Author Archive: Retro

Narrated by newsman Chet Huntley, this documentary attempts to explain the causes of the 1950s Kenyan uprising against British rule, known as the “Mau Mau Rebellion.” The film starts out well, but its objectivity is compromised by several obviously staged “attacks” that are merely excuses to show “terrified” local women having their clothes ripped off.

Unusual documentary filmed on location in Africa by trailblazing explorers Martin & Osa Johnson. Includes footage of ferocious animals and tribal dwellers.

Documents the people of Johannasberg, Africa.

Apartheid (lit. “aparthood”) (pronounced [uh-pahrt-heyt, [uh-pahr-hahyt]) is an Afrikaans word for a system of racial segregation enforced through legislation by the National Party governments, who were the ruling party from 1948 to 1994, of South Africa, under which the rights of the majority black inhabitants of South Africa were curtailed and white supremacy and Afrikaner minority rule was maintained. Apartheid was developed after World War II by the Afrikaner-dominated National Party and Broederbond organizations and was practiced also in South West Africa, which was administered by South Africa under a League of Nations mandate (revoked in 1966 via United Nations Resolution 2145), until it gained independence as Namibia in 1990.

Racial segregation in South Africa began in colonial times under Dutch[4] and British rule. However, apartheid as an official policy was introduced following the general election of 1948. New legislation classified inhabitants into four racial groups (“native”, “white”, “coloured”, and “Asian”),[5] and residential areas were [...]

Promotional film for Panorama, a filmstrip/phonograph record/book playback unit, demonstrating how this early multimedia device can be useful in teaching.

Proliferation of outdoor advertising billboards through Chicago and the methods of analyzing potential advertising sites. This part explains the strategy behind the placement of outdoor media.

Also known as Conform or Die, this 61-minute documentary takes an aggressively exploitational approach to its subject. Culled from miles and miles of home-movie footage, the film shows Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini at work and at play. Much screen time is devoted to Hitler’s mistress Eva Braun and her thinly-clad girlfriends, who cavort in the waters in and around Berchetedtsgarten. These bizarrely idyllic sequences are counterparted by graphic, stomach-churning footage of Nazi atrocities and wartime carnage. The film ends with the now-familiar shots of the dead Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petracci hanging by their heels in the Milan town square. In later years, The Love Life of Adolph Hitler was reissued with new scenes involving Chinese communist leader Mao Tse Tung.