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Iran Special Forces Advisor 1963 US Army; The Big Picture TV-585
more at http://quickfound.net/'Night has closed in over the Zagreb Mountains of northern Iran. The sound of a plane is heard. Inside the plane Iranian Special Forces paratroopers prepare to jump into a maneuver area. There is a sense of urgency as last minute commands in Farsi are given by the l...
Interrogation of Enemy Airmen 1943 US Army Air Forces (USAAF) Training Film TF1-3326
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...
Alka-Seltzer Commercial: "The Blahs" ~ 1965 Miles Laboratories Cartoon Animation; Gene Wilder
more at http://quickfound.net/Gene Wilder provides the voice for a cartoon character Alka-Seltzer commercial about the blahs.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...
Chevy Auto Suspensions: "Spring Harmony" 1935 Chevrolet Division, General Motors
more at http://quickfound.net/'A DRAMATIZATION OF THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE FRONT & THE REAR SPRINGS, INCLUDING AN EXPLANATION OF THE VALUE OF KNEE ACTION.' Produced by Jam Handy.Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-...
How Copper is Mined and Refined: "A Story Of Copper" 1951 US Bureau of Mines
more at http://quickfound.net/"Tells the story of the mining and manufacture of copper from the crude ore to the finished product. lots of footage of giant machines, some blasting."Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune: "Good Neighbors" 1944 Minneapolis Star-Journal
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...
Atlas ICBM: "This Is Atlas: Intercontinental Ballistic Weapon System" 1954 Convair-USAF
more at http://quickfound.net/SM-65 Atlas ICBM: Project Atlas first contractor's report, from April, 1954. Covers all areas of early Atlas missile development. The Atlas at this time was expected to have five engines rather than the three it wound up with. The Atlas program had recently been acc...
Agena Upper Stage for Discoverer Satellite (Corona Program) ~ 1960 US Air Force SFP-1012
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...
Major Aircraft Accident B-47E (SN 52-386) 1955-05-01 US Air Force; Marilyn Monroe
more at http://quickfound.net/Coverage of an AF major pointing out, during a safety lecture, the causes of a B-47E crash on takeoff, with inserts of the original footage and still shots of the accident. Ends with a safety reminder from Marilyn Monroe.Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped...
Pens and Writing: "The Twenty Six Old Characters" 1947 Sheaffer Pen Co.
more at http://quickfound.net/"Development of writing and writing tools throughout history."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 correc...
Aerial Torpedo Attack High Speed High Altitude 1945 US Navy Training Film MN-4378b
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...
1964 New York Worlds Fair: "Unisphere: Biggest World on Earth" 1964 US Steel
more at http://quickfound.net/On the design of the US Steel Corporation's Unisphere for the 1964 New York World's Fair.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 noi...
Sound Motion Pictures: "Finding His Voice" 1929 Fleischer Studios for AT&T-Western Electric
Animated cartoon shows how the Western Electric sound-on-film recording system worked.Story by W.E. Erpi (pseudonym for Western Electric, Electrical Research Products Inc.). Directors: F. Lyle Goldman and Max FleischerOriginally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the...
Saturn V First Flight: "The Apollo 4 Mission" 1967 NASA JSC-457; Johnson Space Center
Apollo 4 was the first unmanned test of the Saturn V launch vehicle for Project Apollo. It was an "all up" test, all three stages S-IC, S-II, and S-IVB, were tested in the same flight. The mission was also known as SA-501, Apollo-Saturn 501, or AS-501. The J-2 engine of the S-IVB 3rd stage w...
Atomic Tests: "Nuclear Testing Review 1946-1962" DOD & DOE
Overview of atmospheric nuclear tests from 1946 to 1962, in the form of highlight excerpts from numerous atomic test films. Produced for the US Department of Energy by Sandia National Laboratories.Originally a public domain film from the US National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges,...
Zip Code with the Swingin Six ~ 1967 United States Postal Service (USPS)
Hip intro to that newfangled ZIP Code thing.Produced and Directed by Lee Rothberg. Performed by The Swingin' Six. Music and Lyrics by Steve Burnett. Script: Irve Tunick. Narration: Lee Stevens. Editorial: Syncrofilm. Animation: Coastal Film Service. Executive Producer: Ben Gradus.Originally a pu...
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 1949 US Office of Inter-American Affairs; Planned City, Capital of Minas Gerais
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 e...
Combat: "Kill Or Be Killed" 1943 War Department; World War II; US Army Training Film TF21-1024
"Fighting Men: Kill or Be Killed - Department of Defense. Department of the Army... This military training film shows that there are no rules of sportsmanship or fair play on the battlefield. As expressed in the film: 'Anything goes when the stakes are kill or be killed.' Soldiers were e...
"What to Do on a Date" 1950 Coronet Instructional Films; High School Romance
"A high school senior learns how and where to ask a girl for a date, where to take her for a good time, and how to avoid spending too much money or being bored by commercialized amusements. Director: Ted Peshak. Cameraman: Dale Sharkey. Writers: George Tychsen, Bradford. Editor: Dick Kirschner. ...
California and its Natural Resources ~ 1950 US Bureau of Mines
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 e...
Shipboard Inspection by Medical Department Personnel: Living And Working Spaces 1958 US Navy
How to conduct a ship's medical inspection, checking sanitation, ventilation, lighting and safety in all living and working spaces. Produced by Atlas Film Corporation.US Navy Training Film MN-8238bmore at http://quickfound.net/Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven ed...
Inside Tibet 1943 Office of Strategic Services; OSS Visits the Dalai Llama at Lhasa
Office of Strategic Services. Field Photographic Branch"On the journey of a U.S. military and diplomatic mission from Gangtok, India, to Lhasa, Tibet during World War II. The party journeys through Natu La and Kechu La passes, stops at the British trail station, Gyantse, reviews troops of Tropji...
Project Apollo Mission Planning: "Fly Me to the Moon--And Back" 1966 NASA JSC-315; MPAD
The work of the NASA Houston Manned Spacecraft Center 's Mission Planning and Analysis Division for Project Apollo. "Explains the complexity of planning a lunar mission trajectory. Includes mission analysis, new mathematical techniques, hybrid computers, mission operational plan, and real-ti...
Bell P-39 Airacobra: "Introduction to the P-39" 1942 US Army Air Forces; World War II
"Training film for military pilots of the Bell P-39 Airacobra pursuit aircraft, examining flight techniques, cockpit layout, and armament."Originally a public domain film from the US National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass bri...
Apollo 16: "Nothing So Hidden" 1972 NASA; Fifth Moon Landing; John Young, Charlie Duke...
Apollo 16 was the fifth moon landing of Project Apollo, and the 10th manned mission in the Apollo program. It was the second mission to utilize a Lunar Rover (Lunar Roving Vehicle, LRV) during lunar EVAs (moonwalks). Produced for NASA by A-V Corporation, Houston, Texas.Commander John W. YoungLunar M...
Engineers in Combat (in World War II) 1957 US Army Film MF5-8854
ENGINEERS IN COMBAT - WORLD WAR IIENGINEER MISSION IN COMBAT - TRAINING AT ENGINEER SCHOOL, FT BELVOIR, VA. ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES DURING WW II IN THE EUROPEAN AND PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION.Originally a public domain film, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected,...
Pluto Flyby by New Horizons (Actual View From Spacecraft) 2015 NASA (JQ Music)
Originally a public domain film from NASA.The film was silent. I have added music created by myself using the Reaper Digital Audio Workstation and the Independence and Proteus VX VST instrument plugins.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_HorizonsWikipedia license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Final Gemini Spaceflight: "Gemini XII Mission" 1966 NASA; James Lovell, Buzz Aldrin; Gemini 12
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 e...
1st Rice Krispies Commercial?: "Breakfast Pals" 1939 Cartoon Films, in Technicolor, for W.K. Kellogg
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 e...
Bacteria: Friend and Foe 1953 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Produced in collaboration with Stewart A. Koser, Ph.D, Department of Bacteriology and Parasitology, the University of Chicago.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 nois...
