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. &nbs...
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 interes...
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...
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...
2021-10-31 03:06:18 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ha...
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 conden...
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!
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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!
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 GoFu...
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 Sch...
2021-10-07 16:06:22 +0000 UTC View Post
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, suc...
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 ...
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...
https://youtu.be/IZvjf9kVcTU<...
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 ...
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!
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. ...
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 fron...
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 ...
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 Suza...
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!
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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 th...
2021-08-31 13:14:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2021-08-25 20:39:25 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ki...
2021-08-24 03:15:43 +0000 UTC View Post
