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- A visiting young man prefers the household electrical appliances over the teenage daughter! But all ends well. Thinly veiled infomercial by Edison Electrics presenting all kinds of modern electrical home appliances from the era.
- Santa and his sleigh crash into some trees while attempting to deliver presents on a foggy Christmas Eve. Rudolph is enlisted to lead the sleigh and is hailed as a hero.
- An angel and a devil try to persuade a borderline wholesale bakery salesman to their side.
- Large, modern freezers make it easier for grocers to sell their goods and make high profits.
- Showcases a driving course where kindergarten children are placed in miniature cars and taught safe and proper driving skills in order to prepare them for when they're old enough to get a driver's license.
- An animated pixie named Coily grants a man his wish that all springs disappear...a wish that he soon regrets.
- Westinghouse shows women how to improve their lives by selecting the ideal design for their refrigerators.
- Two city kids spend a summer on Uncle Jim's dairy farm, and learn about how to feed animals, and what passes for fun on a farm.
- A step-by-step run through of how to behave at a formal mid-century prom, based on "consideration" at every step. Sponsor Coca Cola's products show up regularly.
- Slobbish magician Ali Kazam tries to win the princess' hand in marriage by producing a large quantity of jewels, but is challenged by a youth (our Hero) who only has a yo-yo, a sling shot, a few marbles, and a small pocket knife. Our hero is helped by Nicky Nome.
- A "short" documentary style, with footage of real railroad workers in addition to reenactments. The purpose of the film is to stress the importance of railroads on the industry of America and the lives of every American. It is done by having a conversation taking place by several people in a small diner or restaurant - a guy, the waitress Kelly, and the diner owner. A customer talks about railroad statistics and then explains how important the railroads are to the country's business. Listening in to the conversation is a stranger who ends up being from the local television station. He pretends to be uninterested but ends up doing a TV show on the information. He sends the waitress a dozen roses and says he hopes she likes the TV show which is showing on the diner TV and IN COLOR!
- The behind the scenes of an old west radio show, it takes a look at how they do the sound effects.
- A short promotional film for the 1960 Chevrolet Corvair showing various aspects of testing meant to demonstrate to potential owners how well it will perform in everyday use.
- A tribute to the American designer presented by Chevrolet. The fist half of this film is a collage of 1950's American design from appliances to architecture, the second half follows the design process of a new Chevrolet automobile from the early sketches to a full sized model and finally the finish product.
- A middle-aged auto sales manager is having poor results with his staff, so he gets some advice from his hanky-wearing father.
- Cartoon drawings put a humorous spin on real stories from the AP news wire.
- The typical Cinderella storyline: wicked stepmother and stepsisters, and Cinderella can't go to the ball. We see elves and woodland creatures making a dress and a coach out of various woodland materials. A twist: the coach they make then goes though a "modernizer" and comes out as a 1946 Chevy.
- Rube Goldberg looks for a perfect Perpetuum Mobile design, while petroleum and internal combustion engine technologies open new frontiers.
- A corporate history of the Coca-Cola Company.
- A boy and girl on a trip are attacked by pirates while looking for treasure. It features the character Nicky Nome.
- In her film debut, Patricia Morison plays the doe eyed daughter (Mary Jane) who yearned for a young car salesman (Martin Griffith) that was regularly getting into scrapes with the law. Her father forbid her to have anything to do with him, unless she could prove he was worthy as a man and as a car salesman.
- Cinderella must arrive home in her new coach by midnight, or else she will lose her coach, her new dress, and the prince.
- Documentary explaining the role of the Detroit Police Department in defending the city's citizens.
- Businesses are reminded of their responsibility to John Q. Public, the most important man in America.
- A showcase promoting new innovations in bowling alley equipment from Brunswick.
- This documentary short shows how a railroad operates. Shown are the trains that run in New York (NY), New Haven (CT) and Hartford (CT).
- An educational documentary short, commissioned by the Chevrolet Motor Company, explaining a manual car transmission works.
- A commercial for the new 1955 Chevrolet.
- Footage of the Able Day and Baker Day nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946, accompanied by a narrator who explains the purpose and benefits of the testing.
- An evil knight kidnaps the princess so a peasant boy with the help of Nicky Nome must rescue her.
- Today's beer is brewed by experts, served by friendly barkeepers in spotless establishments, and enjoyed by everyone. The industry employs thousands and contributes millions of dollars to the economy.
- An animated figure pops up to entertain a man, and makes fun with a telephone and a phone commercial in quite a clever stop-animation animated short.
- A social guide to the etiquette of adulthood.
- Clips of the work in a Chevrolet automobile factory.
- 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.
- A comprehensive footage of 1964-65 New York World's Fair.
- The construction of the Mackinac Bridge.
- A short sponsored film about quality control of products, told via a plot concerning a worker at an car-factory who has a bad day.
- A naughty pilgrim boy holds an Indian boy hostage causing a war to break out, Nicky Nome comes to save the day with a Chevrolet.
- A promotional film from New York State's Department of Agriculture and Markets promoting the alleged benefits of drinking milk.