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The Army's Flying Scooter and Air Donut Were Basically UFOs
We once lusted after flying cars. We now dream of smartwatches.
Watch Dogs Turn into Sausages (and Back Again) in Thomas Edison's 1904 Film "Dog Factory"
_Videodrome is Motherboard's weekly look at the weird old archival footage lurking around the web. Check out old posts "here":http://motherboard.vice.com/search/posts?keyword=videodrome&commit=Search._ I'm not going to wade into the Thomas Edison vs...
This 1974 Secret Service Video about House Raids Shows a Quaint Time Before SWAT
Videodrome is Motherboard’s weekly look at the weird old archival footage lurking around the web. Check out old posts here. It’s Friday, which means it’s party time, right? Only problem is, sometimes you’re sitting there sucking back a ‘grita, with...
Before The Muppets, Jim Henson Made an Adorably Surreal Video For AT&T
To describe a robot future, the makers of The Bell System, at the time the leading telephone service in the US and Canada, hired Jim Henson. Then known as the eccentric behind the variety puppet show Sam and Friends, and before he became a household...
Don't Wash Your Clothes with Gasoline: PSA Reveals How Your House is Trying to Kill You
I'm not sure exactly when this PSA dates from, but I'm guessing sometime in the 30s or 40s. Produced by the California State Fire Marshal, it's a helpful (albeit a bit goofy) guide to the dangers plaguing homeowners in California's booming suburbs...
Watch This Vintage Horror Flick: 1961's Bloodlust!
Here's a wonderful bit of archival schlock for you: a sort-of adaptation of Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" called _Bloodlust!_
Centron Corp. Explains Why Everyone is Laughing at You
“Why do your friends smile and snicker at you, Adrelene?” asks the creepy narrator in his bullying tone. Poor Adrelene conforms in every conceivable way -- she wears new clothes, is not obese, and has a “sense of humor”. But, during a trip to the crazy...
Immanuel Velikovsky, Einstein's Russian Friend, Argued Jupiter Barfed Out Venus
For the most part, it’s a good call to live out one’s days in denial. It’s a safe bet that the world will not end in the next 100 years, so why should anyone worry about it, since we’ll all be dead anyway? Things have been going along smoothly for...
Consider the Bathroom Janitor: A Very Peculiar Short Film About the Most Forgotten Job
Whatever your feelings are about "fairly" paying janitors (Harvard just "came to an agreement with its janitors":http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/11/harvard-custodians/fJiazmLaZMEst2uvDZeNqO/index.html, though Newt Gingrich "says he wants...
What Online Internet Websites Looked Like in 2001
In 2001, the majority of Americans didn’t have the Internet.