Metropolis (1927) – Silent Movie

Metropolis (1927) – Dance Scene – Silent with music added, colorized – 4:41
Directed by Fritz Lang

Metropolis Dance Scene

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Nineteenth century videos. Back to life.

“The false Maria in Lang’s film is an evil being representing science and technology out of control–a female version of Frankenstein’s destructive creature who menaces society.“
– Neugraphic

Metropolis (1927) – Full Movie – Silent with music added, colorized – 2:25:00
Directed by Fritz Lang

Workers robotically heading into the factory

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Mr MW

“The movie has a plot that defies common sense, but its very discontinuity is a strength. It makes “Metropolis” hallucinatory–a nightmare without the reassurance of a steadying story line. Few films have ever been more visually exhilarating.”
– Roger Ebert

The Space Lady – Major Tom (2013) – Music Video

The Space Lady
Major Tom – Live (2013) – 5:39

The Space Lady performing in a park

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1hoseeman

“Busking was a means of survival for Dietrich in the 1970s. She and her late first husband Joel Dunsany—who went by the stage name The Cosmic Man—were draft-card-burners who went underground, obscuring their identities, cutting ties to family, and hitchhiking to different cities. Panhandling and busking was their only path toward income.”
– Bandcamp

The Space Lady’s Greatest Hits – Bandcamp

The Monks – Complication (1966) – Music Video

The Monks
Complication – Live (1966) – 2:30

The Monks performing "Complication"

Posted on YouTube by
Beat-Club

“The Monks may be the strangest group ever to take form. Five American ex-servicemen stationed in Germany in the sixties, all dressed in black with heads shaved like monks. This was radical stuff for Germany 1965-66. Coupled with their violent, near-insane music it’s beyond radical for ’66, ’76 or even ’96.”
– Ugly Things

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A Trip to the Moon (1902) – Silent Movie

A Trip to the Moon (1902) – Silent with music added, colorized – 12:52
Director – Georges Méliès

Rocket being set up to launch

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Sci-Fi Central

“Who would have believed that in the early days Méliès, like his contemporaries, was reduced to cutting his films into sections in a bucketful of developer; then, still in the developer, joining them together; then joining together the longer sections after drying!“
– British Film Institute

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Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit (1967) – Vocals Only – Music Video

Jefferson Airplane
White Rabbit (1967) – Vocals Only – WWE – SmackDown: – Commercial Break (2022) – 2:08

WWE - White Rabbit

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2ndStrap

“Slick and Hoffman showed up at the White House for tea on April 24, 1970. Slick had 600 micrograms of LSD powder in her pocket, more than enough to provide a powerful hallucinogenic experience for anyone who ingested it. Her plan was to tuck under into her long fingernail and simply gesture over Nixon’s tea cup during conversation and slip it into his drink.”
– Boundry Stones

The Tielman Brothers – Rollin’ Rock (1960) – Music Video

The Tielman Brothers
Rollin’ Rock – Live TV show (1960) – 5:59

The Tielman Brothers performing 1960

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Sam Sam Music

“The World’s Fair crowds were blown away by their frenetic brand of rock-n-roll. It was a roar of volume and energy complimented with showy antics like tossing their guitars, playing them with their teeth, their toes, behind their backs and heads, and upside down — all without missing a note or beat. It was Hendrix’s bag of tricks, minus the burning guitar, ten years before Monterey Pop.”
– NYS Music

DPRK – Peace Is On Our Bayonets! – Music Video

Composer uncredited
Peace Is On Our Bayonets – Date not known – 4:01

North Korean Sentry

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DefendKorea / NatalieRevolts – Closed Captions available/recommended

“If the aggressors invade us
We’ll annihilate them courageously
With the Marshal’s orders in our hearts
We’ll take up arms to smash the enemy
No matter how precious peace is
We will never beg for it
Peace is on our bayonet
Peace is on our bayonet…”
– DPRK

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2024 Human Rights Report – U.S. State Dept.

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