A/V Geeks Lunch 2-3-2022

yes so so yes so so yes do so do so yes hi everybody i'm skip alzheimer and for some reason this desk is all dirty um welcome to the avgeek's lunchtime streaming show we just watched uh on the telecini uh old a bunch of shorts uh short films that somebody uh kind of spliced together uh hold on one second um anyways uh there was some uh shrinking going on with it and also smelled of mothballs and so i had to put my finger on the film because it was wavy and uh basically here's the the dust and the goo that came off um anyhow uh that's what we do we watch old films here and sometimes we have to put our finger on the film so that it registers correctly with the little sprocketed wheel oh but oh some amazing footage at the end um maybe some sort of uh version of a castle uh sports thrills um thing uh that footage of the trains locomotives crashing uh reminds me of another film that i have set up here uh and this was uh made for blackhawk films and blackhawk films not only uh re-released early silent films and early cinema but they also released films about trains locomotives because people loved men specifically loved trains and so this was actually shot by fred macleod and fred mcleod was a um filmmaker who's based i feel like he was based in pittsburgh and so a lot of his stuff ended up with oregon's cinema and he was a big locomotive enthusiast and would go and shoot footage and edit it and then a blackhawk would release it so here's thunder of the steam in the blue ridge enjoy [Music] so [Music] [Applause] uh [Music] so [Music] so [Applause] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] hmm [Music] oh so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] uh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] so [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] now [Music] [Music] so [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] so so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] oh yeah um generally uh what i've discovered is if somebody lists a film on ebay and they mention a specific uh train line or a specific thing about an engine steam engine or some aspect of the journey that a train is taking in the footage that footage will go for a lot of money people again mostly men love seeing all the nuances the different types of trains the different uh things that they do uh different um journeys that they make uh all that stuff is uh fascinating to a certain group of people and i've actually transferred films for collectors of some of this material and the sound is very important to them it's just part of the whole experience so this film you noticed there was sound i'm assuming i don't know if it was sing sound i'm assuming it was because uh fred had an auracon he had a camera that would record an optical soundtrack along with recording the visual information so i'm assuming that maybe this is what this is from but you notice there's no narration people don't want that they don't want to hear somebody talking about the train they just want to hear the train they want to see the train um so it's it's interesting it's you know it's locomotive porn it's really what it is it's uh gratuitous shots of locomotion uh steam engines and such all right i got uh let's see what we got here i'm not sure what this film's about it's it's tomorrow's too late is the title it's about world war ii but i don't know what aspect of it and i think it's early so let's watch tomorrow's too late [Music] so this is the story of idol machines idol tools the story of how men and women through carelessness negligence and thoughtlessness can cause these tools and machines to be idle idle tools idle machines precious time lost all the machines and tools in the world are useless unless we have workers to keep them running we are the ones who must see that they do keep running by working safely by following good health habits and working steadily to the men of the armed forces war is no newspaper headline it's the scream of shells and bombs crashing down among them the rattle of machine gun fire hunger and dirt and grim determination these men are our neighbors someone's son sweetheart brother or husband they show their loyalty and devotion on the actual world battle line we men and women in industry take our cracks at the enemy not on the firing line but on the production line idle machines may mean unarmed soldiers idle machines and tools may mean lost battles in the field we all want to do our part in the national effort for victory but to ensure tomorrow's delivery of materials to our far-flung battlefronts we must resolve today to follow safe and helpful practices at our work the startling news that came to us of the bombing of pearl harbor is now vastly overshadowed by this news from the industrial front thousands of war workers have been killed on and off the job each day since pearl harbor here are the figures casualties to american armed forces from pearl harbor to november 1942 killed or wounded 9129 missing or prisoners 39 827. on the home front same period casualties caused by accidents among american workers killed 44 hundred injured three million eight hundred thousand were these industrial casualties the result of accidents caused by big operations the result of injuries caused by big machines the result of working at dangerous occupations definitely not these deaths and injuries were caused for the most part by carelessness bad habits poor planning poor thinking and not following instructions by workers on ordinary jobs when we came to work we were instructed not only in the right way to do our jobs or operate our machines but also in safe practices the proper clothing to wear and the following of good health habits for our own protection and the protection of fellow workers most accidents on the industrial front are caused by thoughtlessness carelessness or just plain laziness here's a man who thinks he's too busy to work safely he's just an accident going somewhere to happen he'll wish tomorrow that he had heeded safety rules today this fellow doesn't believe in the signs he tacks up therefore the other so to read but accidents are not the only cause of idle machines good health is important to keep production moving common coals for example affect the entire body lower our resistance dull our faculties and render us susceptible to other ailments take care of coals from the start and protect fellow workers by not spreading them clean health habits will help keep our machines from being idle skin infection is responsible for a big percentage of industrial illness lost time if you notice anything wrong with your skin report it at once the material you work with may be harmless to 95 out of 100 workers but you may be one of the five that it does affect don't be ashamed to report any skin infection at once industry is now engaged in the greatest production program in history everybody no matter what their job should be working so that their part of the assembly is delivered on time the results of lost time caused by workers who do not pay attention to safety and health rules cannot be tolerated if we are to keep on schedule empty spaces in a room full of machines and piles of material held up for the next operation because of absent operators continues to be a slowdown to the nation's war effort a man at work on an active job needs more energy than one sitting in an office all day such extra energy has to come from food wives can pack a lunch that packs a punch and make welcome additions to usual sandwiches by including a leftover piece of chicken or adding an orange already peeled wrapped in wax paper to lunch boxes at a restaurant we can choose the food that helps us to work efficiently a meat platter with green vegetables coleslaw cake and milk or a selection of soup vegetable salad or egg salad pie and beverage today's active jobs call for more good solid substantial high energy food production is slowed to an unbelievable extent by people who come to work tired and out of sorts they're apt to become careless and have accidents and cannot possibly turn out efficient capacity work we may feel that all work and no play makes jack a doll boy and that we need relaxation after work we do but we must also gear ourselves to moderate living while illness has been noted as one of the principal reasons for lost time it was found that many accident days and worker absentee days came immediately after payday a regional director of the war man power commission recently stated that six percent of war workers were absent daily that means about six hundred thousand away from work every day top performance at our work demands maximum planning of our lives away from work we help the enemy when production is slowed up because we fail to take care of ourselves we can't burn the candle at both ends machines must not be allowed to remain idle because someone played cards too late or someone didn't feel like getting up the next morning or someone took an extra day off because a small injury or other indisposition gave them an alibi to work efficiently we must have proper relaxation proper rest and proper food our sons brothers husbands and neighbors who are at the front may also want to relax after their day's work is done can they take a day off because it's the day after payday can they take a day off to go see the movies or go on a shopping spree no they can't they can't stop till victory is one we can't stop working either idle machines and lost time cannot win a war and this is a war that must be won by sweat and blood to ensure continuation of our way of life we have a big responsibility to our country our job is to stay on the job and turn out materials to end the war quickly this is not the time for harmful relaxation or good time charlie's athletes know they must get proper food and rest be able to meet and beat their opponents they must be alert and have complete coordination of mind and muscle so must we get our proper food and rest we are no longer children we can't have a truant officer come after us when we play hooky from work next time we in industry think of staying away from work without just cause think what it means to the men at the front if we slow up our part of the victory program we must all cooperate we're all soldiers soldiers of the armed forces and soldiers of production all the machines and tools in the world are useless unless we have willing healthy and patriotic workers to keep them running let us not forget these famous words we mutually pledge to each other our lives our fortunes and our sacred honor all up for victory today tomorrow's too late [Music] awesome holy cow that covered everything uh you know at first we thought oh maybe it's a safety thing a safety in the in the workplace but then it's about um if you're sick don't go to work don't make other people sick if you have a weird skin rash check it out eat some good food like coleslaw um you know don't take time off um don't get drunk after hours playing and play cards that was really that was great i love it um one of the things uh in doing research for either a film or a book that i hope to do about uh venereal disease in the united states in the films is um there was lots of incidences of venereal disease at factories because there were factory towns people would during world war ii the people that were not you know overseas working in these factories and these and moving to these towns where there was work and so they didn't really have connections with family and so there was a lot of hooking up going on a lot of spreading of syphilis and gonorrhea and i have one film that kind of talks about that because it was impacting essentially people working um speaking of fighting here's how our body fights disease enjoy tommy's sick he runs a temperature and can't go out to play we all get sick from time to time in many cases sickness is caused by tiny tiny germs they are so small that we have to use a microscope to see them this is what germs look like through the microscope we call such small forms of life bacteria there are bacteria all around us some even in the air fortunately our body has ways to defend itself against bacteria which may cause disease our entire body is covered with skin the skin is our body's first line of defense against harmful bacteria this drawing shows a cut through the skin greatly enlarged the outer layer of the skin wears off all the time but from below new skin cells come up to replace the old ones as long as there are no cracks in the skin bacteria cannot break through it easily that's why it's important to take good care of our skin and wash it regularly bacteria can enter the body where there is no skin to stop them as through the nose and mouth but even the mouth the throat and the windpipe are lined with a thin coating which takes the place of the skin it is called a mucous membrane the mucous membrane is covered with a sticky liquid called mucus which moves all the time this drawing shows how dirt and germs fall upon the moving mucus they stick to it and are carried out of the body sometimes we injure the skin and open the way for bacteria to enter the body the fight against bacteria begins with an inflammation something like the red swelling around the cut on your finger this is the signal for special cells in the blood called white blood cells to attack the bacteria they squeeze through the weakened walls of small blood vessels in the inflamed body tissue and attack the germs through the microscope we can actually see white cells attacking and eating up bacteria after a while white blood cells build a wall around the bacteria with the help of other body juices a net forms around bacteria eventually the infected spot clears up and the body gets well again some wounds open the way for germs to penetrate deeper then our body uses a second defense system the lymphatic system suppose a nail pierces through the skin and carries germs into the body a fluid called the lymph fluid carries the germs to lymph nodes a kind of trap that consists of many many passages lined with millions of white blood cells remember white blood cells can devour bacteria and this is exactly what happens bacteria carried by the lymph fluid to the lymph nodes are gradually destroyed by the white blood cells there are many lymph passages throughout our whole body there are for instance lymph passages in the neck and in the chest and still others in the regions of the stomach and the intestine sometimes we get sick because bacteria pass or survive the first and second line of defense and enter the blood then the third line of defense goes into action the blood system this system consists of the heart with all the blood vessels the liver and the spleen in this picture you can see blood flowing through a healthy blood vessel the walls of such a healthy blood vessel are strong strong enough to keep the bacteria inside the blood vessel so that they cannot break through to other parts of the body the bacteria stay inside the blood vessels in this drawing we'll watch some bacteria move through the bloodstream first they enter the right half of the heart then they pass through the lungs and back to the left half and from there they are carried all over the body eventually the germs reach the liver and the spleen the liver and the spleen act like filters for the blood system in the liver and the spleen blood flows very slowly through many many very narrow passages lined with white blood cells the white blood cells attack and destroy the bacteria as they try to squeeze through the narrow passages this is why we call the blood system the body's third line of defense but our body has still a fourth line of defense oftentimes after we've been sick our bloodstream remains filled with chemical substances produced by our body to fight the germs which had made us sick these substances are called antibodies sometimes doctors help us make our own antibodies they give us an injection of germs called a vaccination too weak to make us really sick but strong enough to produce antibodies in our blood to understand this better let's look at a drawing the black dots are the germs and the large shapes represent white blood cells here the white blood cells do not seem able to attack the germs and destroy them look at the black bars they are antibodies it seems as if the antibodies were attaching themselves to the germs making them stick together now the white blood cells are able to attack clumps of germs and swallow them the white blood cells dispose of the germs but antibodies remain in the blood they protect us against future attacks of the same disease you all have probably had some vaccine injected into your body by your physician soon antibodies begin to form in your blood and they protect you from the disease against which you were vaccinated at least for a while check with your doctor or school nurse from time to time to see whether you need a vaccination in this film we've seen the main defenses of our body in the fight against disease they are first the skin and the mucus they prevent most bacteria from entering deep into the body tissue second the lymph system which catches bacteria that had penetrated deeper into the body thirdly the blood system which filters out the bacteria finally the antibodies made in the bloodstream which guarded from catching the same disease again when you eat well and sleep well and take good care of yourself you two are helping your body to keep up a strong defense against disease sometimes we need to remember what our body does to fight disease and foreign invaders because a lot of people are very confused about it they didn't pay attention in school and then they're basically advertised to about uh how the body works and um a lot of the advertising is erroneous anyways got a film set up behind me on the telecity um i think this is from the 70s i think everything else we showed was mostly black and white i finally got something from the 70s maybe 80s i'm not sure i haven't seen this film so i'm excited and i hope that there's not any uh soundtrack things that will get me in trouble so this is what's so great about books what's going on um hold on sorry that there was a obs pickup here the software i used to transfer try one more time [Music] [Applause] all right here we go [Music] if you could get whatever you wish for your child if money and family circumstance didn't matter and you could pick out anything you like what would you choose as the finest gift you can think of do you know that the most precious gift anyone could imagine is something well within your reach right where you are something your child will never lose that will never break or wear out or go out of style something your child will treasure more and more every day of every year of his life the cost can be very little or nothing at all in fact it's something that money cannot buy and it's a gift that probably only you can give [Music] most of us hope our children will be good readers a child who reads well has a happier time in school and someday will qualify for a good job but the world of books and reading is far wider far more important than just making good grades or getting a job a real deep-seated love for reading is a priceless heritage a close one-to-one relationship with persons of every nation and walk of life a lifetime window on the whole world this devotion doesn't happen by itself however and it doesn't happen overnight it comes only from many many pleasant experiences with books shared with one or more adults who are themselves devoted to books and reading ideally the sharing begins when the child is a baby listening to the music of lullabies the rhyme and rhythm of words he does not yet know or understand it's never too early to expose an infant to happy comforting reassuring words the experiences grow more meaningful as the baby becomes a toddler a preschooler than a kindergartener by the time he starts to school books and reading will be as natural and necessary a part of his life as eating and sleeping who will do this for your child books alone cannot do it a book without a caring adult attached to it is of no value to a child [Music] television cannot many parents believe that television can take the place of reading or being read to at least until a child starts to school but this is not true learning to read is an individual achievement a skill that's mastered through the child's own effort with help from an interested adult it's one of the most exciting and satisfying adventures that a young child ever has there's nothing very challenging in most tv programs for children there's no intercommunication no one to answer the child's questions no one to listen to his comments to share his joys or quiet his fears he can't reach the individual on the television screen and she cannot respond to him teachers librarians and other specialists are eager to help but these busy people must help many children and may see your child only occasionally besides by the time your child is old enough to know these experts several the most vital years have passed [Music] many authorities believe that teachers in the early grades can do little to overcome a child's lack of experience with language during the preschool years only you or another adult who cares deeply about your child can lay the foundation for a lifetime love of books and reading it's a precious joyous experience for everyone sharing books together can form a bond that will never know a generation gap how do you begin well actually you plant the seed when you first cuddle your newborn infant in your arms and talk or sing to him long before a baby understands words or experiments with making specific sounds himself he recognizes different sounds and tries to give them meaning sing to your baby he doesn't care whether you can carry a tune it's the sound of your voice the rhythm and rhyme that matter talk to your baby about himself his actions the things he sees around the house soon he will delight in simple finger plays such as this little pig went to market or the patty cake game take your baby walking get him up out of the world of legs and feet and into the world of faces and conversation name the things you see listen when your baby talks to you encourage him to express himself to try new sounds when he begins to form words helping put them together into phrases and simple sentences when he says dog say to him yes that is a white dog babies less than a year old enjoy looking at pictures you can cut out large pictures of familiar objects from magazines or calendars and paste them on a piece of cardboard these arouse a child's interest in helping develop a vocabulary cloth books with large uncluttered pictures are easy for small hands to hold you can buy them for very little or you can have fun making them yourself from remnants of muslin or other firm fabrics with pictures from magazines calendars or greeting cards a baby also enjoys handling gift catalogs and discarded magazines with pictures and learning to turn pages when you are sure your child can treat a book kindly visit your public library and borrow some of the excellent books with pictures of animals familiar objects and the alphabet young children respond readily to poetry and soon learn to recognize and then to say simple verses beginning with familiar mother goose rhymes you can go on to share with your child short poems about common experiences soon your toddler will be ready for stories with simple plots by the time a child is about 18 months old he needs to have someone read to him daily most children who are read to during the preschool years learn to read more easily than those who are not with hundreds of beautiful picture books on every kind of subject reading aloud quickly becomes a favorite activity the stories and poems a child hears in the preschool years affect his growth more than many parents realize they teach him hundreds of new words expose him to new ideas stimulate his imagination they teach him appreciation for other people helping to form values aid him in building a good view of himself they help him know the world around him and encourage him to ask questions make comparisons and become a creative thinker a child often asked to hear a favorite story again and again sometimes he may want to share it with you or with friends by acting it out pretending he is the main character flannel boards also fascinate children and provide a good way to share stories you can make an inexpensive flannel board by covering a heavy cardboard with adding flannel or used receiving blanket pictures cut from magazines worn out story books or coloring books or traced from picture books make good characters when a bit of flannel is glued to their backs try telling a story such as the little red hen using the flannel board characters as pictures then let your child tell the story in his own words using the pictures to help [Music] a shoebox lid lined with felt makes a little flannel board that's easy for a small child to handle the box covered with bright contact paper makes a good place to keep the story characters simple puppets also help to dramatize a story a hand-drawn picture taped to a ruler or a wooden spoon with a bit of yarn for hair and a piece of cloth for a dress make a puppet that a preschool child can handle another simple puppet is made by stretching a wire coat hanger into a face shape and pressing it into an old nylon stocking facial features and hair can be glued on to form a puppet or mask even paper bags decorated as different storybook characters can serve as puppets children respond more readily to books about situations with which they've had some first-hand experience it's important for a child to have many experiences outside his home and neighborhood trips to the zoo museums the airport the grocery store can be both fun and informative visits to the public library to attend story hours and select books should be part of the family's regular routine a child's exposure to stories and books is sure to arouse his curiosity about letters and words you can help him recognize letters and their sounds by whatever method your child learns to read basically he must learn three things to recognize shapes to see the difference in shapes and to attach sounds to the various shapes letters after all are simply shapes [Music] puzzles with a few large pieces are a help wooden shapes are nice to handle or you can make them yourself from cardboard your child will enjoy shaped games finding and matching those that are alike at first there should be just a few shapes easy to tell apart new ones can be added one or two at a time until all the letters the alphabet and the numbers are included [Music] the preschooler enjoys trying to make the shapes himself and recognizing them when he meets them around the house or away from home praise him for his alertness when he finds a letter let him know you're proud of him help him attach the right sound to the letter how long has it been since your child has seen you reading something besides the newspaper or recipe book children are great imitators they love to do what they see grown-ups and even older children doing and enjoying include your child in your reading even if it's over his head he still likes to feel he's taking part in what's going on when your child starts to school he will have an advantage if you have talked to him read to him shown him how to follow a story and talk about it he will enjoy his school activities if you have helped him to feel at home with books and records or tapes later as he begins to read listen to him and praise him helping to feel that he is beginning an important venture learning a rewarding skill [Music] no matter how well your child learns to read you must go on reading to him it will be several years before his skill can keep up with his interests by reading stories too difficult for him to read himself he will keep him reaching and you will continue to build on that priceless warm relationship you shared during story time when he was younger there are hundreds of stimulating stories and volumes of poetry to challenge a growing child's mind interest and values he will discover that stories can take him to places and experiences far beyond the realm of his home and community children often delight in interpreting stories they read your child may find new uses for his old flannel board or may enjoy drawing or painting pictures of stories you have read together he may put on elaborate puppet shows [Music] or creative plays with his friends based on favorite stories as your child grows older the reading aloud activity will become a two-way street when your child comes to you wanting your views on something he's reading or just to share a choice bit of beauty or humor then you'll know what it is that's so great about books years ago a man named gilliland wrote a poem that ends you may have tangible wealth untold caskets of jewels and coffers of gold richer than i you can never be i had a mother who read to me wouldn't it be wonderful if all children could grow up feeling this way about books and reading don't you hope your child will um what may i ask is a dear little cupcake like you doing with nasty old school books my dear child we haven't had school or books and ages no school really why don't you get rid of that school book you can drop them in here it'll get all burned up in there well of course it will dear child and so it should books tamper with man's basic natural ignorance now what could be worse than that but i can't find this book at school property nonsense you just need to get into the books are not where it's at teaching you how to spell cat i know you'd rather play so why don't you throw all your books away [Music] the fire is already yearning [Music] see the flames growing higher burning books is [Music] books will not make you wise and reading's bad for your eyes i am sure you agree so why don't you give all your books to me [Music] [Music] teaching you things you can't you you should listen to me burning your books will set your mind free [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you for uh bearing with me with the audio issues um yeah obs was being really weird uh and i was hearing the audio [Music] through my computer but i don't know it just was very strange what it was not doing so uh anyways um big fan of libraries and librarians um i feel like i am who i am because of libraries uh specifically my that was the one well that wasn't one but there was there were a couple of things in rural north carolina and albemarle north carolina that made me uh happy and going to the library i could ride my bike there and i would go and pour through all the occult and all the weird books about ufos and about uh things like that and then of course all the kids wonderful kids books that i read um uh amazing fiction that i read it i just would just read all the time and um i think that that film actually the uh um when we just watched not uh the magnificent major books for burning but the one prior to that really kind of drives home the fact that you got to read with your kids even when they're little and give them a step up they need to know how to read before they go to school there's a great documentary on hbo max called street gang which is about the origins of sesame street and that's one of the the points that they that they are talking about was the idea that some kids don't know how to read and don't have all they're doing is sitting and watching television and um they come to school uh really not prepared and then other kids are prepared so there's this immediately this gap um and so uh anyways uh thanks for tuning in today and bearing with all the technical difficulties we love you guys we love your eyeballs and i appreciate you letting me uh borrow them for a little period of time and show you things um and i appreciate your comments and i appreciate you tuning in i would do this even if i wasn't getting the comments but this makes a big difference for me yeah i don't feel so isolated i feel like i'm reaching out to the world those of you that are snowed in i hope that you keep power you keep warm and um that you get through this okay uh it's uh 60 degrees here in uh raleigh north carolina um so we're for once not dealing with winter weather um although you know who knows in two weeks we'll see what happens uh but everybody have a good rest of your day and we'll be back tomorrow everybody take care if you like what you saw hit the thumbs up or if at least your your interest was peaked by what you saw hit like subscribe you can also buy us coffee at ko fi dot com 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