"Ephemeral" films

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A fantastic place - hi res video files of about 1,500 "ephemeral" (advertising, amateur, industry and educational) films from the 1900's to the 1970's, in Div-X, Video CD and MPEG2 formats. Loads of really bizarre and campy stuff - most remarkable finds so far are a faked film about how in the early 1940's Russian scientests supposedly brought dead dogs back to life (apparently it was a peculiar US/UK propaganda thing), and a fantastic newsreel affair from the 1920's where a winner of a newspaper contest gets to have one of her dreams made into a short film! Wonderful stuff.

― Christopher Lyons, Saturday, 7 September 2002 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

OH YES. That place is a godsend. I swear, you have to watch "One Got Fat" RIGHT AWAY. It is several kinds of fucked up.

― Nate Patrin, Saturday, 7 September 2002 21:14 (twenty-two years ago)

ooh! that one is begging for an aphex twin score.

this could be a lot of fun. let's all download movies as time allows and recommend the good ones to each other. i'll try to pick out some new ones

― ron (ron), Sunday, 8 September 2002 00:02 (twenty-two years ago)

"Consuming Women (Women As Consumers)" is a must-see. Very late sixties, with a lead actress that hams it up something bad.

― Christopher Lyons, Sunday, 8 September 2002 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)

It should be noted that they have a decent-sized handful of films that've been showcased on MST3K, though "Century 21 Calling" just isn't the same without Mike Nelson remarking that the closing theme song "sounds like something from Side 5 of Sandinista!".

― Nate Patrin, Sunday, 8 September 2002 21:11 (twenty-two years ago)

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