Videos

This newsreel contains the following stories: Geneva Summit of 1955; continued civil war in Saigon; Allied occupation ends in West Germany; Big Four nations end occupation in Austria; nation…

This educational film demonstrates how viruses are spread through carelessness, and how colds can be avoided and treated.

A travelogue visit to Haiti during World War II with an overview of the history, traditions, and daily life of the people. The film stresses the democratic traditions in Haiti going back to …

This video of an early 1930s aerial survey includes narration on major buildings and monuments in the Washington, D.C., area, including the U.S. Capitol, Library of Congress, White House, Li…

This educational film tells the fictionalized and cautionary story of Jeannette, a teenager who experiments with drugs and eventually becomes addicted to heroin. In the end, she resorts to p…

This 1953 Coronet educational film describes and celebrates the ethnic diversity of the United States and the history of immigration.

The U.S. Customs Stands Guard at Our Gateways is a classroom film that details the process in 1964 for checking thousands of people who crossed U.S. borders on a daily basis. This portion of…

This independent film by American Andre de la Varre shows everyday life in Damascus and Jerusalem just before the start of World War II. This program was part of Mr. de la Varre’s “The Scree…

This short 1953 educational film from the collection of the Prelinger Archives shows the duties and activities of police in the 1950s and promotes their benefits to society.

This 1955 film was produced by several advertising associations to outline expected economic growth in the United States between 1955 and 1965. Using speeches and narration of President Eise…

Clip from the Prelinger Archives of silent home movies of a family vacation in the nation’s Capitol.

This 1940 educational film uses demonstrations to give lessons in hygiene and to show how sickness is spread.

This 1964 film was commissioned by the New York World’s Fair Corporation, and follows a variety of people as they experience the fair’s exhibits in Queens, New York. The film was co-directed…

This is a fourteen minute educational film about the Gettysburg Address released in 1941 by the Jam Handy corporation. Jam Handy was founded in the late 1930s and produced thousands of educa…