![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (Sound Version) (Standard 4:3) - Stillman Fires Collection; Tacoma Fire Department (Video) - Castle Films (Sound)
In November, 1940, the newly completed Tacoma Narrows Bridge, opened barely four months before, swayed and collapsed in a 42 mile-per-hour wind. There were no casualties except a dog trapped in a car stranded on the bridge. A rescue was attempted (by the man with the pipe), but the frightened animal would not leave the car. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark to discourage relic seekers and salvage operations...
Keywords: stock footage; standard 4:3; historic; 1940; bridges; Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse; disaster
Downloads: 17,875
Average rating:  (2 reviews) |  |
| Universal-International Newsreel
Keywords: Newsreels; Lyndon B. Johnson; Barrel Jumping
Downloads: 4,797
Average rating:  (2 reviews) |  |
| Visite à Picasso - Paul Haesaerts
‘Visite à Picasso’ (1950) 20m, dir. Paul Haesaerts A poetic treatment which includes the artist painting on glass while facing the camera, shot at Picasso's home in Vallauris, accompanied by some fairly moody organ music in this very dark, but captivating film. The artist here takes on the character of an eminence-grise, an alchemist engulfed in the "sol y sombra" of his laboratory-studio, filmed in gorgeous black and white.
Keywords: Art; painting
Downloads: 30,937
Average rating:  (3 reviews) |  |
| The Road To Isfahan - Eva Vikström
Fear visualized by using movies from the 1950s in the Prelinger Archives - "America For Me" and "Iran - Between Two Worlds".
Keywords: humanism
Downloads: 561
Average rating:  (2 reviews) |  |
| Very Special Man, A
A recruiting film for seaman suggesting they pursue a career in electronics.
Keywords: military
Downloads: 1,942
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Spain in Revolt (Part II)
0539 PA8459 Spain in Revolt (R2)
Keywords: Newsreels; Spanish Civil War; Warfare; Spain
Downloads: 5,380
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Newport Cigarette Commercial #2
Downloads: 2,661
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Achievement USA - Sound Masters
General Motors celebrates production of 50 millionth automobile with a parade through Flint, Michigan.
Keywords: Car culture: Ceremonies
Downloads: 5,409
Average rating:  (6 reviews) |  |
| "The Airport" Music Video - Michael Mancuso (Ekim)
Music video created entirely from clips of the Prelinger Archives film "The Airport". The vocal clips in the song are also from the same film.
Keywords: airport; prelinger; music
Downloads: 1,518
Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
| Bus Nut
We learn about bus safety from a young girl who is a self-professed "Bus Nut." Emphasizes the danger of horseplay while waiting for a school bus, the dangers of running in front of a school bus without clear signal from the bus driver, and the correct way to enter a school bus.
Keywords: school bus society
Downloads: 2,724
Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
| Parent To Child About Sex
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. This film was produced by some of the pioneers of sex education whose ideas are still being challenged by school boards today.
Keywords: puberty
Downloads: 17,590
Average rating: (11 reviews) |  |
| Spanish Revolution Anniversary, 1957/04/08
(21) 18th anniversary of end of Spanish revolution in Spain, Franco and daughter watch soldiers, "the caudillo looks on with pride, 18 years of peace and rebuilding" (2) Reno NV - first midget convention (partial newsreel)
Downloads: 3,963
Average rating: (9 reviews) |  |
| Come Join the Fun! - Charles Keating
Outstanding news reporter George Putnam, star of the Prelinger Archives classic "Perversion for Profit", shares his true feelings about pornography in this heart-felt appeal to the public.
Keywords: pornography; propaganda; parody
Downloads: 46,393
Average rating: (37 reviews) |  |
