From The Archive

The Story (AIMS, 1969)

This film is narrated by a young Matt Groening and is directed by his father, Homer Groening. Matt tells his little sister Maggie a bedtime-story about the various animals he and his other sister Lisa meet on a walk. His story is spontaneous and is in the folk-style of “There Was An Old Lady Who Sat On A Fly”, plus- young Matt does not yet realize a “Geoduck” is a clam!

This film is available on the Best of A/V Geeks 2 DVD-R

From The Archive

Plastics (Terry Sandler, 1973)

“Plastics, as an infinity of shapes, has become our constant companion. This non-narrated film takes us to factories where complex machinery, in rhythmic repetition, mold liquid plastic into the functional and decorative objects now so basic to our daily living.” Hypnotic assembly-line footage…and a great electro-acoustic soundtrack by Carl Stone.

This film is available on the Best of A/V Geeks 4 DVD-R

From The Archive

The Modern Housewife

Films aimed towards solving the problems faced by today’s (well, really, yesterday’s) modern housewife. A fascinating and insulting look at the 1950s and 1960s housewife. Films include: Goodbye to Garbage,Home is What You Make it, Soft as a Cloud, Joy of Living with Fragrance and Freeze-In.

From The Archive

I Spy Racism

I Spy the 1965 TV show was the first U.S. show that featured a lead black actor, Bill Cosby, and helped usher in a more racially diverse primetime. In the late 1960s, both lead actors were asked to do TV specials that addressed the problems of racism and racial identity. Bill Cosby hosts the fascinating Black History – Lost, Stolen Strayed and Robert Culp hosts Black and White – Uptight.

From The Archive

Those Naughty Germs

Films about our microscopic friends who make our lives
so miserable. Films included – Joan Avoids A Cold (2nd ed), Getting Sick
And Getting Well, Cell Wars, Communicable Diseases: They Just Get Around,
and VD Questions and Answers.

From The Archive

Young NASA

Great films from NASA’s early Apollo missions. Films include: America in Space – First Five Years, Project Apollo, Apollo 8, Flight of Apollo 15, Spaceborne, Apollo 12.