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YouTube video by PeriscopeFilm "PAGES OF DEATH" 1962 ANTI-PORNOGRAPHY, MORAL DECAY & CORRUPTION RELIGIOUS SCARE FILM GG47675

Happy Halloween everyone! We just premiered a horrific vintage film "Pages of Death" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDWd...) about how porno mags can lead to moral corruption ... and MURDER! (Thanks to the Oregon Historical Society, which trusted us with this rare print for scanning.)

Join our co-founder Nick Spark at the San Marino Historical Society this Monday evening. He'll be sharing some rare films and participating in a Q&A. The public is welcome.
@CityofSanMarino

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Saturday, Sept. 27th, come see "Dazed and Confused" at Vidiots Foundation @vidiots.bsky.social in Eagle Rock, California. Accompanying this masterpiece will be classic drug scare films from our vaults. Just remember: you just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N! vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/dazed...

YouTube video by PeriscopeFilm PRESIDENT KENNEDY VISITS MCDONNELL AIRCRAFT CORP. ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI SEPT. 12, 1962 XD32295

On September 12, 1962, President John F. Kennedy visited the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in #StLouisMO We recently scanned and just posted a filmed record of that visit -- essentially unseen in 63 years! youtu.be/89PnkNTdVas

The rumor on Wall Street this week is that Kodak might be shutting down. It is true that the company has a mountain of debt (mostly due to a legacy pension plan). Hopefully, the company and the brand survives the current crisis. Mama don't take my Kodachrome away!

Before Netflix downloads, before Blockbuster Video tapes, the Kodascope Libraries rented 16mm films. This beautiful brass film can for "The Moose Country" is embossed with fateful words: "Rental Charged for Each Day Held Whether Used or Not". So long before Blockbuster late fees, there was that!

LOL According to YouTube's statistics, almost 90% of our viewers are male. Not sure what we've done to offend the ladies? Although come to think of it, if our channel was a fragrance, it would probably smell like diesel fumes, gunpowder, burned rubber and cigarette smoke!

GBH lays off 13 staff at American Experience, pauses production of new documentaries The move follows Congress' clawback of $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Heartsick to see news today that "American Experience" has paused production, and sponsoring station GBH has been forced to lay off staff. This is tragic: "AE" was one of the jewels of @PBS, and something all Americans could learn from and be proud of.

www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

What $9B spending cuts could mean for PBS, NPR stations, especially in rural areas Public broadcasting outlets such as PBS and NPR could soon lose the federal funding crucial to their operations.

Cuts to PBS / CPB will harm many independent documentary filmmakers, silence many vital, underappreciated and minority voices, and deprive the American public of unique educational programming. There will be no “savings” to the nation, just losses. #PBS @pbs.org

abcnews.go.com/Politics/9b-...

Buick's 120 m.p.h. Publicity Stunt | Periscope Film Get more from Periscope Film on Patreon

Just published a new Patreon video blog about @Buick's incredible 1957 publicity stunt: drive a stock Invicta 10,000 miles in 3.5 days. Average speed: 120 m.p.h.! www.patreon.com/posts/buicks...

YouTube video by PeriscopeFilm "THE RIOT MAKERS" UNDERLYING CAUSES OF 1960s RACE RIOTS & CAMPUS DISTURBANCES DOCUMENTARY GG34545

Just scanned and posted "The Riot Makers", a 1972 film made by the International Organization of Chiefs of Police. This "documentary" agitprop movie attempts to connect the campus upheavals and race riots of the 1960s to Leftist agitators, Lenin's Russia and Hitler's Germany.

youtu.be/W6qgQCDhS38

This weekend we took a break from scanning non-fiction 16mm films to scan an obscure 35mm comedy from the 1990s. It was produced by a friend of ours who unfortunately passed away this year; we're scanning it for his family, who hope to re-release it in his honor.

Images from John Huston's 1943 documentary, "Report from the Aleutians", showing battlefield burial of a pilot who died from his injuries after striking Japanese positions. This #MemorialDayWeekend we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our nation.

Cheech & Chong's Last Movie | Official Website | April 20 2025 Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for Cheech & Chong's Last Movie on the official site. In theaters April 20 2025 brought to you by Bushell Productions. Directed by: David Bushell. Sta...

Another cool #documentary that we provided stock footage for -- "Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie" -- is now officially available to watch at home! Roll up, crack a window, and let’s take the last ride together 🚗💨 #cheechandchong
www.cheechandchongslastmovie.com/watch-at-home/

Proud to say that we helped with "Mr. Polaroid", which premieres tonight, May 19th at 9/8c on American Experience PBS. This film tells the story of Edwin Land, the genius behind the Polaroid cameraand a host of other inve ntions (including spy tech). Trailer: www.pbs.org/video/traile...

SoCal friends -- please join us this at Vidiots @vidiots.bsky.social this Saturday, May 24th for a special Memorial Day weekend screening of WWII rarities, directly from our vault!

vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/this-...

Opening up film cans from libraries and schools — we often find instruction sheets, telling people how to care for 16mm films. This one asking for "Tender Love and Care" is signed by "Miss Sprocket" . It somewhat disappointingly features a drawing of a Coldstream Guard, and not Miss Sprocket!

A Vacation Trip to the Coolest Hotel in Florida | Periscope Film Get more from Periscope Film on Patreon

Now on Patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm, a new short about one of the most interesting 16mm home movies we've found recently, showing a visit to the #Biltmore Hotel Coral Gables in Miami. Back in 1941, the Barnum & Bailey circus acrobats would perform by the hotel's pool...

www.patreon.com/posts/vacati...

Sometimes the label on a 16mm film can catches our eye! This one comes from a 1970s U.S. Department of the Interior film about land reclamation. Yes ...the sticker probably is more exciting than the actual movie!

Exciting news: Milestone Films will soon be helmed by Maya Cade of the Black Film Archive. Rather than fold the company or sell it, founders Amy Heller and Dennis Doros chose to give it away -- to someone well deserving.

We got another one of "those" letters -- asking if we have a film featuring some obscure place, at some time in the distant past. Larry A. is looking for footage of McCook, Ill., 1960. Sadly, we don't have it. But maybe someone out there has a forgotten reel of 8mm film and will send it our way...

Love this article about our buddy Skip Elsheimer at A/V Geeks -- an inspiring proselytizer for the preservation of all things celluloid!

We love finding orphaned industrial films, so Friday was exciting -- this Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. print came in the mail! Bonus: the mailing box has its original Oklahoma City shipping label attached. Title: "Testing Science". All about how "Halliburton is best, for your drill stem test".

Urge Congress: Save Public Media Save your local stations. Email your Members of Congress now!

Public media is essential to our democracy. The White House is now attempting to claw back already approved public media funding, endangering PBS and NPR stations. Join us in the fight to save this important national resource. Contact Congress now. bit.ly/4izrxUn #ProtectMyPublicMedia