Video Library

Video Archive: Classic Instructional Films Gathering and presenting video clips for the benefit of the historic and cultural preservation community.  Our aim is to present clips that demonstrate building restoration techniques; historic tours, walking tours and heritage travel; spotlight endangered historic places, structures and objects; and other video related to historic and cultural resource preservation.

Instructions: To view the videos, double click the body of the video (ie. the "play" button).  To view the video in full screen in a new window, double click on the video after it has begun playing or choose the "full screen" option from the video menu.  To stop or pause the video, click the "pause" button in the bottom left hand corner of the video.  

Please Note: These video clips, unless noted, are not produced by PreservationDirectory.com and are being collected/presented for the benefit of the historic preservation community.  For more information, click on the accompanying link for each video clip (in most cases it will take you to YouTube). 



Classic Instructional Films

Title: Lunchroom Manners - The Original Mr. Bungle (Coronet Films; 1959) Description: The rude, clumsy puppet Mr. Bungle shows kids how to behave in the school cafeteria - the assumption being that kids actually want to behave during lunch. This film has a cult following since it appeared on a Pee Wee Herman HBO special. Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s7X5-Drctk
Title: Survival Under Atomic Attack (Castle Films) Description: US Civil Defense Film on how to survive an atomic attack. Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag6BQmhbaC4
Title: "Duck & Cover" Civil Defense Film Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDrGRdyBxgU

Interested in sharing your historic preservation-related video clip with our community?  Please contact us via our "contact us" form, and provide details about your clip and a link to it (ie. on YouTube or other online video sharing services) and we will be happy to review it. 

We are always looking to share clips that demonstrate building restoration techniques, display historic places and historic walking tours, provide insight into historic events, and other historic and cultural resource-related clips.