[game_preservation] Classic game videos

[Andrew Armstrong]

Yeah, please do :)

Thanks a lot Henry. I still don't know about the other video - maybe 
asking in a local library might help, or something.

Andrew

Captain Commando wrote:

> Thanks a lot, Henry! Give him our regards :)

>

> -DM

>

> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Henry Lowood <lowood at stanford.edu 

> <mailto:lowood at stanford.edu>> wrote:

>

>     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/

>>>

>>>     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

>>>

>>>

>>>     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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