AV Geeks Lunch 09-26-2022

foreign this is Skip Alzheimer welcome to the AV Geeks lunchtime streaming show obviously I'm not at the archive I will admit that I am in Austin Texas after I don't know four five days of going to Fantastic Fest I'm exhausted I'm very tired I saw some movies I met some people I got to meet Leonard Moulton which was very exciting it was very much a embarrassing fan boy but um uh I did not have the energy to do a live show um and so I hope to be back live Tuesday uh today is Monday uh anyways we're gonna watch some films today um it's kind of a no-frill show today but uh I'm just gonna go ahead and tell you what the films are we're gonna just knock them out uh the first film is a film of Puppets by Encyclopedia Britannica uh or no it's not I think it's actually cornet I apologize it's uh Durango Daredevil strikes again something about bullying that's the first film then the next one is an Encyclopedia Britannica film and it's the legend of magic knives I believe it's an Inuit um uh Legend so that's fascinating and then finally we're gonna wrap it up with cotton Nature's Wonder fiber some beautiful industrial footage of processing cotton um that we of course all love but uh if you like what you saw please hit like while you're watching uh hit uh thumbs up um subscribe you can also go to avgeeks.com and watch our 24 7 Channel and buy DVDs uh and also I still have a link up for Apple shop um the um Kentucky archive that got flooded out a month ago they still need help so there's a place you can donate but uh enjoy the films uh I'm going to stop I'm going to let the films run I'm gonna go to bed everybody I'll see you soon take care [Music] this is awful when will I play just like Oni patience Butch oni's been taking lessons for a long time and this is only your second lesson come on put your paw here this doesn't sound like music and I want to be in the concert the fellas are going to play at school and I want to play the piano just as good as Oni try to become just as good as yourself Butch ah come on start here okay you guys now let's try our smoke starts variations on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star variations what is that to play the same piece of music in different ways we'll show you cause I'll play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on my Glockenspiel and I'll play one of my tariations [Music] whoops gotta practice that one I gang I hear Butch bear the PowerHouse piano player I can be in the concert too Mr Wolf is giving me lessons and I but Oni is our pianist Butch well Mr Wolf said that I have lots of talent now listen gang which is a member of our yakomo club so it would be fair and square if he and I took turns at the piano that's right I'm just as good as any of you okay let's hear you play Butch oh come on Butch you can't play yet well this piano is bigger and different than mine at home listen you guys we gotta rehearse but I want to do something too well you can cheer us at the end of the concert that's not there if the yakimo club is doing something I shouldn't be left out it's not fair at all it's not her at all scared though wanna play basketball I can't now Butch I'm gonna practice at the clubhouse hey guys hello Wanna Play Ball Camp just now Blitz gotta practice for the concert get it breakage with the concert uh uh nuts [Music] hi there Butch come on out and play with me oh gee I really like to but I gotta practice for the concert the concert the concert the concert the concert to read this silly stupid music I I'd rather read read a good comic book any old day [Music] the van Gogh Daredevil yeah he doesn't bother with piano music super wow look at him he just does whatever he wants Bang Pow Morango Daredevil yeah watch out for me hello what oh Butch what are you doing in that costume under the Durango Daredevil Durango who Durango Daredevil don't you ever read comic books oh yeah I think I saw that one in cautious room what are you up to partner oh I'm painting posters for the concert at school the concert at school the concert at school here you ruined so what nobody wants to go to that silly Stupid concert anyhow the Durango Daredevils strikes again oh Kathy what is the matter none of your business lady you want to make something out of it what you bear did you scare her with your silly costume you can't follow me oh yeah oh I'll bet you did this you fake big boy no what why don't I show this to Mr Wolf you give me that or you'll answer to me the Durango Daredevil I know aha you are the prisoner of the Durango Daredevil thanks Charlie my dolly here take your old dog [Music] [Applause] [Music] what's going on I was enjoying such a nice peaceful map you can go back to sleep partner on your back the Durango Daredevil strikes again someone turned me over [Music] take that foreign hey Butch what are you doing dressed up like the Durango Daredevil because that's who I am partner what's it to you well it's a neat costume Durango listen could you please be a little more quiet because I'll try to do some work in here and I'm fighting off this Posse who's after me take that and that oh come on Butch cut it out I can do anything I want after all it's my clubhouse too look are you gonna stop that oh oh do what you want you big bully the Durango Daredevil strikes again [Music] I'm the best basketball player in the gang if it wasn't for me we never would have won this it's mine and I took this with my camera it's mine too [Music] what's that oh it's just oni's dog Johan [Music] stop it Johan oh you think I'm the Durango they're done hey no stop it beat it leave me alone hey this isn't supposed to happen to the Durango daredevo oh it's me Butch bear now go away [Music] oh my knee and where's my trophy oh my trophy my trophy oh I'll have to go back to the clubhouse and try and mend it and where's my photograph where is it our basketball trophy is gone and our photograph is missing too which probably took him when he was playing Durango Daredevil you know we couldn't have won that trophy without Butch yeah he was great then well he isn't much help now now he's acting just plain awful because he can't play in the concert he's not much fun to be with he broke Priscilla elephant's dog and he spoiled the signs Taffy was making for us Turtle get right side up could you ever think that a friend would do such things which is simply not nice now not nice at all look excuse me Mr news hound that's all right saved me some time I was just on my way to your Clubhouse to return this photo I found back there on the grass thanks Mr news hound it's mine I took it with my camera you did it's a very sharp photo my boy thank you I printed it too I have this kid at home let's see it again very good and how are your buddies doing these days oh I don't see them too much because I've been so they're so busy preparing for a concert at school Hunter concert that's news say if you write something about the concert I could use the story and picture in the newspaper you good I can you will sure the Forest Town press is always looking for an interesting story wow hey maybe now I can really do something to help the fellas [Music] say coslow come take a look at this wow daddy that's the picture Butch took of us Club to present a concert by Butch bear isn't that terrific Johan hey Butch the story in picture were super yeah it'll really help the concert okay you guys now here are some posters that I helped Taffy make and I suggest that we all go around the forest and put them up those looks well good thanks come to think of it you guys better go practice you've got to play real good I'll put up the posters myself [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] I hate my life a thousand miles of deep inlets wooded Islands steep mountains Mark the coast where the Pacific meets the forests of British Columbia and Alaska along these wooded Shores both the Sea and the forest have given the northwest coast Indian all he needed to hunt and prosper living as he did so close to Nature he came to imagine that the creatures of the sea in the forest had Supernatural powers and he made them symbols of his Legends the Indians of the Northwest expressed their creative urge by erecting monuments keeping records and shaping symbols of power and prestige for having had no writing they recorded their past and their beliefs in Cedar thus the Carver of totem poles records for a tribe Clan a family important Acts events or honors for an individual in fact they are a form of public document the figures carved on a totem pole are symbolic clues that recall in the Indian's memory the Legends and events of the past symbols differ from tribe to tribe and therefore there are many versions of the more popular Legends to understand the symbols one must first learn about the local mythology and the social structure of a tribe in this way the Indians of the northwest coast created one of the world's most unique art forms the totem pole and the tradition of carving handed down from one generation to the next continues today Carver's knives are his most valued possession for he makes his own tools decorates the handles with intricate symbols of spirits of his ancestors with his knives the Carver Jokowi keeps alive the stories of his people stories like the legend of the magic knives as his knives bite into the wood of a freshly hewned Cedar he is Guided by memories of time Beyond history in those days long ago his people were led by a proud Chief who in his time was also a great Carver his Apprentice was guadalas just learning to use his knives in this Legend long ago Mother Earth was still under a spell of sleep the world was lost in darkness and neither Sun nor Moon Shone on the Earth among all the people in those days of darkness nothing was done but guadalas worked hard the eye of the old Chief watched over his people and measured their skill he chose cordellas to be his Apprentice he taught kudalas all he knew about the use of knives and the craft of carving they worked well together hey yeah but in time guadalas began to feel overpowered by the old chief he wanted to try carving in his own way one day Thunderbird the guardian of his clan appeared to watch guadalis I wish you were a human being said guadalis for then you might help me in my work Thunderbird opened his beak and replied I am a human being too and I will help you in your work soon guadalas was using his knives with such skill that his carvings far surpassed those of the old Chief in Beauty and crashed foreign [Music] Carver's work and of his growing popularity he was sure that there was magic power in quadalas's knives greedy for the knives he thought possessed a magic of Their Own the old Chief took them from their hiding place not far away was wolf sent by Thunderbird to guard for Dallas's tools is the old Chief turned to leave wolf stepped across his path quickly the old Chief hurled a knife striking wolf in the heart but the old Chief felt the pain in his own heart and sank to the ground feeling life flee from him old man said wolf for long you have protected your people well but today with the knives you envied you have killed your own spirit of the Guardian you must leave your people you must assume another form what would you like to be a big mountain asked wolf no for a mountain might break apart would you like to be a large Solid Rock asked wolf no replied the old chief that would not be much better than the mountain or I might wear away then said wolf would you like to be a river where every kind of fish would swim upstream and you would flow down to the Sea forever all right said the old chief let me be a river I will flow forever there will be no end of me then said wolf be a river so the old Chief became a river flowing past the village of his people and pouring endlessly into the sea for in those days long ago by the Indians nor the animals were subject to death they lived forever and there was room on the earth for everyone the legend of the magic knives has come down through generations with his own knives djokowid has recorded it in Cedar the top of the pole in a protective manner sten's Thunderbird a guardian of guadalas beneath him is Wolf the spirit of the chief below wolf is Eagle who helped fund a bird in his tasks [Music] past the totem Village the river still flows endlessly into the sea the old chief lives on forever [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] loveliness goes hand in hand with usefulness people everywhere Acclaim the result all over the world they praise it in the language of their land if the language is English it's beautiful and just as important it will stay beautiful or if the words are Italian [Music] see Cara what Del Mio vestito a mortuary and still another cause for praise this time in German Y and wherever Spanish is spoken Japanese foreign [Music] with its ancient reverence for beauty [Music] and a fashion designer in Paris the tissue is [Applause] [Music] they speak in many tongues and they praise many qualities yet they all speak of the same thing cotton a lovely and useful it is Beauty and utility bred into the living fiber by Nature herself by Nature working with her incomparable tools the sun and the air the soil the rains and The Wonder of growth from the wedlock of seed and soil the cotton plant is born stretches upward for light and air Roots downward Into The Good Earth foreign [Music] foreign [Music] this is cotton the living plant out of The Wonder of growth comes Nature's Wonder fiber servant of mankind for as long as men can remember its Beginnings veiled in antiquity its story older than history itself we do know that in India cotton has been grown and used for at least five centuries later the Arabs carried it Westward over the trade routes from the Orient their word kutun gave us our word cotton during the Middle Ages many Europeans believe that cotton was a vegetable lamb That Grew on trees in fact the German word for cotton bombola means tree wool in 1493 when Columbus returned to Spain from discovering America among the treasured gifts he brought to Queen Isabella were gold and a skein of cotton thread by the 18th century spinning and weaving cotton and making it into articles of beauty and comfort was a worldwide Enterprise then as the 18th century Drew to a close cotton sparked the Industrial Revolution and ever since it has been a force-shaping history [Music] today cotton is one of the world's great Industries and the world depends mightily on it to help stabilize the economy of Nations [Music] why has this fiber been such a powerful force across the centuries made cotton so vastly more important than any other fiber what is this wonderful fiber which Nature has given us if you take a Cotton Bowl apart you find it's made up of several clusters called locks each lock contains seven to ten seeds from each seed grow thousands of fine strong resilient hairs the cotton fibers each fiber is born from a cell in the seed wall one fiber from each of the thousands of cells the growing fiber is a hollow tube it is filled with protoplasm the substance of life when the tube is grown to its full length nature begins to transform the protoplasm into layers of cellulose a new layer each day until 20 to 30 layers have been formed each of these layers consists of minute fibroids arranged spirally this complex structure which only nature can produce makes cotton the Wonder fiber it is gives the fiber its unique combination of strength flexibility and absorbency finally as the bowl ripens the fiber dries in drying it flattens and twists assuming a shape ideal for spinning into Yarns in all of nature there is no other fiber like this nor has man ever been able to copy it but man has learned to work with nature in a partnership which produces still better plants better fibers cotton unlike artificial fibers can be improved through the science of plant breeding scientists help nature create better varieties by Crossing selected strains of wild cotton with the best cultivated strains from all over the world dentist uses painstaking techniques to pollinate the cotton flowers with the pollen of the selected variety [Music] and then to protect the fertilized plants against the bees and other insects which nature uses to propagate her strains Crossing and re-crossing Crosshair after year scientists achieve new better combinations of fiber properties they can breed into cotton a wide range of properties such as the ability to bloom early before destructive pests arrive or greater yield or greater length strength and fineness of fiber and when the seed is made ready for the soil their ride with the farmer still other scientists agricultural experts and Equipment Engineers who help him find the best ways to plant the seed prepare the soil nurture the plant and nature responds [Music] but weeds compete with the young plants for food and water and man intervenes cultivating the fields the farmer tears out the weeds and loosens the soil to aerate it so that oxygen will reach the young roots and again nature responds but insects attack The Boll Weevil for instance feeds on cotton and would destroy the crop if the farmer did not fight back then to prepare for the Harvest the farmer sprays the plants with a chemical which Withers the leaves [Music] foreign [Music] as the dead leaves fall off the bowls are exposed to sunlight and Air they dry out faster open more rapidly and evenly they are healthier bolds and better prepared for harvesting and then the Harvest [Music] thank you as we know the Cotton Bowl consists of seed clusters the fibers are part of the seed fibers and Seed must be separated from each other to do this the cotton is taken from the fields to the gin it is fed into ginning machines in which the teeth of revolving saws grip the fibers and pull them from the seed fibers and Seed go their different ways the seed rich in nutritious oils and proteins is processed for use in food and animal feed products [Music] the fibers are bailed and go to market [Music] Distributing raw cotton in response to the worldwide demand is an extraordinary undertaking it is the job of the cotton Merchant in his far-reaching role he must know the cotton fiber in its infinite variations and uses in the Merchant's classing room samples from every Bale are classified with exacting care color accurate eyes appraise the fiber's whiteness and cleanliness sensitive fingers evaluate its fineness and length to these human judgments acquired from years of experience added the measurements of sensitive machines fiber fineness can be determined by measuring the fiber's resistance to air strength of the fiber is tested on another machine knowing the precise characteristics of the fibers in each Bale enables the merchant to fill orders to the particular specifications of his customers with their greatly varied requirements is the merchant who channels the Bales out along the tradeways of the world to be made into textiles serving the Thousand and One vital uses for which the cotton fiber is better suited than any other and now the Bales arrive at the Mill here the spinner will process the fibers and spin them into yarn the spinner buys different kinds of cotton often grown in different parts of the country he combines these in careful proportions to give desired properties to the finished yarn [Music] pressed in the Bale and as these machines mix the fibers they also fluff them out foreign the mixed and loosened fibers are then further fluffed and any bits of foreign matter removed the clean fibers come off the machines in big roles looking much like the absorbent cotton you buy at the drugstore [Music] then they are formed into a rope-like strand often the strands formed into rolls are put through combing machines combed cotton means that the very short fibers have been taken out resulting in a stronger more uniform yarn now several strands of fibers are combined the combined strands are fed into a series of rollers they are twisted slightly to make them stronger drawn finer and wound on Bobbins The bobbins are taken to the spinning frames and the fibers are spun into yarn [Music] it almost seems that nature must have intended cotton to take color cotton dies more easily more evenly and with faster colors than any other textile the dye penetrates to the core of the yarn the color becomes part of its very fiber [Music] and now the Yarns are made ready for weaving into fabric [Music] it's for the loom in today's cotton Mills the ancient Arts are wedded to Modern machines to Modern methods and the marriage is a happy one what the textile artist conceives the weeding technician translates and the loom produces the reality [Music] weaving is not the only way to achieve designs and patterns they can also be printed on a fabric the most common printing method uses rollers and there are several techniques for transferring the artist's design onto the roller here as the design is traced the machine engraves it from rollers like this colorful designs and patterns are printed on the fabric much as fine printing is done on paper [Music] or cotton Fabrics may be dyed in solid colors the Lovely permanent colors cotton takes so well many cotton Fabrics are intended to be used without color such Fabrics woven with undyed fibers are bleached to make them snowy white in addition to such basic finishing as printing or bleaching cotton Fabrics may be finished in a hundred other ways by a hundred different methods in response to hundreds of consumer Demands a fabric may be glazed or polished napped or crinkled High shrink resistant is a must and the finisher achieves it cotton Fabrics can be treated chemically to make them even more useful more attractive they can be made flame proof or mildew resistant or antiseptic in fact they can be given an almost Limitless range of desirable properties cotton also is knitted into fabric Fabrics are widely used for underwear as well as outerwear they range from loose open loop constructions to Fabrics so closely knitted it seems to be woven yes spinner Weaver Knitter finisher all link their skills to bring forth a virtually unlimited choice of cotton Fabrics close woven shirtings and dress Fabrics like the broadcloths and the oxfords the chambrays and the ginghams hard-finished durables like the culverts and the whip cords the denims and the jeans the feminine shears like the voils and chiffons the organs and the lawns the dotted swisses the islet Batiste the many different rib designs like the seersuckers and the cords the corduroys and the PKS the lustrous velvetines and the polished Cottons sheetings such as the perkales and the Muslims howlings like the crashes the Hucks the Terriers drapery and upholstery materials like the cratons and the chintzes the shimmering sateens and the ornate jacquards the list is still long Fabrics with names derived from many tongues Heritage from the art crafts of many peoples all made from this fiber source of The Splendid quantities found together only in a cotton fabric cotton is strong and durable that's why mothers everywhere say gracias thank goodness for cotton what mothers know science can prove and tests in the laboratory show that cotton is the only fiber to combine High wear resistance with absorbency and comfort cotton Fabrics won't pucker and fray and seem stay tight this tensile testing apparatus shows that cotton can take a load of one hundred thousand pounds per square inch how strong is that well it's about as strong as the structural steel used for the skeletons of our Modern Skyscrapers it's wet it gets still stronger it thrives on soakings and doesn't mind perspiration when the wet cotton is tested for its tensile strength it is found to be as much as 25 percent stronger than when dry yes Cotton's love for water is another reason women love cotton is it's still lovely and yet she's washed it and washed it with its high wet strength cotton has always been able to withstand the rigors of the laundry tub and come through the ringer smiling today's Cottons take the agitations and tumblings of the automatic washing machine in stride they won't stretch and don't shrink and cotton takes dyes that will stay true even in the hottest water as every housewife knows it can take a high heat without scorching and it never glazes or melts under the heat of the iron and cotton is comfortable it does feel good against the skin cotton has a soft Gentle Touch highly absorbent it is never cold and clammy in cold weather and in hot weather immortology Fresco in hot weather it's always light crisp and cool all over the world people prize the many useful qualities with which Nature has endowed the cotton fiber and these natural advantages are not all [Music] for the textile chemist has learned how to treat the fiber itself with remarkable chemical compounds to add other desirable properties to those which Nature has given it from intimate knowledge of the fiber structure and from thousands of experiments to discover how Cotton's natural properties may be modified chemically science is creating a textile Revolution here for example is an untreated cotton fabric when it is crumpled in the hand it stays crumpled and when it is flattened out the wrinkles remain [Music] now let's see what happens in this laboratory when the textile chemist takes the same fabric and immerses it in a resin of special formula resins there are a great many of them in many combinations are the compounds by which the chemist adds desirable properties to the fabric running the fabric through rollers causes the resin to penetrate into each individual fiber a process helped Along by Cotton's natural absorbency then the fabric is cured in an oven under the influence of heat the resin becomes a permanent part of the fiber it will not wash out now when the treated fabric is crumpled it Springs back [Music] smooth and flat it has been given a durable wrinkle resistant finish other resins give other finishes two cotton jackets have been given a good laundering in an automatic washing machine they are identical except that the fabric of one has been given a special minimum care finish it's been allowed to dry the untreated jacket obviously the one on the right needs ironing before it can be worn while the treated jacket on the left is ready to be worn immediately this cotton fabric has been treated to make it highly water repellent even though water runs off it is off a duck's back moisture vapor is able to pass through it such a fabric can give bodily comfort and still protect from the elements by the same token cotton Fabrics can be finished to make them spot resistant resistant to spilled coffee for instance it loses its Terror for cotton clothing and household Fabrics soft drink Stone stain nor does tomato juice none of the liquids penetrates the fabric and any that clings to the surface is washed off easily [Applause] in addition to imparting useful properties the textile chemist employs these compounds to enhance Cotton's attractiveness he can give permanence to almost any texture can impart to a cotton fabric almost any hand the consumer may wish the textile chemist also creates finishes which appeal to the eye in short he is opening wide new Vistas for textile technology in which the possibilities seem all but Limitless [Music] yes cotton is a fiber capable of many things can be spun into a sturdy fine yard it can take and hold the most Vivid colors it can be woven or it can be knitted into virtually any texture and in lovely striking designs can take a host of useful and handsome finishes and all these qualities together add up to still another buttons loveliness celebrated in many languages around the world [Music] it's beautiful Beauty and utility which assures the beauty will endure and yet these Fabrics are but Milestones on a long road of achievement a road which had its beginning in antiquity and which today continues toward the great Promises of the future plant breeder presses forward his quest for ever-improved fibers longer stronger finer fibers which will extend the horizons of the textile manufacturers the textile chemist continues working the magic of his test tubes to bring forth fabric performances as yet hardly dreamed of thanks to these ever fruitful Partnerships with nature fiber which is served mankind so well for 5 000 years will serve mankind even better as the fiber of tomorrow thank you [Music] [Applause]