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When President Richard Nixon resigned from office in disgrace in 1974, he left behind a complicated and tarnished legacy. But one thing was certain; the man loved his dogs.

We’re welcoming the return of the tradition of presidential pets in the White House today, and what we hope is a will become a new tradition of welcoming rescue dogs (from our home state of Delaware, even!) to the office, with this clip from a 1966 video of Gene Michelon, the Director of Public Affairs for the Republic Steel Corporation, interviewing Nixon about government and political affairs

This was the first interview in Republic Steel’s "Why Politics?" series, filmed by Cinecraft. It features Nixon’s musings on why "average" people should become active in politics, what characteristics make a good politician, the impact of political life on politician’s families, and why viewers should not sacrifice their freedom for peace. This clip, however, is mostly about the loss of Checkers, his most famous pet, and his fondness for his clever new poodle, despite it being a “woman’s dog”.

Still upset about the cancellation of this year’s Oktoberfest? Let’s get you some beer. If you want it from the world’s most modern can this #ThirstyThursday, we’ve got you covered.

This ca. 1965 commercial advertises the Carling Brewing Company’s new tab-open beer cans and was produced by Cinecraft.  Founded in 1939, the Cleveland-based Cinecraft is the country’s longest-surviving commercial producer of industrial and sponsored motion pictures, a sector that included thousands of companies at its high point during the mid 20th century. In addition to Carling, Cinecraft also made commercials for brewers like Cleveland’s Leisy Brewing Company and Pittsburgh’s Iron City Brewing Company.

This is it! The last campaign commercial you have to watch this year! Don’t worry if you’ve already cast your ballot, though . . . you missed your chance to weigh in on the Ohio Tax Increase for School Foundation Program Initiative, also known as Initiative 1, about 55 years go.

This campaign commercial was made for the Ohio Council of Education by Cinecraft, Inc in 1965. Founded in 1939, the Cleveland-based Cinecraft is the country’s longest-surviving commercial producer of industrial and sponsored motion pictures, a sector that included thousands of companies at its high point during the mid 20th century.

The commercial urged voters to support Ohio State Issue 1 on the November 2, 1965 ballot. The issue would have increased the state sales tax by 1% to raise additional money for public schools. It was rejected. Just over 68% of voters apparently also didn’t care if Paul Whitcomb stayed in school to learn all that history and poetry and stuff.

William Grover Barnard (1887-1965) and I have *very* different ideas about what constitutes a proper cocktail. In this ca. 1950 commercial, Barnard (also known as "Papa" Barnard),  the founder of Natural Foods Institute (later known as Vitamix) demonstrates how the Vitamix machine can help your family "enjoy” a “cocktail” of pineapple juice, celery stalks, carrots, lettuce, apples, and “everything you see” on the table in front of him, including a whole egg, shell included.

We’ve got an exciting announcement this #FilmFriday! A big new film collection!!!

In 2018, Hagley acquired the Culley family collection of Cinecraft Productions audiovisual materials (Accession 2018.20), which offers an introduction to Cinecraft's history and samples of their productions from the company's first thirty years (you can explore that collection online by clicking here). And now, for much of this past month, Hagley staff has been in Cleveland, packing a new Cinecraft collection for arrival and processing.

We are so pleased to announce the acquisition of the Cinecraft Productions film archive. Founded in 1939, the Cleveland-based Cinecraft is the country’s longest-surviving commercial producer of industrial and sponsored motion pictures, a sector that included thousands of companies at its high point during the mid 20th century.

The film collection bound for Hagley includes approximately 1,700 projects covering a period from the 1940s into the 1970s. The collection is the largest motion picture film collection ever acquired by Hagley and will make the Library a destination for researchers of visual culture and the history of industrial films for many years to come. As far as we can tell, it is one of the largest intact collections from an industrial film producer to survive from an era when thousands of businesses specialized in advertising, industrial, and sponsored films.

The god of rain has reduced his showering but all the flood-affected places are still devastated. Many people don’t have shelter to live, food to eat and clothes to wear. After rescuing people from danger it is time to help everyone to lead a normal life.

Cinecraft Academy of Film & Television, Pune collected necessary material such as clothes, kitchen appliances, stationery items and sanitary napkins with the help of students and staff of the academy. The collected material is dispatched to the respective areas.

Balaji Pictures is coming up with a unique movie, Dream Girl. We, Cinecraft Academy wishes all the best to the team! 

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