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For a short film made over fifty years ago, this fifteen minute treatment of the Civil War has some good moments.
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civil
war
1954
Added: 22nd September 2007
Views: 129
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This film belongs in a category for "The Absurd". The moral apparently is, in the event of a nuclear attack, be sure your house has "fire-safe housekeeping". Or this statement:
The heat from the thermal blast "only chars both [well-painted exterior] surfaces", describing the split second between when the heat wave hit the house and the shock wave flattened it. The so-called "National clean up - paint up - fix up bureau" who produced this film may or may not have been ignorant, but they certainly were counting on the fact that the viewers would be.
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1954
nuclear
war
paint
absurd
Added: 27th September 2007
Views: 116
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Wouldnt it be interesting if a film like this could be seen of how horses and carriages were sold and maintained at livery stables in say, the year 1854?
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chevrolet
dealer
1853
automobile
car
Added: 30th September 2007
Views: 120
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"New York to London in the same time it takes to watch a baseball double-header." Pan Am celebrates the takeoff of paper "Flight 1000" in 1954. These mock flights were in anticipation of the day when real jets would make the trip over the Atlantic. In 1958 the Boeing 707 finally made the trip possible.
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pan
am
flight
1000
boeing
707
1958
Added: 11th November 2007
Views: 248
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A relaxed 14-minute look at the state of aviation in 1954 America with some pretty nice aerial shots. Produced by NASAO.
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airport
america
1954
Added: 14th December 2007
Views: 109
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