Eagle-eyed Canadian reader Darth has spotted these amazing newsreels on the British Pathe website
[sorry about the adverts at the start!]:
BOXED SPACEX SUPER SET
IN SHOP WINDOW
in Christmas on Carnaby Street, London [1969?] Silent, colour.
Spacex set in the window briefly at different points in the film.
UNBOXED 'SEARS' ROCKET LAUNCHER
[Apollo Saturn forerunner]
[Apollo Saturn forerunner]
IN SHOP WINDOW, Oxford Street, London
in Xmas Round The World December 1964 - sound, black and white.
'Sears' Rocket appears unboxed at 1.02 minutes for a few seconds [along with a working Dux Astroman!]
Darth's clip pushes back the date for the earliest known sighting of the 'Sears' Rocket by a good six months from June 1965 [reader Jim's TV21 ad] to December 1964.
Anyone know how to screengrab a still of these two toys? It says they can be viewed as stills but I can't seem to fathom it!
Anyone know how to screengrab a still of these two toys? It says they can be viewed as stills but I can't seem to fathom it!
Films owned by British Pathe.
Brilliant! I love the British Pathe website, there are 1000s of newsreels and old archive videos on there, the best time killer at work!
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Open your photo-software (I use Picasa) before viewing the film, at the appropriate moment hit CTRL (bottom left) and Print Screen/prt.sc. (one of the three buttons together top right on a pc, or 2nd from top right on a laptop), should work!
ReplyDelete'Indeni'...the feeling you've been misled by someone who hasn't the faintest idea how to use modern IT!
Hi Paul, sent you the screengrabs earlier this evening, hope they came through. Cheers Arto
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