![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | The Transatlantic Tunnel 1935 It's the story of an engineer who takes on the most ambitious project ever - excavating a tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean from England to America - and the obstacles and sacrifices he makes while doing so. Stars Richard Dix and Leslie Banks with special appearances by George Arliss and Walter Huston. Directed by Maurice Elvey. AKA "The Tunnel". Keywords: scifi; tunnel; feature films Downloads: 344 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | The East is Red - 东方红 (Dongfang Hong) A song and dance epic produced by the People's Republic of China on the cusp of the Cultural Revolution. "What sort of film would have resulted if, in the mid 1960s, Busby Berkeley, fresh from his gig on 'Jumbo', had been invited by none other than Chairman Mao to realize a project styled 'a song and dance epic', for the benefit of the entire People's Republic of China to digest as a picture show entertainment? Something flashy, but with a message... Keywords: Mao Zedong; Mao Tse-Tung; Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution; People's Republic of China; musical; epic; communism; maoism; marxism Downloads: 15,853 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Niemandsland -- Hell on Earth - Victor Trivas The film takes place in a WWI trench, where five diverse individuals have been unwillingly thrust together. Despising one another at first, the five protagonists come to realize that they must learn to get along if they hope to survive. The pacifistic sentiments (not to mention the ethnic mix) of Niemansland would be verboten by the Nazi regime within a few years after its original 1931 release; indeed, all copies of this film were ordered to be destroyed by propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. Keywords: socialism, WWI, antiwar, peace, pacifism, internationalism Downloads: 1,853 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | High Flight... Late Night Television Sign Off... Keywords: Television; Sign Off; Jets; Planes Downloads: 456 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | A Classic 1953 Commercial for Joy Dishwashing Liquid A Classic 1953 Commercial for Joy Dishwashing Liquid. Widely regarded by many historians to feature Sexism, Racism, Homophobia and Anti-Semitism. I have also uploaded the complete telecast on this website Keywords: Classic TV; Television; Classic Television; TV; Commercial; Classic Commercials; Commercials; Classic Commercial; 50s; 50's; 1950s; 1950's; Fifties Downloads: 561 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Undersea Kingdom: Chapter 8 - Into the Metal Tower - Nat Levine Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, travels with Professor Norton, his Son Billy, and plucky reporter Diana Compton to the Undersea Kingdom of Atlantis to locate the cause of series of earthquakes. When they arrive Crash and his friends become embroiled in battle between warring Atlanteans. Keywords: Serial; Action; Cliffhanger; Undersea Kingdom Downloads: 4,234 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Mr. Wong in Chinatown From IMDb: A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess Lin Hwa, on a secret military mission for Chinese forces fighting the Japanese invasion. Mr. Wong finds two captains with the intial J in the case, neither being quite what he seems; there's fog on the waterfront and someone still has that poison-dart gun..... Keywords: mystery; murder; crime; Karloff; Mr. Wong Downloads: 7,692 Average rating: (4 reviews) |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Sherlock Holmes: The Sleeping Cardinal - Julius Hagen This rare Sherlock Holmes film was released at the same time as the Raymond Massey picture "The Speckled Band". The story is partly based on two Conan Doyle short stories: "The Final Problem" and "The Empty House". Sceptical about the potential success of the film, the producers sold the rights to the film to "First Division Pictures" for 800 pounds. The film was released in July 1931 under the title "Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour"... Keywords: Sherlock Holmes; Arthur Wontner; Mystery; Lost Films Downloads: 1,795 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Uncivilised - Charles Chauvel A white novelist, looking for a story in the outback, is kidnapped by an Afghan slaver, betrothed to a white jungle-man, and menaced by a jealous half-caste rival, a hostile witch-doctor, his crazed-killer son, and opium smugglers! This was legendary Australian-based film maker Charles Chauvel's attempt to break the international market. It stars Dennis Hoey (Inspector Lestrade in the Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies.) It also features Kenneth Brampton - director and star of the 1920 Version of R... Keywords: Outback; Dennis Hoey; Charles Chauvel; Aborigines; Slavery; Drugs; Opium; Crime; Adventure Downloads: 7,286 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Undersea Kingdom: Chapter 1 - Beneath the Ocean Floor - Nat Levine Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, travels with Professor Norton, his Son Billy, and plucky reporter Diana Compton to the Undersea Kingdom of Atlantis to locate the cause of series of earthquakes. When they arrive Crash and his friends become embroiled in battle between warring Atlanteans. Keywords: Serial; Action; Cliffhanger; Undersea Kingdom Downloads: 13,800 Average rating: (7 reviews) |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Classic 1959 Television Commercial for the Kodak Starmite A classic 1959 television commercial for the Kodak Starmite camera. A fairly decent commercial. FYI, in late 2009 money, the camera cost $US77.88 (see also: "David the Law Clerk") Keywords: Classic TV; Television; 50s; 50's; 1950s; 1950's; Fifties; Commercial; Commercials; Eastman Kodak; Kodak; Camera Downloads: 87 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Classic TV Commercial for a UNIVAC computer A classic Television commercial for a UNIVAC computer. This commercial is from a 5 February 1956 CBS-TV telecast. It also promotes CBS-TV's weather service. Pretty cool commercial if you ask me. Keywords: Classic TV; Television; 50s; 50's; 1950s; 1950's; Fifties; Computer; Computers; Vintage; Retro; Nostalgia; Remington Rand; CBS-TV Downloads: 2,599 Average rating: (5 reviews) |
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