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Disc 1
Food & Agriculture
23 DVD Box Set
Disc 1 Dairy Farm & Milk Films (1940s - 1960s)
  
 
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: 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.
Title #1:
White Ammunition Production Date:
1942 Running Time:
24 minutes Brief Description: Delightful
film about how milk was made, processed, and brought to stores.
Title #2:
Uncle Jim's Dairy Farm Production Date:
1963 Running Time:
12 minutes Brief Description:
Charming film about two kids who spend the summer on the uncles' dairy farm.
Title #3:
This is the Dairy Industry Production Date:
1957 Running Time:
22 minutes Brief Description:
All the wonders of dairy. Captivating footage of production of cheese,
butter, ice cream, milk, cottage cheese, and more.
Disc 2 Prune Industry & Agriculture Promotional
Films (1950s)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: All About Prunes
is a wonderfully rare collection of films about everyone's favorite fruit: the
prune. (Well, not everyone's 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 can't miss DVD!. A Fortune in
Two Trunks traces the roots of the California prune industry - an
educational movie jam-packed with great info.
Title #1: Good Wrinkles Production Date:
1951 Running Time: 20 minutes Brief Description:
This is a very beautifully animated
tour of the Sunsweet prune business in California by a cute and hilarious
animated casts of prunes. This is a can't miss! Great info is included in this
film about the health effects of prunes too.
Title #2: A Fortune in Two Old Trunks Production Date:
1950s Running Time: 28 minutes Brief Description:
A great look at the history of the California prune business, including a
history of how the prune came to America. This film also takes a long look at
how prunes are grown and how these are processed and distributed.
Disc 3 Beer Brewery, Alcohol & Drinking Films
(1930s - 1950s)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: It's All About BEER. This historic
beer promotional films collection contains three beer films that explore
America's 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. Beer coinsures and history lovers
alike will enjoy this rare glimpse into the rich American history of beer.
Title #1:
Help Yourself Production Date:
1939 Running Time:
17 minutes Brief Description:
Film made by Pabst Blue Ribbon for their managers, training them how to sell
more beer. Every reason to drink beer is discussed.
Title #2:
As We Like It
Production Date:
1952 Running Time:
15 minutes Brief Description:
Great time piece film that glorifies beer. American beer culture and
propaganda film that wants to make Americans aware of how much tax is placed on
beer companies by the government.
Title #3:
What About Beer
Production Date:
1954 Running Time:
12 minutes Brief Description:
Silent promotional film for Brown Derby Beer, which focuses on the brewing
process. Really superb footage of an old brew house
Title #4: Labatts
Beer Commercial Production Date:
1950s Running Time:
1 minutes Brief Description:
Bonus commercial from Labatts
Brewing Company.
Disc 4 Turkey Thanksgiving Films (1930s -
1960s)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: 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 can't find this DVD
anywhere else.
Title #1: Let's Talk Turkey Production Date:
1960 Running Time: 22 minutes Brief Description: In the 1960s, more and more grocery stores started to carry whole turkey, so
the American consumer was no longer restricted to the butcher shop. (Which also
means they no longer had to chop off the head and feet too!) This film shows how
to properly dress and roast a turkey, along with various other recipes and
culinary techniques.
Title #2: A
Day of Thanksgiving Production Date:
1951 Running Time:
13 minutes Brief Description:
A middle-lower class American family can't afford a turkey for Thanksgiving, but
they discover that wealth would not lead them to any greater happiness and they
should all be very thankful (after all, it is Thanksgiving Day) for all the
great things they DO have in their life. This movie actually won some film
awards in the early 1950s.
Title #3: Poultry on the Farm Production Date:
1937 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description:
Turkeys, chickens, geese, ducks and all types of other poultry are discussed at
length. This film includes great footage of incubation machinery and embryo
hatchings.
Title #4: Carving Magic Production Date:
1960s Running Time: 21 minutes Brief Description: Wow - this film shows how to properly cut almost any type of meat using the
correct knives and utensils. Turkey, steaks, chicken, lamb, etc. This is an
excellent film with tons of useful information and brilliant color photography.
Disc 5 The Great American Chocolate Factory
Classic Film DVD
                
Brief Synopsis of DVD:
The Great
American Chocolate Factory is a in depth look at at the Hershey Chocolate
Factory in Hershey, PA, USA. The science of chocolate, from growing and
harvesting cocoa beans to refinement to production to eating is covered in this
masterfully delicious documentary. This rare historical footage is a
great timepiece documenting America's and The World love affair with chocolate,
who some in my family claim to be the sixth and most important food group.
28 Minutes Running Time
Disc 6 Coffee & Coffee House Films (1950s -
1960s)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD:
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!
Title #1:
Classic Folgers Commercials
Production Date:
1950s & 60s Running Time:
9 minutes Brief Description:
This is a series of about 9 minute long Folgers commercials. What a great old
collection of vintage coffee ads! You may remember some of these!
Title #2:
This is Coffee Production Date:
1961 Running Time:
12 minutes Brief Description:
If you don't drink coffee, you will probably want to start after watching this
1961 homage to the growth, distribution and processing of coffee around the
world. While telling the viewer how to brew and blend the perfect cup of coffee,
the narrator is not shy in hiding his zeal for the "incomparable goodness of
coffee."
Title #3:
Coffee Break
Production Date:
1959 Running Time:
14 minutes Brief Description:
This work training film tackles the issue of employees wasting too much time on
routine breaks, many times lingering while drinking coffee and socializing. This
film shows more than any film how ingrained the culture and ritual of coffee
drinking was in American life, with its presence felt from the breakfast table
to the workplace to the living room.
Title #4:
Coffee House Rendezvous Production Date:
1969 Running Time:
25 minutes Brief Description:
This film shows that by the late 1960s, conservative social organizations such
as churches and community youth groups had already accepted the "Coffee House,"
once a cool, hip meeting spot for subversive counter culturists, as an
acceptable recreation place for wholesome teenagers. As the beatnik hangouts
were commercialized, spending time in the coffee house suddenly became a normal
activity for teens, and they were even encouraged to start coffee houses in
their own basements!
Title #5:
American Women: Partners in Research Production Date:
1960 Running Time:
13 minutes Brief Description:
Who knew designing a coffeemaker could be such a sexist task! This is a
remarkably sexist film about the quest to design a coffeemaker that will sell
well to consumers. Women take the role of the impressionable consumer in this
movie, which is full of stereotypes about female shoppers and why they may
purchase certain products.
Disc 7 Chicken, Eggs & Poultry Films
  
  
 
Brief Synopsis of DVD: These 4 vintage chicken and poultry films from
1937-1960 show America’s favorite meat from the viewpoint of scientific
agriculture. You can’t find this DVD compilation anywhere else!
Title #1: The Chicken of Tomorrow Production Date:
1948 Running Time:
17 minutes Brief Description: This 1948 film is, in many ways, a prelude to
genetic modification of food and shows the early stages of modern scientific
agriculture. According to the narrative, poultry was the third largest “crop” in
the United States at this time.
Title #2: Poultry on the Farm Production Date:
1937 Running Time:
11 minutes Brief Description:
Turkeys, chickens, geese, ducks and all types of other poultry are discussed at
length. This film includes great footage of incubation machinery and embryo
hatchings.
Title #3:
Protecting Poultry Profits Production Date:
1952 Running Time:
24 minutes Brief Description: Warning: this films has footage of sick chickens,
including necropsies. It shows how chicken diseases can wipe out your chicken
farms and lead to lee money. It also shows how they treat the sick chickens.
Title #4: Carving Magic Production Date:
1960 Running Time:
21 minutes Brief Description: Wow - this film shows how to properly cut almost
any type of meat using the correct knives and utensils. Turkey, steaks, chicken,
lamb, etc. This is an excellent film with tons of useful information and
brilliant color photography.
Disc 8-9 Classic Beef & Pork Industry Films 2
DVDs (1920s - 1960s)
  
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD:
Historical meat production, packing, and
ranching films on two volumes. Includes footage of slaughterhouses,
grazing, branding, packaging, canning, and even the production of SPAM.
Disc I: Title #1:
This Is Hormel Production Date:
1965 Running Time: 30 minutes Brief Description:
Amazing film footage of Hormel meat processing plant, in which we are shown how
the full line of Hormel meat product are made, including SPAM.
Title #2:Herds
West Production Date:
1955 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description:
Vintage film shows the beef cows
lifecycle, food requirements and how they are brought to beef markets.
Title #3:
A Mark Of Wholesome Meat Production Date:
1964 Running Time: 18 minutes Brief Description:
This classic films
discusses the requirements to become certified meat by the U.S. Dept. of
Agriculture. Has great slaughterhouse footage of various animals.
Title #4:
Pork People Production Date:
1946 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description: This fascinating film is all about
pigs and pig products. Mmmmmm......bacon!
Title #5:
The Story of Selecting Kosher Meat Products for Their Stores Production Date:
1920's Running Time: 10 minutes Brief Description: Film explains how kosher meats are selected, prepared, and sold.
Disc II:
Title #6: Beef Rings The Bell
Production Date:
1960 Running Time: 27 minutes Brief Description:
Great footage of meat production activities from ranching to the grocery store.
Title #7:
Miracle Of The Can Production Date:
1956 Running Time: 41 minutes Brief Description: Vintage canning propaganda film
that explains how canning has changed the way the world eats food.
Disc 10 Vending Machines Film DVD
  
  
  
Synopsis:
Classic 1960's vending machine sales
film sponsored by Coke & The Vendo Co.
Title #1:
Young Man Uses Vending Machine Production Date:
1950s Running Time: 11
seconds Brief Description:
Funny scene from the start of an old social guidance film in which a young man
uses an old 50's vending machine.
Title #2:
The Refreshing Look Production Date:
1960s Running Time: 16 minutes Brief Description: Classic vending
machine film sponsored by The Vendo Company and Coke, which encourages store
owners to buy a Vendo machine filled with Coca Colas on the merits of the
vending machines profitability.
Disc 11 Cooking & Baking Films (1930s - 1980s)
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.
   
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
(1) The Restaurant Operator (1946) - A wonderful vocational film
about careers in restaurant management.
Length: 00:10:37
(2) Cooking Terms & What They Mean (1949) - A gender role and
cooking film rapped together as a housewife learns how to cook for her husband.
Length: 00:10:57
(3) The Baking Industry (1946) - A wonderful vocational film about
careers in baking that shows the daily work of a baker.
Length: 00:09:40
(4) The Incredible Edible Egg In Foodservice ~ Quantity Egg
Preparation Techniques (1980s) - A really fun film about everything you can cook
with eggs.
Length: 00:12:17
(5) A Brighter Day In Your Kitchen (1950s) - Great film from
Beatrice Foods test kitchen all about homemaking made easy with new cooking
tools and gadgets.
Length: 00:18:59
(6) Delicious Dishes - (19??) - Early infomercial for cooking
utensils. Fascinating film that includes potato slicer and melon baller and
more. Note: this film has some audio sync problems in the middle.
Length: 00:15:29
(7) In The Dough (Silent Film) (1931) - How to bake bread and the
importance of yeast. Note: this film is missing the beginning and is silent.
Length: 00:16:38
Total Running Time Is Approximately 1 hour 35 minutes
Disc 12-13 Coca-Cola & Coke Products Films
(1940s - 1960s)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD:
This unique compilation has 2 DVDs worth of vintage Coca-Cola films, filmed in
the United States and all around the World!
Title #1: Always Tomorrow Production Date:
1941 Running Time:
52 minutes Brief Description:
This 52 minute feature film shows the beginnings of the Coca-Cola company and
the heart and soul of the people who were involved in starting it.
Title #2:
Refreshing Look Production Date:
1960s Running Time:
16 minutes Brief Description:
Classic vending machine film sponsored by The Vendo Company and Coke, which
encourages store owners to buy a Vendo machine filled with Coca Colas on the
merits of the vending machines profitability.
Title #3: Pearl of the Orient Production Date:
1955 Running Time:
22 minutes Brief Description:
This is a beautiful film about the relationship between the Coke products and
the culture in the Philippines, and includes many shots of local customs,
manufacturing and farming.
Title #4:
Coca Cola Bottling Plant - Arabia Production Date:
1950s Running Time:
10 minutes Brief Description:
A fascinating film narrated in the Arabic language about manufacturing Coca-Cola
in the Middle East. What a cool find!
Title #5:
Wonderful World Production Date:
1950s Running Time:
33 minutes Brief Description:
According to this film, Coke products are found around the World and bring great
joy to people, no matter their culture. There's footage here from India, Japan,
Egypt, Philippines and more...
Title #6:
Member of the Family Production Date:
1953 Running Time:
11 minutes Brief Description:
With this film we see another trip half way around the World and discover that
the effects of Coca-Cola resound everywhere. A good educational use of this film
is for studying the Post-WWII rise of consumerism and globalization.
Disc 14 Black Market Film (1940s)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: Fascinating look at the black market beef industry during
WWII times.
Title #1:
Black Marketing Production Date:
1940 Running Time:
10 Minutes Brief Description:
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.
Disc 15 Soy Bean Film: The History Of Soy Beans
Production & Products (1952)
  
   
Brief Synopsis of DVD:
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.
Title #1:
Science and Agriculture: The Story of Soy Beans Production Date:
1952 Running Time: 10 minutes Brief Description:
Wonderful historical film that looks at the uses of the soy beans from being
used as a food source to soil conservation.
Disc 16 Classic Supermarket Clerk Film
     
 
Brief Synopsis of DVD: 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 into sixties culture with its humorous
dialogue and nostalgia for big hair.
Title #1:
The Front Line Production Date:
1965 Running Time: 14 minutes Brief Description:
Cashier training video from 1965 featuring timeless tips for becoming a
successful supermarket clerk.
Disc 17 Food Supplement & Vitamin Film (1954)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: 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 supplement's creation. Featuring beautiful footage of the scenic
Hemet Valley, the film includes an in depth analysis of alfalfa production; how
it's grown, harvested, chopped, composted, dried and beaten to a pulp before
blended with other mystery ingredients and vitamins. Curiously, Nutrilite was a
precursor to Amway, whose founders became highly successful Nutrilite
distributors after graduating from high school.
Title #1:
From the Ground Up Production Date:
1954 Running Time: 19 minutes Brief Description: A fascinating account of Nutrilite
creation with a focus on alfalfa production. Features beautiful footage of
Californian valleys and extremely interesting production shots.
Disc 18 Classic Fruit Films (1920's - 1950's)
  
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: 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!
Title #1:
Romance of a Lemon Production Date:
1927 Running Time: 9 minutes Brief Description:
This is a quaint silent film shot in the San Gabriel Valley that focuses on
everything about lemons, from growing them to eating them to loving them!
Title #2:
About Bananas Production Date:
1935 Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description:
An amazing silent film that follows the production of bananas from clearing
fields to getting them into grocery store customer hands.
Title #3:
Journey to Banana Land Production Date:
1950 Running Time: 20 minutes Brief Description:
A glamorized look at South America's banana growing countries filled with
colonial overtones. It stresses the importance of banana farming to local
economies. The film has some great scenes of people eating bananas and
just loving it.
Title #4:
Good Wrinkles Production Date:
1951 Running Time: 20 minutes Brief Description: This is a very beautifully animated tour of the Sunsweet prune
business in California by a cute and hilarious animated casts of prunes. This is
a can't miss! Great info is included in this film about the health effects of
prunes too.
Disc 19 SPAM Meat Factory Tour Film (1965)
  
  
  
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: 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!
Title #1: This
Is Hormel Production Date:
1965 Running Time: 30 minutes Brief Description:
This
is amazing film footage of a Hormel meat processing plant in Minnesota, in which
we are shown the full line of Hormel meat products, including SPAM. A Hormel film by FR Furtney.
 
Disc 20 Canning Industry & Food Preservation
Films (1930s � 1950s)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: A one-of-a-kind
documentary about the pea canning process. You won’t find this film anywhere
else! It’s a good-looking vegetable production film for its time.
Title #1: Pick
of the Pod Production Date:
1939 Running Time: 20 minutes Brief Description: This film
offers an informative look at nostalgic practices in the pea canning industry.
Take a visual tour through the Del Monte factory and see the agriculture
practices of late 1930s California business. Also included are scenes of
“typical” American kitchens from this era.
Disc 21 Pabst Blue Ribbon Alcohol Promo Film
(1939)
  
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: 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!
Title #1:
Help Yourself Production Date:
1939 Running Time: 17 minutes Brief Description: This is a film
made by Pabst Blue Ribbon for their managers, training them how to sell more
beer. Almost every reason imaginable to drink beer is discussed here!
Disc 22-23 Farming & Agriculture Films
(1920's-1950's)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: 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.
Disc One:
Title #1: Farmer
Miller Goes Into High Gear Production Date:
1920s Running Time: 19 minutes
Brief Description: Produced by Goodyear, this promotional film explores
the rubber tire revolution for farmers when rubber tire were just emerging onto
the market. Watch Farmer Miller as he learns all the advantages of using
rubber tires as his productivity and efficiency skyrocket. This film is
silent.
Title #2:
Farmer Henry Browne Production Date:
1942 Running Time: 10 minutes Brief Description:
This is a nice portrait of an African-American farmer in Georgia during WWII.
Like other Americans assisting in the war effort domestically, Henry Browne uses
productivity and hard work to support the American troops.
Title #3:
Agricultural Aviation Production Date:
1955 Running Time: 9 minutes Brief Description: Historical footage of crop dusting and pesticide application, including up close
footage of the various pests like boll weevils that damage farmer’s plants.
Title #4:
Agriculture USA Production Date:
1950s Running Time: 27 minutes Brief Description:
Sponsored by the USDA, this film explores the growing agriculture market in the
US. The film begins with the modern history of agriculture in America and
then explores the improvements in technology and pesticides that have led to
higher yields and productivity.
Disc Two:
Title #5: Seed
for Tomorrow Production Date:
1947 Running Time: 20 minutes Brief Description: Discusses
the need for unions for agricultural workers to help maintain price and wage
control.
Title #6:
Singing Wires Production Date:
1951 Running Time: 22 minutes Brief Description:
A rural American farm gets hooked up to the power grid and by golly it changes
their lives for the better. Can you see the light?
Title #7:
Amateur film: Texas Farm Family Production Date:
1950s Running Time: 11 minutes Brief Description: This silent amateur
film includes basic farm footage from a Texas farming family.
Title #8:
Farm Petroleum Safety Production Date:
1950s Running Time: 24 minutes Brief Description: This is a wonderful farm safety film full of vivid pictures and stories of the
misuses of petroleum and the proper and safe ways to use petroleum on the farm.
Title #9:
Three Little Kittens Production Date:
1938 Running Time: 10 minutes
Brief Description: Great
short film about farm life for a cat as she has a litter of three kittens.
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