AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 1-8-2025

Mhm. >> Hello everybody. I'm Skip Summer. Welcome to the EV Geeks Lunchtime Streaming Show where we watch old 16 mm films. And that was some raw uh footage shot by someone who donated a bunch of their student footage to me and it looks like they went to film school in the mid-80s. Um anyways, some of that was splicing upside down because we we just got raw footage and we just kind of spliced it all together uh and scanned it. So, we're going to fix it in post, but yeah, uh so I noticed in the comments somebody noticed a countdown for Computer Chronicles uh which is a show that I digitized for Stewart Cheifet. I worked with Stewart Cheifet for a couple of years back when he was working at the Internet Archive and we were potentially going to be working on a massive project that eventually lost its funding and but anyways, uh yeah, we digitized a bunch of Computer Chronicles stuff and it's up at the Internet Archive. Stewart Cheifet was a very kind wonderful person to work with and I saw that he had passed away a couple of weeks ago and so very much miss him. Um and yeah, so let's see. I got Well, let's start off with this. I'll fix Anthony. >> [music] >> No. I'm going to claw you. >> [music] >> My brother Anthony can read books now. But he won't read any books to me. Will you please read me a book? Go away, pest. He plays checkers with Bruce from his school. Can I play? No. You're too small to play. No, I'm not. Please. Get out of here. I'll squirt you. No. Don't. I let him wear my Snoopy T-shirt. But he never lets me play with his sword. Can I play with your sword? No. Mother says Oh, you know, dear, deep down in his heart Anthony loves you. Anthony from deep down in his heart says You stink. Mother says Deep, deep down in his heart where he doesn't even know it Anthony loves you. Anthony from deep, deep down in his heart says You stink. You really, really stink. When I'm six, I'll fix Anthony. >> [music] >> When I'm six, we'll have a jumping contest. And I'll jump higher. Then we'll have a race. And I'll win. Next time I'll give him a head start. And I'll still win. When I'm six, I'll be able to float. No. But Anthony will sink. I'll jump off the high dive. But Anthony will be afraid to go off the low board. When I'm six, a dog will follow me home. >> And he'll let me pet him. And he'll bow for me. And he'll shake hands with me. If Anthony tries to pet him, Nice doggy. Nice, nice doggy. He'll bark at him. When I'm six, Anthony will have the German measles. And my father will take me to a baseball game. >> [cheering] >> Then Anthony will have the mumps. Oh, what a big boy. And my mother will take me to the park. Woah, wee. And then Anthony will have a virus. And grandpa will take me to the movies. I might save Anthony some of my popcorn, but I might not. When I'm six, I'll let Dr. Ross look down my throat with a stick. If he asks to give me a shot, I won't even holler. What a brave, brave boy. And now, it's your brother's turn. But Anthony won't be brave. Yeah, come on. Now, be brave like your brother was. Stop it. Now, stop. Anthony. Anthony. When I'm six, I'll read the newspapers. Who are you voting for, Anthony? Voting? Anthony, I really don't think you know what's going on in the world. But Anthony will still be reading his ABCs. P O When I'm six, I'll add four and seven and 10 and three inside my head. But Anthony will just add one and one and two, and he'll have to use his fingers. 4 + 8 = 2 1 + 1 When I'm six, I'll stand on my head. And my legs will hardly wobble at all. But Anthony's legs will wobble a lot. If someone tickles me, I'll keep standing on my head. Goochie, goochie, goo. I'm going to get you. If someone pinches me, I'll keep standing on my head. And if someone says, Give up, Brooks. I'll clobber you. I'll keep standing on my head. Goochie, goo. Ah! I'm going to No! But Anthony will give up at tickles. >> [laughter] >> No! >> [screaming] >> I'm going to get you. When I'm six, I'll be able to tell time. 10:48 a.m. But Anthony will be all mixed up. >> 9:03? 12? 10? a.m.? p.m.? When I'm six, I'll be able to find my way around my street and my city and my country and the whole world. But Anthony will be all mixed up. If he ever gets lost, I guess I'll have to go and find him. This way home, Anthony. I'll beat him at all the video games. Oh, no fair. Rotten luck, Anthony. Let's go again. I'll win all the tic-tac-toes if I'm X. And I'll win them all if I'm O. Too bad, Anthony. >> [snorts] >> When I'm six, friends will call me on the telephone. Yeah, Eddie, I can come over and spend the night. Okay. I'll get my stuff. Bye. But no one will call Anthony. See you later, Anthony. Yeah, see you later. When I'm six, my teeth will fall out. I'll put them under my pillow. And the tooth fairy will take them away and leave two quarters. But Anthony's teeth won't fall out. He'll wiggle them and wiggle them, but they still won't fall out. I might sell one of my teeth, but I might not. When I'm six, I'll help carry the groceries from the market. Here, Mom, I'll take those. Oh, my, you're so strong, Nicole. But Anthony won't be strong enough. Oh, Anthony. When I'm six, I'll be tall, and Anthony will be short cuz I'll eat things like carrots and broccoli. But he'll eat things like jelly beans and root beer. >> [snorts] >> I'll be so tall, I'll put his red sneakers on the top shelf. Get my sneakers down. Say please first. And if he doesn't say please, he can't have his sneakers for 100 years. Get out of here. My friends are coming over. Get out. No! You stink. I got to run now. I'm going to clobber you. But I won't have to run when I'm six. This way. I'm going to get you. When I'm six, I'll fix Anthony. >> [music] >> Yeah. A revenge tale. That's pretty great. Um all right. So, I have a film on the scanner. Let's give that a shot. And let's uh see if it works. Enjoy. Can you read this word? It has just one vowel sound. eh The short sound of E. stretch >> [music] >> Now, this word has three vowel sounds. The first I has its long sound, I, in high. The second I has its short sound i in this. >> [snorts] >> And the U has its short sound uh in cuss. hibiscus >> [music] >> Can you read this word? behave It has three single vowel letters in it. The first E has its long sound E in B. The A has its long sound A in have. And the final E is silent. >> [music] >> Let's try to put all the rules about long vowel sounds and short vowel sounds together and see if we can make them into one big rule. wave sand Remember that the sound of a single vowel depends on the letters that follow. A single vowel usually has its long sound when it comes before a simple consonant spelling and another vowel. A wave wave And it usually has its short sound when it comes before a complex consonant spelling. a sand sand Use the long sound before simple consonants. A simple consonant can be a single consonant as in wave or wager. A consonant digraph such as the th in bathe or pathos. A single consonant plus L or R as in ladle or zebra. Can you remember them? Use the long sound before simple consonants. Such as a single consonant a consonant digraph or a single consonant plus L or R. A single vowel letter usually has its long sound if it comes before any of these simple consonants and another vowel. Now let's talk about short sound. A single vowel usually has its short sound when it comes before a complex consonant spelling. Complex consonants can be a consonant cluster in which you pronounce two or more consonant sounds as in lunch or cluster. Twin consonants as in rabbit any number of consonants at the end of a word as in mad or first. The consonants X and CK as in exit or chicken. Can you remember them? Use the short sound before complex consonants. Such as a consonant cluster twin consonants consonants at the end of a word the consonants X and CK. Now let's put it all together. And remember the sound of a single vowel is determined by the letters that follow. A vowel has its long sound when it comes before a simple consonant spelling. A vowel has its short sound when it comes before a complex consonant spelling. Let's try to read some words with this general rule in mind. See if you can say these words before I tell you what they are. Simple consonants can be a single consonant such as the D in wide or the T in item or simple consonants can be a consonant digraph such as the ch in ache or the th in python. A simple consonant can also be a consonant plus L or R such as the fl in rifle or the tr in nitrate. A single vowel has its short sound when it comes before a complex consonant. A complex consonant spelling can be a consonant cluster in which we pronounce two or more consonant sounds such as the tch in patch or the sp in aspen. A complex consonant spelling can also be twin consonants such as the ss in fuss or the tt in button. A complex consonant spelling can also be any number of consonants at the end of a word such as the T in pet or the ft in gift. A complex consonant spelling can also be the consonant X as in taxi or it can be CK as in cricket. Just try to remember that a single vowel letter has its long sound [music] when it comes before a simple consonant spelling. And it has its short sound when it comes [music] before a complex consonant spelling. Now let's try reading some long words. centipede What's the sound of the first vowel? It's e the short sound of E. sent Why? Because it's followed by a complex consonant spelling NT. centipede The last part of the word sounds like peed. Do you hear the long sound of E? Why does E have its long sound? Because it's followed by a simple consonant spelling and another vowel. In this case a final E. centipede But now what happens to the I in the middle of this word? Should we call it centipede? That doesn't sound right. Notice we say the first and last vowels louder. We give them more stress than the middle one. centipede Vowels in words are either stressed or unstressed. A vowel that is unstressed always has the uh sound. It's just like the short sound of U. uh And it has that sound no matter what vowel letter is used to spell it. So instead of saying centipede we say centipede. Let's try another long word. If you pronounced each vowel sound you'd say a-ban-don. But in this word we only stress the middle vowel. We say a-ban-don. The first and last vowels are unstressed. So each has the uh sound. a-ban-don Now let's see if you can pronounce some words. You wouldn't say car-di-nal. You'd say cardinal. The last two vowels are unstressed. So they each have the uh sound. cardinal Would you say flaming-go or flamingo? The first vowel is unstressed, so it has the uh sound. flamingo How do you pronounce words like this that you may never have seen before? Words in which a vowel may be unstressed. Well, you just have to try it out using the rules that you know and see if it sounds like any word you know. Which sound should e have in the first part of this word? It should have the short sound, eh, because it comes before a complex consonant spelling. Which sound should i have in the last part of the word? It should have the long sound of i because it's followed by a simple consonant and a final e. Then, is this word pronounced en-gine? That doesn't sound quite right. Let's try it another way. If the second vowel is unstressed, it has the uh sound. engine And that's a word we know. When you see a new word, try sounding it out using the rules you know. If a single vowel comes before a simple consonant, it has its long sound. And if it comes before a complex consonant, it has its short sound. If this rule doesn't seem to work, remember the unstressed sound, uh, and try that, too. It will help you tune up a lot of long words. >> [music] [music] [music] >> So, does ending with a dune buggy make up for what we just endured? >> [laughter] >> I don't know. Uh look, they can't all be winners. Uh that is the deal. Uh sometimes we show films that just aren't good. Um and we know why they're not good and we know why uh they're incredibly tedious. So, there you go. All right, what do we got? Doo doo doo. What am I looking at? Iceland. Enjoy. >> [music] [music] >> Please focus the projector on this film and adjust the volume and tone controls so the soundtrack is easily understood. Now, turn off the projector until program time. Thank you. 2,600 mi from New York, 1,100 mi from Oslo, Norway, and just south of the Arctic Circle, there is a land of spectacular beauty and intriguing contrasts. >> [bell and music] [music] [music] [music] >> Iceland's location indicates frigid weather, but the average January temperature [music] is 30° above zero because of southwesterly winds blowing over the warm Gulf Stream. Although the country is small, it has much to interest visitors. Iceland's history began in the early 800s when pagan Norsemen arrived and drove out the Irish monks who had preceded them. One of these visitors saw ice flows in a northern fjord and named the country Iceland. The Vikings brought with them sturdy horses with small muscular bodies. No others have been imported, so the purebred stock is a pleasure to ride and race today. Settlers also brought long-fleeced sheep. Descendants of that hardy breed now provide an abundant supply of meat and wool. The first permanent Icelandic settler was a Norwegian chieftain, Ingólfr Arnarson. Chiefs of the settlers prepared a code of law in 930 AD. The elected law speaker recited these laws from Lögberg to the annual meeting of the Althing. The world's oldest legislature still allows the people to elect their leaders. At their assembly in the year 1000, the nobleman agreed to throw their pagan idols into Goðafoss and proclaimed Christianity the official religion for the country. In 1117, the age of writing began. During the next two centuries, 40 sagas relating the history of early settlers were recorded in Old Norse on parchment. One of these tells the story of Leif Ericson, a native Icelander, who discovered the North American mainland and named it Vinland. From the 14th to the 19th centuries, Iceland suffered from volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, famine, and foreign misrule. Then, on June 17th, 1944, independence was declared from Denmark and the Icelandic Republic was established. Geologically, the country is one of the youngest landmasses on the globe. Volcanic eruptions often change the terrain or make new landmasses as Surtsey did recently off the south coast. 10% of the island is covered with lava flows. These hexagonal columns are characteristic of basaltic formations. Eventually, lichens cover the barren lava and the process of making soil begins. Mosses then obtain a foothold and in time are replaced by advanced vegetation. Birch forests were common when the colonists came, but they used the trees for building and fuel. Now, a reforestation program makes it possible for everyone to enjoy the woodlands and wildflowers. Many thermal areas, some with geysers, are found throughout the country. The Icelandic word geyser has been given to similar eruptions all over the world. Bubbling mud pools in sulfurous areas indicate young volcanic activity. Only 11% of the country is covered by glaciers. Vatnajökull is the largest glacier in Europe. Gray rivers caused by melting ice of the glaciers gush from beneath their tongues. These rivers may create spectacular waterfalls like Dettifoss, the country's largest. Foss means waterfall in Icelandic. 13% of the people make their living from agriculture, but only 1% of the land is cultivated. Generally, the winters are mild, but frost does occur, which heaves saturated ground into tussocks. Trenches are dug to drain this land, which permits harvesting of the grass. Recently, drying machines have been imported and prove helpful in saving more of the valuable grass crop upon which the agricultural prosperity depends. 95% of Iceland's exports are fish and fish products, and 1/5 of the population is employed by the fishing industry. Icelandic herring is known as the finest and most nutritious in the world. Only the best quality is salted and packed, and the remainder is made into fish meal and oil. Cleaned cod, called stockfish, are dried during the summer for export. At this time, too, the whale, the world's largest mammal, is hunted. Millions of years ago, they roamed the earth on four legs, but when they took to the sea, their bodies became streamlined. This warm-blooded mammal has lungs and breathes as man, and can hear keenly for about a mile. The finback is the most common species in these waters. They are brought to a coastal station for processing. Choice steaks are used for table meat. Oil is exported to other countries of Europe and used in margarine. The remainder is made into cattle food and fertilizer. An average-size whale is worth about $3,000. Many workers are employed in other industries. Some make candy, gum, and cookies to satisfy their sweet tooth. Carpet manufacturers use domestic wool to make high-quality carpeting. Furniture factories produce a Scandinavian style of furniture. Ceramic artists sometimes use a mixture of native clays and volcanic ash to create unusual objects. Much of the machinery, raw materials, food, and other essentials are imported by the 4,000 ships visiting the ports each year. The majority of men work in transportation, commerce, and construction. About half of the population of 200,000 live in the capital, Reykjavik. Reykjavik means smoky bay. The smoke, actually steam, comes from hot springs. Most of the buildings are heated by this natural hot water pumped through insulated pipes to these storage tanks. The modern hotels, apartments, and homes are built of reinforced concrete to prevent damage from occasional slight earthquakes. Since there are no railroads, inter-island travel is usually by plane. Built on several levels along a deep fjord, Akureyri is the second largest city with a population around 10,000, and the business and shipping center of the north. This is also an excellent ski area, having the best snow cover from March through May. Summer skiing [music] is possible on permanent snowfields in the interior. Iceland has no army. Only firemen and policemen wear uniforms. Crime is rare, so policemen mainly direct traffic. Early in their life, children are given responsibilities. They are taught to enjoy work and be proud of their accomplishments. Here it is a disgrace not to work. There is no unemployment, poverty, or social distinction, because the Icelanders value the individual as a person. After basic compulsory education, young men interested in the sea may attend the Marine Navigational School. Two- and three-year courses teach all phases of equipment, maintenance, and navigation. Agricultural students experiment with fruits and vegetables in glass houses heated by hot springs, so more fresh produce will be available. At the University of Iceland, six courses are offered free to qualified students. Girls can enroll in one of the many homemaking schools, where everything from biochemistry to purchasing is studied. >> [music] >> They take pride in doing handiwork for their future home and family. The women seldom have domestic help, so every housewife must know how to cook and care for her home. When available, whale steaks are inexpensive. The taste is difficult to describe because it does not resemble fish or meat. Skyr is a national dish made of cow's milk, is very high in protein, and is eaten as a main course or for dessert. The average family has three children. The mother is rarely employed away from the home, as her family is her main responsibility. The father makes all the major decisions and pays all the expenses. Although they love their families and home, the men seldom show their emotions. Because wages are low and the cost of living is high, the government assists in several ways. Working mothers may leave their children in day nurseries for about $5 a week. Small government grants are made to parents for each child under 16. Towns offer garden plots with supervision to children who agree to work in them at least 2 hours each day. Children are required by law to learn to swim. The pools utilize natural hot water, so it is a pleasure to swim anytime of the year. Children are exposed to cultural activities at an early age. They visit the studio of Asmundur Sveinsson, who uses various materials [music] in his sculptures. Watch craftsmen make filigree jewelry [music] from gold and silver. Or they can observe the ancient form of wrestling, glima, in which contestants toss each other by lifting and twisting. >> [music] >> A popular camping trip is to Myvatn, which means lake of the midges. Here, tiny insects hang like a cloud on warm, still days. Some 230 species of birds have been observed here and are protected by law. Barrow's goldeneye duck is found nowhere else in Europe. The kittiwake, a seabird, nests on ledges >> [music] >> of remote cliffs. The European oystercatcher is very colorful. But her chick is unnoticed among the rocks. The eider colonies are also protected by law, so the ducks are quite tame. The males watch over the drab hen while she plucks the down from her breast to line the nest. After the chicks leave the nest, the down is gathered by the farmers and made into warm comforters. The utopia for fishermen are the many lakes and rivers that provide excellent sport fishing. The salmon season opens about June 10th, and enthusiasm reaches its peak when these beauties are pulled from the icy [music] waters. Whatever your natural interests may be, Iceland can fulfill them. Those who share an appreciation of natural beauty are always welcome to enjoy Iceland's spectacular and moving [music] manifestations, and discover for themselves that this is truly a nice land and not an ice land. >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [bell] >> So, I've never seen this educational film company before, so I'm not quite sure what their deal is. I haven't had a chance to do research, but this is a new one. Um, you know, that's not one of our traditional Coronet, Encyclopedia Britannica, Bailey, uh, even LaRoche Associates. This is I don't know who this is, but the uh it's really interesting what they talk about, especially the well, you know, fathers don't really have show emotions to their kids, and >> [clears throat] >> uh, other weird things there. And And I apologize for the whale slaughter footage. That was not I didn't show up when I would scrub through it. Um, but yeah, um, so I had an opportunity to go to Iceland, all expenses paid, um, to do a home movie day, to do a first um, home movie day in Iceland, and I was invited by someone who was an archivist there, and it was going to be in Reykjavik, of course. Uh, and um, they had got a grant, so they they were going to get plane tickets, and I was going to have a place to stay, it was going to be awesome. And then COVID happened, and then that all went away, and made me very, very sad, and uh, since then, uh, they've had home movie days, and uh, that grant money was spent on something else. Uh, so I was bummed because they also cuz I do this thing called, uh, home movie day bingo, where we watch um, home movies, and then there's items on this card that you could if you see them on the screen, then you mark it on your card. And so they had translated home movie day into Icelandic, and I was so excited. I was like, man, this is going to be so awesome. But alas, uh, it did not happen. I was also supposed to go to Italy uh, that year, and that also did not happen. So, thanks, COVID. Um, anyways, uh, thanks for watching today. I appreciate your eyeballs. We're going to end probably a little bit early today, even though I started later. I mean, I started earlier. So, um, but everybody have a great rest of your day. If you like what you saw, you know, of course, hit the thumbs up, even if you've done it recently, uh, that helps. Um, you can also donate via the super thanks button. Go to subscribe, donate, um, oh, yeah, uh, I am doing a home movie day in Durham, North Carolina, uh, later this month, and um, what we will do is we'll have we'll play home movie day bingo, we'll watch people's, uh, videos and home movies, and um, you know, it'll be a lot of fun. So, um, I can't remember what day that is, but uh, I will tell you more as we get closer. For those of you who who live in the North Carolina triangle area. Uh, anyhow, uh, we'll see you tomorrow. Everybody take care. Uh, enjoy the rest of your day.