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Our Home Town: Doylestown, Pa.
(1954)
Advertising film presenting landmarks, businesses and people of a Philadelphia suburb. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Philadelphia, Pa. (metropolitan area);Cities: U.S.;Suburbia; Duration: 00:15:35 Popularity (downloads): 72 |
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Our Home Town: Levittown, Pa.
(1954)
Advertising film presenting landmarks, businesses and people of a well-known Philadelphia suburb, one of the planned communities built by William Levitt & Sons. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Levittown, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa. (metropolitan area);Suburbia; Duration: 00:21:45 Popularity (downloads): 161 |
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It Happened in Norristown (Part II)
(1937)
Advertising film presenting landmarks, businesses and people of a town outside Philadelphia during the Depression. Producer and director: Edwin Cooper. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Norristown, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa. (metropolitan area);Landscapes: Cultural; Duration: 00:21:29 Popularity (downloads): 67 |
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It Happened in Norristown (Part I)
(1937)
Advertising film presenting landmarks, businesses and people of a town outside Philadelphia during the Depression. Producer and director: Edwin Cooper. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Norristown, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa. (metropolitan area);Landscapes: Cultural; Duration: 00:16:24 Popularity (downloads): 74 |
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Place to Live, A
(1948)
Slum clearance and the construction of new housing in Philadelphia. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Urban renewal;Philadelphia;City planning; Duration: 00:15:50 Popularity (downloads): 606 |
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Miracle on the Delaware
(1955)
Mid-Fifties slices of life and landscape in Philadelphia and surrounding towns. With excellent color footage of downtown scenes, neighborhoods, the Mummers Parade, Levittown, factories in Camden, New Jersey, and many... Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Philadelphia, Pa.;Cities: U.S., Northeast;Levittown, Pa.; Duration: 00:09:31 Popularity (downloads): 66 |
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It Happened in Mayfair
(1937)
Advertising film presenting landmarks, businesses and people of a neighborhood in northeast Philadelphia during the Depression. Presented by Herb Shulman, manager of the Mayfair Theatre. Producer and director: Edwin Cooper.... Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Philadelphia, Pa.;Cities: U.S.;Landscapes: Cultural; Duration: 00:17:09 Popularity (downloads): 140 |
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Family Portrait
How the Metropolitan Life Insurance company operates. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Insurance; Duration: 00:32:19 Popularity (downloads): 229 |
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Three to Get Ready: A Progress Report from BART
(1967)
Shows stages in the construction of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: San Francisco Bay Area: BART;Transportation: Subways and metros;San Francisco Bay Area: Infrastructure; Duration: 00:13:30 Popularity (downloads): 144 |
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California Is Climate
(1958)
Promotional film for the eastern San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda and part of Contra Costa counties) emphasizing its excellent weather, advanced infrastructure, and cultural and economic advantages. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda County;San Francisco Bay Area: Industry;Weather; Duration: 00:13:51 Popularity (downloads): 136 |
