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Watch a great collection of videos from the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Our selection includes classic movie trailers, vintage TV clips, vintage commercials, fashion clips and classic music videos. Visit our Photo Galleries to see vintage photos from times gone by.
Nothing Sacred- Full Movie (1937)
Nothing Sacred is a 1937 comedy film starring Carole Lombard, Fredric March and Walter Connolly. The story involves a small town girl named Hazel Flagg (Carol Lombard) who mistakenly thinks she is dying of radium poisoning from a workplace incident. She takes the...
A Trip to Santa Cruz (1930s)
Watch this footage taken of a trip to Santa Cruz, California in 1937 and 1938. It includes scenes of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and the amusement park rides and attractions. Enjoy the scenes of a ride on the Giant Dipper roller coaster....
Swinging in Harlem (1938)
Watch this excellent footage of the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra playing "Swinging in Harlem". Erskine Hawkins was from Birmingham, Alabama and was a prominent African American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer during the 1930s and 1940s. In 1978, Erskine Hawkins was...
Jam Session- Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1942)
Great vintage clip of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra performing "C Jam Blues" in a recording known as Jam Session. The video features Duke Ellington at the piano along with with Barney Bigard, Sonny Greer, Ray Nance, Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton, Rex Stewart and Ben...
Rope- Alfred Hitchcock- Movie Trailer (1948)
Movie trailer for the 1948 classic Hitchcock suspense thriller Rope. The film starred James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Joan Chandler, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Douglas Dick. This is the first of Hitchcock's Technicolor films, and is notable for taking place in...
The Lady from Shanghai- Mirror Scene (1947)
The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 film noir starring Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles. It was also directed and produced by Welles. This clip features the classic "mirror scene". https://youtu.be/wuMqI5AI6hs
Americans at Work- Barbers
This video from 1959 is part of a series called "Americans at Work" which was produced by the AFL-CIO. It focuses on the important roles of a hairstylist, a barber and a beautician and the work that they do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jux62jKJuB4
Lily of the Valley
In the I Love Lucy episode titled "The Operetta", Lucy and Ethel land roles in a musical to raise funds for the women's club. In this clip, Ethel sings her solo "Lily of the Valley". This episode aired on October 13, 1952. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G9pPJQSzaA
Sunbeam Automatic Fry Pan Commercial
This vintage commercial aired in 1956 and features the Sunbeam Automatic Fry Pan. The advertisement promotes the automatic features of the new fry pan and features several complimentary reviews by housewives. The ad also cross promotes the Sunbeam Mix Master. It ends...