I have been somewhat familiar with archive.org in the past, but
by some seredipity/chance/fluke or whatever, I happened to look
for classic hollywood films and discovered that there are quite
lot available for download! I was particularily impressed with
the colourized versions of some familiar classics. I liked
that they even have a category for film noir (a favourite
genre). Overall, the archive.org seems better and more
organized since the last time I dropped by several years ago.

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the colourized versions of some familiar classics. I liked
that they even have a category for film noir (a favourite
genre).

The new series "Monsieur Spade" is making me want to go back and watch
some of the old black and white noir films, especially The Big Sleep
and the Maltese Falcon.

There was a poll on Reddit about favorite Noir films. I had to throw in
"Body Heat" as neo-noir.



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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ogg to All on Sat Feb 24 2024 06:46 pm

What archive.org is great at is storing stuff that is very hard to find from official sources.

Stuff like Rock Odyssey, for example, which never got official theatrical releases and was aired once or twice in Europe. For years, it only survived in the tapes of home viewers who had bothered to record the TV broadcast when emitted. Now archive.org ensuers it is available.

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Re: Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Ogg on Sun Feb 25 2024 09:36 am

There was a poll on Reddit about favorite Noir films. I had to throw in
"Body Heat" as neo-noir.

Where does Death To Smoochy fit in?

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There was a poll on Reddit about favorite Noir films. I had to throw in
"Body Heat" as neo-noir.

The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep.


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I have been somewhat familiar with archive.org in the past, but
by some seredipity/chance/fluke or whatever, I happened to look
for classic hollywood films and discovered that there are quite
lot available for download! I was particularily impressed with
the colourized versions of some familiar classics. I liked
that they even have a category for film noir (a favourite
genre). Overall, the archive.org seems better and more
organized since the last time I dropped by several years ago.

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Thanks for posting about archive.org having info on movies
I will go have a look see for the old show I saw and asking about in FIDO Memories.
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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to Ogg on Sat Nov 02 2024 09:05 pm

Thanks for posting about archive.org
having info on movies
I will go have a look see for the ol
show I saw and asking about in FIDO

A place I think is fun to find random
movies at is /r/FullMoviesOnYoutube.

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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to Ogg on Sat Nov 02 2024 09:05 pm

A place I think is fun to find random
movies at is /r/FullMoviesOnYoutube.

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Thanks, it is a old movie that I remember seeing 60 years ago.
I think the movie was from the 1930 era.
Don't think YT would have it.
What is popular with Me isn't currently popular.

Many years ago I saw a clip from the movie "The Milkman" starring Jimmy Durante and Donald O'Conner.
I mentioned it in FIDO Memories echo .
Another person later said it wasn't on YT when he looked.
I went back to the Bookmark and saw a note that Universal asked YT to remove it.
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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to phigan on Mon Nov 04 2024 12:03 pm

Many years ago I saw a clip from the movie "The Milkman" starring Jimmy Durante and Donald O'Conner.
I mentioned it in FIDO Memories echo .
Another person later said it wasn't on YT when he looked.
I went back to the Bookmark and saw a note that Universal asked YT to remove it.
Ed

i just downloaded it in mp4 format. let me know if you want the link

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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to phigan on Mon Nov 04 2024 12:03 pm

Don't think YT would have it.
I went back to the Bookmark and saw a note that Universal asked YT to remove it.

Youtube is definitely not what I would use to look for specific movies (there are other sites for that), but that Reddit has links to interesting ones that get posted from time to time. Many of them do not stay on there for long.
It's just something for when you're curious and might want "random".

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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to phigan on Mon Nov 04 2024 12:03 pm

i just downloaded it in mp4 format. let me know if you want the link

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Thank You.
I only have a cellphone now, if myXP box had Internet service I would like to have the link.
Since getting the phone I haven't looked at You Tube.
The phone doesn't have as much storage space as a Real Computer.
Got 2Tb HDD in the XP box.

I really appreciate knowing The Milkman movie is accessable again.
I will do a Search for it whenever I get the XP box to access the web.
Thanks again.
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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to phigan on Mon Nov 04 2024 12:03 pm

Youtube is definitely not what I would use to look for specific movies (there are other sites for that), but that Reddit has links to interesting ones that get posted from time to time. Many of them do not stay on there for long. It's just something for when you're curious and might want "random".

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Thanks for the post.
I heard of Reddit and may have looked at their pages in the past.
Thanks for looking.
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I forgot to mention that I look at the Internet Movie DataBase IMDb.com (or is it .org ?).
Wikipedia has info on Many movies and TV shows too.
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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to MRO on Fri Nov 08 2024 10:10 am

Thank You.
I only have a cellphone now, if myXP box had Internet service I would like to have the link.
Since getting the phone I haven't looked at You Tube.
The phone doesn't have as much storage space as a Real Computer.
Got 2Tb HDD in the XP box.

are you on a fixed income? straighttalk does 5g internet. i'm paying 35 for it. you can also use your phone as a hotspot if your provider is ok with it.


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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to MRO on Fri Nov 08 2024 10:10 am

are you on a fixed income? straighttalk does 5g internet. i'm paying 35 for it. you can also use your phone as a hotspot if your provider is ok with it.

I'm using Puretalk, 5g and pay $20 per phoneline.

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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to MRO on Fri Nov 08 2024 10:10 am

are you on a fixed income? straighttalk does 5g internet. i'm paying 35 for it. you can also use your phone as a hotspot if your provider is ok with it.

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I think every worker except those in sales are on a fixed income each year until yearly pay raise time.

Thanks earlier for Your post about The Milkman movie.
I searched on DDG and saw many results for the search.
Made me wonder if the Shopping Malls still have stores selling VCR movies.
Old technology, I know, but everything here is old technology.
Ed
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Oops, I forgot about Piece Work.
I did that for a while and then looked for another job.
Ed
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I'm using Puretalk, 5g and pay $20 per phoneline.

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I am glad I have Internet service again.
I'm too cheap to want to pay more than my monthly fee.

When I am on IMDB's website I now see a pop up ad asking if I would like to pay a fee for better results.from their pages, NOPE! NOT ME. I'm a CHEAP LID.
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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to MRO on Tue Nov 12 2024 08:46 pm

Made me wonder if the Shopping Malls still have stores selling VCR movies.

nope

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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to MRO on Tue Nov 12 2024 08:49 pm

Oops, I forgot about Piece Work.
I did that for a while and then looked for another job.
Ed

what?

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Ed Vance wrote to Denn <=-

When I am on IMDB's website I now see a pop up ad asking if I would
like to pay a fee for better results.from their pages, NOPE! NOT ME.
I'm a CHEAP LID.

I remember the days when internet companies would actually *improve*
their products, instead of leaving it crappy and making the improvements
a "paid enhancement".

Freemium = totes profesh.



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Re: Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Ed Vance on Wed Nov 13 2024 06:59 am

Ed Vance wrote to Denn <=-

When I am on IMDB's website I now see a pop up ad asking if I would like to pay a fee for better results.from their pages, NOPE! NOT ME. I'm a CHEAP LID.

I remember the days when internet companies would actually *improve*
their products, instead of leaving it crappy and making the improvements
a "paid enhancement".

well you can use imdb for free. i've never seen this pop up ad, so maybe ed needs some protection.

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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to MRO on Tue Nov 12 2024 08:49 pm

what?

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Piece work is another job that pays the employee according to how many pieces are worked on.
As a Router operator I put holes in wood pieces according to the pattern the designers wanted.
Round holes, larger round holes, triangular holes etc.

Every piece was worked on in the shortest time during an hour would rise the hourly pay scale .

Slower employees were paid less due to not processing as much material on their shift..
I was a new employee and hadn't learned how to speed up working on a board without leaving blimishes the Sanding Crew would have to give more attention to Since pay wasn't hourly I wasn't paid as much as more experienced workers were. Hence I quit and went looking for some other work where I was paid on an hourly scale.
Ed
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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to MRO on Wed Nov 13 2024 12:48 pm

Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to MRO on Tue Nov 12 2024 08:49 pm

what?

Piece work is another job that pays the employee according to how many pieces are worked on.
As a Router operator I put holes in wood pieces according to the pattern

no i mean why did you even bring that up. did you quote the wrong msg?

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After getting this phone I put NoScript on it.
At the IMDb site I temporary allow some things.
Guess I need to figure out which of the things I temp allow is letting that Pop Up Ad appear.
I see it when I tap to see Filming Locations or some other feature I am curious about like Parental info .
Ed
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Re: Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to MRO on Wed Nov 13 2024 09:57 pm

After getting this phone I put NoScript on it.
At the IMDb site I temporary allow some things.
Guess I need to figure out which of the things I temp allow is letting that Pop Up Ad appear.
I see it when I tap to see Filming Locations or some other feature I am curious about like Parental info .
Ed

okay if you say so.

no clue what phone you have.

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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to phigan on Fri Nov 08 2024 10:21 am

I forgot to mention that I look at the Internet Movie DataBase IMDb.com (or

IMDB used to have the _best_ mobile apps. It's like someone that worked there was really good and actually cared. Then all of a sudden, it all went downhill. Such a shame, but it's like the same thing happens any time a company has a good website or mobile app or whatever. Never lasts long.

But I digress. One thing I don't like about IMDB is their ratings of movies. It's almost like you have to learn how bad it is and then adjust your expectations from their ratings :).

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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: phigan to Ed Vance on Thu Nov 14 2024 08:08 pm

company has a good website or mobile app or whatever. Never lasts long.

But I digress. One thing I don't like about IMDB is their ratings of movies. It's almost like you have to learn how bad it is and then adjust your expectations from their ratings :).

like most sites, imdb got taken over by a bunch of opinionated user dicks.
it used to be worse. i never got involved with that but i've seen articles on it. i go there for the info on movies and tv. nothing else.

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I wrote " piece work" to You because I had just finished a post to You about Sales People don't have a Fixed Income.
And my thinking most folks who work a 40 hour week have a Fixed Income except once a year pay raises.

It was my way of tacking a add-on to the message I wrote.
You had written something asking if I was on a fixed income and I answered that I thought most workers are on a fixed income.

Sorry My confusion caused Your confusion.
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Re: Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to MRO on Wed Nov 13 2024 09:57 pm

okay if you say so.

no clue what phone you have.

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Motorola with Android.
Ed
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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to phigan on Fri Nov 08 2024 10:21 am

IMDB used to have the _best_ mobile apps. It's like someone that worked there was really good and actually cared. Then all of a sudden, it all went downhill. Such a shame, but it's like the same thing happens any time a company has a good website or mobile app or whatever. Never lasts long.

But I digress. One thing I don't like about IMDB is their ratings of movies. It's almost like you have to learn how bad it is and then adjust your expectations from their ratings :).

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I recently noticed that TV-14 movies sometimes got really RANK.
So I go to IMDB to see what the Movie Rating for the show is.
I see lots of those TV-14 shows are Rated R at IMDB.

I have a Amateur Radio License, in Part 97 Rules and Regulations foul language is forbidden.
But Public Television has begun allowing "Common" Foul Language in shows instead of muteing it.
They mute some but not all of it.
They even blur the picture in some scenes sometimes when the action gets too rank.
I wonder when the FCC will allow TV Stations or Networks to broadcast worse language over the air.

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Re: Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to MRO on Sat Nov 16 2024 11:12 am

Re: Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to MRO on Wed Nov 13 2024 09:57 pm

okay if you say so.

no clue what phone you have.

Motorola with Android.

yeah ok.

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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to phigan on Sat Nov 16 2024 11:27:36

I have a Amateur Radio License, in Part 97 Rules and Regulations foul language is forbidden.

But like any rule, it does seem to get broken a lot. Check out stations in CA to get plenty of examples.

They even blur the picture in some scenes sometimes when the action gets too rank.

"Rank" is rather subjective. If PBS feels there's objectional material, specify it before it starts, like other stations do. Let the viewer decide.

73

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Hello Ed!

I have a Amateur Radio License, in Part 97 Rules and
Regulations foul language is forbidden. But Public
Television has begun allowing "Common" Foul Language in
shows instead of muteing it. They mute some but not all of
it. They even blur the picture in some scenes sometimes
when the action gets too rank. I wonder when the FCC will
allow TV Stations or Networks to broadcast worse language
over the air.

There is plenty of uncensored dialog on Canadian television.

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Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to phigan on Sat Nov 16 2024 11:27 am

I wonder when the FCC will allow TV Stations or Networks to broadcast worse

They can already say "shit" and "fuck" now. Haven't really noticed anything getting muted/cut in quite some time.

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Is CA California or Canada?
I am in IN , Indiana.
Ed

Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to phigan on Sat Nov 16 2024 11:27:36

But like any rule, it does seem to get broken a lot. Check out stations in CA to get plenty of examples.

"Rank" is rather subjective. If PBS feels there's objectional material, specify it before it starts, like other stations do. Let the viewer decide.

73

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PBS, I helped someone connect a Closed Caption box to their TV set years ago. The set was tuned to a local Educational station showing some people walking in the forest.
One person stumbled and said a expletive and the CC box displayed the word uttered.
- - . . . . . . - -
Ed

Re: archive.org = lots of films
By: Ed Vance to phigan on Sat Nov 16 2024 11:27:36

But like any rule, it does seem to get broken a lot. Check out stations in CA to get plenty of examples.

"Rank" is rather subjective. If PBS feels there's objectional material, specify it before it starts, like other stations do. Let the viewer decide.

73

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They don't.

https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/obscene_indecent_and_profane_broadcasts .pdf

Feel free to file a complaint.

BlaZ

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Re: Re: archive.org = lots of
By: BlaZ to phigan on Mon Nov 18 2024 06:55:00

... Top secret! Burn before reading!

Now, that's a hot topic!

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Re: TV Censoring
By: Ed Vance to Mortar on Sun Nov 17 2024 21:59:38

Is CA California or Canada?

Californy. I forgot the canucks had the same shorthand.

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Is Californy left handed and Canadians right handed?
Or vice versa.
- - . . . . . . - - . .

Ed

Re: TV Censoring
By: Ed Vance to Mortar on Sun Nov 17 2024 21:59:38

Californy. I forgot the canucks had the same shorthand.

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For some reason this Android phone won't let me enter 73 without IT removing the 3 spaces I entered after - - . . .
And . . . - -

As the saying I made up says: "Here On Earth Computers Alway Win Because They Have Inside Information." .
There is always something or someone to keep me humble, this time it is a Android Phone.
Ed
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Re: TV Censoring
By: Ed Vance to Mortar on Tue Nov 19 2024 21:14:17

For some reason this Android phone won't let me enter 73 without IT removing the 3 spaces I entered after

Nothing beats using a /real/ computer.

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Re: TV Censoring
By: Mortar to Ed Vance on Tue Nov 19 2024 10:13 pm

Re: TV Censoring
By: Ed Vance to Mortar on Tue Nov 19 2024 21:14:17

For some reason this Android phone won't let me enter 73 without IT removing the 3 spaces I entered after

Nothing beats using a /real/ computer.

i have some android apps that are better than anything i can get on
'a real computer'

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Re: TV Censoring
By: MRO to Mortar on Wed Nov 20 2024 12:29 pm

i have some android apps that are better than anything i can get on 'a real computer'

I'd be curious what apps those are. I have yet to see any Android app that I think is better than a similar app on a desktop computer.

Nightfox

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Re: TV Censoring
By: Ed Vance to Mortar on Tue Nov 19 2024 21:14:17

Nothing beats using a /real/ computer.

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I would say AMEN!!!!!!! to that .
Ed
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