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One Got Fat: Bicycle Safety

One Got Fat: Bicycle Safety

1963 A group of children, all wearing ape masks, rides their bicycles to the park for a picnic. Along the way, all but one are eliminated for violating basic bike safety rules.

The Negro Soldier

The Negro Soldier

1945 Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Reel 1, Negro soldiers and Women's Air Corps (WACs) attend church and go through an obstacle course. Boxer Joe Louis knocks out an opponent. Shows the U.S. and German flags, the Constitution, the graves of Boston...

Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb

Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb

1969 Interesting anti-drug film criticizing drug use as an inhibitor of necessary social change. Director: Alan Kishbaugh. Camera: Charles Sutton. Narrator: Chuck Bowman. Stresses the dangers of becoming physically and emotionally dependent on drugs even after limited...

Are You Popular?

Are You Popular?

  1947 One of the best examples of post-World War II social guidance films, with examples of “good” and “bad” girls, proper and improper dating etiquette, courtesy to parents, and an analysis of what makes some people popular and others not. A scream and a...

Atomic Alert (Elementary version)

Atomic Alert (Elementary version)

  Frightening civil defense procedure film aimed at Cold War-era elementary school students. Explains steps to take in case of an atomic bomb alert or a bombing without warning at school, in the open or at home. Gives simple explanation of nuclear fusion.