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(Message started by: George_J on May 12^th, 2008, 5:52pm)

Title: Prelinger Archives
Post by George_J on May 12^th, 2008, 5:52pm

This is a cool place that EJ told me about:

http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger

It's a collection of over 60,000 ephemeral productions, 2000 of which are viewable online. I hadn't seen "Duck and Cover" since I was a kid--and was instructed to fold myself into a fetal position in case of a nuclear explosion. (May as well, I suppose.)

In "Perversion for Profit" (produced by Charles Keating of S&L scandal fame) , I learned among many other interesting facts that the blind seldom frequent nudist colonies, and that adult heterosexual men can be turned gay by looking at pictures of naked guys.

Some of these films are very educational.

In light of the "dating" thread, this one seems particularly useful:

http://www.archive.org/details/WhattoDo1950

Enjoy. ;)

Best,

George

Title: Re: Prelinger Archives
Post by thomas on May 12^th, 2008, 6:13pm

These are great! Used to love watching these as a kid. Thanks for the link!

Title: Re: Prelinger Archives
Post by Charlie on May 12^th, 2008, 7:53pm

Great stuff. I have dialup so It will take me some time to view this stuff.

God I'm old. I remember a lot of this stuff too. "Duck and Cover" is a favorite.

There's one that I remember that asked us if we were Communists by saying "I'm a good American; by the way: Are you?" It had a silly jingle too. Anyone remember: "I Led Three Lives?" I seem to recall that it was Richard Carlson as the star.

Charlie