Live from Dallas’ Sportatorium we feature silent 8mm footage of a midget women’s wrestling match, circa the late 1950s. NOTE: THIS FOOTAGE HAS NO SOUND

From my grandparents’ movies.

Can anyone identify these?

Short segments of various cars. Highlights include some nice 1920s and 30s cars, a moving van!, a Pierce Arrow (but I don’t know which one it is. #11?), a nice black (Canadian?) car, an extended car made into a bus (Jupiter Island Club, FL), some convertibles, cars driving through redwoods… (#35 is Las Vegas, 1955. See http://youtube.com/watch?v=RQRlUSnDEcc)

#24 = 1938 Ford v8 DeLuxe.

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This video documents boot camp at Parris Island in the 1950s. The video is divided into three parts.
Part I was produced by the Marine Corps. It is in black & white and narrated. It documents the boot camp experience with scenes of recruits getting haircuts, on the drill field, the rifle range, confidence course, using pugil sticks and even the infamous “bucket drill.”

The second part of this video is in color and contains the “out-takes” (scenes not used in the original production) of the first film. There is no narration in this part (a music soundtrack) but the scenes taken in 1957 and 1958 offer additional perspectives on the training recruits received.

The third part of this video is in black and white with a music soundtrack. It was made in 1951.

1953-1955
Sorry it’s late, but here it is at last! Good things take time, eh?
Again, I’ve only included the first verse of each song.
I have included the following;
1.津軽のふるさと(Tsugaru no furusato)
2.春のサンバ(Haru no samba)
3.チャルメラそば屋(Charumera sobaya)
4.ひばりのマドロスさん(Hibari no matroos-san)
5.お針娘ミミーの日曜日(Ohariko Mimmie no nichiyoubi)
6.娘とリボン(Musumeto ribbon)
7.ひばりの冒険(Hibari no bouken)
8.我が家の灯(Wagaya no tomoshibi)
9.素敵なランデブー(Suteki na rendezvous)

BTW “Matroos” is a Dutch word which have come to be used in a lot of Hibari’s songs, and it means “Sailor”.

It Came from Outer Space / Robot Monster / The Creature from the Black Lagoon / Revenge of the Creature

Terrible Truth, The (1951)
Early (and sensational) film on marijuana use as a route to heroin addiction.

Here’s the second clip in the Hibari compilation series. It features *some* of the songs she recorded between 1950-1952. By the early 50’s her popularity had grown rapidly, and she recorded 297 songs in just one decade from ‘50 to’59. Because of the number of songs, it was impossible for me to upload all of them, and besides, I haven’t got that many.

Note that I have uploaded only the first verse of each song. If anyone wants a song to be uploaded in full, or want me to upload their favourite song that isn’t here, just ask me nicely, and I might do so providing I have the song either on CD, records, or cassette.
I have uploaded the following;
1.私のボーイフレンド(Watashi no boyfriend) 1950
2.東京キッド (Tokyo Kid) 1950
3.拳銃ブギー (Kenjyu boogie) 1950
4.角兵衛獅子の唄(Kakubeijishi no uta) 1951
5.銀ブラ娘 (Ginbura musume) 1951
6.あの丘越えて(Anooka koete)1951
7.リンゴ追分(Ringo Oiwake)1952
8.お祭りマンボ(Omatsuri Mambo)1952

(BTW Pictured with Hibari in ‘Kenjyu Boogie’ is actor/singer Kouji Tsuruta, who starred with her in the motion picture ‘Ano Oka Koete’, and is said to be Hibari’s first love.)

This is an excerpt of the movie “Love is a many splendored thing” in which there are a lot of scenes shot in Hong Kong in the 1950s.

One of the most fascinating songs in the history of music.

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