BURGLARY INVESTIGATION
FBI training film depicting a liquor store robbery by safe crackers and the investigative techniques involved to solve the crime.
(public domain films) 1960s 22 min COL |
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| keywords: robbery, safe-cracking, detectives, csi, crime scene investigation, edgar hoover building, fbi crime lab |
CALIFORNIA - OIL SPILL 1969
Oil spill off Los Angeles and Santa Barbara coastline brings oil sludge onto the beaches endangering environment and wildlife.
(public domain films) 1969 20 min COL (SILENT) |
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| keywords: environmental disaster, oil spill, santa barbara, off shore oil rig, oil cleanup crews |
DECISION IS YOURS, THE
A series of factual vignettes stressing the importance of exercising self-control in matters of sex, drugs, alcohol and smoking.
(public domain films) 1970 30 min COL |
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| keywords: alcohol abuse, alcoholic, alcoholism, drug abuse, drug addiction, sex, pornography, porno, prostitution |
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 |
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| keywords: oil exploration, oil drilling, oil wells, early automobiles, gasoline refinery, refining crude oil, oil pipeline construction |
FIVE CITIES IN JUNE - 1963
Five cities, five historical events; Vatican City - Death Of Pope John XXIII, Unknow Soviet City - Valentina Tershkova First Woman Cosmonaut, Bin Thuy - Village Destroyed By Communists, Tuscaloosa - First Black Students Attend University Of Alabama, Berlin - John F. Kennedy give 'Let Them Come To Berlin' Speech.
(public domain films) 1963 27 min COL |
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| keywords: vatican city italy, bin thuy south vietnam, tuscaloosa alabama, berlin west germany |
HYGIENE FOR MEN - YOU AS A MALE
Enter the male physiology and reproductive system plus common misconceptions regarding sexually-related phenomena.
(public domain films) 1969 17 min COL |
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| keywords: men's health, male hygiene, male reproductive organs, male sexual myths, male sexual misconceptions |
HYGIENE FOR WOMEN - PROTECTING HEALTH
Learn practical principles in aiding self-control when dating and the consequences of uncontrolled sexual conduct.
(public domain films) 1964 26 min COL |
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| keywords: women's health, female hygiene, female reproduction, std, sexually transmitted disease, vd, venereal disease |
ILLEGAL GAMBLING: NUMBERS, DICE, BOOKMAKING
Dramatized F.B.I. training film showing a criminal gambling enterprise and how authorities combat them.
(public domain films) 1960s 21 min COL |
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| keywords: crime, gambling, numbers, dice, bookmaking, bookie, betting |
INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY - BEFORE THE RACE
Scenes in the pit areas of the Indianapolis (Indy) Speedway during the 1965 time trials with shots of crowds in the grandstands.
Note: There are no scenes of the actual Indy 500 race.
(public domain films) 1965 20 BW (SILENT) |
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| keywords: indianapolis speedway, racing, race car, racecar, race car driving, parnelli jones, mario andretti, len sutton |
LIFE IN AMERICA - U.S. CENSUS 1960
Learn why questions in the U.S. Census that may seem like your personal business is public business as well.
(public domain films) 29 min BW |
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| keywords: u.s. census 1960, statistics |
MARIJUANA WITH SONNY BONO
Superstar of music and T.V., Sonny Bono lets the kids know that marijuana cigarettes are uncool and can lead to tragedy.
(public domain films) 1967 - 1973 35 min COL |
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| keywords: sonny bono, drug abuse, marijuana, cannabis sativa, maryjane, herb, weed, chronic, pot, grass, cheeba, a blunt |
MEASURE OF A NATION - U.S. CENSUS 1960
Census-taking has been part of United States business since the country's inception and allows important decisions to be made.
(public domain films) 29 min BW |
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| keywords: u.s. census 1960, statistics |
NEWS U.S.A. YEAR 1967
News events and stories of politics, social unrest, entertainment, sports, and fashion in the turbulent year of 1967.
(public domain films) 27 min BW |
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| keywords: national elections vietnam, racial violence, president lyndon b. johnson, boy scouts of america jamboree |
PARIS AIR SHOW 1967
One of the largest military and commercial air shows in the world featuring military and civilian aircraft and experimental aircraft.
(public domain films) 1967 24 min COL |
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| keywords: paris air show, military aircraft, commercial aircraft, experimental aircraf, helicopters, acrobatics, percision flying |
PAUSE AND CONSIDER
ROCK GROUP: DEMOLAY
Sock-hop 60’s footage from a promotional film made for a group called DeMolay.
(public domain films) 1960's 10 min COL |
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| keywords: music, rock n' roll, sock hop, music video |
ROBERT F. KENNEDY
AFTERMATH OF AN ASSASSINATION
Robert F. Kennedy, brother to JFK, falls to an assassin's bullets when he is killed while delivering his victory speech.
(public domain films) 1968 3 COL (SILENT) |
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| keywords: robert f kennedy, ambassador hotel, los angeles california, assassinated, assassination, assassin |
SOUTH BRONX - 1965
Documents life in the 1960's South Bronx with its crowded conditions and poverty and other social issues facing it citizens.
(public domain films) 1965 29 min BW |
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| keywords: new york city, south bronx, el train, pigeon coop, shoe shine stand, stick ball, drug abuse |
U.S. FASHION SHOW - LONDON 1961
U.S. Trade Show highlighting the latest in women's fashion for Spring, from United States clothing designers.
(public domain films) 1961 17 min COL |
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| keywords: united states trade show, clothing designers, fashion show, women's fashions, textiles |
VOYAGE TO AMERICA - A STORY OF IMMIGRANTS
Documents the various groups of immigrants seeking political and religious freedom in the 19th and 20th centuries.
(public domain films) 1964 12 min BW |
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| keywords: immigrants, immigration, servitude, forced slavery, european americans, asian americans, black americans |
