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Video Teletraining was produced by the Federal Aviation Administration to educate on the various aspects of teletraining. These include choosing the most effective teletraining method for your outcome, the advantages and disadvantages of each of the many methods in terms of cost, interaction capabilities and quality of presentation. This DVD was produced in 1994 so it doesn't address the teletraining opportunities available via modern internet teletraining tools but the issues that are discussed are just as relevant to these newer technologies as they are to the older, but still well known and used technologies.

Aluminum Manufacturing and Processing At Alcoa and Reynolds, Aluminum Can Manufacturing and More

Before there were CDs, there were records - lots and lots of records - 45s, 78s, etc. And record players that could play a single record or a stack of records, one at a time. The technology was primitive compared to today but to the millions of record lovers, this was the golden age of music.

1950s Era Look Into the Inner Workings of the New York Stock Exchange and Educational Animations to Explain Stock Investing to Individual Investors

History of the Electron, Cathode Ray, Vacum Tubes, Early Surge Protection of Vacuum Tubes, Early Transistor and Valve Technology and More...

Worker to Worker was produced by the Department of Labor - Occupational Health and Safety Administration in 1980to highlight the many health and safety problems that workers routinely encounter on the job. Workers talk about their experience with OSHA and NIOSH and how they don't want their plants to be shut down but do want to have a safe work environment. It is a good portrayal of how government can work with workers and company owners to find that stable middle ground that works for all parties.

You Are My Sunshine (2002) was produced by the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. This video tells the story of the Sunshine Mine disaster of 1972 via the stories of 27 people who lived through the disaster. The video examines what happened, what went wrong and discusses lessons learned. The Sunshine fire was the driving force behind the creation of the Metal/Nonmetal Health and Safety Act of 1977. Ninety one miners were lost in this tragic accident.