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yoloswegmaster wrote: Sat Jun 04, 2022 6:42 pm Supposedly 'London After Midnight' has been found but this is all based on an edit that was made on the film's wiki page, so there's a good chance that this is a hoax.

beamish14 wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 9:22 pm In 1995, the band Blur commissioned a tour documentary/musical fantasia in the style of The Song Remains the Same and Magical Mystery Tour that was dubbed B-Roads. Unsatisfied with what was made, they suppressed it, and it has never been leaked in any form until now

Petty Bourgeoisie wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 3:46 am Has anybody seen the 1983 experimental/documentary SL-1 about the 1961 nuclear disaster in Idaho?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323857/?ref_=tt_mv_close

Technically I'm sure it's not "lost", due to one of the codirectors still being alive, but it seems that the only people who've seen it were at the 1983 Sundance premiere or were Navy members who were beginning their training in the nuclear program. The directors had to submit a FOIA request to finish the film and apparently there might have been two versions, classified and unclassified. To make it even more confusing, the government made their own internal documentary called SL-1 (available on youtube and very technical) and National Geographic made their own documentary called (of course) SL-1.

From my understanding the Orr & Roberts documentary is more interested in the human story of the accident.

P.S. this is the only review I can find: https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/21/movi ... icity.html

A0428 Diane Orr
1970s-2000s - News and documentary films, some made in conjunction with the now defunct KUTV Documentary Division. The collection includes material about the Wounded Knee standoff, the plight of Utah's Native Americans, the SL-1 nuclear disaster, the Teton Dam break, and the mystery of Everett Ruess, etc.

Stefan Andersson wrote: Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:20 pm Captain Thunderbolt (Cecil Holmes, Australia 1951) rediscovered in Prague:
https://postersmo.blogspot.com/2023/09/ ... -1951.html
https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2014/key ... lmes-1953/
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/captain- ... lost-films

CAPTAIN THUNDERBOLT HAS BEEN FOUND
Back in the 1950s, I saw the New England and Sydney production of Captain Thunderbolt at its one-week city release and twice later. At a session in 2010 at Art Gallery of NSW, the Archive named Captain Thunderbolt as first in its Most Wanted list, since the full release film had been considered lost.

Now, thanks to searching by independent archivist Michael Organ, a full-length print in 35mm was located in Prague. It is currently in Canberra and being examined as to restoration possibilities.

Treating the film as a theatrical feature, much has been written over the years about some remarkable merits. The annual award of the Australian Directors Guild carries the name of the director, Cecil Holmes. The award of the Australian Cinematographers Society carries the name of Ross Wood.

Not only, though, is the film significant as a creative outburst in Sydney in that meagre film time of 1951. It came out of essentially a Radio background and Associated Productions further had a pioneering place in Television. No wonder it was chosen as Most Wanted!

To my mind, a re-presentation could take place in the Sydney Film Festival in June 2025 (a 70-year anniversary). ....AND at Armidale where the Australian premiere was held..... AND perhaps at Cockatoo Island, the site of the thrilling escape sequence. Much work and thought will be needed before any of that can happen. Many people and authorities will have to contribute.

furbicide wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:27 pm Sydney Film Festival co-founder David Donaldson is the source for this, and that’s about as good as it gets, as he’s championed the film for years (he also introduced the screening of the shorter UK cut at Melbourne Cinémathèque just last year). You can read his summary of the situation here: