We had an offer to donate to LGM in last night's film club if I did more posts from 1956. Well....I can sure do that. Might as well do a mini-fundraiser, no pressure but if you all are offering, happy to serve your interests. So...
LGM film club
We haven't done an exciting industrial film in awhile, so let's take a gander at 1973's Wheat; From Field to Flour. I almost have to have seen this in elementary.
Hey, rookies report today to NFL training camps and it's time to start paying attention to football again! Yay! Here's Vince Lombardi speaking from the Redskins camp in 1969. And.
San Diego, CA - July 16: Parade participants march down the parade route on Saturday, July 16, 2022 in San Diego, CA., proudly displaying the Pride flag during San Diego Pride 2022. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune) Tonight, let's watch this footage...
Let's continue last night's theme of historical sports footage with this from the Africa Cup in Ethiopia in 1968. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VTg0VGieQAQ
This is the oldest existing footage of women playing basketball, from 1904. Pretty cool. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zy6zRKIGQ3Y Maybe not quite at the skill level of Ducks and now Liberty legend Sabrina Ionescu,.
This one was kind of fun for me. It's a compilation of early film footage from Providence in the 1910s and 1920 that the Rhode Island Historical Society stitched together. Always love stuff like this. As for image above, it's Federal Hill and a lot...
Landscape Every now and then, it is worth watching footage of D-Day, just for the scale of it and the sheer fear that the soldiers felt, and for very good.
What is the your favorite scene in this great Coen Brothers' film? For me, it's the "Danny Boy" scene when Albert Finney blows away his attackers with a Tommy gun..
It's pretty common knowledge that Willard Scott was the first personification of Ronald McDonald, but...the whole concept needed work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PhTT3gYNGeo
I can think of no better way to honor Alan Arkin than his endorsement of Moosehead Beer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WXv1gnsJcow
I decided to watch 12 Angry Men again last night. I was initially going just start it and then watch the rest later, but then I remembered that it is.