family A 1930 news reel about a nutty weight loss contraption, starring Pesco's grandmother David Pescovitz

hyperreality Footage of traumatized moviegoers walking out of The Exorcist in 1973 Rob Beschizza

characters The hand-farting farmer who found newsreel fame in 1933 David Pescovitz

happy mutants Aethervision: "newsreels" that recap the week's news using public-domain, pre-1924 footage Cory Doctorow

music Watch Lucille Ball demo a 1939 ancestor of the "talk box" famously used by Peter Frampton David Pescovitz

tabloids The Queen’s Nazi shame, JonBenet’s killer found, and Owen Wilson’s baby mama revealed, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

makers Watch this excellent 1977 documentary about makers and mad inventors David Pescovitz

elderly Incredible footage from 1929 of old folks born in the 1800s Rusty Blazenhoff

music Fats Domino, RIP David Pescovitz

aliens Alien Autopsy: the one-man theater show from one of the hoaxers! David Pescovitz

bears Michael Bond, creator of Paddington Bear, dies at 91 Rob Beschizza

star trek First Star Trek: Discovery trailer Rob Beschizza

protest How to film a protest Andrea James

videos That time London was nearly destroyed by Nazi paleo-drones Cory Doctorow

fire A very brief history of pier fires in England Rob Beschizza

A Short History of Game Panics Jesse Walker

Cyberpunk Academy Jasmina Tesanovic