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The City

Clip #: TFA-236A
Length: 41:33
Year: 1939
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
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Highway Mania

Clip #: TFA-307C
Length: 14:41
Year: 1937
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Driver safety film narrated by Lowell Thomas that shows many examples of perilous driving.

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The Living City

Clip #: TFA-214B
Length: 24:44
Year: 1953
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
An award winning documentary short by John Barnes and Haskel Wexler which surveys the need for redevelopment of American cities and the forces which have created problems in urban areas; describes obstacles which deter the elimination of blighted areas and tenements and the relief of traffic...

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The Fifth Freedom

Clip #: TFA-353B
Length: 8:40
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
A promotional film by Allegheny Ludlum Steel about the contributions of the steel industry to the U.S. economy in the early 1950s.

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Last Clear Chance

Clip #: TFA-344B
Length: 24:44
Year: 1959
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Last Clear Chance is a 1959 American short film produced and directed by Robert Carlisle. Sponsored by Union Pacific Railroad, Last Clear Chance is a safety film intended to warn young drivers to be careful at railroad crossings.On the day young Alan receives his driver's license, Officer Hal...

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Clearing The Way

Clip #: TFA-298A
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Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Documentary about the planning and construction of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City and the changing neighborhood of Turtle Bay.

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Mainline USA

Clip #: TFA-331N
Length: 14:08
Year: 1957
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Industrial film presented by The Association of American Railroads about the importance of railroads to the economy.

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Big Trains Rolling

Clip #: TFA-262A
Length: 24:55
Year: 1955
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Publicity film detailing how trains have kept the United States economy going by transporting passengers and freight.

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Our Shrinking World

Clip #: TFA-40E
Length: 9:54
Year: 1946
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Shows the development of transportation and communication, and the resultant bringing together of the world.

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St Louis, Gateway to the West

Clip #: TFA-343B
Length: 22:11
Year: 1965
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1960s
Description:
A Southwestern Bell Telephone Company promotional film about St Louis, Missouri, showing the modernization of the city prior to the completion of the Gateway Arch.

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