Rick Prelinger W6XBE
@footage.bsky.social
Experimental archivist and librarian. Writes about useful radio. Makes archival events for noisy audiences. No film left unscanned. Lives and works in San Francisco, on Ohlone land.
love these, but never looked for them. "broadcast"? "news coverage"? I mostly collect historical off-air scanner recordings, though until the streaming era they are few and far between.
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
love these, but never looked for them. "broadcast"? "news coverage"? I mostly collect historical off-air scanner recordings, though until the streaming era they are few and far between.
the least seen films are the ones most worth watching
October 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
the least seen films are the ones most worth watching
I haven't seen it but would totally love to. I'll ask someone who might know
September 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I haven't seen it but would totally love to. I'll ask someone who might know
I think this is the Coronet film PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES.
July 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I think this is the Coronet film PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES.
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That's fun, David Lynch owned a copy of Another Science Fiction by Megan Prelinger
May 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
That's fun, David Lynch owned a copy of Another Science Fiction by Megan Prelinger
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Loving the new episode! Reminds me of the @footage.bsky.social film "No More Road Trips?", which invites you to "Please make the soundtrack." - you just did! archive.org/details/NMRT...
No More Road Trips? : Rick Prelinger : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
NO MORE ROAD TRIPS? (Rick Prelinger, 2013, 79 min.), a dream ride through 20th-century America made entirely from home movies, asks whether we've come to the...
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May 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Loving the new episode! Reminds me of the @footage.bsky.social film "No More Road Trips?", which invites you to "Please make the soundtrack." - you just did! archive.org/details/NMRT...
I was there two weeks ago. Mostly all junk (vinegary sound elements, etc.). More recently others are reporting the same. I don't think this is a crisis point. But thanks anyway!
April 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I was there two weeks ago. Mostly all junk (vinegary sound elements, etc.). More recently others are reporting the same. I don't think this is a crisis point. But thanks anyway!
I was there a few weeks back and others who have been more recently are in touch. It's almost all vinegary junk, deteriorated sound elements. No crisis here. Thanks anyway though!
April 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I was there a few weeks back and others who have been more recently are in touch. It's almost all vinegary junk, deteriorated sound elements. No crisis here. Thanks anyway though!
I don't think I can help. Assembly is time intensive and we are short handed
March 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I don't think I can help. Assembly is time intensive and we are short handed
How much film is there, what format, and can you assemble it into larger reels?
March 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
How much film is there, what format, and can you assemble it into larger reels?
And Halper's The Chute is a novel about the inhumanity of working conditions at a large mail-order house, inevitably bringing to mind conditions today at Amazon warehouses.
January 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
And Halper's The Chute is a novel about the inhumanity of working conditions at a large mail-order house, inevitably bringing to mind conditions today at Amazon warehouses.