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Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.

Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, shot by Ivan Besse.

Views of destruction taken from a vehicle moving east down Market Street.

Legendary "shock" driving safety film featuring numerous scenes of mutilated cars and injured/dead people and a voiceover lacking in compassion. Produced in cooperation with the Ohio State Highway Patrol and shown to millions of young drivers for over 40 years. CONTENT ADVISORY: Many disturbing scenes of violent deaths and accident scenes; cries of crash victims on soundtrack.

Scenes of displaced people and damaged buildings in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire. Original film is in need of repair, jumps and rolls out of frame.

Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.

1939, sound, 55 min, Technicolor, 35mm. Transferred from a 35mm nitrate print. See: Andrew Wood, "The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair," http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/middleton/index1.html. This drama illustrates the contribution of free enterprise, technology, and Westinghouse products to the American way of life.

Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome.

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