North America
The National Scream
The National Scream by Robert Awad & by David Verrall, National Film Board of Canada
The Canadian National Beaver is missing!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 12, 2013 -
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Category: Animals, Government, Humor, 1980s, North America
Monsters of Iowa
Who would ever suspect that boring old Iowa was host to so many odd creatures?
Consider this winged monster from 1903, above.
Or this account, below, found along with more Iowa monsters in UNNATURAL PHENOMENA. (See book sidebar.)
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 08, 2013 -
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Category: Cryptozoology, Fictional Monsters, Regionalism, Superstition, 1900s, North America, Nineteenth Century
Life in America: 1933
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 20, 2013 -
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Category: Customs, 1930s, North America
Harmonium in California
Harmonium in California by Robert Fortier, National Film Board of Canada
A short documentary about earnest French-Canadian folk rockers from the 1970s? It's better than Spinal Tap, eh?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 01, 2013 -
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Category: Documentaries, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s, North America
Joe Magarac
The steel mill equivalent of Paul Bunyan? Who knew?
Original comic strip here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 10, 2013 -
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Category: Regionalism, Industry, Factories and Manufacturing, Myths and Fairytales, Superheroes, 1930s, 1950s, North America
Noah’s Ark Found—in Alaska!
The supposed remnants of Noah's ark have been "discovered" in a wide range of places.
But this 1902 discovery in Rampart, Alaska, on the Porcupine River, seems totally forgotten now.
I wonder if a followup expedition ever was mounted...?
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 13, 2012 -
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Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Regionalism, Religion, Unsolved Mysteries, Myths and Fairytales, 1900s, North America, Native Americans
Animando
Animando byMarcos Magalhães, National Film B
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 18, 2012 -
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Category: Surrealism, Cartoons, 1980s, North America
Long Lance
I'm trespassing on Alex's territory here, with an hour-length documentary on what was once a famous hoax.
Here's the story in a nutshell.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 21, 2012 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, North America, Nineteenth Century, Native Americans
Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy
Yet more musical stereotyping, this time of our noble Appalachian brethren.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 19, 2011 -
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Category: Humor, Music, Regionalism, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1940s, North America
10 Weirdest Sculptures
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 15, 2011 -
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Category: Art, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Asia, Europe, North America, South Pacific
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