Author Archive: Retro

A classic documentary in glorious black and white, the film is mostly silent, with a musical score added. There is a sound introduction by Byrd himself and a narrator describes the section showing the actual flight over the South Pole (though his narration is hurried). The film is beautifully photographed and won the Academy Award for cinematography in 1930.

Aerial travelogue of South America.

Aerial travelogue of South America.

The story of two women and how they trick a husband into renovating a kitchen.

Cindy, a 12-year-old tomboy, is devastated when she learns that she hasn’t been invited to a neighborhood birthday party. That night in bed, her fairy godmother visits her, tells her enough with this tomboy baloney, gives her a frilly new party dress and some rules on how proper young girls are to behave at parties.

Jim leaves the gang after it attacks his father, and joins other teenagers at City Hall to argue against the imposition of a curfew. Drama filmed in Lawrence, Kansas.

This series looks at various scientific subjects with a marvellous sophistIcation for its time. Well done and appealing to all ages.


OUR MR. SUN

GATEWAY TO THE MIND

HEMO THE MAGNIFICENT

STRANGE CASE OF THE COSMIC RAYS

ITS ABOUT TIME

Dr. Frank Baxter and Eddie Albert explore the mysteries of the most important star in the universe. With the help of a boastful old Sol and a crank Father Time (voice of Mr. Barrymore), the sun’s history, power and potential are investigated.