This film by Bernard Wilets was originally produced around 1969-70, but this reel that I present is the updated version from 1983 which includes new added Fairlight sequences with Rory Kaplan. The original sections are VERY 1969 and the color of this print is still remarkable. Great footage of Moog modular s...
2021-11-01 15:32:57 +0000 UTC View Post
This short is color by fade, but it still holds some gems from the space news of 1966, intended for viewing in schools. A look at the mission of Lunar Orbiter 3 and Surveyor 1, and an interesting glimpse into the techniques of casting models for supersonic wind tunnel testing. This was transferred from my own 16mm...
2021-11-01 14:41:29 +0000 UTC View Post
A choppy start to this 16mm educational film but give it a chance! Lots of really great footage in this 21 minute film, transferred from my own archive print using my Eiki Telecine. The Eiki has a 5 Blade Shutter that projects a 24fps print at 30 frames per second for a flickerless NTSC transfer. A special d...
2021-10-31 16:18:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Don Friggin' Knotts is The Reluctant Astronaut in this 16mm IB Tech trailer transferred from my very own archive print using my Eiki 5 Blade Shutter Telecine. The Eiki has a special diffusion plate that eliminates the 'hot spot' of the projector, and the sound is pulled right from the optical track.
I present the 1933 surrealist film by Ladislaw Starewicz (1892-1965) titled The Devil's Ball, transferred from my very own 16mm print using my Eiki 5 Blade Shutter Telecine. The Eiki has a special diffusion plate that eliminates the 'hot spot' of the projector, and the spooky sound is pulled right from the o...
2021-10-29 21:54:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This is my last build project before the move, it was half done when I got the notice that I was being pushed out of the space but I had to go back and finish it up and make this condensed video of about a week's work. Worth it though, because this flight sim is the real deal! Enjoy!
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2021-10-26 02:56:38 +0000 UTC View Post
A very rare sight indeed - Bumble bee mating! Fatal for the male... and all out in the open... geez, get a hive already! Just kidding. Here's to the Hive!
2021-10-22 14:03:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Crisis over... now just a whole lot of stuff that I really don't want to have to do, and wasted time, wasted money, etc... But hey. FranLab 3.0 in 2022!
2021-10-18 20:52:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Talkin' 'bout talkin' on the phone. The way it is supposed to be!
Yes, time to talk about watches - How to get a good value in a watch, and a look at perhaps the most ridiculous watch out there today. Enjoy! Fran's Flight School GoFundMe - https://www.gof...
2021-10-09 01:39:23 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm once again throwing in the majority of my life savings in pursuit of checking off a box of my Bucket List....
Fran's Final Life Bucket List:
Experience Zero-G - ✔
Flight School - ✔
Solo Flight...
Fly Jets...
Train For Space?
Fly In Space???
Another upgrade, this time running Microsoft Flight Sim X on my old ASUS 8-core gaming laptop running Win7 - a big improvement in performance, but still quite a few bugs I found in this tryout, such as that the parking brakes come on when I land... Rudder is kinda wild... Moving the views with the toggle thingy is real ...
2021-10-04 00:29:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to viewer Nikolaus we have not one but TWO amazing New-Old-Stock KGM Edgelit Digital Displays! Definitely a bucket list item, and never thought I'd have a pair in the lab, but here we are - so let's get to it!
https://youtu.be/J2xAetY9O1E<...
2021-09-22 20:44:45 +0000 UTC View Post
My 10 day endurance test shows just how useless these modern green "neon" phosphorescent display lamps are. Anyone know of a better one being made today? Comment below...
2021-09-18 18:37:51 +0000 UTC View Post
They are going to make films in space. But this is nothing new. Let's take a look...
2021-09-18 01:28:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Did you know that untidiness can kill? Clean up your house... Buy lots of fresh new American Lead Paint - and do your part! Your life, and our very way of life, may very well depend on it!
2021-09-17 03:28:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Lots of comments for my 0-G series, and one some people seem to still not get what this gravity thing is all about, so let me explain.... And Enjoy!
2021-09-16 01:02:29 +0000 UTC View Post
A lot to unpack, and a lot of editing ahead... but things did not go quite as expected (or hoped for) on the flight, so here are my thoughts while I contemplate yesterday's most unusual day. Enjoy!
2021-09-13 21:40:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh, much more to come in this Gravitational Series of videos! Stay Tuned! ☺
2021-09-12 22:16:10 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a video that you do not have to watch, and likely that you should not watch... but it is the telling of my truth on the 20th Anniversary of one of the worst experiences of my life - my front row seat to history - on the eve of what may be the most astounding day of my life. How far I have traveled to be in...
2021-09-12 08:43:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh, the endless phone call with the owner where he just shouted at me for 10 minutes and refused to listen to a word I said, and told me to get out of his apartment, and treated me as though I was to blame for his ceiling collapsing on the bed. Fortunately, the Hyatt down the street was sympathetic to my horror st...
2021-09-11 01:10:51 +0000 UTC View Post
But I love my Patrons! Thanks everybody!
2021-09-05 20:53:53 +0000 UTC View Post
My edited and enhanced version of "The Relaxed Wife" - a 1957 Pfizer sponsored infomercial film that was made in Princeton NJ by Made On Film, Inc. Created from a script written by Suzanne "Coni" Johnston, who wrote many screenplays for Made On Film and along with her husband Hugh, also made dozens of docume...
2021-09-05 17:02:04 +0000 UTC View Post
My thanks to Starfleet for offering up this super cool 21st Century Retro Earth issue communicator for us to open up and take an in-depth look at the amazing pseudo tech inside. Enjoy!
2021-08-31 19:18:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh, the unavoidable joys of asbestos... the gift of the 20th century that just keeps on giving! It cut this teardown short - sorry I'm not going to go any deeper into this calculator cause there's just too much loose asbestos inside it. Maybe I'll hunt for another one. But hey... Enjoy!
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Thanks everyone on GoFundMe for making this adventure a reality!
2021-08-31 04:16:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Well... That is the headline that the vast petrochemical world is shouting at you from all directions, even if you may be unaware of it - and maybe you actually believe it yourself. But before you make up your own mind just let me make my own argument FOR hydrogen.... and Enjoy!
A long repair and a lot of editing to condense the experience down to less than an hour, but worth it. Let me show you the inside and out of the Sony DT-30 Digital Timer, a luxury piece of kit from a time when nodding off in front of the TV was a delicacy - and waking up to the TV was something new altogether. &nb...
2021-08-24 03:15:43 +0000 UTC View Post
