39,985
40K
Feb 16, 2022
02/22
Feb 16, 2022
by
Audio Productions, Inc.
movies
eye 39,985
favorite 58
comment 7
How direct long distance dialing made the U.S. a smaller place, and how instantaneous direct communication between Americans without operator assistance became possible.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: Communication: Telephone, Infrastructure: Information
11,638
12K
Jan 22, 2022
01/22
Jan 22, 2022
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 11,638
favorite 15
comment 5
How the Detroit Edison Company is a good citizen, employer and provider of electric power.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Electricity, Detroit, Michigan, Infrastructure: Electrical
25,446
25K
Dec 31, 2021
12/21
Dec 31, 2021
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 25,446
favorite 70
comment 4
How road maps are drawn, field-checked and printed.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Cartography, Geography, Infrastructure: Roads and highways
71,594
72K
Dec 2, 2021
12/21
Dec 2, 2021
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 71,594
favorite 65
comment 10
Building the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Bridges, San Francisco: Infrastructure, Occupations: Ironworkers
32
32
Oct 21, 2021
10/21
Oct 21, 2021
by
Paoli, Letizia
texts
eye 32
favorite 0
comment 1
1 online resource (xiii, 374 pages) :
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Heroin abuse, Drug abuse, Drug traffic, Drug control, SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General, BUSINESS &...
33,371
33K
Sep 15, 2021
09/21
Sep 15, 2021
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 33,371
favorite 131
comment 11
Advocacy film produced to garner public support for the creation of the Interstate Highway System.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 11 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, Car culture: General, Manifest destiny
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Radio Program, American writers, American novelists, Crime fiction, Literature by theme,...
588
588
Feb 19, 2021
02/21
Feb 19, 2021
by
Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli
texts
eye 588
favorite 2
comment 1
Subtitled "Recommendations for the implementation of Cannabis policies aligned with international Human Rights standards, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 2016 UNGASS outcome document", this report explains how the reform of hemp and cannabis policies can sustain or make harder – depending on the policy options chosen – the attainment of the 2030 United Nations agenda for Sustainable Development. | The reformist trend in Cannabis policy globally is an ongoing...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Cannabis, hemp, marijuana, sustainable development, sustainability, global goals, sdg, sustainable...
6,198
6.2K
Oct 18, 2020
10/20
Oct 18, 2020
by
Fairbanks (Jerry) Productions
movies
eye 6,198
favorite 13
comment 6
Tribute to the mortgage banking industry and its role in building America's housing and industrial infrastructure.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: Houses and homes, Finance, Infrastructure: Construction
37,066
37K
Apr 19, 2018
04/18
Apr 19, 2018
by
Unknown
movies
eye 37,066
favorite 16
comment 2
Twin Peaks trolley tunnel under construction and opening ceremony.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topic: San Francisco: Infrastructure
13,662
14K
Jan 22, 2017
01/17
Jan 22, 2017
movies
eye 13,662
favorite 39
comment 4
Travelogue documentary distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and produced by the Van Beuren Corporation. Part of the World on Parade series.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Travelogues, Infrastructure: Water, Infrastructure: Roads and Bridges, Sustainability, Cities:...
22,974
23K
Nov 21, 2015
11/15
Nov 21, 2015
by
General Motors Photographic
movies
eye 22,974
favorite 36
comment 7
Talking driver's license narrates this hymn to the beneficial effects of highways, cars, and driving.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: Safety: Driving, Car culture, Infrastructure: Roads and highways
913
913
Aug 29, 2015
08/15
Aug 29, 2015
by
US military
texts
eye 913
favorite 0
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: ports, infrastructure, shipping, maps, military
7,831
7.8K
Jul 5, 2015
07/15
Jul 5, 2015
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 7,831
favorite 17
comment 3
On the importance of specifying long-life cast-iron soil pipes when you build your new home.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Construction, Houses and homes, Gender roles
40,164
40K
Sep 9, 2014
09/14
Sep 9, 2014
by
Dan Hubp
movies
eye 40,164
favorite 27
comment 5
From Globians film collection 2007: Y2K. It could have happened and it could happen again, anytime… –– Short film by Dan Hubp. At Globians Film Collection we track the work of Dan Hubp as a pivotal voice of American independent cinema blurring the boundaries between documentary and fictional work. We were very proud to show his latest short film "The Test" (USA 2007) at this years Globians Film Festival round. Part of this archive.org collection are two more of his films for...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Y2K, computer, IT, Information Technology, computer glitch, society, mashal law, infrastructure,...
22,349
22K
Aug 31, 2014
08/14
Aug 31, 2014
by
Archer Productions, Inc.
movies
eye 22,349
favorite 58
comment 9
Civil defense film admonishing U.S. city dwellers to stay and fight in case of enemy invasion, rather than evacuate. Filmed in New York and other cities.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Cold War, Infrastructure
25
25
Feb 26, 2014
02/14
Feb 26, 2014
audio
eye 25
favorite 0
comment 1
Host Berkeley Kid and the cast confront a penopticon, Domain Awareness Center, Homeland Security, centralized surveillance, the Oakland police, the mayor of Oakland, Agenda 21, globalization, strategic infrastructure zones, the Oakland Association of Lock Pickers, Scott Olsen, minimum wage, and Skyculture.com Featuring Kenneth McGee, Carol Denney, Lorri Holt, James King, Kyle Choate, Berkeley Kid, Daniel Neeley, Kurt Reinhardt, David Winter-Geezer. Produced by George Coates, directed by Bubba...
( 1 reviews )
Topics: penopticon, Domain Awareness Center, Homeland Security, centralized surveillance, Oakland police,...
26,732
27K
Feb 23, 2014
02/14
Feb 23, 2014
by
Levene (Carol)
movies
eye 26,732
favorite 11
comment 3
Shows stages in the construction of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: San Francisco Bay Area: BART, Transportation: Subways and metros, San Francisco Bay Area:...
12,006
12K
Oct 1, 2013
10/13
Oct 1, 2013
by
MPO Productions, Inc.
movies
eye 12,006
favorite 33
comment 3
Henry Ford II introduces this film designed to encourage private citizens to unite and support road improvement. Part of the lobbying campaign that culminated in legislation authorizing the Interstate Highway system in 1956, this film shows community efforts to improve and increase safety on the Bayshore Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area; congestion in Pittsburgh and the Golden Triangle redevelopment area; the economic benefits of Boston's circumferential highway, Route 128; and safety...
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, San Francisco: Infrastructure, Manifest destiny
13,227
13K
Oct 1, 2013
10/13
Oct 1, 2013
by
MPO Productions, Inc.
movies
eye 13,227
favorite 35
comment 3
Henry Ford II introduces this film designed to encourage private citizens to unite and support road improvement. Part of the lobbying campaign that culminated in legislation authorizing the Interstate Highway system in 1956, this film shows community efforts to improve and increase safety on the Bayshore Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area; congestion in Pittsburgh and the Golden Triangle redevelopment area; the economic benefits of Boston's circumferential highway, Route 128; and safety...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, San Francisco: Infrastructure, Manifest destiny
125,520
126K
May 4, 2013
05/13
May 4, 2013
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 125,520
favorite 315
comment 14
Definitive document of pre-World War II futuristic utopian thinking, as envisioned by General Motors. Documents the "Futurama" exhibit in GM's "Highways and Horizons" pavilion at the World's Fair, which looks ahead to the "wonder world of 1960."
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topics: Futurism, World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Infrastructure: Roads and highways
20,906
21K
Apr 5, 2013
04/13
Apr 5, 2013
movies
eye 20,906
favorite 23
comment 4
News Parade newsreel footage of the San Francisco World's Fair in 1939, the Golden Gate International Exposition. The fair was intended to celebrate the opening of two bridges, the Golden Gate and the Bay Bridge. It was held on Treasure Island. 0551 PA8123 San Francisco World's Fair (The News Parade)
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939, Newsreels, News Parade, Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge,...
14,569
15K
Feb 14, 2013
02/13
Feb 14, 2013
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 14,569
favorite 34
comment 4
Driving is compared with running a railroad train. With excellent images of steam-era passenger trains.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, Safety: Automotive
28,802
29K
Oct 5, 2012
10/12
Oct 5, 2012
by
Unknown
movies
eye 28,802
favorite 36
comment 4
History of telephone development from 1877 to 1935.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Communication: Telephone, Infrastructure: Information
17,198
17K
May 26, 2012
05/12
May 26, 2012
by
Baskaw (Frederick J).
movies
eye 17,198
favorite 35
comment 5
Advocates urban redevelopment and renewal, 1950s-style. Supports many planning strategies which are criticized today: the destruction of "blighted" neighborhoods in the name of progress, autocentric planning and construction, and suburban sprawl.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 5 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Construction, City planning, Urban renewal
4,910
4.9K
May 7, 2012
05/12
May 7, 2012
by
Universal-International
movies
eye 4,910
favorite 10
comment 2
Produced to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system. After a small town learns that it is to be bypassed by a new freeway, highway officials and politicians help to convince residents that the freeway is actually in their interest. The film ends as it began, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new stretch of highway.
favoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, Car culture: General
12,376
12K
Feb 19, 2012
02/12
Feb 19, 2012
by
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Resettlement Administration
movies
eye 12,376
favorite 50
comment 4
Classic documentary history of the exploitation of the resources of the Mississippi River Valley and the work being done to rehabilitate and reclaim the area. Director and writer: Pare Lorentz. Narrator: Thomas Chalmers. Photography: Willard Van Dyke, Stacey Woodard and Floyd Crosby. Editor: Leo Zochling. Music: Virgil Thomson.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: New Deal: Conservation, Rivers: Mississippi, Infrastructure
3,579
3.6K
Jan 29, 2012
01/12
Jan 29, 2012
movies
eye 3,579
favorite 6
comment 1
Silent black and white footage of San Francisco, including the Ferry Building clock tower and Ferryboats.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: San Francisco: Scenics: Historical, Infrastructure: Water, Motion Pictures: Amateur
32,869
33K
Apr 21, 2011
04/11
Apr 21, 2011
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 32,869
favorite 42
comment 3
How the electric company makes Cleveland the "best location in the nation." Introduced by Elmer L. Lindseth, President of Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. A biography of Mr. Lindseth may be found here .
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Electricity, Cleveland, Ohio, Infrastructure: Electrical
8,236
8.2K
Dec 4, 2010
12/10
Dec 4, 2010
by
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, San Francisco Operations Office
movies
eye 8,236
favorite 18
comment 2
Argues for peaceful uses of nuclear weapons in construction, civil engineering and extraction of natural resources. A document of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's "Plowshare" program.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Peaceful uses, Engineering, Infrastructure: Construction
12,688
13K
Dec 4, 2010
12/10
Dec 4, 2010
by
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, San Francisco Operations Office
movies
eye 12,688
favorite 22
comment 2
Argues for peaceful uses of nuclear weapons in construction, civil engineering and extraction of natural resources. A document of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's "Plowshare" program.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Peaceful uses, Engineering, Infrastructure: Construction
11,285
11K
Oct 14, 2010
10/10
Oct 14, 2010
by
ERPI Classroom Films
movies
eye 11,285
favorite 33
comment 3
How New York City gets its water and how that water is protected from pollution.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Water, Environment, Health and hygiene
1,617
1.6K
Aug 22, 2010
08/10
Aug 22, 2010
by
Nicholas John Sharp
audio
eye 1,617
favorite 1
comment 1
To get the 128pp book, click PDF on the left. To hear the ~20min talk, click the > play button on the right. Having trouble playing it? ... Then click HTTPS on the left, and download AZYPtalk.mp3 directly (eg "save link as" in firefox) eg to your desktop and play it from there with your preferred mp3 player. On a finite planet, there are rules. We cannot continue to use up non-renewables, or to use more and more of some renewables. We must nurture the land, waters, air, and...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: sustainability, renewables, solar, wind, infrastructure
18,723
19K
Jul 15, 2010
07/10
Jul 15, 2010
by
Baskaw (Frederick J).
movies
eye 18,723
favorite 63
comment 2
Advocates urban redevelopment and renewal, 1950s-style. Supports many planning strategies which are criticized today: the destruction of "blighted" neighborhoods in the name of progress, autocentric planning and construction, and suburban sprawl.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Construction, City planning, Urban renewal
26,330
26K
Feb 10, 2010
02/10
Feb 10, 2010
by
Harman (Hugh) Productions
movies
eye 26,330
favorite 22
comment 3
Tour of the modern interurban trolley system of San Francisco's East Bay and over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Predicts the bright postwar future of streetcar transit, with visionary images of advanced-design railcars. The Key System transbay service was abandoned in 1961.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: San Francisco: Infrastructure, Transportation: Interurban streetcars
14,922
15K
Feb 25, 2009
02/09
Feb 25, 2009
by
N/A
movies
eye 14,922
favorite 25
comment 3
Scenes on opening day.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topic: San Francisco: Infrastructure
37,486
37K
Dec 29, 2008
12/08
Dec 29, 2008
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 37,486
favorite 46
comment 3
Highway engineering and development in the pre-Interstate era.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, Land use, Civil engineering
24,989
25K
Dec 3, 2008
12/08
Dec 3, 2008
by
Pathescope Pictures
movies
eye 24,989
favorite 25
comment 3
Postwar expansion of telephone service made possible by development of microwave radio transmission and the transistor.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Communication: Telephone, Infrastructure: Information
54,198
54K
Jan 24, 2008
01/08
Jan 24, 2008
by
U.S. Department of the Interior
movies
eye 54,198
favorite 19
comment 2
Government-sponsored film about the building of the Boulder dam.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Motion pictures: Sponsored, Motion pictures: Government, Infrastructure: Dams, Infrastructure:...
6,732
6.7K
Jan 3, 2008
01/08
Jan 3, 2008
by
Frith Films
movies
eye 6,732
favorite 17
comment 3
Frith Films presents, Builders Of The Broad Highway, Part 1. Produced and Photographed by Emily Benton Firth, Commentator Don McNamara.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Sustainability, Infrastructure: Roads and Highways, Occupations:...
4,418
4.4K
Oct 6, 2007
10/07
Oct 6, 2007
by
Mother Jones Radio
audio
eye 4,418
favorite 1
comment 1
This week, we check in on Afghanistan with Sarah Chayes, who recently authored "The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban." Also, writer and environmentalist Bill McKibben takes a look at whether corporate social responsibility is for real — or if it's just "greenwashing." Plus, some American highways are being sold off to the highest bidder, leaving multinationals and Wall Street firms sitting happy on piles of cash. Interstate 90 in Indiana, the...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Afghanistan, Taliban, American infrastructure, privatization, Pinochet
5,751
5.8K
Feb 25, 2006
02/06
Feb 25, 2006
movies
eye 5,751
favorite 5
comment 4
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: Newsreels, Sustainability, Infrastructure: Water, Electricity, Grand Coulee
6,476
6.5K
Dec 28, 2005
12/05
Dec 28, 2005
by
Unknown
movies
eye 6,476
favorite 8
comment 2
Opening of California State Highway 101 at San Francisco, with 50,000 people in attendance; parade of automobiles from San Francisco Civic Center; Mayor James "Sunny Jim" Rolph of San Francisco; Mayor Taylor of San Mateo; county supervisors; Queen Clara Carli; aerial views of highway and air-to-air shots of airplane carrying dignitaries. The highway linked San Francisco with northern San Mateo County to the south.
favoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: San Francisco: Infrastructure, Celebrations, Infrastructure: Roads and highways
19,272
19K
Dec 17, 2005
12/05
Dec 17, 2005
by
Unknown
movies
eye 19,272
favorite 13
comment 1
Dedication of the western terminus of the Lincoln Highway (old U.S. 30), the legendary transcontinental route, in Lincoln Park, San Francisco.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: San Francisco: Infrastructure, Infrastructure: Roads and highways, Celebrations
18,869
19K
Sep 11, 2005
09/05
Sep 11, 2005
by
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture, Educational Film Service
movies
eye 18,869
favorite 56
comment 2
Reviews the history of transportation in the U.S. and promotes the economic and social benefits of more and better public roads..
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, Automobiles: History
4,115
4.1K
Aug 7, 2005
08/05
Aug 7, 2005
by
Universal-International Newsreel
movies
eye 4,115
favorite 2
comment 2
Dedication ceremony for dam built to supply water for Hawthorne Ammunition Depot, an isolated naval base in the Nevada desert. Newsreel story.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Newsreels, Infrastructure: Dams, Hawthorne, Nevada
10,634
11K
May 11, 2005
05/05
May 11, 2005
by
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in collaboration with Six Companies, Inc. and The Babcock & Wilcox Company
movies
eye 10,634
favorite 8
comment 2
Shows the beginning of construction on the Hoover Dam (later called Boulder Dam) project in southern Nevada. With excellent footage of Boulder City, the model housing community built to provide residences for project workers.
favoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Dams, Boulder Dam, Nevada
7,880
7.9K
May 11, 2005
05/05
May 11, 2005
by
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in collaboration with Six Companies, Inc. and The Babcock & Wilcox Company
movies
eye 7,880
favorite 8
comment 2
Shows the beginning of construction on the Hoover Dam (later called Boulder Dam) project in southern Nevada. With excellent footage of Boulder City, the model housing community built to provide residences for project workers.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Dams, Boulder Dam, Nevada
10,431
10K
Apr 12, 2005
04/05
Apr 12, 2005
by
Castle Films
movies
eye 10,431
favorite 20
comment 4
The World Parade, produced by Castle Films, distributed by University of Alabama 0659 PA8627 Golden Gate City
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews )
Topics: San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Bay Area: Infrastructure, San Francisco: Scenics: Historical
5,480
5.5K
Mar 5, 2005
03/05
Mar 5, 2005
by
Universal-International
movies
eye 5,480
favorite 27
comment 2
Produced to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system. After a small town learns that it is to be bypassed by a new freeway, highway officials and politicians help to convince residents that the freeway is actually in their interest. The film ends as it began, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new stretch of highway.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, Car culture: General
