1918 SPANISH FLU PANDEMIC
3D MOTION STILLS & VINTAGE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
This clip uses a variety of still images in 3D Parallax Camera Motion to convey a poignant reminder of the World's deadliest pandemic in human history.
(public domain films) 1918 BW 50sec |
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| keywords: tragedies, health crisis, 1918 spanish flu pandemic, wwi, nurses, pandemic patients |
BEIRUT BARRACKS BOMBING - AFTERMATH
Unedited footage of the aftermath of the bombing of the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) barracks and headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon.
(public domain films) 1983 COL 79min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: beirut lebanon, terrorist attack, marine barracks, vice-president george h.w. bush, final review camp lejeune |
BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP
LIBERATION - VOLUME 1
Unedited footage shot four days after Buchenwald Concentration Camp was liberated by the U.S. Army.
(public domain films) 1945 COL 19min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: wwii, buchenwald nazi concentration camp, holocaust, ethnic cleansing, jewish prisoner, war crime |
BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP
LIBERATION - VOLUME 2
Unedited footage shot five days after Buchenwald Concentration Camp was liberated by the U.S. Army
(public domain films) 1945 COL 19min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: wwii, buchenwald nazi concentration camp, holocaust, ethnic cleansing, jewish prisoner, war crime |
DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP
Unedited footage and General coverage of the German prisoner of war, pow, concentration camp near Dachau, Germany.
(public domain films) 1940s COL 32 min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: wwii, dachau concentration camp, nazi holocaust, crimes against humanity, jewish genocide |
DEPORTATION OF JEWS
DEATH TRAIN TO AUSCHWITZ
Shows Jewish men, women and children arriving in railroad cars and leaving in railway cars from a Nazi transit camp train station somewhere in German occupied Europe.
(public domain films) 1943 BW 2min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: wwii, european theater, holocaust, crimes against humanity, death train, cattle cars, railway cars |
GERMAN ATROCITIES
Gruesome footage of conditions at Buchenwald and Dachau Concentration Camps immediately after their liberation.
(public domain films) 1945 30 min BW |
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| keywords: world war two, wwII, war crimes, mass murder, war atrocities, genocide, holocaust, concentration camp |
JEWS IN DOMBROVA, POLAND
Unedited scenes of the Jewish ghetto Dombrova, Poland occupied by Nazi Troops, where Jewish citizens are forced to wear a yellow Star of David with the word Jude on their clothing at all times.
(public domain films) 1939 BW 11min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: wwii, poland, dombrova, jewish ghetto, nazi occupation, jews, yellow star of david, jewish star, jude, juden |
NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND PRISONS
The horror of German Concentration Camps and Prisons, as documented by advancing Allied Armies during World War Two.
(public domain films) 1946 29 min BW |
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| keywords: world war two, wwII, war crimes, war atrocities, genocide, holocaust, concentration camps, death camps |
NAZI DEATH MILLS
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
Horrific scenes of German Concentration Camps documenting the war crimes at Auschwitz, Majdanck, Treblinka, Belsen, Buchenwald and other Nazi Death Camps with scenes of piles of dead bodies, skeletal bodies of the survivors, gas chambers hooked to canisters of Zyklon B and cremation ovens.
(public domain films) 1945 BW 21min |
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| keywords: wwii, european theater, war crimes, death camps, concentration camps, auschwitz, majdanck, treblinka, belsen |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
1918 SPANISH FLU
A motion graphic clip comprised of newspaper headlines and photographic stills pertaining to the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic that infected almost a quarter of the World's population.
(public domain films) 1918 BW 00:02:34 |
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| keywords: medical tragedy, 1918 spanish flu pandemic |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
1929 STOCK MARKET CRASH
A motion graphic clip comprised of newspaper headlines and photographic stills pertaining to the 1929 Stock Market Crash that occurred when heavy speculation and borrowing to invest in the market created an economic bubble that eventually resulted in a sales panic like no other. Businesses failed and heavily indebted investors lost everything.
(public domain films) 1929 BW 00:00:42 |
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| keywords: economics, us economy, economic tragedy, 1929 stock market crash |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
A motion graphic clip comprised of newspaper headlines and photographic stills pertaining to The Great Depression a severe World-wide economic depression lasting between 1929 to 1932 but with lingering results lasting decades more.
(public domain films) 1929-1932 BW 00:00:42 |
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| keywords: economics, us economy, economic tragedy, the great depression |
NUREMBERG
Activities of the Nazi Party, the atrocities they wrought during WWII, the Holocaust, medical experiments; all brought out using film evidence during the War Crimes trial.
(public domain films) 1949 75 min BW |
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| keywords: world war two, wwII, nuremberg trials, war crimes, mass murder, war atrocities, german leaders |
HINDENBURG DISASTER
While attempting to dock, the titanic German Zeppelin Hindenburg mysteriously catches fire and is utterly destroyed within minutes.
(public domain films) 1937 14 min BW |
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| keywords: new york state, new jersey, lakehurst naval air station, zeppelin, airship, dirigible, blimp, hindenburg, hydrogen |
JFK ASSASSINATION
Chilling film of the JFK assassination made for the U.S. Secret Service; uses maps ,on-site reenactments and multiple views.
(public domain films) 1964 22 min BW |
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| keywords: united states, texas, dallas, dealey plaza, assassination, president, john f. kennedy, jfk, secret service |
JFK FUNERAL SERVICE
President John F. Kennedy's funeral procession down Pennsylvania Avenue, lying in state and final resting place.
(public domain films) 1963 59 COL |
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| keywords: united states, washington d.c., president, funeral, john f. kennedy, jfk, arlington national cemetary |
ROBERT F. KENNEDY
AFTERMATH OF AN ASSASSINATION
Robert F. Kennedy, brother to JFK, falls to an assassin's bullets when he is killed while delivering his victory speech.
(public domain films) 1968 3 COL (SILENT) |
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| keywords: robert f kennedy, ambassador hotel, los angeles california, assassinated, assassination, assassin |
ROBERT F. KENNEDY - FUNERAL
A brief glimpse of the funeral of Robert F. Kennedy (RFK), held at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.
(public domain films) 1968 BW 5 min |
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| keywords: senator robert f. kennedy funeral, st patricks cathedral, president lyndon b johnson, edward m kennedy |
THREE MILE ISLAND - REACTION TO A MELTDOWN
The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Generating Plant accident in March 1979 near Harrisburg Pennsylvania was a partial core meltdown in Unit 2.
(public domain films) 1984 COL 9 min |
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| keywords: three mile island nuclear accident, nuclear generating plant, nuclear power plant |
USMC MEMORIAL SERVICE - BEIRUT LEBANON
Memorial service honoring 241 American and French military personnel killed when suicide bombers drove two trucks filled with explosive into the MultiNational MNF compound.
(public domain films) 1983 COL 16min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: middle east, beirut lebanon, u.s. marine corps, usmc, memorial service, barracks bombing |
| Natural Disasters - Public Domain Archive Film Stock Footage Library |
DISASTER STRIKES - VOLUME 1
Natural disasters, man-made disasters from massive fires to catastrophic earthquakes to devasting snow storms and drought.
(public domain films) 1930s - 1960s 24 min BW |
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| keywords: natural disasters, man-made disasters, flood, fire, drought, snowstorm, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquakes |
DISASTER STRIKES - VOLUME 2
Natural disasters, man-made disasters from a tragic air crash to destructive earthquakes to devasting tidal waves and floods.
(public domain films) 1950s - 1960s 15 min BW |
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| keywords: natural disasters, man-made disasters, earthquake, volcanoe, air crash, tidal wave, landslide, floods, flooding |
CALIFORNIA - OIL SPILL 1969
Oil spill off Los Angeles and Santa Barbara coastline brings oil sludge onto the beaches endangering environment and wildlife.
(public domain films) 1969 20 min COL (SILENT) |
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| keywords: environmental disaster, oil spill, santa barbara, off shore oil rig, oil cleanup crews |
EARTHQUAKES - ALASKA 1964
Alaska Earthquake. March 28,1964 at 05:36:14. Magnitude 9.2 Earthquake and ensuing tsunami took 125 lives.
(public domain films) 1965 37 min COL (SILENT) |
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| keywords: united states, alaska, natural disaster, earthquake, earthquakes, tidal wave, tsunami, damage, destruction |
EARTHQUAKES - SAN FRANCISCO 1906
Actual film footage of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906. Includes footage of the city burning and aftermath.
(public domain films) Early 1906 41 min BW |
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| keywords: united states, cities, city, san francisco, natural disaster, 1906 earthquake, destruction, damage, fire |
FIRE ON ALCATRAZ
The Alcatraz fire that broke out on June 1, 1970 had been accidentally started by the “Indians Occupiers” that had been on the island since 1969. The fire raged through several buildings burning down the Warden's home, the lighthouse keeper's residence, and the Officers' Club.
(public domain films) 1970 COL 7min (SILENT) |
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| keywords: san francisco bay, alcatraz island, alcatraz prison, native american occupation, historic lighthouse |
WEATHER DISASTER - NEW ENGLAND FLOOD
Hurricane floods causes massive damage to the cities and towns near streams and rivers in southern New England.
(public domain films) 1955 BW 27 min |
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| keywords: hurricane flooding, new england coast, operation noah, red cross workers, president dwight d. eisenhower |
