From The Archive

Welcome Guest in the House, A (1957)

Tribute to television as a servant of the public. Contains ample footage ostensibly taken from television news coverage, concentrating on Cold War events, disasters and accidents, and sports. A Narrator: Don Ameche Tribute to television as a servant of the public. Contains ample footage ostensibly taken from television news coverage, concentrating on Cold War events, disasters and accidents, and sports. There is an excellent sequence showing building demolition with a wrecking ball; the multistory building collapses. There is a continuing anti-communist bias to the film.

From The Archive

Power Behind the Nation (1948)

Expansive film on bituminous coal industry, showing coal as heat and power source, coke in steel manufacture, by-products of coal such as explosives and Nylon, and origin, mining, processing and distribution of coal. Shows railroad coal handling facilities, ending with ships at coal terminal at Lambert Point, near Norfolk, Va. NOTE: Austin was located in Roanoke, Va. Said to contain first color moving images ever shot inside a coal mine.

This film is available on the Power Behind the Nation DVD-R

From The Archive

Strings Attached!

What better way to
get your message across than to use marionettes! It’s not creepy – honest! These
films feature marionettes selling you products and teaching you how to use the
telephone. Films include: Adventures in Telezonia, Party Lines, When Your
Clothing Burns?, Pirro and the Blackboard, and more.

From The Archive

Food: It’s What for Dinner

Films that deal with food and food preparation.
Delightful, delicious and good for you too! Or is it? Films included: Why
Eat Our Vegetables, Keeping Food Safe To Eat, Tasting Party, Short Order Cookery,
Pride on Parade, Outbreak of Salmonella Infection and The Art of Cake
Decorating with Norman Wilton.

From The Archive

Rules, Rules, Rules

A desperate attempt to hedge off the tide of anarchy
and chaos. Watch kid’s free spirits crushed under the weight of society’s rules
and manners. Films included: Rules, Laws and You, Rules To View A Zoo By,
Beginning Responsibility – Lunchroom Manners, Beginning Responsibility- Being
On Time and Your Junior High Days.

From The Archive

The How To Show

Instructional and educational films to help you survive in
the modern world. Learn how to mow your lawn, operate a dishwasher, juggle,
deliver a baby in the back of a car AND survive a hostage situation. Films include
Mowing Lesson for Charlie, Mr. Dish Machine Operator, Juggling Lesson, Sudden
Birth and Surviving Hostage Situations.