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Filmstrip: "Choosing and Buying a House" (1972)

1972 · Short film · 8 min

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SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. The media format is largely forgotten and very endangered. Don't know what a filmstrip is? COPYRIGHT AND TAKEDOWN REQUESTS. If you hold rights to any material in this archive and wish to discuss its removal, please contact Uncommon Ephemera directly before filing a takedown request with any platform. A takedown removes material immediately and without discussion, and may count as a strike against the Uncommon Ephemera account. Platforms respond to accumulated strikes by removing the account entirely, which would result in the permanent loss of thousands of pieces of historically significant preserved media that have nothing to do with the material in dispute. This is a sound filmstrip that has been fully restored into the included video which properly simulates how it would have been presented originally. PART OF A SET. This filmstrip is part of the set The Homes We Live In. ORIGINAL SCANS AND AUDIO INGEST INCLUDED. The original frame scans and audio capture are included in this archive. STAY IN TOUCH. NOTES Society for Visual Education, often known simply as SVE, was an abundant producer of both silent and sound filmstrips. A division of Singer (the sewing machine and flight simulator company), they had both the budget and the ability to get filmstrips on many subjects into practically every school. The Homes We Live In was a 1972 series by SVE that familiarized older elementary school students on houses and apartments and…

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Running time
8 minutes
Language
English
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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★★★★★ · Mrs Morgan looks like she’s gone thru some stuff! · Cartoonbear · 2024-02-04

Poor Mrs Morgan looks like a grandma. Kept thinking that Mr Morgan and the realtor were primed to get it on,even tho memory’s was toilet seat bad with nerdy glasses. I love the way the workplaces looked at this time. These urban precursorsto the suburban office park. I so remember filmstrips and SVE logo in particular. Filmstrips varied between incredibly dull and quite engaging. The beep. No one remembers that. Omg I might be as old as Mrs Morgan! Actually I’m pretty sure I’m older than she was supposed to be in the strip. Yet somehow I look much younger. I wonder where they got their actors…

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