Showing 62 results

Astonishing sitcom-style sponsored film encouraging increased consumption of electricity by an ever-increasing number of appliances.

A high school senior learns how and where to ask a girl for a date, where to take her for a good time, and how to avoid spending too much money or being bored by commercialized amusements.

Early driving safety film showing good and bad sides of a driver's mind. (The Prelinger Archives are a source of educational material, mainly ordered by theme, giving a vision of the dark side, the underbelly, perhaps naive of the American dream and the America that is often hidden behind the media curtain).

Lonely housewife in 1950's suburbia needs the freedom of a low priced Ford to avoid being a prisoner in her own home. (The Prelinger Archives are a source of educational material, mainly ordered by theme, giving a vision of the dark side, the underbelly, perhaps naive of the American dream and the America that is often hidden behind the media curtain.)

Step-by-step demonstration of jam and jelly making by the short- boil (pectin) method and long-boil method. (The Prelinger Archives are a source of educational material, mainly ordered by theme, giving a vision of the dark side, the underbelly, perhaps naive of the American dream and the America that is often hidden behind the media curtain.)

Definitive document of pre-World War II futuristic utopian thinking, as envisioned by General Motors. Documents the "Futurama" exhibit in GM's "Highways and Horizons" pavilion at the World's Fair, which looks ahead to the "wonder world of 1960".

Proliferation of outdoor advertising billboards through Chicago and the methods of analyzing potential advertising sites. This part explains the strategy behind the placement of outdoor media. (The Prelinger Archives are a source of educational material, mainly ordered by theme, giving a vision of the dark side, the underbelly, perhaps naive of the American dream and the America that is ten hidden behind the media curtain).

Documents the growth of advertising and its migration from film to television. They are sweet and subtle precursors of the infomercial, like the animated journey of a drop of gasoline through the bowels of a Chevy 1935, and "RDF Greenwich Village" an oasis in the suburbs, where a modern neighboor rests on its modern corduroy clothing, 100% cotton.

Three young women impress their men with their home sewing skills.

A rare visual record of the changing face of America, the white paper that enrolled our illusions of growth and prosperity. "In the Suburbs" is a celebration of a dream of a happy life in the suburbs (the paradise of advertisers) in "American Harvest" we see the exploitation of nature in America to create ... a Chevrolet.