Robert Geisel Films, 1950-1980

Contents List

Container Title
Series: 16 mm Prints (Viewing Prints)
Note: Listed by client and then title of feature. Some of these works have printing elements; when these exist it is noted.
Badger Breeders
CC 189
Art of Herd Improvement
CC 190
Reproduction
Dairy Operating Cooperative
CC 191
All Hands Secure, revised
CC 192
All Hands Secure, new version
Note: See also printing elements.
Drott Manufacturing
CC 193
Cruz Cranes
Note: Answer print, see also printing elements.
CC 194
Moving with Imagination, version 2
AE 114
The Little Leaguer
CC 195
The Thoroughbred International, circa 1964
Note: See also printing elements.
Gaslite Inc.
Waitress Training, 1964
AE 115
Positive original edited (A roll)
AE 116
Magnetic track
Employer's Insurance
CC 200
Ready or Not, 1971-1972
Note: See also printing elements.
DF 578
Before the Emergency
Helke's Interiors c/o ACT Advertising, “Helke chair” (30 second TV spot), 1975
AE 117
Positive original edited (A roll)
AE 118
Magnetic track
DF 790
Mish-Mash” at the Wisconsin Valley Fair in Wausau, circa 1956
Note: Filmed and edited by Joseph Keresztessy. Silent; color; blurry at times; scenes of the fair, car races, people, and animals; shot with anamorphic lens.
Of Time and Timber
Note: Documentary style film about the forest industry in northern Wisconsin, film was probably produced for the Marathon County Historical Society.
VBC 277
Viewing copy
Physical Description: U-matic videocassette 
CC 201
Master copy
Physical Description: 16 mm print 
Responsible Outdoorsman
Note: “Responsible Outdoorsman” series was designed to promote safety in outdoor sports. Intended for TV presentation; host, Tony Kabeck.
AE 119
“Boating and Swimming Safety,” 1972
AE 120
“Fishing Safety,” 1972
Note: See also printing elements.
AE 121
“Snowmobile Safety,” 1971
Note: See also printing elements.
CC 196
Rev-Jet, 1964
Note: See also printing elements.
AE 122
Rolite Trailer Company, “Rolite travel camping trailer,” 1963
Note: Positive original edited (A roll), footage of car pulling camper, setting it up, and putting it down.
DF 791
Snow Trails to Action: Snowmobile Fever, 1970
Note: Miller Brewing Company snowmobiling promotion, see film work sheet.
CC 197
Tombstone Pizza TV commercials, 1975, 1977
Note: 6 reels in 1 can, TV spots from 1975 include: “Baseball”; “Billiards”; “Bowling”; “Card Game”; and “Charcoal Grill” (also known as “Picnic”). And one spot from 1977 is titled “Skiing.”
CC 198
Tombstone Pizza TV commercials, 1975-1977
Note: 5 reels in 1 can, TV spots include: the 2nd answer print of “Bicentennial,” 1976; “Christmas”; “Drive-In Theater #2”; the revised version of the “Housewife” (also known as “Homemaker”), 1977; and “Snowmobile,” 1975.
Zimpro Inc.
AE 124
Kalamazoo Story, 1972
Note: See also printing elements.
CC 199
The Sanitary Mule, 1974
Note: See also printing elements.
Series: Raw Film Footage (archival positives)
AE 125
Greg “Grape Juice” Johnson interview
Physical Description: 16 mm, color, sound 
Note: Badger football player number 32, Greg Johnson, also known as “Grape Juice,” being interviewed in 1969.
AE 123
Tornado Damage: Town of Rib Mountain, 1977 August
Physical Description: 16 mm, color, silent 
Note: Footage of damage clean up.
CC 158
Wolf River film (not completed), circa 1960s
Physical Description: 16 mm, color, silent 
Note: Content includes footage of Native American dancers possibly performing at Camp Fire Museum and views of the audience; river activities including fishing and camping; scenes of places along the river.
M88-184
Series: Printing Elements
Note: Most of the following titles do not have viewing copies. Printing elements cannot be viewed. There are a few titles listed here that have picture film that can be viewed (i.e. A roll without sound, and master positives); when this is the case it is noted.
Box   1
A & B Contracting, We make systems flow
Note: Note: A, B, and C rolls and B wind optical track in 2 cans.
A. Ward Ford Memorial Institute
Note: The “silent killer” refers to hypertension.
Box   2
“Report on life #1: The silent killer,” 1974
Note: A and B rolls, and B wind optical track in 2 cans.
Box   2
“Report on life #2: Detecting the silent killer,” 1975
Note: A and B rolls and B wind optical track in 2 cans.
Box   2
“Report on life #3: Treating the silent killer,” 1976
Note: A, B and C rolls and B wind optical track in 2 cans.
Box   1
CAE Fiberglass, We make big things happen, 1981
Note: CRI and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Crestline
Box   1
Crestline windows, circa 1964
Note: Internegative and master mag mix in 1 can.
What happens when you say yes, 1961
Box   1
A, B rolls in 1 can
Box   3
B wind optical track in 1 can
Dairy Operating Cooperative
Box   3
60 second TV commercial, circa 1965
Note

A roll and B wind optical track in 1 can.

Can view picture without sound.

Box   3
All Hands Secure
Note

Internegative (3rd version, 9/01/65) and A wind optical track in 1 can.

See also viewing print.

Box   3
Defenders of community health
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Drott Manufacturing
Box   3
Con Expo: Cruz Air, 1975
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Box   3
Cruz Cranes
Note

Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.

See also viewing print.

Box   4
Drott 770-TC Travel Carrier, 1977
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Box   4
Las Vegas show - Drott 120 Crawler
Note

A roll and B wind optical track in 1 can.

Can view picture without sound.

Box   4
Logging, 1976-1977
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Box   4
The Thoroughbred International
Note

A and B roll conformed originals and B wind optical track in 2 cans.

See also viewing print.

Box   4
Easy camper T-Bird, circa 1965
Note

A roll and master mag mix in 1 can.

The A roll can be viewed without the sound.

Employer's Mutual Insurance (Wausau Insurance Company)
Box   4
An outside look
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Box   5
Be current wise, 1969
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Box   5
Better people (President's report), 1971
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Box   5
Food for thought
Note: A and B rolls and B wind optical track in 2 cans.
Box   5
The best things in life
Note: A and B rolls and B wind optical track in 2 cans.
Box   6
The David Hall story, 1963
Note

Original negative and master positive in 1 can.

The master positive can be viewed. President John F. Kennedy honors the “Handicapped man of the year,” David Hall of Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Box   6
The high-low bid, 1977
Note: A, B, C rolls and B wind optical in 2 cans.
Box   6
The other side of the dark, 1973-1974
Note: Internegative and A wind optical in 1 can.
Box   6
The President's Report, 1972
Note: A, B rolls and B wind optical in 2 cans.
Box   7
Ready or not
Note

Internegative and A wind optical track in 2 cans.

See also viewing print.

Felker Brothers
Box   7
Gottschalk cranberry operation, 1976
Note: Internegative in 1 can.
Box   7
Production of stainless steel pipe, tube, fittings, and accessories for the process industries, 1968
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Box   7
Roots of steel: The Felker story, 1975
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Box   7
Hankscraft film, 1972
Note: A, B rolls and B wind optical track in 2 cans.
Box   7
Hospital without walls (Wausau Visiting Nurses Association?)
Note: A, B rolls and B wind optical track in 2 cans.
Box   7
LaFonte firewood processor, 1978
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Box   7
Marathon Battery Corporation, Astro-Liter promotional film, 196?
Note

A roll and B wind optical track in 1 can.

A roll (picture) can be viewed without the sound.

Box   7
Marathon County Red Cross, A part of the main, 1975
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Marathon Millwork
Box   7
Casement windows
Note: Internegative and master mag mix in 1 can.
Box   9
Tiltamatic, 1966
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Box   9
Melvin Company, 1976-1977
Note: A, B rolls and B wind optical track in 2 cans.
Mosinee Paper Mills
Box   9
Mosinee packaging, 1970
Note: Internegative and master mag mix in 1 can.
Box   9
New direction at Mosinee, 1964-1965
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Murco (D.J. Murray Manufacturing)
Box   9
Roll lowering table
Note

A roll and B wind optical track in 1 can.

A roll (picture) can be viewed without the sound.

Box   10
Roll turntable system
Note: A, B roll and B wind optical track in 1 can.
Box   10
NEWIST (North East Wisconsin Instructional Television), Data processing, 1970
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Prentice Hydraulics
Box   10
Block loader
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Box   10
Pulp loader
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Responsible Outdoorsman
Box   10
“Fishing Safety”
Note

A, B rolls and B wind optical track in 1 can.

See also viewing print.

Box   11
“Snowmobile Safety”
Note

A, B rolls and B wind optical track in 1 can.

See also viewing print.

Box   11
Rev-Jet
Note

Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.

See also viewing print.

Box   11
Silver Spurs Resort Ranch, Never a stranger, 1966
Note: A, B rolls and B wind optical track in 2 cans.
Box   11
Thilco Functional Papers Plant
Note: A, B rolls and B wind optical track in 1 can.
Tomahawk Boat Company, Dream boats
Box   11
A, B rolls in 1 can
Box   12
B wind optical track in 1 can
Box   12
United Fund of South Wood County, It does happen here, 1962
Note: A, B rolls and B wind optical track in 2 cans.
Box   12
Wausau Homes, Man in a blizzard, 1966
Note: A, B rolls and B wind optical track in 1 can.
Wausau Iron Works
Box   12
Wausau Sno-Throw, 1963
Note

A roll and B wind optical track in 1 can.

A roll (picture) can be viewed without the sound.

Box   12
Wausau Thrun Road Equipment
Note

A roll and B wind optical track in 1 can.

A roll (picture) can be viewed without the sound.

Zimpro Inc.
Box   13
Earth's human shores, 1971-1972
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Box   13
Kalamazoo Story
Note

Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.

See also viewing print.

Box   13
Los Angeles Project, 1971
Note

A roll and B wind optical track in 1 can.

A roll (picture) can be viewed without the sound.

Box   13
Servicing the Zimpro pump
Note: Part I-II, A, B rolls and B wind optical track in 3 cans.
Box   14
The Sanitary Mule, 1974
Note: Internegative and A wind optical track in 1 can.
Box   14
Waste water reclamation: Toward zero discharge, 1977
Note: CRI and A wind optical track in 1 can.