Vintage and Historic Documentaries – Too Original or Unique To Classify – Listed Alphabetically
Rare and original vintage documentary films. Many come from our collection of original 16mm films, and for many of them, our copies might be the last ones left. Take a trip down memory lane and marvel at how many things have changed…and at how many haven’t! Learn about forgotten subjects & revisit history…you’ll be fascinated.
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| Title |
Length
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VHS
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DVD
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| "B" MOVIE TRAILERS- coming attractions- 1930s & ’40s |
20 min.
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$24.95
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| 100 WATTS, 120 VOLTS: manufacturing light bulbs, J.S. Bach music background, 1977 |
15 min.
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$24.95
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| 1920s-’30s HOME MOVIES VOL. 2- Asheville, NC, Athens GA, Nantucket, MA plus Southern scenes: Colored baptism, blacks picking cotton, chain gang, etc.- 120 min. |
120 min.
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$24.95
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| A TOUR OF THE WHITE HOUSE- hostess Jackie Kennedy- 1962 |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| ABCs of Hand Tools, color, animated, produced by GM, 1940s. |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| Beautiful Downtown Newark, NJ, Historic Landmarks and Streets, 1975 |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| BEST OF AMERICAN PROGRESS- fascinating film clips 1936-56- cars, gas stations, televisions, ’39 World’s Fair |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| CONEY ISLAND MOVIE SHORTS, 1917 thru 36 |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| MOTORS INSURANCE. PROMO – Hurricane Betsy hits New Orleans- old cars shown- 1966- color |
15 min.
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$24.95
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| MUSICAL VARIETY- 1930s & ’40s musical shorts- big band sound, Latin rhythms, the Andrews Sisters, Saminy Fain & tin pan alley, etc., Volume 1 |
120 min.
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$24.95
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| MUSICAL VARIETY- 1930s & ’40s musical shorts- big band sound, Latin rhythms, the Andrews Sisters, Saminy Fain & tin pan alley, etc., Volume 2 |
120 min.
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$24.95
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| MUSICAL VARIETY- 1930s & ’40s musical shorts- big band sound, Latin rhythms, the Andrews Sisters, Saminy Fain & tin pan alley, etc., Volume 3 |
120 min.
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$24.95
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| ONLY ONE NEW YORK: tour of various NYC neighborhoods and landmarks, 1963 |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| PATERSON documentary on Paterson NJ, early ’70s |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| POP BLUES CLASSICS- black soundies- 1941-52 |
100 min.
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$24.95
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| PROFESSIONAL BOWLERS TOURNAMENT- 1961- with commercials |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| PROFESSIONAL BOWLERS TOURNAMENT- 1969- with cominercials |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| REMEMBERANCE OF ST. PETERSBURG (RUSSIA)- architecture & street scenes- color |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| SHOWER OF STARS- "A Chistmas Carol"- Frederic March, Basil Rathbone- 1956 |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| Sight-Seeing in Newark, NJ, 1926, silent |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| STORM OF STRANGERS Jewish life on New York’s Lower East Side, 1969 |
25 min.
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$24.95
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| Story of Willow Run, Building the B24 Liberator, WW2 |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| TEENAGE MOVIE TRAILERS OF THE 1950s and ’60s- A look back at rock ‘n’ rolI, hot rods, and gangs |
120 min.
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$24.95
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| THE HINDENBURG DISASTER RECALLED- eyewitness accounts- 1987 |
80 min.
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$24.95
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| THE STORY OF TELEVISION- the coming of color TV- b&w and color |
25 min.
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$24.95
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| TO NEW HORIZONS- GM’s predictions of the American landscape of 1960- shown at the World’s Fair of 1939-length |
10 min.
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$24.95
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| Travelogues produced by Chrysler Corporation- NORTHWARD TO NOME (1949), Old cars and exciting adventures |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| Travelogues produced by Chrysler Corporation- ROUGH ROAD TO PANAMA, Old cars and exciting adventures |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| Travelogues produced by Chrysler Corporation- RUGGED ROAD TO CAPE HORN, Old cars and exciting adventures |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| Travelogues produced by Chrysler Corporation- WHEELS ACROSS AFRICA (1936), Old cars and exciting adventures |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| Travelogues produced by Chrysler Corporation- WHEELS ACROSS AUSTRALIA (1951), Old cars and exciting adventures |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| Travelogues produced by Chrysler Corporation- WHEELS ACROSS INDIA (1939), Old cars and exciting adventures |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| Travelogues produced by Chrysler Corporation- WHEELS ACROSS THE ANDES (1947), Old cars and exciting adventures |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| TREASURES OF THE PAST archeology in New Jersey, 1974 |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| POLITICAL COMMERCIALS- 1952-84: Eisenhower through Reagan- 45 min |
45 min.
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$24.95
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| PETROLEUM PRODUCT (GAS STATION) COMMERCIALS- mostly 1960s- 60 min. |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| FEDERAL EXPRESS COMMERCIALS- 1975-99: famous FedEx ads using humor- 90 min |
90 min.
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$24.95
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| LUSTRE CREME SHAMPOO TV ADS, featuring various ’50s actresses- 30 min |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| CRAZY OLD COMMERCIALS- ’50s and ’60s- quaint and creative TV ads- 30 min |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| LATE NIGHT TV ADS AND OFFERS- KTel, Carvel, Crazy Eddie, used cars, etc. (New York City metro area), late ’70s to ’86, 30 min |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| COLOR NEWSREELS- science, technology, new products, Vol. 1 (1930s); Vol. 2 (1940s); Vol. 3 (1950s) 50 min. each |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| BLACK AND WHITE NEWSREELS- 1929, 1933, 1945, 1946, 1957, 1959- 30 min. each year. |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| FOX MOVIETONE NEWSREELS- 1930s- 45 min |
45 min.
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$24.95
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| AMOS & ANDY in CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK- 1932 feature film- 70 min |
70 min.
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$24.95
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| AMOS & ANDY CARTOONS- b&w- -1930s- 20 min |
20 min.
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$24.95
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| POPEYE CARTOONS- 50 min |
50 min.
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$24.95
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| GULLIVER’S TRAVELS- color, animated, 75 min |
75 min.
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$24.95
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| GUMBY & FRIENDS- includes Art Clokey’s prototype clay film "Gumbasia" (1953)- 60 min |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| COLOR NEWSREELS- science, technology, new products, Vol. 1 (1930s); Vol. 2 (1940s); Vol. 3 (1950s) 50 min. each |
50 min.
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$24.95
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| 1940s SUPERMAN CARTOONS- color- 60 min |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| WARTIME CARTOONS- WWII themes- b&w- 60 min |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| CARTOON SING-A-LONGS- ’40s and ’50s- 60 min |
60 min.
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$24.95
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| 32 CLASSIC CARTOONS- 220 min. (charged as 120 min.) |
220 min.
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$24.95
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| AND THIS IS FREE- Chicago’s Maxwell Street Market- 1964- 25 min |
25 min.
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$24.95
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| THIS IS ABERDEEN- Aberdeen Proving Ground- 1953- 30 min |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| YOU BET YOUR LIFE- Groucho Marx, with 1952 De Soto commercials- 30 min |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| OH, MOTHER!- TV show with Dennis James- with earliest commercials aired on TV- 1947- 30 min |
30 min.
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$24.95
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| 3 1950s GAME SHOWS- Quick As A Flash (1952), Do You Trust Your Wife (Johnny Carson, (1958), Queen For a Day (1960), all with original commercials- 90 min |
90 min.
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$24.95
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| THE GOLD FILLED STORY- jewelry industry promo describing the advantages of gold filled jewelry- 1955- 30 min. |
30 min.
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$24.95
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