AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 11-6-2025

Hello everybody. Welcome to the AV Geeks Lunchtime streaming show where we watch old 16mimeter films. And today, let's see, we got some things that I uh that we scan from the Oregon archive. We got some things from the Pringer archive. Let's get started with this. Um this is two parts. I think what happened is that we lost a splice and then we started again. So there's a little bit of overlap. So anyways, this is just the intro from a film called from dada to surrealism. 40 years of experiments with Hans erector doing the introduction. So this is not a complete film but it's interesting nonetheless. Enjoy. The film from Data Suralism has two parts. The first consists of a number of small films and film fragments. They are documents of the so-called avanguard movements of the 1920s. The photographic quality of these films of these documents has suffered greatly >> because the original negatives were lost during the following world upheaval. All prints had therefore to be made from prints which themselves were prints of earlier prints. The second part contains one episode each of three longer films which I made 20 years later between 1940 and 1960. Being a painter, I have taken up as you will find in the first part those problems which I have encountered in the arts of my time. That means modern art. I have tried to solve these problems in motion as I was at that time 1920 an abstract painter. My first experiments are naturally abstract ones and without a literary story. But soon also other influence in modern art made themselves felt like cubism, daism and finally surrealism. In film study, certain abstract forms are followed by objects which resemble them or even part of objects as in cubism. In visual terms, this effect is similar to rhymes in poetry. A step further leads already to a kind of story continuity in the fragment of the film inflation, a macaba dance of zeros and people. Still more storybound is a fragment of race symphony in which a horse racing is shaped into a kind of abstract prison. And even a publicity film may be transformed into a film poem like in Tapen's magic an association between similar movements with each other in picture as well as in sound. And the same goes for everything turns, everything revolves, where a country fair is taken as a vehicle for film magic. And finally, in the dadaistic film, Ghost Before Breakfast, objects as well as free floating forms play a fantastic action and reveal the film as a new and original art form of the 20th century. [music] >> [music] >> In the years following the last war, this development continued. The second In the years following the last war, this development continued. The second part of the film contains three examples of this effort. The first is the episode desire from the film dreams that money can buy 1944 to 47. It was inspired by collage of the surrealist painter Max Ernst. It became a surrealist study of romance and erotic in a Victorian setting. an adventure of desire and fulfillment in which Max Ernst himself played the role of the Freudian super ego. The second episode was taken from the chess film 8 by8 1954 to 57. The white queen is to be conquered by three officers of the black party. The chess problem is taken as a device to unfold a human story, one that can be felt behind the obvious happenings. The third and last is the end episode of the film Dascope 1950-61. Tristan Salah the chief of the French dists sings dada with its poetry, music and irony in the special setting of a laundromat. Yeah. So, I don't know what that's from. We didn't really have a good sense of um if it was part of, you know, they just pulled it out, but it seems like there's a beginning and an end to it. Um so maybe this was spliced onto some of RTOR's work, of which I have, uh but I just don't have it handy. Uh and I haven't scanned it. But it's it's pretty great stuff. I big fan of Dada. Um I certainly have made life decisions based on data. So there you go. All right. Now back to something um that we all understand which is mental health of children. This is principles of development. Enjoy. [music] They do the same things and yet each one has his own way of doing them. They all start off pretty much the same way. But look how they end up grown up. Same number of arms and legs, but different colors and sizes and shapes and different feelings. How do they get that way? Well, they develop. Now, is that just growing? No. Development is growth and change. And this growth and change occur in almost the same way to every baby. By studying thousands of children, scientists have established a few basic principles which apply to normal child development. And knowing what is normal helps us to understand each child with his own individual variations. The first principle is that development follows a pattern from conception to maturity. Development is not haphazard, but it's continuous, orderly, and progressive with each stage leading to the next. In the embryo, development occurs first in the region of the head. As the child grows, it proceeds to. This is called the law of developmental direction. As the child matures, his body not only grows, it changes its proportions. Not only does the structure of the head develop first, but control appears first in the head and proceeds to the legs. He can raise his head before he can control his arms. He can grasp an object with his hands before his feet are coordinated. He can hold his back erect before his leg will support him. Because of this pattern, we can predict development. If he can grasp an object at a few months, we know that he will be able to catch a moving object at a few years. And a few years later, still he will catch a smaller, swifter object. The first principle then is obvious. Development follows a pattern and within the pattern there is correlation between the types of development. One phase of growth is affected to some extent by another. For example, if he's busy learning to walk, he may forget about learning to talk. He may not learn a new word for months. This is a plateau stage. He doesn't stop developing, but one type of development takes precedence over another. Another example, here is a child who was very large for 15 months, mentally very bright, but he doesn't walk yet. His motor development has been slowed down by rapid physical growth. Notice the difference. This little miss is 15 months old, too. Small, but fast. Both children are perfectly normal. It's just that each is developing in his own way. But the correlation of types of development can be detrimental. Emotional disturbances can affect growth. The child who is tense will not eat. And if this continues, physical growth will be affected. For within the pattern there is correlation between the types of development and development proceeds from general to specific responses. Here is general response. He wants something in his mouth. He responds with his whole body to one thing, food. Later, he realizes that some foods taste good in the mouth, and some don't. He will like people in general before he knows that he really prefers mother. He will reach generally in the direction of an object with both hands before he can get it with one hand. Still later he can examine it in detail with one finger. He will run before he can race. He will understand what a river is before he knows where a particular river goes. As the child grows, his mind can grasp more details and his motor skills become more specialized. for development proceeds from general to specific responses and normally each child passes through each stage. They may express their stage of development in different ways. Some crawl, some creep, and some just move along, but most of them get there somehow. They sit before they stand and they stand before they walk. They pass through different stages of eating too, wasting a good deal at first and then eating up everything in sight when they learn how they all go through the same stages of play. First comes solitary enjoyment of the things around. Next, joy playing beside another child, but they don't understand yet how to play with another child. And finally, they enter into a group of their equals. The pattern will vary for each individual according to the influences which have played a part in his own particular development. But normally each child passes through each stage and each stage has characteristic traits. For instance, their stage of development shows in the way children play. At first, mere motion is exciting. But with control comes play where speed and accuracy count. Many evidences of development might seem to be problem behavior. Here is motor development that needs exercise. Every mother thinks her child is impossible at some stage. That stage of being into everything is just an expression of rapid motor development coupled with growing curiosity about the world. Development may cause behavior that seems unconnected with growth. He may seem whiny for no reason when in reality he is troubled by teeth or there may be some hidden trouble in his personal world. During the second or third year, growth slows down. the child is not so hungry and at the same time brain and speech development are rapid. Talking often seems more important than eating and parents who don't know this is normal may think they have a feeding problem and by making an issue of it they may create a real one. Later, appetite swings the other way because the p-adolescent burns up energy with motor activity and he won't wash because he'll just get dirty again. If this is not recognized as a phase of development, parents may think they are bringing up a social outcast. How consoling to know he behaves this way because each stage has characteristic traits. Finally, development is caused by maturation and learning. The most inevitable cause is maturation. This is the unfolding of traits inherent in the child, potentialities that he is born with. No matter what his environment, he will grow, his bones will harden, and his muscles will develop. Later they will become coordinated so that he can direct his energy. His nervous system and brain will mature so that memory and imagination will guide his actions rather than primitive sensation. The extent of his development will depend to some degree on environment but the growth is intrinsic in the child himself. The second cause of development is learning. This brings new abilities either because of practice which the child does himself or training which is directed and purposeful. Maturation and learning are closely interwoven. The child will only acquire grown-up skills when his mind and body are sufficiently coordinated. Without learning, abilities may not be fully developed. Just growing up does not mean the child will swim. That requires learning. Understanding the relationship between these two is the key to training. It is to know at what age training will be most effective for each child. If mind and body are not sufficiently matured, learning can't take place. Too early training is a waste of time and it may develop a negative attitude that will be very difficult to overcome even when the right time comes. Many tests have been made to find out the relative importance of maturation and learning. All prove that in skills common to the whole human race, such as sitting or walking, training is of no real use and may even be harmful. The baby will learn when she is ready. In specific skills, practice and training are necessary, but success depends on maturation. There is a right time for learning everything. Self-feeding, when he first shows interest, he must practice, but it's no use until his mind and muscles are coordinated enough for him to get results. Self-dressing. Wait until she's ready to dress herself, but not until she loses interest. Mother shouldn't interfere with the learning process just because she can do it better. The trick is to catch her when she's interested and then give her plenty of time to practice. Later when you have to know how many ice cream cones you can buy for a quarter, abstract things like mathematics become suddenly important. Yes, development comes from maturation and learning. But if these principles are so fixed, why is every child different? What other factors influence this development? Sex. Girls reach maturity more quickly than boys, but they are usually smaller. Intelligence. Motor and physical development of the bright child is generally quicker than that of the dull child. Race. There are differences in the rate of development between children of different races. Glands. Proper balance in the functioning of certain glands of internal secretion is essential to normal growth. Nutritional value of the food regularly eaten by the child has great influence on physical development. Health. A serious illness or injury can affect not only the physical growth but mental and personality development as well. Fresh air and sunlight are of great importance during the years of growth. Position in the family. Whether a child is the oldest, a middle child or the baby has an influence on his personality. Incentive also plays an important role. Heredity. The child's development is dependent on the characteristics he has inherited. He can go no further than his own potential development and parental attitude is all important. But in spite of all the factors that vary with each individual, there is a normal pattern of human development. And within the pattern, there is correlation between the types of development. Development proceeds from general to specific responses. Each child passes through each stage and each stage has characteristic traits. And finally, development is caused by maturation and learning. As each child grows, he follows the pattern in his own way. And if he is loved and understood by those around him, all the influences will be brought into balance for the fullest development of his particular personality. [music] [music] >> [music] >> Well, when you have white scientists holding the yard stick, um, everything else is judged by that. And so that thing about race and development is probably very bogus and very uh skewed data. Um anyways uh yes somebody uh in the comments uh quick uh I correctly identified um that this is Canadian uh Crawley Films made a bunch of films uh for Canada but they also made them for uh young American films McGraill etc. So all right it's time to learn about the big A. Are you ready? The big A. Today, more than ever before, the successful farmer depends on fertilizers, chemical insecticides, and herbicides [music] to ensure that his harvest will be a profitable one. But fertilizers and [music] chemicals lose their effectiveness if they are not applied to the field at exactly the right time. This potential problem [music] is further complicated as farmers face soaring fuel costs, dwindling fuel supplies, and time. Obviously, the modern farmer can no longer depend on old-fashioned, time-consuming, [music] and expensive methods of doing the job himself. He needs a specialist, a man or company with a proven ability to apply fertilizers and chemicals to the field quickly and efficiently. So a number of companies are realizing dynamic growth [music] and healthy profits by providing custom application services to farmers in their communities. Of course, success in this specialized business [music] depends on specialized equipment on high flotation applicators to get the job done right and on time. and experienced custom applicators have learned that for the fast and efficient application farmers [music] need and demand, the best way is with the big A. [music] Year after year, the Big A high flotation applicator outs sells all of its competitors [music] throughout the United States. A major reason behind this success is the quality built into every machine by Rickle Manufacturing of Salina, Kansas. For example, to ensure strong and uniform construction, [music] Rickle uses its own equipment and processes to form all steel used in the frame. Flat and precise welding further ensures [music] that every big A conforms to exacting design specifications. In fact, strict attention to detail marks every step of the big A assembly process. And after final assembly, every machine is put through a series of thorough inspections and rigorous tests before it's delivered. But the main reason that the big A outsells all others is how it performs after delivery. And the men most qualified to judge [music] performance are the men who buy and use the Big A for a wide variety of application jobs under all kinds of conditions. >> We started our custom application in 1959 because that's what the farmers were demanding. By 1971, our business had reached the level that we needed, a big machine that would go in all kinds of weather on all kinds of fields. The reason we got interested in the Big A, I was up toward the Niles community doing business. I had two spray trucks were parked on the lot because it was too muddy and we couldn't get off a county road to spray one acre. And this machine was out there in the field top dressing wheat. Now, that convinced me that the A was the thing we should have. So, we purchased one. And that machine from the middle of May to the end of August had returned its price and sold a lot of fertilizer and a lot of chemical in three and a half months actually had paid for itself and then some. This machine does its own advertising program. As you fertilize one farm, neighboring farmers notice it. It's a big machine. It's a wellbuilt machine. And when they see the kind of a job it does, no compaction in the soil, no big deep ruts cutting from tires, it sells itself. I think the big A is the toughest machine of its type that you can buy. I think a custom applicator needs a machine that when he goes out in the morning, he's sure he's going to run all day. And I think that's what the big A will do. We had a truck with a tank on the back of it. We also had a um pull type that we pulled with a tractor. Uh we could get approximately our real good day maybe 80 or 90 acres. Then we purchased our first day and uh we can get in a 18 hours run we can get 700 acres a day. You just cover a lot more acres with a lot less fuel. By that I mean you're taking three times the swaff going down through the farmer's field as you are with a truck type applicator. >> The last season we used competitor's machine before we went to big A. We had to have four machines just to keep two of them running all the time and it took four to do the same amount we do with two big A's and we were only doing about half the amount of acres in as we do now. We can run over 500 acre a day with machine easy right now. During the month September on wheat ground, we usually run over 25,000 to 30,000 acres. Then in the winter time, we'll run over another 20,000. During years time, we'll run over about 55,000 to 60,000 acres with both machines. Our operators have found that they're they're a lot smoother riding on the rough ground we have. They can put in a longer day and not be near as tired as we're on the old machines. We probably sold another 2500 to 3,000 tons of fertilizer a year because we can cover the ground when it needs to be covered. We uh bought uh big A's at our co-op because uh we wanted to service for our customers. Our number one objective is good service to all our customers. All we had before was a little pull type sprayer that we pulled behind a tractor and we just couldn't get over the acres. We just like the uh the way the big A's operate. We have uh two liquid tanks and one of them we can change over to a dry unit and it just takes me a short while and it works out real good. It's real easy to load liquid. You just uh have to have a nurse tank. And on our big A's, we have a chemical inductor that we have set right on the side of it that uh instead of having to crawl up on top of it, you just walk the side of it and one man can fill it real easy. We've had very little trouble with it. In fact, we bought another one last year and uh the service that we get is just perfect. We just don't have no complaints at all over the services. We got the big A just a few months ago and uh it's increased our fertilizer business by quite a bit and our herbicide about 10 times. People, the farmers in our particular area just didn't see anything like this. This nice big flotation tires on the big A. And every time we go to a a farmer and do work, the neighbor he'd come by and see that. And uh we had guys in our office come in after they saw the big A work that I'd never seen before. Uh area farmers that saw and saw what kind of job it done liked it. So I'd recommend the Big A to anybody, a small business like ours or or a large scale business. Uh a business that has large fields, circles for instance, or a business like ours that has a lot of small 25 and 30 acre fields. Uh because uh the farmers just they like the the big machine, the good job the big A does. It don't leave tracks. Uh and it makes them money and it makes you money because it sells you more fertilizer and just does a better job for everybody. >> Yeah, this is real uh a real dependable machine. U I kind of like to think of this as some of our people we have working for us. Well, you kind of develop a respect for them because they can get the job done. And this is a thing that we know our big A's will do it for us when we get ready to go. We know we're ready and and we can get a lot done. We have respect for them. This way we kind of term it down there. We don't have that much maintenance and upkeep on them like we did with a lot of our uh pull type equipment that we used before we got into the rotation rigs. This is a machine that our customers are asking for rather than uh some smaller machine and more trips across the field and so forth. uh the swath width that we take why you don't have to make too many trips over the field. We had our wet seasons and uh of course everything is under a big push and we have to get it done in a hurry and they don't like a lot of compaction in their fields and uh we can go out and float over fields where we don't have any problems like that. We're looking into the future here in our business while we're anticipating expansion and uh it'll sure be with big A's when we need more equipment. So the men who demand performance in high flotation applicators know they can count on the big A. Of course, whenever a man buys a machine, he also wants to know he can count on the people who sell it. The service been great to us. We This machine is good enough. So we haven't required a lot of service, but when we do need it, it's there and ready to go. The uh serviceman gets there immediately. We've been real happy with the service we've had. We have added a big A for the last three years, one a year, and we wouldn't be apt to go back into the same thing if we hadn't got service on the first one. One of the things impressed me, the machine arrived at 5:30 in the evening, and we unloaded it, and by 7:30 the next morning, the serviceman was there and in the preliminary check out and the orientation of the operator, which was fantastic, I thought. Uh, and it wasn't just a cursory type check. It was very thorough. uh things were checked over that I thought would have been just kind of taken for granted and we were really impressed with this and we've found this to be true in all our relationships and uh we've never had anything less than overnight service. >> This is the main reason why we bought the machine. Our banker said he did really didn't care $2 or $3,000 one way or the other just as long as we had service to back up the machine. Because if you don't have service, the machine isn't worth anything. If you have to be broke down 2, 3 weeks at a time, your season's over and doesn't do anybody any good. >> So, the men who demand performance agree that the one custom applicator that gives them the performance they need is the Big A. They agree that the big A is the best way to >> to get over the fields in different weather, different ground conditions, move in and out of uh tight spots. >> Sell 2500 3,000 more tons of fertilizer a year. >> Get more acres, plus uh we do a lot more even job. Get you a lot of sales and custom work and and a good name in fertilizer business. It's obvious that custom application has become a proven means of building profit [music] potential. It's just as obvious that the Big A has proven its performance capabilities to buyers all over the country. So, when [music] your interest is custom application, the odds are the Big A will prove the best way for you. >> [snorts] >> Sorry, I was finishing my um my burger. Um [clears throat] yeah, so the big A, don't take my word for it. Let's talk to people who use the big A. All right, what do we got? What's next? Um, thinking of you. I don't think I've shown this, but if I have, just let me know in the comments. Enjoy. [music] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Hallmark cards are received by more than 5 million Americans every day. Nearly all of them begin like this. [music] How many ways can a writer find to say thinking of you? How many ways has it been said? During [music] the last half century, Hallmark has published 150,000 different ways of saying it. The need to express that simple thought or a variation of it has created a social custom enjoyed [music] by millions throughout the world and an art form that truly represents the taste of the people. [music] >> [music] >> This dimensional mural features antique cards from the Hallmark Historical Collection. It documents the long tradition in which the social custom is grounded. A custom which [music] has produced the folk art that is a charming record of daily life as it was lived in times gone by. >> [music] [music] >> The task of hallmark artists is to create designs [music] that complement the written sentiments, whatever they may be, which express the sender's thoughtfulness. [music] In the Hallmark [music] Studios, each artist's work is individual. Yet they create thousands of designs each year. Design, of course, is the basis of art in any form. >> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Artful design is a tradition at Hallmark expressed throughout the product lines. Home decorations, gift books, gift wrapping, [music] party goods, calendars, playing cards, and many other products. >> [music] [music] >> The completeness and depth of these lines enables quality retailers throughout the world to offer their customers a full range of merchandise for their social communications and home entertainment needs. 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On the European continent and throughout the Western Hemisphere, in 75 countries throughout the world, Hallmark products are the currency of cultivated living. On the cultures of these many countries, Hallmark draws deeply for the greeting card custom has been warmly accepted wherever thoughtfulness is a rewarding [music] part of life. >> [music] >> The resources of the world's great museums [music] offer inspiration to Hallmark artists. The treasures of all the world's galleries are available for study and research by creative people at Hallmark. [music] Through traveling exhibits, art awards, [music] honor prizes, and scholarships in art. The company seeks to express its sense of responsibility by bringing to the public the work of artists who have enriched our lives with their creative [music] genius. >> [music] [music] >> The award-winning Hallmark Hall of Fame television series is additional [music] evidence of this concern for quality, not only in the graphic, but also in the performing arts. Through great dramas like McBth, millions of Americans have been able to enjoy the work of artists [music] such as Maurice Evans performing here in the title role. On Fifth Avenue in New York, the Hallmark Gallery devoted to the exhibition [music] of the unsophisticated arts is another example of activity in the field of culture. >> [music] >> Quality in every undertaking is the guiding [music] principle wherever Hallmark interest or sponsorship is involved. That is one reason Hallmark is able to attract and hold talented [music] young people who are interested in building a career. The search for excellence has two sides. 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The crown room designed for [music] relaxed conversation and dining in a pleasant setting again expresses the company's concern for quality and good [music] taste. To employees, the lunch period is a time for developing friendships, new and old. By setting a high standard [music] of good taste in all its products, Hallmark strives to achieve a stature that is unique in American business. That stature, that reputation is based [music] upon respect for good taste and expressed in the slogan, when you care enough to send the very best. The international headquarters is Kansas City, [music] Missouri. In this city of fountains, Hallmark has grown to its present size and developed its present [music] volume of business. 5 million cards a day to let that many people know that someone [music] is thinking of you. [music] Wow, that was great. And how about that? Hallmark had been making uh were putting on uh dramatic plays for quite a while. So that's fascinating to me. Uh let's see. Let me find this. Uh so somebody asked me if they actually had these on 16 millimeter. Um uh let me see if I can bring this up. So I have uh been working on in my spare time which I don't have a whole lot of uh the 16mm filmography which is a it's a list of everything that was ever print released on 16 mm and then who has it and so I looked up a hallmark and then I um so thinking of you uh that was what we just saw and that was made by Hallmark and uh Calvin Productions. But then you see there's all these Hallmark Hall of Fame films and these are the what they're talking about. So these are all different uh productions. Um now these are not films that I hold. These are films that are uh were made uh and then registered. So I think that these were probably registrations that were on the the Yeah. Oh no. Okay. So it looks like the Library of Congress actually has a lot of these films. So they were submitted uh by the Library of Congress [snorts] uh submitted to the Library of Congress which is what you had to do for uh copyright at some point. Um so what is this old old story? Hallmark Films and Recordings. I don't So Hallmark also uh there are other companies named Hallmark. So you can't necessarily go by all of this, but uh yeah, this is a giant database program that I've been working on. And why? Uh, one is to give other collectors and institutions a sense of what's out there and also maybe try to come up with a list of stuff that is uh there's duplicates, a lot of duplicates. Uh, because um, what I have in my collection, I have rare stuff, but I also have stuff where there's a lot of copies out in the world. uh 16 millimeter was a really easy to duplicate way to get content out in the world. And so um and what I've always said about 35mm 35mm was mostly released in uh theaters by studios and there was they had a life cycle so that they would basically uh premiere get shown make its way to different places because before like Jaws uh and other blockbusters uh what would happen is a a feature film would premiere and a couple of big cities and a couple of regions and then it would slowly make its way all throughout the United States. And so if you're out in the middle of nowhere, you might not see the film for, you know, a year even. Um then what would happen is those as those films got beat up, then they would make their way to distribution uh in like drive-ins and uh dollar movies and and second run places. Uh and then eventually they would make their way to plants that would uh physically strip the emotion off, pull out the silver that was in it, uh and other chemicals, and then they would take the acetate [clears throat] and then melt that down into some plastic and they would make like picnic tables or something. And there was I think there's a plant like that in uh Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina or Tennessee. I'm not 100% sure where, but um yeah, so that would that's what would happen. And so uh occasionally somebody would figure out a way to get a film 35mm film and then it would add end up in someone's personal collection even though they weren't supposed to have it. With 16 mm film, that life cycle doesn't exist. What would happen is um you could rent a film and then you'd get the film and then to go back to where you rented it from. but also uh libraries and schools and other institutions would buy film prints and as part of that they got a license and then they'd hold on to it and then at some point years later they would say we need to get rid of these uh and they would either try trash them or uh find some sucker like me to come pick them up. And so what that means is that there are thousand hundreds of thousands if not millions of 60mm films out there. And so some of them like I said are rare very hard to find. Uh some of them are not so rare. Like for example in my collection there's a couple of films I would say handful maybe you know 20 30 films where I have like 8 to 10 copies. And what's interesting is a lot of them are, uh, Fat Albert episodes. And so, um, you know, I'm I'm going through slowly and calling those and pulling those out, um, because, uh, they certainly have nostalgic value to me, but not to anybody else anymore because of Bill Cosby's shenanigans. Um, so I don't need 10 copies of that film. And so I might try to find another collector who's interested in them and like maybe trade with them or, you know, sell them on eBay. Probably not anymore cuz I'm not a fan of eBay anymore. But uh, yeah. So I I came up with the 68mm filmography as a way for people to look and say like, is my film rare? And right now I have probably 10 or so collector collections. Some are personal collections, some of them are institutions where I've listed films. And um if there's like four three or or more holdings um by different entities, I say that the film is not rare. Um and that that's kind of held up pretty well. Uh so yeah, more than you ever wanted to know about. um that website. So that is and I'll put it in the the link 16 millimeter filmography.org because I don't make any money on that. I spend a lot of money on that. Um and so um the reason why I'm talking about this is that I the film that remaining film that I have is is too long for the show and I have stuff I have to do. So, I'm going to um end a little bit early today, but hopefully that gave you an insight. Um I I should have come up with like visual elements of it and all this stuff, but um and also I have some old uh advertising for these things called film mutilators, which are basically designed to uh [snorts] mutilate film. It's like somebody's like, "All right, we're done with this film. will run it through this film utilator and it'll shred it. Um, and that supposedly happened. Uh, BBC BBC had films in distribution and at some point they're like, "We need to get rid of these." And they so supposedly a bunch of Doctor Who episodes, old Doctor Who episodes um got shredded um because they were no longer considered to be important and they were taking up space. So, they just got rid of them. Um, and that is the thing about um, how a film sometimes becomes rare or a film sometimes becomes lost is that the studio that made it no longer cares about it and so they put it in a shed where it catches fire or they dump it in the ocean or whatever because it's not financially viable for them. It's a financial liability for them. And so there goes a little bit of culture into the ocean or whatever. All right, everybody. Thanks for watching today. Uh, join us tomorrow. We'll watch some more 16 mm. If you like what you saw, hit the thumbs up, hit the like button. Um, the Brock Lesner bump is now officially over. So, we are slowly kind of [laughter] our number of views is slowly tapering down and I'm hoping for some other obscure weird viral phenomenon to boost us back up, but it might not happen. But that's fine. Uh, I appreciate you guys watching and I appreciate you commenting. Uh, you can also donate via kofi.com/avgeeks, patreon.com/avgeeks, um, or just [clears throat] via the superthanks button. All right, everybody. Thanks so much. Love you guys. And we will see you uh tomorrow. Take care.