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In this eagerly awaited 12 volume series media archaeologist Rick Prelinger delves into his vast archive of industrial educational and propaganda films to explore the hilarious disturbing campy and revealing images and sounds from America in the mid-twentieth century. |
Volume l- The Rainbow a Yours
In the first volume of Our Secret Century seven colour films explore how 1950s glitz n glamour seduced Americans into an obsession with the look of designed objects. Included American Look the definitive Populuxe film and General Motors 1956 Motorama Musical Design for Dreaming.
Volume 2-Capitalist Realism
Looking surprisingly like heroic Soviet propaganda two of these three B&WI930'S industrial films attempt to humanise the face of mass production. No sunny ode to capitalism Valley Town a dark vision of a depressed steel town tells a different story.
Volume 3-The Behaviour Offensive
Eight comic and creepy social guidance classics document the postwar social crusade to instill family values 50s style Highlights include Are You Popular? Shy Guy and Habit Patterns.
Volume 4-Meimce and Jeopardy
Shot between 1936 and 1962 here are seven safety films about the perils of haste and carelessness. Classics of this enduring genre include Time Old for Trouble starring an evil minded clock More Dangerous Than Dynamite (dry cleaning at home that is and Safety Belt for Susie (Susie's a doll and she doesn t make it).