As one reviewer from Archive.org wrote, ”The swift hand of cosmic justice causes death, mayhem and misery for factory workers who carelessly disregard the rules of hygiene and food safety.”
Unfortunately, this short comes from 1970 and is presented as a dramatic informational film. Uh oh.
You Can Tell by the Teller (1945): Instructional film produced by AT&T for the cashiers in their business offices — back in the day, you could go to their office to pay your bill. Includes a decent amount of mid-20th-century sexism. Interesting to see how some customer service and phone-related issues from 65 years ago are still valid today.
1982 United Airlines Commercial. I was totally caught off-guard by the closing voiceover and the reference to the “free world.”
Michael Martin Presents: The Cliche Family in Television Land
Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan (1930 Vitaphone Newsreel Footage). Everyone has some sort of mental image of what this duo looked and sounded like, but this is a rare glimpse at the real thing. (via transformingArt)
The epitome of retro video. “Lunchroom Manners” dates back to 1959, though garnered its own following in the late 1980s after it made an appearance during a Pee-Wee Herman HBO special (before it was a kid’s show).
