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1. Parent To Child About Sex
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2. Sudden Birth
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3. Of Heaven and Home
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4. VD is for Everybody
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5. Hellman's Mayonnaise Commercial
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6. Young Lover Message (from Drive-In Movie Ads)
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7. Gay Sex before Zippers
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8. If Mirrors Could Speak : Self-Image Film
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9. Year 1999 AD
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10. Welcome Animation (from Drive-In Movie Ads)
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1. Sudden Birth
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2. If Mirrors Could Speak : Self-Image Film
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3. VD is for Everybody
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4. Private SNAFU - Booby Traps
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5. Gay Sex before Zippers
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6. Beginning Responsibility: Lunchroom Manners
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7. Drugs Are Like That
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8. Parent To Child About Sex
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9. Operation Ivy
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10. Our Mr. Sun
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Staff Picks

1. Pop Goes The Whistle
   
2. Drive-in: Coming Soon-Fri,Sat,Sun-Color Swirl
   
3. Ecology Emerges: Jerry Mander
   
4. We Won't Go Back
   
5. Brothers and Sisters - filmstrip
   
6. Ecology Emerges: Monica Moore
   
7. The Farm
   
8. Pie Fight 1969
   
9. If Mirrors Could Speak : Self-Image Film
   
10. VD is for Everybody
    

Spotlight Item

[Rural Civil Defense TV Spots 1965]
Public service announcements by the U.S. Civil Defense office inform farmers what to do in case of nuclear attack using marionettes. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC.

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907 itemsWelcome to Ephemeral Films

Ephemeral films are non-fiction films usually made for educational, industrial, or promotional purposes. The two classic ephemeral film collections found on the Archive are the Prelinger Archives and AV Geeks.

In addition to these classic collections, you may view guidance films from the post-World War II British government, drive-in movie intermission ads, and videos documenting the history of San Francisco from 1906 to the early 21st Century. Many of these films are available for free download.

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	A/V Geeks The A/V Geeks Film Archive is an ephemeral film collection curated by Skip Elsheimer. What started as a hobby more than ten years is now a lifetime commitment. His collection has grown to over 20,000...	770 items
	British Government Public Information Films This small collection of public information films from the British government produced during the years 1945 to 1952 is quite entertaining. Topics include public health, travel, traffic, education,...	22 items
	Drive-In Movie Ads Super short advertisements used during intermission at drive-in movie theaters during the 1950's and early 1960's to get people to consume junk food from the concession stand, may be viewed here. ...	157 items
	Shaping San Francisco Highlights of the people's history of San Francisco are featured in these short video clips: footage from just after the 1906 Quake, views of the 1917 Ironworkers Strike, Mayor Rossi's speech during...	134 items

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