(navigation image)
Home Animation & Cartoons | Arts & Music | Community Video | Computers & Technology | Cultural & Academic Films | Ephemeral Films | Movies | News & Public Affairs | Prelinger Archives | Spirituality & Religion | Sports Videos | Television | Videogame Videos | Vlogs | Youth Media
Search: Advanced Search
Anonymous User (login or join us) Upload

Most Downloaded Items
Last Week more

  1. Beginning Responsibility: Lunchroom Manners
    750 downloads
  2. Drugs Are Like That
    727 downloads
  3. VD is for Everybody
    725 downloads
  4. Sudden Birth
    709 downloads
  5. Parent To Child About Sex
    581 downloads
  6. 200
    538 downloads
  7. Look Inside Yourself
    514 downloads
  8. Danger is your companion
    466 downloads
  9. Getting Ready Morally
    420 downloads
  10. Hellman's Mayonnaise Commercial
    420 downloads

Most Downloaded Items more

  1. Sudden Birth
    174,984 downloads
  2. If Mirrors Could Speak : Self-Image Film
    160,783 downloads
  3. VD is for Everybody
    102,784 downloads
  4. Private SNAFU - Booby Traps
    89,267 downloads
  5. Beginning Responsibility: Lunchroom Manners
    72,185 downloads
  6. Drugs Are Like That
    64,004 downloads
  7. Parent To Child About Sex
    58,532 downloads
  8. Operation Ivy
    45,908 downloads
  9. Our Mr. Sun
    40,904 downloads
  10. [Rural Civil Defense TV Spots 1965]
    34,542 downloads

Staff Picks

  1. Brothers and Sisters - filmstrip
  2. If Mirrors Could Speak : Self-Image Film
  3. VD is for Everybody

Spotlight Item

Haunted Mouth, The
In a haunted house, the invisible spirit of plaque (voiced by Cesar Romero) - which evidently has the ability to possess rocking chairs - warns children against the dangers of not brushing and flossing. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V...

About the Internet Archive

Background

Frequently Asked Questions

Contributors

Skip Elsheimer

768 itemsWelcome to A/V Geeks

The A/V Geeks Film Archive is an ephemeral film collection curated by Skip Elsheimer. What started as a hobby more than ten years is now a lifetime commitment. His collection has grown to over 20,000 films gathered from school auctions, thrift stores, closets and dumpsters. He presents themed film shows in his home base of Raleigh, North Carolina and he's taken his shows on the road across the United States. Films from Skip's archive have been released on DVDs. For more information about A/V Geeks upcoming shows, the DVDs, stock footage inquiries and donating to the collection, visit http://www.avgeeks.com. Skip is happy to be able share these selected films from his collection online - giving them a life beyond their intended purpose as little cultural time capsules of our immediate past. Enjoy!

What is an "A/V Geek?" Short for "audiovisual geek." The semi-derogatory term used to describe the kid who was allowed to operate the film projector in school. Such were considered to be "teacher's pets," but were often allowed to avoid classwork and freely roam the school halls eventually ending up at the library to get the projector and films.

To license these films and get a higher quality versions for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC for reasonable rates.

Browse Collection
Browse by Subject / Keywords

All items (most recently added first) - RSS

Browse by Title

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Recently Reviewed Items (more)

VD is for Everybody
Average rating:4.64 out of 5 stars4.64 out of 5 stars4.64 out of 5 stars4.64 out of 5 stars4.64 out of 5 stars

Year 1999 AD
Average rating:5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars

If Mirrors Could Speak : Self-Image Film
Average rating:3.89 out of 5 stars3.89 out of 5 stars3.89 out of 5 stars3.89 out of 5 stars

Danger is your companion
Average rating:5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars

Hellman's Mayonnaise Commercial
Average rating:3.10 out of 5 stars3.10 out of 5 stars3.10 out of 5 stars

This Just In (more)

Refuse Problem
11 days ago

People Who Fight Pollution
11 days ago

In quest of cleaner air and water
11 days ago

Pitch In
12 days ago

Party's Over
12 days ago


 

New PostAV Geeks Forum Subscribe to or unsubscribe from this forum RSS feed of most recent posts to this forum

Subject Poster Replies Date
Last Clear Chance renrat 0 November 13, 2011 01:22:12pm
"jerky" mpeg2 files stinky wizzleteats 1 April 26, 2011 03:53:37pm
   Re: 'jerky' mpeg2 files A/V Geeks 1 May 31, 2011 02:35:19pm
     Re: 'jerky' mpeg2 files Billteacher 1 October 02, 2011 02:30:31pm
       Re: 'jerky' mpeg2 files A/V Geeks 0 October 02, 2011 04:07:08pm
Are These Films PD? OTRTim 0 March 23, 2011 12:03:05am
21 track tape drive wanted TI960 gecoboy 0 February 17, 2011 10:03:33am
adding new stuff.. A/V Geeks 1 January 05, 2011 10:18:10pm
hi-res Jasdura93 1 March 25, 2010 04:13:56am
The silence is devastaing FP 1 October 29, 2009 08:35:06am
   Re: The silence is devastaing A/V Geeks 0 December 10, 2009 09:31:32pm
need tips on a Revere 8 (model B-63) if possible anymore yosuh 1 March 09, 2009 10:30:00pm
   Re: need tips on a Revere 8 (model B-63) if possible anymore A/V Geeks 0 June 15, 2009 01:34:42pm
Additional Formats / Additional Uploads expectproblems 1 January 28, 2009 06:55:40pm
   Re: Additional Formats / Additional Uploads expectproblems 0 January 28, 2009 06:59:01pm
archive deletes my FLV derivatives! JVonD 1 November 24, 2008 11:25:25am
   Re: archive deletes my FLV derivatives! NoiseCollector 0 January 20, 2009 06:40:10pm
Stopping autoplay on embeds Palestine Center 1 October 15, 2008 11:54:38am
   Re: Stopping autoplay on embeds Palestine Center 1 October 15, 2008 12:07:00pm
     Re: Stopping autoplay on embeds Residuum 1 January 18, 2009 04:33:39am
       Re: Stopping autoplay on embeds Residuum 1 January 18, 2009 04:38:11am
         Re: Stopping autoplay on embeds wsccpr 1 January 20, 2009 05:56:26pm
           Re: Stopping autoplay on embeds LordOfTheExacto 1 January 28, 2009 09:24:43pm
             Re: Stopping autoplay on embeds wsccpr 1 January 29, 2009 06:50:03am
               Re: Stopping autoplay on embeds LordOfTheExacto 1 January 29, 2009 02:19:53am
                 Re: Stopping autoplay on embeds seodart 1 March 20, 2009 06:54:38am
Will there be new films here, too? FP 1 September 11, 2008 03:10:40pm
   Re: Will there be new films here, too? A/V Geeks 0 November 25, 2008 08:00:39pm
Convert format on mac? Tromaguy 1 August 10, 2008 02:47:53pm
   Re: Convert format on mac? cottonav 3 August 17, 2008 01:17:21pm
     Re: Convert format on mac? Tromaguy 0 August 20, 2008 09:18:32am
Globetrotter Educational Films Dr_Dugong 0 August 06, 2008 08:30:32pm
Any suggestions on a good transfer service? Dr_Dugong 0 August 06, 2008 08:27:39pm
new here. cant download. FSArchival 1 August 04, 2008 10:48:13am
   Re: new here. cant download. FSArchival 0 August 04, 2008 10:50:00am
PLEASE HELP AVGEEK reggieyork 1 July 03, 2008 08:54:15am
   Re: PLEASE HELP AVGEEK A/V Geeks 0 July 04, 2008 07:27:19pm
Last Prom? Spuzz 0 January 01, 2008 02:37:53pm
Freeze-In Special Ed1 1 November 02, 2007 08:05:38pm
   Re: Freeze-In A/V Geek Skip 0 November 04, 2007 10:37:51pm
Atomic Bomb Aftermath Film Special Ed1 2 October 07, 2007 02:49:44pm
   Re: Atomic Bomb Aftermath Film akb 1 October 07, 2007 04:08:49pm
     Re: Atomic Bomb Aftermath Film Special Ed1 0 October 13, 2007 04:35:38pm
One More Chance At The Midway FP 0 October 02, 2007 09:02:34pm
Thanks for the new one! Neck Breather 1 February 20, 2007 02:43:06am
   Re: Thanks for the new one! FP 2 April 28, 2007 10:45:37pm
Sid Davis Dies A/V Geek Skip 1 November 08, 2006 11:36:07am
   Re: Sid Davis Dies Eric_Petersen 0 December 04, 2006 04:15:00pm
WFMU blog FP 2 September 20, 2006 01:12:39pm
SPAM review? uniQ 1 August 18, 2006 06:49:36pm
   Re: SPAM review? Diana Hamilton 2 August 19, 2006 05:32:42am
     Re: SPAM review? uniQ 0 August 27, 2006 10:21:44am
     Re: SPAM review? antony-bradbury 1 September 17, 2007 08:00:08am
       Re: SPAM review? NoiseCollector 0 September 17, 2007 08:51:25am

View more forum posts
 

Terms of Use (10 Mar 2001)