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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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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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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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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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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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Highway Hearing (Part II)
(1956)
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... Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Infrastructure: Roads and highways;Car culture: General; Duration: 00:14:22 Popularity (downloads): 351 |
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Highway Hearing (Part I)
(1956)
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... Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Infrastructure: Roads and highways;Car culture: General; Duration: 00:14:46 Popularity (downloads): 838 |
