[game_preservation] Classic game videos

[Henry Lowood]

Andrew,

I will be seeing Al in a few weeks and will ask him about the video.

Henry

At 10:11 AM 4/3/2008, Andrew Armstrong wrote:

>I've not heard of either myself. I suspected for the second might be 

>in some kind of Library of Congress collection, but there seems to 

>be no good video search related to them. I'm unfamiliar with 

>American websites and institutes that might store it - is there one 

>which archives newsreels in New York for instance?

>

>For the first, it might be easiest to contact Al Alcorn or Ed Logg 

>and get a copy on the Internet Archive. Sounds interesting, I'd like 

>to watch it :) Since Al Alcorn was at GDC, no doubt someone on this 

>list has some way of contacting him if we can't source it from elsewhere.

>

>Andrew

>

>Captain Commando wrote:

>>Hi all,

>>

>>I've been reading through Steve Kent's book and found a few 

>>interesting references to classic videos. The first I'd like to 

>>mention is the Atari engineers' video "Outstanding in Our Field". 

>>Now apparently Al Alcorn and Ed Logg still have a copy of this 

>>video, but I wanted to know if we have a copy of this video 

>>somewhere. It seems ideal for us to preserve something like this.

>>

>><http://arcade.thelittons.net/2002Extreme/>http://arcade.thelittons.net/2002Extreme/

>>

>>And heck, if the Learning Channel can get it, why can't we?

>>

>><http://www.gamegirladvance.com/archives/2003/04/16/sometimes_tv_really_sucks.html#000318>http://www.gamegirladvance.com/archives/2003/04/16/sometimes_tv_really_sucks.html#000318

>>

>>The second is newsreel footage of Fierello LaGuardia, New York's 

>>mayor in the 1930s, destroying pinball machines during the start of 

>>the ban. Apparently, these newsreels were shown in theaters around 

>>the country, so I assume copies still exist somewhere. Why do we 

>>need footage of pinball machines being destroyed? Well, on the one 

>>hand, it's interesting but on the other we can also learn a bit from it.

>>

>>-DM

>>

>>--

>>The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

>>

>>"Until next time..."

>>Captain Commando

>>

>>

>>

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Henry Lowood, Ph.D.
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  Film & Media Collections
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