Industry

Included DVDs: Historic Forestry & Logging Films 1920-1957 Vintage Rubber & Latex Industry Films Vintage Welding History Films Vintage Woodworking & Carpentry Films Vintage Plastic & Mylar Industry Films Natural Gas Industry Energy Film DVD (1959) Vintage Textile Industry & History Films Vintage Tobacco & Cigarette Films The Great American Chocolate Factory Vintage Lockheed Martin [...]

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This is the best junk yard / scrap yard film ever produced, as it perfectly infuses the environmental aspects of saving metal and the societal aspects of saving lives. Provides the audience with stories behind automobile accidents, coupled with electronic music, to encourage people to drive more safely. Table Of Contents: (1) Whats The Big [...]

Packed full of footage of automobile manufacturing plants and workers in action these films bring the history of auto making back to life. Topics Include: Auto Manufacturing & Efficiency, American Auto Industry & The Economy, Auto Industry Growth, Automobile Accessories Industry, Iron Industry & Auto Manufacturing Included Films:

This DVD contains four brilliantly made industrial propaganda films produced by The Ford Motor Company used to promote the continued growth of the automobile industry. Packed full of footage of automobile manufacturing plants and workers in action these films bring the history of auto making back to life. Topics Include:Auto Manufacturing & Efficiency, American Auto [...]

This DVD contains two brilliantly made industrial propaganda films produced by General Motors Co. used to promote the continued growth of the automobile industry. Packed full of footage of automobile manufacturing plants and workers in action these films bring the history of auto making back to life. Topics Include:Auto Manufacturing & Efficiency, American Auto Industry [...]

Two (2) classic heavy equipment safety films sponsored by Caterpillar Tractor Co. and Union Pacific Railroad. Included Films:

Classic films collection following the home building, home builders, and residential construction industry. Included Films:

News reporting has evolved drastically over the last century. Changes in technology and media formats have taken journalism from print media formats to the invisible air waves of television and radio to personal computers and the Internet, where an influx of new information is made available to millions of homes. This amazing compilation includes three [...]

This compilation explores peace-time uses of Plexiglas, which became largely popular in airplane manufacturing during WWII. Plexiglas is touted as having a variety of uses around the home, from making magazines pages more brilliant to making kitchen appliances more durable and charming. Included Films:

This is a collection of historic tire manufacturing and industry films. Three films each produced by a different perspectives of the tire industry gives an interesting and well rounded look at the many uses of tires by the military and the reasons why high quality tires are so important. Topics Include: Tire Rubber Industry, Tire [...]

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This 3-M produced film showcases new, 6500 pictures per second camera technology that allowed engineers and quality control specialists to film automated processes in high speed to provide an amazing image quality while watching in slow motion. This new technology was applied to a variety of fields, from watching space shuttle engines fire to research [...]

This propaganda piece lobbies against big tobacco and portrays the tobacco industry as a lying, greedy, and cutthroat business that knowingly hides the truth about the health problems caused by smoking cigarettes. Included 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:

This compilation features films about the American cotton industry. Cotton has always been an important commodity for America, both as a producer, a consumer and a manufacturer. America currently is the worlds second largest cotton producer and cotton was the single most important crop of the Southern United States for much of the 19th century, [...]

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:

In The 70s blasting cap safety films were shown in schools all around the country. This collection brings two blasting cap safety films back the screen. Also included in the collection is an explosives industry propaganda film about all the benefits of explosives technology. Included Films:

Classic gold mining film with great footage of all aspects of gold mining operations. Included Films:

This is a valuable silent film from 1928 that documents the iron ore mining process. Footage covers the mining process from iron ore discovery to iron casting. The film contains good historical information on iron consumption and its uses. This movie has wonderful footage of mining equipment and mine holes. Overall, this is an excellent [...]

This visually stunning compilation of historic mining films is the only such DVD available on the market. Each vintage film shows a different angle of the mining industry. Included Films:

Oil & Economic Dependence Table of Contents: (1) Twenty-Four Hours of Progress (1950) – Twenty-Four Hours of Progress explores in rich detail the oil industry in American and all its implications for society and manufacturing. The film is made even more enriching by its date of creation: 1950. This gives a startling perspective on oil [...]

Whether or not you are familiar with the terminology of oil rigging, crude oil refining and petroleum production, you will find this DVD collection of historic oil industry films useful, entertaining and highly educational. This DVD includes information on all of the following topics:History of petroleum products and the oil industry Oil rigs, rigging and [...]

Before the advent of desktop publishing software and digital printing, manual typesetting and linotype machines revolutionized the landscape and logistics of the newspaper industry. Printing and graphic design enthusiasts will relish in these highly informative typesetting relics and marvel at the exponential progress of ephemeral printing mechanics. This fascinating compilation contains (3) vintage printing and [...]

This DVD features a fascinating look at the sheet metal industry from the early 1940s, including aircraft and building manufacturing. Table Of Contents: (1) The Sheet Metal Worker (1942) – This is a vintage vocational film that showcases sheet metal uses in home building construction, aircraft building, farm building, furnace repair, and more. This classic [...]

Shell Oil Company, one of the mightiest energy companies on the planet, has produced many promo videos throughout its history. This DVD showcases one of the more memorable movies called Diesel Story. Included Films:

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:

This is the premiere DVD compilation about steel production and the steel industry. We have collected all the rare and hard-to-find steel and iron industry films of the 1930s, 40s and 50s and gathered them onto 2 DVDs for posterity, study and enjoyment. You cant find this unique DVD compilation anywhere else! High on both [...]

Texaco has had a long and storied history, from its inception in 1901 to its merger with Chevron in 2005. Texaco was the first company to sell its gasoline under one branded name in all the continental states in the US. This DVD contains a rare film produced by Texaco in 1954 promoting a new [...]

This collection of historic film about government workers focuses on the organizations and federal employees that help make the United States of America the greatest country on earth. Included Films:

U.S. Steel was the first billion-dollar company in the world and loomed high as the biggest corporation on the planet in its heyday. This DVD takes a trip down memory lane with four rare film clips from U.S. Steel. This is a must-have collector?s item! Included Films:

The Columbia Gas System made this great color movie about the history of natural gas. Jam-packed with information, this film covers all the basic about natural gas and presents the topic from a viewpoint you would expect from late-50s era business interests in the United States. To top it off, the whole movie is narrated [...]

Oil & American Foreign Investment Table of Contents: (1) Desert Venture (1948) – In light of todays volatile energy climate, Desert Venture becomes a highly ironic and intensely interesting classic video about American oil production in the Middle East. A propaganda film through and through, Desert Venture seeks to lionize the American investors who came [...]

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 [...]

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This compilation features vintage films about the wonders & dangers of living in world filled with manufactured chemicals. Included Films:

These films helped paved the way to paving America. This propaganda films collection explains to audiences how roads and highways will lead America to economic success. The theory goes as follows, progress on all the highways of human activity leads us to more opportunities for employment and an ever widening range of goods made evermore [...]

This beautifully filmed Lockheed promotional film hits the propaganda points hard, but makes up for it with the rare footage of Lockheed factory assembly lines and historic shots of famous flight celebrities. In addition to the great factory footage, there is also an explanation of how they used test pilots to try out their newest [...]

Cartoons and Animation Table of Contents: (1) Down the Gasoline Trail (1935) – Cartoon that follows the life of a drop of gasoline as it travels through a car. Fascinating film to say the least. Length: 00:07:57 (2) Destination Earth (1956) – Aliens come to Earth and learn how humans need oil to survive. Classic [...]

Remember the post-WWII buzz about the great new products being produced out of the strange but useful materials called plastic, Mylar and Plexiglas? This DVD has six fantastic old films from the 1940s and 50s that showcase the production, testing and usefulness of these futuristic materials. You can?t find this special compilation of rare filmstrips [...]

This rare film showcases the many uses of rubber and demonstrates the manufacturing process of rubber in the United States. Gramps explains how amazing rubber is to his grandson and teaches the viewer a lot along the way as well. This is a very educational and entertaining film from 1951. The movie contains great historical [...]

These two films both are high on content and offer an inside look at the manufacturing of cloth, thread, cotton and much more. Of note is the assembly line footage showing factory practices in the textile field in the 1950s. All in all, this is a solid and unique collection, the only one of its [...]

This historic film collection is an amazing look at the cigarette and tobacco industry from the perspective of an increasingly cancer conscious mid-century America. Early groundbreaking films that first discuss the health effects of tobacco and cigarette smoking are showcased here. Most smoking videos from this era in history were typically just tobacco industry advertising [...]

The Welding Operator (1942) During World War II the need for welding and other high skill manufacturing was desperately in demand. This vintage vocational training film promoted a crucial vocation that was necessary for the war effort: welding. Methods shown include flat and overhead welding and cutting, electric resistance, arc welding, shielded arc, metal table, [...]

Watch these historic films about the carpentry and lumber industry and see how wood production and woodworking practices have changed in the last 65 years. For one thing, there were no nail guns and the materials used to build the homes were much sturdier. You cant find this compilation DVD anywhere else. Included Films: