The Phantom Creeps
Bela Lugosi as Dr. Zorka. What could go wrong?
Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle
A silent film about drinking
On Guard! The Story of SAGE
Once upon a time computers filled entire floors of buildings. This film tells us about the big iron that helped us track inbound missile threats to the United States and Canada.
Science and Superstition
Coronet Films…wait, where did the title slate go? This instructional film starts a bit abruptly but talks about how to handle the intersection of science and superstition. This is a digitization of a print from the Prelinger Archive.
A Celebration Of Sound: Public Domain Day 2022
An event that took place in California at the Internet Archive. Sound recordings newly available in the public domain were celebrated in a public event with DJs and other attendees.
From Owning to Streaming: The Transition to Digital Media in Education
A discussion of media resources in education.
Blasting Cap: Danger
An unriffed look at this educational short. A riffed look at it, rated R, can be found on YouTube.
The Yesterday Machine
Nazis and time travel: what could go wrong? This is another Z-grade film.
Making Books
A look from 1947 at how books are made.
How Do You Know It's Love?
A heavy-handed look from the 1950s at interpreting young love.
How To Judge Facts
A look from the late 1940s in black and white at how to avoid sensationalism.
Step Lightly
A public health film about being seen.
It Must Be The Neighbors
A public health film that shows public health in a better light than we have seen it lately.
What Is Money?
Well before the age of cryptocurrency we have this short educational film talking about what money happens to be…
Banks and Credit
A late 1940s at banks and credit. The concept of Too Big To Fail most definitely did not exist then.
Are You Popular?
A look from an inter-war period about how to be popular.
Cooking: Terms and What They Mean
“A product of its time, this film from Centron/Young America Films tries to teach us about the terms used in cooking.”
Invaders From Space
This is the final film of the Star Man quartet.
REPEAT: Evil Brain From Outer Space
This is another installment of the Star Man quartet of films.
REPEAT: Attack From Space
This is a film already riffed by the guys at RiffTrax a few years ago. Via the magic of the Internet Archive we have the unriffed version.
Atomic Rulers of the World
This is the another film of the Star Man quartet.
Le voyage dans la lune
Here we find a French silent film from 1902 about travel to the moon. It is very emblematic of the sensibilities of when it was made. Is it goofy? You better believe it…
Reefer Madness
The classic shlock scare film. Before there was Sid Davis, we had Reefer Madness.
REPEAT: Nancy Drew...Reporter
This is a repeat from October 2021.
The Goat
Buster Keaton versus a goat. Yes, this is another silent film.
Lessons Learned from a Ransomware Attack
Even though it was news recently with the Ashtabula County Medical Center and the City of Geneva it stands to reason that we can learn from how others handle ransomware attacks and learn from what lessons they learned. This event from the Seattle GNU/Linux Conference in 2021 provides some background for us in that area.
Kicking Off 2022
Recorded in an undisclosed location, Mike Kellat of the production staff at Erie Looking Productions introduces the ELP TV video podcast channel to the world. Further local productions are expected to come in 2022.
Starting 2022
Recorded in an undisclosed location, Mike Kellat of the production staff at Erie Looking Productions introduces the ELP TV video podcast channel to the world.
Suit Up: 50 Years Of Spacewalks
A documentary discussing a half-century of space walks.
I'll Be Seeing You
A monochromatic Christmas romance from World War II.
Phantom of the Opera
A silent film version.
Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen
Before today’s cookie cutter holiday films from a certain television network named for a greeting card company it seems filmmakers of the past liked to indulge in making what can best be described as nightmare fuel. This short comes from producer Sid Davis who is more well known for quite heavy-handed productions in the educational films realm. This is not the version available riffed by the guys at RiffTrax as their print cuts a whole ten minutes or so.
Rural Holidays
A classic USDA film providing a look at rural life.
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Directed by Max Fleischer for the Jam Handy Organization, we hear a rendering of the story of Rudolph. What could go wrong?
Son of the Navy
We’re going to continue with our Christmas theme. Although not overtly a Christmas film, this feature film gives us an orphan and a sailor building bonds on a cross-country road trip. Is the kid actually the sailor’s son? Is something else going on? Watch and see.
Santa Claus (Silent Movie From 1925)
A monochromatic silent film from 1925 that proudly proclaims that it was filmed in Alaska. What could possibly go wrong?
Capitalism
Coronet Films…gives us a look at what capitalism meant back in the monochromatic days of the 1950s.
More Dangerous Than Dynamite
It was 1941. It was over the top. Yes, it is an educational short talking about the dangers of the misuse of gasoline. This is an unriffed version.
Why Study Industrial Arts?
Welcome to December! This is one of the classic shorts riffed by the crew of the Satellite of Love on Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was specifically riffed as part of Experiment 609 – The Skydivers. This rendition is not riffed, though.
Safety in Offices
Wrapping up November brings us an unclassified wartime film about safety in offices. Yes, it is monochromatic. It dates back to World War II. It is a product of the time and culture from when it was produced. Keep that in mind when you watch it.
Newspaper: Behind the Scenes
This installment from the Cultural and Academic Films collection in the Internet Archive shows us how a newspaper was made in the 1970s.
A Day of Thanksgiving
Centron provides a look from the 1950s at Thanksgiving.
Make Mine Freedom
This is a piece of anti-communist propaganda from what was then known as Harding College out in Searcy, Arkansas.
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.’
The Power To Serve
A look at CEI from the Jam Handy Organization. Known as the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company at the time, the film extols the company’s virtues. The old coal plant along Ashtabula’s lakeshore is shown in the film.
Immunization (Second edition)
Dating to 1955, this film from Encyclopaedia Britannica talks about the miracles of vaccines and immunization. Before we had mRNA technology this was how the magic happened.
Trailer: Radar Men From The Moon
This is the trailer to the multi-part serial that aired as part of the first season of Mystery Science Theater 3000. We’ll start with this before deciding upon showing the whole thing or not.
Phantom From Space
A monster crashes from space in the Los Angeles area and a ragtag crew has to neutralize the threat.
Invasion of the Neptune Men
A jaunt into the realm of monochrome monsters invading Japan.
Making Films That Teach
This is an educational film that is literally about making educational films. Most people in the developed world can post video online at will. Creating good video to post is not as easy as it seems.
This Island Called Wallops
“NASA history file film about its Wallops Island launch facility.”
First Spaceship on Venus
A film from the wrong side of the Iron Curtain painting quite a view of space exploration. This is not the riffed version.
Voyage To The Planet Of Prehistoric Women
A reworking of the Soviet film Planeta Bur.
Using the Bank
This short provides a look at relatively antique banking practices from the middle of the 20th century. It may look a little strange in the Age of COVID.
Shake Hands With Danger
This one is marked EXPLICIT in the feed due to simulated construction site and workplace accidents as well as simulated gore. This is a 1970s training film produced for Caterpillar Tractor Company with quite the guitar track showing what not to do on a job site.
Communism
In a monochromatic short from the 1950s we learn about Communism from the folks at Coronet Films.
The Responsibilities of American Citizenship
We sample Cold War propaganda by hearing about the responsibilities of American Citizenship.
Despotism
To start November we begin by learning about despotism from the Prelinger Archive.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
For Halloween we have a silent film. Yes, we turn to an early film by Universal that does a send-up of a Jules Verne story. The story originally came out towards the end of the Second Empire in France and the launch of the Third Republic.
Nancy Drew...Reporter
This is a 1930s era film featuring Bonita Granville as Nancy Drew. No, it is nothing like what is seen on the CW today. Please bear in mind that it is also very much a product of the time when it was produced and may seem quite offensive at points today.
Astronauts: United States Project Mercury, ca. 1960
This film is part of NASA’s history files. In it we learn about the astronauts of the Mercury project. NASA made many, many films to document itself to share with the public.
Dedicating the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility for An American Hero
NASA Image Exchange states:
Radio Broadcasting Today
This is a film out of the Academic Film Archive of North America. They work to snag films heading for destruction so that they can be preserved. These aren’t necessarily the same as the Coronet and Centron films that the folks at RiffTrax work with.
Atomic Rulers of the World
This is another installment from the Starman quartet. The Starman films are very, very goofy. In their monochrome glory they show quite a view of Japan way back when.
BBS: The Documentary -- Episode 8
The eighth episode about a part of our early computer culture.
BBS: The Documentary -- Episode 7
The seventh episode about a part of our early computer culture.
BBS: The Documentary -- Episode 6
The sixth episode about a part of our early computer culture.
BBS: The Documentary -- Episode 5
The fifth episode about a part of our early computer culture.
BBS: The Documentary -- Episode 4
The fourth episode about a part of our early computer culture.
BBS: The Documentary -- Episode 3
The third episode about a part of our early computer culture.
BBS: The Documentary -- Episode 2
The second episode about a part of our early computer culture.
BBS: The Documentary -- Episode 1
The first episode about a part of our early computer culture.
Teenagers From Outer Space
Classic science fiction madness.
Propaganda Techniques
In this particular instance Coronet looks at “Propaganda Techniques” and how to counteract them.
Coronet Films: Communism
In this installment from Coronet Films we take a look circa 1952 at Marxist-Leninist Communism. This film was found in the Prelinger Collection.
Yongary
This is a Korean take on the monster movie concept.
Exercise and Health
The folks at RiffTrax are legendary for their takes on films by Coronet Films. This film is another item from the Coronet pantheon. It is meant as light-hearted fare.
The Phantom Creeps
Mystery Science Theater approached this film. This is not that version.
Evil Brain From Outer Space
This is another installment of the Star Man quartet of films.
Puerto Rico: A Colony The American Way
Puerto Rico circa 1970. Things were different half a century ago.
Big Buck Bunny
This cartoon was made as a technical demonstration of an animation program known as Blender.
Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
This is the unriffed version of a B-movie monster flick that RiffTrax had its British squad cover.
Connecting To BBS's In 2017 With The WiFi232 Modem
This is a semi-nostalgic look at the world of the BBS. Yes, it is possible to return to that which was. It isn’t the same, though.
McCulloch v. Maryland
A dramatization of proceedings around McCulloch v. Maryland.
Gibbons v. Ogden
A dramatization of proceedings around Gibbons v. Ogden.
United States v. Aaron Burr
A dramatization of proceedings around United States v. Aaron Burr.
Attack From Space
This is a film already riffed by the guys at RiffTrax a few years ago. Via the magic of the Internet Archive we have the unriffed version.
Dora's Dunking Donuts
A Shirley Temple comedy short.
Beach Girls and the Monster
The Mads Are Back…and they riffed this.
The Bottle and the Throttle
Another classic 1960s Sid Davis film intended to scare the tar out of people.
Getting Ready Physically
Coronet Films gets spoofed quite a bit by RiffTrax. This is an unriffed look at one of their films caught up in the Prelinger Archive.
Warning From Space
An unriffed monster movie from Japan.
Cosmos: War of the Planets
A “Spaghetti Space Opera”. Don’t get drunk…
Marbury v. Madison
A dramatization of proceedings around Marbury v. Madison.
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger -- Crash of the Moons
Switching gears with this pick, we wind up turning to Rocky Jones. This is a glimpse at a future that never was. The concept of a Secretary of Space is kinda nice and perhaps we may end up adopting that some day in our own timeline. This is a 1950s retro romp through the galaxy so prepare for blast off!
Killers From Space
The film Killers From Space is supposedly considered psychotronic. With Peter Graves and Coleman Francis it can only be considered a wee bit crazy.
Manos
Eventually we have to get to Manos: The Hands of Fate. This is the unriffed version.