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Author: DiagonalView Added: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:25:19 -0800 Duration: 67A couple have covered their cherished VW Beetle in oak. Amazing to look at, and it evens drives ok.

Author: DiagonalView Added: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:25:19 -0800 Duration: 67A couple have covered their cherished VW Beetle in oak. Amazing to look at, and it evens drives ok.

A couple have covered their cherished VW Beetle in oak. Amazing to look at, and it evens drives ok.

A couple have covered their cherished VW Beetle in oak. Amazing to look at, and it evens drives ok. Author: diagonaluk Keywords: Diagonal View funny weird driving cars school old 1950s unusual Added: July 23, 2008

Author: DiagonalView Added: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:37:22 -0800 Duration: 89Strange news story about a driving school for childrenthat's run by children.

Strange news story about a driving school for children…that's run by children.

Strange news story about a driving school for children...that's run by children. Author: diagonaluk Keywords: Diagonal View funny weird driving cars school old 1950s unusual Added: July 22, 2008

Andy loses his license and needs glasses to get it back. Kingfish sees an opportunity to swindle him out of his car. Author: matthias1949 Keywords: cult classic television tv sitcom 1950s Added: July 21, 2008

Andy loses his license and needs glasses to get it back. Kingfish sees an opportunity to swindle him out of his car. Author: matthias1949 Keywords: cult classic television tv sitcom 1950s Added: July 21, 2008

Andy loses his license and needs glasses to get it back. Kingfish sees an opportunity to swindle him out of his car. Author: matthias1949 Keywords: cult classic television tv sitcom 1950s Added: July 21, 2008

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello discuss questions for passing a police exam... with crazy results!! Author: terribletc Keywords: Abbott Costello comedy mustard funny classic duo sit-com Bud Lou variety 1950s Added: July 21, 2008

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pocketmaar-dev anand,geeta bali Author: raghubhai77 Keywords: pocketmaar dev anand geeta bali sahab lalita pawar nadira bollywood 1950's hindi movie r.d burman Added: July 21, 2008

Retro TV: Another intro for the early 50's sitcom "The Beulah Show", which was recently released on DVD. Only 7 episodes are known to survive. Author: iLoveClassicTV Keywords: Retro TV Classic Television Lost Film 50's 1950's Fifties Rare Added: July 19, 2008

Author: QIP1 Added: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:54:49 -0800 Duration: 49This absorbing vintage film explores the issue of cheating in school. John, a Student Council representative, is having trouble with algebra. He knows he has to maintain his good grades for his social status, so he gets his girlfriend Mary to allow him to copy from her answers on a test. Later, after hes been caught, his fellow students come down on him hard, eventually punishing him by kicking him off the Student Council. What makes this film different from others of its ilk is the Film Noir quality that the film employs to heighten tension and fear. The characteristics of film noir are ever present. The beginning is quite dark and scary, with a young boy's loneliness, with many different close ups of a phone, faces, and disembodied voices. And of course, shadows and sharp angles are focused on with the stark black and white picture exploding off the screen. As this was part of the Discussion Problems in Group Living series, this film focuses not on what the adults do to ...

This absorbing vintage film explores the issue of cheating in school. John, a Student Council representative, is having trouble with algebra. He knows he has to maintain his good grades for his social status, so he gets his girlfriend Mary to allow him to copy from her answers on a test. Later, after he’s been caught, his fellow students come down on him hard, eventually punishing him by kicking him off the Student Council. What makes this film different from others of its ilk is the Film Noir quality that the film employs to heighten tension and fear. The characteristics of film noir are ever present. The beginning is quite dark and scary, with a young boy's loneliness, with many different close ups of a phone, faces, and disembodied voices. And of course, shadows and sharp angles are focused on with the stark black and white picture exploding off the screen. As this was part of the Discussion Problems in Group Living series, this film focuses not on what the adults do to John, but on what his peers think of his actions, and whether they will offer peer support or more peer pressure. This series of films was made specifically to stimulate discussion among young audiences who viewed it, instead of making rigid pronouncements about what is right or wrong. Cheating on tests in school is an ever growing issue and it's fascinating to see how cheating was perceived in the 1950's. Author: QualityInformation Keywords: 1950s character cheat cheating code conduct education ethics family film filmstrip morality noir social values Added: July 18, 2008

The Engagement Ring Episode Number: 45 Season Num: 2 The Kingfish plays matchmaker and arranges a match between Andy and an older woman, in the hope of collecting a services rendered fee. Author: matthias1949 Keywords: television tv sitcom cult classic 1950's Added: July 17, 2008

The Engagement Ring Episode Number: 45 Season Num: 2 The Kingfish plays matchmaker and arranges a match between Andy and an older woman, in the hope of collecting a services rendered fee. Author: matthias1949 Keywords: television tv sitcom cult classic 1950's Added: July 17, 2008

The Engagement Ring Episode Number: 45 Season Num: 2 The Kingfish plays matchmaker and arranges a match between Andy and an older woman, in the hope of collecting a services rendered fee. Author: matthias1949 Keywords: television sitcom cult classic 1950's Added: July 17, 2008

This Duck and Cover civil defense film is the original "nuclear attack safety film" that assures children protection from atomic bombs by getting low to the ground and covering up. A pillar of 1950s history, this hilariously ineffective nuclear survival technique has been satirically mimicked on countless occasions. The cutesy film features the animated character Bert the Turtle showing kids the classic “duck and cover” way to survive a nuclear attack. Bert is walking down the street, minding his own business, while the “duck and cover” theme song plays in the background: There was a turtle by the name of Bert and Bert the turtle was very alert; when danger threatened him he never got hurt he knew just what to do... He ducked! [inhalation sound] And covered! Ducked! [inhalation sound] And covered! A monkey in a tree then dangles a little piece of dynamite in Burt’s face, causing Burt to hide in his shell for cover, escaping the resulting explosion that takes out both the monkey and the tree! The film then switches to a live action family picnicking and the narrator advises children that when they see the flash of the bomb, they can survive as long as they crouch down and take cover. Duck and Cover is a riotous classic film exemplifying American governmental fear prevention and political propaganda.

Kingfish's Secretary Episode Number: 6 Season Num: 1 First Aired: June 19, 1952 Kingfish mistakenly signs a letter requesting a mail order bride with a letter requesting a wash woman for the building. Author: matthias1949 Keywords: tv sitcom cult classic 1950s Added: July 9, 2008

Kingfish's Secretary Episode Number: 6 Season Num: 1 First Aired: June 19, 1952 Kingfish mistakenly signs a letter requesting a mail order bride with a letter requesting a wash woman for the building. Author: matthias1949 Keywords: tv sitcom cult classic 1950s Added: July 9, 2008

Author: QIP1 Added: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:17:25 -0800 Duration: 76This piece of Cold War Propaganda attempts to reassure the public about the aftermath of a nuclear attack on American soil. Told in a calmly scientific tone (a popular type of propaganda), the film uses both animation and live action to illustrate the ...

This piece of Cold War Propaganda attempts to reassure the public about the aftermath of a nuclear attack on American soil. Told in a calmly scientific tone (a popular type of propaganda), the film uses both animation and live action to illustrate the effects a bomb might have and the dispersal pattern of fallout. Downplaying the dangers involved, the film recommends fallout shelters for every family as a standard for Civil Defense. The narrator gently assures the audience that two weeks of hiding out is enough before a family can emerge into a relatively safe world again. The dangers of fallout radiation are absurdly minimized as instructions for decontamination measures are given. About Fallout is one of the best examples of propaganda in American history and a great look at now antiquated nuclear fallout shelters. The film was originally sponsored by the US Department of Defense.

Author: loadingready Added: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:12:19 -0800 Duration: 242

Author: loadingready Added: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:12:19 -0800 Duration: 242

Author: OldTimeMedia Added: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:50:39 -0800 Duration: 379Popeye: Me Musical Nephews (1942) Popeye is up late listening to his nephews play their instruments when he decides that it's time for bed. Not ready to call it a night, the nephews sit up making music with objects from around the bedroom. Every time Popeye tries to catch them they stop playing and jump into bed pretending to be asleep. Fed up, Popeye pulls his bed outside the iris but his nephews follow, leading Popeye to go bouncing into the audience as they wrap up their set

Author: OldTimeMedia Added: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:50:39 -0800 Duration: 339Popeye: Parlez Vous Woo (1956) Olive is so captived by "The International", a radio personality with a French accent, that she'd rather stay home than go out on a date with Popeye. Bluto, overhearing this, comes to the door as the character. Popeye does his best to get Olive back, to no avail. Finally, Bluto challenges Popeye to a duel, ultimately stabbing him in the chest where his can of spinach was. Popeye unmasks Bluto, then eats another can of spinach to give himself a French accent.

Author: OldTimeMedia Added: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:24:54 -0800 Duration: 375Popeye: Spinach Fer Britain (1943) A German sub destroys a rowboat, a buoy, and another German sub (obviously, not the pride of the fleet)...