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Junior Club

Description: This film contains home video footage and includes images of a car stuck on a beach and of a woman throwing snow balls into a canyon.
Date: unknown
Duration: 7 minutes 56 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Shooting Straight with Tim Holt

Description: Film of Tim Holt educating his young friend, Porky, on guns and gun safety. Part two covers sighting techniques, target practice, and techniques for loading a Kentucky Rifle. Includes a brief history of the John James Audobon and the habitate of a variety of birds.
Date: 1953
Duration: 13 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: National Rifle Association of America (NRA)
Partner: UNT Media Library
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It Happens Every Spring

Description: This film briefly explores the history of the New York Wire Company and the making of aluminum wire screening.
Date: unknown
Duration: 15 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Knox, Gordon; Holton, L. H. & Capsis, John
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Men Bet Their Lives On It

Description: Film focusing on Packard engines, the Packard company, Packard engine production, and Packard's contributions to the war effort in the 1940s are the focus of this program.
Date: unknown
Duration: 30 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Knox, Gordon; Elwyn, Robert & Winsten, Archer
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Rural Review

Description: This program on rural living includes segments on the 4H Club; "modern," "step-saving" kitchens; and "modern," time-saving farming equipment.
Date: unknown
Duration: 13 minutes 35 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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The Active Peacetime Service

Description: This film shows the many ways that the U.S. Coast Guard serves its country. Viewers learn that, among other duties, the U.S. Coast Guard regularly monitors the weather, warns ships of nearby icebergs, and patrols inland waterways.
Date: unknown
Duration: 25 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Knox, Gordon
Partner: UNT Media Library
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The Building of a Tire

Description: This film shows the process involved in the making of Firestone tires (in the 1940s). This film contains some animated sequences.
Date: 1945
Duration: 25 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: The Walt Disney Company
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Cannons on Wings

Description: This film focuses largely on the assembly line construction of Bell Aircraft's fighter planes.
Date: unknown
Duration: 28 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Bell Aircraft Corporation
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Fabric Magic

Description: A short film examining the strengths of three Milliken-made fabric blends - nylon and wool, orlon and wool, and dacron and wool.
Date: unknown
Duration: 15 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Elwyn, Robert & Lyon, Sumner
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Grumman at War

Description: This film covers the design, testing, production, and South Pacific combat record of Grumman F6F fighter aircraft.
Date: 1944
Duration: 39 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Phelps, Leroy G.; Elwyn, Robert; Rodakiewicz, Henwar; Knox, Gordon & Nagel, Conrad
Partner: UNT Media Library
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The Grumman Gulfstream

Description: This film discusses the Grumman Gulfstream airplane, its construction, and the qualities that make it useful, specifically for traveling business men
Date: unknown
Duration: 15 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Milligan, Richard & Joyce, William F.
Partner: UNT Media Library
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Princeton Airport Dedication

Description: This film contains an unidentified press event held outside a building labeled Princeton Aviation Elev 160 and Gulf Oil. A Piper N7968W aircraft is displayed to the crowd following the press conference.
Date: unknown
Duration: 10 minutes 01 second
Partner: UNT Media Library
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The King Means Business

Description: This film shows how Yale Load King electric hoists can improve production safety and efficiency for both small and large factories and workshops.
Date: unknown
Duration: 16 minutes 53 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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The Seven Wonders of Wool

Description: A film of Dorothy Burgess educating consumers on the seven wonders of wool: its wrinkle resistance, its absorbancy, its insulating properties, its "dye affinity," its heat and flame resistance, the way it's "easy to handle," and its durability.
Date: unknown
Duration: 20 minutes 26 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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