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Safety in Offices (1944)

A 1940s Guide to Printing Books

The Story of Television (1956)

The Story of NBC (1948)

American Tintype

Etsy: The USB Typewriter

The Floppy and the Ghost

Caught Mapping (1940)

A Visual History of the Typewriter

The U.S. Army's 1950s 'Flying Platform'

Telstar Brings World Closer (1962)

The Information Machine (1958)

Kinect-Style Interactivity in 1995

The Science of Light

Styling and the Experimental Car (ca. 1964)

It Started With Muybridge (1965)

How Do You Play a 19th-Century Record?

The Wright Brothers Patent the 'Flying Machine'

Something for Nothing (1940)

Sending Pictures by Wire (1937)

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New Yorkers: Vintage Amps Why Blackie Pagano risks electric shock to restore old amplifiers

Safety in Offices (1944) Beware the hidden dangers of the workplace

A 1940s Guide to Printing Books Letter by letter, line by line, page by page, an archival film reveals how a manuscript becomes a book.

The Story of Television (1956) A 1956 documentary from RCA celebrates the rise of television.

The Story of NBC (1948) A 1948 promotional film from NBC chronicles the golden age or radio.

American Tintype Harry Taylor describes the distinctive imperfections and limitations that attracted him to the 19th century technique.

Etsy: The USB Typewriter Jack Zylkin, an engineer, merged antique typewriters and modern tablets.

The Floppy and the Ghost Anand Jain uses floppy disk drives to create a variation on the popular theme from the 1984 movie Ghostbusters.

Caught Mapping (1940) Caught Mapping, produced by Chevrolet in 1940, explores how roadmaps are made.

A Visual History of the Typewriter This excerpt from a World War II-era instructional film includes an overview of early typewriters.

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