This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created.
Innovations in the bowling world are featured in this 1960 promotional film produced by American bowling equipment manufacturer Brunswick.
A promotional film for United States Savings Bonds
Dore Schary presents clips from upcoming Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films.
This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is processed and features behind-the-scenes glimpses of current MGM productions.
Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at work.
A chronicle of gay culture in New York during the post-Stonewall, pre-AIDs era. Thirteen men and one woman look back at gay life and sex in Manhattan and Fire Island - from Stonewall (June, 1969) to the first reporting on AIDS (June, 1981). They describe the rapid move from repression to celebration, from the removal of shame to joy, the on-going search for "someone," the freedom before AIDS, the friendships, and brotherhood.
Promotional short film to reveal the potential of the new Paillard-Bolex camera.
Promotional documentary for the MGM film "Ice Station Zebra" focusing on the career and cinematographic innovations of cameraman John Stephens.
Céline Dion – Céline Parle D'elle(s)
A promotional film touting RCA Victor's new stereo Victrola while introducing viewers to the science behind the sound made from stereophonic phonograph records.
The making of Cleopatra (1934), showing pre-production, DeMille directing a scene, and the addition of music to the soundtrack.
A short making of feature about the 1966 John Frankenheimer movie Grande Prix
A look at the sales practices employed at the LPE Superette run by John Beasley on Berwick Street market.
The American woman is the best dressed woman in the world. This is due to Yankee ingeniuty, which makes a fashionable, well-made dress to sell for twenty dollars or less.
Promotional 3D film advertising the capabilities of the Bolex Stereo 16 mm camera and attachment.
Pioneering 3D promotional film about the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Chevrolet presents this tribute to the American woman and her thrifty ways with money. The film also salutes the individuality of the Amerian citizen and the variety of choices we have in the marketplace.
What does a rural town in South Carolina have to do with China? Americans consume nearly twenty billion new items of clothing each year, and at least one billion of them are made in China. Cotton Road uncovers the transnational movement of cotton and tells the stories of workers lives in a conventional cotton supply chain. From rural farms in South Carolina to factory cities in China, we span the globe to encounter the industrial processes behind our rapacious consumption of cheap clothing and textile products. Are we connected to one another through the things we consume? Cotton Road explores a contemporary landscape of globalized labor through human stories and provides an opportunity to reflect on the ways our consumption impacts others and drives a global economy.
Narrated documentary of the making of Anthony Adverse (1936), featuring many clips from the actual film.