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8001. Jell-O "How Close" (00:59)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Jell-O
Summary:
Cups of strawberries, oranges, and cherries are shown before being replaced with cups full of strawberries, oranges, and cherry flavored Jell-O. The narrator then states this is how close you can ...

8002. Dorothy Gray "Eye Makeup" (01:02)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Dorothy Gray
Summary:
A man and woman sits in a convertible while French music plays in the background. The woman bats her eyes at the man through the rear view mirror showing off her Dorothy Gray eye makeup. The man th...

8003. Desert Dri Deodorant "Instant Commercial" (00:59)

Date:
1966
Main contributors:
Desert Dri Deodorant
Summary:
A narrator explains that Desert Dri Deodorant is the best deodorant for women and provides 24 hour sweat protection. As the narrator speaks a woman models the deodorant.

8004. PSA "Starve a Rat Today" (01:00)

Date:
1969
Summary:
As a woman talks on the phone a rat sneaks into a garbage pile by using a telephone wire. An announcer warns the viewers that the only way to stop a rat is to use a garbage can with a lid.

8005. Dana Perfumes "Pullman" (01:00)

Date:
1968
Main contributors:
Dana Perfumes
Summary:
A wealthy man in the gilded era applies Pullman Cologne before going out to meet his wife on the porch of an extravagant Pullman train car.

8007. Van Heusen "Ocean" (01:01)

Date:
1962 to 1964
Main contributors:
Van Heusen
Summary:
An advertisement for Van Heusen apparel in which a man walks out of the ocean on his way to an office building modeling the brand's line of men's shirts with "wash and ready" technology. Submitted ...

8008. The Great Lakes (21:34)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
National Film Board of Canada; Crawley Films Limited
Summary:
A Canadian film production addressed to U.S. audiences, showing the industrial and commercial cooperation between the two nations as it occurs throughout the Great Lakes. "The Great Lakes are shown...

8009. Revlon "Touch and Glow" (01:05)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Revlon
Summary:
A man and woman are on a midnight date by a pond. The woman's glowing complexion is attributed to Revlon Touch and Glow makeup.

8010. Camay Soap "Skin" (01:01)

Date:
1966
Main contributors:
Camay Soap
Summary:
A woman rides her motorcycle as a narrator explains that the woman uses Camay Soap which is why her skin is so beautiful.

8011. Allerest "Animals" (01:02)

Date:
1964
Main contributors:
Allerest
Summary:
A man sneezes when animals, dust, and ragweed are presented before him. A spokesman diagnoses the man with allergies and encourages the man and the audience to take Allerest to alleviate their alle...

8012. Mennen "Tender Aide" (01:01)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Mennen
Summary:
The commercial show how Mennen Tender Aide can heal diaper rash.

8013. Ritz Crackers "Sardines" (00:11)

Date:
1966
Main contributors:
Ritz
Summary:
An advertisement for Ritz crackers in which an animation of the brand logo consumes a package of sardines. Submitted for Clio Awards category Short Spots.

8014. L'Aimant Spray Mist "Bathe In It" (00:22)

Date:
1964
Main contributors:
Coty
Summary:
An advertisement for L'Aimant de Coty Spray Mist featuring images of a woman spraying the product on, accompanied by percussive music. The woman addresses the camera, and a male narrator states, "G...

8015. Playworld "Playworld" (00:32)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Playworld
Summary:
A Playworld theme song plays as the commercial shows Playworld toys and cartoon images of children.

8016. Your National Bank [unknown title 2] (00:13)

Date:
1959 to 1976
Main contributors:
Your National Bank
Summary:
An advertisement or Your National Bank in which an animated boy takes his piggy bank to the bank teller and it winks at him. Submitted for Clio Awards category Banks.

8017. French's "Scalloped Potatoes" (01:01)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
French's
Summary:
An advertisement for French's packaged scallop potatoes in which a narrator describes the product's cooking process and two people eat the completed dish. Submitted for Clio Awards category Package...

8018. Supp-hose Stockings [unknown title 2] (00:20)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Kayser-Roth
Summary:
An advertisement for Supp-hose stockings in which two women declare that they are wearing the product. An offscreen male narrator describes the product over images of a woman trying it on. Submitte...

8019. General Electric Co. "Importance of Progress" (03:06)

Date:
1961
Summary:
In this General Electric Theater, the narrator talks about the recent contribution General Electric has made to the aviation, law enforcement, lighting, medical, and cooking industries.

8020. Genesee "Projector" (01:00)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Genesee
Summary:
An advertisement for Genesee Beer in which an animated man holding a projector enter the living room of a couple. He sets up the projector and a screen, scaring a cat, and displays a Genesee Beer a...

8021. General Electric Co. "Research Lab" (03:14)

Date:
1961
Summary:
In this episode of General Electric Theater, the General Electric research facility is showcase. Some of the project the facility is working on relate to gas, thermionic conversion, and hypersonic ...

8022. Marconi TV & Stereo Sets "Burglar" (01:01)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Marconi TV & Stereo Sets
Summary:
A bugler breaks into a home but gets caught by the police because he couldn’t decide if he should steal the Marconi TV or the Marconi stereo.

8023. Sea Pak Frozen Shrimp "Deep Sea Flavor" (01:01)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Sea Pak
Summary:
An advertisement for Sea Pak frozen shrimp in which a couple dines on the product and a narrator describes how it is made. Submitted for Clio Awards category Packaged Foods.

8024. Utica Club Beer "Visit to Germany" (01:02)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Utica Club
Summary:
An advertisement for Utica Club Beer in which a pair of talking beer steins ("Schultz" and "Uncle Rudolph") talk about how the beer is authentically German. The ad concludes with a female beer stei...

8025. Pepsi "Fair" (01:00)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Pepsi
Summary:
An advertisement for Pepsi in which a young couple visits a fair, while an offscreen male narrator describes how the product is made for people who "think young." A female voice sings a jingle as t...

8026. Belvedere Cigarettes "Paper Airplane" (01:00)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Belvedere Cigarettes
Summary:
An advertisement for Belvedere cigarettes in which a male narrator tells a man that Belvedere is including a coupon in some packs of cigarettes. The man is folding up his coupon into a paper airpla...

8027. Molson Beer [unidentified] (01:00)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Molson
Summary:
An advertisement for Molson Beer in which a male narrator speaks in French Canadian about "La Force De L'Age" (translated The Strength of the Age) while music plays and images of construction are s...

8028. Gillette "9 to 5" (00:59)

Date:
1967
Main contributors:
Gillette
Summary:
A man face is labeled a 9 for being the toughest kind of face to shave and requiring a person to set the setting on a Gillette Adjustable Razor to 9. However, with the new Gillette razorblade he ca...

8029. Vitalis Hair Tonic "Sculptured Head" (00:59)

Date:
1968
Main contributors:
Vitalis
Summary:
A sculptor uses clay and a mannequin head to show different hair styles as a narrator explains how Vitalis can be used to improve anyone’s style.

8030. Johnson & Johnson "Baby Cream" (01:01)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Johnson & Johnson
Summary:
A father wakes up and trips over a toy horse. He walks into the room and find his wife applying baby cream to their daughter. The wife explains to him why she is applying the cream and the father r...

8031. Pana-Arm Desktop Lamps "Dancing Lamps" (00:32)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
Pana-Arm
Summary:
A Spanish-language advertisement for Pana-Arm desktop lamps in which two stop-motion animated lamps dance and declare love for each other. One of the winners of the 1975 Clio Awards.

8032. Budweiser Beer "Five Kings" (01:03)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Anheuser-Busch
Summary:
An advertisement for Budweiser in which four men play a card game around a table. One of the men declares he has a hand of five kings and proceeds to lay out four kings on the table, followed by a ...

8033. Family In Tokyo (15:48)

Date:
1961
Summary:
Shows home life of a typical Japanese family in Tokyo, pointing out customs that are similar to, and different from, those in America. Stresses the warm relationship between parents and children.

8035. [Stillman-IU cultural exchange c. 1964] (08:15)

Date:
1964
Summary:
Footage of the Stillman College-IU Cultural Exchange circa 1964. Footage features the IU delegation traveling by plane, the meet and greet between IU and Stillman College, Stillman College Orchestr...

8036. Lines horizontal (06:04)

Alternative title:
Lignes horizontales
Date:
1960
Main contributors:
See Other Contributors
Summary:
An experimental film created by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart in which a sheaf of lines, constantly gyrating, group and regroup harmoniously in accord with music composed and played on wind and...

8037. [Tribute to Undine Moore] (11:02)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
This film opens in a classroom, showing a music teacher working through a piece with a group of string musicians. He goes on to talk about an influential teacher he had at Virginia State College na...

8038. A study in choreography for camera (02:37)

Date:
1945
Summary:
In this film the cinematographic space becomes itself an active element of the dance rather than being an area in which the dance takes place. The dancer shares with the camera and the cutting a co...

8039. [Bolex and tripod set-up] (09:08)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Unknown man setting up a Bolex on a tripod in order to film the construction of a building, possibly the Stadium.

8040. Action + Agency: Storytelling + Filmmaking (13:30)

Date:
2025
Summary:
Camera-less film made by participants at an event 'Action + Agency: Storytelling + Filmmaking' held at the Grunwald Gallery of Art on Thursday March 6, 2025. This multi-faceted event featured live...

8041. Journey to the center of a triangle (08:57)

Date:
1976
Main contributors:
Bruce Cornwell; Katharine Cornwell
Summary:
Animation and a musical background are used to locate incenters, circumcenters, centroids, and orthocenters in a number of triangles. The film was created on the Tektronics 4051 Graphics Terminal.

8042. A day in the life of Bonnie Consolo (16:29)

Date:
1975
Summary:
Portrait of a woman who was born without arms, yet leads a normal and productive life. Follows her through a typical day as she cares for her home and family, and explains her thoughts about her ha...

8043. [Unknown Sears Crowell] (04:13)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Professor Sears Crowell's interest in marine biology began when he took classes at the Children’s School of Sciences in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. As a teenager, he worked at the Marine Biological ...

8044. Total communication (09:20)

Date:
1978
Summary:
Three cheerleaders performing cheers. The cheerleaders are also deaf. We see them communicating with others through sign language.

8046. [Helga Winold Project - Print Roll #1] (21:43)

Date:
unknown
Summary:
Helga Winold research footage studying the movement of cello players - both in real time and slowed down. Helga Winold is a concert cellist and former Professor of Music in the Jacobs School of Mu...

8047. Reflections no. 11 (06:48)

Date:
1950
Summary:
Patterns of light reflected from variColored plastics dance and flicker, giving the impression of an abstract ballet. There is instrumental and vocal accompaniment. Made by Jim Davis, an American...

8048. Indianapolis attacks its slums (2:55:53)

Date:
1958
Summary:
Contains aerial photography, animation, and charts to show methods used by Indianapolis to effect slum clearance. Pictures city officials as they cite the need for rebuilding slum areas and tells o...

8049. Parabola (08:45)

Date:
1937
Summary:
Presents a rhythmical development and elaboration of parabolic curves synchronized with the Darius Milhaud ballet suite "La Creation du Monde."

8050. [Tennis Match] (03:26)

Date:
unknown
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
Silent amateur short demonstrating proper racket grip and forehand swing. Shows some footage of children taking a tennis lesson.