Category Archives: Terrifically Terrorifying Technology

FirstMenIntoSpace

Our Race Towards Space DVD

Films from the A/V Geeks archive that were made to talk about the United States space program and its future.
Race For Space (1960) 51 min
Analyzes the missile race between the United States and Russia. Contains American and Soviet rocket and space films including the firings of Sputnik I and II and the launching of the [...]

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Naval Gazing DVD

Films from the A/V Geeks Film Archive made by or about the United States Navy.
Inside The Big E. (ca. 1963) 13min
Depicts a day aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Enterprise. Shows the role of lubricating oil in powering this ship. Explains how petroleum research keeps pace with lubricating needs of the nuclear age.
All Together (1973 circa) [...]

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Back When Phones Were Dumb.. DVD

Promotional films that introduced the public to the wonders of communication via the telephone and films made for AT&T employees.
It All Depends On You Starring actor Jack Klugman (Quincy & The ODD COUPLE) and a young Peter Ostrum (as Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) as his son. Tries to convince customers [...]

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R is for Rouge DVD

A DVD compilation of films that document the Ford River Rouge plant.
Science Rules The Rouge (1939) This narrated film clip takes viewers on a tour of the Ford Motor Company Rouge plant’s testing and inspection laboratories. It shows tests for various automobile parts, including tires, pistons, and crankshafts. It also shows finished vehicles being subjected to [...]

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Yesterday’s Tomorrow Today 2.0 DVD

Films about our late-1960s nervous optimism towards the future. Films include: Year 1999 AD (newly transferred better copy), Libra (1978) and Future Shock.
Note! This volume contains none of the series, 21st Century – those films were removed from the compilation upon CBS’ request.
$10.00
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Only Way to Fly DVD
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Those Infernal Machines DVD

An evening of films that look at our love/hate relationship with machinery. Films include Machine Story, Magic Machines, Why Things Go Wrong and more! $10.00
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Doomsday for Bugs DVD

Films that document the eternal war between man and insectkind. Films include: Lice Are Not Nice, Hookworm, Use of Aircraft for Insect Control, Health Hazards of Pesticides, Insects Astray, Doomsday for Pests, Winged Scourge and Some Friendly Insects. $10.00
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Young NASA DVD

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.
$10.00
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