EVERY DUer needs to check out this site....

[skooooo]

Ok, kids, forget about your flash-animations, and Internet-driven information for a bit!

Go to the Prelinger archives and listen to and watch the message from the 1940s and 50s liberals who were a part of FDR and FDR-inspired projects, the "radicals" of the 60s (and lots of other things too). It's a RICH RICH resource. Watch these on your computer at home.

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The Prelinger Archives
Prelinger Archives remains in existence, holding approximately 4,000 titles on videotape and a smaller collection of film materials acquired subsequent to the Library of Congress transaction. Its goal remains to collect, preserve, and facilitate access to films of historic significance that haven't been collected elsewhere. Included are films produced by and for many hundreds of important US corporations, nonprofit organizations, trade associations, community and interest groups, and educational institutions.


See the films broken down by keyword at:
http://www.archive.org/mediatypes-browse.php?mediatype=movies&collection=prelinger


An A-Z list at:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=mediatype%3Amovies%20AND%20collection%3Aprelinger

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Some examples:
NOTE:The numbers at the end of the URLs tell the year of production.


- Unknown
Demonstration in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, "against city and city officials which caused murder of 100 relief workers in Griffith Park Fire." Shows crowds, speakers and placards. Title at end of story promotes "The Camera in the Class Struggle."
http://www.archive.org/details/Griffith1933


Despotism - Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Measures how a society ranks on a spectrum stretching from democracy to despotism. Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power is concentrated and respect for the individual is restricted. Where does your community, state and nation stand on these scales?
http://www.archive.org/details/Despotis1946


We Work Again - Pathe News (?)
How the New Deal benefits African Americans.
http://www.archive.org/details/WeWorkAg1930


Integration Report I - Andover Productions
Documentary showing the civil rights movement in 1959 and 1960: sit-ins, marches, boycotts and rallies in Montgomery, Ala., Brooklyn, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. Directed by Madeline Anderson.
http://www.archive.org/details/Integrat1960

Assignment: Venezuela - Sound Masters, Inc.
Tells the story of an American oil company executive who relocates with his family to Venezuela.
http://www.archive.org/details/Assignme1956


Destination Earth - Sutherland (John) Productions
In this corporate-sponsored cartoon, Martian dissidents learn that oil and competition are the two things that make America great.
http://www.archive.org/details/Destinat1956

Hope Is in Your Hand - Hardcastle Film Associates
Social problems of St. Louis in the late 1950s and how they are being addressed by member agencies of the United Fund. With striking images of the underside of the Fabulous Fifties and the Gateway Arch under construction.
http://www.archive.org/details/HopeIsin1950


Man Against the River - Pathe News, Inc.
Describes the work of members of the Works Projects Administration in helping refugees of a winter flood of the Ohio River.
http://www.archive.org/details/ManAgain1937


Psychological Operations in Support of Internal Defense and Development Assistance Programs (Part I) - U.S. Army Pictorial Center
Military training film showing psychological operations in "Hostland," a mythical (probably Latin American) country, designed to aid the host government in gaining the support of the population.
http://www.archive.org/details/Psycholo1968


My Japan - U.S. Treasury Department
Complex and disturbing anti-Japanese propaganda film produced to spur the sale of U.S. war bonds. CONTENT ADVISORY: Explicit racism and extreme violence.
http://www.archive.org/details/MyJapan1945

River, The (Part I) - U.S. Department of Agriculture, Resettlement Administration
Classic documentary history of the exploitation of the resources of the Mississippi River Valley and the work being done to rehabilitate and reclaim the area. Director and writer: Pare Lorentz. Narrator: Thomas Chalmers. Photography: Willard Van Dyke, Stacey Woodard and Floyd Crosby. Editor: Leo Zochling. Music: Virgil Thomson.
http://www.archive.org/details/RiverThe1937


and MUCH MUCH more...

[skooooo]

1. ..and another thing..

I'll kick my own thread til the cows come home (or until YOU check out the site)!

[Kurovski]

2. Wow! this is a great find. It's like having your very own PBS

outlet. (And blessedly one-sided!)

You bet your sweet protest-sign I'm recommending this thread!

[Sydnie]

3. Kicked, nomed and bookmarked n/t

[whistle]

4. That site is a great resource, thanks

[Old and In the Way]

5. Thanks...bookmarked.

[dchill]

6. kick

n/t

[Kurovski]

7. I hope everyone who bookmarks this site

remembers to give a greatest vote to this thread--or what? do you plan on keeping the site all to yourselves? :-)

[melody]

8. This is FANTASTIC! Everyone should see it - great stuff

Recced, kicked and bookmarked here, too.

[skooooo]

10. Don't miss the clips on those evil, evil, LOOTERS!

...and VANDALS burning trash in the streets!

http://www.archive.org/details/tmp_38822

"This amateur film was obviously taken just right after the Japanese surrenders, and the jubilatious celebrations on the streets of everytown America (In this instance, it looks to me like San Fransisco). We first see a flurry of newspaper headlines, then some tickertape flying in the air. We then realize what has just happened. This amateurish footage has not only people hanging out of their cars celebrating (man, things don't change..) but also, has a negative side to it, as we see vandalism and looting! In 1941! "

[Beam Me Up]

9. Excelent! Thanks for this. (So much info, so little time!!)

Great resource.

[kliljedahl]

11. I've used that site a lot

But mostly for music & movies. I've got an 80 gig external hard drive 75% full of music from that site. They've got a lot of really great stuff there.

[Cocoa]

12. "Desert Venture" 1958 film on Middle East oil

I'm just 1 min. in, it's already a blockbuster "this is the story of brave men who ventured into a strange land, awakened a sleeping civilization, made friends, etc."

[Kurovski]

13. Many writers will find this to be an excellent resource.---n/t

[skooooo]

14. I'd like to start a discussion group...or thread or something...

based on films from this site. Maybe DUers would be interested enough to watch a film and talk about its implications today?

[Kurovski]

42. If you build it they will come...

just be sure to put "Tom Cruise" in the title. :-)

But seriously, if you have a favorite or one you think to provocative, why not try posting an invite to view it, wait a day, and then restart the thread with an opening opinion if someone doesn't jump in first?

Sounds like it's at least worth a try.

Again, that is one terrific site you've shared with us here.

[ismnotwasm]

15. Kicked and bookmarked

Lots of stuff there........

[holboz]

16. Thanks for this...

It's great.

(Not that I needed yet ANOTHER website I can get lost in for hours!)

I enjoyed the Universal News Reels a lot. Great WWII stuff.

[skooooo]

17. Just don't ever watch this one...naughty pictures.

http://www.archive.org/details/Perversi1965

Perversion for Profit (Part I) - Unknown
Anti-pornography film produced by financier Charles Keating, linking pornography to the Communist conspiracy and the decline of Western civilization.

[melody]

18. Charles Keating, of course, being a moral and upstanding Amurkin

:sarcasm:

[sthorne]

19. Did you know....

when you put Keating in your email to forward this site to a fellow rider on the "Flood of Filth" the spell check wishes to replace it with Cheating?

:evilgrin:

[skooooo]

20. Actually I don't know who the guy is?

In a sentence or two - when and who did he steal from?

[melody]

21. Wikipedia on Keating - it's way too long to excerpt in a sentence or two

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Keating

Suffice to say, he attacks "indecency" because he doesn't realize what "decency" is.

[hootinholler]

29. Sure you can...

He's an "Outstanding News Reporter" at least from the credits in the front of that piece.

-Hoot

[melody]

31. the phrase "outstanding news reporter" isn't on that page so far as I see

Are you sure you're reading the right one? lol Or have I gone blind in my old age?

There is this fairly extensive quote:

In September 1990, Keating was criminally charged with having duped Lincoln's customers into buying worthless junk bonds of American Continental Corporation; he was convicted in state court in 1992 of fraud, racketeering and conspiracy and received a 10 year prison sentence. In January 1993, a federal conviction followed, with a 12 and a half year sentence. He spent four and a half years in prison, but both sentences were eventually overturned.

((The latter because he had friends in high places.))

[hootinholler]

33. Sorry, on the clip credits linked in msg 17.

For those who watched the naughty one, which claimed (among other things) that few blind people join nudist colonies.

-Hoot

[Silverhair]

40. Interesting. Bookmarked. NT

[sandnsea]

22. Awesome!! Thank You!

All kinds of interesting stuff in here, thanks so so much!

[stevedeshazer]

23. Thanks, Skooooo

That's incredible! :)

[skooooo]

25. your welcome!

[Sunkiss BlueStar]

24. Safe and Sound

on my computer. Thanks for the free trip to knowledge land.:kick:

[glitch]

26. This is incredible. THANK YOU!! nt

[bloom]

27. Thanks for posting....

I watched the one on despotism. Yikes.

[morningglory]

28. Thanks! Great info. n/t

[progressoid]

30. Wow, that's chock full-o-info!!!

[nonconformist]

32. Nominated, kicked and bookmarked! nt

[radio4progressives]

34. What an Amazing Treasure ! How did you come on to this site?

This absolutely stunning, and extremely valuable!

Thank you VERY VERY MUCH!

This is real history - captured and preserved.

what a precious, valuable resource - thanks again for bringing it to our attention.

[skooooo]

35. kicking one last time.

[bpilgrim]

36. excellent site, thanks for sharing - here is another site focused on today

http://GlobalFreePress.com

:hi:

peace

[skooooo]

41. thanks for this!

[DoYouEverWonder]

37. Don't miss the Wayback Machine

especially when looking for those Bush files that tend to disappear.

http://www.archive.org/


Great site.

[oblivious]

38. Excellent. Thanks.

[Q]

39. These films show how difficult the struggle was...

...and how much was accomplished for the PEOPLE.

We had come so far...for Bush to screw it all up in only four years.

[Kurovski]

43. *Kick*---n/t

[Theres-a]

44. kick