05/14/08

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Lost World (AVG-PD00175)

A silent digest of the 1925 motion picture 'THE LOST WORLD,' based on a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, about the discovery of a river inhabited by gigantic pre-historic animals and which featured Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery, Bessie Love and Lloyd Hughes in the cast.

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03/16/08

Permalink Categories: Black & White, 1940s, 16mm film   English (US)

Eskimo Hunters in Northwestern Alaska (AVG-BF781)

Educational film about Eskimos. Follows an Eskimo family as they
go about their day-to-day existence: hunting, visiting the general
store, doing chores at home. (In material culture, these Eskimos,
from Alaska in the 1940s, are somewhere between traditional and
modernized.) A nice film, gentle and curious in tone.
ws Hunting sequence: Three Eskimos walk across snowy
wasteland; two Eskimo children in parkas; Eskimo man shoots rifle
at seal swimming in ocean; uses grappling-hook to retrieve dead
seal; hunter shoots loon (sea bird), retrieves it; Eskimo family
drags dead seal across ice.
vs Eskimo family eating dinner at home (raw fish dipped in
seal oil); mother cooks at stove, using blubber for fuel.
ws Eskimo paddles umiak boat in ocean, as others watch from
shore.
vs The Eskimos at home: father uses bone drill to make an
ornament; mother prepares hide for shows; girl sews; man and boy
examine harpoon; Eskimos put their parkas on; Eskimo family walks
to general store; store INT, traditional Eskimo trades goods with
Westernized Eskimo.
ws Hunting sequence: Eskimo family packs dog sled; dog sled
crosses snowy expanse; Eskimo cemetery with fence made of whale
ribs; huskies pulling sled; two Eskimos build temporary shelter out
of ice (not quite an igloo); herd of caribou; Eskimo man fires
rifle; man and boy butcher dead caribou, pack meat and hides on dog
sled; sled arrives in wind-swept Eskimo village.
vs Eskimo celebration, schoolhouse INT: men beat drums and
sing, children dance to lurching rhythms

03/09/08

1940s/1950s Behind the Scenes At An Airport (AVG-BF445)

Boy on 1940's airplane; inside the hangar; crews working on propellers; plane on runway; inside the control tower; pilot with charts; crew and food service boarding airplane; checking landing gear; fueling the plane; baggage on conveyer belt; propellers
spinning; engine smoking; man viewing plane from control tower; pilots in cockpit; airplane taking off; view of airport from sky; view of plane in flight.

1960s Airports in the Jet Age (AVG-BF79)

Explores a large metropolitan jet airport, from the traffic control tower to the baggage-processing center. Shows glimpses of hundreds of people on the job. AIRPLANES AIRPORTS AIRCRAFT JETS BOYS WORKERS LABOR GROUND CREWS

03/06/08

1950s/1960s Airplane Trip By Jet (AVG-10128)

Depicts jet airplane flight of a boy and girl (and their dog) from New York to San Francisco. Shows many of the activities performed by airline personnel before takeoff and during flight explains the function of some of the equipment they use. Includes view of airplane on its cross-country trip.

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