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Safe Roads
(1935)
Driving is compared with running a railroad train. With excellent images of steam-era passenger trains. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Infrastructure: Roads and highways;Safety: Automotive; Duration: 00:07:37 Popularity (downloads): 1097 |
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Conquering Roads
(1937)
Highway engineering and development in the pre-Interstate era. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Infrastructure: Roads and highways;Land use;Civil engineering; Duration: 00:08:48 Popularity (downloads): 1040 |
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Wheels of Progress
(1927)
Reviews the history of transportation in the U.S. and promotes the economic and social benefits of more and better public roads. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Infrastructure: Roads and highways;Automobiles: History; Duration: 00:13:41 Popularity (downloads): 711 |
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Lincoln Highway Dedication
(1915)
Dedication of the western terminus of the Lincoln Highway (old U.S. 30) in Lincoln Park, San Francisco. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: San Francisco: Infrastructure;Infrastructure: Roads and highways;Celebrations; Duration: 00:01:03 Popularity (downloads): 314 |
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Caught Mapping
(1940)
How road maps are drawn, field-checked and printed. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Cartography;Geography;Infrastructure: Roads and highways; Duration: 00:08:51 Popularity (downloads): 188 |
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Building a Highway
(1948)
Major steps in the construction of a two-lane (pre-Interstate) highway. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Infrastructure: Roads and highways; Duration: 00:10:18 Popularity (downloads): 318 |
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Give Yourself the Green Light
(1954)
Advocacy film produced to garner public support for the creation of the Interstate Highway System. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Infrastructure: Roads and highways; Car culture: General; Manifest destiny; Duration: 00:24:07 Popularity (downloads): 327 |
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Your Permit to Drive
(1951)
Talking driver's license narrates this hymn to the beneficial effects of highways, cars, and driving. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Safety: Driving;Car culture;Infrastructure: Roads and highways; Duration: 00:10:17 Popularity (downloads): 122 |
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California State Highway 101 Opening
(1929)
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;... Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: San Francisco: Infrastructure;Celebrations;Infrastructure: Roads; Duration: 00:03:42 Popularity (downloads): 245 |
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Freedom of the American Road (Part II)
(1955)
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... Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Infrastructure: Roads;San Francisco: Infrastructure;Manifest destiny; Duration: 00:10:35 Popularity (downloads): 783 |
