Industrial films are commonly discarded after they are used for their intended purpose, so finding originals is rare indeed. The Digital Library of Georgia worked with the Institute of Museum and Library Services to digitize and provide access to these two most fascinating short industrial films made by the Georgia Marble Company in the 1950s and 1960s. The first film is "Producing America's...

Ephemeral films are those films that are made "for educational, industrial, or promotional purposes" and they are a specialty over at the Internet Archive. This delightful collection is both informative and amusing and contains over 200 of these films. Visitors can view the "Most Downloaded Items Last Week" to get a sense of the wisdom of the crowds, or they can go their own way by browsing by...