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Backfire

Description: "This story is based upon the actual classroom experiences of Thomas J. Shelly, teacher of Economics and History in the Yonkers High School, Yonkers, New York. The American Economic Foundation is happy to present this example of how common sense combats economic fallacies" - from film.
Date: unknown
Duration: 15 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Knox, Gordon; Elwyn, Robert & Lyon, Sumner
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The Banshee

Description: A film about the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation's "twin-jet carrier-based" fighter plane known as The Banshee.
Date: unknown
Duration: 14 minutes 34 seconds
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Building America

Description: Film on US infrastructure development, with topics including homes of the future, the role of lumber dealers in home building, the importance of home maintenance, and the importance of urban development. This film includes animated sequences.
Date: unknown
Duration: 25 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Price, Sherman
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Cannons on Wings

Description: This film focuses largely on the assembly line construction of Bell Aircraft's fighter planes.
Date: unknown
Duration: 28 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Bell Aircraft Corporation
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Coaxial and Microwave Miracles

Description: This film discusses technologies such as coaxial cables and microwaves and how they are used in the field of communication technology.
Date: unknown
Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds
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Fabric Magic

Description: A short film examining the strengths of three Milliken-made fabric blends - nylon and wool, orlon and wool, and dacron and wool.
Date: unknown
Duration: 15 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Elwyn, Robert & Lyon, Sumner
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Forget Not These Children

Description: This film discusses children with mental disabilities and the people and institutions that help them become functioning members of their communities. "Funds for this work were made available through the National Mental Health Act." - from end credits
Date: unknown
Duration: 17 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Lyon, Sumner; Smith, Ardis & Holton, Hamilton
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Giant Killers

Description: This film shows the material and manpower that go into making Elco PT boats.
Date: unknown
Duration: 30 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: van Nostrand, Wallace & Deventer, Van
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The Grumman Gulfstream

Description: This film discusses the Grumman Gulfstream airplane, its construction, and the qualities that make it useful, specifically for traveling business men
Date: unknown
Duration: 15 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Milligan, Richard & Joyce, William F.
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It Happens Every Spring

Description: This film briefly explores the history of the New York Wire Company and the making of aluminum wire screening.
Date: unknown
Duration: 15 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Knox, Gordon; Holton, L. H. & Capsis, John
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The King Means Business

Description: This film shows how Yale Load King electric hoists can improve production safety and efficiency for both small and large factories and workshops.
Date: unknown
Duration: 16 minutes 53 seconds
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Lenox TV spot

Description: This short video features three B&W commercials for Lenox fine china.
Date: unknown
Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds
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Materials Handling

Description: This film discusses how the development of bigger and better machinery over the years has improved work efficiency, especially in fields that involve moving materials and building structures.
Date: unknown
Duration: 3 minutes 28 seconds
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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
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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
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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
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New Wings for the Navy: The Douglas F4D

Description: A film documenting how the Douglas F4D Skyray helped the US Navy break a world speed record.
Date: unknown
Duration: 9 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: The Boeing Company
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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.
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[North Texas State University School of Music Orientation]

Description: This video is composed of digitized slides and musical accompaniment that were used to promote the North Texas State University School of Music. The slide show consists of segments that discuss the school from the perspective of the university president, an introduction to the university community, the value of the program from the perspective of the Dean of the School of Music, the Music Library and other resources, teaching faculty, performance groups available on campus, and the availability… more
Date: 197X
Duration: 13 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: North Texas State University
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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
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RCA Violin

Description: This film features two black and white RCA Service Company television ads.
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 minute 01 second
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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
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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
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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
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