Food & Agriculture
1950s Tea Party Films
Want to learn how to arrange a tea party and supper? This DVD shows you everything you need to know from the days when throwing a tea party was quite the popular thing to do! There are three digitized film reels on this DVD. One film deals with arranging the tea table; one film deals [...]
24 DVD Food & Agriculture Industry History Films
Included DVDs: Dairy Farm & Milk Films DVD (1940s – 1960s) Vintage Prune Industry Films Vintage Beer & Brewery Films Vintage Turkey & Poultry Films The Great American Chocolate Factory Vintage Coffee Films Vintage Chicken & Poultry Films Classic Vending Machine Films Vintage Cooking Films Classic 1940s Black Market Film Classic Soy Bean Film Classic [...]
Beef Rings The Bell (1960)
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Biological Control – A Natural Alternative
Agriculture is one of the United States largest industries and a threat to that industry is unacceptable. For years people turned to pesticides and toxic chemicals to get rid of such threats with negative impacts on the quality of food and people’s health. “Biological Control – A Natural Alternative” discusses using natural predators to eliminate [...]
Classic 1940s Black Market Film
Fascinating look at the black market beef industry during WWII times. Table Of Contents: (1) Black Marketing (1940s) – Tells the story of a group of black market beef racketeers during the WWII era from the perspective of a US Attorney, as he tries to convince a jury of their guilty – 11 Minutes Included [...]
Classic Meat Industry Films 2DVDs
Historical meat production, packing, and ranching films on two volumes. Includes footage of slaughterhouses, grazing, branding, packaging, canning, and even the production of SPAM. Included Films:
Classic Soy Bean Film
Soy beans were first cultivated in China over two thousand years and were brought the US in mid 18th century. This film covers the history of the soy bean and its importance as a global crop to feeding the worlds population and to the conservations of the environment. Table Of Contents: (1) Science and Agriculture: [...]
Classic Supermarket Training Film (1965)
An intriguing historical artifact, this cashier training video from 1965 features timeless tips for becoming a successful supermarket clerk. Expert clerks, dubbed the Queens of Checking, provide instructions for accurate money counting, efficient ringing, and proper bagging techniques. This film also includes rare footage of contemporary products in vintage packaging and provides an entertaining glimpse [...]
Classic Vending Machine Films
Classic 1960s vending machine sales film sponsored by Coke & The Vendo Co. Included Films:
Dairy Farm & Milk Films DVD (1940s – 1960s)
Amazing short film collection of some of the most fascinating historical dairy farm movies. This collection features footage of farmers in the olden days and shows how milk used to be produced. A wonderful inside look at American history and what made this country what it is today. Included Films:
Fortune in Two Old Trunks (1951)
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Historic Canning Industry & Food Preservation Films
This compilation features vintage films about the food canning industry from the 1930s – 1950s. From canning salmon to peas these films explore the new food packaging, processing, and production that revolutionized canned food and changed the kitchen forever. Included Films:
Historic Del Monte Pea Canning Film
A one-of-a-kind documentary about the pea canning process. You wont find this film anywhere else! Its a good-looking vegetable production film for its time. Included Films:
Historic Farming & Agriculture Films 2DVDs
This compilation features films about the history of farming and agriculture in America. Topics includes farming technology changes such as rubber tires in the 20s to new pesticides developed in the 50s, farm labor unions, WWII war effort farming, farm animals, and farm safety. Included Films:
Historic Food Supplement Film
This vintage promotional Nutrilite film combines fascinating production shots and interesting narration to provide an inside look at the rigid process used in the food supplements creation. Featuring beautiful footage of the scenic Hemet Valley, the film includes an in depth analysis of alfalfa production; how its grown, harvested, chopped, composted, dried and beaten to [...]
Historic Fruit Production Films
This DVD compilation features films all about the enjoyment of fruit. It follows the complete process of fruit production from growing to treating to picking to the best part…eating! TABLE OF CONTENTS: (1) Romance of a Lemon (1927) – This is a quaint silent film shot in the San Gabriel Valley that focuses on everything [...]
Historic Pabst Blue Ribbon Alcohol Promo Film
Pabst is a great beer! Want to learn how to sell a lot of Pabst? Watch this beer memorabilia classic that shows how to sell more Pabst to your customers. Even in 1939, the undeniable smooth Pabst flavor was undeniable! Included Films:
Historic SPAM Factory Tour Film
Over 6 billion cans of SPAM have been sold so far since the creation of the mystery meat in 1937! Take a visual look at the historical process of producing and canning SPAM at the Hormel meat factory circa 1965. This vintage film is a must see and is now available on DVD! Included Films:
Inside/Outside: The Story of Food and Fitness
Do you know what your insides think about the way you eat? Winner of the Cine Golden Eagle Film and Video Competition, “Inside/Outside: The Story of Food and Fitness,” explores ways to be healthy from the point of view of our insides. It picks apart an overweight man, who is able to exercise and eat [...]
Mainline USA (1957)
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Poultry on the Farm (1930s )
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Preparation of Food: Stone Age to Space Age (1970)
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Protecting Poultry Profits (1952)
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The Great American Chocolate Factory
The Great American Chocolate Factory provides a time capsule into the world of chocolate giant Hershey, including an extensive explanation of the science of chocolate, from how they grow and harvest the beans, to how they test them for quality control. It documents the processing of cacao beans, mixing, and formation into candy at the [...]
Vintage Beer & Brewery Films
Its All About BEER. This historic beer promotional films collection contains three beer films that explore Americas love affair with alcohol and especially beer. Unlike the typical government and conservative social organization sponsored anti-alcohol fear films of the times, these films were sponsored by beer companies themselves, so they are of a totally different flavor. [...]
Vintage Chicken & Poultry Films
These 4 vintage chicken and poultry films from 1937-1960 show Americas favorite meat from the viewpoint of scientific agriculture. You cant find this DVD compilation anywhere else! Table Of Contents: (1) The Chicken of Tomorrow (1948) – This 1948 film is, in many ways, a prelude to genetic modification of food and shows the early [...]
Vintage Coffee Films
Cool beans! This is an awesome collection of old coffee films and commercials put onto DVD format. One thing immediately noticeable is that coffee has always sold itself. No matter what the style of marketing or the era in history, the coffee always remains the same – delicious! Included Films:
Vintage Cooking Films
Vintage foodservice and food preparation films brought back to the silver screen. A great collection of historical restaurant and food industry vocational films. Also included is a fantastic homemaking cooking film that teaches housewives how to cook at home for their husbands. Included Films:
Vintage Prune Industry Films
All About Prunes is a wonderfully rare collection of films about everyones favorite fruit: the prune. (Well, not everyones favorite!) Starting with a terrific animated feature with brilliant color artwork and a comical narration by Sunny Sweet, a fat and gregarious little prune, this film is a cant miss DVD!. A Fortune in Two Trunks [...]
Vintage Turkey & Poultry Films
We have put together the only such DVD compilation in the world on turkey and poultry industry education films. We have some of the rarest and finest films from 1930-1970 on this subject. You cant find this DVD anywhere else. Included Films:
