Many have remarked just how spooky and atmospheric the opening scene of "The Vampire Bat" really is. Taken in the context of the year it was produced, we quite agree. Here it is in its entirety. There are a lot of uses for this clip. Let your imagination run wild.

Excerpt From "Tornado" : http://www.archive.org/details/tornado

Testing the result of massive underground explosions by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission during Operation Dugout in 1960.

This clip was taken from "Prelude To War, directed by Frank Capra. Download the entire film at: http://www.archive.org/details/PreludeToWar

In rare footage, Czar Nicholas of Russia mounts his horse. During the Russian Revolution, in 1917, he and his entire family were murdered by the Bolchevicks.

Excerpt from: "Henry Ford's Mirror On America" Part One of the complete film can be found at: http://www.archive.org/details/HenryFor1962 Part Two of the complete film can be found at: http://www.archive.org/details/HenryFor1962_2

December 7, 1941 This clip was taken from "Prelude To War, directed by Frank Capra. Download the entire film at: http://www.archive.org/details/PreludeToWar

Industrial smoke and pollution circa the late 30s. This would be a good clip to include in a film about pollution or even global warming.

Excerpt From: "To The Shores Of Iwo Jima" (1945) http://www.archive.org/details/iwojima