Author Archive: Retro

An animated dramatization of the notorious World War I German torpedoing of the ocean liner, Lusitania.

Animated classic presenting what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses of atomic energy and the byproducts of nuclear fission.

Animated and live-action film for children showing the beneficial effects of milk.

A jilted husband takes his revenge by filming his wife and her lover and showing the result at the local cinema. This was one of Starewicz’ first animated films, and stars very realistic animated beetles.

An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology’s giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.

This subject will give rise to unrestrained laughter and will infect your entire audience with the jovial microbe. A learned man is seen in his laboratory studying microbes. His friend enters and after exchanging salutations the visitor is proclaimed to be full of microbes. Through a microscope the victim is permitted to view the many microbes with which he is infected and as each microbe is displayed to the view of the audience its exhibition creates wild applause. The microbes shown are as follows: Political Microbe, Functionary Microbe, Mother-in-Law Microbe, Chauffeur’s Microbe. The poor man faints and the doctor of science laughs at his terrified friend.

It is an animated Cold War preparation short film about what Fallout is and how to protect yourself against it. While the information provided might actually be somewhat useful in case of a reactor accident (e.g. Fukushima), it is also fun to watch as the harms of nuclear fallout are smiled away by an animated person and the encouraging voice of a typical 50′s narrator.