gun before he can go...

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  Veterans Issues in Postwar America Finding Broadcasting Jobs

  published 12 months ago

  1:11 | 10 views

  Television Tomorrow is a grand historical video that illuminates television broadcasting history and early television history. The film was made to inform the public about the growing television industry and possibility for returning World War 2...

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  Extreme Anti-Communism Movie, Terrified of Socialism Too

  published 12 months ago

  1:15 | 71 views

  In Our Hands is an anti-communist four-part series that discusses the birth of the American way of life, how we could lose it, and how we must make sure we don’t lose it. In part one, a couple and their baby are magically dropped down into a...

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  1950’s Film on Suburbanization of American w/ Philadelphia

  published 12 months ago

  1:08 | 72 views

  Today, suburbs are a ubiquitous part of the American landscape - but back in 1954 the idea of a middle class suburb was new and startling. This film advertises the merits of a suburban lifestyle by exploring and describing Doylestown, a suburb of...