Author Archive: Retro

Television manufacturing at RCA’s New Jersey plant. Includes scenes of design, engineering and quality control. Great scenes of TVs with flickering test patterns.

This classic example of “capitalist realism” depicts a day in the life of Chevrolet workers in the U.S., while attempting to convince them that their own fortunes were inextricably linked to the fortunes of General Motors.

Television manufacturing at RCA’s New Jersey plant. Includes scenes of design, engineering and quality control. Great scenes of TVs with flickering test patterns.

Shows the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland overnight.

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Director John Ford’s documentary about the beginnings of the Korean War, after North Korenn troops invaded South Korea and battled U.S., South Korean and United Nations forces. Notable in that, unlike many documentaries of the time, it’s in color, and no stock footage is used.

Review the events of the Korean War from 1950 to 1953.

Documents the Jewish religion and the wailing wall in Jerusalem.

Horror legend John Carradine trades his cape for a rod and reel in this recently unearthed documentary, Fish Story, unseen since its release in 1947! The esteemed Hollywood actor, “an avowed saltwater man”, is taken to the Wisconsin woods by reporter ‘Tubby’ Toms and ‘Stu’ Pritchard, “wizard of the casting rod”, to learn the benefits of freshwater fishing! Though Carradine at first complains about swapping his tuxedo for overalls and galoshes, he is soon laughing, joking, and even singing with his new friends. More importantly, he learns the right and wrong ways of casting! By film’s end, John vows to “show old man (Clark) Gable how things are done back East” and come back next year with his three sons. At the time of filming, Carradine had recently completed a stint at Universal as Count Dracula in House of Frankenstein (1944) and House of Dracula (1945). In addition to his roles in dozens of classic [...]