Movies: Jam Handy Organization Jho

Shows the interdependence of all workers, jobs, and mechanization in the manufacturing process from raw materials to finished product, focusing on the car industry, and argues that this leads to greater personal independence and freedom....

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....

Two city kids spend a summer on Uncle Jim's dairy farm. They tend to the animals, climb a rope, and learn all kinds of fun farm facts...

Tour of an auto parts and accessories factory climaxing with a stop-motion product parade....

An angel and a devil try to persuade a borderline wholesale bakery salesman to their side....

Comedian Edgar Kennedy teaches a driving safety lesson....

Chevrolet presents this tribute to the American woman and her thrifty ways with money. The film also salutes the individuality of the Amerian citizen and the variety of choices we have in the marketplace....

A visiting young man prefers the household electrical appliances over the teenage daughter!...

A commercial short film presented by Anheuser-Busch to showcase large modern freezers that make it easier for grocers to sell their goods and make higher profits. It is aimed at businesses that require display freezers for their products....

Innovations in the bowling world are featured in this 1960 promotional film produced by American bowling equipment manufacturer Brunswick....

A corporate history of the Coca-Cola Company....

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 ever...

Producer's synopsis: "This picture shows how professional models -- beautiful girls -- are used in making up magazine covers. A Chevrolet is shown on the magazine cover, emphasizing its beauty."...

The film discusses the fascinating world of color perception, particularly from the perspective of various creatures, including fish and lobsters. It explains how human eyes function like cameras, focusing light to create images, and describes the ro...

A stuntman plans to launch a small plane o0ff the roof of a speeding car. The local newspaper sends a photographer to cover thee event, but also sends a truck with a new technological device that will enable the photographer to send his photos to the...

GM employees rise in the morning and go to work in the factories, design studios, and offices of General Motors across the country. They receive their wages and shop for not only necessities, but some luxuries as well, in twelve cities across the cou...

This short film presented by the Reynolds Metals Company details how aluminum is manufactured and illustrates the seemingly endless uses of this versatile product....

Humorous "sketches" of human interest stories by Max Fleischer, who headed Jam Handy's animation department in the mid 1940s and 1950s....

This narrated film about persistence of vision (how movies work) has a good narrator and lots of fun visuals. High points: A weird scene inside a movie theater (as chorus girls toss flowers down a hill) and a great car crash at the end (Jam Handy had...

Most marvel at how close formation fliers go about their maneuvers, but what everyday drivers on the road are required to do are much the same in needing to know where other vehicles on the road within close proximity are. But while a precision flyer...