Fire
If you were curious what a monochromatic instructional film about firm might look like then you’re in luck…
Rogue's Tavern
IMDb says that this is a film involving a mad killer and supernatural elements.
Things To Come
A film rendering from before World War II of the H.G. Wells story.
Famous Generals: Pershing
Walter Matthau introduces a biography of the general.
Famous Generals: MacArthur
Walter Matthau introduces a biography of the general.
Driver's Dozen
Let’s meet Sergeant Safety!
This Is Parris Island
A 1970s look at basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
With the Marines: Chosin to Hugnam
A look at part of the history of the Korean conflict.
Battle for New Guinea
A look at the history of the re-taking of New Guinea in World War II.
Selecting Instructional Media
We learn from the United States Air Force about selecting audiovisual material for instructional settings.
Soviets in Space Part 4
US file footage of the Soviet space effort.
Soviets in Space Part 3
US file footage of the Soviet space effort.
Soviets in Space Part 2
US file footage of the Soviet space effort.
Soviets in Space Part 1
US file footage of the Soviet space effort.
The Yesterday Machine
The Mads Are Back…and they riffed this. Sometimes you can have bad ideas in monochrome about time machines right here in the United States. This film shows one of them.
Computer Chronicles: Search Engines
In this episode of the Computer Chronicles from 1996 we take a look at what search engines looked like back then.
Computer Chronicles: Word Processing Software (Class Project)
Students from a local community college are looking back at this 1984 episode of the Computer Chronicles that took a look at early word processors. We join those students in watching this show.
Computer Chronicles: Online Universities (Class Project)
Students from a local community college are looking back at this 2001 episode of the Computer Chronicles that took a look at online universities. We join those students in watching this show.
Computer Chronicles: Video Telephony (Class Project)
Students from a local community college are looking back at this 1999 episode of the Computer Chronicles that took a look at video telephony via the Internet. We join those students in watching this show.
Computer Chronicles: Telephony (Class Project)
Students from a local community college are looking back at this 1999 episode of the Computer Chronicles that took a look at telephony via the Internet. We join those students in watching this show.
Computer Chronicles: Virtual Reality (Class Project)
Students from a local community college are looking back at this 1998 episode of the Computer Chronicles that took a look at PDAs. We join those students in watching this show.
Computer Chronicles: Virtual Reality (Class Project)
Students from a local community college are looking back at this 1992 episode of the Computer Chronicles that took a look at virtual reality. We join those students in watching this show.
Computer Chronicles: Desktop Video 1990 (Class Project)
Students at a local community college are looking back at this 1990 episode of the Computer Chronicles that covered digital video on the desktop computer. We join them in tuning into this blast from the past.
Computer Chronicles: Business Graphics (Class Project)
Students at a local community college are looking back at this 1988 episode of the Computer Chronicles that covered business graphics packages for the PC platform. We join them in tuning into this blast from the past.
Computer Chronicles: Speech Recognition and Synthesis (Class Project)
Students at a local community college are looking back at this 1987 episode of the Computer Chronicles that covered speech recognition and synthesis. We join them in tuning into this blast from the past.
Computer Chronicles: Desktop Publishing 2 (Class Project)
Students at a local community college are looking back at this 1987 episode of the Computer Chronicles that covered desktop publishing. We join them in tuning into this blast from the past.
Computer Chronicles: Printers (Class Project)
Students at a local community college are looking back at this episode of the Computer Chronicles from 1984 that featured a look at the printers used with computers at that time. We join them in their endeavor.
Computer Chronicles: Computer Games (Class Project)
Students at a local community college are looking back at this episode of the Computer Chronicles from 1984 that featured a look at how computers then were used to play games such as those from Atari and Electronic Arts. We join them in their endeavor.
Computer Chronicles: Computer Graphics (Class Project)
Students at a local community college are looking back at this episode of the Computer Chronicles from 1984 that featured a look at how computers then were used to create art and graphics. We join them in their endeavor.
Computer Chronicles: Computer Music (Class Project)
Students at a local community college are looking back at this episode of the Computer Chronicles from 1984 that featured a look at how computers then were used to create music. We join them in their endeavor.
Computer Chronicles: Computers in Education (Class Project)
Students at a local community college are looking back at this episode of the Computer Chronicles from 1984 that featured demos of BASIC and LOGO. We join them in their endeavor.
Computer Chronicles: Spreadsheet Wars
In this episode of the Computer Chronicles, we look at the state of spreadsheets in 1988.
Parks as Classrooms
The National Parks Service talks about how to use its facilities and sites for educational purposes.
The Roosevelt Rap
An attempt at edutainment concerning President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Tough Luck and Tin Lizzies
A silent comedy from 1917.
Computer Chronicles: Learning on a Computer
In this episode of the Computer Chronicles, we look at the state of education in 1995 as it relates to being supported by computers.
The Story of Television (Part 2)
The second part of a promotional film by RCA as to the creation of television.
The Story of Television (Part 1)
The first part of a promotional film by RCA as to the creation of television.
Bronenosets Potyomkin (Battleship Potemkin)
A silent film masterpiece from 1925 Russia. This rendering includes a musical score aligned with the film footage.
Computer Chronicles: Memory Management
We take having gigabytes of memory in our computers for granted today. In 1990 it would have been unfathomable. In this episode of the Computer Chronicles we look at how we tried to stretch the computer memory we did have back then.
Computer Chronicles: Speech Synthesis (1984)
Siri was not a thing yet in 1984. Synthesizing speech was in many cases just a dream. In this episode of the Computer Chronicles we see what the state of the art looked like back in 1984.
Computer Chronicles: Asian Clones
In this episode from 1987 we explore the initial stirrings of a computer clone market from Taiwan and elsewhere from Asia. This episode was explored by S.M. Oliva in Computer Chronicles Revisited at https://www.smoliva.blog/post/computer-chronicles-revisited-090-computex-taipei-1987-hsinchu-science-park/ in an expansive blog post.
Day with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (RELOADED)
Mister Hoover loved to promote the Bureau in film. This is another example of that.
The Mysterious Retort
A silent film by Georges Méliès from 1906 originally entitled L’alchimiste Parafaragaramus ou la cornue infernale.
The Dumb Girl of Portici
A silent film from 1916.
The Phantom Ship
A film from 1936 starring Bella Lugosi that presents a fictionalized take on the mysterious ship known as the Mary Celeste.
Computer Chronicles: Astoronomy Software
In this episode of the Computer Chronicles from 1986, we take a look at software for the amateur astronomer.
Your Roadmap to the Internet via the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
From one of the smaller bureaus of the United States Department of Transportation, a film produced in the 1990s providing an introduction to the Internet and how it would revolutionize the work of providing transportation services to the country.
Computer Chronicles: Parallel Processing
In this episode of the Computer Chronicles from 1986, we look at the then-new computer architecture concept of parallel processing.
The Balloonatic
A silent comedy film featuring Buster Keaton.
West of Hot Dog
A comedy from Laurel and Hardy.
Far Sound, The
An AT&T training film about telecommunications
Computer Chronicles: Speech Recognition and Synthesis (1987)
Being able to talk to Siri is a new thing to be able to do. Back in the 1980s we were only just starting out having computers trying to comprehend what people were saying. Speech synthesis by computers was also only beginning then too. It sounded nothing like what we hear today. We learn more about this in this episode of the Computer Chronicles.
Safety: In Danger Out of Doors
Cringe-worthy safety film incorporating themes akin to Pumaman
Computer Chronicles: Mac Clones and New O/S
Once upon a time the Apple Macintosh could have went down the same path as the IBM PC platform by gaining clones by others. When Steve Jobs returned to Apple from Next he killed that program. Until he did that, though, the Macintosh clone program was a potential world with unknown possibilities. In this episode of the Computer Chronicles we look at a path that was taken then later cut off.
The Town And The Telephone
An employee orientation film about the telephone system from the 1950s.
A Trip To The Moon
RiffTrax riffed this but the riff does not seem to be available on YouTube. This film was originally released in France in 1902 and over a century ago broke ground in special effects.
More Dangerous Than Dynamite
With the tension around politicals in our country it is generally appropriate to consider why gasoline is not as safe as some might think it is.
Despotism
With the craziness surrounding the 45th President of the United States, it remains quite appropriate to consider what despotism looks like. How close is our country to being a despotic nightmare? That is one of those things we all need to consider, unfortunately
What To Do On A Date
Another item from the wonderful folks at Coronet Films…
Computer Chronicles: IBM Personal System 2
The IBM PS/2 changed the computing landscape when it came out. In this episode of the Computer Chronicles from 1987, we take a first look at the new computer.
The Phantom Creeps
A cut-down compilation of the serial with the same name from the 1930s.
(Farce Comedy)
A silent film called Help Help that calls itself a farce comedy.
Net Cafe: The Weird Web
In 1997 the World Wide Web was a fairly strange place at times. In this episode the gang takes a look at some of the weirdness.
Net Cafe: UFOs (RELOADED)
In 1996 the gang takes a look at the UFO subculture online.
Physical Fitness with Health Expert Aurora Buffington (RELOADED)
A film from the most populated county in Nevada promoting physical fitness at the parks of that county.
High Five Fitness
A public access television program from Silicon Valley about physical fitness.
PHYSICAL FITNESS - U.S. ARMY
An army training film about physical fitness training.
Computer Chronicles: Lasers and Computers
In this episode of the Computer Chronicles we take a look at what lasers meant to computers in 1985. The relationship between the two was quite different nearly forty years ago.
Computer Chronicles: DOS 6.2
1993 saw the release by Microsoft of MS-DOS 6.2. After that we would see MS-DOS 6.22 which would be the last major release prior to Windows 95. In this episode of the Computer Chronicles we take a look at the milestone that was MS-DOS 6.2.
GRCon21 - The Role of GPUs in Modern SDR
A discussion of using GPUs to power software defined radios.
Telegram For America (RELOAD)
A promotional film by Western Union about telegrams. The film is dated to approximately 1956.
Preliminary Analysis of WWV Experimental Tone Signals
A report on a science experiment using the standard time and frequency broadcast station WWV in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Computer Chronicles: Intel 386 - The Fast Lane
In 1987 the introduction of the 80386 by Intel was a game-changer for computing. Things got faster then. From the perspective of 2023 it all seems a wee bit slow. We look back at this episode of the Computer Chronicles and wonder what it was like to see these things for the first time.
PSA: Lifting Safety
A message from the Central Office of Information in the United Kingdom.
Computer Chronicles: PIMs
In 1989 the public learned about the PIM. A Personal Information Manager, otherwise known as a PIM, was seen as a consolidated way to organize your life back then. Smartphones and calendar apps were not in the cards yet in 1989. Even the first BlackBerry device would not hit the market until seven years later…
Computer Chronicles: Internet Showcase 1999
We learn in this episode about a conference in San Diego that talked about the Internet in 1999.
Computer Chronicles: Internet Showcase 1997
We learn in this episode about a conference in Laguna Nigel that talked about the Internet in 1997.
Planet Outlaws
A cut-down compilation of the Buck Rogers serials from 1939.
Computer Chronicles: Multitasking
In this episode of the Computer Chronicles we take a look at the state of multitasking as it was in 1988. At that time you had players like A/UX from Apple, Xenix from Tandy, Concurrent DOS from Digital Research, Windows 386 from Microsoft, and OS/2 from IBM. The field does not look like that today.
Univac Commercial
A glimpse at a commercial from the distant past.
Computer Chronicles: Hypercard
In this episode of the Computer Chronicles we take a look at Hypercard.
Computer Chronicles: Electronic Mail
E-mail was quite the new thing once upon a time in 1986. In this episode of the Computer Chronicles we look back at what e-mail was like when it was a new thing.
Curse of Bigfoot
More B-movie madness…
REPEAT: Beach Girls and the Monster
The Mads Are Back…and they riffed this.
Computer Chronicles: Cooking with Your PC
Computers in the kitchen. What could go wrong?
Werewolf in Washington
A 1970s werewolf film.
Computer Chronicles: Computers and the Disabled
In this episode of the Computer Chronicles we look at solutions to bridge equity gaps so that the computing revolution could be accessible by all. Unfortunately these solutions have not improved too significantly since this episode aired in 1997.
Computer Chronicles: CES 1997
In this episode of the Computer Chronicles we look at the CES show in Las Vegas from the 1997 perspective.
Teenagers From Outer Space
The Internet Archive states: ‘A young alien (David Love) falls for a pretty teenage Earth girl (Dawn Anderson) and they team up to try to stop the plans of his invading cohorts.’