Author Archive: Retro

Cuban Story: The Truth about Fidel Castro Revolution is a 1959 film documentary narrated by Errol Flynn, and the last known performance work of his career.

It was one of two films Flynn made about the Cuban Revolution during the early period when Castro was publicly denying his communist allegiance, the other being the drama-documentary Cuban Rebel Girls (1959).

Tons of silent footage with Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, Langdon, Chase and many, many more.

The pioneer TV comedian appears in clips from “Take a Good Look” and other shows he hosted in the ’50s and ’60s.

There is no plot as such. This is a slapstick comedy. It shows a lots of gags.

Newsreel story from the early 30s documenting a sports festival in China, including a sport that must be an early version of the hackysack. Narration is breezy, but manages to avoid stereotypes for the most part, which is amazing given the time this was made. It does give you a historically interesting brief glimpse of pre-war China.

ARC Identifier 643188 / Local Identifier 263.334. This film explores the industry and culture of the cities of Tianjin and Beijing. National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 – 12/04/1981)

Documentary about the great boxer «Joe Louis — The Brown Bomber, Heavyweight Champion of the World».