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Discusses the development of transportation in the United States in the last 50 years, and shows how it has changed the American’s way of life. Stresses the improvements in American roads as they have gone from muddy lanes to concrete turnpikes. narrated by Raymond Massey. basically a history of Ford motor company.


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  1. Richard Rea

    Nice film, but not 1953. More like 1973 (the color scenes). Pinto is early 70’s.

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Freedom Comes High (1944)

A young wife learns that freedom must sometimes be paid for in lives, when her husband’s ship is struck during battle.

This film is available on the Educational Archives Vol 5: Patriotism DVD


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Radioactive Fallout and Shelter (US Dept Health, Education & Welfare, 1965)


Neat animation and nuclear footage. Discusses the effects of radiation on people and emphasizes protective procedures against radiation.

This film is available on the Atomic Beach Blast Bingo DVD-R


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AV Geeks Greatest Hits

Some films from the AV Geeks archive that have really
catchy/annoying songs. Great to singalong! Films include: Fun With Lines,
Crash Bang Boom, Malakapaladoo Skip Two, Drugs Are Like That, Shake Hands with
Danger, Telezonia
and VD is for Everybody.

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BOOM!

Films about explosives and how they impact our everyday life. Films include:
Explosives – Tools for Progress, Don’t Touch, Why of Army Missles, Postmark:
Terror
and I Wasn’t Scared.

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Thirty Second Dreamland

Films from the 70s that attempted to teach us about
commercials and marketing – Fraud By Mail, Seeing Through Commercials, Why
You Buy?, The Thirty Second Dream
and Soopergoop.

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H is for Hippy

Films that introduce middle America to the concept of the ‘hippy’, including: Oh Woodstock!, The Hippie Temptation (with
Harry Reasoner) and Marijuana (with Sonny Bono).


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