Author Archive: Retro

Made during WWII, this silent newsreel shows West Point during the stewardship of Major General Francis

History of America 1917 to 1932. Produced by Fredric Ullman, Jr. ALSO: THE AMERICAN ROAD-A history of the automobile.

Nice Alaska summer scenery and lore, Alaskan people and their tales, and the salmon trade.

A reporter goes to rural New Mexico to write a sensational story about the Penitentes, a secretive group of Spanish Catholics who practice flagellation as part of their religious rites. At the end, he is murdered for intruding and the police beat up likely suspects until one confesses. Bizarre exploitation documentary.

Taglines included: Brutal Africa in the Raw! SEE: Rampaging Beasts Charge Like Tanks! SEE: Parades of Primitive Women, Unashamed! Filmed In The Green Hell of Africa’s Jungles! Hordes of Blood Drinkers! Thundering Attack of Frenzied Rhino! East of the Raging Congo! RAW! REVEALING! The Kingdom of Blood and naked enchantment… primitive unashamed customs, butchering beasts in shocking close-ups!

A film about pygmies from the 1930s.