Internet Video Thread

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[ame="http://vimeo.com/187115268"]Moonshot on Vimeo[/ame]

 

[GLS]

Most of you have seen part of this somewhere... :lol:
TV commercial film for American Tourister Luggage 1970 - YouTube

For the ones who can't remember where they saw it: set speed to x1.25 and skip to 55:30

 

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[Andy44]

Most of you have seen part of this somewhere... :lol:
TV commercial film for American Tourister Luggage 1970 - YouTube

The one I actually saw on TV growing up was a later part of that ad campaign:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b1aRop-UbU"]AMERICAN TOURISTER - Gorilla vs Luggage Commerical 1980 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Graham2001]

A short ride in a fast machine...

Fastest Railroad in the World

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[Graham2001]

Renderings of some of the Traveller RPGs iconic spacecraft (Some with human figures to provide scale.) to the music of Mike Oldfield.

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[Stuffoutlaw]

 

[Graham2001]

Some 1980s 'old skool' fun...



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Another classic advert...

Starlog Magazine 1978 TV Spot

...Hail and farewell, Starlog, hail and farewell...​

 

[Graham2001]

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[Graham2001]

And now, something that may amuse...

Discovering History Channel (Where the Truth is History!) Presents...

How Much!?!

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[Graham2001]

One of the better Star Wars Fan Films...




...makes you wish for a longer film.​

 

[Graham2001]

One last time unto the breach...

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[MaverickSawyer]

I see your Victor and raise you a Rhio Ball.

 

[Graham2001]

I'll see your Rhino Ball and raise you one Goose...




...and a C-130...

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[Notebook]

I'll see your Spruce Goose, and do some card trick thing...

Had a lot in common, only built one, bit reluctant to get off the ground, not a success.

N.

 

[Graham2001]

What some people will do for a good hot dog...



And for a little cultural context...

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[Graham2001]

The beauty...




and the beast...

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[Graham2001]

Two legendary British Rail Adverts

British Rail InterCity 125 Advert (1985)

Well I'll be blowed... (1986)

And the one that says it all...

This is the Night Mail crossing the border... (1988)

Hail and farewell, British Rail, some of us will never forget you...​

 

[Graham2001]

"The idiot who, in railway carriages
Scribbles on window-panes
We only suffer
To ride on a buffer
On Parliamentary trains."

Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado

Parliamentary Train: South Ruislip to Paddington

Parliamentary Train: Paddington To West Ruislip

Parliamentary Train: Stockport to Stalybridge

Parliamentary Train: Chester to Liverpool South Parkway via Halton Curve

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And if you want to know more:

Wikipedia: Parliamentary Train

 

[Graham2001]

A recent launch...

GEOS-R Launch

GEOS-R Separation

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