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Clip #: TFA-307A
Length: 19:00
Year: 1948
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Details the attempts of the French government to guide resolution of conflicts between rival berber tribes in Skoura, Morocco, instruct locals in modern agricultural techniques and create an irrigation canal to bring water to the agricultural land.
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Clip #: TFA-159D
Length: 21:48
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
1940's documentary about industry along the Great Lakes.
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Clip #: AD-37
Length: 19:56
Year: 1930
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
1930s travelogue of French Line cruise ships, in particular the SS Normandie as it arrives in New York
from Le Havre (possibly on its record-breaking maiden voyage on May 29, 1935). Extensive footage of the
Normandie arriving into the New York Harbor accompanied by an entourage of boats and...
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Clip #: TFA-136B
Length: 25:21
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
A AAA promotional film in the guise of a fake amateur movie of a European tour
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Clip #: TFA-216A
Length: 26:15
Year: 1938
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
A journey overland by car and bus from Paris through Germany and the Balkans to Turkey in the late 1930s led by Lawrence Thaw.
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Clip #: MF-6D
Length: 16:48
Year: 1943
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Official war department film about the U.S. Armed Forces capture of Rendova Island in the Solomon Islands from the Japanese and importance of readily available medical equipment to help treat injured soldiers.
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Clip #: TFA-158
Length: 29:35
Year: 1936
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Excellent travelogue of 1930s Paris with prominent monuments and examples of Parisian culture.
Cityscapes of the city and views of prominent boulevards and structures. Excellent footage of
Parisians dining at sidewalk cafes, buying French bread, and enjoying leisure time in the park....
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Clip #: TFA-246B
Length: 20:33
Year: 1933
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Film producer J. Stuart Blackton narrates this history of the motion picture, which incorporates clips from early silent and sound movies as well as first attempts at animation.
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Clip #: TFA-301C
Length: 19:49
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1970s
Description:
Tourists visit major European cities and sightsee on a budget. Based on the book “Europe on $5 a Day” by Arthur Frommer.
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Clip #: TFA-241A
Length: 36:36
Year: 1959
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
"Wonderful World" Broad documentary surveying global cultures,
lifestyles, emphasizing common human activities, sponsored by
Coca-Cola. Narrator: Ken Nordine. Parallels in European, American,
Asian, South American, Caribbean lifestyles, leisure, hospitality,
(racial stereotypes in...
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