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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.
- 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.
- An angel and a devil try to persuade a borderline wholesale bakery salesman to their side.
- Large, modern freezers make it easier for grocers to sell their goods and make high profits.
- An animated pixie named Coily grants a man his wish that all springs disappear...a wish that he soon regrets.
- A middle-aged auto sales manager is having poor results with his staff, so he gets some advice from his hanky-wearing father.
- 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.
- Clips of the work in a Chevrolet automobile factory.
- Officer O'Mara, a normally grumpy traffic cop, lightens up one day and smiles at a passing motorist. This sets off a chain of goodwill and pleasantness in the entire town, which leads to better business practices, but leaves O'Mara wondering why everyone is now so pleasant.
- 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.
- 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.
- A promotional film touting RCA/Victor's new stereo Victrola.
- 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.
- A boy and girl on a trip are attacked by pirates while looking for treasure. It features the character Nicky Nome.
- 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.
- A tribute to the American designer presented by Chevrolet. The fist half of this film is a collage of 1950's American design from appliances to architecture, the second half follows the design process of a new Chevrolet automobile from the early sketches to a full sized model and finally the finish product.
- The beauty and functionality of asbestos sidewalls. With a visit to Levittown, N.Y. and an interview with Norman Denny, vice president of materials for Levitt & Sons, builders. An excellent film on Fifties standardized building processes.
- A musical animated journey through the fascinating history of soup.
- An idealized "day in the life" of General Motors employees.
- A showcase promoting new innovations in bowling alley equipment from Brunswick.
- 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.
- Training film demonstrating the correct procedure for uncrating and assembling the P-47 fighter aircraft under field conditions. A dismantled plane is uncrated, put together, inspected, and flown off on camera.
- Edgar Kennedy plays multiple roles showing how inconsiderate some drivers can be on the road.
- 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.
- Training film demonstrating basic operation of the P-47 pursuit plane.
- Westinghouse shows women how to improve their lives by selecting the ideal design for their refrigerators.
- 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.
- Short film detailing the workings of the rear-axle differential and how this new system makes driving smoother and more comfortable.
- 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!
- Slobbish magician Ali Kazam tries to win the princess' hand in marriage by producing a large quantity of jewels, but is challenged by a youth (our Hero) who only has a yo-yo, a sling shot, a few marbles, and a small pocket knife. Our hero is helped by Nicky Nome.
- A short promotional film for the 1960 Chevrolet Corvair showing various aspects of testing meant to demonstrate to potential owners how well it will perform in everyday use.
- Feature length promotional film presented by The Coca-Cola Company during World War II, focuses on a small town bottler as he looks back on his company's past and plans for an optimistic future.
- A short advertising film featuring the new 1955 Chevrolet models.
- A look into the then-new synthetic fabrics, as well as Whirlpool's new washing machine and dryer.