![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | 17 Days: The Story of Newspaper History in the Making - Unknown
How a New York City newspaper delivery drivers' strike in 1945 failed to divert readers' interest in their favorite newspapers. Shows the newspapers of the day and huge lines of people outside newspaper offices waiting to purchase updated editions. In Kodachrome.
Keywords: Media: Newspapers; Labor: Strikes; New York City
Downloads: 7,473
Average rating:  (2 reviews) |  |
| [Dead Fair] - Telenews
Treasure Island, in San Francisco Bay, shown after the closure of the Golden Gate International Exposition.
Keywords: World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939-40; Newsreels
Downloads: 3,233
Average rating:  (2 reviews) |  |
| [Dedication of Macon Dirigible Hangar in Sunnyvale, California]
Keywords: Aviation: Dirigibles; Aviation: U.S. Navy; Ceremonies
Downloads: 269
Average rating:  (2 reviews) |  |
| [Dole Air Race, 1927] - Kinograms
Aviation's elite converges on Oakland for the Dole race to Hawaii.
Keywords: Aviation: History; Newsreels; San Francisco: Aviation
Downloads: 5,770
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| [Dream Hospital] - Universal-International Newsreel
Scenes at the brand-new, $2 million Kaiser Hospital somewhere in California. Newsreel story.
Keywords: Newsreels; Hospitals; Medicine: Pregnancy
Downloads: 7,920
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| D-Day Minus One - U.S. Army Air Forces
Record of the operations of the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in the 1944 invasion of France.
Keywords: World War II: Europe
Downloads: 17,773
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Danger - Women at Work
Downloads: 3,697
Average rating:  (6 reviews) |  |
| Dangerous Stranger
Downloads: 5,715
Average rating: (7 reviews) |  |
| Darkness Before the Dawn: The - Pankan (Arnold)
How the "Pride of Judea" organization, located in New York City, assists "at-risk" Jewish teenage boys. Producer: Arnold Panken. Associate Producer: Walter Stuart. Writer: Harold Lea. Director: Herbert Shoble. Director of Photography: Richard Shore. Narrator: Wally Duguet.
Keywords: Psychology; Jewish history and culture; Social services
Downloads: 3,692
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Date With Your Family, A - Simmel-Meservey
Advises children to do whatever is necessary -- even lie -- to achieve harmonious family relations. This portrait of manners among the affluent places a premium on pleasant, unemotional behavior, and contains some interesting do's and don'ts sequences. Key line: "These boys treat their dad as though they were genuinely glad to see him, as though they really missed him..." Director: Edward C. Simmel...
Keywords: Social guidance; Social guidance: Etiquette; Families
Downloads: 21,241
Average rating: (18 reviews) |  |
| Date With Your Family, A (outtakes) - Simmel-Meservey
Outtakes from the well-known "mental hygiene" film, offering today's viewers a window on how these oft-mythologized films were actually produced and performed. Director: Edward C. Simmel. Cinematography: Harry F. Burrell. Script: Arthur V. Jones. Editor: Miriam Bucher. With Ralph Hodges ("Son"). Filmed in Kodachrome. The complete film is also on this site.
Keywords: Social guidance; Motion pictures: Production; Motion pictures: Outtakes
Downloads: 13,672
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Dateline Long Island (Pt 2)
Newsday was begun in 1940 in Long Island and this film shows the paper's role in the growth of the community and many shots of historical Long Island. It also conveys Newsday's approach to journalism.
Keywords: need keyword
Downloads: 1,281
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| Dateline: Long Island (Pt 1)
Newsday was begun in 1940 in Long Island and this film shows the paper's role in the growth of the community and many shots of historical Long Island. It also conveys Newsday's approach to journalism.
Keywords: need keyword
Downloads: 982
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Dateline: Tomorrow
Aluminum and its many chemical treatment methods.
Downloads: 1,176
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Dating: Do's and Don'ts - Coronet Instructional Films
Classic instructional film for teen daters, presented here in the rare (but incomplete) Kodachrome version.
Keywords: Social guidance; Social guidance: Dating; Gender roles
Downloads: 81,349
Average rating: (17 reviews) |  |
| Day At The Fair, A - Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
TELLS THE STORY OF 3 FARM YOUNGSTERS WHO GO TO THE FAIR TO EXHIBIT THEIR CATTLE & PIGS. SHOWS THEM TENDING THEIR LIVESTOCK, WATCHING THE JUDGING & VIEWING THE DISPLAYS. Narrator: James A. Brill. Collaborator: Harry James Reed.
Downloads: 2,440
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Day at the River: A Film Lesson in Nature Study, A - DeVry School Films, Inc.
Shows a fish hatchery and fish lifecycle, complete with microcinematography of fish eggs.
Keywords: Animals: Fish; Microcinematography; Biology
Downloads: 4,189
Average rating:  (2 reviews) |  |
| Day Called X, A (Part I) - CBS Television Network
Dramatized atomic evacuation of Portland, Oregon.
Keywords: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense; Cold War; Oregon
Downloads: 16,238
Average rating: (7 reviews) |  |
| Day Called X, A (Part II) - CBS Television Network
Dramatized atomic evacuation of Portland, Oregon.
Keywords: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense; Cold War; Oregon
Downloads: 11,332
Average rating:  (4 reviews) |  |
| Day in America, A (Part I) - U.S. Department of Defense
Patriotic mosaic of American scenes at the height of the Vietnam War.
Keywords: Military; Patriotism
Downloads: 6,919
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Day in America, A (Part II) - U.S. Department of Defense
Patriotic mosaic of American scenes at the height of the Vietnam War.
Keywords: Military; Patriotism
Downloads: 5,255
Average rating:  (2 reviews) |  |
| Day In The Death Of Donny B. - Louis Mucciolo
Docudrama, shot Cinema-Verite style, which follows a junkie on his never-ending quest for money, and ultimately, his fix.
Keywords: Drugs: Heroin; Addicts
Downloads: 15,520
Average rating: (7 reviews) |  |
| Day is New, The - U.S. Office of Inter-American Affairs
Life and daily activities of the residents of Mexico City.
Keywords: Mexico; Mexico City; World War II: Good Neighbor Policy
Downloads: 1,080
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| Day of Decision, The
Downloads: 298
Average rating:  (0 review) |  |
| Day of Thanksgiving, A - Centron Corporation
An American family unable to afford a Thanksgiving turkey reviews the things for which they feel thankful. This patriotic film is unusual in that it does not link freedom and happiness with the pursuit of wealth. Produced with nonprofessional actors in Lawrence, Kansas. Written by Margaret Carlile (Trudy) Travis.
Keywords: Patriotism; Holidays: Thanksgiving; Families: 1950s
Downloads: 138,757
Average rating: (8 reviews) |  |
| Days of Our Years - Dudley Pictures Corporation
Disturbing and sometimes maudlin trilogy of accidents and their effects on railroad workers and their families, shot with virtuosity in working-class Los Angeles.
Keywords: Safety: Occupational; Transportation: Railroad; Occupations: Transportation
Downloads: 13,035
Average rating: (13 reviews) |  |
| Deadline for Action (Part I) - United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE)
How left-wing labor unions engaged in political activism to combat corporate influence on the U.S. Congress in the years following World War II.
Keywords: Labor: Activism; World War II: Postwar issues; Economics
Downloads: 2,775
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Deadline for Action (Part II) - United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE)
How left-wing labor unions engaged in political activism to combat corporate influence on the U.S. Congress in the years following World War II.
Keywords: Labor: Activism; World War II: Postwar issues; Economics
Downloads: 2,770
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Death to Weeds - Handy (Jam) Organization
Shows new herbicides incorporating 2-4-D.
Keywords: Herbicides; Chemical industry; Agriculture: Herbicides and pesticides
Downloads: 60,628
Average rating:  (5 reviews) |  |
| Defense Comes First With Oldsmobile (1942 Oldsmobile Playlets) - Unknown
Theatrical screen ad for one of the last pre-World War II automobiles, emphasizing Oldsmobile's adaptability under wartime conditions.
Keywords: Automobiles: Advertising; World War II: Industrial production; World War II: Prewar preparedness
Downloads: 5,075
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Delicious Dishes
Delicious Dishes
Downloads: 9,253
Average rating: (10 reviews) |  |
| Democracy at Work in Rural Puerto Rico - U.S. Department of Agriculture
Life and development in rural Puerto Rico.
Keywords: Puerto Rico
Downloads: 4,749
Average rating: (5 reviews) |  |
| Dentu-Creme
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Downloads: 993
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Dentu-Creme Commercial
Dentu-Creme TV Commercial
Keywords: need keyword
Downloads: 3,784
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Dentu-Creme Commercial 2
Dentu-Creme TV Commercial
Keywords: need keyword
Downloads: 1,400
Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
| Desert Empire (Part I) - New Universal Pictures Commercial Department
Railroad tour through the state of Utah, stopping off at many natural attractions and in Salt Lake City. Shows Arches National Monument and the mineral resources of Utah, including coal and copper. Director: Carlton T. Sills.
Keywords: Utah; Transportation: Railroad; Travelogues
Downloads: 4,213
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Desert Empire (Part II) - New Universal Pictures Commercial Department
Railroad tour through the state of Utah, stopping off at many natural attractions and in Salt Lake City. Shows Bingham and other towns in Utah. Director: Carlton T. Sills.
Keywords: Utah; Transportation: Railroad; Travelogues
Downloads: 3,136
Average rating:  (1 review) |  |
| Desert Empire (Part III) - New Universal Pictures Commercial Department
Railroad tour through the state of Utah, stopping off at many natural attractions and in Salt Lake City. Shows Great Salt Lake, Ogden, Salt Lake City, and visits landmarks of the Mormon settlement. Director: Carlton T. Sills.
Keywords: Utah; Transportation: Railroad; Travelogues
Downloads: 3,841
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Desert Venture (Part I) - Richie (Robert Yarnall)
"This is a story of a venture by American capital in a strange and ancient land," says the narrator. Shows the search and extraction of oil in Saudi Arabia, necessary to power the American "nation on wheels."
Keywords: Middle East; Oil industry; Globalization
Downloads: 5,792
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Desert Venture (Part II) - Richie (Robert Yarnall)
"This is a story of a venture by American capital in a strange and ancient land," says the narrator. Shows the search and extraction of oil in Saudi Arabia, necessary to power the American "nation on wheels."
Keywords: Middle East; Oil industry; Globalization
Downloads: 4,317
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Design for Dreaming - MPO Productions
Set at the 1956 General Motors Motorama, this is one of the key Populuxe films of the 1950s, showing futuristic dream cars and Frigidaire's "Kitchen of the Future."
Keywords: Futurism; Automobiles: Advertising; Gender roles
Downloads: 57,239
Average rating: (22 reviews) |  |
| Despotism - Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Measures how a society ranks on a spectrum stretching from democracy to despotism. Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power is concentrated and respect for the individual is restricted. Where does your community, state and nation stand on these scales? The companion Encyclopedia Britannica Film "Democracy" can be found here.
Keywords: Political science
Downloads: 67,960
Average rating: (47 reviews) |  |
| Destination Earth - Sutherland (John) Productions
In this corporate-sponsored cartoon, Martian dissidents learn that oil and competition are the two things that make America great.
Keywords: Economics; Oil industry; Advertising: Animation
Downloads: 109,013
Average rating: (21 reviews) |  |
| Detroit News Newsreel (1917) - Detroit News
Happenings in and around Detroit shot for local news cameras.
Keywords: Detroit, Michigan
Downloads: 6,304
Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
| Detroit You've Never Met, The (Part I)
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Downloads: 2,284
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Detroit You've Never Met, The (Part II)
0684 PA8556 Detroit You've Never Met, The
Downloads: 1,208
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
| Detroit: City on the Move - Handy (Jam) Organization
Promotional film made for the City of Detroit, an unsuccessful bidder for the Olympic Games. With views of city highways, automobile manufacturing, a diverse population, and social activities, all shot prior to the city's economic decline.
Keywords: Detroit, Michigan; City planning; Race relations
Downloads: 53,870
Average rating: (15 reviews) |  |
| Developing Self-Reliance - Coronet Instructional Films
Social guidance film showing how necessary self-reliance is to all successful endeavors and happiness.
Keywords: Social guidance
Downloads: 3,265
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Development of a Salamander - Yale University, Department of Biology
Early biological film.
Keywords: Biology
Downloads: 3,554
Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
| Development of Transportation - Encyclopedia Britannica Films, Inc.
Surveys the rapid growth of transportation in the United States from the early settlers to the jet age.
Downloads: 464
Average rating: (1 review) |  |
