Author Archive: Retro

A group of thieves takes over a village. The main character is the blacksmith of the village, nicknamed ‘Dumb Ox”. He has a criminal record as a thief but has served his time and now earns an honest living. He is first accused by the citizens of the village, but eventually he finds out the true criminals and challenges them.

Homeless man is chosen to represent the common man in a political good-will campaign. Dir. Bernard Vorhaus.

Inauguration of Richard Nixon

Documentary chronicling the individual, personal experiences of Pentecostal Christians at the Scrabble Creek Church in Scrabble Creek, West Virginia. Pentecostal Worship is expressive and lively in nature.

A study on a small Pentecostal congregation in Scrabble Creek, West Virginia.

This film describes how Puerto Rico, with too many people and too few resources, created an industrial economy and emerged from colonial rule to self – government. Governor Luis Muños Marin here decsribes his “Operation Bootstrap” program, interviewed on-camera with director Bill Deneen. The script was written by noted novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard.

STORY OF THE LITTLE BOY -THE DESTROYER. HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DESTROYER AND THE VARIOUS ASW WEAPONS ASSOCIATED WITH HER. FROM THE FIRST BAINBRIDGE TO THE MODERN NUCLEAR MODEL, THE STORY OF THE DESTROYER REVEALS THE SAGA OF WHAT MUST NOW BE CONSIDERED THE MOST VERSATILE, MOST DEMANDING SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY..”

his highly informative, well-made film focused on four geograophical areas: 1) Coyotepec, 2) Metepec (the art of Timotéo), 3) Tonalá (the work of Señores Palacios and Galván), 4) Puebla. Here we see low-fire pottery making as it was done by primitive methods before the potter’s wheel, and the manufacture of the beautiful blue and white Talavera and polychrome high-fire pottery of Puebla.