"Family Fallout Shelters" A filmstrip presentation produced in 1960 by the U.S. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization for use in the "Home Preparedness Workshops" held in local communities. Target audience was the average American housewife and homemaker of the period. This is number 2 in a series of 5 filmstrips made by the OCDM for use in the Home Preparedness Workshop. Audio soundtrack was provided on a 12" vinyl LP. Running time: 17:43.

As shown in the titles, this film is about "the story of United States Air Force support to the Atomic Energy Commission on continental atomic tests". Narrated by Carey Wilson, it uses footage shown also in "Operation Buster-Jangle" of 1951 (avaiable here on Archive.org). Being a work of the USAF, this film is in public domain.

This is part 3 in a series of four with glimpses from the Soviet Union during the Cold War. These glimpses are extracts from a film in the Prelinger Archives about Leonid Brezhnev (1906-82), who was the leader of the Soviet Union 1964-82. Extracts by Eva Vikström, August 2007. Source: http://www.archive.org/details/BrezhnevB The clips in this part show harvesting in the 1950s, probably in Ukraine.

This is part 2 in a series of four with glimpses from the Soviet Union during the Cold War. These glimpses are extracts from a film in the Prelinger Archives about Leonid Brezhnev (1906-82), who was the leader of the Soviet Union 1964-82. Extracts by Eva Vikström, August 2007. Source: http://www.archive.org/details/BrezhnevB This part contains two speeches by Brezhnev.

Colonel Rudolph Ivanovich Abel (1903-1971), notorious Cold War Soviet spy, is captured by Federal agents.

This is part 4 in a series of four with glimpses from the Soviet Union during the Cold War. These glimpses are extracts from a film in the Prelinger Archives about Leonid Brezhnev (1906-82), who was the leader of the Soviet Union 1964-82. Extracts by Eva Vikström, August 2007. Source: http://www.archive.org/details/BrezhnevB The making of a Soviet hero, Jurij Gagarin and his spaceflight in 1961.

This is part 1 in a series of four with glimpses from the Soviet Union during the Cold War. These glimpses are extracts from a film in the Prelinger Archives about Leonid Brezhnev (1906-82), who was the leader of the Soviet Union 1964-82. Extracts by Eva Vikström, August 2007. Source: http://www.archive.org/details/BrezhnevB In this part Brezhnev meets five European leaders: 1. Willy Brandt, West Germany 2. Nicolae Ceausescu, Romania 3. Erich Honecker, East Germany 4. Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland 5. Urho Kekkonen, Finland

"Why Family Action?" A filmstrip presentation produced in 1960 by the U.S. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization for use in the "Home Preparedness Workshops" held in local communities. Target audience was the average American housewife and homemaker of the period. This is number 1 in a series of 5 filmstrips made by the OCDM for use in the Home Preparedness Workshop. Audio soundtrack was provided on a 12" vinyl LP. Running time: 17:21.

Singers Lucille and Johnny, whose radio show is sponsored by Oldsmobile, are invited to visit the Olds factory to see why the product is superior. While touring the plant, Johnny becomes concerned that another visitor is a Martian spy dedicated to subverting Earth's autonomy. Some might call this film a McCarthyite allegory; others a slow-moving plant tour. Story: Gordon Miller. Camera: John Niklasch. Sound: Ray Esh. Editor: John Cook. Director: Lewis D. Collins. With Lucille and Johnny (Themselves); Barry Hopkins (Mr. Clark); Arnold Coty (Mr. Martin).

This is a complete, 120mn long print of the film. The other print already available on the archive and its ipod derivative are 102mn long, with some scenes cut down or cut out altogether. Shot on location, The Big Lift is a reenactment of the Berlin Airlift of 1948.