|
|
|
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/logowood.jpg) |
|
Engineering Films
Library, 2 DVD Collection |
Engineering is the
discipline of acquiring and applying scientific and
technical knowledge to the design, analysis, and/or
construction of works for practical purposes. The American
Engineers' Council for Professional Development, also known
as ECPD, (later ABET ) defines Engineering as: "The creative
application of scientific principles to design or develop
structures, machines, apparatus, or manufacturing processes,
or works utilizing them singly or in combination; or to
construct or operate the same with full cognizance of their
design; or to forecast their behavior under specific
operating conditions; all as respects an intended function,
economics of operation and safety to life and property."
One who practices engineering is called an engineer, and
those licensed to do so have formal designations such as
Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer or Incorporated
Engineer. The broad discipline of engineering encompasses a
range of specialized sub-disciplines that focus on the
issues associated with developing a specific kind of
product, or using a specific type of technology.
Modern day engineers touch every fabric
of our lives. Be it your cell phone, your car, your tv,
or the chair you are sitting in. These films talk
about engineering as it was 50 or 60 years ago. They
were meant to educate and to inspire younger engineers, or
engineering hopefuls. If you are an engineer, or know
someone who is, you will find the films on this disk
engrossing, entertaining, and perhaps nostalgic.
Non-engineers may still be intrigued by the educational
value provide here.
This collection contains about 3 and a
half hours of films on this subject on 2 DVD's.
Each DVD has a fully interactive menu. The
list of films included is as follows: |
DVD 1 |
American Engineer (1956)
4 part tribute to engineers and
their role in improving American life through technology.
4 Part, Sound, Color, 28:11 |
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/ameng1.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/ameng2.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/ameng3.jpg) |
Conquering Roads (1937)
Highway engineering and
development in the pre-Interstate era. This 30s Jam
Handy film talks about the improvements in roads that have
had to be made to keep up with innovations in cars. Divided
highways, rotary traffic circles, railroad trestles, and
cloverleaf junctions are particularly highlighted. This is a
good historical record of the evolution of roads in the
first half of the 20th century, and the breezy Jam Handy
style makes it more interesting than it might be.
Sound, B&W, 8:48 |
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/roads1.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/roads2.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/roads3.jpg) |
Down the Gasoline Trail
(1935) Cartoon showing
what happens to a drop of gasoline from the time it flows
into the gas tank to when it is exploded in the engine
cylinder. This "fantastic voyage" through a glisteningly
clean Chevrolet engine is an excellent example of the
soft-sell industrial, where the product that's promoted is
hardly ever mentioned by name.
Sound, B&W, 7:57 |
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/gas1.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/gas2.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/gas3.jpg) |
Free Air (1937)
Dramatic depiction of how
gasoline and air mix to provide power in the automobile
engine.
Sound, B&W, 9:39 |
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/air1.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/air2.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/air3.jpg) |
Freedom of the American
Road (1955) Henry Ford
II introduces this film designed to encourage private
citizens to unite and support road improvement. Part of the
lobbying campaign that culminated in legislation authorizing
the Interstate Highway system in 1956, this film shows
community efforts to improve and increase safety on the
Bayshore Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area; congestion
in Pittsburgh and the Golden Triangle redevelopment area;
the economic benefits of Boston's circumferential highway,
Route 128; and safety education in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Narrator: Westbrook van Voorhis.
Sound, B&W, 30:07 |
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/road1.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/road2.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/road3.jpg) |
Getting Acquainted With
Engineering (ca 1950s)
Discusses the problem of capable boys who are lost to
engineering because of their misconceptions about the type
of work involved. Stresses the importance of high school
background, testing and counseling.
2 Part, Sound, Color, 22:35 |
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/getting1.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/getting2.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/getting3.jpg) |
Men, Steel and
Earthquakes (ca. 1960s)
The anatomy of seismic energy
and its destructive effects on structures. Explains
how seismic forces are measured and why some buildings
collapse during an earthquake, while others stand. Uses
animated drawings to show the way a quake begins inside the
earth, then travels to the surface. Pictures the actual
destruction caused by earthquakes in detail.
Sound, Color, 27:55 |
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/seismic1.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/seismic2.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/seismic3.jpg) |
Precisely So (1937)
Surreal film on measurement of
tiny quantities.
2 Part, Sound, B&W, 19:09 |
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/precise1.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/precise2.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/precise3.jpg) |
The Safest Place (1935)
How the automobile is the safest
place a person can be. This brief, rudimentary
promotional film from Chevrolet contends that its
automobiles offer safety for its drivers and passengers,
provided that everyone on the road is practicing proper
driving habits. Although the suggestion that the automobile
is a "living room on wheels" may be questionable to those
who dislike the confines of the vehicle, the film does
accomplish its purpose of highlighting some of the most
important elements of careful driving.
Sound, B&W, 6:23 |
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/safest1.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/safest3.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/safest2.jpg) |
DVD 2 |
Tacoma Fire Dept, Tacoma
Narrows Bridge Footage
of the Tacoma Narrows bridge wobbling and eventually,
collapsing. This film is shown to every single engineering
student in college to this very day to demonstrate the
theory of resonance, which shows that structures can be
excited tremendously by small forces delivered in phase.
Silent, B&W, 3:53 |
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/tacom1.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/tacom2.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/tacom3.jpg) |
Through the Canal Bottom
(1912) Scenes of the
Panama Canal under construction.
Sound, B&W, 5:18 |
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/canal1.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/canal2.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/canal3.jpg) |
To Enrich Mankind (1955)
A man in white coat talking to
Archimedes in room full of stone and bronze busts of famous
scientists researchers. We learn about how machines have
improved Western civilization.
Sound, Color, 22:25 |
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/enrich1.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/enrich2.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/enrich3.jpg) |
Tough Friends (1938)
How steel and steel alloys make
the modern automobile safer and more durable.
Sound, B&W, 10:42 |
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/tough1.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/tough2.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/tough3.jpg) |
DVD Menu Sampler:
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/engmen0.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/engmen1.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/engmen2.jpg) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/J11/engmen3.jpg) |
|
|
DVD format and quality
All of our DVD's sold are
formatted NTSC, without region coding. This means that they
will play on any NTSC DVD Player in the world. The standard in
USA is NTSC. For those in Europe, your DVD player may be a PAL
format, which will not work. For those overseas customers,
please verify that your DVD player can play NTSC disks.
Please note, that most of the
films on our disks were made 40 years ago or more. Some
perhaps as old as 80 or 90 years! As you can imagine, the
movie making equipment of the time was a lot more primitive than the
high tech equipment that they use today. Also, many of these
films were stored improperly for decades before being digitally
coded. As a result of this, these films are not what one would
consider to be "DVD quality" today. Many, if not most,
are black and white. The sound and picture quality is not
perfect. There are those occasional "snap, crackle, and pops"
across many of these films. We
feel that these imperfections add to a film's charm, and provide for
a more authentic viewing experience. WIth that in mind, this
collection may not be for those wishing to
find digitally remastered and professional recolored duplications of
the original work in perfect DVD quality. Please keep that in mind prior to purchase,
since we have fully disclosed that to you. |
Catalog Number |
This
item is our catalog #J11. If you purchase another item with
this same catalog number, you will get two identical items.
Given this, we cannot offer refunds for customers who accidentally
purchased two identical disks without reading this auction fully. |
|
Questions and Answers: |
Why should I buy from you? There are lots of places to buy
similar stuff on ebay. What makes you so special? |
What separates us from the
rest is that we want you to be happy. If you're happy, you'll buy
from us again and tell your friends. Getting one sale from you is
great, but we want the next sale from you and the next one after that.
It isn't worth a few bucks to us to have one unhappy customer. If
you are unhappy, tell us and let us try to fix the problem. How
many sellers will say that? |
Yeah, so, there are lots of other sellers on ebay. Are you saying the
rest of them will rip me off? |
No, of course not.
But, beware of what people sell on ebay. Many sellers on here will
charge you an exhorbitant amount for shipping. Many will
"claim" to provide discount shipping only when you contact them,
they'll tell you they'll take a quarter off the shipping price for
each additional item. We never do that. Our combined
shipping policy is clearly spelled out for those to see. No
tricky or cheap discounts. Just Buy 3, Get One Free.
Simple as that. Also, when comparing our films to those of
others, take note of not only the price of the item, but also the
content. You'll see that we not only offer more films per
package then our competition, and not only at the cheapest shipping,
but also at the cheapest price too. |
I live in country ABC,
will your DVD work in my DVD player? |
Short answer, probably.
Long answer, it depends. There are two formats of DVD in the
world. NTSC and PAL. NTSC is the standard for the US and
I believe Japan, along with some other countries too. PAL is
popular in Europe. If you have an NTSC DVD player (all USA
customers), this disk will work for you. If you have a PAL
player, this won't. Also, many commercial DVD's out there have
region coding. Without getting in a long discussion on it,
none of our DVD's have any region coding, so that won't be an issue.
All you need to know is whether or not your DVD player is an NTSC
format. |
What if my disk arrives
damaged? |
We offer a no muss, no
fuss guarantee that all damaged disks are replaced free of charge. |
|
Testimonial emails from customers: |
"Just got it,and I
love it. Where did you find this stuff? I've been
looking for these films forever. I'm a high school Social
Studies teacher and a big part of my lesson plan is World War II.
These films are invaluable, and they have been keeping my students
engaged. Thank you so much." Andrea P., Memphis, TN. |
|
"My father served in
WWII and I bought these films from him. Many of them brought a
tear to his eye. We will treasure this collection." Jeff
H., Trenton, NJ. |
|
"...Very moving
and hard to watch. I couldn't watch the whole thing. Just
brought tears to my eyes." Lucy N., Atlanta, GA. |
|
"Those old fair films
are absolutely amazing. It really is like watching another
world like you said. I was glued to them for hours."
Jake P., San Diego, CA. |
|
"My uncle was a
firefigher for 36 years and I bought this collection for him.
He just loves it. Thank you." Sarah P., Boston, MA. |
|
"I'm a high school
physics teacher and I bought your A-bomb films for my students.
Unbelievable footage. Its hard to believe that we lived in
fear all those years, and we are getting back to that time again."
Robert S., New York, NY. |
|
![Official PayPal Seal](https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/icon/verification_seal.gif)
|
Shipping and Payment information
Pay through PayPal using:
![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/index11.gif) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/index12.gif) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/index13.gif) ![](https://www.advplans.com/images/CA/index14.gif)
|
![Official PayPal Seal](https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/icon/verification_seal.gif) |
![](https://www.supershedplans.com/images/ebaypics/usaflag.gif)
We are centrally
located in America's heartland in the great state of Tennessee!
![](https://www.supershedplans.com/images/fastship.jpg)
|
All items will be shipped out within 1
business day to your PayPal address. We will only ship to your PayPal verified address.
Please view our shipping and sales tax rules on our shipping and
payments tab above.
All items are shipped by USPS first class mail. In an effort to keep our costs down, that are passed along as low prices to you, all of our disks are packaged and shipped in economic sleeves and mailers. All of our disks are labeled with a clean label
and some graphics.
The disks are made this way for speed and cost, which translates
into lower cost for you. We focus our efforts on the quality of the
material on the disk. We do not believe in charging you an
extra 3 or 4 dollars like some companies out there just to throw
in a 25 cent plastic case and slap a color label on an item.
We believe you purchase for content, and ours is the best,
although we still believe you will be pleased with the
presentation.
PLEASE READ
ABOUT SHIPPING TIMES:
The estimated delivery dates shown above are ebay's estimates,
not ours. Sometimes ebay's dates are completely
unrealistic. Every effort is made to get your item out the
next day, but once it leaves us, we ask that you please
understand that we do not guarantee delivery by any date, since
the USPS does not give us a guarantee either. Below is our
estimates on what to expect:
USA CUSTOMERS: Most times, your package will arrive in
about 1 week after we ship them depending on where you are at.
However, lately the Post Office it seems has not been very
cooperative with us and we've had a couple of customers wait a few
days longer than that. If the item does not arrive, please
email us directly and let us know, and we will make it right.
NON-USA CUSTOMERS: Same deal above, except your
packages typically have been taking about 2 weeks or so after we ship
them. We've noticed that maybe 20% of overseas customers have been
waiting as long as 4+ weeks for these shipments. The only
explanation we can come up with is that it must be stuck in some
container in some dock waiting on customs clearance. It happens,
and for those 20% of customers, we apologize, but there is very
little we can do about that. Your disk will arrive or we will replace
it.
Multiple items purchased by the same
customer may or may not be shipped in the same package, at our
discretion. We do not offer any additional discounts on
multiple items other than the ones noted above.
Feedback Policy:
Please offer us a chance
to fix any problems before leaving us negative feedback for any
reason by emailing us first with your problem. The only thing
we ask from our customers is that if they have a problem, that they
give us a chance to fix the problem for them before they leave bad
feedback. If negative feedback is left without any prior
communication, we will assume you are no longer interested in
communicating and working things out.
If you run into
issues and wish to speak with us, we ask that you please refrain
from opening a request on ebay and email us directly by asking a
question first, and give us a chance to answer you before you open a
request!
If you have any questions
prior to bidding, please use contact the seller above and let us
know. Thank you!!!!!!
|
Copyright notice and disclaimer:
We ARE THE AUTHOR OF THIS DISK. We
have full rights to distribute this collection. Per eBay policy,
we have ownership and rights to these disks and have full legal
authorization to replicate the content at our discretion without any
further permission. All of our disks and other media are
copyrighted by ADVPlans, LLC, and redistribution without our consent is
prohibited. We also believe that many takedown requests on eBay
originate from competitors trying to gain an unfair advantage.
|
Copyright © 2015, The
Classic Archives, LLC. All rights reserved. (All of our DVD
Menu's are branded with our name, web address, and copyright notice
to thwart piracy) |