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March 25, 2006
Orson Welles Is From Outer Space
Now up on Google Video is a delectable selection of videos from old movie reels taken from The National Archives. 1930s footage from the Dept. of the Interior, United Newsreel Motion Pictures from WWII (check out this clip about the WACs, the Air Force's female division), and NASA films. It's loads of fun.
Among the NASA films is Who's Out There? The lost masterpiece of Orson Welles, for serious. He's all gray-bearded and bloated and he narrates in his crazy voice. The camera work is full of weird zooms and there are all these random old people. It is totally out of control. Out of control. I mean, WTF? Orson Welles is making a freaking motion picture reel about freaking aliens for freaking NASA.
I wish the archive had more. It's missing, for instance, what has to be one of the most frightening 9 minutes of film of all time. I mean, of course, the Duck and Cover film. No wonder our parents are so fucked up. It's seriously creepy. Watch the part about sunburns. Oh, and when all the children flee the yard, leaving their jump rope behind:
While we're on the subject of government propaganda, I also really love this:
Ok, it's the East German government, but whatevs. Here's the description:
Strange mixture of propaganda and advertising from former East Germany, late 1958. The first half celebrates the progress the communist country made promotes how fantastic the Christmas supply available at state-owned Konsum shops is.
No wonder I find it so soothing, so soothing.
Posted by hissycat at March 25, 2006 07:46 AM
Comments
Strangely soothing and strangely familiar.
Posted by: pinkfeminist at March 25, 2006 09:48 AM
Wow, very disturbing. What was really disturbing was that when I played the "Duck and Cover" video, my boyfriend Paul sang along to the theme song. He doesn't recall how he knows the song. Maybe he's mother sang it to him at bedtime.
And I mean come on... the instant you see the flash, you're gone. Really, what was the purpose of that? Could it have truly comforted people?
My favorite part was when the family ducked and covered under their picnic blanket.
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