+++ Halloween 2023 special on Alex4History +++ Witching Time Written by Anthony Read Directed by Don Leaver Cast: Jon Finch as David, Patricia Quinn as Lucinda, Prunella Gee as Mary, Ian McCulloch as Charles, Lennard Pearce as Rector, Margaret Anderson as Sister - - - - - - - - - Hammer House of Horror is a British horror anthology television series made in 1980. Created by Hammer Films in association with Cinema Arts International and ITC Entertainment, it consists of 13 hour-long episodes, originally broadcast on ITV. Each self-contained episode features a different kind of horror. These vary from witches, werewolves and ghosts to devil-worship and voodoo, but also include non-supernatural horror themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.
What links Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and a priceless Celtic cauldron recently discovered at the bottom of a lake in Bavaria? In this film an investigation uncovers allegations of mafia involvement, an international fraud trial where millions of dollars are at stake and a forensic discovery that stuns the archaeological world and steers the mystery towards Himmler's SS shrine at Wewelsburg and Hitler's obsessive quest for the Holy Grail. This seemingly priceless and beautiful object has brought death and disaster to everyone who has attempted to own it but who did make it and why?
Hosted by Shaun Dooley
Sixty-five million years ago, a giant meteor hit the earth causing a global catastrophe that destroyed an estimated three quarters of the plants and animal species on the planet, including the mighty dinosaurs. Little was known about the survivors who lived in this post-apocalyptic world until a mining operation in Cerrejon, Northern Colombia — excavating coal cut from deep within the earth’s crust — exposed an important layer in the earth’s geological history laid down more than 10 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs. In 2003, when paleontologist professor Jonathan Bloch, University of Florida, first heard that this important layer had been exposed, he and his research team rushed to Columbia. He had spent his career studying this Paleocene period in the earth’s geological history. Could this be the lost world he’d been searching for?
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From the Secrets of the Dead series
Narrated by: Jay O. Sanders
Deduce, You Say is a 1956 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The short was released on September 29, 1956, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. The title is a play on the exclamation, "The deuce, you say!"
The cartoon features Daffy Duck as the dim-witted detective Dorlock Homes (a parody of Sherlock Holmes) and Porky Pig as his sidekick Watkins (Dr. Watson), as they attempt to locate and apprehend the dangerous "Shropshire Slasher."
Voice Cast
Mel Blanc as Daffy Duck (as Dorlock Homes), Porky Pig (as Dr. Watkins), The Shropshire Slasher, the Telegram Deliveryman, Alfie, and the Bartender
June Foray as The Shropshire Slasher's Mother and Lady Ashtabula (uncredited)
Reception:
Animation historian Jerry Beck writes, "Deduce, You Say is an outrageously witty film that parodies both the original Sherlock Holmes books by Conan Doyle and the Hollywood movie versions ... The premise allowed [Chuck] Jones to combine Daffy's frantic animated action with Porky's subtle attitudes, facial expressions, and posing, which get just as many laughs. A class act, and a first-rate cartoon."
Porky's Party is a 1938 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Bob Clampett. The short was released on June 25, 1938, and stars Porky Pig.
Production notes
Chuck Jones was an animator in Clampett's unit at this time, and his work can be easily identified, particularly in the scene where Black Fury gets drunk on hair restoration tonic. Jones became a director and was awarded his own unit shortly after this cartoon was produced.
Rabbit Every Monday is a 1951 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on February 10, 1951, and stars Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. The title is a play on Chicken Every Sunday.
It is the last short to feature Sam's mouth below his mustache; his design changes midway through the film.
Rabbit Every Monday has the distinction of being the first Looney Tunes cartoon to appear on the first episode of The Bugs Bunny Show, on October 11, 1960.
This film uncovers the facts and fiction about the 1973 Genesis masterpiece Selling England By The Pound. It includes many demos, out-takes and alternative mixes.
Note - There sources for this (and all of my videos) are immense. They blend 100s of existing photos, video and audio. All of which are edited, cleaned up, colourised etc. It would be too great a task to list everything and where it was used. I will however, credit The Genesis Museum and Genesis Archive who I have used some images from. Btw, if you would like to re-edit any parts of my video in any way I AM NOT ARSED - go for it and keep the flame burning.
Source: rael nyc
https://www.youtube.com/@progessiverockstories
On 10th April 1945, Me 262 pilot Leutnant Walter Hagenah took off with his wingman to intercept an American bomber formation. En route, the two jets were attacked by US fighters, with Hagenah’s wingman being shot down. After avoiding this attack, Hagenah was able to ambush the same P-51’s, reportedly using his R4M unguided rockets to shoot down two of the fighters, although only one is credited to him on this day. Hagenah then returned to base under the noses of another group of American fighters strafing the airfield.
Visuals: IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles https://il2sturmovik.com/
Sources:
Forsyth, Robert. Me 262 vs P-51 Mustang (Duel)
Forsyth, Robert. Jagdgeschwader 7 'Novotny' (Aviation Elite Units)
Music: 'Omega' by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
Source:
Soto Cinematics
https://www.youtube.com/@sotocinematics
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A nation of seafarers and merchants, the Vikings revolutionised exploration and trading in the Middle Ages and discovered America 500 years before Columbus. This gripping film unveils their bad reputation as wild, murdering and pillaging Norsemen as misguided and reveals a strikingly tolerant people with an elaborate trading network that stretched right through Europe. For 900 years, their light, manoeuvrable sailing-ships could not be matched. As the best seafarers of their time, daring, tolerant explorers and expert merchants, they set new benchmarks and left their mark everywhere.