Author Archives for Retro
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Illustrates the devastating effect disasters had on the farmers in Oklahoma and Texas, who were already reeling from the Depression.
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- Comments Off on The Butcher, The Baker and The Ice Cream Maker 1955
1955 animated industrial short — sponsored by the Paraffined Carton Research Council and featuring the vocal talents of Paul Frees — extolling the virtues and benefits of using wax-treated cartons for pre-packaged ice cream.
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- Comments Off on Best of the Monsters 1960
Wayne and Schuster take a look at the great movie Monsters.
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- Comments Off on Road to Peace part 1 & 2 1942
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- Comments Off on Film Parade, The (aka March Of The Movies) 1933
Dir. Stuart Blackton’s rare and priceless film record of the history of motion pictures, from Egyptian wall-paintings to early films of the 1900s. Written and
Produced by J. Stuart Blackton.
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- Comments Off on Across The World With Mr. And Mrs. Martin Johnson 1930
Explorers Martin and Osa Johnson set out an an expedition that takes them to Hawaii, the little explored South Pacific regions of the Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides Islands, Australia, then through the Suez Canal, down the Nile River to Tanganyika, a safari to the Belgian Congo–where they observe a large variety of wildlife and meet up with a tribe of pygmies–and finally wind up in Uganda.
