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- A visiting young man prefers the household electrical appliances over the teenage daughter! But all ends well. Thinly veiled infomercial by Edison Electrics presenting all kinds of modern electrical home appliances from the era.
- An angel and a devil try to persuade a borderline wholesale bakery salesman to their side.
- Santa and his sleigh crash into some trees while attempting to deliver presents on a foggy Christmas Eve. Rudolph is enlisted to lead the sleigh and is hailed as a hero.
- A middle-aged auto sales manager is having poor results with his staff, so he gets some advice from his hanky-wearing father.
- An animated pixie named Coily grants a man his wish that all springs disappear...a wish that he soon regrets.
- Showcases a driving course where kindergarten children are placed in miniature cars and taught safe and proper driving skills in order to prepare them for when they're old enough to get a driver's license.
- The typical Cinderella storyline: wicked stepmother and stepsisters, and Cinderella can't go to the ball. We see elves and woodland creatures making a dress and a coach out of various woodland materials. A twist: the coach they make then goes though a "modernizer" and comes out as a 1946 Chevy.
- Large, modern freezers make it easier for grocers to sell their goods and make high profits.
- A step-by-step run through of how to behave at a formal mid-century prom, based on "consideration" at every step. Sponsor Coca Cola's products show up regularly.
- The behind the scenes of an old west radio show, it takes a look at how they do the sound effects.
- From General Motors "We Drivers" 1935 is a driver's ed film that mixes live action with animation.
- Two city kids spend a summer on Uncle Jim's dairy farm, and learn about how to feed animals, and what passes for fun on a farm.
- Clips of the work in a Chevrolet automobile factory.
- Cartoon drawings put a humorous spin on real stories from the AP news wire.
- Footage of the Able Day and Baker Day nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946, accompanied by a narrator who explains the purpose and benefits of the testing.
- A showcase promoting new innovations in bowling alley equipment from Brunswick.
- Paul is coming home from serving in the US Navy and his family and girlfriend are happy to see him until they slowly learn he was dishonorably discharged. A US Navy film.
- An animated figure pops up to entertain a man, and makes fun with a telephone and a phone commercial in quite a clever stop-animation animated short.
- This short film presented by the Reynolds Metals Company details how aluminum is manufactured and illustrates the seemingly endless uses of this versatile product.
- A short film made for the General Motors Corp. to showcase its "Futurama" exhibit at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. The exhibit's "Highways and Horizons" pavilion imagines what it would be like in the "wonder world" of 1960--20 years in the future.
- In her film debut, Patricia Morison plays the doe eyed daughter (Mary Jane) who yearned for a young car salesman (Martin Griffith) that was regularly getting into scrapes with the law. Her father forbid her to have anything to do with him, unless she could prove he was worthy as a man and as a car salesman.
- Three teenage girls pull a fast one on their fathers and get them to buy new washing machines. They then take their mothers on a vacation, leaving the fathers alone at home to do all the laundry, and giving them an idea of just how much of a chore washing and drying dirty clothes can be--and how much easier it is to do with Whirlpool (which produced this short) appliances.
- 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.
- Actress Gale Storm shows viewers how to best prepare for a long family automobile trip, and gives tips on how to best enjoy the trip, such as mapping out your destinations, packing efficiently for the trip and ensuring that the children are kept busy with things to do along the way.
- A naughty pilgrim boy holds an Indian boy hostage causing a war to break out, Nicky Nome comes to save the day with a Chevrolet.
- The construction of the Mackinac Bridge.
- An evil knight kidnaps the princess so a peasant boy with the help of Nicky Nome must rescue her.
- A look into the then-new synthetic fabrics, as well as Whirlpool's new washing machine and dryer.
- Cinderella must arrive home in her new coach by midnight, or else she will lose her coach, her new dress, and the prince.
- A short advertising film featuring the new 1955 Chevrolet models.
- A "short" documentary style, with footage of real railroad workers in addition to reenactments. The purpose of the film is to stress the importance of railroads on the industry of America and the lives of every American. It is done by having a conversation taking place by several people in a small diner or restaurant - a guy, the waitress Kelly, and the diner owner. A customer talks about railroad statistics and then explains how important the railroads are to the country's business. Listening in to the conversation is a stranger who ends up being from the local television station. He pretends to be uninterested but ends up doing a TV show on the information. He sends the waitress a dozen roses and says he hopes she likes the TV show which is showing on the diner TV and IN COLOR!
- A corporate history of the Coca-Cola Company.
- An idealized "day in the life" of General Motors employees.
- An educational documentary short, commissioned by the Chevrolet Motor Company, explaining a manual car transmission works.
- This documentary traces the evolution of how mankind has used and developed energy, from the early days of history when horses were tamed and harnessed to be put to work, up to modern times when he developed and harnessed the power of electricity.
- Documentary that focuses on the famous giant flashing "Chevrolet" electric sign atop a skyscraper in downtown Chicago. Shown are how the sign works, and the crew--from workers who replace burned-out bulbs to electrical engineers--that makes certain the sign and its thousands of parts are in working order.