Author Archive: Retro

This 1926 film introduces and discusses the technical aspects of making talking pictures. It is the first film using the Vitaphone sound film system developed at Bell Laboratories.

The RCA Victor Corporation (Television Division) takes us inside their New Jersey production faciity where we will learn about the design, engineering and quality control behind their state of the art television sets.

The RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company that existed from 1919 to 1986. .

General Electric, with assistance from the United States Navy, show us the inner workings of an atomic powered submarine. The film includes a brief explanation of how atomic energy is harnessed to power the submarine, with scenes of testing and safety activities at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in

Another in a long line of films directed by Phil Tucker that are just various strippers of the era (based in L.A.) doing their acts in front of a stationary camera with 6th-rate comedians trying to do stolen material between the (semi) strips. No plot, no story line and strictly intended for the back-alley grind-house theatres of the larger USA cities, and stayed available for years in the state rights film exchanges.

In this comedy, two elderly coffee shop waitresses finally strike it rich, and attempt to break into high society. They are assisted by a social secretary. Trouble ensues.

A short film which documents the lives of the Sinhalese people.

Documentary about the poorist region of Northern Spain in Las Hurdes Altas; a mountainous region with flinty soil which is impossible to grow on. Focuses on the trials of the people who call this area their home. With English commentary.