Videos for This Week

Public domain film noir

Stuck in a game a chess, Miss Boop has to fight off the letcherous advances of the king.

This is a dill pickle. A mighty pretty pickle. Especially when she joins you at the show.

Private Snafu learns about the hazards of enemy booby traps the hard way. This is one of 26 Private SNAFU ('Situation Normal, All Fouled Up) cartoons made by the US Army Signal Corps to educate and boost the morale the troops. Originally created by Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) and Phil Eastman, most of the cartoons were produced by Warner Brothers Animation Studios - employing their animators, voice actors (primarily Mel Blanc) and Carl Stalling's music.

A story of greed, gluttony, and vanity. A mouse gets in trouble when he eats so much cheese that he can't move, then the cat comes and his troubles really begin...A computer animated Short film written directed and animated by Derek Flood.

The American Social Health Association was always experimenting with new ways to educate the public about venereal disease. They helped produce the first VD education film, "Fit to Fight", in 1918 in order to educate soldiers being shipped abroad to fight in the first World War. Although this popular TV public service announcement informs the public that everybody is susceptible to venereal disease, strangely, it also seems to imply that having VD will make you successful, attractive and happy. Also, the song is quite infectious...

All men of the world can find common ground in these simple rules of “evacuation” etiquette.

The Western powers airlift of supplies to Berlin during the Soviet Blockade of Berlin. Operation ‘Plain Fare’ . The Berlin blockade. Post Second World War. Germany. Soviet ‘Iron Curtain’.. Deutschmark. 24 June 1948. ‘airbridge’ . Rosinenbomber, or 'raisin bombers'), 2 million West Berliners with food, fuel and other supplies. At its height one plane reached West Berlin every 30 seconds. The Airlift officially ended on 30 September 1949, fifteen months after its protracted beginnings in June 1948. Operation ‘Plain Fare’ . The Berlin blockade. Sunderland Flying Boat

This rare animated advertisement was used to make viewers grab a barbeque sandwich

Old Time BBQ ad

Old Time advertisement on how to use the telephone. Uses animation and live action.

Caspar makes friends with a little fox. Animation by Myron Waldman, Morey Reden and Nick Tafuri. Scenics by Anto Loeb. Story by Bill Turner and Larry Reilly. Music by Winston Sharples. Narrator is Frank Gallop. Produced in 1948.

Little Audrey, in the schoolroom, is sent to the corner stool to memorize Mother Goose rhymes. She falls asleep and dreams that she gets a tour of Mother Goose Land by Mother Goose herself. Comic book criminals sneak into Mother Goose Land and attempt to steal the goose who lays golden eggs. Audrey captures them and then wakes up. Animation by G. Germanetti and Steve Muffatti, story by I. Klein, scenics by Anton Loeb, music by Winston Sharples. Produced in 1950.

Gabby tries to put a diaper on a cranky baby. Animation by David Tendlar and William Nolan. Music by Sammy Timberg. Produced in 1941

Ditzy socialite with a heart of gold, Irene Bullock (Carole Lombard) finds "forgotten man" Godfrey Smith (William Powell) in a scavenger hunt. Eventually Godfrey is taken in as the family butler for the Bullocks and screwball antics and romance ensue

Scenes at Ladera Park Baby Show, Los Angeles and Antioch (California) Diaper Derby. Newsreel story.

Baseball season opens in Oakland, California: April 2, 1918; auto parade through downtown streets and pregame warmup.

The rise of a showgirl, Gloria Hughes, culminating in a Ziegfeld extravaganza "Glorifying the American Girl".

Gracie Gives a Wedding

Sergeant Friday investigates the destruction of a movie theater by a gang a teenagers! The cops find a small box containing marijuana and put two-and-two together…the reefer is making the kids go wild! Turns out that teenage Johnny is pushing weed, yellow jackets, goof balls and "H." His friend tells the police—but it's too late...Johnny takes a hot shot and ODs!

Jack is awoken at 4 AM by an all-night disc-jockey. Unable to go back to sleep, Jack decides to have a few adventures early in the morning. They involve catching Rochester coming in from a night on the town. Being insulted by a very familiar phone operator. Calling Mary for an early morning stroll through Paris and New York. When all else fails, Jack takes a walk by himself.

Lucy and Carol visit Palm Springs

Dick has tooth trouble, and fears he may have upset his dentist friend...

Official film of early Soap Box Derby competition in Akron, Ohio; tribute to ingenuity of the American Boy.

This biography of Jackie Robinson is not a great film. More than anything it represents a significant milestone in baseball and the civil right movement. Jackie doesn't do a terrible acting job which you don't really notice because the screen play, although light, is very face paced.

Surprisingly licentious advertising cartoon produced by the Fleischer brothers.

THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES did turn into television's number one show faster than any sitcom in history. A supreme television classic, this CBS-TV folklore favorite ran for nine years and still holds the record for TV's highest-rated half hour.

Madeleine Damien is the fashion editor of a slick Manhattan magazine by day and a lively party girl by night. Unfortunately, the pressures of her job, including kowtowing to a hefty advertiser, and her bad luck with men are driving her to a breakdown. She seeks the help of a psychiatrist, and under his orders, quits her job and moves into a smaller flat under a new identity. She becomes interested in painting and a handsome neighbor. He soon finds out about her past when an ex-suitor implicates her in a murder.

This 1956 rock & roll movie showcase features Chuck Berry, Connie Francis, the Moonglows, and 1950's dreamgirl Tuesday Weld. A must see original, presenting the grassroots of rock & roll, hosted by DJ, Alan Freed.

Seymour Hicks plays the title role in the first sound version of the Dickens classic about the miser who's visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. This British import is notable for being the only adaptation of this story with an invisible Marley's Ghost and its Expressionistic cinematography. This is the uncut 78 minute version.