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nazis A look at how the German propaganda machine spun D-Day Gareth Branwyn
characters The hand-farting farmer who found newsreel fame in 1933 David Pescovitz
History Bastards of the Party: a documentary about why gangs emerged in L.A. Elías Villoro
black history Watch the earliest known film made by a Black production company Thom Dunn
happy mutants Aethervision: "newsreels" that recap the week's news using public-domain, pre-1924 footage Cory Doctorow
tabloids The Queen's Nazi shame, JonBenet's killer found, and Owen Wilson's baby mama revealed, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
makers Watch this excellent 1977 documentary about makers and mad inventors David Pescovitz
elderly Incredible footage from 1929 of old folks born in the 1800s Rusty Blazenhoff
bears Michael Bond, creator of Paddington Bear, dies at 91 Rob Beschizza
happy mutants British Pathe puts 85,000 newsreels on Youtube Cory Doctorow
Cyberpunk Academy Jasmina Tesanovic
Frankenstein The first film adaptation of Frankenstein was shot in Thomas Edison's studio Jamie Frevele
Copyfight Trove of free, public domain HD video Cory Doctorow
Science Dosing cats with Uncle Sam Maggie Koerth
1937 Chevy Newsreels Pets – Pussyweight Boxing Cats Battle Mark Frauenfelder
nazis Propaganda posters from the war on dino-Nazis Cory Doctorow
Entertainment Kiwi preservationists unearth "time capsule" of long-lost US silent films Xeni Jardin
Art and Design Story Time: Jerry- The World's Most Human Chimp ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
Funny Jujitsu for the "weaker sex" — 1930s British newsreels Cory Doctorow
Boing Boing Gadgets Bletchley Park kicks so much ass Cory Doctorow