Author Archive: Retro

John Wayne hosts this documentary about “America’s fight against Communist aggression”. Also appearing with Wayne is Lowell Thomas and Martha Raye.

Communism overruns a small American town. One man resists.

Various celebrities and news-media figures discuss the polarization of politics between the Western Allies of the United States and the Soviet bloc, pointing out the need for vigilance and action to protect democracy in the U.S. and abroad.

The Black middle-class Myers family moves into all-white Levittown, PA in August, 1957, and are snubbed and mistreated, in this powerful landmark .

An autumn in Paris, a few months after the war ended.
Film transfered in HD

DOCUMENTARY

This is a charming little film about answering little kids’ questions. Parents are encouraged to answer every question their little darlings ask in a patient and accurate fashion, lest they grow up to be like awkward shy Molly, who never asks any questions. Not shown are the kids who say “Why?” over and over again just to annoy their parents, or the really embarrassing questions they sometimes come up with. Of course, this doesn’t take place in the real world, but in the ideal world of educational films, where teachers have time to patiently go over tests individually with their students, uncles are never inappropriate with little girls, and only really, really old and sick people die. It goes without saying that parenting is a lot easier in that world. Why? I don’t give a darn! He’s our shortstop!

Here, Willard Hahn films the Chaco region of Paraguay, exploring the ranch of American Bob Eaton, featuring Ligua Indian vaqueros. Also shown is a hand-cranked radio “bringing civilization to the wild Chaco.” Also featuring the Mennonite settlement of Filadelfia, old streetcar in Asunción. For more on Willard Hahn, visit www.afana.org/hahnwillard.htm