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Mystery of 1963 Optical Tape Player Solved
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I picked up this cool reel to reel optical tape player in the 1980's, in a junkyard. I suspected it played analog audio, recorded on 16mm film stock, in 4 tracks... but rea...
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Marcus Dairy, June 1990
proto57
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I stopped by Marcus Dairy on my bike today (April 10, 2011), and found out that it has been closed since February 6. So I thought I would dig out a video I made in the summ...
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Triumph TR-4 Scene from 70's Mini-Series
proto57
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This is the Triumph TR-4 stunt driving scene from the 1976 miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man, Book 2". I had not seen this since it first aired about 35 years ago, but loved i...
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The New Atlantis-Voynich Optical Theory
proto57
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This theory is based on my observation that various cylinders in the 'Voynich Manuscript are strikingly similar to early optical devices, most closely, early microscopes. B...
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1950's Homemade Art "Beat" Film
proto57
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This is a short art film made by my parents about 1951 in Greenwich Village, and Central Park (?). Barb SC., Richard SC., Richard P., Marcia P. Transferred from 8mm to vide...
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Ray Jefferson 6150 Automatic Radio Direction Finder (ADF)
proto57
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This Ray Jeff Model 6150 dates from the 1970's. It is an automatic direction finder, as the direction finding antenna is rotated by an internal motor. It stops when the sig...
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Navigational Ruler Radio Direction Finder
proto57
1,061 views
This is an unusual and rare type of radio direction finder. It is actually a "ruler-radio". The intent is very clever... it was meant to eliminate a step in plotting a cour...
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Seafix Radio Direction Finder
proto57
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This is my 1960's Seafix radio direction finder, made by Electronics Laboratories in England. I have several variations of this RDF... the Seabeam and the Seafix2, with min...
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Voynich Manuscript Rosettes in 3D
proto57
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This video is a representation of the well known rosettes pages from the Voynich Manuscript, expanded out to 3D, and animated with a fly over camera view. The Voynich has ...
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1930 Ford Model A
proto57
2,449 views
This is a transfer from a 38 year old Super 8 movie. The car is a 1930 Model A Ford Town Sedan I purchased when I was 14 years old. I eventually disassembled the car, and p...
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