Animated short promoting Bristol-Myers’ Ipana toothpaste. This early Walter Lantz cartoon uses characters from Gene Byrne’s comic strip, Reg’lar Fellers. NOTE: Boy Meets Dog was said to have been one of the most expensive commercials ever made for theatrical distribution as an “added attraction.”
This film is available on Courtroom Classroom DVD-R 
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From The ArchivePrinciples Of Electricity
Educational film explaining the basic principles of electricity. Consists mostly of animated diagrams, with several brief montage sequences showing electrical appliances. From The ArchiveShake Hands With Danger (1980)
An excellent safety film made for repairmen of heavy equipment. Safety film for heavy equipment operators that was commissioned by the construction equipment manufacturer. Reminding workers to follow procedures and stay alert, Shake Hands with Danger features simulated accidents and a memorable title song. NOTE: “Herk” Harvey directed the independent horror film Carnival of Souls. Music by Jim Stringer. This film is available on the A/V Geeks Greatest Hits DVD-R |
From The ArchiveLazy American Worker
From The ArchiveHow Star Wars Ruined Educational Films
From The ArchiveP is for Prisoner
From The ArchiveOops!
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A look back to when our culture began to question the quality of American workmanship and what we tried to do to fix it. Films include – Pride on Parade, What’s It’s All About, Workmanship Myth, Case of the Missing Magnets and more!
While the blockbuster Star Wars ignited the imaginations of a whole country and brought science-fiction to popular culture, there was an ugly side to this phenomenon. Science-fiction became a gimmick and educational film producers were quick to adopt anything that would get kids’ attention. The A/V Geeks present a DVD of educational films that feature sci-fi elements to make their points – often creating a bizarre, muddled mess of a film. Films include – Freedom 2000, Verbstar, Staying Away From Strangers, Lintola, Creatures of the Land and more!
Films made for potential prisoners. Three Days In County Jail (for high school students to teach them what it is like to be in jail. Narrated by Gregory Morris), Surviving Hostage Situations (made for upper management of multi-national corporations on what to do if they are kidnapped by radical terrorists) and Escape! (made for Army soldiers on how to escape when in a prisoner of war camp). 
A spectacle of carelessness, clumsiness and injury. And yes, it is