Rhetro

1957 Vision of the Year 2000

2012-05-31T11:19:00.003-04:00

1957 Vision of the Year 2000

Foot jugglers The Baronton Sisters

2012-05-14T00:26:00.002-04:00

Foot jugglers The Baronton Sisters from France perform on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 2, 1969

What it will be like in the year 2001 - Recorded 1974

2012-04-02T16:41:00.001-04:00

In1974 Arthur C. Clarke told the ABC that every household in 2001 will have a computer and be connected all over the world. Courtesy of Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Gym in the 1940s

2012-03-24T19:40:00.001-04:00

Battle of the Bulges - 1940s style. Strange gym equipment are being used to help these 1940s women get in to shape.

The Dynasphere

2012-03-12T18:53:00.002-04:00

The Dynasphere

Retro Political Incorrectness

2012-03-07T14:20:00.003-05:00

"She'd only have herself to blame if he turns out to be a wife beater"

Unusual Wedding - 6ft Woman and 3ft Man. Burlesque star Lois De Fee (6' 4"), a one-time nightclub bouncer marries Billy Curtis (3' 7"). The service takes place on a Miami beach before a crowd of people.

Life Before Car Alarms

2012-02-12T10:42:00.000-05:00

A visual deterrent dog!

Retro Anti-Thief Security Case

2012-02-11T10:37:00.002-05:00

Retro Anti-Thief Security Case

The Matrix - Twilight Zone 1985

2012-01-22T06:40:00.002-05:00

This is a short episode from The Twilight Zone series - 1985. It shows The Matrix almost 15 years before the movie.

Retro Hard Drive

2012-01-05T18:03:00.002-05:00

In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first ‘SUPER’ computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5 MB of data.

Old School Computer Remix

2011-12-04T17:45:00.001-05:00

Old School Computer Remix

Who's Keeping up with Commodore?

2011-12-01T02:08:00.001-05:00

Answer? EVERYONE!

HOW THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WAS DEVELOPED

2011-11-25T06:08:00.001-05:00

Originally on the British Isles. there were a group of Celtic tribes that lived throughoutBritain. They spoke Celtic languages, which live on as Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and Manx. These Celtic-speaking peoples were the original inhabitants of Britain, but then come the English. The Anglo-Saxon invasion wasn't so much an "invasion", as a mass migration over hundreds of years.

Sexy 100 Years Ago

2011-11-14T05:06:00.001-05:00

Sexy 100 Years Ago

World's Oldest Pudding

2011-11-06T20:03:00.000-05:00

Found in a kitchen cupboard, the 111-year-old Christmas pudding which went to the Boer War and back.

A Christmas pudding believed to be the oldest in the world has been discovered at the back of a cupboard and handed to museum staff. The pudding was one of 1,000 sent in 1900 to the Naval Brigade, fighting on the frontline in the Boer War, by a Victorian philanthropist.

How High Jumping was Re-invented

2011-10-25T19:46:00.001-04:00

How High Jumping was Re-invented

Ice Cold Whiskey

2011-09-17T11:00:00.000-04:00

It was much better back then!

Your Grandparents Could dance

2011-08-26T13:32:00.002-04:00

These were your grandparents!

Retro Ripoff - Tandy Computer

2011-07-11T08:18:00.002-04:00

The most powerful computer ever for $8500! or $15,000 with inflation!

The Year 2000

2011-06-03T15:48:00.000-04:00

...as seen in 1910

Retro Toothbrush Fail

2011-05-27T09:40:00.000-04:00

This was supposed to be the toothbrush of the future...using a hand crank to rotate the bristles.

Guy Films 35 Years of His Life

2011-05-16T14:32:00.002-04:00

Time Travel backward thru the years with Sam as he grows younger with the passing decades, from a paunchy middle aged white bearded self deprecating schluby old fart, to a svelt, full haired, clean shaven, self-important, inspired but clueless 20 year old

Retro Hard Drive Fail

2011-05-15T07:08:00.002-04:00

10MB for $3000!

Teenage Mother (1967) trailer

2011-05-10T22:11:00.001-04:00

In 1967 parents had to drag you to the theater to watch this cheesy film! How embarrassing!

World's Oldest Photobomb

2011-05-09T11:37:00.000-04:00

World's Oldest Photobomb