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1950s - Great footage of switchboard operators at work at the phone company in 1950. Stock Video

1930s - Workers at an American automobile car factory in 1930s. Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1940s - Good shots of Tokyo in the 1940's. Editorial Stock Video

1930s - American car and automobile factory workings at the General Motors plant in 1933. Editorial Stock Video

1950s - In 1950s offices, modern secretaries work for the phone company. Stock Video

1970s - Hippies smoke dope and pot and do drugs at a rock concert in the 1970s. Stock Video

1940s - Images of World War Two include bombings, jeeps, tanks and armored vehicles. Stock Video

1950s - A documentary film from the 1950s about tuberculosis. Editorial Stock Video

1950s - The first child receives the Salk polio vaccine in 1956. Stock Video

CIRCA 1950s - Film production in Japan after World War Two, includes good scenes of film production in general. Editorial Stock Video

1920s - Activities in a general store in 1925. Editorial Stock Video

1940s - People celebrate on the streets of New York City following Japan's surrender in World War Two. Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1950s - A program made to coach people about how to appear on TV. Editorial Stock Video

1950s: Dramatic re-enactments of historic bacteriologists Van Leeuwenhoek, Pasteur and Koch Editorial Stock Video

1980s - Launch of space shuttle discovery Stock Video

1950s - The wonders of the telephone in the modern American home, 1950. Stock Video

1950s - A couple boards a modern airplane in 1950 which taxis away and is seen in flight. Stock Video

1940s - The history of typewriter technology is shown along with current models of the 1940s. Stock Video

1930s - Workers at the General Motors automobile car factory in Detroit in 1933. Stock Video

1930s - Workers stream into the General Motors automobile factory in the 1930s as whole towns spring up around the car industry in Michigan. Editorial Stock Video

1950s - A man accidently triggers a futuristic experiment in a laboratory. Editorial Stock Video

1940s - An overview of how banks operate through deposits and loans Stock Video

1950s - In 1950, people order telephones for the first time. Stock Video

1940s - Atomic bomb blast footage followed by shot of destruction of Japanese city. Stock Video

1930s - The results of the passage of the national housing act are seen through examples of current construction and employment. Stock Video

1960s - Raw silent news footage of events leading up to the John F. Kennedy assassination. Editorial Stock Video

1960s - A happy family goes on a visit to a dairy farm in 1963. Stock Video

1900s - A trip down Market Street in San Francisco shows a fascinating glimpse of the city before the devastating earthquake of 1906. Stock Video

CIRCA 1960s - A man at the beach plays a very dumb game of beach ball with his kids after eating Sunbeam Bread in this vintage 1950s commercial. Editorial Stock Video

1950s - People get shots to prevent the polio outbreak in 1956. Stock Video

1950s - A guided missile launches into space. Stock Video

CIRCA 1960s - A boy dressed as a cowboy hops on his bicycle and races to the market to buy Sunbeam Bread in this vintage 1950s commercial. Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1940s - Emperor Hirohito is depicted as an absolutist monarch and tyrant and his people as sheepish followers in this 1943 propaganda film. Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1930s - Artist Raymond Barthe works in his studio in the 1930's. Editorial Stock Video

1950s - The legal, personnel, PR or HR department at your local phone company in 1950. Stock Video

1930s - Racist overtones accompany this 1933 documentary about cotton sharecroppers in the South. Stock Video

1950s - A documentary film about tuberculosis in the 1950s. Stock Video

CIRCA 1950s - A car creature come down from Mars and is appalled by the behavior of drivers on Earth. Editorial Stock Video

1970s - A Ford automobile factory assembly line in 1974 as cars are manufactured. Editorial Stock Video

1920s - Activities inside a general store with a merchant in 1925. Stock Video

1930s - Large forests are felled in logging operations in the 1930s to supply industrial America with wood. Stock Video

1950s - A documentary film about tuberculosis from 1955. Stock Video

1940s - Montage of all aspects of life in Mexico city starting at morning and moving into lunchtime Stock Video

1920s - Activities inside a country store or general store in 1925. Stock Video

1930s - Inside a tire factory in 1935. Stock Video

1930s - Famous dancers of the burlesque stage exhibit their strippers in a 1930s stag film. Editorial Stock Video

1960s - News footage of the events leading up to the Kennedy assassination in Dallas. Editorial Stock Video

1950s - Scientists in laboratories attack the polio epidemic in 1956. Stock Video

CIRCA 1960s - A happy family goes on a visit to a dairy farm in 1963. Editorial Stock Video

1950s - We see how plastic wrap is used to protect food which is soon to be served as well as that which will be stored in the refrigerator. Stock Video

1950s - A high school or college football game from the 1950s. Stock Video

1930s - Lovely Rene The Toast Of paris performs a striptease in this 1930s burlesque stag film. Editorial Stock Video

1940s - Silent footage from a psychiatric hospital in the 1940s with patients displaying various forms of psychological disorders particularly catatonic states. Stock Video

1930s - Alyce Bryce in Jungle Dreams features a burlesque striptease act in the 1930s, a stag film. Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1950s - The home economist demonstrates how to properly seal meats for freezer storage. Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1930s - Artist Raymond Barthe works in his studio in the 1930's. Editorial Stock Video

1930s - The workings of an American car and steel factory in 1933. Stock Video

1960s - Dinner time on the farm in 1963. Stock Video

1950s - An educational film which shows students how glands affect our emotions, in 195 and a polygraph test. Stock Video

1960s - A strange reenactment of cavemen inventing communication ends with sore feet' Editorial Stock Video

1940s - This 1948 film looks at the distribution of milk and dairy products. Stock Video

1920s - The goings on in a general store in 1925. Stock Video

1960s - Air Force support for troops on the ground in the Vietnam War in 1965. Stock Video

1950s - Dramatic re-enactments of historic bacteriologists Van Leeuwenhoek, Pasteur and Koch Editorial Stock Video

1940s - Women are trained in war production and to work in factories during World War Two. Stock Video

1940s - Historical re-enactment of the discovery of x rays, from a 1940 film. Editorial Stock Video

1940s: Adding milk, vanilla and eggs to cake mix in this archival cooking show from 1945. Editorial Stock Video

1950s: The work of bees is seen, gathering pollen, fertilizing flowers. Enemies of bees, wasps and ants are seen in battle with bees. Stock Video

1950s - Scientists at the Bell laboratories invent and modify transistors for communications in 1950. Stock Video

1910s - A steamship on the high seas in this 1912 silent film. Stock Video

1940s - The milkman delivers the milk in 1948. Stock Video

1940s - Milk is our most important food in this educational film from 1948. Stock Video

CIRCA 1960s - A strange renactment of cavemen inventing communication ends with sore fet' Editorial Stock Video

1900s - Fascinating footage of Market Street in San Francisco prior to the great earthquake of 1906. Stock Video

1940s - Shots of Seattle in 1947 including shipbuilding, manufacturing and transportation. Stock Video

CIRCA 1940s - Japan dominates on the battlefield and in the war in 1943 in this propaganda film. Editorial Stock Video

1940s - Meat is tested under the microscope in this 1942 film about trichinosis and food poisoning. Stock Video

1960s - Raw silent news footage of events leading up to the John F. Kennedy assassination. Editorial Stock Video

1950s - A psychology professor teaches us about emotions. Stock Video

1950s - The making of telephone directories in 1950. Stock Video

1950s - A film about understanding your emotions attempts to teach teenagers how to cope with their feelings, 1950. Stock Video

1940s - Dr. William Coolidge speaks about how he perfected x ray technology. Stock Video

1950s - POW's return from Korean War to cheering crowds and loving families. Stock Video

CIRCA 1930s - Aaron Douglas, African American painter, at work in his studio in the 1930's. Editorial Stock Video

1960s - Raw footage surrounding the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby. Stock Video

CIRCA 1950s - Films are produced, reviewed and censored by Japanese officials after World War Two. Includes good scenes of film production. Editorial Stock Video

1960s - Raw silent footage of the events surrounding the John F. Kennedy assassination Stock Video

1930s - A training film from the Ford Motor Company teaches aspiring salesmen how to sell used automobiles and cars in the showroom. Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1960s - A boy dressed as a cowboy runs from his house when he discovers the Sunbeam Bread is missing, and buys more from a small store. Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1950s - The cultural diversity of New York City in the 1950's. Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1950s - The general characteristics of identifying marijuana plants and marijuana's effects on the user are discussed. Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1940s - Japanese Shinto religious practice and indoctrination of school children is depicted as brainwashing in this 1940's propaganda film. Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1930s - A montage of various jobs done by African American workers in the 1920's and 1930's. Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1940s - Lenore Benton demonstrates how to load paper, how to handle carbon paper and how to remove paper Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1950s - The home economist demonstrates how to properly seal meats for freezer storage. Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1960s - We see people in Columbus Georgia lining up for their Polio vaccine in the 1960's. Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1960s - We see people in Columbus Georgia lining up for their Polio vaccine in the 1960's. Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1960s - Raw silent footage of the events surrounding the John F. Kennedy assassination Editorial Stock Video

CIRCA 1960s - Home movie style footage of Moscow and Red Square. Editorial Stock Video

1950s - Family leaves for a vacation, along the way they stop for a picnic. The think back upon everything they had to do the day before. Stock Video

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