ah, so lovely :) public domain references: http://www.archive.org/details/EDIS-SRP-0196-05 

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10181 Performed by the Hotel Commodore Ensemble (Musical group)

a classic! Public Domain Reference:

http://www.archive.org/details/ThePhantomoftheOpera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_%281925_film%29

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5224364451553593147#

http://www.archive.org/details/idealcountdown

http://www.archive.org/details/cities_why_they_grow

http://www.archive.org/details/ScottiesTiss

wow! a magic oval box???? pretty.

http://www.archive.org/details/SmokingOhBoy

http://www.archive.org/details/Previews1940

http://www.archive.org/details/patronsavoicnoise

http://www.archive.org/details/war_babies

http://www.archive.org/details/Countdow1960

http://www.archive.org/details/Casse-noisetteOrchestrePhilharmoniqueDeDresdeDirectionPaulVanKempen

Casse-Noisette Composer Piotr-Illitch Tchaikovski Orchestre Philharmonique de Dresde, direction Paul Van Kempen, 1939 Transferred from a set of 6 78rpm's, digitally cleaned, converted to fake stereo (average left+right for a mono rendering will neutralize all additional stuff of this fake sereo and permits to come back to the original sound)

http://www.archive.org/details/LaGolondrina

A performance on 78rpm disc by the Spanish-American baritone Emilio de Gogorza.The sing 'La Golondrina is traditonal Mexican.The recording is in the public domain

http://www.archive.org/details/AdolfGluck-WeihnachtenAmKlavier

Adolf Gluck
Weihnachten Am Klavier
78rpm
public Domain

http://www.archive.org/details/MarijuanaAddiction

Re-Edit of public domain anti-drug video

http://www.archive.org/details/masquerade-mpeg4-640x480

This public domain movie is made using the public domain footage from archive.org.

http://www.archive.org/details/tupperware_3

Invisible white-gloved hands demonstrate the operation of the RCA 16mm sound projector.

http://www.archive.org/details/RCA16mmS1958

http://www.archive.org/details/Photogra1946

Shotlist

CAREERS IN PHOTOGRAPHY & CINEMATOGRAPHY.

7:17:09:15
CU Model of revolving earth.

7:17:14:13
LS Man takes photo of Egyptian Sphinx
LS Sailors from Netherlands
LS Greek guard in front of Parthenon.
LS Japanese woman behind her umbrella.
LS Woman in front of Big Ben in London.

07:17:29:04
CU Lens of camera; camera pans away.

07:17:35:14
MCU Man looking through microscope.

07:17:38:06
POV From microscope of cells.

07:17:41:18
LS Egyptian sarcophagi; image darkens and only skeleton is visible.

07:17:46:19
LS Man throwing a baseball through a pane of a window set in middle of field.

07:17:56:08
CU Flower blooming.

07:18:01:09
LS Family in living room watching television.

07:18:10:18
LS Advertising panel in street reads: SUNKIST, MORE VITAMINS PER GLASS, MORE WAYS TO USE THEM.

07:18:14:07
LS Horses and carriage being filmed from above by mechanical camera.

07:18:30:27
CU Street sign reads: EUGENE L. RAY, PHOTOGRAPHER.

07:18:34:25
LS Woman pausing for photographer.

07:19:00:05
CU Negative of photograph with hand drawing on it slightly.

07:19:23:10
CU Sheet of paper is introduced into (?), hand presses surface of paper and image appears.

07:19:46:14
Sign reads: STANDISH STUDIOS, ILLUSTRATIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS.

07:20:13:23
CU Woman modeling.
CU Man taking photographs of her.

07:20:35:08
CU Sign on door of car reads: GEORGE MEYERS, COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER.

07:20:47:02
LS Man in front of house taking a photo of it.
series of close-ups of photographs.

07:20:59:02
CU Hands on equipment.

07:21:01:25
CU Woman with groceries in the street.

07:21:03:15
LS Chickens in a battery farm.

07:21:04:18
CU Square in a city.

07:21:06:21
CU Three men smiling men in suits with folders under their arms.

07:21:10:24
CU Large piece of equipment.

07:21:12:29
CU Man in lab coat pouring liquid into jars.

07:21:22:04
LS Man steps out of car with writing on windshield: PRESS. He holds camera with large flash.

07:21:28:22
MCU Line of photographers holding their cameras.

07:21:34:19
LS Scene of an accident; firefighters and smoke.

07:21:56:10
CU Two photographers taking pictures; clear sky in background.

07:21:58:03
LS Three men behind a camera seen from behind. Clear sky in background.

07:22:11:23
LS Camera on a crane.

07:22:30:25
LS Theater screening room then projection room.

07:23:30:15
MCU Small store counter; man selling camera film.

07:23:51:23
Camera pans long table in factory. Men in line working on cameras.

07:23:58:29
CU Man looking through microscope.

07:24:09:21
LS Woman taking picture of another woman.

07:24:27:14
Camera pans the shelves of a store; full of magazines on photography.

07:24:41:01
LS Room with woman explaining something in front of blackboard.

07:25:24:04
CU Magazines spread out.

07:26:03:12
MCU Man with an old fashioned camera about to press button.

07:26:26:20
CU Camera from the side.

07:26:31:22
CU Camera from the front (with flash).

07:26:36:07
The End.

Invisible white-gloved hands demonstrate the operation of the RCA 16mm sound projector.

http://www.archive.org/details/RCA16mmS1958

http://www.archive.org/details/tupperware_3

http://www.archive.org/details/Drive-inMovieAdsAGo-go

http://archive.org/details/CamelCigaretteCommercialsAd1

http://archive.org/details/1955CommercialForColgateDentalCream

http://archive.org/details/1950CommercialForCamelCigarettesad2

http://archive.org/details/Happy1961CommercialForCoca-cola

WARNING! if vintage nudity makes you uncomfotable, don't press play  ;)

http://archive.org/details/VintageStripteasefullVersion

http://archive.org/details/1956CommercialForRcaTelevisionSets

http://archive.org/details/1957CommercialForR.d.x.WeightlossPills

http://archive.org/details/1955CommercialForSwansonTvTurkeyDinner

http://archive.org/details/soapy1960sDaytimeTvCommercials

http://archive.org/details/soapy1960sDaytimeTvCommercials

http://archive.org/details/soapy1960sDaytimeTvCommercials

http://archive.org/details/KansasJoeMccoy-EvilDevilWomanBlues

part of the public domain: http://archive.org/details/MississippiJookBand-hittinBottleStomp