From The Archive

Flatboatmen Of The Frontier (1941)

Presents a phase of pioneer agricultural economy in the early nineteenth century. Portrays Ohio Valley farmers as they fell trees, prepare the lumber, and build a flatboat to carry their produce down the river to market. Shows the farmers’ families helping them prepare for the trip, and the men on the first lap of their journey downstream. For junior, senior high school and adult groups. Shows dependence on the land for livelihood and on the river for transportation.

From The Archive

Coal Miner (1979)

This film explains and explores the advanced technology in today’s coal industry through interviews with men and women who work in the mines and are proud of it. They tell the story of American technology and our national pastime of building a better mousetrap.

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

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Educational Archive Volume Eight: Social Engineering 201 DVD

Through the flicker of dim projector bulbs and the warble of optical soundtracks a blueprint for better living in the Atomic Age was spelled out in no uncertain terms. Now just as you remember them, Fantoma presents this collection of social etiquette films. For extra credit take home this second volume of 16mm behavior modification, because you can never be too polite or too popular. Films include: Skipper Learns A Lesson, What To Do On A Date, The Self-Image Film, Social Acceptability, Good Health Practices, Understanding Others, Kitty Cleans Up, The Cautious Twins, Your Junior High Days, Buying Food, Each Child Is Different, It Must Be The Neighbors.

From The Archive

Food 2: The Leftovers

More films about food and it’s preparation. Lots of
delightful assembly line footage in this film! Films include: Let’s Make
A Sandwich, Peanut Butter, Lunchroom Etiquette (2nd ed), The Incredible Edible
Egg In Food Service, Purely Coincidental and The Great American Chocolate
Factory.

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VD Isn’t Just for Valentine’s Day

In honor of those sticky, itchy days after Valentine’s Day, the A/V Geeks share their favorite film genre – venereal disease films. Each film is a mini melodrama of sin, sex and sores. Films include Casual Encounters Of The Infectious Kind, VD – Play It Safe, More Common Than Measles And Mumps and more.

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Twenty-First Century

In the late 1960s, Walter Cronkite hosted this followup series to the popular “Twentieth Century,” looking to science and how it would impact our lives in the next century. Films include: Can You Live To Be 100?, Mystery of Life, Deep Frontier and Surviving In Space.