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The Active Peacetime Service

Description: This film shows the many ways that the U.S. Coast Guard serves its country. Viewers learn that, among other duties, the U.S. Coast Guard regularly monitors the weather, warns ships of nearby icebergs, and patrols inland waterways.
Date: unknown
Duration: 25 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Knox, Gordon
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An Album of Christmas Carols

Description: This film features the Columbus Boychoir performing Christmas carols off of their album, "Columbus Boychoir Christmas Carols."
Date: unknown
Duration: 13 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Smith, Paul Lincoln & Bryant, Donald T.
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An American Museum

Description: A film about the City Art Museum of Saint Louis. It includes information on the roles of museum staff, including the duties of the curator. The film provides examples of how artifacts are examined for authenticity, techniques for display and information on traveling exhibits.
Date: 1954
Duration: 24 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Guggenheim, Charles & Torno, Laurant
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Americans at Home: Treasure for your Table

Description: Film about the history of craftsman housewares in America, such as crystal ware, fine china, and sterling silver.
Date: 1956
Duration: 26 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Knox, Gordon; Oser, Jean & Turner, Howard
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Arresting Engine: Mark 7, Mod 1

Description: United States Navy training film on engine maintenance.
Date: 1954
Duration: 12 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: United States. Navy.
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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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The Building of a Tire

Description: This film shows the process involved in the making of Firestone tires (in the 1940s). This film contains some animated sequences.
Date: 1945
Duration: 25 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: The Walt Disney Company
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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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Coach

Description: This video focuses on the career of Hayden Fry, football coach at North Texas State University (NTSU), as he prepares for a game against Southern Methodist University (SMU). The film includes footage of Fry at home, interviews with NTSU president Calvin Cleave "Jitter" Nolan on the campus of NTSU, pep rallies, and scenes of the football game with SMU at Texas Stadium.
Date: 1976
Duration: 29 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: North Texas State University. Educational Foundation, Inc.
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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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The County Records Inventory Project

Description: This video was created from a digitized instructional slide presentation, consisting of 35mm slides and an audio cassette, which was used by North Texas State University and the Texas State Library to train participants in the County Records Inventory Project.
Date: 1975
Duration: 22 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: North Texas State University
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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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Grumman at War

Description: This film covers the design, testing, production, and South Pacific combat record of Grumman F6F fighter aircraft.
Date: 1944
Duration: 39 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Phelps, Leroy G.; Elwyn, Robert; Rodakiewicz, Henwar; Knox, Gordon & Nagel, Conrad
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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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Heart of the City

Description: This short film briefly examines the impact of a factory on a town and its economy.
Date: 1953
Duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds
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Hurricane Hunters

Description: In this film, USAF storm chasers track and study a hurricane and are able to warn a city about the approaching storm.
Date: 1947
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: United States. Air Force.
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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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