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Flashback To The Hip Daddy-O Decade
Flashback 1950's stock footage takes a look back at fashion, lifestyles, and the hip Daddy-O trends of the 1950's. Our Public Domain Stock Footage titles touch on almost everything that was the 1950 lifestyle, so roll up your t-shirt sleeves with a pack of smokes and take a nostalgic tour back in time.
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1950's SCENE VARIETY 1
SMALL TOWN AMERICA, GREETING DIVERSITY,
THE COUNTY FAIR

Scenes of a classic small town and main street, people of different races and nationalities greeting each other, rural county fair with amusement park rides, parade and strongman.
(public domain films) 1958 8 min COL (SILENT)
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1950's SCENE VARIETY 2
ATOMIC REACTOR, RADIOISOTOPES,
SOLAR FLARES

Scenes of atomic reactor power plants as well as construction, handling of radioisotopes and solar flares of the sun.
(public domain films) 1958 10 min COL (SILENT)
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1950's SCENE VARIETY 3
THE CLASSROOM, MODERN FARMING
FULL SERVICE GAS STATION

Scenes of the classic one room schoolhouse, teachers teaching via television, farming machinery in use as well a milking cows and bottling, attendents working at an Esso full service gas station.
(public domain films) 1958 7 min COL (SILENT)
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1950's SCENE VARIETY 4
HOUSING, CHURCH ARCHITECTURE, INDUSTRY

Brief scenes of modern and traditional housing as well as modern pueblos, modern and traditional churches, giant hydroelectric project, laying pipeline, molten steel.
(public domain films) 1958 9 min COL (SILENT)
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1950's SCENE VARIETY 5
CLOTHING STYLES, JOB OCCUPATIONS,
NEW YORK WINDOW SHOPPING

Scenes of men, women and children in 1950's work and leisure clothes, window displays and store workers in New York City, various occupations surveyor, nurses, redcaps, cowboys.
(public domain films) 1958 6 min COL (SILENT)
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1950's SCENE VARIETY 6
TRAIN TRAVEL, SETTING SUN

Scenes of train travel from coast to coast, setting sun in various places.
(public domain films) 1958 5 min COL (SILENT)
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AMERICA ON THE MOVE - THE 1950s
Film documents the spirit and motivation of our country as it responds to its challenge in the 1950's.
(public domain films) 1950's 29 min BW
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AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION
NEW YORK CITY - 1952

The American Legion Convention gets off to a rollicking start for its 34th National Convention leading to serious issues ahead.
(public domain films) 1952 30 min COL
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AMERICAN SOLDIER IN GREAT BRITAIN
Outlining with map, communist aggression after WWII and a 10-minute travelogue of London England and its people in the 1950's. American soldiers and English civilians celebrate VE Day in Trafalgar Square in London end of WWII.
(public domain films) 1950s BW 16 min
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CAGED FURY
Safari-type hunters capture ferocious beasts of the jungle and transported to circuses to be "trained" for public consumption.
(public domain films) 1951 10 min BW
Public Domain Stock Footage Flashback 50s
DANCE AMERICANA - AS AMERICA CHANGES
Traces the changes in music and dance forms as America changes. Images and painting depicting America starting in the late 1780's through the 1950's.
(public domain films) 1951 10 min BW
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EVOLUTION OF THE OIL INDUSTRY
The evolution of uses for oil from an ingredient in early medicine to lamp oil for lighting to the invention of the combustion engine making oil the main source of energy for the Industrialized World.
(public domain films) 30 min COL
Public Domain Stock Footage Energy And The Environment
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
'OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE' SPEECH

Documenting the "Old Soldiers Never Die" speech by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, shortly after his dismissal from command by President Harry S. Truman.
(public domain films) 1951 BW 41 min
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NEW YORK CITY - 1958
Scenes of the city, New York Stock Exchange, people, traffic, Statue of Liberty, Goodyear Blimp and the city at night.
(public domain films) 1958 12 min BW COL (SILENT)
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OPERATION DIXIE
HONORING A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER

The death and burial of honorary 'General' John Salling, at the time, the next to last survivor of the Civil War is documented.
(public domain films) 1959 9 min BW (SILENT)
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OTTUMWA, IOWA 1955
A SMALL TOWN PICTURE

The American way of life is portrayed in Ottumwa, Iowa. This 1950's film is a visual record of Ottumwa at work, its youth, its schools, and its religious institutions.
(public domain films) 1955 BW 29 min
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OUR TIMES: 1950's - VOLUME 1
Documenting events and activities from around the world in the 1950’s, The World Health Organization, Ramon Magsaysay and land reform in the Philippines, The Harlem Globe Trotters basketball team, and the Geneva Conference in April 1954.
(public domain films) 1950s 21 min BW
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PHILADELPHIA - LIFESTYLE 1958
Lifestyle scenes from the Philadelphia area from workers at a General Electical plant to a Mobile Gas Station to shopping.
(public domain films) 1958 6 min COL (SILENT)
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READY TO EAT - FAST FOODS AND TREATS
The 1950's brings about an increase in speed in preparing foods and confections from Reddi Whip to T.V. Dinners. Yummy!
(public domain films) 1958 3 min COL (SILENT)
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RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS DAY
Religious Emphasis Day in Philadelphia marks the second time that, in cooperation with the USO, 40 churches and synagogues, invite 6,000 servicemen and women to partake in this program.
(public domain films) 1958 BW 29 min
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RHYTHM AND BLUES REVUE
Filmed at the Apollo Theater and showcases amazing music and comedy from top African American performers of the day.
(public domain films) 1955 72 min BW
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ROCK AND ROLL REVUE
Filmed at the famous Apollo Theater in NYC and features some of the greatest African American performers of all time.
(public domain films) 1955 70 min BW
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SHOPPING CENTER AND SUPERMARKET - 1958
The suburban shopping center and supermarket with display windows, aisles stock with food, kids riding coin-operated rides.
(public domain films) 1958 6 min COL (SILENT)
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SPORTS AND PAGEANTRY - 1958
Documenting a variety of amateur and professional sports; basketball, football, golf, hockey, halftime show, rodeo.
(public domain films) 1958 6 min COL (SILENT)
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STORY OF GASOLINE, THE
FROM THE GROUND TO YOU

The science and manufacturing for distilling products from crude oil that powers the modern age on the highway, farm and air.
(public domain films) 1958 24 min COL
Public Domain Stock Footage Energy And The Environment
WELFARE AGENCIES
THE COMMUNITY CHEST PROGRAM

A Columbia University student undertakes an assignment to report how welfare agencies in Yonkers, N.Y., organized under the Community Chest, solves problems.
(public domain films) 1950 BW 21 min
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WORLD BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Man finds the weight events happening in the World overwhelming and seeks answers at a nearby church.
(public domain films) 24 min BW
Public Domain Stock Footage Religious Programming
• Additional Sections With Titles From The 1950s •
Classroom Films ----- Domestic Destinations ----- Early Communication
Early Transportation ----- Historic Military And Nuclear ----- Historical U.S. Presidents
International ----- NASA Space Exploration ----- Safety Awareness Films
Sex Hygiene And Social Issues ----- Sports Retro