Videos

This U.S. Army “Big Picture” episode is a history of the First Army from World War I to 1960. The First Army was formed by General John Pershing in the summer of 1918, just prior to…

This U.S. Army “Big Picture” episode profiles the 50th state when it was still a territory, and looks at soldier life for the Army and National Guard, and work and leisure activity of…

Journalist William Bradford Huie and diplomat James H.R. Cromwell talk with Congressional Delegate Joseph Farrington (R-HI) about Hawaiian statehood, industries, organized labor, race…

This Ford Motor Company silent educational film shows scenes of businesses and tourist destinations, banana, sugarcane, and pineapple plantations and processing, fishing, beaches, and…

A historian and a film scholar provided commentary for a 1919 silent film about a World War I battle in France during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. The “Lost Battalion” was an Army unit of about…

This U.S. Information Agency video reports on the Camp David Accords signed by President Jimmy Carter, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. It includes their…

The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, founded in 1914, produced this documentary to mark its 50th anniversary. The film is a history of the U.S. labor movement between 1900 and 1964,…

This 1945 Office of War Information film examines world events leading to the U.S. entry into World War II. Why We Fight is a series of seven films developed by director Frank Capra to…

The fourth of seven films in the World War II “Why We Fight” series, this U.S. War Department film was seen by service members before they were deployed overseas. It details the fight in the skies over…

The third of seven films in the Why We Fight series details military aggression by Germany after the September 1, 1939, invasion of Poland. Using animated maps created at Disney studios, newsreels,…

This is the first of seven films in the “Why We Fight” series, covering the outbreak of World War II to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The documentary explores the rise of authoritarianism in Germany, Italy, and…

This film from the U.S. Army’s Big Picture series details the life of Gen. John “Black Jack” Pershing from his birth in 1860 to his death in 1948. Much of the film describes General…

This 1949 New York State Commission Against Discrimination film details the state’s anti-discrimination law and argues that talented and productive citizens are being held back by…

This U.S. Steel Corporation film details steel production, from work in the mines and mills in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania to consumer products. According to the…

Henry Ford II introduces this film designed to encourage private citizens and communities to support road improvements and safety. Part of the lobbying campaign that culminated in legislation…

This 1954 General Motors film encourages citizens to support programs to improve roads and highways. The film begins by depicting traffic jams, unsafe roads, and city congestion, then…

This 1953 film provides a history of road transportation in the United States featuring the early history of the Ford Motor Company. The documentary details Henry Ford’s first car, the 1896…

Narrated by actor James Cagney, this 1962 U.S. Army film presented a critical history of Soviet communism beginning with a 1905 failed revolution up to the construction of the Berlin Wall.…

This 1962 film documents the city of Berlin from the end of World War II to the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Produced by the NATO Information Service, the film details the Soviet…

This 1968 U.S. Air Force training film dramatizes activities at a military base following a nuclear attack. This Cold War film outlines procedures for assessing damage, stabilizing and…