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Men Bet Their Lives On It

Description: Film focusing on Packard engines, the Packard company, Packard engine production, and Packard's contributions to the war effort in the 1940s are the focus of this program.
Date: unknown
Duration: 30 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Knox, Gordon; Elwyn, Robert & Winsten, Archer
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Mightier Than the Sword

Description: This film considers the power and appeal of magazines both as sources of entertainment and as educational materials.
Date: 1954
Duration: 28 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Princeton Film Center, Inc.
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Modern Packaging

Description: This film touches on the design and importance of packaging for items like food products and mail shipments.
Date: unknown
Duration: 3 minutes 27 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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The Navy's Blue Angels

Description: This film looks at The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels, a highly trained group of precision flying pilots.
Date: unknown
Duration: 26 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Knox, Gordon; Skoggard, Bruno; Blume, Wilbur T. & Lipton, Rex
Partner: UNT Media Library
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North by Northeast

Description: This short film - produced in association with Northeast Airlines and Hertz Rent a Car Systems - shows travel opportunities in New England.
Date: unknown
Duration: 13 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Knox, Gordon; Stratton, Chet & Blume, Wilbur T.
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Old Man In A Hurry

Description: This film tells the story of Bion Shively, the oldest man to win the Hambletonian Trotting Classic.
Date: 1956
Duration: 24 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Wishengrad, Morton; Carmer, Carl; Hammid, Alexander; Farmer, Tom & Knox, Gordon
Partner: UNT Media Library
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The Potent Triangle

Description: This film highlights New Jersey and L. Bamberger & Co. retail stores (now branded Macy's) as two important parts of a "Potent Triangle" of business in their corner of the U.S. - a "quality market" and a "great outlet," respectively. The film represents L. Bamberger & Co.'s call for a "Creative Producer" to complete their Potent Triangle by providing L. Bamberger & Co. with a "California fashion cavalcade."
Date: unknown
Duration: 20 minutes 47 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library

[Princeton Film Center Bus in Venezuela]

Description: Photograph of the custom bus used by the crew of the film series, Venezuela on the March, while they filmed in Venezuela. "The location dormitory bus, built to Film Center specifications by the Flxible Company of Ohio, has sleeping accommodations for nine, a galley, shower, two lavatories, refrigerator, air-conditioning, and its own power plant and water purifier." -original caption
Date: [1947..1949]
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Princeton Film Center scrapbook

Description: A scrapbook compiled by the Gordon Knox family containing materials (press releases, newspaper and journal clippings, advertisements, trade notices and other ephemera) about and related to the Princeton Film Center and Gordon Knox film productions. The items contained in the scrapbook were produced between 1941 and 1961.
Date: unknown
Creator: Knox
Partner: UNT Media Library
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A Rising Tide

Description: Film describing the history of industry in New Bedford, Mass., focusing on the decline of the textile industry. The film presents the planning, implementation, and results of New Bedford's initiatives to foster economic development and create new jobs.
Date: 1964
Duration: 28 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Glenn, Jack; Zack, Eugene C.; Knox, Gordon & Kannon, John
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Rural Review

Description: This program on rural living includes segments on the 4H Club; "modern," "step-saving" kitchens; and "modern," time-saving farming equipment.
Date: unknown
Duration: 13 minutes 35 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Sample TV news clip reel

Description: This film contains footage of black and white news clips from the 1950s. Subjects covered in these news clips includes Allis-Chalmers'cement-making process, pilot plant in Milwaukee and the installation of computing equipment ("Northrop Electronic Brain") in Hawthorne, California.
Date: unknown
Duration: 11 minutes 31 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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The Seven Wonders of Wool

Description: A film of Dorothy Burgess educating consumers on the seven wonders of wool: its wrinkle resistance, its absorbancy, its insulating properties, its "dye affinity," its heat and flame resistance, the way it's "easy to handle," and its durability.
Date: unknown
Duration: 20 minutes 26 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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The Seven Wonders of Wool

Description: A film of Dorothy Burgess educating consumers on the seven wonders of wool: its wrinkle resistance, its absorbancy, its insulating properties, its "dye affinity," its heat and flame resistance, the way it's "easy to handle," and its durability. These are described as selling points during a sales training session.
Date: unknown
Duration: 21 minutes 27 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Shooting Straight with Tim Holt

Description: Film of Tim Holt educating his young friend, Porky, on guns and gun safety. Part two covers sighting techniques, target practice, and techniques for loading a Kentucky Rifle. Includes a brief history of the John James Audobon and the habitate of a variety of birds.
Date: 1953
Duration: 13 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: National Rifle Association of America (NRA)
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Shooting Straight with Tim Holt

Description: Film of Tim Holt educating his young friend, Porky, on guns and gun safety. Part one covers the history of rifle use by early American settlers, including Buffalo Bill, and displays a matchlock rifle and a Springfield breechloading rifle.
Date: 1953
Duration: 13 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: National Rifle Association of America (NRA)
Partner: UNT Media Library
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