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the educational
films of our youth.
Do I have any volunteers to run the projector? 16mm educational films were used in schools until recently, when they have been replaced by the cheaper videotape. When I was in school, it was always great fun to watch movies in school. Of course, I always volunteered to run the projector. Thousands of 16 mm educational films were made between the
1920's and
the 1990's. They are not appreciated the way big Hollywood
productions
are, but can provide an interesting and amusing glimpse into our
society
through the decades. I have been collecting them for many
years.
Sometimes I am selling off duplicates or freeing up storage
space.
See the links below. Many of the films appear dated and campy, but others are a
great historical resource. They are wonderful little
documentaries showing vanished ways of life throughout the world.
Others are great examples of filmmaking. Others are thinly
disguised propaganda. Eventually, I hope to add more information to this page about educational film collecting. Stay tuned! A brief history of Educational film producers
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Other web sites of interest to fans of classic Educational Films:
Skip Elsheimer in Raleigh, NC runs the AV Geeks. He has put on
a running series of educational and industrial classics for many years
in Raleigh. Skip specializes in the early and campy stuff, and is
not afraid to poke fun at the films. He has put together
videotape compilations of some of his programs, for those who can't see
the real films.
http://www.avgeeks.com
Geoff Alexander in San Jose, California runs Cine 16. He has
put on a running series of educational and industrial classics for many
years in San Jose. His approach is a more scholarly study of the
filmmakers. He specializes in material from the 1960's through
the early 1980's and is most interested in the higher quality
"academic" film.
Home of the Academic Film Archive of North America :
http://www.cine16.com
The above link has been unreliable recently, try instead:
http://www.afana.org
If you have a fast internet connection, Rick Prelinger has
made
many great educational and industrial films available as downloadable
video:
http://www.archive.org/movies/
The Home Film Preservation Guide. An excellent guide to film
preservation,
targeted at the amateur:
http://www.filmforever.org
Conservation On Line at Stanford University, a great list of
articles
on film preservation:
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/motion-pictures/
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